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Did Bobby Hatfield Lose That Livin' Feelin' from Plot in Costa Mesa Suicide Bomber's Essay?

Confession time: Like many in the media, I looked at Kevin E. Harris blowing himself up, having covered his Costa Mesa house in foil to prevent the government from reading his mind and writing the gubment was also behind the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson, John Lennon and everyone who perished ... More >>

Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: All Hail Robert Citron, OC Bankruptcy Hero!

I never covered the 1994 Orange County bankruptcy, being a sophomore at Anaheim High School when the whole chingadera arose and starting journalism way too late to ever figure in the aftermath. So when news emerged last week that former Orange County tax collector-treasurer Robert Citron passed away ... More >>

10 Really Bad Orange County Boyfriends eHarmonizers and Match.commers Must Avoid

Today's arraignment of Cheyene Fuimaono for allegedly murdering his girlfriend's toddler son reminded me that I wanted to slap together a list of 10 Orange Countians who proved to be really bad boyfriends in 2012. Match.comming eHarmonizers take note of the results after the jump . . .

Anaheim Voters Prove to be Loyal Pendejos in City Council Election

The eyes of the world were once fixated for a brief moment on Anaheim, the supposed "Happiest Place on Earth," as the facade was torn apart by controversial officer-involved shootings and days of social unrest erupting in its Latino communities this summer. With the attention of the national and int ... More >>

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: The Complete List

Go ahead, call us a bunch of culture-less, lily-white suburbanites with a partiality to flip-flops and right-wing politics. Those kind of labels never cease to amuse us. Because one thing that instantly dooms most of the tired cliches ascribed to OC is the music--the one-of-a-kind frustration, aggre ... More >>

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: 14-6

14. Reel Big FishZany, wacky, ska-rooted (though they rock harder now) Reel Big Fish elevate self-deprecation to an art form, thanks to a malcontent lead singer in Aaron Barrett, who beats you to the punch with peppy lyrics like "I'll never be anything, anything at all." He lays down these anti-What ... More >>

[UPDATED With Conviction] Robert Bruce Engel, Chronic Public Library Masturbator, Faces Trial Today

See the update with information about today's conviction at the bottom of this post.ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 3, 2012 1 P.M.: According to the Orange County District Attorney's Office, registered sex offender Robert Bruce Engel is the sort of cat who enjoys masturbating in public spaces for an audience of ... More >>

Anaheim Council Candidates Gather for First Electoral Forum

Seven of nine candidates vying for two open seats on the Anaheim city council gathered last night for the first--and hopefully not the last--forum in the lead up to the November elections. Hosted by the West Anaheim Neighborhood Development Council (WAND), the event, which took place at the Magnolia ... More >>

Boyfriend Rapist of Anaheim High Student Hates California's One Strike Law

A month after Orange County Jorge Luna turned 18 in 2007, his girlfriend ended their two-year romantic relationship and he reacted angrily by promising that if she "wasn't his, then she was no one's."The following day Luna confronted the Anaheim High School student when she arrived on campus, pulled ... More >>

Deadline to Apply for Sham Committee on Anaheim's Voting System Revamp Rapidly Approaches

One month ago, as small businesses near Anaheim High School's Cook Auditorium needlessly boarded themselves up, concerned residents endured hours of a special meeting of the city council to arrive at two entirely predictable 3-2 votes, one of which struck down a proposed charter amendment to put six ... More >>

Anaheim City Council Meeting Held in Auditorium, Sees Large Turnout

Dozens of Anaheim residents outraged by the recent spate of officer involved shootings focused their anger addressing the city council again last night. A phalanx of news vans was parked on Lincoln Avenue as hundreds of people gathered in the massive auditorium at Anaheim High School. The location w ... More >>

The Unlikeliest Great Mayor in OC: Anaheim's Tom Tait

Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesEveryone figured that Tom Tait was just going to be Curt Pringle's puppet when the former replaced the latter as Anaheim's mayor in 2002. He certainly fit the right profile: a Republican, and not just any Reep but from the family that officially kep ... More >>

Anaheim's Tragic Kingdom

Two officer-involved killings ignite the city's long, hot summer that has been years in the making

Anaheim's Original Theme Park

Before Anaheim was invaded by Disney rodents, a large theme park was drawing crowds of up to 30,000 guests a month. Instead of a mouse, the main attraction was a human-like chimpanzee. The year was 1952, three years before uncle Walty opened Disneyland, and Dutton's Jungle Gardens sprawled across 7- ... More >>

Richard Lee Baney: Lost Boy of Summer Enjoys Colorful Life On and Off the Baseball Field

​"The Lost Boys of Summer" cover boy Richard Lee "Dick" Baney of Tustin can point to pro baseball career highlights that include pitching Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" to victory in a divisional playoff game and striking Henry Aaron out twice as "Hammering Hank" closed in on Babe Ruth's all-time ... More >>

Dick Baney and the Other Lost Boys of Summer

Even after the Tustin resident helped embarrass Major League Baseball into helping retired ballplayers such as himself, he's still not happy, and he has plenty of company

Vaya Con Mom

After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Brito children embarked on a two-year journey trying to navigate life in the United States on their own

Are the Days of Chain Restaurants Hiring Illegal Immigrants Over?

​Back in my Anaheim High School days, students who worked did so at one of two spots: the Carl's Jr. on Broadway and Harbor Boulevard, or the Family Fun Center (which mostly hired people from Valencia High, but that's another story). Imagine my surprise five years after graduation, when most of th ... More >>

Musical Review: The Who's Tommy At Segerstrom Founder's Hall

Courtesy Chance TheaterMark Bartlett as The Who's Tommy​During the intermission of the Chance Theater's production of The Who's Tommy at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Founder's Hall Saturday night, I overheard a young lady talking on her cell phone. "Yeah, my boyfriend is playing guitar in t ... More >>

DREAM Act Supporters Keep Fighting

From Santa Ana to Texas to Capitol Hill, OC residents prove among the most prominent advocates of the DREAM Act

DREAM Activists March Through Anaheim

​High-ranking members of Orange County churches, community organizations and Anaheim public school districts join local DREAM Act activists in marching this afternoon for federal legislation providing a pathway for citizenship and higher education to college-bound immigrants and those ser ... More >>

He Shall Be Set Free

Phil Aguilar’s brand of outlaw Christianity made him an evangelical powerhouse—and has law enforcement calling the pastor a criminal

Antonia Rivera, Local DREAM Act Student Arrested by Feds but Released, To Appear on Gustavo's KPFK Show Today

Logo for OC Dream Team​My, the Orange County Register readers are sure pissed off that authorities in Washington didn't immediately deport Antonia Rivera, an undocumented college student from Orange County and UC Irvine graduate who was arrested as part of a sit-in at Capitol Hill earlier this wee ... More >>

(Tragic) Kingdom Come Again, Leaving No Doubt Who Rules OC

Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

No zoom on the iPhone, folks!​Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; August 4, 2009.Better than: The three previous No Doubt shows at Verizon. Maybe. Actually, they were probably all equally fantastic, unless you hate Katy Perry.Number of dudes dress ... More >>

Lt. Dan Choi on KPFK-FM 90.7 at 4:20 p.m. TODAY

Sorry for the late notice, but you can hear Army Lt. Dan Choi, who's recently made headlines for challenging the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy," today at 4:20 p.m. on KPFK-FM 90.7, online at www.kpfk.org. It's a pre-recorded segment, and one where you immediately get the warmth of the man ... More >>

Longtime OC GOP Legislator Ross Johnson Finds New Life As a Campaign-Finance Watchdog in Sacramento

Orange County's Connection to the Great Quake of 1933

Today is the 75th anniversary of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, which rattled Southern California, claimed more than 100 lives, and spurred many of the retrofitting laws that keep us safe from the Big One (remember when that was the only terror we dreaded?). Four people died in Orange County, but t ... More >>

Haunted OC Hotspots

In honor of Halloween the OC Weekly has compiled a list of haunted Orange County locations courtesy the database of haunted places on Shadowlands.net. So take some time and have a read. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, at least you can learn about some local legends and scare yourself silly! M ... More >>

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Bringing It All Back Casa at Varsity Burgers

Spin City

Jason Salgado, owner, Beats, Vinyl & Life

Letters

'My combined Mexican-Guatemalan ancestry ranks me somewhere between a syphilitic Chihuahua and Hitlers missing left nut!'

Anaheim

Caraz Dulzura

Board Walks

Anaheim superintendent publicly congratulates school trustees on a job well-botched

Tuning in, turning on

The El Cargadero Social Club

How a Mexican ghost town lives on in Anaheim

Poo Fighters

Once a friend of land developers, Garry Brown has joined the battle to keep OCs beaches free of the brown stuff