A People's Guide to Orange County

Elaine Lewinnek is professor of American Studies at California State University, Fullerton, and author of The Working Man's Reward: Chicago’s Early Suburbs and the Roots of American Sprawl.
 
Gustavo Arellano is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, former editor of OC Weekly, and author of the books Orange County: A Personal History, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, and ¡Ask A Mexican!
 
Thuy Vo Dang is curator for the Southeast Asian Archive at University of California, Irvine, and coauthor of Vietnamese in Orange County.

Contents

Land Acknowledgment
List of Maps

INTRODUCTION 

1 ANAHEIM, ORANGE, AND SANTA ANA 

1.1 Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association Packing House | 1.2 Anaheim
Union High School District Headquarters | 1.3 Carl’s Jr.’s Former Headquarters,
Anaheim | 1.4 Disneyland, Anaheim | 1.5 East Gene Autry Way Wall, Anaheim |
1.6 Former Chinatown, Anaheim | 1.7 Fricker Fertilizer Factory, Anaheim |
1.8 Fujishige Strawberry Farm, Anaheim | 1.9 Glover Stadium, Anaheim | 1.10 Joel
Dvorman Home, Anaheim | 1.11 Little Arabia, Anaheim | 1.12 Little People’s Park,
Anaheim | 1.13 Melodyland, Anaheim | 1.14 Pearson Park, Anaheim | 1.15 Police
Headquarters of Anaheim | 1.16 Pressel Orchard, Anaheim | 1.17 The Shack/
Xalos Bar, Anaheim | 1.18 Back in Control Training Center, Orange | 1.19 Eichler
SoCal, Orange | 1.20 Lorenzo Ramirez Bust, Orange | 1.21 Orange Executive
Tower | 1.22 Theo Lacy Detention Facility, Orange | 1.23 Alex Odeh Statue,
Santa Ana | 1.24 Anti-Chinese Violence at Gospel Swamp, Santa Ana | 1.25 Black
Panther Park / Sasscer Park, Santa Ana | 1.26 Chicano Power Protests at El Salvador
Park, Santa Ana | 1.27 Cut & Curl, Santa Ana | 1.28 Dr. Sammy Lee Home, Santa
Ana | 1.29 Esposito Apartments, Santa Ana | 1.30 Gay Kiss-In at Centennial Park,
Santa Ana | 1.31 Islamic Center of Santa Ana | 1.32 Lynching of Francisco Torres,
Santa Ana | 1.33 Parking Lot Soccer Fields, Santa Ana | 1.34 Prince Hall Masonic
Temple, Santa Ana | 1.35 Santa Ana’s Lost Chinatown

2 NORTH ORANGE COUNTY 

2.1 Campo Colorado, La Habra | 2.2 Christy’s Cambodian Doughnut Shop, La
Habra | 2.3 Neff Cox’s Shoeshine Stand, Brea | 2.4 Nike Nuclear Missile Site, Brea
Hills | 2.5 Alex Bernal Home, Fullerton | 2.6 Bastanchury Ranch, Fullerton | 2.7 The
Black Hole, Fullerton | 2.8 Kelly Thomas Memorial, Fullerton | 2.9 McCarthy Hall at
CSU Fullerton | 2.10 Site of Police Killing of Juan Peña Diaz, Fullerton | 2.11 Val Vita
Factory, Fullerton | 2.12 West Coyote Hills, Fullerton | 2.13 Former Bracero
Bunkhouse, Placentia | 2.14 Harris Home Firebombing Site, Placentia | 2.15 Melrose
Elementary School, Placentia | 2.16 Whitewashed Chicano Mural, Placentia |
2.17 Nixon Library, Yorba Linda | 2.18 Yorba Linda Community Center |
2.19 Japanese Village and Deer Park, Buena Park | 2.20 Studio K at Knott’s Berry
Farm, Buena Park | 2.21 Rush Park, Rossmoor

3 CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY

3.1 Continental Gardens Apartments, Stanton | 3.2 Danh’s Pharmacy, Westminster |
3.3 Hi-Tek Video Community Protests, Westminster | 3.4 Little Saigon Freeway
Signs, Westminster | 3.5 Vietnamese Bus Stop, Westminster | 3.6 Advance Beauty
College, Garden Grove | 3.7 Cafe Chu Lun and Asian Mug Book Resistance, Garden
Grove | 3.8 Happy Hour Bar, Garden Grove | 3.9 Orange County Koreatown,
Garden Grove | 3.10 Women’s Civic Club of Garden Grove | 3.11 Demolished
Sergio O’Cadiz Mural, Fountain Valley | 3.12 Masuda Middle School, Fountain
Valley | 3.13 Former Vons Supermarket, Tustin | 3.14 Tustin High School
Tennis Courts

4 CANYONS

4.1 Aerojet, Chino Hills | 4.2 Lynching Tree, Irvine Canyon Ranch | 4.3 Olinda Oil
Museum and Trail, Brea | 4.4 Prado Dam, Chino | 4.5 Santa Margarita High School,
Rancho Santa Margarita | 4.6 Silverado Elementary School / Library of the Canyons,
Silverado | 4.7 Tomato Springs Park, Irvine | 4.8 Yorba Regional Park, Anaheim Hills

5 SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY

5.1 Experimental Farms at UC Irvine | 5.2 Marine Corps Air Station El Toro / Great
Park, Irvine | 5.3 Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, Irvine | 5.4 Mary Pham’s Pride
Flag Display, Irvine | 5.5 Shyima Hall Human Traffi cking Site, Irvine | 5.6 University
Community Park, Irvine | 5.7 University High School, Irvine | 5.8 Verano Place, UCI
Family Housing | 5.9 Darryn Robins Police Shooting Site, Lake Forest | 5.10 Import
Car Scene at Dynamic Autosports, Lake Forest | 5.11 Serrano Creek Park, Lake
Forest | 5.12 Lake Mission Viejo Shopping Center, Mission Viejo | 5.13 Mission
San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano | 5.14 Modesta Avila Protest Site,
San Juan Capistrano | 5.15 Putuidhem / Northwest Open Space, San Juan
Capistrano | 5.16 Swanner Ranch, San Juan Capistrano

6 COASTAL ORANGE COUNTY AND CAMP PENDLETON

6.1 Leisure World, Seal Beach | 6.2 Motuucheyngna, Seal Beach | 6.3 Red Car
Museum, Seal Beach | 6.4 Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station | 6.5 Bluff s of
Huntington Beach | 6.6 Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Huntington Beach | 6.7 Huntington
Beach Pier | 6.8 Huntington Continental Townhomes | 6.9 Pacifi c Beach Club,
Huntington Beach | 6.10 Wintersburg Village, Huntington Beach | 6.11 Cuckoo’s
Nest, Costa Mesa | 6.12 El Chinaco Restaurant and Protest Site, Costa
Mesa | 6.13 Corona del Mar State Beach / Calvary Baptism Site, Newport
Beach | 6.14 Crystal Cove Cottages, Newport Beach | 6.15 Boom Boom Room,
Laguna Beach | 6.16 Day Laborer Hiring Area, Laguna Beach | 6.17 Sycamore
Flats / Laguna Beach Great Happening | 6.18 Richard Henry Dana Statue,
Dana Point | 6.19 Calafi a Beach, San Clemente | 6.20 Capistrano Test Site,
San Clemente | 6.21 Panhe, San Clemente | 6.22 Brig, Camp Pendleton
North | 6.23 Combat Town, Camp Pendleton North | 6.24 Rancho Santa Margarita
IWW Torture Site, Camp Pendleton North | 6.25 San Clemente Border Control
Checkpoint, Camp Pendleton North | 6.26 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station,
Camp Pendleton North | 6.27 Southeast Asian Refugee Housing, Camp Pendleton
North | 6.28 Trestles Surf Spot, Camp Pendleton North

7 THEMATIC TOURS

Cold War Legacies | Environmental Politics | LGBTQ Spaces | Orange County’s
Carceral State | Politics of Housing
Appendix A. Tips for Teaching with A People’s Guide to Orange County,
by Nisha Kunte and Mindy Aguirre
Lesson 1: Cognitive Mapping
Lesson 2: Analyzing Orange County in Popular Culture
Lesson 3: Close Reading A People’s Guide to Orange County
Lesson 4: Create Your Own Guidebook Entry

Appendix B. Selected Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Credits
Index