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10/02/2026

🎟️ TONIGHT — GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios join Highway 1 South tonight for an evening of live music at The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano.

📅 Tonight, October 2 | 7–9 PM
📍 The Ecology Center | San Juan Capistrano

Don’t wait until you’re scrolling through everyone else’s photos tomorrow.

🎟️ GET TICKETS:
https://theecologycenter.org/event/good-medicine-highway-1-south/

Opening for Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios will be Highway 1 South. Highway 1 South is the acoustic musical duo of Frank Davidson and Beto Bedolfe. Although they have performed together since 1979, “Love Letter to Paraguay,” released in April, 2026, and produced by Rich Hopkins, is their first ...

09/30/2026

🎶 THIS FRIDAY in San Juan Capistrano!

Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios join Highway 1 South for an evening of live music at The Ecology Center.

📅 Friday, October 2 | 7–9 PM
📍 The Ecology Center, San Juan Capistrano

OC World is also producing an upcoming program exploring the Peace Corps experience, featuring music from Highway 1 South’s Love Letter to Paraguay.

Come hear the music live — and stay tuned for the OC World program.

🎟️ Get your tickets: https://theecologycenter.org/event/good-medicine-highway-1-south/

09/28/2026

Access to good health isn't experienced equally across Orange County.

In Episode 5 of The Power of Community series, Women’s Health Drives Community Health, we look beyond the statistics to explore the challenges women face throughout different stages of life—from pregnancy and motherhood to perimenopause, menopause, preventive care, and healthy aging.

The episode examines healthcare access, economic barriers, maternal health, culturally responsive care, telehealth, and the local organizations working to make sure more women get the support they need.

The Power of Community is a six-part documentary series from OC World and the Orange County Community Foundation, examining some of Orange County's most pressing needs and the people and organizations working toward solutions.

📺 Premieres Monday, Sept. 28
🕔 5 PM
📍 KLCS-PBS

Watch live on KLCS.org or your local KLCS-PBS station. KLCS is available over the air on Channel 58 and through multiple Southern California cable and television providers.
Can't catch it live? Watch now and Subscribe to on YouTube. https://youtu.be/1fsE1Rq0-H8

When Women Thrive, Communities Thrive | The Power of Community Ep. ...

09/25/2026

Women's Health Drives Community Health | This Month at OC World -

We’re excited to announce that “Keeping Tradition Alive” has been officially selected to screen at the 17th OC Film Fiesta on Saturday, October 17 at 12:30 PM. The selection is especially meaningful as the festival celebrates diverse voices, cultural heritage, and stories that connect communit...

09/24/2026

🎶 Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios with Highway 1 South — Live at The Ecology Center

On Friday, October 2, the music comes to the stage at The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano. Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios will perform with Highway 1 South as part of the Good Medicine music series.

OC World is producing an upcoming program exploring the Peace Corps experience, which will feature a music video from "Love Letter to Paraguay" — the new album from Highway 1 South inspired by Frank Davidson and Beto Bedolfe’s experiences as young Peace Corps volunteers in Paraguay. The album was produced by Rich Hopkins, with the Luminarios backing the duo.

📅 Friday, October 2, 2026 | 7–9 PM
📍 The Ecology Center | 32701 Alipaz Street, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675

Come hear the stories, places and experiences behind the music — and stay tuned for OC World’s upcoming Peace Corps program.

🎟️ Book your tickets now: https://theecologycenter.org/event/good-medicine-highway-1-south/

09/23/2026

What do the story of the Irvine Ranch and a journalist’s decade in Latin America have in common? They both offer a fascinating look at how people, places and history shape the world around us.

Two authors. Two very different stories. One great conversation.

Veteran Orange County journalist Rick Reiff guest hosts OC World for conversations with Michael Stockstill, co-author of The Irvine Ranch: Fulfilling the Vision, 1977–2025, and Peter Brennan, author of Looking for El Dorado: A Decade of War, Love, and García Márquez in Latin America.

From the transformation of the Irvine Ranch to Brennan’s years reporting across Latin America, these are two very different stories with plenty to talk about.

▶️ Watch the full show now on the OC World YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/9E54bLztxDo

Guest host and veteran Orange County journalist Rick Reiff sits dow...

09/21/2026

🎙️ NEW PROFILE SPOTLIGHT | The Voices Behind Radio Santa Ana

Meet Luis Sarmiento, Co-Founder of Radio Santa Ana, and Carla Zárate, Programming Coordinator, who are helping create a platform where Santa Ana’s voices, culture, history, artists, and experiences can be heard.

Run entirely by volunteers, Radio Santa Ana is truly radio by the community, for the community giving local stories and perspectives a place on the airwaves that traditional media may overlook.

📻 Discover the story behind Radio Santa Ana and the people working to keep community voices heard.

👉 Read the latest OC World Media Club Profile Spotlight: https://ocworldmediaclub.org/profiles/inside-radio-santa-ana-with-luis-sarmiento-carla-zarate/

09/17/2026

What happens when a young journalist heads to Latin America looking for a story and finds a life he never expected?

Peter J. Brennan, author of Looking for El Dorado: A Decade of War, Love and García Márquez in Latin America, joins guest host Rick Reiff to look back on his years reporting in Venezuela and Costa Rica.

From politics and war to journalism, love and the experiences that shaped his career, Brennan shares the story of a decade that became much more than a professional adventure.

▶️ Watch Peter Brennan’s full conversation with Rick Reiff on OC World YouTube.
https://youtu.be/9E54bLztxDo

09/15/2026

The story of Irvine is also the story of one of Orange County’s most influential pieces of land.

Author Michael Stockstill joins guest host Rick Reiff to explore the story behind the Irvine Ranch — its vast footprint across Orange County, Donald Bren’s influence on its development, and the master planning that helped shape modern-day Irvine.

Stockstill is co-author with Pike Oliver of The Irvine Ranch: Fulfilling the Vision, 1977–2025.

▶️ See the full interview with Michael Stockstill on OC World YouTube.
https://youtu.be/9E54bLztxDo

09/03/2026

OC World recently had the opportunity to sit down with two distinguished Orange County leaders whose careers have helped shape the region in very different ways.

Pictured left to right: Environmentalist Beto Bedolfe, OC World Co-Founder & Executive Producer Scott Hays, Ambassador Gaddi Vasquez, and OC World Co-Founder & Producer Manuel Gomez. Filmed at Greek Fire Studios in San Juan Capistrano.