Aliso Viejo

John S. Haw, Attorney Who Paid Kickbacks in Hospital Construction Scheme, Geta a Year

Attorney John S. Haw of Aliso Viejo was sentenced Monday to a year of confinement--to be split between a halfway house and home detention--for his role in an illegal kickback scheme involving construction work at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena.The 52-year-old pleaded guilty in federal cour ... More >>

WhiteHouse.gov Petition Wants Birthers Like Orly Taitz to Pay Up for Frivolous Lawsuits

The petition-gathering page at WhiteHouse.gov, which aims to create the appearance of open government and we the people and yadda yadda yadda, rolled into news cycles thanks to the Sandy Hook massacre. Gun control might divide even latte-stained, beret-wearing Weeklings, but a new WhiteHouse.gov pet ... More >>

4 Orange Countians Tied to Excel Investments Arrested for Alleged 3-State Condo Bailout Scam

The feds have arrested five people, including four from Orange County, for allegedly pulling a "builder bailout" real estate scam that fraudulently purchased more than 100 condos around the country with mortgages that mostly went into default. The scheme, which was operated out of Excel Investme ... More >>

How Rapper Aliso Black Plans to Hustle His Way to Paid Dues

Aliso Black doesn't like to talk about the dues he's paid to his local hip-hop scene. He'd rather just show you the worn-out soles of his white, high-top Chucks, the armpit stains under his sweatshirt, or a car trunk full of mixtapes and show fliers. Then of course there's the swath of Google entrie ... More >>

Sound Asylum Put Spotlight on the 'New West'

OC's hip-hop elite join forces to bring some shine to their scene at a new quarterly event

Billy Kernkamp Headlines Plugged Into Local at Time Out Tavern Aug. 29

See Also:*Jack Grisham's New Band the Manic Low to Headline Plugged Into Local, a New OC Weekly Concert Series*[Slideshow] Plugged Into Local: The Manic Low at the Observatory-July 25*Tag,You're It: Billy Kernkamp Interviews Singer Steve Carson From Echo EchoAs we continue to enjoy the final slice o ... More >>

A Closer Look At OC's Anti-Vaccination Cluster

South County parents are opting out of the CDC schedule altogether

Monica Oreyzi, Girl Battling Leukemia, Wants Her English Bulldog Topolie Back

For the two years Monica Oreyzi has been battling leukemia, English bulldog Topolie has been at the Aliso Viejo 13-year's side.But Topolie went missing last week, and now Oreyzi's father is appealing to the public in hopes of reuniting the 6-year-old dog with his ailing daughter.

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Alan Keyes and Wiley Drake's Obama Birther Lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court has officially declined to hear the Barack Obama "birther" lawsuit. This legal remedy was not sought by "Queen of the Birthers" Orly Taitz but the conservative shark hired by the Alan Keyes-Wiley Drake presidential tag team of 2008. (Actually, the Aliso Viejo lawyer/dentist/re ... More >>

Sobering Times for Pill Poppers: "Generation Rx," National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Prescription drug abuse by South County teens has been a hot topic lately thanks to the documentary Behind the Orange Curtain making its world premiere May 2 at the Newport Beach Film Festival and, due to a sell out, getting a second showing May 3 in the huge Big Newport theater.That makes a couple ... More >>

Orange County "Wealth Coach" Sentenced To Federal Prison For Running $25 Million Scam

Thanks in part to licenses to practice law and mortgage brokering in California, Gerald Lawrence Wolfe once boasted that he and his wife enjoyed monthly income that topped $150,000.Wolfe, 42, bragged so much about his financial acumen that he confidently presented himself as a "Wealth Coach" with a ... More >>

Julio Cesar Perez-Arellano and Tomas Agustin Della Rocca Held in $4 Million Cocaine Bust

​An investigative trail (or line?) led a Riverside-based coalition of drug enforcement cops to an empty house in the 23300 block of Red Robin Lane in Lake Forest--and 88 pounds of cocaine with a street value pegged at $4 million.It also led to the arrests of Julio Cesar Perez-Arellano of Aliso Vie ... More >>

Ahmad Mabrok Accused of Being Naked Hummer Limo Thief

YouTubeThey call him the streak.​A thief was fully clothed when he stole a Hummer limo at gunpoint in Irvine Saturday night.But, as a helicopter officer informed after the man who led cops on a bi-county chase jumped out of the stretch in Whittier and started running, "He's naked!"

James Christopher Corr, 1st Ballot Ugly Police Mugshot Hall of Fame Entry, Proudly Wears Hatred for Cops

​James Christopher Corr is bypassing the Weekly's piddly Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week "honors" and rocketing straight to the Weekly's Ugly Police Mugshot Hall of Fame. First ballot. Case closed. It's not the empty eyes, hard-living face and piss-off smirk that propels the Mission Viejo 34-year- ... More >>

On The Line: Wing Lam of Wahoo's Fish Taco, Part Two

Photo by Meranda Carter​The soon-to-be-married Wing (Congrats!!) keeps up the pace on our ride-along as we continue this week's interview. He offers more of his favorites, plus reveals his last meal that's only available in one place. For missing out on part one, you are banished here to catch up. ... More >>

LA Times X's Out Brand X But Expands Community Coverage to Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel

​The Los Angeles Times is pulling the plug on Brand X, a website and print insert with event and cultural coverage aimed at young adult readers.Today marks the final print version of Brand X, while the website will cease to exist after July 8.Some good news for Brand X editors and photographers wh ... More >>

Look for Weekend DUI Patrols, Sobriety Checkpoints and Persian New Year Traffic Throughout OC

​It's beginning to look a lot like a DUI enforcement weekend, as roving patrols and at least two sobriety checkpoints are scheduled.Meanwhile, Irvine police are warning drivers to be extra cautious around the weekend Persian New Year celebrations at Mason Park.But, before we get to the mean street ... More >>

[UPDATED] Edgar Calvillo Loses Appeal in Murder After Spat Over Girl and Vandalized Car

​UPDATE, MARCH 28, 1:39 P.M.: The same day the third and final defendant was sentenced in the 2008 shooting death of a 22-year-old Lake Forest father, the shooter in that case lost an appeal over his confession.The California Court of Appeals, Fourth District, disagreed with the contentions of Edg ... More >>

James Fleming, Ex-Capistrano Unified Superintendent, Wins Appeal in "Enemies List" Case

​Three years after James Fleming, the former superintendent of Capistrano Unified School District, was indicted for allegedly creating an "enemies" list of parents and students and then lying about it, a state appeals court has let him off the hook.All of the ex-administrator's actions were legal ... More >>

Haven Mavens to Open Taco Asylum in Costa Mesa

Courtesy of Haven Gastropub / Moxxe PROne flew east, one flew west / One flew over the taco's nest.​Hm... could Gustavo have been right? Nancy Luna at the OC Register got a string-along from chef-owner Greg Daniels of Haven Gastropub. Supposedly they are looking to expand the Haven gastropub to ... More >>

OC's 40-Year-Old-Virgin Thinks America Is Totally Screwed

A conservative Catholic in OC who can't get laid? Something else must be wrong with him

'OsCene': Half-Empty or Half-Full?

The Laguna Art Museum exhibit doesn't live up to its billing, but its best works are worth a good, long look

Crystina Renee Bock Pleads Guilty to Stealing $200,000 From Church

Courtesy of OCDACrystina Renee Bock​Clockwork in September brought you the case against Crystina Renee Bock, the former financial secretary at Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo then facing trial for stealing more than $200,000 from the weekly offerings made by CBC congregants.The 34-year-ol ... More >>

[UPDATED WITH SENTENCE:] 3-Time GOP Congressional Candidate Delecia Holt Convicted for Defrauding Hotels, Stealing Car

Courtesy of Orange County District AttorneyDeleica Holt's booking photo.​Delecia Holt, the 48-year-old Aliso Viejo Republican who ran three times for Congress in Orange and San Diego counties, was released from the jail she's been sitting in since her Oct. 7, 2008, arrest for defrauding Orange Cou ... More >>

3-Time GOP Candidate for Congress in Court for Thefts From Hotels, Comedians, Phone Company and Mercedes Dealer

Not Deleica Holt's campaign poster but her booking photo.​Delecia Holt, 48, of Aliso Viejo, ran as a Republican in special elections to replace Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Newport Beach), who left Congress in 2005 to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-San Dieg ... More >>

Crime Time: Late Octogenarian Lesbian Sex Edition

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local crimes and police calls--now with more . . . um . . . you'll see. (Not that you'll want to.) TUESDAY, NOV. 10 ​ ​ Nothing to See Here Folks. . . . Seriously, You Don't Want to Look This call came in around 1:10 p.m. concerning activ ... More >>

Register Readers Wrongly (and Repeatedly) Convicted Elderly Hubby of Murdering Wife

Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentR.I.P., Margot Walters​The Orange County Register reports the body of a woman found Wednesday night in Woodfield Park has been identified by the coroner as Margot Walters, who went missing in Aliso Viejo July 17. The 76-year-old, who'd exchanged words ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 6/15

 I'm not going to lie. There isn't much going on tonight. So, here are some art exhibits that sound interesting. Mark Mothersbaugh: Postcard Diaries and Arthur Taussig: Postcards from the Edges of AmericaIn case you haven't heard of him, Mark Mothersbaugh is a composer for television, film and ... More >>

Rev. Wiley Drake Leads List of OC's July 4 Teabaggers

Just call him Rev. TeabaggerThe Rev. Wiley Drake, last heard from praying for President Barack Obama's death, leads the list of Orange Countains who have stepped up to lead the "Official Tax Day TEA Party" in their communities on July 4.TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already, by the way. Besides the co ... More >>

OC Marathoners Are The Wheel Deal

yaaaay / Flickr / Creative CommonsNot the LA Marathon. This report filed by Weekly proofreader/velocity junkie Jack Grimshaw:  Two questions remain from Monday's L.A. Marathon: Where did all these hotshot OC wheelchair racers suddenly come from, and what the hell is in the water in Katherine ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Milkalicious Mamas' Live Feed to Seacrest Radio Show

The "Manny on the Street" segment of KISS-FM's Ryan Seacrest Show is scheduled to come to Aliso Viejo's favorite "community-based lactation destination" between 7 and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. "Expectant and breastfeeding couples, family and friends are invited to attend, have fun, win prizes, see what w ... More >>

This Week in Reasons To Be Embarrassed About Dana Point

Diane HarkeyNow, I love Dana Point, my sleepy, crusty, adorable harbor-village-that's-trying-to-dress-up-as-Newport hometown. But its legal cityhood is only a little bit younger than I am, and so I can relate to the public embarrassments it has had in the last week or so. You turn 20, you're told th ... More >>

Artwork Depicting Martyred Peace Advocates Spun Into Film

You may recall Laguna Beach's Tim Leedom from his books about the evils of organized religion. Or his TV and film production work. Or his carrers as a college-football player and NFL scouting facilitator. Or his time in Hawaii's offices of power. Or his publishing companies. Leedom's lates ... More >>

Let's Talk No Turkey -- at Native Foods

Believe it or not, the Native Foods vegan restaurant in Costa Mesa bustles during the Thanksgiving season, offering a birdless (and delicious) alternative to the traditional turkey dinner. Many OC vegans and vegetarians – and the families that enable their madnesses – order gussied up Tofurky d ... More >>

[Locals Only] Jim Hitchcock, 'Grateful'

Rick Warren Superstar

Just about everything that can be said has been said about pastor Rick Warren's performance this past weekend with underlings John McCain and Barack Obama. Except this: by getting all moving cameras in the Free World fixed on his Saddleback Church, Warren officially propelled himself past two other ... More >>

The Stupidest Voters in Orange County...

...live in SanTana. Measure D, the ballot measure funded by developers which claimed it would weaken their own grip on City Hall, passed by a 54-46 margin last night. No excuses, SanTaneros: the lot of your are pendejos* who don't mind living under Papi Pulido and his band of conflict-of-influenza- ... More >>

Hard Knocks

Three years in the life of the Capistrano Unified School District

Tuesday's Headlines

Postal problemos persist: San Juan Capistrano residents have won their war with the U.S. Postal Service, and the planned 9-acre building they protested will rise in Aliso Viejo. But guess what? The folks there don't want it either. Lookin' for cheap labor: Wonder how the OC Reg plans to fill the vo ... More >>

Democracy in Action (plus the Minutemen and Kotex)

This being Sunday, which most Americans regard as "The Lord's Day" (hence the great number of prayers being uttered over a couple of simple college basketball games), let us extend our best imitation of Christian pity towards the wretched, no matter how repulsive they may be. And the wretched I have ... More >>

!Ask a Mexican!

The year in Mexican-bashing

Best of OC

'Not to Seem Too Critical or Unsympathetic . . .'

Letters

Diary of a Mad County

Stealing Cars With the Pros

1: Shall We Begin?

Noise, Noise, Noise

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

It's a Buy.com Market!

Eyes are on Aliso Viejo company