Column: The Ducks are O.C.’s model sports franchise. Could their owner save the Angels?
For the Angels, Sunday is the last day of the worst season in franchise history. There is a dreary emptiness around the ballpark.On the field,…
Will a Vietnamese American candidate help Democrats win a congressional seat in Little Saigon?
At a solemn reunion in Orange County, dozens of elderly Vietnamese Americans gathered recently to reconnect with others once held at Suối Máu, a camp…
Five families sued to desegregate O.C. schools. Why is just one remembered?
The 14 people gathered on the steps of the 1st Street U.S. Federal Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles a few Saturdays ago were passionate, but…
L.A. supervisors’ ‘Jane Fonda Day’ is astoundingly insensitive
As a proud member of the Vietnamese American community and the California Assembly, I was deeply disappointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’…
Watch your step, Democrats. O.C.’s purple shine hides a red underbelly
In 2016, my beloved homeland of Orange County shocked political observers by favoring Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, the first time we went with a…
LGBTQ+ people in Huntington Beach fearful from a rise in hostility
Huntington Beach radiates California cool. The best surfers in the world descend here each summer to compete on waves rolling in under its public pier.…
In Orange County, election skepticism could sway key Congress races
Alex Lopez doesn’t contest that Joe Biden was elected president in 2020. His concern lies with how those results came to be. “By the numbers?…
Emily’s List made expensive bet in Orange County congressional race
For Emily’s List, the Democratic political group that has helped elect hundreds of women who support abortion rights, backing Joanna Weiss just made sense. Weiss,…
Shohei Ohtani ‘grateful’ for investigation into ex-interpreter
Just hours after Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, surrendered to authorities Friday on charges that he stole more than $16 million from the Dodgers’ two-way…
Best tuna melt sandwiches in Los Angeles and Orange County
The tuna melt combines two of America‘s most glorious diner sandwiches: the grilled cheese and the tuna salad. According to legend, its origins trace to…
Andy Cohen, Bravo’s ‘king of reality TV,’ faces his own drama
As a boy growing up in St. Louis, Andy Cohen was a pop culture fanatic who was obsessed with the soap opera “All My Children.”…
Charges of racism and red-baiting in SoCal congressional race
A new Southern California congressional district was created expressly to empower Asian Americans — binding together residents of Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean and Indian descent to…
On election day, California voters could shape control of Congress in 2025
Deep-blue California has long been a Democratic stronghold in presidential contests. But away from the azure coastline and sapphire-tinged urban centers, the state remains a…
Democrats are emphasizing abortion to mobilize voters. Will it work in Orange County?
Each day, Summer Bailey saw the congressional campaign signs staked into the succulent greenery near the entrance to Balboa Island in the heart of Newport…
George Skelton’s long view on California politics
Fifty years ago this week, the Los Angeles Times hired a young political reporter named George Skelton. He had made his mark covering the state…
The key swing voting bloc in Orange County isn’t white suburbanites, it’s middle class Latinos and Asians
Robert Baca’s political compass has always pointed toward the Republican Party, but lately he hasn’t felt as at home in the GOP. Though he voted…
Appreciation: Times reporter Chris Foster remembered as an ace
The Rams were loading up the trucks to move to St. Louis in June 1995, and The Times needed a reporter to hustle out to…
Shohei Ohtani is just the latest young person to leave O.C. for L.A.
When Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani joined the Angels in 2018, my cousins and I made a bet. How long until he leaves Orange County to…
Their stolen land was given back. Now they’re ready to heal
As far back as 9,000 years ago, the Acjachemen and Tongva people hunted, fished and foraged for nuts and berries at Bolsa Chica Mesa. This…
Officials declare Tustin hangar fire ‘fully extinguished’
Officials in Orange County declared Friday that the Tustin hangar fire is “fully extinguished” after 24 days, calling the blaze “one of the most challenging…