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May 8, 2012
Orly Taitz U.S. Senate Campaign Posts Video with Nary a Word from the Candidate
Orly Taitz's U.S. Senate campaign has released a 4-minute video that is said by orlytaitzesq.com to have "improved sound."One wonders if that improvement is there being no sound of the dentist/lawyer/real-estate saleslady/Obama denier/Zsa Zsa Gabor impersonator's voice.Apparently, Marge at the Aliso ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
[VIDEO:] Ever See a $379,700 Lamborghini Aventador on Fire?
What is believed to be the first fire incident involving a Lamborghini Aventador happened on a test drive this past weekend in the southbound lanes of the San Joaquin Hills toll road (Route 73) past El Toro Road in Aliso Viejo. The fire broke out in the left rear wheel well area before fully engulf ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
Panini Cafe Now Open In Irvine
Sneaking in under the radar, a non-pho establishment actually opened its doors in Irvine at the end of January. Part of a petite chain which includes locations in Aliso Viejo and Corona del Mar, Panini Cafe is just off Jamboree and 405 in the plaza known as Park Place.
Blogs
January 11, 2012
Another Fatburger Closes
Edwin GoeiThere used to be two Fatburgers in Irvine. Now, there are none. The Fatburger at Park Place, on Michelson and Jamboree, is finally closed following other Fatburgers in the area to oblivion. The company had long ago already filed for bankruptcy.
Blogs
January 11, 2012
Native Foods' Fashion Island Branch Sets Opening Date
Reader, tipster and friend JB says that Native Foods in Fashion Island is just a few mere weeks away from opening. The third OC location of the restaurant can be found in the mall's Island Terrace Court. He saw that their newsletter said early February would be when it will debut; but in checking ... More >>
Columns
December 15, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Reader, tipster and friend JB says that Native Foods in Fashion Island is just a few mere weeks away from opening. The third OC location of the restaurant can be found in the mall's Island Terrace Court. He saw that their newsletter said early February would be when it will debut; but in checking ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
Roving DUI Patrols Hit Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Laguna Woods Tonight
The Orange County Sheriff's Department holds DUI roving patrols tonight in Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Laguna Woods.Deputies will target areas that have a high incidence of DUI-related arrests and collisions, according to a department release.
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November 10, 2011
The Gromble
Detroit Bar
Blogs
October 18, 2011
James Christopher Corr Could Get Life for Wild Carjacking with Toddler and Saint Bernard Aboard
A Mission Viejo man who allegedly stole a SUV with a toddler strapped in a car seat out of an Aliso Viejo family's garage could get life in state prison based on the laundry list of charges against him. The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) was asking for $1 million bail today at th ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
LA Times Pushes Back Community News Expansion into South County and Announces OC Arts Section
The Los Angeles Times announced today that it will expand Times Community News (TCN) coverage into Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel and the Orange County arts community beginning Aug. 26.If part of that sounds like deja vu all over again, it is--with a twist. A June 30 memo from Times Media Group to ne ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2011
[UPDATED with Second Victim, More Feared:] German Bravo DeJesus Held for Allegedly Fondling 6- and 8-Year-Old Girls
UPDATE, JULY 12, 4:54 P.M.: Orange County sheriff's deputies arrested German Bravo DeJesus Friday night for allegedly fondling a 6-year-old girl in an Aliso Viejo park, but the charges brought at arraignment today added a second victim: an 8-year-old girl.And the Orange County District Attorn ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
[UPDATED with Final Tallies:] Fourth of July Surprise! Stepped Up DUI Checkpoints and Patrols
UPDATE, JULY 6, 10:38 A.M.: The Avoid the 38 DUI Task Force just released the final numbers from the holiday weekend past's three sobriety checkpoints and multiple DUI saturation patrols countywide.From 12:01 a.m. Friday through midnight Monday, officers representing 38 county law enforcement age ... More >>
News
March 10, 2011
Soka University of America Is a School On a Hill
The Aliso Viejo college was founded by a Buddhist sect that preaches peace—so why are so many former professors alleging the opposite?
Blogs
February 26, 2011
Are You Checking Your Sunday Paper? There's Free Food Inside...
Friendly brekkie, or hidden agenda?Who hasn't been within earshot of the conference room when a working lunch has let out? Promises of catered cookies, icy sodas, and an untouched deli sandwich draw you in like a tractor beam. Or how about when a peer brings in a yummy homemade delicacy, just b ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
$73 Million Concert Hall Coming to South Orange County
RMA PhotographySouth Orange County is getting its own concert hall.Construction is complete on a $73 million performing-arts center at Soka University, a majestic college campus in Aliso Viejo. The space, anchored by a 1,034-seat auditorium, will be used for dance and orchestra productions, plays ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2011
Where Is Dave Eating?
Dave LiebermanBehold the torta. Bread with some heft, beans, milanesa de res, lettuce, tomatoes, panela . . .. . . but where's it from? The fact that it's reasonably authentic Mexican tells you at once that it's not from Aliso Viejo or Yorba Linda. One guess per comment, no Weeklings allowed, and ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Dave's New Year's Resolutions: OC Food Edition
It's not fair to impose resolutions on OC diners when I myself have failings. Some of those failings will have to stand (I absolutely despise white chocolate, for example--if a bakery specializing in white chocolate ever opens, it will be down to Gustavo, Edwin or Shuji to review it), but some ar ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2010
South County, Tell Us Where To Eat!
Gentle readers, we are a large and diverse county. We have enclaves of ethnic wonder: Little Saigon and Santa Ana are just the start. The problem is that these places are, by and large, in the northern half of the county (and Irvine). As such, our coverage might be perceived to have a (slight) no ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Fundraiser for Amber Pangan
OC Chili's Restaurants
Blogs
July 9, 2010
What's the Cost for Police Service in Your City?
At the most recent meeting of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens got the five supes to approve $77 million in annual police service contracts with 11 cities throughout the county.That amount represents a slight increase (primarily due to deputy benefits) over the last ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Haven Named "Best New Gastropub" By Draft Magazine
Courtesy of Haven GastropubDraft magazine, a trade publication aimed at professional beer geeks and the groupies who fling themselves at them, has named Orange's Haven Gastropub as one of the top three new gastropubs in the United States.
Blogs
December 16, 2009
Mom Threatened With Child Endangerment for Letting Her Kids Play Outside Gated Home
Danger! Danger!An Aliso Viejo mom claims law enforcement officers threatened to sic social services on her for endangering her children. Her crime? Allowing her oldest kids--ages 6, 7 and 9--to play just outside her town home, which is in a gated complex.
Blogs
December 7, 2009
Eat Local, Recycle Your Food Waste Miles and Miles Away
Not to be outdone by their North County counterparts, who recycle sewage into drinking water through the revolutionary Groundwater Replenishment System, South County communities are banding together to turn food waste into compost.While the regional pilot program sounds meritorious, one thing abo ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2009
Crime Time: Alleged Rummy Mommy, Ex-Cop Robber, Sticky Fingers, Douches on (and Taking) Bikes and Really Bad Karaoke Singers
It's the Weekly's weekly police blotter--now with more alleged rummy mommies, ex-cop robbers, sticky fingers, douches on bikes and really bad karaoke singers.MONDAY, NOV. 23 Insert car here.That Walled-In Feeling A man crashing his black Toyota Corolla into a wall at the Shell gas station at Lake ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2009
Drivers Ridicule Toll Road Photo Contest
Photo by Steve OngAliso Viejo resident Steve Ong's winning shot.An amateur photo contest aimed at promoting Orange County's quasi-private toll roads gave new meaning to drive-by shooting.Folks who left comments on the Transportation Corridor Agencies--or The Toll Roads--Facebook page had other de ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2009
Aliso Viejo to Allow Table Showers (for One Particular Business)
Soon to be legal at one Aliso Viejo business. Massage parlor owners rejoice! The city of Aliso Viejo is in the process of changing local law so that you and other hands-on businesses in town can operate table showers, which are just what the name implies: tables where p ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2009
Baby Cakes Moves from Aliso Viejo to Shops At Mission Viejo
For a short while the cupcakery was operating at both locations, but now the Aliso Viejo store is closed, as a few potential customers found out on Saturday when they pitched up there. Still, if they're that loyal they won't mind the ten-minute drive to the new place...
Calendar
August 6, 2009
Scrabble Tournament
Neighborhood Cup
Blogs
June 12, 2009
OC Register Says Advertisers, Clients Screwed Them Out of $350,000
Lawyers for the Orange County Register have filed nine lawsuits in the last nine months--including two in recent days--seeking more than $350,000 in outstanding debt from advertisers, commercial printing clients and at least one distributor of OC's largest daily newspaper.According to Superior Court ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2009
Crime Time: A Weekly Round-Up of OC Police Calls
The "Clean-Cut Bandit": Coming to a bank near you?MONDAY, JUNE 1Shroomin' in Lagoonan: Laguna Beach Police arrested three people at a La Mirada Street property for alleged possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms, heroin, Xanax, Levitra, Alprazolam and "numerous other unknown pills." Steven Christophe ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2009
Wider Disneyland Rides for Wider Rider Asses?
David Koenig, the Aliso Viejo author of Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-Ears Look at Disneyland, Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation & Theme Parks and More Mouse Tales: A Closer Peek Backstage at Disneyland has an interesting MousePlanet post that features an unnamed source s ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2009
In Defense of Aliso Viejo! And Screw Laguna Niguel?
On this day of rest, when few of you will bother to check out Navel Gazing, what better day to devote a blog post to the Stanton of South County, Aliso Viejo? I wasn't too kind to the collection of gated communities and beautiful, empty sidewalks in my Orange County: A Personal History, and I still ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2008
Taco Truck Politics
Not everyone that matters in Orange County can vote, of course. I ran into Chepe while scarfing down overpriced tacos at a taco truck outside China-Mex Super Buffet in SanTana. He came to this country illegally in 1987 as a scared 20-year-old from Michoacán, promptly knocked up some chick, and spen ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2008
Slain Deputy Faced Criminal Charges
Sources tell OC Weekly that the Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy found dead in a car parked in Aliso Viejo yesterday had been the subject of a sex crimes investigation in the District Attorney's office and may have opted to kill himself rather than face arrest. Susan Schroeder at the DA's ... More >>
Food
September 13, 2007
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Thai Tamales
News
June 8, 2006
The Ticket Wizard
Parking tickets are now handled by a mysterious OC company that makes justice and the law go . . . poof
Food
October 27, 2005
This Week in Local Chains
Parking tickets are now handled by a mysterious OC company that makes justice and the law go . . . poof
Film
June 30, 2005
Turning Japanese
Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
Unknown
September 9, 2004
This Week In Small-City Dining
Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
Columns
October 23, 2003
Frozen Assets
Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
Columns
January 23, 2003
Dont Fire Until You See the Whites In Their I30s
Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
Features
October 24, 2002
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Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
Columns
October 10, 2002
Diary of a mad county
Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
Music
August 22, 2002
Bounty Killer
Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
Features
July 25, 2002
Trawling for Tinis
Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
Features
September 27, 2001
Aliso Viejo
The homies call it AV
Columns
June 1, 2000
Night-Lite
The homies call it AV
Food
January 20, 2000
Cool Thing
Opah adds life to Aliso Viejo
News
January 20, 2000
Beautiful Lake Wilson
One of four stops on a tour of South County toxic hot spots
Columns
August 19, 1999
It Takes a Village Idiot
One of four stops on a tour of South County toxic hot spots
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