Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Santa Ana Rings in 1915

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Celebrating the arrival of the new year a century ago would, in some ways, be familiar to many of us. Most folks spent the evening at home...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Merry Christmas

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The Great Stone Church, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Christmas 2011 With the majority of my gift-wrapping now done, I'm taking a mom...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Marion Knott Montapert (1922-2014)

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Marion Knott at 75th anniversary of her mother's restaurant, 6-13-2009. Marion Knott Montapert , the last of Walter and Cordelia Kn...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Election Day and Halloween are coming soon

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Election Day has long had the indignity of falling soon after Halloween, providing obvious opportunities to recast political hobgoblins as...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

A couple more scenes from O.C.'s 125th birthday

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Fairgrounds, Aug. 1: Giant walking "fair foods" add gravitas to the national anthem. In addition to the aforementioned museum ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Vodie's bear, and Saturday doin's

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Vodie's bear, Santa Ana, hours before moving to his new home at MONA. Here's a run-down of some local history-related events hap...
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Thursday, August 07, 2014

125 years of L.A./O.C. sibling rivalry

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Southern California citrus, as shown in Sunset Magazine , March 1911 The rumors are true. We were part of Los Angeles County until we s...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Orange County's 125th birthday continues

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This eagle (sans color) appeared in the Santa Ana Standard in 1889, to mark county secession. Although Orange County ’s birthday was la...
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