O.C. History Roundup

Postcard of the Plaza in Orange, circa 1910. Is the intersection of Chapman Ave. and Glassell St. called “the Plaza” or “the Circle?” That c...

Thanks to endless spam, I'm shutting down the "Comments" here for the first time since I launched this blog, over fourteen yea...

I finally cleaned up some of the links (at right) and added new separate sections for historical preservation, state/regional history, and h...

The Heine House, at 820 W. 4th St. in Santa Ana, is long gone now – but it was something of a landmark for over 70 years. Louise Hoffman of ...

South Birch St., Santa Ana, circa 1910 Someone recently asked if any of Orange County's many Birch Streets are named after the anti-comm...

Nita Carman (right) reprises her role as suffragette in Anaheim, 1969 (Pomona Progress Bulletin) Suffragette and civic dynamo Nita Carma...

Robert L. “Rob” Richardson passed away on the evening of July 26, 2020. He was (among so many other great things) a serious local history ...

In-N-Out Burger, on N. Bristol Ave., as seen in 2018. (Photo by author) Orange County's first In-N-Out Burger location, at 815 N. Br...