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Air Travel

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Korean Tourist Nabbed at LAX with 63 Pounds of Erection Medicine

    ​Was a 40-year-old Korean national visiting Southern California hoping to obtain the biggest, longest-lasting erection in world history?Or did he just want everybody he knew to be, well, excited for weeks?Authorities briefly detained the unidentified tourist earlier this month at Los Angeles Inter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    We're Calling It Now: Radiohead Is Headlining Coachella 2012

    Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​What does it mean when Radiohead confirms the first 10 dates of its forthcoming 2012 U.S. tour? It can only mean the dates--mostly East Coast and Midwest stops--will be a precursor to their Coachella appearance on two weekends this April, since there are no West Coast date ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Kelly Janeth Mejia, Fullerton Cop, Placed on Paid Leave for Alleged Theft of iPad in Miami

    ​Fullerton police officer Kelly Janeth Mejia was arrested last month for allegedly stealing an iPad from another traveler at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Miami International Airport.This week, the six-year veteran of the department was placed on paid administrati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Last Comic Standing Contestant Sues Tustin, Lennar Homes For Anti-Asian Discrimination

    Nick Dao​Nick Dao--a former, losing contestant on NBC's Last Comic Standing--isn't laughing.One of the last kids to escape Saigon via U.S. military airlift in the hours before the collapse of South Vietnam in April 1975, Dao--now 44 years old--is suing the City of Tustin and Lennar Homes for alleg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    John Wayne Airport Changes Flight Route, But Will It Change the Field's Scary Rep?

    ​John Wayne Airport--which already has a reputation for being one of the world's scariest because of its steep, vertical takeoffs and throttle-cutting procedures--will have pilots essentially threading a tighter needle beginning next month.A new flight path called STREL will push aircraft into the ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 9, 2010

    Why Do Mexican Teenage Boys Shave Their Heads?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And do Mexicans care about mistranslations?

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Airlines Increase Surfboard Travel Rates; No Guarantees of Board Survival

    worldprosurfers.wordpress.comPay hefty travel costs only to have the board show up like this on the other end--priceless.​Traveling with a surfboard is a bothersome venture. As soon as the board bag goes into the possession of the airline, that stomach-churning feeling sinks in and good luck ritua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Why Your Bulldog Has a Fear of Flying

    ​It's bad enough dogs have to worry about this guy, but those of the purebred, short-snouted variety have something else to fear: Airplanes.U.S. Department of Transportation data shows that since 2005, English bulldogs have suffered the most midair doggie deaths among purebreds. Pugs came in seco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    It's a Bummer Summer for Air Travelers

    ​Do your summer travel plans involve stepping onto a plane?Then you'll love reading this: while it's been a busy one for an industry still licking its financial wounds from 9/11, a battered economy and rising fuel prices, so many flights are being canceled that passengers are near-universally find ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Japanese Airline To Serve Draft Beer On Flights

    Flickr user smullComing soon to an airline near you: keg stands in free fall.​All Nippon Airlines announced today that they will begin serving draft beer on internal flights, principally to and from Okinawa. The advertisement states that prices per cup will be 800¥-1000¥ (US $9.15-$11.43).

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    One More "Airplane!" Scene Now Dated

    ​No-nonsense, double-sunglassed chief pilot Rex Kramer (Robert Stack) shoves, punches and tosses donation solicitors--including a Hare Krishna (David Leisure)--blocking his path at a busy airport in the 1980 comedy Airplane!Like much of the flick's now-dated humor (Airplane! was the best motion pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Free The Robots Record Release Show in LA

    What's up ese? Santa Ana's Free The Robots​Santa Ana's multitasking Chris Alfaro, a.k.a. Free The Robots, is a busy man. Somehow finding time between co-running Orange County's beacon of all things hip the Crosby, he's written and produced one of the year's strongest local albums.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Virgin America Aborts OC Flights

    Hello . . . and goodbye: Virgin America pulled out all the stops--and skin--to celebrate the launch of Orange County service last May.​Virgin America will cancel flights to John Wayne Airport beginning in May, a year after launching service between Orange County and San Francisco.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Revenge of the Anti-Teabagger

    In light of all the teabagging going on today, the Weekly's Favorite Lefty Who Leads a Jazz Trio, Ron Kobayashi, wonders why the teabaggers' corporate sponsor, Fox News, "failed to organize any protests when George W. Bush created $500 billion budget deficits by spending more than any president befo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008

    Fanning the Flames

    Southern California Firefighter Recruitment Fair

  • Music

    July 5, 2007

    Aural Reports

    More Bang for Your Bukowski: MC/Producer Sol-T refreshes old-school hip-hop

  • Film

    February 22, 2007

    A Controlled Performance

    United 93s Ben Sliney, as played by an actor who understood the role

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2006

    Behind every great man...

    For some reason, I had forgotten that former OC congressman and current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Christopher Cox is married, but married he is, and to a very industrious woman. Like many who belong to the bedrock traditional values strata of the Republican Party, which loud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2006

    Like Argyros President, Like Argyros Son

    Hats off to the Times' Christine Hanley for scooping the world on the latest controversy involving (pick one):a) Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona giving deputy badges to someone with no police experience who goes on to make an ass of himself; b) Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona and a campaign don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2006

    Ask not for whom the (Radio Shack) bell tolls

    President Bush, as he never tires of reminding us, considers protecting the American people to be his top priority. So, how's that working out? The New York Times gives us an idea: Mismanagement of a $1 billion technology contract by the Transportation Security Administration resulted in the expendi ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Patriots Travel Package

    President Bush, as he never tires of reminding us, considers protecting the American people to be his top priority. So, how's that working out? The New York Times gives us an idea: Mismanagement of a $1 billion technology contract by the Transportation Security Administration resulted in the expendi ... More >>

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    This Just In

    El Toro Airport still dead

  • Culture

    April 3, 2003

    Air America

    Montagnes aerial photos are what were up to down here

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    The Year in Killing El Toro

    Montagnes aerial photos are what were up to down here

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    The Party's Over

    Montagnes aerial photos are what were up to down here

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Uncle Sam Bets Big Money on Iraq

    Montagnes aerial photos are what were up to down here

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    Steven Hatfill's Big Idea

    Montagnes aerial photos are what were up to down here

  • Columns

    April 25, 2002

    Letters

    Montagnes aerial photos are what were up to down here

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    V for Victory

    Abandoned El Toro airport plan resurrected

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    The Good Old Days

    Pro-airport activists invoke anti-Semitism in their campaign to build El Toro International

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Leaving Out a Jet Plane

    Jack Grimshaws musical war on El Toro

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Simon Says

    The countys airport czar spins himself dizzy

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Bunny Business

    The countys airport czar spins himself dizzy

  • Features

    May 10, 2001

    Italy

    You didnt lose a band. You gained a compagna

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Late Bloomer

    You didnt lose a band. You gained a compagna

  • Columns

    September 21, 2000

    Letters

    You didnt lose a band. You gained a compagna

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    It Couldve Been the Spitzer Plan

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 138

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    We Win

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 137

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    He Who Forgets History is a Damned Fool

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 136

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Math Problem

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 132

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Labors Big Day

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 131

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    A New Kind of Bankruptcy

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 130

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Losers

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 125

  • Columns

    July 22, 1999

    Putting the P-U in Public/Private Partnerships

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 125

  • Columns

    July 1, 1999

    Letters

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 125

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    Noise, Noise, Noise

    The countys jet test delivers a clear message: Many OC residents are doomed

  • News

    June 10, 1999

    Bargain Base Mint

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 108

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Put-Down Central

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 108

  • Columns

    April 1, 1999

    Letters

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 108

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Flying Hyperbole

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 93

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