Something Happened. It's the title of one of my favorite-ever novels, by Joseph "Catch-22" Heller, and a book too often overlooked. It's a terrifically and purposefully and necessarily digressive work, not to mention a tragic mea culpa, but the two-word under-overstatement is simultaneously one of t ... More >>
Photo Courtesy of Orange County archives, via Orange County History RoundupIn 2005, I penned a cover story about the Great Flood of 1938, Orange County's worst natural disaster until the Big One finally decides to erupt. An accompanying column listed the names of every flood victim the Weekly was ... More >>
Emilio Martinez could have been Orange County's Woody Guthrie (and he still might be)
The life and times of orange picker-turned-big leaguer Jesse Flores
The life and times of orange picker-turned-big leaguer Jesse Flores
Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938
Januarys flooding wasnt an act of god, but man
Why arent OC agencies following Garden Groves lead?
OCN tags along for troubling police raid
