Email Author LP HASTINGS

2012 Stories by LP HASTINGS

• This Week in Food: Sexual Cleansers, Suckling Pigs, and More Good Eats in SanTana

  published Dec 28, 2012

  The New Year means at least two great things for Orange County. One, we made it through the end of the world and lived to see another day behind the orange curtain (Hoorayr!) Two, 2013 is going to bri... More >>

• Rebecca Black

  published December 20, 2012

  If Rebecca Black were “playing” at the House of Blues in Anaheim two days earlier, Friday the 21st, the world would surely explode... More >>

• This Week in Food: Feelin' Cozy at The Attic, Top Drinks and Restaurants of 2012, and How to Make Homemade Tamales

  published Dec 21, 2012

  The holidays are almost over, and you can return to spending your money on more selfish things. Let's take a look at some favorite food and drink from this year, as well as new places on the horizon. ... More >>

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  Make It Mexican With Roland: Tamales

  published Dec 20, 2012

  This is the first installment of Mexican food tutorials with the warm and inspiring Roland Rubalcava of Rubalcava's in Placentia. Roland has agreed to take us through his favorite dishes that he lear... More >>

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  [UPDATED: BODY FOUND] Jack Culolias, Arizona State University Student from Brea, Still Missing

  published Dec 17, 2012

  See the latest update at the bottom of the page... ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 14, 8:00 A.M.: On Nov. 30, Brea resident Jack Culolias went out with around 200 other people in fraternities and sororities fro... More >>

• Rear Window

  published December 6, 2012

  Who doesn’t love classic movies on the big screen? If you don’t, then go home—you’re drunk. This week, Alfred... More >>

• This Week In Food: Korean Dessert Gorditas, Food for the Apocalypse, and Politically Correct Easy Bake Ovens

  published Dec 14, 2012

  If I believed in the Mayan Apocalypse, I would tell you to eat your way through next week. But I don't, so simply enjoy this week's highlights and try something new - just because! Edwin ventured int... More >>

• [UPDATE, W/ NEW PLEA FOR DONATIONS] Zeke Kendall, 19-Year-Old OCC Student, Needs Help For Heart Transplant

  published Dec 12, 2012

  Updated, with new info on the bottom...ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 30, 5:14 P.M. "I'm not the type of person to reach out to the public for help," Amber Weiser told me, her soft voice dropping to hold back te... More >>

• What Can You Do With 7,000 Marshmallowsr A Window Display!

  published Dec 10, 2012

  Over 7,000 marshmallows....as a holiday window display. Requiring hours of work, a keen eye, and lots of hot glue. That's what the industrious crew at Roadkill Ranch have gifted Fullerton this holiday... More >>

• This Week in Food: A Fantasy Dining Room, Where to Bring a Can to See Some Cans, and How to Navigate the Best Liquor Store in Tijuana

  published Dec 08, 2012

  This week's dining digest brings you a rather wide spectrum of nummy bits - from the silly, the sad, and the nostalgic, to the healthy and the gut bombs. Let's take a look, shall wer First, we're hap... More >>

• This Week in Food: Interestingly Delicious Spaghetti, a Time Capsule of a Vietnamese Restaurant, and What Burger to Eat Before the World Ends

  published Dec 04, 2012

  While we missed posts from Edwin when he was out enjoying life on vacation, he still told us about an intriguingly erratic yet wonderful menu at The Ally in Garden Grove. In this week's Hole in the W... More >>

• [SLIDESHOW] What the TSA Confiscates at John Wayne Airport

  published Dec 03, 2012

  When it comes to John Wayne Airport, thankfully, not much contraband is found on passengers by your friendly Transportation Security Administration helpers. In 2011, the TSA at John Wayne confiscat... More >>

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  Zeke Kendall, 19-Year-Old OCC Student, Needs Help For Heart Transplant

  published Nov 30, 2012

  "I'm not the type of person to reach out to the public for help," Amber Weiser told me, her soft voice dropping to hold back tears, "but I just don't know what to do."Weiser's brother was rushed to th... More >>

• Rick Reiff Editorializes the Shit out of PBS SoCal's Story on Trabuco's Saddle Crest Development

  published Nov 23, 2012

  A few weeks ago PBS SoCal asked that as many opponents as possible of the Saddle Crest development in Trabuco Canyon congregate at Cook's Corner for a newscast. The story would focus around the recent... More >>

• Dennis Avner aka "Stalking Cat" Found Dead; On his Time in OC

  published Nov 20, 2012

  If I told you that Dennis Avner passed this November, it wouldn't mean much. But if I pulled up a photo of the character he was better known as, your interest would surge immediately. Avner lived a gr... More >>

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  Chay Peterson, Silverado Canyon Activist, Gets Targeted with Most Pathetic Political Mailer EVER

  published Nov 12, 2012

  If you have gone to or participated in any events around Silverado Canyon in Orange, then you probably saw Chay Peterson. She's the petite blonde woman bouncing around, probably wearing fairy wings an... More >>

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  'We Will Live to Fight Again'

  published November 8, 2012

  COLORS5:30 P.M., Election Eve. The after-school day care at La Veta Elementary School in El Modena is a whirlwind of... More >>

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  [W/PHOTOS] What Burger Will Grow Mold First: McDonald's, In-n-Out, or TK Burgersr An Experiment

  published Oct 04, 2012

  Many of us have heard this rumor: that if you leave a McDonald's hamburger out, indefinitely, it will never go moldy.Plausible enough, rightr The average McDonald's meal is filled with more mystery th... More >>

• Fullerton Homeless Talk about Kelly Thomas After Slidebar Protest

  published Jun 16, 2012

  In between the afternoon and evening protests at Slidebar in Fullerton over their role in the Kelly Thomas killing, the only people left buzzing around the area were a group of homeless men. They wal... More >>