Tracking the Trends

It was a year of change in Orange County, with movers and shakers moving and shaking right in and out of the headlines. A list of what was “in” and “out” in 1993:

IN

The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

William G. Steiner

Laurel Wilkening, the first female chancellor of UC Irvine

Anaheim Stadium

Bodysurfing and boogie-boarding at the Wedge

Senior citizens’ rights

National Organization for Women

Lottery winners Lorenzo Cerezo of Placentia ($20 million) and Mark Beeks of Westminster ($16.8 million)

School dress codes and graffiti hot lines

The devil logo at Mission Viejo High

California gnatcatcher

Rocky the minke whale

Irvine, as one of the top 10 safest cities with more than 100,000 residents nationwide

Diversity

T.J. Rubley

Tollways

County Clerk Gary L. Granville

State Sen. Rob Hurtt

Michael Eisner

Bike helmets

Taco Bell

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OUT

The Los Angeles (Baltimore?) Rams

Don R. Roth

Jack Lindquist, longtime president of Disneyland

El Toro Marine base

Tailgating in the Anaheim Arena parking lot

James D. Gunderson, the Laguna Hills lawyer who got millions from Leisure World clients

Newport Beach Police Chief Arb Campbell

Card Clubs in Cypress, Stanton or Anaheim

Nighttime parties at local beaches

The Ducks’ guitar-playing “Iceman”

Newporter North and Castaways

Pigs with traces of drugs sold at the O.C. Fair

Orange County, which slipped to 23rd among desirable places to live. It was 7th in 1989.

Orange County Grand Jury

Daryl Henley

Free rides on all roads

County Recorder Lee A. Branch

U.S. Rep. Jay Kim

Carl Karcher

Smoking in public

Del Taco