Excerpted from Los Angeles Times
By Andrew Turner
After four years, the Hotel Laguna is resuming operations with the reopening of the historic building’s ground-floor lobby and restaurant area.
The partial reopening of the Hotel Laguna is the first step in the restoration of the property, for which the Laguna Beach Co. has a long-term lease.
A ribbon-cutting event Tuesday celebrated the completion of the first phase of the renovation project, as well as the return of the public to the hotel.
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Honarkar received congratulatory plaques from Rep. Michelle Steel, Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris and O.C. Supervisor Lisa Bartlett at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was also attended by the Laguna Beach City Council and city staff.