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TODAY

KRLA Radio’s Norm Bour will host a seminar, “How Money Works,”

from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Nov. 6 at Orange Coast

College’s Business Education Room 102, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. The cost is $49 per session. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

https://www.occtickets.com.

A loan signing agent seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at

Orange Coast College’s Business Education Room 103, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. The cost is $154. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

https://www.occtickets.com.

Project Cuddle, which saves babies from abandonment, will hold its

fourth annual Costume Ball at the Wyndham Hotel, 3350 Avenue of the

Arts, Costa Mesa. The event includes dinner, entertainment and a

silent auction. Information: (714) 432-9681.

A volunteer from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation will

host a free seminar on breast health at 9 a.m. at the Athletic Club

for Women, 2036 Quail St., Newport Beach. Information: (949)

852-8655.

Christ Lutheran Church’s Fall Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 4

p.m. at 760 Victoria St., Costa Mesa. The event includes food,

entertainment, games, live and silent auctions, a book fair, a rock

wall, a bake shop and more. Information: (949) 548-6866.

The Providence Speech and Hearing Center will hold a costume ball,

“The Ball of the Fall -- The Magic of Movies,” from 6 p.m. to

midnight at the Balboa Bay Club & Resort, 1221 W. Coast Highway,

Newport Beach. The event will feature a red-carpet walk, a silent

auction, food, drinks, dancing and entertainment. Reserved seating

tickets are $250. Information: (949) 923-1534.

A 20-year reunion for Newport Harbor High School’s class of 1984

will meet from 6:30 p.m. to midnight at the Pacific Club, 4110

MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach. Organizers are also looking for

classmates and need assistance in tracking them down. Information:

https://www.nhhs84.com.

SUNDAY

“Pumpkins and Pancakes -- A Children’s Halloween Extravaganza”

will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. in the Crate and Barrel and Macy’s

Home Store wing of South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.

Children may come in costume. The event benefits abused and neglected

children served by Court Appointed Special Advocates programs of

Orange County. Information: (714) 435-2171.

The Southwest Coordinating Committee will celebrate B’nai B’rith’s

161st anniversary with a gala luncheon and awards presentation at 11

a.m. at the Wyndham Hotel, 3350 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa. The

cost is $35. Information: (714) 892-5906.

The Center for Spiritual Discovery will host a “Radical

Forgiveness Workshop” from 1 to 6 p.m. at 2850 Mesa Verde Drive East,

Costa Mesa. Colin Tipping, author of “Radical Forgiveness: Making

Room for the Miracle,” offers forgiveness techniques. The cost is

$65. Information: (714) 754-7399, Ext. 23.