White parents vastly outnumbered the handful of Mexican women who came from La Colonia Independencia to attend a Magnolia School District board meeting on Feb. 21, 1955. The show of force was there in ...

Brea’s past and future collided on Jan. 14 outside the office of the Brea Olinda Unified School District in a fight over a dead white man. Representing the yonder days was a large group of baby ...

Frederal Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents escort a birth-tourism suspect. (All photos courtesy of HSI) Federal authorities were busy Thursday, arresting three alleged birth tourism ...

As an 11-year-old kid in the summer of 1981, life was, by all discernible metrics, pretty cool. Even in the nascent months of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, very little seemed of consequence—or even ...

Standing on what was a quiet orange grove more than half a century ago is a small faux grass hut. A diverse crowd gathers outside: tourists wearing mouse ears, children savoring the sweet tang of a ...

Disneyland custodian Al Ramos came back from vacation in September 1984 with no work to return to, save for walking the picket line outside his job. The company wanted a two-year wage freeze, no ...

Two sister companies in Yorba Linda must shut down and cease doing business in California as part of a $7.8 million settlement with the Orange County District Attorney’s office, which had sued them ...

I was ROLLING when news came Wednesday morning that Hollywood Forever Cemetery had removed a monument to Confederate soldiers in the wake of the Charlottesville tragedy. Multiple outlets reported that ...

City planners brought together by the American Planning Association (APA) looking to “discover Santa Ana on foot” gathered in front of the Grand Central Art Center yesterday afternoon when they were ...

The gleaming black Cadillac Escalade trembles at the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Cerritos Avenue in Stanton. Four young Mexican men inside, all buzz cuts and oversized white T-shirts and ...

It’s no secret that heavy metal music can be a bit morbid and macabre. Heavy metal artists have never been afraid to musically confront mortality, pain, suffering and other grim topics by creating ...

Jaritza and I have crossed paths a few times. She (along with Danny) kept me company at last year's Oozefest, when I was confined to a chair and crutches. While I associate her with desserts, her ...