72 HOURS

1. Bringing the pages to life. Writers and editors from The Local

Concierge, an Orange County travel magazine, will visit Borders Books,

Music & Cafe at 7 p.m. today at South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa

Mesa. The magazine’s winter issue will be available at the event. (714)

432-7854.

2. Feel like you’re there. The North Face retail store will present a

slide show and lecture about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail at 7:30 p.m.

today at 1870-A Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. Free. (949) 646-0909.

3. Discover the bay. A guided walking tour of the Upper Newport Bay

Ecological Reserve will be held between 9 and 10:15 a.m. Saturday with

small tour groups starting every 10 or 15 minutes at the corner of East

Bluff Drive and Back Bay Road in Newport Beach. Free. (949) 786-8878.