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  • Blogs

    June 9, 2006

    Who Let the Power Out?

    So Balboa Peninsula is always dark in terms of morals and decency. But now it's just plain DARK. Yes, I stood outside Cassidy's tonight and watched the lights flicker, waver, return to strength ... then bow out completely. After a few moments, SOME streetlights came on. And some of the neon signs in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines

    The Shakespearean plot thickens: A 22-year-old Muslim man who was rejected by the devoutly Hindu family of his UC Irvine-attending ex-girlfriend has been charged with the murder of her father and sister, as well as the attempted murder of her mother. (LAT, OCR) Death knell for film commission: Ora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    Rocco Recall Documentary Hits the Internets

    Chapman University political science professor Fred Smoller has been fascinated by the spectacular rise to power of Steve Rocco, the wacky Orange Unified School District trustee, ever since Rocco won his election in November 2004, and particularly after parents who voted for Rocco because the ballot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2008

    High rent prices make me wanna Ralph

    Santa Ana residents living near the Weekly's HQ are going to have to find a new place for late night liquor runs - the Ralph's at 1523 W. 17th, near the Denny's and Target, is closing. It's a strange sight, seeing a major corporate grocery store branch having a clearance sale, with shelves half emp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2008

    Grand Theft Ketchup

    Last weekend, The Orange County Register reports, Steve Rocco was busted for stealing a bottle of ketchup from a cafeteria at Chapman University. He was observed taking the bottle by a security guard who alerted police, who cited Rocco for misdemeanor theft, for which he will have to pay a $250 fine ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    VU All Over Again

    Last weekend, The Orange County Register reports, Steve Rocco was busted for stealing a bottle of ketchup from a cafeteria at Chapman University. He was observed taking the bottle by a security guard who alerted police, who cited Rocco for misdemeanor theft, for which he will have to pay a $250 fine ... More >>

  • Food

    May 31, 2001

    Insane In the Membrane

    How to cook Santa Monica Seafoods yummy shellfish

  • Food

    August 15, 2002

    Da Kine Grinds

    Marukai Market classes up the hood

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Wholesome Choice to Open New Store in Anaheim Hills

    We have great tipsters*. Jerry de Vera is no exception. He sent me these pictures of his sighting, and it's a big one: A new location of Wholesome Choice, that Persian-market-cum-Whole-Foods-cum-International-Food-Court. He writes: "I noticed construction at this former Albertson's on my way to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Surf City Obama Monkey Girl Speaks!

    The t-shirt in question?It's rare that we ever get a response from the offending party in our Hey, You! column, and even rarer to get a retort from the writer to said response. Yet that's what has seemed to happen with the Hey, You! of a couple of weeks ago, in which someone took a teenage girl to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    New Anaheim Hills Wholesome Choice Expected To Open Tomorrow

    For those in Anaheim Hills waiting in anticipation for a taste of freshly baked sangak bread, I have an update on Wholesome Choice, the Persian-market-cum-Whole-Foods-cum-International-Food-Court that will be opening in your neighborhood.  As you may recall in a post last December, I wrote that it ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 22, 2009

    [Hey, You!] Forget It, Dude. It's Whiteytown

    For those in Anaheim Hills waiting in anticipation for a taste of freshly baked sangak bread, I have an update on Wholesome Choice, the Persian-market-cum-Whole-Foods-cum-International-Food-Court that will be opening in your neighborhood.  As you may recall in a post last December, I wrote that it ... More >>

  • Unknown

    August 24, 2000

    Rage Among the Weight Machines

    For those in Anaheim Hills waiting in anticipation for a taste of freshly baked sangak bread, I have an update on Wholesome Choice, the Persian-market-cum-Whole-Foods-cum-International-Food-Court that will be opening in your neighborhood.  As you may recall in a post last December, I wrote that it ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 24, 2008

    [Trendzilla] Skanky Club Clothing vs. Classy-But-Still-Hot, Plus the Re-Emergence of the Star Trend

    For those in Anaheim Hills waiting in anticipation for a taste of freshly baked sangak bread, I have an update on Wholesome Choice, the Persian-market-cum-Whole-Foods-cum-International-Food-Court that will be opening in your neighborhood.  As you may recall in a post last December, I wrote that it ... More >>

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    In the Good

    Visionaries are the ones weve been waiting for

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand

    Flora Springs Wine Dinner

  • Columns

    September 1, 2005

    Hey, You, Comrade!

    Flora Springs Wine Dinner

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    Albertsons Wants Me Dead

    Orange school trustee Steve Rocco charges supermarket with murder attempt

  • Features

    February 10, 2005

    What The Devil Told Joe Parker

    Nobody paid much attention to the terrifying voices Joe Parker heard until he slashed his way through an Irvine supermarket.

  • Columns

    July 29, 2004

    Reality Check On Aisle 4

    Nobody paid much attention to the terrifying voices Joe Parker heard until he slashed his way through an Irvine supermarket.

  • News

    February 5, 2004

    This Little Piggy Whores for Markets

    Times ignores striking grocery workers, then blasts them in op-ed, business pages

  • Columns

    November 20, 2003

    The Most Horrible Man in the World

    We take a ride through OCs 909!

  • Columns

    November 20, 2003

    Feel the Love

    We take a ride through OCs 909!

  • Food

    April 17, 2003

    Cookie Toss

    Five bakeries where county cookie monsters can munch out

  • Unknown

    August 17, 2000

    Yoove Gott a Frend in Gee-zus

    Five bakeries where county cookie monsters can munch out

  • Columns

    April 5, 2001

    Clear-Cutting Sherwood Forest

    Angry hippies haunt our past

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Sodomized

    Laguna officials now admit a developers oceanfront project will cost taxpayers up to $6 million

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    The Big Chill

    Laguna officials now admit a developers oceanfront project will cost taxpayers up to $6 million

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    Welcome to the Poorhouse: Put-a-Head-on-It Edition

    One thing I do miss about my life before the soul-crushing debt, round the clock collector calls and general feeling of numb is my nightly Newcastle. Ironically, it was around the time my financial house was falling down that I noticed the price of six packs, across the board, going up. Actually, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    The Great Ketchup Caper Trial, Day Four

    I arrived at Department C-51, the courtroom of Judge Jacki Brown--is it me, or doesn't that sound like the title of a great movie sequel?--just after 9 AM to find the courtroom nearly empty. Besides the bailiff, clerk, court reporter, and Rocco himself, who was still wearing the mysterious bandage o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Crabby Over "Orange County Food Poisoning"

    John BisnarJohn Bisnar, a Newport Beach personal injury attorney (or "trial lawyer" to his conservative talk radio pals), has coined a new disease: "Orange County food poisoning." It's all right there in black-and-white--or whatever the virtual equivalent of black and white is--on the Bisnar/Chase a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Crime Time: Move Over, Trendzilla!

    The must-have fashion accessory of the season for robbers in Irvine and San Juan Capistrano.It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of Orange County police calls . . . TUESDAY, JUNE 16Forest Firebug is a Pot Farm Exposer to Boot: Seven fires were ignited within a short distance of each other in Trabuco Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Get Your Roasted Hatch Chiles While They're (Somewhat) Hot!

    Hopefully, gentle readers, ustedes need no introduction to the glory of the Hatch chile; if you do, read this. Salivating yet? Save it, and drive to La Habra this weekend--specifically, Albertson's, where they will be selling 30-pound sacks for $28.99 and roasting them for gratis from eight in the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2009

    This Week in Food

    The I Hate Fruitcake Hate Page​ "Stick a Fork in It" has been busy this week prepping you for the holidays!David unveils the caloric content of your typical office refrigerator during the holiday season and the results might prompt a head start on those New Year's resolutions. In addition to that, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Battle Supermarket Sushi

    It'd be nice to be able to eat Bluefin or Shibucho every time the sushi urge strikes, but sometimes lunch is grabbed on the way between two meetings; sometimes dinner needs to be a quick pick-up before drinking the bulk of one's daily calories (other people do this, right?) and that precludes a real ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Five Things Not To Buy In A Supermarket

    Flickr user roadsidepictures​If you don't care enough to be bothered with a multiple-stop shopping trip, of course go right ahead and buy whatever you want at your local Albertsons or Ralphs. Try buying the following five things from specialists just once, though, and you'll be astonished by the i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2010

    Corona Del Mar Gastropub To Open New Burger Joint In Newport

    The Crow Bar and Kitchen ​The Crow Bar and Kitchen, recognized as O.C.'s first gastropub, is now going to be the first O.C. gastropub to spin-off its most in-demand dish to be the anchor of a new eatery.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    ¡Ask a Comida Critic! How Can I Get Hatch Chiles in OC?

    ​Got this one from an amiga on Facebook:Where can I get Hatch chiles in Orange County? Not the canned stuff, but fresh from this year's harvest?The best option is to make the 12-hour trek to Hatch this weekend, when the Hatch Chile Festival will bring thousands to the tiny town and the scent of fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Using Coupons Smartly for Super Bowl Sunday

    Anne Marie Panoringan​ >I used to consider just shopping at Costco and Target saving money. I was wrong. So very wrong. Thanks to The Krazy Coupon Lady for showing me the light.Anyway, if you're trying not to dash to the grocery store at the last minute, here's a deal for you. Pull the Sund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Send a Pinkberry "Swirly Gram" This Valentine's (And Enter to Win a Gift Card!)

    ​Too practical for roses (still wrapped in cellophane from Albertson's)? This year, Pinkberry is offering the chance to send out Swirly Grams--frozen yogurt (or a gift card) all wrapped up in a bow, delivered with some heart-shaped balloons. It's all actually pretty cute, and could work for anybod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    [UPDATED with Denial:] NO New Trial for Steve Rocco, Ex-Orange School Trustee, in Ketchup Heist

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 8, 8:38 A.M.: Game, set and match, The Partnership? Steve Rocco lost his bid for retrial of his ketchup theft conviction Friday when Judge Jacki Brown refused the ex-Orange Unified School Board trustee's request for court-appointed counsel and, thus, a continuation of the nonsense.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    New High-Concept Restaurants Slated for Laguna Beach

    Starfish​Ah, Laguna Beach.  If there was a rallying point where the high-concept restaurants flock, it'd be here.  There are at least three new restaurants slated for the Laguna coast this year, all of them fit for a town that seems to demand a new restaurant or bar to go to every weeken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Give the Finger to the Butter Cartel: Churn Your Own In Just 5 Minutes!

    Flickr user cafemama​This past weekend, I was at my local Albertsons, an unremodeled throwback to the charmless 1980s that's located in a not-particularly-fancy part of town and sells a not-particularly-fancy array of products. Gelsons in some fancy South County suburb this is most certainly not.I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Starfish Opens Today in Laguna Beach

    Starfish​Nancy Wilhelm's Starfish opens today at the Albertsons plaza in Laguna Beach. As I said in an earlier post, if the name sounds familiar, she's the woman behind Tabu Grill and David Wilhelm's former wife.

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Grocery Workers Picket Albertsons HQ in Fullerton

    ​If you swing by the Albertsons corporate headquarters in Fullerton about seven minutes from now, you might spot your local checker.He or she will not be there to collect his or her paycheck, however. Members of the grocers' union are picketing outside 1421 Manhattan Ave. to coincide with demonstr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Hatch Your Plans For Finding and Roasting Hatch Chiles in OC This Month

    Dave Lieberman​It's Hatch chile season! If you've never had the long, green, hot cousins of the Anaheim chile that grow in southeastern New Mexico, now's the time to try them. They make awesome green chile, of course, fantastic Ortega burgers and they're sublime stuffed with cheese, battered and d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    [UPDATED: Tentative Agreement Reached] UFCW Cancels Grocery Contract, Removes Final Barrier To Strike

    UPDATE, SEPT. 19, 11:50 A.M.: After an lengthy session that extended well past the end of the union's declared cutoff time, negotiators have announced that they have reached a preliminary agreement with the grocery stores; it looks like the strike is off for now, pending a vote by the union members. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Tortilla Tuesdays: Diana's Tortillas

    Linnea Lieberman​Diana's is a chain of restaurants, bakeries and tortillerías in what are loosely termed the "Gateway" cities--in other words, the suburbs south and east of Los Angeles. I've never been to the restaurants, but my wife picked up a package of their tortillas at our local Albertson's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Los Chocolate Chip Cukis: The Best Toll House Variation Ever

    Dave Lieberman​Quick, what was the first cookie you ever made? If it wasn't a sugar cookie, I bet it was a Toll House chocolate-chip cookie. The famous recipe is printed on the back of the bags of chocolate chips and contains no weird ingredients or odd techniques.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Keeping Track: Where Are All The Weekly Clustertrucks?

    Brats Berlin​Per our friends at Panfiniti, the newest clustertruck is on Wednesdays for lunch at 30 Auto Center Drive, next to the 5 freeway, in Irvine from 11 a.m. to - 2 p.m.Stops have come and gone, so here's a recap of what's current. Do chime in on those we are surely missing, because there's ... More >>

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