Tag: Orange County
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Golfer’s swing snags rock, sparks California fire From ESPN: The golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine landed a shot in the rough Saturday. On his next swing, his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene. (Thanks to Blackburn for…
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Say It Ain’t So/That Took Long Enough: Orange County Is No Longer Nixon Country From Adam Nagourney in the Times: SANTA ANA, Calif. — Orange County has been a national symbol of conservatism for more than 50 years: birthplace of President Richard M. Nixon and home to John Wayne, a bastion for the John Birch Society, a land…