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    February 17, 2012

    Top Five Hits: Fingerprints in Long Beach

    ​ Here are the top five selling records this week from Fingerprints, 420 E. 4th Street in 
Long Beach, (562) 433-4996.This week's top seller is Leonard Cohen's latest release, Old Ideas.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Aasif Mandvi, Daily Show Correspondent, Coming to Anaheim to Scoop up CAIR Award

    ​The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Greater Los Angeles, which is based in Anaheim, will bestow its 2011 Courage in Media Award to Indian-British actor and comedian Aasif Hakim Mandviwal.He's better known as Aasif Mandvi, the hilarious correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stew ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2011

    U2 at Angel Stadium Last Night

    Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​U2June 17, 2011Angel StadiumIs U2 the biggest band in the world? Yes. Invading baseball stadiums across the country, their beyond massive "spaceship" stage landed centerfield at Angel Stadium. Originally scheduled a year ago, the U2 show was postponed due to Bono undergoin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    The Devolution of Sting: A Timeline

    ​ Glee star Matthew Morrison revealed this week that he is recording a duet with Sting, an announcement that thrilled middle-aged virgins worldwide but confirmed to fans of The Police that Sting's transformation from a wiry and literate songwriting innovator into a squinting, washed-up blowhard w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Saul Hernandez Talks Caifanes, Coachella and Crossovers

    Going solo and getting the band back together--at the same time!​Saul Hernandez, founding vocalist-guitarist of seminal rock en español band Caifanes, had a lot to say in his recent interview with the Weekly--more than we could fit into this week's cover piece about the band reuniting to play Coa ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    Caifanes Are Mortal Friends

    [Coachella] How a brain tumor reunited Mexico's rock legends

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Macy Gray Ignores Calls to Boycott Israel

    Marc Pagani​For soul singer Macy Gray, it started out as a simple Facebook status update inviting discussion concerning upcoming concerts. "I'm booked for 2 shows in Tel Aviv. I'm getting alot of letters from activists urging/begging me to boycott by NOT performing in protest of Apartheid agai ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

    Tougher border enforcement in California and Texas has spelled disaster for southern Arizona

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Pennywise Makes It Official: Zoli Teglas, of OC's Ignite, Named New Lead Singer

    Zoli Teglas performing with IgnitePennywise announced today that Zoli Teglas, of Orange County's Ignite, is the their "new and permanent" lead singer. Teglas has already played with the band at recent events such as the the Benefit Show for Amnesty International that took place at the Long Beach Are ... More >>

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    Making Change

    Suffrage Day Luncheon

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    April 3, 2008

    Giving Back!

    Write On
23rd Annual 
Great American Write-In

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    September 20, 2007

    Walk Until They Don't Drop

    Walk to Stop Executions

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007

    Improve Your (Instant) Karma

    Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (released June 12 by Warner Bros.) is a two-CD set of rich, famous musicians covering John Lennon songs that will raise funds to help the ravaged civilians of Sudan. It is worth the mild pain you'll experience to donate money to this ... More >>

  • Film

    March 29, 2007

    Special Screenings

    Movie of the Week: Crossing Arizona

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    July 27, 2006

    Special Screenings

    Movie of the Week: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2006

    I Have a King Day

    Our pal Rebel Girl at Dissent the Blog has a dream: it is a dream for a week worth of activities at Irvine Valley College dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr., and kicking off on his birthday today. Those activities include: a new on-campus Peace and Justice Center; an institutional adoption of Amne ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 14, 2005

    Letters

    Our pal Rebel Girl at Dissent the Blog has a dream: it is a dream for a week worth of activities at Irvine Valley College dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr., and kicking off on his birthday today. Those activities include: a new on-campus Peace and Justice Center; an institutional adoption of Amne ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 30, 2004

    Call Me Irresponsible

    Yes, Its Undeniably True

  • Columns

    August 26, 2004

    No, You Shut Up

    Artists are Americans, too, You Jackasses

  • News

    March 25, 2004

    Bring Us Your Torturers Yearning to Breathe Free

    U.S. Plans to Boot OCs Thi Dinh Bui. How about the rest?

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    I Am a Terrorist: I Teach

    A radicals journey from thin mints to the classroom

  • Features

    October 30, 2003

    Best Politics, Art, and Outdoor Sports

    A radicals journey from thin mints to the classroom

  • Film

    March 13, 2003

    Fear and Loathing on Death Row

    Death Letters explores injustice of capital punishment

  • Features

    September 26, 2002

    Get Involved

    Death Letters explores injustice of capital punishment

  • Music

    July 11, 2002

    This Is What We Believe In

    OC punk label raises funds to help Afghan women

  • Columns

    May 16, 2002

    The Little Engine Who Took His Place in the Underclass

    And other new-millennium stories for American kids

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    The Terrorist Next Door

    The U.S. says a former Anaheim resident is trying to kill us all

  • Columns

    December 16, 1999

    Letters

    The U.S. says a former Anaheim resident is trying to kill us all

  • Features

    November 25, 1999

    Anger Is a Gift

    Rage Against the Machine

  • Columns

    July 15, 1999

    The Few, the Proud, the Spies

    Spying on civilians was part of El Toros mission

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