Photograph Courtesy of Segerstrom Center for the Arts This month marks what would have been the 100th birthday of one of Orange County’s most influential native-born sons: Henry T. Segerstrom. Segerstrom’s impact on the local arts, culture, and retail scene continues to resonate long after his death in 2015. From Read More
Photograph by Emily J. Davis Jeff and Jordan Kim of Fountain Valley are a father-son duo known online as The CrunchBros. With more than 300,000 followers on YouTube and 2.8 million followers on TikTok, they take on food challenges and present mukbangs—videos of themselves eating. Jeff, aka CrunchDad, is a Read More
Photograph by Emily J. Davis Huntington Beach artist Judith Hendler has been creating her own path since she was a child. She gained national attention when her jewelry appeared on a 1980s TV show. Now she’s focused on keeping young people engaged with art and bringing it to the community. Read More
Photograph by Emily J. Davis A two-story warehouse sits on Broadway in Santa Ana, tucked into a neighborhood that looks like something from a Dr. Seuss book. Bold, chunky townhomes painted in hues of rust, mustard, and pumpkin flank one side of the warehouse. Lanky palms and blooming magnolias frame Read More
Photograph by Emily J. Davis A family trip to Zimbabwe and a desire to connect on a deeper level to the communities they visit inspired Carl and Tara Eaton to start the first U.S. chapter of Canadian-based Not Just Tourists in 2018. By encouraging travelers to hand-deliver suitcases of medical Read More
Stadium Photograph by Kaleb Tapp We buckled under another fiery, climate-changing summer. We swooned at the idiocy of once-venerated institutions (looking at you, Supreme Court) and municipal corruption (hello, Anaheim!). We grappled with the supply-chain/labor-shortage/$6-a-gallon gas residue of a pandemic, not to mention Russian aggression and Chinese hissy fits. Some Read More
Photograph by Emily J. Davis Tiffany López had not planned to go to college.Even finishing high school seemed uncertain after she had to flee an abusive home at age 15 and work full time at fast-food restaurants to support herself. Higher education didn’t seem likely, let alone earning master’s and Read More
Photograph by Emily J. Davis San Juan Capistrano resident Galbreath was born in Canada to a Jamaican mother and French Canadian father. During the pandemic, the single mother lost her social worker contracts. Having left an abusive marriage, she prides herself on her resourcefulness. “I’m able to come up with Read More
