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Cocoa Laney

Lifestyle Editor

cocoalaney@cascadiadaily.com

360-922-3090 ext. 128

Artist Jax Mildner (Fine Art Jax) paints a stroke of red on a purple spot on the white canvas surrounded by other paints and brushes.
The A-List

Cocoa’s picks: Festivals, art walks and seed swaps

A curated selection of happenings in Whatcom and Skagit counties
Jan. 24, 2024 10:00 p.m.
An employee at Breadfarm in Edison holds a Parisian baguette from the drivethru window.
Day Trip Diaries

Introducing Day Trip Diaries: Bow-Edison

Artists, entrepreneurs and farm-to-table food in vibrant community of creatives
Jan. 24, 2024 10:00 p.m.
Local business Funky's Hot Sauce Factory different flavors lined up on a wooden table side by side inbetween two awards.
Food

Bellingham hot sauce to be featured on popular YouTube talk show

Funky’s Hot Sauce Factory spices up season 23 of 'Hot Ones'
Jan. 18, 2024 2:05 p.m.
The A-List

Cocoa’s picks: Luminarias, large carnivores and comedy

A curated selection of happenings in Whatcom and Skagit counties
Updated Jan. 18, 2024 4:07 p.m.
Ta’Kaiya Blaney as Tiss in "The Sound". She's rowing in a wooden canoe.
TV

Indigenous youth navigate trauma, self discovery in locally produced TV show pilot

'The Sound' premieres Jan. 20 at the Pickford’s Treaty Day Film Festival
Jan. 17, 2024 5:00 a.m.
An art piece of a replica of an orca stuffed full of trash.
WTD?

What’s the Deal With: The Sunnyland trash orca?

The metal sculpture is entitled 'Please Don't Feed the Whales'
Jan. 15, 2024 5:00 a.m.
A mug with a cat printed on sits next to an unfinished puzzle as a fireplace behind the items warms up the room.
Lifestyle

Ideas for a day stuck indoors

What to eat, drink and do when it’s too cold to leave the house
Jan. 12, 2024 5:00 a.m.
Checo Tohomaso points to a photo with Marvin Gaye.
Profiles

Keeping the dream alive through soul music

Motown musician Checo Tohomaso plays MLK Day in Bellingham every year
Jan. 12, 2024 5:00 a.m.
The cast of "Mean Girls: The Musical/High School Edition" posing for a photo underneath a bright pink light.
The A-List

Cocoa’s picks: Hip-hop, mountain movies and ‘Mean Girls’

A curated selection of happenings in Whatcom and Skagit counties
Jan. 11, 2024 5:00 a.m.
Checo Tohomaso points to the sky as he sings for a crowd.
Community

Ways to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

MLK Day service events in Whatcom and Skagit counties in 2024
Jan. 9, 2024 1:37 p.m.
Young actors perform "The Firebird!" fairytale adaptation running Jan. 12—14 at The BAAY Theatre.
The A-List

Cocoa’s picks: Craft nights, weddings and weeknight jazz

A curated selection of happenings in Whatcom and Skagit counties
Jan. 4, 2024 5:00 a.m.
Cocoa Laney posing for a photo with Whatcom Museum in the background.
Community

A new year, and lifestyle editor, for celebrating culture, community

Expect more food, travel, home and garden coverage
Jan. 3, 2024 5:00 a.m.

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