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* Send AROUND TOWN items to the Daily Pilot, 330 W. Bay St., Costa

Mesa, CA 92627; by e-mail to jeff.benson@latimes.com; by fax to (949)

646-4170; or by calling (949) 574-4298. Include the time, date and

location of the event, as well as a contact phone number.

TODAY

Free guided walking tours of the Upper Newport Bay Ecological

Reserve begin at 9 a.m. and start every 15 minutes at East Bluff

Drive and Back Bay Road in Newport Beach. The last tour leaves at

10:15 a.m. Tours last about two hours. Information: (949) 786-8878.

Eileen Fisher South Coast Plaza will hold a 20th anniversary

celebration from 1 to 5 p.m. at 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

Visitors can eat cake, drink champagne and take home a 20th

anniversary tote bag with purchase while supplies last. Ten percent

of the store’s sales will benefit local women’s organizations.

Information: (714) 437-3111.

SUNDAY

The first Easy Ride for Autism will begin at 10 a.m. at Bartel’s

Harley-Davidson, 4141 Lincoln Blvd., Marina Del Rey and concludes at

Newport Dunes Resort, 1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach. The event

features Grand Marshal Peter Fonda and a lunch concert by “Louie,

Louie” crooners The Kingsmen at Newport Dunes. Registration begins at

9 a.m. Information: (818) 505-1104.

The 16th annual CROP Walk for hunger relief and world peace will

begin at 1 p.m. at St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 2100 Mar Vista

Drive, Newport Beach. Members of more than 25 places of worship will

walk around the Back Bay to raise money for worldwide charities.

Information: https://www.hungerwalknewport beach.org.