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The long-sought dredging machine was on the doorstep of arriving at Lake Contrary a little more than 55 years ago, so the infamous story goes.

A new novel about the Vietnamese American experience in Southern California and beyond tackles the issues of immigration and identity.

Recovery from the July flooding of Contrary Creek has been anything but simple for those living in the more than 200 homes impacted by it on the South Side. Multiple organizations combined to spend more than $250,000 on everything from rent and hotel rooms to furnaces, plumbing and other materials. Church of Christ Disaster Relief through East Hills Church of Christ alone spent more than $250,000 on new beds, water heaters, washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators, among other things. This half-a-million-dollar figure doesn’t include any labor, as many of the churches provided volunteer...