Anaheim Hills

Now Open: Slater's 50/50 In Lake Forest

We can't speak for San Diego or Pasadena, but the bar at Slater's 50/50 in Lake Forest is loooooooong. Like slide a pint across the countertop, Coyote Ugly dancing long. And full of male bartenders (not that we minded). Rodrigo, Bean and Tony can recommend what's on tap anytime. Our task: remember w ... More >>

Joshua Alexander Evans, Ex-Teacher, Gets a Year for Hugging, Kissing 14 y.o. Girl Student

A former English teacher whose booking photo from early last year had him looking like a Die Hard villain pleaded guilty today under a plea deal to inappropriately kissing and hugging a 14-year-old female student.Joshua Alexander Evans, 33, of Fullerton, was promptly sentenced to a year in Orange ... More >>

Peinture Chalks It Up

[Trendzilla] Deborah Cooper-Ramos teaches you how to touch up antique furniture at her new Costa Mesa shop

Before Canyon High's Mexi-Mocking Mess, There Was El Modena's Blackface Botch Up--And Canyon High's Principal Was at Both!

The Mexi-mocking antics of students at Canyon High School in Anaheim Hills during the now infamous "Seniores and Señoritas" Day earned them a spot on this infernal rag's current OC's Scariest People 2012 issue. Perpetuating stereotypes by dressing up as cholos, pregnant stroller pushers and deporti ... More >>

Chance Theater's Staging of 'West Side Story' Highlights Anaheim's Current Woes

This production mines the deep currents swirling beneath this old story through earnest, vigorous acting and superior production standards

Slater's 50/50's New Burger Is So Hot It Requires Gloves And A Liability Waiver

After jolting the country with the 'Merica Burger, the monstrosity made of 100% ground bacon, the folks at Slater's 50/50 didn't know how they would ever outdo themselves. Then they had an idea. They'd simply turn up the heat. 

Anaheim Community Coalition Presses for District Elections in the Midst of Social Unrest

A week after the streets outside Anaheim City Hall became the scene of a tense clash between protesters and police, community members gathered atop its steps today addressing the lack of Latino representation inside the council chambers. As it currently stands, the Mayor and three of the four city c ... More >>

Bird-Flipping Beemer

[Hey, You!] A run-in with a light-runner

Deborah Therese Sparso, Ex-CHP Officer, Cops to Using Fake Prescriptions to Miss Work

A Highway Patrol officer who lost her job after using phony prescription forms to take time off of work pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and has been sentenced to three years of probation, 10 days of community service and an order to pay $5,000 in restitution. Deborah Therese Sparso, an Anahe ... More >>

Musicos con Yo Soy 132: The Anti-Rebecca Black Pack!

[UPDATE, JUNE 8, 2:21 P.M.: A major scandal continues to erupt in Mexico just as a number of musicians co-signed onto one of #YoSoy132's objectives in demanding democracy and equality in the media. Allegations have surfaced in Britain's Guardian newspaper that PRI presidential candidate Enrique Peñ ... More >>

[UPDATED with Charges:] Michael B. Franks Rides into Jail as Alleged "Snowboarder Bandit"

UPDATE, MAY 9, 11 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) has announced the charges against Michael Brandon Franks, 29, of Riverside County, the alleged "Snowboarder Bandit." The multiple felony counts could land Franks in state prison for up to 15 years with a conviction, making o ... More >>

On the Line: Mike Dimmitt of Garlic Scapes, Part One

Mike Dimmitt was difficult. And by difficult we mean next to impossible to get a hold of. We'll let the fact that he was in the process of moving be an excuse, but c'mon! He's lucky we share a favorite chef and infatuation with dim sum and (San Diego) breweries. A purveyor of this stinking rose, the ... More >>

On the Line: Dino McDonough of Slater's 50/50, Part Two

​Dino McDonough joined the crew at Slater's 50/50 just over three years ago, shortly after they launched Anaheim Hills. After a first round of indulgent interviewing, we begin to understand the kind of role food plays in his life. Excellent taste in Halloween costumes and a hidden artistry are som ... More >>

Excellent Sushi in Yorba Linda--Yes, Yorba Linda

Dave Lieberman​One of the best things about writing about food in Orange County is the discovery of something great in a really out-of-the-way place. If you'd asked me what there was to eat in Yorba Linda, I'd have stammered something about the Wild Artichoke and are you sure you can't get to Plac ... More >>

Yosuke Sushi Says Yes, No, Amaebi

This Anaheim Hills Japanese restaurant has it all, from live sweet shrimp to teriyaki served in hubcap-sized combo plates

OC's Scariest People 2011

Celebrating the Day of the Dead with some of the county's worst offenders

Benni Cinkle, Awkward Backup Dancer in 'Friday' Video, Wants To Make School Appearances

​What do you do when you're a part of a video that's gotten 176 million views?   Milk it for all it's worth. Benni Cinkle, the brace-faced girl who flails her arms awkwardly in Rebecca Black's "Friday" video, debuted a video of her own last week called "Can You See Me Now." Now, accordin ... More >>

Belly Up to Slater's 50/50

There's nothing halfway about the Huntington Beach eatery's embrace of America's bacon crush

Catholics Protest 'Jerry Springer: The Opera' at Anaheim Hills' Chance Theater, Calling it 'Blasphemous'

​In  "Jerry Springer: The Opera," a musical production premiering on July 9 at Anaheim Hills' Chance Theater, a fat, gay Jesus gets fondled by Eve, and Mary is introduced to the audience with a chorus of, "Raped by an angel, raped by God!" Some Catholic groups aren't too p ... More >>

[UPDATED with New Trial:] Vitaliy Krasnoperov Accused of Murder in Plot with 2 Burned Bodies

Vitaliy Krasnoperov​UPDATE, JUNE 7, 11:52 A.M.: 25-year-old Hollywood resident Vitaliy Krasnoperov is accused of conspiring with childhood friend Iftekhar Murtaza via online instant messages to plan and carry out the kidnapping, murder and setting ablaze of the sister and father of Murtaza's ex-gi ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Paul Lawrence Wadley, Retired Police Chief, Left Nude Photos and Exposed His Junk on Park Trails: Police

DMV​Update, December 20, 5:40 p.m.: Retired Huntington Park Police Chief  Paul Lawrence Wadley pleaded not guilty today to misdemeanor indecent exposure charges.The 56-year-old Anaheim resident had previously turned himself in to authorities after returning from an overseas trip. While Wadley ... More >>

[UPDATE:] 19 UC Irvine Students and Supporters Face Criminal Charges for Protesting

​​Update, December 10, 12:41 p.m.: Occupy UCI!--"an autonomous body in Orange County attempting to subvert hegemonic, state-supporting/ed protest by promoting radical discourse and militant action"--is accusing campus administrations of conspiring with prosecutors when it came to the timing of ... More >>

Anaheim Hills Cosmetic Surgery Center Comes Under an Unfriendly Light

​It's enough to put a permanent frown in your forehead.After a plastic surgeon through the courts successfully challenged the state's authority to regulate surgery centers, California in 2007 stopped licensing such facilities that are at least partly owned by a licensed doctor. According to the ... More >>

Wholesome Choice Makes it Into the New York Times--Kind Of

The calm before the storm...​Orange County's most-famous swarthy writer, Firoozeh Dumas of Funny in Farsi fame, has a great essay in yesterday's New York Times Magazine about the chaos that is waiting in the sangak line at Wholesome Choice, an opera we at SaFII have chronicled for years. Only prob ... More >>

Chance Theater Continues to Make its Mark

​It's impossible to pinpoint the exact date or show, but at some point over the last five years, the Chance Theater became the premiere storefront theater in Orange County. There are other storefronts that do more adventurous work--like, the Monkey Wrench Collective, or do certain types of pl ... More >>

'Botox Bandit' Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

​Melissa Chesney, better known as the "Botox Bandit," has been sentenced to five years in state prison for 21 felonies, including burglary, fraud and identity theft. Her most famous scandal took place in March 2009 when she used a fraudulent name, ID and check to purchase more than $3,30 ... More >>

Mother's Market Explains It All

Baffled by soyrizo and seitan? Not anymore!

Santa Ana Courthouse is for the Bird

​"Walk at Your Own Risk!" warn handwritten signs affixed to a chain-link fence that runs along a Civic Center Drive path jurors and court employees trudge across in Santa Ana.The threat is not posed by criminal defendants, gone-postal divorcees or plump bailiffs who forgot their lunches.It's THE ... More >>

A Guide to Cheap Golf

[Summer Guide] We tell you how to find the best fore less

Newport Beach and South Coast Plaza Go Green With Natural Gas and Electric Charging Stations

​Newport Beach got a little greener this week with the opening of its first natural gas fueling station and word that plans are set for a luxury electric automaker's takeover next month of a former Rolls Royce dealer's lot on Pacific Coast Highway.A $1-million compressed natural gas (CNG) facility ... More >>

California Fish Grill To Open In North Orange County

Edwin Goei​As I was eating my garlic-butter-slathered grilled mahi mahi at the California Fish Grill in Irvine the other day, I wondered: Why aren't there more of these? I mean, look at the line out the door. It's like this every day. The lunchtime rush to claim a seat at around noon is like ... More >>

"The Back Nine" Returns to Orange County

The Back Nine, a documentary about a 40-year-old man's dream to make the pro golf tour that made its world premiere at April's Newport Beach Film Festival, returns to an Orange County screen for one night only, Thursday, at the Cinema City Stadium 12 in Anaheim Hills.The 1 hour 40 minute film trails ... More >>

Saturday Night Special

Among the 600 competition shooters from around the world competing at the 2008 National Handgun Championships are four locals: Gary Chan of Anaheim Hills, Brennan Price of Fullerton, Michael Pelissier of Huntington Beach and Chris Endersby of San Clemente. The local pistol packers are now bound for ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

More Quotes from Louie Perez of Los Lobos

Nightmare Under a Dreamy Sky

Suburban Escape hits us where we live

New Reviews

Everyone's Hero; Haven; One: The Movie; Sherrybaby

BROADWAY HITLER

Chances not-so-fresh Cabaret

Gone Lenten

Knifing whoopee-cushion beliefs at California Fish Grill

Playing for Keeps

365 Days of Dramaturgical Delights

Politics-Free Zone

Anaheim officials, please stay away from Yves Bistro. Everyone else, eat on!

Hamburger Heaven

This Heaven Can Wait

John Miners Heavens Cafe

In New Spaces, No One Can Hear You Scream

Joel Beers theater notes

Le Petit Chef

Fat Bastard and Little Big Man do lunch at Foscari

K

Meat Knowlwood!

In this carnivores paradise, the veggie burger is best

Dont Hate Them Because Theyre Beautiful

Bistangos Relationships is mostly unrelated

Feel Not Sorry for the People of Anaheim Hills

Theyve got Rosines Mediterranean Rotisserie & Grill

The Kids Are All Right

But oh, so very boring