\u201cThe O.C.\u201d gave us melodrama at the private Harbor School, which seemed like a nod to Sage Hill, invoked the name of the public Newport Harbor High and filmed at a Catholic college in, well, Brentwood. <\/p>\n
Authentic insights fueled those scripts. \u201cArrested\u201d creator Mitch Hurwitz attended Estancia High in Costa Mesa and hawked cookies<\/a>, not frozen bananas, at the Balboa Fun Zone. <\/p>\n \u201cThe O.C.\u201d show runner Josh Schwartz learned about the place from fellow students at USC \u2014 he once called out that \u201cdirect pipeline\u201d<\/a> from Newport to Southern Cal \u2014 and executive producer Joseph McGinty Nichol, better known as McG, attended Corona del Mar High School<\/a>. <\/p>\n Michelle Pfeiffer brings perhaps the most O.G.-O.C. cred to her Emmy-nominated turn as Shyanne in the Fullerton-set \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles.\u201d <\/p>\n Along with Diane Keaton, Will Ferrell and Steve Martin, Pfeiffer is one of the Capital A actors from this side of the curtain. Born in Santa Ana. Raised in Midway City. Graduated Fountain Valley High. Named Miss O.C. in 1978. Studied at Golden West College<\/a>. <\/p>\n Michelle Pfeiffer<\/p>\n (Agn\u00e9s Ricart \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n Shyanne (love the wordplay) is the single mother to the titular single mother played by Elle Fanning, and they do what they have to do to get by in a place where that is really, really hard. Thus, the money troubles.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been waiting to play Shyanne my whole life. I know these women,\u201d Pfeiffer told Yvonne Villarreal<\/a> in April. \u201cYes, she\u2019s from Fullerton. I\u2019m from Orange County as well. I love her take-no-prisoners, unapologetic in every way [persona].\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cMargo\u201d filmed at Fullerton College, the Fox Theatre, B&B Donuts, Rutabegorz and other North O.C. locations, as Jessica Peralta chronicled<\/a> in her interview with Rufi Thorpe, who authored the book that inspired the Apple TV series.<\/p>\n \u201cI have never lived in Fullerton, but we have a close family friend who does, and so I have spent a fair amount of time there and have always found it charming and slightly anachronistic,\u201d Thorpe, who is from Corona del Mar, told Peralta.<\/p>\n Writing in The Times, Carla Meyer did a recent by-the-numbers take<\/a> on \u201cMargo\u201d ahead of next month\u2019s Emmy Awards, where the show is up for eight statues.<\/p>\n \u201cCollective seasons of \u2018The O.C.,\u2019 \u2018Laguna Beach\u2019 and \u2018The Real Housewives of Orange County\u2019 have never captured the Orange County experience like Pfeiffer does in \u2018Margo.\u2019<\/p>\n No argument here. Pfeiffer is Pfeiffer. <\/p>\n MORE NEWS Tiana\u2019s Bayou Adventure in Bayou Country features a 50-foot drop. Disneyland is warning guests to not stand on the ride.<\/p>\n (Christian Thompson \/ Disneyland Resort)<\/p>\n Let\u2019s not stand up on Disneyland\u2019s log-flume ride <\/p>\n File this one under I-can\u2019t-believe-this-is-necessary: Disneyland is warning guests that they will be removed<\/a> from the park if they stand up on the Tiana\u2019s Bayou Adventure log ride, which has a 50-foot drop.<\/p>\n Back to the future: Disneyland is finally remaking Tomorrowland<\/p>\n Tomorrowland is looking a little yesterday. An overhaul<\/a> is planned.<\/p>\n Fullerton will freeze police, city staff hiring<\/p>\n Times are tight for cities. Fullerton is even putting vacant police positions<\/a> on ice.<\/p>\n Council wants a closer look at HBPD contract proposal<\/p>\n For similar reasons, Huntington Beach officials asked for more information<\/a> on a proposed police contract.<\/p>\n CdM junior transforms a blank wall on campus<\/p>\n Matt Szabo\u2019s feature about a talented CdM student who spent her summer break painting a \u201cmural masterpiece<\/a>\u201d just glows. <\/p>\n O.C. Sports Report<\/p>\n Huntington Beach routed Long Beach Millikan<\/a> 42-14.<\/p>\n Newport Harbor High and Corona del Mar<\/a> faced off in their annual grudge match.<\/p>\n Newport Harbor football rallied for a win over Murrieta Mesa<\/a>, improves to 2-0<\/p>\n 5 Things to Do in OC<\/p>\n \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f An unforgettable night recreating a masterpiece at the Pageant of the Masters<\/a> <\/p>\n \ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f Gordon Ramsay says new Anaheim eatery<\/a> blends English roots with SoCal sensibilities. <\/p>\n \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f Huntington Beach Art Center examines fiber as a medium in new exhibit<\/a>. <\/p>\n \ud83d\uded2 Old Brea Chop House owners open a new butcher shop<\/a> and specialty food store.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f Telef\u00e8ric Barcelona brings Spanish tapas<\/a> to Newport Beach<\/p>\n KEEP IN TOUCH ![\"Michelle](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787762531_105_.png\")
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Thanks for letting me fly the plane \u2014 those John Wayne takeoffs really throw your head back \u2014 for the last couple of weeks. Carol Cormaci will resume TimesOC newsletter duties next week. Get in touch with her at carol.cormaci@latimes.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of my favorite shows about Orange County capture its sense of place. Neither was filmed here. \u201cArrested…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,9350,58123,6946,1583,588,58120,4840,58121,58122,35412,3226,12382,58124,8074],"class_list":["post-444197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-coast","tag-costa-mesa-angler","tag-course","tag-hospital","tag-huntington-beach","tag-large-all-electric-hospital","tag-power","tag-single-life","tag-surf-city","tag-uc-irvine","tag-unit","tag-visitor","tag-wildlife-sanctuary","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}