\u201cI remember seeing this at his house. It was sketched out, outlined and he had the first layer of paint on it. He had the actual black-and-white photograph on his table,\u201d she recalled. <\/p>\n
It was one of her siblings who urged her to finish what their late father had begun.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had just started getting back into painting, but I was doing little things,\u201d Vasquez Tuthill told the reporter. \u201cI talked to my older brother about it and he said \u2018just start with a shoe.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
She took on the challenge, finished it in 2015 and entered it in the Orange County Fair, where it won a prize.<\/p>\n
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\u201cPacking House, Orange, CA circa 1948\u201d was outlined by Emigdio Vasquez and completed in 2015 by Rosemary Vasquez Tuthill following her father\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
(Sarah Mosqueda)<\/p>\n
\u201cMark [Hilbert, founder of the eponymous museum] liked it so much he kept bugging me about it. He wanted me to donate it to the museum and I resisted for a long time,\u201d said Vasquez Tuthill. \u201cI had a real attachment to it because it was like my transition; I was taking up the mantle.\u201d<\/p>\n
But she relented, she said, because \u201cit\u2019s better here than in my house.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEmigdio Vasquez: Retrospective 50\u201d is on view at the Hilbert through May 30. Read Mosqueda\u2019s in-depth look at the show here<\/a>.<\/p>\n MORE NEWS A plaque depicts Zach Martinez, creator of Patriot Point, at the base of a flagpole in Huntington Beach on Saturday.<\/p>\n (Eric Licas)<\/p>\n \u2022 Thanks to the efforts of nonprofit Tee It Up for the Troops and with the endorsement of the city, new benches and lighting surround an American flag at Patriot Point in Huntington Beach, where our nation\u2019s flag was first installed by the late Zach Martinez, a Vietnam War vet who had served in the U.S. Navy. A special ribbon-cutting ceremony<\/a> was held at the site Saturday, where a plaque was dedicated to Martinez, who had looked after that flag for years prior to his death.<\/p>\n \u2022 In 2020, Jim Vanderpool, then the new city manager of Anaheim, was among a group of power players who attended a days-long retreat in Lake Havasu paid for by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. For context, this was around the time the controversial Angel Stadium sale was before the City Council. According to a TimesOC report<\/a> published Sunday, Vanderpool did not disclose in the required annual statement of his economic interests for 2020, that he had received any gifts, in violation of the Political Reform Act. A city spokesperson told the paper it\u2019s a \u201cnon-issue.\u201d Vanderpool did not respond to a request for comment from the paper.<\/p>\n \u2022 It\u2019s come to light that real estate developer Ken Picerne was the one who bankrolled<\/a>, to the tune of $150,000, the successful effort to qualify a measure<\/a> for next November\u2019s ballot that would reject and revise a state-required housing plan approved by Newport Beach City Council two years ago. <\/p>\n \u2022 South Coast Plaza is being sued<\/a> by John Le, an Asian American resident of Costa Mesa who alleges a security guard at the site used a racial slur when addressing him while he was waiting for his Chevy Bolt to be charged at one of the center\u2019s 22 EV charging stations.<\/p>\n \u2022 There\u2019s a new CEO<\/a> for the Friendship Shelter, a Laguna-based homeless services organization. Nishtha Mohendra steps into the role after most recently serving as chief program officer of Families Forward in Irvine.<\/p>\n A rendering of Laguna Beach\u2019s Fire Station No. 4 replacement project, to be built at 31796 Coast Highway in South Laguna.<\/p>\n (Courtesy of city of Laguna Beach)<\/p>\n \u2022 In other Laguna Beach news, the city recently broke ground on its first new fire station in decades. The $9.2-million facility<\/a> is being built on Coast Highway, where it intersects with 5th Avenue.<\/p>\n \u2022 Amtrak has added to its Surfliner service a 13th round trip between San Diego and Los Angeles beginning Jan. 26, City News Service reported. In O.C., the Surfliner stops at the San Clemente Pier, San Juan Capistrano, Irvine, Santa Ana and Anaheim. Here\u2019s a link to the schedules<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 The father of Aiden Leos, 6, who was killed in a 2021 road rage shooting on the 55 Freeway while he was on his way to school is now suing the youngster\u2019s mother<\/a>, alleging that it was her aggressive driving that brought about her only son\u2019s death, The Times reports.<\/p>\n \u2022 On Friday, according to this Los Angeles Times story<\/a>, a 21-year-old man was left permanently blind in one eye after a Homeland Security agent fired less-lethal rounds at a group of demonstrator ins Santa Ana. Two days later, about 300 anti-ICE protesters and 20 counterprotesters were face-to-face Sunday in Huntington Beach<\/a>. Both gatherings were held in response to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent last week. <\/p>\n SPORTS The Angels are among the teams that have terminated their deals with the FanDuel Sports Network<\/p>\n (Luke Hales \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n \u2022 The Angels were among nine Major League Baseball teams that have terminated their deals with the FanDuel Sports Network to carry their local broadcasts, according to this Associated Press story<\/a> in the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n \u2022 Edison High\u2019s boys\u2019 soccer team last week beat Huntington Beach 2-0 for its ninth consecutive shutout<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mater Dei\u2019s girls\u2019 water polo team emerged as the top team last weekend at the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions with a win over Oaks Christian. Third place went to Newport Harbor<\/a> after the Sailors beat Orange Lutheran.<\/p>\n LIFE & LEISURE Beth M. Howard, right, with cinematographer Kent Abbott, breaks for lunch with lemon meringue pie during a screening of \u201cPIEOWA\u201d in Ottumwa, Iowa.<\/p>\n (Courtesy of Beth M. Howard)<\/p>\n \u2022 A new pie-themed documentary, \u201cPIEOWA: A Piece of America<\/a>\u201d was screened Sunday at Newport Beach\u2019s Lido Theater, hosted by the woman behind the film, Beth Howard, who spoke to Daily Pilot assistant editor Sara Cardine on the power such a simple dessert has to connect people<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nicole Leto, left, and her mother Karen, at the Sling Body Pilates in Newport Beach. The mother-daughter team have been running a Pilates studios in Newport for more than 20 years<\/p>\n (Don Leach \/ Daily Pilot)<\/p>\n \u2022 Mother and daughter team Karen (the mom) and Nicole Leto have been operating a Pilates studio in Newport Beach for more than two decades. My colleague Matt Szabo interviewed the duo<\/a> to learn more about the dynamics of their working relationship and what they have to offer their clients.<\/p>\n CALENDAR Jocelyn Maga\u00f1a Murillo leads rehearsal for \u201cIgnite Dance.\u201d<\/p>\n (Courtesy of the Wooden Floor)<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cIgnite Dance: A Celebration of 35 Years of Dance in Orange County\u201d will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. For tickets, visit thebarclay.org.<\/a> <\/p>\n \u2022 Those looking to develop a green thumb this year might be interested an upcoming class at the Centennial Farm silo building at the OC Fair & Event Center where participants will learn how to grow root vegetables. It takes place Sat., Jan. 24, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $30 and reservations are due by this Friday, Jan. 16<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 For those who do not already have plans for tonight (Wed., Jan 14): Best-selling author Jason Reynolds (\u201cLook Both Ways,\u201d \u201cLong Way Down,\u201d and other titles) will be featured guest for the Sage Center Speaker Series held at Sage Hill School. The event, which begins at 6 p.m., is free and open to the public. Reservations can still be made here<\/a>. Sage Hill is located at 20402 Newport Coast Drive, Newport Coast.<\/p>\n KEEP IN TOUCH<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768416190_453_.jpeg\")
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