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A view of Cook's Corner from the outside. It's one-story building with walls made of vertial brown wooden panels. There is a wood wheel outside by a bush and a big black and and white sign on the top that says, cold beer good food children welcome. Cook's corner.

Arts & Entertainment

A Brief History Of Cook’s Corner, A Mainstay In Trabuco Canyon

Cook’s Corner, where a gunman opened fire Wednesday night, is often described as a biker bar. But the community ties run far deeper, stretching back to at least 1926.

Three people work to restore a large wooden mural.

Arts & Entertainment

The Fight To Rescue The Works Of A Forgotten Mexican Artist In Orange County

After 50 years, a concrete relief mural by nearly forgotten artist J. Sergio O’Cadiz Moctezuma has been brought back to life. Slowly, his legacy is being rediscovered.

A close up of a plant with various purple flowers growing out of the stem.

Climate & Environment

Native Plants Are In Decline. This SoCal Conservation Group Has A Unique Seed Program To Save Them

The Irvine Ranch Conservancy is spreading the seeds across 40,000 acres of land throughout Southern California.

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Civics & Democracy

Anaheim Council Moves Forward On A Handful Of Reform Efforts

Some residents expressed concern that the city council didn’t do enough at Tuesday’s council meeting following the independent investigation released in late July.

Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu rides in a classic car down the middle of the street during a parade. He's wearing sunglasses, a medium blue sports jacket and giving a thumbs up. A woman with blonde hair and sunglasses is driving the car.

Civics & Democracy

Anaheim City Council Eyes Reforms Ahead Of First Meeting Since Corruption Report

City councilmembers will meet for the first time on Tuesday since an independent investigation released late last month revealed potential past criminal behavior at city hall.

Civics & Democracy

$1.5M In Diverted COVID Funds, Influence-Peddling And More: Here’s What A 353-Page Report Says About Anaheim Politics

The independent report is the result of a nearly year-long investigation the city commissioned from a former police investigator.

News

Anaheim To Release Long-Awaited Report On Influence-Peddling At City Hall

The FBI has kept mum since revealing more than a year ago that it was investigating corruption in Anaheim.

A person, who's blacked out in silhouette against the bright sun, holds a large Pride flag, which is the American flag filled in with rainbow colors insted of red and white stripes.

Education

A Proposed Flag Ban Gets Denied At North OC Community Colleges

The board resolution didn’t even come to a vote.

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Criminal Justice

3rd Person Charged In Firebombing Of OC Planned Parenthood Clinic

Prosecutors say a search later found an additional Molotov cocktail at one defendant’s home and illegal guns at another — potentially preventing further attacks.