Bayside candidate forum set for today The...

Bayside candidate forum set for today

The Bayside Village Homeowners’ Assn. is hosting a candidate forum

in Newport Beach at 10 a.m. today at 300 East Coast Highway. Parking

is available on Bayside Drive.

For more information, call Pat Greenbaum at (949) 675-3651.

Gala to celebrate

city’s 100 years

The “Black Tie Gala Event of the Century” will be held Oct. 15 in

commemoration of Corona del Mar’s centennial. The black-tie dinner

will be at the Four Seasons Hotel. Individual tickets are available

for $250 and tables of 10 go for $3,000. For more information, call

Peggy Fort, executive director of The Centennial Foundation, at (949)

422-4210.

Costa Mesa fair to

be gem of an event

The 15th annual Gem Faire will return to Costa Mesa next week.

More than 100 dealers from all over the world will exhibit and

sell all kinds of gems, jewelry, beads, crystals, rocks and minerals.

Finished and rough gemstones will also be available.

A master jeweler will be available to repair and restore family

heirlooms or other jewelry. Visitors can also sign up for classes to

learn how to make their own jewelry.

The Gem Faire will be from Oct. 8 to Oct. 10 at the Orange County

Fairgrounds, Building 14. It will be open on Friday from noon to 7

p.m., on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Admission is $5, which is valid for the entire weekend.

For more information, visit www.gemfaire.com or contact Gem Faire,

Inc. at (503) 252-8300 or e-mail to [email protected].