Editing Tustin, California (section)

=== 20th century ===
During [[World War II]], a [[United States Navy|Navy]] anti-submarine [[airship]] base (later to become a [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] helicopter station) was established on unincorporated land south of the city; the two dirigible hangars are among the largest wooden structures ever built and are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and [[List of historic civil engineering landmarks|ASCE List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks]]. The north hangar burned down in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Medina |first=Eduardo |date=November 7, 2023 |title=Fire Destroys World War II-Era Blimp Hangar in California |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/us/fire-blimp-hangar-california.html}}</ref>

Suburban growth after the war resulted in increased population, annexation of nearby unincorporated land, including the former [[Marine Corps Air Station Tustin|Marine Corps Air Station]], and development of orchards and farmland into housing tracts and shopping centers. 

In 1996, two white supremacists, [[Gunner Lindberg]] and Domenic M. Christopher, stabbed a 24-year-old Vietnamese American to death on the high school tennis courts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2010-07-29 |title=OC Hate Crime Killer Headed For Lethal Injection - Orange County News - Navel Gazing |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729111717/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/breaking-news/oc-hate-crime-killer-headed-fo/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Anton |first=Mike |date=2008-08-30 |title=Death penalty upheld in O.C. hate killing |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-30-me-death30-story.html |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2008, Lindberg became the first person in Orange County to be sentenced to death for a hate crime.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />