Newsletter: TimesOC: Historic preservation group wants to save O.C. sites

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, Nov. 22. Here’s what’s been happening around O.C.

Top story

Historic preservation group wants to save O.C. landmarks

They stand as windows to the past, reminding us of our triumphs and warning of our trespasses. A church that served as a refuge for Japanese-Americans during trying times. One of the first schools in the state to voluntarily desegregate. Though their histories hold important dictums for society, their walls can be under siege in a region defined by unyielding development. But a new organization, Preserve Orange County, hopes to prevent the industrial colossus from devouring history. TimesOC

Around the county

Mobile restrooms might roll into Costa Mesa to help homeless

After almost a year of kicking around ideas, Costa Mesa Sanitary District board members have expressed willingness to commit funding to provide new public restrooms to help serve the local homeless population, as long as the city also pitches in. Daily Pilot

County takes step toward banning pot sales in unincorporated areas

The Orange County Board of Supervisors has given preliminary approval to an ordinance banning marijuana sales, distribution and cultivation in unincorporated parts of the county. City News Service

Politics

In Orange County, fear and loathing for the GOP tax bill

With scant room to spare, GOP House leaders needed almost the entire 14-member California Republican delegation to move their tax plan forward. All save three — Tom McClintock, Darrell Issa and Dana Rohrabacher — voted yes. That carries no small risk, especially here in Orange County, where lawmakers high on the Democratic target list, including Issa and Rohrabacher, are caught between constituents losing their cherished deductions and party chiefs demanding fealty. Los Angeles Times

Food & drink

Golden Road Brewing is the latest addition to Anaheim’s craft beer scene

Beer aficionados have reason to celebrate with the addition of Golden Road Brewing’s new facility to Anaheim’s burgeoning craft beer scene. TimesOC

This Anaheim shop serves loaded Hungarian ice cream cones made for Instagram

If you’ve never heard of a chimney cake, also known as a kürtöskalács, it’s a cross between a sweet bread and a doughnut, and it’s the star of a new sweets shop in Anaheim called House of Chimney Cakes. The cakes are from owner Szandra Szabó’s homeland of Hungary. Los Angeles Times

Life & arts

A storied art collection shrouded in mystery will anchor new UC Irvine museum

The Gerald E. Buck Collection has grown to more than 3,200 paintings, sculptures and works on paper. Not only is the vast trove the finest holding of its kind in private hands, the collection is poised to anchor an ambitious new museum being launched at UC Irvine. Los Angeles Times

Holiday time at Disney parks: Christmas trees are up, and it’s winter at Sleeping Beauty’s castle

It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but you wouldn’t know that at Disneyland and California Adventure Park. Each park has a mammoth Christmas tree in place, and Sleeping Beauty’s Castle has officially gone into winter mode. Los Angeles Times

Opinion

Commentary: Thanksgiving is a good time for remembrance

“It is a time for us to remember the faith, determination and hardship the Pilgrims faced in establishing themselves in the New World as they sought to create a godly city, ‘the city upon the hill,’ so others could be inspired and follow in their footsteps,” retired college professor Sherry Nord Marron writes. “It is a time to remember the hardship they endured and the joyous celebration they enjoyed with their friends and neighbors, the Wampanoag Native Americans, after their first harvest.” Daily Pilot

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