Email Author SPENCER KORNHABER

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 25, 2010

  "Toil and Trouble"

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2009 Stories by SPENCER KORNHABER

• Shirley Grindle Runs Out of Patience With TINCUP Reform Committee

  published December 3, 2009

  TINCUP More Than Half-Empty?Grizzled watchdog Shirley Grindle runneth out of patience with the committee responsible for reforming... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Proposition 8 Is Keeping Same-Sex Couples From Marrying, But It Has United OC's Gay Community

  published November 19, 2009

  All Together NowProposition 8 is keeping same-sex couples from marrying, but it has succeeded in uniting at least one family:... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Has the Decline of the Register Created Space for Nonprofit Site the Voice of OC to Put Down Roots?

  published October 22, 2009

  A New PageHas the decline of The Orange County Register created enough media space for nonprofit news website the... More >>

• [BEST OF OC] El Profesor (the Professor): Erwin Chemerinsky

  published October 8, 2009

  UC Irvine brought Erwin Chemerinsky to Orange County in June 2008, so it’s not strange that his favorite thing about the county is... More >>

• Anti-Obama 'Eligibility' Movement Members Breaking Ties With Laguna Niguel Birther Orly Taitz

  published September 24, 2009

  Birther DefectsMembers of the anti-Obama ‘eligibility’ movement are breaking their ties with Laguna Niguel attorney... More >>

• Taste Of Newport, featuring David Cook

  published September 17, 2009

  Depending on your perspective, Taste of Newport's slate of headline performers for its three day even is either amazing or barf-worthy: Sugar Ray,... More >>

• The Gaslight Anthem; Murder By Death; The Loved Ones

  published September 17, 2009

  The Gaslight Anthem are one of those rare bands that can please the OC rockabilly crowd, Chain Reaction's pop-punk legions, and... Pitchfork. The... More >>

• $2 Corona Night

  published September 17, 2009

  The $2 Corona drink special is just an excuse for Tuesday nights to be the night to show up to this newly opened South County bar. The real... More >>

• Blink-182; Fall Out Boy; All American Rejects

  published September 17, 2009

  For their second Irvine appearance in two days, the reunited pop-punk trio Blink-182 bring along the Blink-182 of this decade's tweens:... More >>

• Legends of Rock Festival

  published September 17, 2009

  The aging of the baby boomers may be destroying America's health care system and tolerance for Woodstock movies, but they have provided a boon for... More >>

• The Spazmatics

  published September 10, 2009

  Los Angeles-based '80s New Wave revival act the Spazmatics have been playing regular gigs at the Shore Ultra Lounge in Long Beach for some time.... More >>

• Sea Wolf

  published September 10, 2009

  Blog famous is better than not famous, right? Sea Wolf's 2008 single, "You're A Wolf" was catchy and cool and intriguing -- and ended up being one... More >>

• Sea Wolf; Afternoons

  published September 10, 2009

  Blog famous is better than not famous, right? Sea Wolf's 2008 single, "You're A Wolf" was catchy and cool and intriguing -- and ended up being one... More >>

• Dave Matthews Band; Switchfoot

  published September 10, 2009

  "As a card-carrying Dave Matthews hater, you should know something about yourself: You don't really hate Dave Matthews." That's what our buds at... More >>

• Blink 182

  published September 10, 2009

  All the reformed late-‘90s acts now cashing in on Gen-Y nostalgia face a common challenge: Their fans were never supposed to grow up. This is... More >>

• Labor Day Pool Party

  published September 3, 2009

  Honor labor in the way that great laborers honor themselves: By getting drunk in the daytime. The Long Beach Party Project is only charging five... More >>

• Paper Planes

  published September 3, 2009

  Back in 2004, the Weekly said that Long Beach's Paper Planes'... More >>

• Legally Blonde the Musical

  published September 3, 2009

  It’s easy to hate on a musical that opens with a number called “Omigod You Guys,” but at the same time... it takes some balls to... More >>

• AC/DC

  published September 3, 2009

  These Australian lad-rockers seem destined to make noise and wear lil' boy shorts into eternity. Since 1973, they've released 15 albums, including... More >>

• Blok; Kyle & Natalie; Streetlight Affair; Bryan Taylor

  published September 3, 2009

  Blok is a hilarious, swaggering OC hip-hop group. Kyle & Natalie is a catchy, fun OC rock group featuring a TV actress. Streetlight Affair's an OC... More >>

• OC Beer Fest

  published August 27, 2009

  The best thing about beer is that it gets you drunk. The second best thing? Ask that question to each of the 60 different breweries assembled at... More >>

• The Used

  published August 27, 2009

  The Used is one of those bands created seemingly to embody everything Chain Reaction, so regular Chain Reaction-goers might be psyched to know the... More >>

• Band of Horses

  published August 27, 2009

  These South Carolinians make spacious, anthemic indie rock that even your grandmother could love. Catch ’em now: If Band of Horses land a few... More >>

• The Casualties

  published August 27, 2009

  Real-deal street punks the Casualties formed in 1990, and either you or someone you knew had their name stitched onto some piece of clothing... More >>

• The Steelwells; The Delta Mirror; The New Limb; We Are The Pilots

  published August 20, 2009

  This year seems to be the Steelwells' play-concerts-all-the-time year, but we're cool with that. They're shimmery, they're poppy, they're... More >>