O.C. Now: Monday

Mater Dei to the Rams: Quentin Lake Reflects on Home, Football, and Faith

Los Angeles Rams safety Quentin Lake has been with the team since 2022. Having grown up in Irvine, Lake attended Mater Dei High School and went on to play for UCLA before going pro.

Cathy Thomas Cooks Up Luscious Lamb Rigatoni with Adya’s Chef Shachi Mehra

Shachi Mehra, executive chef and co-owner of Adya restaurant in Anaheim, as well as the founder of Shachi’s Spice Girl Sauces, joined me to share her luscious lamb enriched rigatoni spiked with her newest sauce, Tikka Masala.

Deanna Templeton Reflects on 20 Years Behind the Lens This Week on “The Zest”

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of self-harm, eating disorders, and suicidal thoughts.

Deanna Templeton is a film photographer whose work captures the raw, unfiltered beauty of adolescence, subculture, and everyday life in Southern California. Her acclaimed book What She Said blends her teenage diary entries with striking portraits taken over two decades, and she’s now featured in the 2025 California Biennial at UC Irvine’s Langson Institute, Orange County Museum of Art.