It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday and the sound of sizzling Filipino eggrolls, asada on the grill and cheese bubbling on tortillas fills a vacant lot on Bristol Street across from the Digital Media Center. Read more in our Zine!


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It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday and the sound of sizzling Filipino eggrolls, asada on the grill and cheese bubbling on tortillas fills a vacant lot on Bristol Street across from the Digital Media Center. Read more in our Zine!

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The four el Don editors headed to New Orleans to attend the National College Media Conference Oct. 30-Nov. 2. During down time from winning over 50 awards, we explored and captured the city.


From the nightlife of jazz clubs on Bourbon Street to spontaneous parades in the day, New Orleans is a place that must be experienced.

The four el Don editors headed to New Orleans to attend the National College Media Conference Oct. 30-Nov. 2. During down time from winning over 50 awards, we explored an...

About 3,000 horror fans celebrated their favorite time of year at the Heritage Museum of OC last weekend.


Attendees dressed up as Wednesday Addams, bought Scream shirts, munched on skeleton-themed esquites, posed on a replica of the Stranger Things couch, and met the voice actors from The Nightmare Before Christmas. 


For the fifth year, people dressed as Dracula, Beetlejuice, Terrifier and other frightening characters came together on Sept. 14-15 to kick off the spooky season at Creep it R...

Santa Ana claimed an exhilarating five-set victory against San Diego City College on Monday, their last game before conference. Although the season started rocky, the women’s volleyball team has been working hard on the court and is headed into conference with a 5-4 record overall.   The Dons played a competitive over two-hour match against the Knights, winning by the score of (25-20), (21-25), (25-22), (29-31) and (15-10).  “We wanted to use this as our last preparation for the conference,” sai...

Clusters of colors beyond the rainbow illuminate an enclosed aviary surrounded by lots of greenery. With too many to keep track,  a vibrant blue insect flutters out of sight as a new flash of orange occupies the space. As they feed on apples and oranges, rest on leaves and fly around aimlessly, the butterflies mesmerize attendees. 


For the third consecutive year, about 300 colorful butterflies belonging to 30 species are living in a custom aviary in the Santa Ana Zoo until Sept. 30. “Flight!...

It’s 7 p.m. on a Friday and the sound of sizzling Filipino eggrolls, asada on the grill and cheese bubbling on tortillas fills a vacant lot on Bristol Street across from the Digital Media Center.  As churros crackle in a pool of cooking oil and attendees chatter in line before buying their dinner, the sound is stifled by an exchange of laughter among the neighboring booths and trucks of about 60 vendors. At this weekly pop-up food fest, there is no competition.  Somewhere amid the tents exertin...

Through an arch resembling Japanese architecture and murals of the popular manga character Astro Boy lies a journey filled with artwork from several Asian countries.
Inside, murals and display cases filled with comics containing propaganda, fantasy and storytelling guide visitors through an immersive experience. 
First displayed as a pop-up exhibition at bread shops and comic centers in England,  Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form made its U.S. debut at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana on Marc...