Orange County Regional History Center

Review: Charles Reiffel retrospective is an eye-opener

2013-01-19 07:00:00

SAN DIEGO — In the history of American art, Charles Reiffel is probably the best early Modernist painter you've never heard of. Celebrated in his own day for Expressionist landscapes of remarkable verve and complexity, he quickly fell off the...

Steelers unveil monument to Franco Harris' Immaculate Reception

2012-12-22 18:25:00

Franco Harris and the Pittsburgh Steelers were in a festive mood Saturday during a ceremony to unveil a monument to the Immaculate Reception, which took place 40 years ago. At a tent next to Heinz Field, the monument occupies the spot at former Three...

Arthur P. Stern dies at 86; transistor pioneer

2012-06-10 19:41:00

Arthur P. Stern, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor whose prominent career in electronic engineering included leading the development of General Electric's first transistor radio in the 1950s and guiding the commercialization of satellite navigation at...

This Sunday: Innovation at Bell Labs, James Brown and Jack's juvenilia

2012-03-23 16:35:48

Where to stay when visiting Yosemite

2011-03-21 12:13:00

With more than 4 million people visiting Yosemite National Park last year — and that number expected to increase this year — it's no wonder lodging inside the park is snatched up quickly. "We typically sell out during the summer season,"...

In search of the meaning of 'Mozingo'

2010-05-16 00:00:00

Reporting from the Northern Neck of Virginia My father's family landed in 1942 Los Angeles as if by immaculate conception, unburdened by any past. Growing up, I knew all about how my mother's grandparents came to California from southern France and...

A chapter that's all but forgotten: When the Civil War came west

2011-04-11 00:00:00

Things hadn't gone according to plan — do they ever in war? — and now, Lt. James Barrett was going to make them right. The cavalry officer and his dozen or so men would rescue his colleague, Capt. William McCleave, from those nettlesome rebels...

Climbing Mt. Bassett

2010-09-08 04:33:10

'Gone With the Wind' celebrates 75 years

2011-05-02 16:35:31

Museums offer free admission for active-duty military families this summer

2011-05-24 16:33:12

Seymour Fromer dies at 87; founder of Jewish museums

2009-11-08 00:00:00

Seymour Fromer, who built one of the country's largest collections of Judaica with little money but enormous drive to preserve the history of Jews, especially those who helped settle the American West, has died. He was 87. Fromer died Oct. 25 at his...

Los Angeles in 7 Days

2010-06-23 16:33:18

The Philemon Bryan House was built in 1905 and served as a boarding house during World War II. It's now home to the Fort Lauderdale History Center's offices.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Hartford History Center

2013-05-08 08:37:00

Shelley Emling will give a program at the Orange County Regional History Center.

2013-03-07 16:21:00