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April 25, 2012
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 >>
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April 19, 2012
Esteben Colberto v. Minuteman Jaime Gilchristo on Tonight's Colbert Report?
Jim Gilchrist's Minuteman Project--think the American Revolution, only the British have been replaced by desperate brown people looking for work--makes an appearance on tonight's Comedy Central masterpiece, The Colbert Report.Can we expect an appearance by Esteban Colberto?
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Couple That Lives in Whitney Houston's Former Laguna Hills Home Sets Up Shrine For the Late Star
Whenever an icon dies, journalists scramble to report on what we like to call "the local connection." Hey, we're not above such fodder. Whitney Houston, who was found dead at the Beverly Hilton at age 48, has OC ties. Around 2006, the damaged songstress rented a house in Laguna Hills to ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Buena Park Holds Checkpoint and the Sheriff Has DUI Patrols in South County Tonight
Buena Park holds a sobriety checkpoint tonight, while roving patrol for drunken drivers will be conducted in Laguna Woods, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo.The checkpoint runs from 7 p.m. through 2 a.m. Saturday in the 8000 block of La Palma Avenue.
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December 12, 2011
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!"
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September 14, 2011
On The Line: Wing Lam of Wahoo's Fish Taco, Part Two
Photo by Meranda CarterThe 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 >>
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June 30, 2011
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 >>
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March 14, 2011
About That Soka University Cover: A Note From the Editor
This week's cover story about Soka University in Aliso Viejo has generated a firestorm of reader comments. The piece discusses the university's first 10 years of existence, as well as the controversial history of the Japan-based, lay Buddhist organization that founded it, Soka Gakkai Internationa ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Artist Renditions of the 'New' Fourth Street for Santa Ana: Bye-Bye, Virgin of Guadalupe!
Adiós, morenita...Earlier this week, someone mailed me a package with no name on the envelope, no return address--nothing. I like those! Inside were architectural drawings and a note saying these were the plans that the developers currently ripping up Fourth Street in SanTana to de-Mexify it hav ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
¡Ask a Comida Critic! Favorite Food-Themed Song?
Sorry, folks: I answer what people ask. And while I have in the queue preguntas about sausage, chocolate, Aliso Viejo restaurants (or, rather, the lack of) and other more pressing issues, I couldn't help but like the query sent by Ramón:So, what's your favorite food-themed song?Hmm. I'm not sure ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Long-Stalled In-N-Out Opens Friday in Costa Mesa
Edwin GoeiYou may have not realized it, but there was a long hard slog to get the In-N-Out that replaces Kaplan's Deli off the Harbor exit of the 405 approved through the proper authorities. It opens on Friday.As the Daily Pilot reports, "The approval process was lengthy, requiring both the ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
3.7 Quake Shakes North OC and Long Beach
I was sprinkling a light dusting of blueberries and Trader Joe's Organic Granny's Apple Granola on top of my bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat cereal at 9:06 this morning when it sounded as if something was trotting across the attic over the kitchen cabinets.My wife in bed with a col ... More >>
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September 6, 2010
Drunk After Work: Opah
Edwin GoeiThe Place: Opah at Town Center, 26851 Aliso Creek Rd., Ste. C, Aliso Viejo, (949) 360-8822; www.opahrestaurant.com. Opah at the Marketplace, 13122 Jamboree Rd., Irvine, (714) 508-8055;www.opahrestaurant.com. The Hours: Sun.-Thurs., 4-6:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9-11 p.m. The Deal: $6 marti ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
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 >>
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July 9, 2010
National Cardio Labs Settles Whistleblower Suit for $3.6 Million
An Orange County heart-monitoring service will pay $3.6 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the company defrauded government health care programs, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles announced. National Cardio Labs LLC was based in Santa Ana, Aliso Viejo and then Irvin ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
Crystina Renee Bock Gets 5 Years For Stealing $200,000 From Church Basket
In March, former financial secretary Crystina Renee Bock pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from the weekly offerings made by congregants at Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo. Today, the 34-year-old Ladera Ranch resident learned her sentence.
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March 26, 2010
Asian Pear Martini at OPAH
Jessica FordOPAH's light-up bar top stretches around a whole side of the Irvine restaurant. The expansive indoor bar seating is exceeded in swanky-ness only by the heated outdoor patio; even during those colder nights, you can stay warm outside while sipping on a specialty Asian Pea ... More >>
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February 12, 2010
Deputies Hunt for Drunken Drivers in South County Tonight
Anaheim is not the only Orange County town launching DUI saturation patrols tonight.
Blogs
December 9, 2009
New Food Network Reality Show Features OC Contestants
Food NetworkSo the Food Network is close to debuting a food competition show called The Worst Cooks In America on January 3rd. Yes, if the Bravo show is called Top Chef, this would have to be referred to as Bottom Chef. But here's my question: How hard is it to find a bad cook, really? You ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
Five Great "Anti-Starbucks" Coffeehouses
By "anti-Starbucks" I don't mean they've launched campaigns against the coffee behemoth (not that I know of, anyway), but that in terms of look, feel and menu they're the antithesis of the chain everybody loves to hate. The Gypsy DenOf the two locations (Costa Mesa and Santa Ana), I prefer the la ... More >>
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July 31, 2009
Register Readers Wrongly (and Repeatedly) Convicted Elderly Hubby of Murdering Wife
Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentR.I.P., Margot WaltersThe 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 >>
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June 8, 2009
Two More Sandella's Slated To Open in O.C.
Edwin Goei If you think that I write a lot about what goes on at Diamond Jamboree: you're right, but also, you're wrong. In case you haven't noticed, I also write a lot about what goes on at The District, which is a block away. So there! HA! As you might have guessed, I pass by both on my ... More >>
Film
May 14, 2009
[Special Screenings] 'Under the Bombs,' 'Border Café,' 'The Big Lebowski,' More
Edwin Goei If you think that I write a lot about what goes on at Diamond Jamboree: you're right, but also, you're wrong. In case you haven't noticed, I also write a lot about what goes on at The District, which is a block away. So there! HA! As you might have guessed, I pass by both on my ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2009
It's a Quick Read 35
Orange County Register: Cypress father and Long Beach Memorial hospital pharmacy manager Hugo Bustamante, 46, was one of the two victims slain by a fellow pharmacy worker Mario Ramirez, 50, who then took his own life. . . . Harold Edward Trees, a 36-year-old Orange man who is believed to be a member ... More >>
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March 30, 2009
It's a Quick Read 22: Weekend and Monday Edition
Orange County Register: Robbins: The chance of dying in Orange County from a natural disaster is relatively low. This is based on a study Fox News cheerily lables "the death map." . . . Wisckol: A 59-year-old Aliso Viejo woman's description of kissing President Barack Obama on his cheek at ... More >>
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September 4, 2008
Road Builders Union to Surf Industry: Fuck Off!
The Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council issued an ultimatum to the Aliso Viejo-based Surf Industry Manufacturers Association: stop sponsoring environmental groups opposed to the 241 Foothill-South toll road or face the mighty wrath of more than 100,000 union workers ... More >>
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April 3, 2008
To Do Tonight 4/3
Author Signing: Annette Fix, 6:30 p.m. 30-something single mother and aspiring writer Annette Fix was working as an exotic dancer, searching for Prince Charming, and trying to find a perfect balance between her dreams and her day-to-day life in OC. Barnes & Noble 26751 Aliso Creek Rd. Aliso Viejo, ... More >>
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November 9, 2007
OC Sex Inventions
Inspired by an exhibit of sex inventions at the New York-based Museum of Sex, I thought I'd do a little trolling through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's online search for anything interesting coming out of our fair county. Anaheim inventor Wayne Manska was awarded patent #6,645,164 in 2003 ... More >>
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August 21, 2007
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 >>
Blogs
July 26, 2007
Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Dirty Cop Sting
Catch a crooked cop: Nope. Sorry. Not here in the USA. No way. But in Mexico, authorities want a no corruption zone for the the five-mile road from the Tijuana border south to the beach. Officials are “installing cameras to catch extortion attempts, publicizing that people can pay tickets with cr ... More >>
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June 19, 2007
Tuesday's Headlines
Parade rejects float: A Huntington Beach panel gave a thumbs-down to an Independence Day entry celebrating the desegregation of state schools, saying the theme didn't have "entertainment value." Paying for parking lot rage: A Costa Mesa man was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday after runnin ... More >>
Columns
May 24, 2007
It's Your Money
Parade rejects float: A Huntington Beach panel gave a thumbs-down to an Independence Day entry celebrating the desegregation of state schools, saying the theme didn't have "entertainment value." Paying for parking lot rage: A Costa Mesa man was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday after runnin ... More >>
Film
October 26, 2006
Halloween On Halloween
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Blogs
October 6, 2006
Bait and Switch (Great Wall edition)
It looks like it's not a not a good week to be a Minuteman or Minuteman sympathizer (Minnie-symp?). Not because those kids at Columbia were mean to Aliso Viejo's own Minute-Grand Wizard Jim Gilchrist– when you're working the xenophobia racket, you really don't expect to get much love from Ivy ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2006
Paranoia Roundup: Immigration edition
This will come as no surprise, but Aliso Viejo's Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minutemen (not the immortal patriotic heroes of Lexington and Concord– Jim's are the flabby guys who have figured out how to combine xenophobia and birdwatching by scanning the horizon for Mexicans instead of great ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2006
Supervise the Supervisors-Stop the Toll Road
On Feb. 28, the OC Board of Supervisors will consider adopting a resolution to support the Transportation Corridor Agencies' Foothill-South (241) extension. The motion was put forth by Supervisor Bill Campbell at the Board's Feb. 7 meeting (item 32 on the agenda). No doubt this is meant to trump the ... More >>
Film
December 29, 2005
Special Screenings
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October 20, 2005
Best of OC
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October 20, 2005
Aliso Viejo
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June 23, 2005
'Not to Seem Too Critical or Unsympathetic . . .'
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November 4, 2004
Letters
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August 26, 2004
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March 11, 2004
Letters
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February 20, 2003
Belated thanks for the Xmas candy, Luther of Orange
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December 12, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
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October 24, 2002
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September 20, 2001
Badass Roller Coaster
Lukes Chicago Pizza delivers the Italian beef
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January 27, 2000
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