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Body This month’s photo is of Fountain Valley residents Pauline Accetta and Christine Nakaue. In February 2025, they flew from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand.
Find the Fountain

Find the Fountain

►Find the Fountain

Body There is a small fountain hidden among the pages of this magazine. The first person to email a photo of themselves pointing to the fountain to publisher@fvlm.com will win a $10 Starbucks gift card and have their photo published in the next issue.
Small town Living

Small town Living

Small town Living

Body Much of life these days has gone digital and that’s unfortunate. Emailed party invites, birthday alerts on Facebook and doctor/ school/work reminders via an app.
INSTANT POT BEEF STEW

INSTANT POT BEEF STEW

INSTANT POT BEEF STEW

Body This is a great recipe for cooks who are new to using an instant pot. It’s also a great option for anyone who needs a hot, healthy meal on a cold winter night. Most of the time required for this recipe is prep. Once you add everything to the pot, it’s ready in just 40 minutes.
Photo credit: © Featureflash | Dreamstime.com

Photo credit: © Featureflash | Dreamstime.com

KE HUY QUAN NEVER LET HIS DREAMS DIE

Body After the Vietnam War, 7-year-old Ke Huy Quan, his father and five siblings risked their lives sailing through rough seas to seek refuge in Hong Kong, while his mother and three other siblings fled to Malaysia.
Photo credit: © Wrightstudio | Dreamstime.com

Photo credit: © Wrightstudio | Dreamstime.com

THE RISE OF A.I.

Body Imagine we created the smartest person alive. We taught her everything, every single known fact, to the point where she could make her own formulas and correct the best professors. But we took one important thing away from her: her ability to see color.
Shangri-L.A.

Shangri-L.A.

Shangri-L.A.

Body Shangri-la is a fictional place from a 1933 novel called “Lost Horizon.” The name has become synonymous with an unreachable, earthy paradise. But I disagree. I think we’ve already found it.