Today's photo shows a County Road Department equipment auction in the 1940s. Notice how much of their old equipment was still horse-drawn! What a contrast to the booming center of modern development Orange County would soon become..
Ever wonder how the Royal Hawaiian restaurant in Laguna Beach (one of the last tiki/Polynesian-style places around) makes their famous Lapu Lapu? L.A. Times Magazine has now taken the mystery out of it.
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If you enjoy the various theme park history blogs, here's another one to add to your line-up: "Main Gate Admission." (Thanks to Vintage Disneyland Tickets for pointing this out.)
