By Jim Tortolano If you think of Anaheim today, it’s likely that the images come to mind might be Mickey Mouse or the Angels baseball team. But almost a century ago, it […]
Rise and fall of the KKK in Anaheim
Packing House packs history
Second in a series on historically significant places in Orange County. By Jim Tortolano Few cities in Orange County did as thorough as job of destroying their downtowns as Anaheim did in […]
OC’s three famous churches
By Pete Zarustica Over the years, Orange County has been marked by much more than amusement parks, beaches and housing tracts. Houses of worship have played a key role in the history […]
The charm of Old Town Tustin
Second in a series of places of historical interest in Orange County. By Jim Tortolano Much attention lately has been focused on the burgeoning downtowns of Santa Ana, Orange and Huntington Beach. […]
A.G. Cook planted Garden Grove
First in a series about the “Founding Fathers (and Mothers)” of Orange County and its cities. By Jim Tortolano The Civil War had been over for just nine years. General George Custer’s […]
FC bridges past to present
Editor’s note: First in a series of visits to historically significant locations in Orange County. By Jim Tortolano Orange County’s most senior institution of higher learning is a “junior” college. Technically, Fullerton […]
Book: ‘New Deal’ for Orange County
By Jim Tortolano Although Barack Obama in 2012 made strong inroads into Republican domination of Orange County during presidential elections, only once in history has O.C. swung toward the Democrats. That was […]
A century of colleges in OC
By Jim Tortolano These days, the minimum entrance requirement into the middle class life is believed to be a college degree. Yet in Orange County, for more than half of its history, […]
“Catch 22” gift to the county
By Jim Tortolano It was once one of the largest air force training bases in the world, and yet it had no airplanes, hangars or runways. It was a major setting in […]
