Firefighters from four cities united to extinguish a fire in a single family home in Huntington Beach on Friday morning. According to Marco Tello of the HBFD, the blaze was at a […]
Fire agencies unite to battle blaze
Harbor W/B offramp closure Monday
The westbound offramp of the Garden Grove Freeway on Harbor Boulevard in Garden Grove will be closed for four hours on Monday, according to the California Department of Transportation. The closure is […]
Violent crime drops in GG and HB
Violent crime is down in Garden Grove and Huntington Beach, according to figures released Friday by the FBI. In its nationwide study of cities with a population of 100,000 and over, four […]
The ghosts of military posts in OC
By Jim Tortolano The pivotal factor in Orange County’s transition from an agricultural region into a sprawling suburban metropolis was the effect of World War II and its aftermath. The great conflict […]
The biblical waters of Gospel Swamp
By Jim Tortolano Orange County is known for a lot of things, including some famous houses of worship. But some of the most colorful religious communities in the county were more like […]
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 […]
Not always fair weather for OC Fair
By Jim Tortolano If it’s July, it must be time for hundreds of thousands – perhaps over a million – of Orange County residents to head down to Costa Mesa for the […]
The cities formerly known as ….
By Jim Tortolano It’s not just celebrities or serial spouses who change their names. Many a city – some of them big – trade in one monicker for another for a […]
“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 […]
