Kevin Ferguson

Born in Long Beach, California, Kevin graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts in Spanish. Before joining KPCC, Kevin worked for Marketplace and the District Weekly, a Long Beach magazine. He's also covered music, art and news for OC Weekly, LA Record, Arthur Magazine, and Riviera.

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we had just rushed over from Long Beach to pick up my grandma, who was staying in a senior apartment complex and had just gotten word that a mandatory evacuation was in effect.
Tuvan throat singing was ingrained in my memory: hypnotic, droning and distant voices buried under miles of reverb. Like nothing I've ever heard.
In high school I knew “California Scenario” as “Satan Park.” The rumor growing up went like this: now-deceased Church of Satan High Priest Anton LaVey owned a sedate Costa Mesa office complex and constructed a garden in the midd...