ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : A Haunted Past
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One of Orange County’s best-known ghosts is the Pink Lady. Alvina de los Reyes, 31, was returning home from a party in 1910 wearing a pink ball gown when she was killed in a buggy accident.
According to local legend, she appears June 15 of even-numbered years in the Yorba Cemetery in Anaheim, where she was buried.
Source: “The Golden Promise,” by Pamela Hallan-Gibson
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