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 […]
The biblical waters of Gospel Swamp
Orange Co.’s earth-shaking terror of ’33
By Jim Tortolano September is the national Disaster Awareness Month, and in California the mishap we fear most is the earthquake. Out-of-staters are especially terrified of the prospect, which is understandable. Hurricanes, […]
Oil and encyclopedias
By Jim Tortolano Many people in the frigid winter regions of the Northeast dream about life on the sunny California shores. It’s been that way for over a century, and that’s the […]
The historic house on the hill
By Wayne Sherwood Any one who has ever shopped at Mother’s Market on Beach Boulevard, near Adams Avenue, has seen the beautiful Victorian house sitting on the bluff nearby. This splendid, Queen […]
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 […]
Pier into the past of Surf City
By Wayne Sherwood Today many of the residents of Huntington Beach feel their world famous pier has always been there when, in fact, the first pier was built before Huntington Beach […]
The Vegas of the 20s: Seal Beach
By Pete Zarustica Movie stars. Casinos. Stretches of sand. Pretty girls in revealing clothing. Sounds very much like Las Vegas, doesn’t it? But it also once applied to the seaside community of […]
