O.C. History Roundup

Steve Martin as Asa Trenchard in Our American Cousin , 1965. A couple days ago, Janet Whitcomb , who usually writes about South O.C. his...

In early 2013, while grading land for the new Newport Beach Civic Center Park , backhoe operator Greg Oswald uncovered an amazing relic o...

The Dana Point Historical Society was recently given fragments of an old sign (or two) from the " Sunshine Lodge ." (See photo ...

A preview brochure for Woodbridge Village, 1970s. Historian Ellen Bell will discuss “ The Original Villages of Irvine, 1960-1980 ” at t...

"Long time preservation supporter and Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society Associate Director Ben Grabiel has passed away,...

Irvine Park in the early 1900s. (Photo courtesy Orange County Archives) Q: Where was Camptonville? There’s a paragraph mentioning this ...

Caption contest winner, Jim Washburn: "We'll put the Hooters over there." (Image courtesy Irvine Co.) The story of the 176...

This Saturday, Jan. 24, is Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day ! It’ll be perzactly 167 years since the day when gold(!) was discovered at...