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4:33 pm
May. 25, 2012
Michael Burgin, One of Two Final Defendants in Crime Ring That Hit OC Jewelers, Gets 90 Years
By Matt Coker
The final two North San Diego County gang members who were part of a crime ring that robbed Tustin Village Jewelers and Baca Jewelers of Laguna Beach in 2009 received their sentences today--and on... More >>

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4:03 pm
May. 25, 2012
Gabriela Mariana Morales Gets 25 Years to Life for Beating Murder of 4 y.o. Son
By Matt Coker
Gabriela Mariana Morales, a Santa Ana 29-year-old convicted by a jury last month of murdering her 4-year-old son by repeatedly hitting the boy's head, was sentenced today to 25 years to life in st... More >>

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3:11 pm
May. 25, 2012
[UPDATED with Booking Photo, 9-1-1 Call, Best Head:] Jenna Jameson Arrested for DUI Crash as Patrols Heightened for Boozy Ex-Porn Stars
By Matt Coker
UPDATE, MAY 25, 3:11 P.M.: At right is the booking "money shot" Jenna Jameson took after being hauled in for allegedly being drunk when she plowed her Range Rover into a Westminster pole early tod... More >>

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2:36 pm
May. 25, 2012
James S. Eberhart, Internet Huckster, Faces 11 Counts of Mail Fraud and Nine Counts of Money Laundering
By Josh Dulaney
A former Newport Beach resident who fled the country in 1999 after federal authorities executed a search warrant at his allegedly fraudulent Internet company landed back in the United States on Th... More >>

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2:24 pm
May. 25, 2012
Fernando Nanda Torres Guilty of Murdering Michael Barragan as He Left 2010 House Party
By Matt Coker
A jury has convicted gang banger Fernando Nanda Torres, 31, of Santa Ana, for the 2010 murder of a man shot in the head while walking away from a house party.That sets Torres up for a possible sen... More >>

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1:55 pm
May. 25, 2012
The Hoff Hassel-Hearts Surf City Beaches
By Matt Coker
Beach season unofficially begins Memorial Day weekend, and when it comes to the best beach on this blue planet, Huntington Beach has been Hasselhoffed.See what former Baywatch star David Hasselhof... More >>

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11:52 am
May. 25, 2012
Fernando Sanchez and Jessica Gascon Allegedly Posted Facebook Threats, Conspired to Murder
By Matt Coker
As if Facebook isn't having enough problems this week, the social networking site is being dragged into a teen murder conspiracy case in Costa Mesa.Fernando Sanchez, 17, of Santa Ana, is facing c... More >>

Navel Gazing

11:30 am
May. 25, 2012
TBN's Paul and Matt Crouch: God Kills Those Who Come Against Them
By Josh Dulaney
You gentle readers know what Godwin's Law is: the longer an online debate ensues, the likelier that someone will make a Hitler analogy to bolster an argument. May I coin the phrase "Crouch's... More >>

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10:50 am
May. 25, 2012
5 Examples of Moonrise Kingdom Being a Wes Anderson Homage to Wes Anderson
By Matt Coker
Click here for the review of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, which has Karina Longworth of our big sistah paper LA Weekly astutely pointing out the similarities with the 43-year-old auteur's ... More >>

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9:11 am
May. 25, 2012
Dana Rohrabacher: "SoCal" Can Secede From USA to Become Part of Mexico
By R. Scott Moxley
Never underestimate the brilliance of Dana Rohrabacher, Orange County's most senior career politician who once assured California voters that Arnold Schwarzenegger would solve the state's massive... More >>

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8:30 am
May. 25, 2012
Albert Pujols' Homer Drought Begins at Home
By Matt Coker
So maybe it isn't a new team, unfamiliar American League pitching and/or since-fired batting coach Mickey Hatcher that are preventing Albert Pujols from hitting out of his $250 million Angels cap.... More >>

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7:27 am
May. 25, 2012
Osiel Ruvalocaba-Azpeitia, Subject of Utah's Biggest Meth Bust, Wins Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week (But It Was Damn Close!)
By Matt Coker
Before Anaheim's Osiel Ruvalcaba-Azpeitia was indicted in what's reportedly Utah's biggest-ever methamphetamine bust--and considering the tweakers in desolate trailers out there, that's saying som... More >>

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5:39 pm
May. 24, 2012
[BREAKING:] Orange County OK's Domestic Partnerships
By Matt Coker
Who would have thunk itIn a state that currently does not allow gay marriage, a county has just approved domestic partnerships.It's Orange County, which is incredible considering the political ma... More >>

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5:12 pm
May. 24, 2012
Why the Orange County Republican Central Committee Chose Now to Dump Deborah Pauly
By Matt Coker
How ucked fup is the Orange County Republican Central Committee? The committee did nothing when its vice chairwoman and Villa Park City Councilwoman Deborah Pauly called for the death of Islamic m... More >>

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2:30 pm
May. 24, 2012
Penn Jillete's Obama-Marijuana-Crackdown-Is-Whack Tirade Goes Taiwanese!
By Nick Schou
On his recent Penn's Sunday School show, magician, comedian, and medical pot defender Penn Jillette blasted President Barack Obama for unleashing federal goons on California's medical marijua... More >>

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1:43 pm
May. 24, 2012
Lone Punch To Wife's Face Lands OC Thug Husband in Prison
By R. Scott Moxley
At the age of 36 in September 2009, Orange County's Travis Theodore Lassiter had already hit key milestones.Lassiter--a serial wife beater prone to hissy fits--had been sent to prison a whopping ... More >>

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12:00 pm
May. 24, 2012
[UPDATED with YOU Get Paid:] Secret Factory Farm and Slaughterhouse Video Rolls in OC
By Matt Coker
UPDATE, MAY 24, NOON.: Perhaps it was the lingering effects of my midnight pork chop/chicken gizzard/butt roast sandwich, but I really screwed the tofu dog on this item. Actually, FARM will pay yo... More >>

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11:00 am
May. 24, 2012
OC Dream Coalition Holds First-Annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Forum at UC Irvine
By Yasmin Nouh
A coalition of Orange County Dream Act advocates will hold the first-annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Forum at the University of California Irvine this Saturday. The forum consists of a series ... More >>

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10:45 am
May. 24, 2012
Brinda Sue McCoy, Wife of Top Oceanside Cop and Former Cypress Mayor, Faces 61 Years as Armed Stand-Off Trial Begins
By Matt Coker
The wife of Oceanside's police chief (and Cypress' former mayor) is scheduled to face a trial--heck, right now--for calling 9-1-1 and initiating an armed stand-off with Cypress police in December ... More >>

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9:05 am
May. 24, 2012
Louie Melendrez Should Have, Ahem, Acquired a Working Car Before Alleged Theft from Store
By Matt Coker
An important tip to all you drugstore cowboys out there: If you are going to grab a bunch of items from pharmacy shelves before darting out to your car for your getaway, make sure you're current o... More >>

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Barely Legal Summer!
By YASMIN NOUH

"Welcome to the insane asylum!" read editor Gustavo Arellano's email the day I was hired as the Weekly's editorial assistant. "What does he mean by 'insane asylum'?" I wondered. Every… More >>

Burying Tom Fuentes' Secrets Burying Tom Fuentes' Secrets
By R. SCOTT MOXLEY

In the Weekly's infancy in the 1990s, Thomas J. Fuentes, chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County, tried to lead an advertising boycott of this newspaper. We weren't surprised… More >>

Tom Fuentes Is Burning in Hell
By GUSTAVO ARELLANO

The Catholic Diocese of Orange under Bishop Tod D. Brown and its pedophile-priest problems is much like the only great line from The Godfather III: Just when they think they're… More >>

How I Sneaked Out of a Huntington Beach PD Checkpoint
By LUIS SERRANO

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How to 'Test' Your Apartment-Complex Washer and Dryer
By WILL C. MATTHEWS

Let's say you've recently remodeled the communal laundry room at the apartment building you own, and you realize you need to test the coin-operated washer and dryer. You're fresh out… More >>

Why So Nervous?
By TAYLOR HAMBY

It's summer. You can stay out later, get hammered, and sleep in without worrying about having to endure your first class of the day with a hell-sent hangover. Since you've… More >>

How to Make Real Absinthe
By ERIN DEWITT

Though fancy liquor stores sell bright-green booze in bottles labeled "Absinthe," it's not the real deal. Actual, bona fide absinthe is illegal to sell in the U.S., as it contains… More >>

A Deliberately Vague Guide to OC Mines
By BRANDON FERGUSON

Silverado Canyon didn't get its name for nothing. The canyons high above Orange County's citrus groves and broad beaches are perforated with mines. An old ledger housed in the Orange… More >>

Coastal Access Ahoy!
By JAY BROCKMAN

Surf's up, and you need coastal access. Follow these simple steps, and you will be either shot or shooting the curl with the best of them. * Click HERE for a… More >>

A Driver's Guide to DUI Stops
By CHRISTOPHER GLEW

The first thing an officer looks for during a traffic stop, are objective signs of intoxication (OSIs), including bloodshot, watery, red eyes; the odor of alcohol; thick or slurred speech;… More >>

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