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Sit-ins, demonstrations and shantytowns were all activist strategies for gay and lesbian rights on a university campus in supposedly conservative Orange County.
A small community center became the unlikely launching pad for multiple extremist movements that profoundly changed American politics.
While Orange County is famed for its conservative activists, it is also home to civil rights activists, environmentalists, labor activists, LGBTQ activists and many more whose victories may surprise you.
A public middle school in Orange County celebrates the military heroism of Kazuo Masuda, without also publicizing the anti-discrimination battles his family won.
A new podcast explores the people who lived in Chinatown and examines historical issues, as well as new questions that affect Chinatown, Los Angeles and beyond.
Photographs reveal the celebrations surrounding the birth of L.A.'s Union Station, but also present the indiscernible loss of "Old Chinatown," a neighborhood lost to make way for the railroads.
The Los Angeles County Fair turns 100 this year. Considering all the ways the fair has entertained, informed and marketed to Angelenos over the past 100 years, here is a glimpse of a few rare attractions that have lit up local imaginations over the last century.
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Explore the depths of L.A.'s forgotten railway tunnels and learn why they were abandoned.
Who should have the right to enjoy one of the most beautiful beaches in Orange County? Early residents of Crystal Cove fought for public access to the coast.
A new privatized form of residential government was developed here and now affects half the housing for sale in Orange County.
After displacements due to racist land laws and Japanese incarceration, the Fujishige family held on to their strawberry farm for years despite Disney's offer to buy it for $90 million.
Cross-burning, vandalism and bomb-throwing attempted to drive the first African Americans from this neighborhood, but, ironically, that racist intimidation alerted other Black homebuyers that this was a space where they could actually purchase homes.