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May 13, 2013
Anaheim's Citizens Advisory Committee Angers Curt Pringle By Doing the Right Thing!
Late last week, Anaheim's 11-member citizens advisory committee (CAC) on district elections wrapped up its final meeting, and its draft report of recommendations set to be delivered to the city council by the end of this month will suggest that the issue be put before the vote. When the previous A ... More >>
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May 10, 2013
17th Annual Anaheim Western BBQ Tomorrow!
They don't seem to make food festivals like this anymore, where admission is free, and as activities, there's panning for gold, a blacksmith's forge and a chance to pet a miniature pot-bellied pig. The 17th Annual Anaheim Western BBQ is happening tomorrow at Twila Reid Park (3100 West Orange) and it ... More >>
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May 10, 2013
Five Ways To Celebrate American Craft Beer Week In (Or Near) OC
Next week is American Craft Beer Week, a celebration of brews made in the U.S. of A. Local breweries and restaurants are taking part in the national party. Here's where to go to grab a pint.
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May 10, 2013
Anaheim City Council to Vote on $158 Million GardenWalk Hotel Giveaway Tuesday!
Next Tuesday, after much speculation, the divisive $158 million GardenWalk hotel subsidy will return before the Anaheim city council for a vote. The agenda for the meeting spells out as much as there will be "discussion and action" on a resolution for the economic assistance agreements (aka develope ... More >>
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May 9, 2013
Tonight: 18th Annual Taste of Anaheim
Who has a food festival in the middle of the week? Taste of Anaheim that's who. Tonight, May 9th, the 18th Annual Taste of Anaheim will be held at Anaheim GardenWalk. Participating will be restaurants from the GardenWalk itself, like Fire Ice and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., but there will also be a lot, ... More >>
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May 2, 2013
18th Annual Taste of Anaheim
GardenWalk
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April 22, 2013
Anaheim's Citizens Advisory Committee Recommends Districts Be Put on the Ballot
There were more empty seats and less acrimony inside the Council Chambers of Anaheim City Hall last Thursday evening. Long the scene of political turmoil over the course of last year during council meetings, the mood was lighter as the location played host for the second-to-last gathering of the cit ... More >>
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April 12, 2013
4 Anaheim Massage Parlors and a Private Spa Cough Up $54,176 in Fines After Inspections
Four massage parlors and a private spa/spa rental business in Anaheim were rubbed the wrong way earlier this month by city police, who along with other agencies conducted inspections to see if prostitution, human trafficking or labor law violations were occurring.California Department of Industrial ... More >>
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April 12, 2013
The Five Must-See Shows in OC This Weekend
Friday, April 12CoachellaEmpire Polo ClubThis year's granddaddy of Southern California rolls into Indio for weekend one of an insane three-day sprawl of sound, now in its 12th year. Friday's lineup topped by Britain's revived rock legends The Stone Roses and features other marquis acts likeTrent Rez ... More >>
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April 3, 2013
Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: On Anaheim's Proposed District Voting for City Council Races!
The last year or so has been muy tough on my beloved city of Anaheim, and not just because of trigger-happy cops and a nation discovering its stratified reality. There's also the matter of an ACLU lawsuit alleging the violation of voting rights against Latinos, a lawsuit I cannot stand by. Not only ... More >>
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April 3, 2013
Fundraiser For Anaheim's Resort Elite Hit With Residential Picket!
Last evening's "Bold Wine with Bold Leaders" fundraiser for the political action committee of Support Our Anaheim Resort (SOAR) was met with a bold protest! About a half dozen demonstrators took to the sidewalk holding signs in front of the home of event host Mitch Caldwell in the city's historic Co ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2013
Ten Great First Date Restaurants
Date night. Everyone looks forward to a date except the person who has to plan it, and it's even worse when it's a first date or blind date. It has to be normal--not everyone loves loncheras, for reasons I don't fully grok--and it has to be expensive enough that you don't look miserly.So let's talk ... More >>
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March 27, 2013
[UPDATED with 3rd Arrest:] Andrew Pacheco, 19, Fatally Stabbed as Attackers Yell Gang Name
See Update Nos. 3-4 on page 2 with the charges prosecutors have filed against three men in this case.See Update Nos. 1-2 on the next page identifying the dead man and the two men arrested for his murder.ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 11, 2:10 P.M.: A 19-year-old man was fatally stabbed Saturday night in an at ... More >>
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March 27, 2013
[UPDATED with Death a Suicide:] Richard Swartz Fatally Stabbed Near Anaheim Gas Station
See the update at the end of this post with police saying Richard Swartz fatally stabbed himself.ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 19, 9:44 A.M.: A man found stabbed and bleeding in a gas station driveway in Anaheim this morning died a short time later at UCI Medical Center in Orange.The clerk at the Mobil on Li ... More >>
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March 21, 2013
ACLU: Anaheim Needs Civilian Review Board of Police Conduct
Noting 37 Anaheim officer-involved shootings in the past decade, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California is urging the Anaheim City Council to establish a civilian review board to improve public confidence that cheating cops enjoy less of a chance that their conduct will be covered up by sympathe ... More >>
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March 21, 2013
Manuel Diaz's Mother Announces Evening Vigil at Anna Drive During Morning Protest Demanding Justice
Less than 24 hours after the Orange County District Attorney's office ruled the Anaheim police killing of Manuel Diaz justified, family members and about 20 other supporters protested outside the Orange County Superior Courthouse in Santa Ana this morning. Joining them were the mother and father of ... More >>
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March 18, 2013
Nancy Corona Gunned Down in Her South Street Apartment Garage in Anaheim
A 23-year-old woman was shot to death in the parking area of her Anaheim apartment complex Saturday morning.There is no known motive for the murder of Nancy Corona, but Anaheim police do say they want to talk with her ex-boyfriend.
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March 14, 2013
St. Patrick's Day
City National Grove of Anaheim
Food
March 7, 2013
Tony's Deli Sits at the Crossroads of Anaheim
[Hole In the Wall] This sandwich spots makes old-school sandwiches
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March 6, 2013
[UPDATED with I.D.:] Luis Santiago Gois Dies in Reverse of an Anacrime Drive-by
See the update at the end of this post with the identification of the dead man.ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 4, 8:21 A.M.: What's the opposite of a drive-by shooting?The shooting of someone driving by, which is what witnesses say happened to a man found lying in the street in the 3400 block of West Olinda La ... More >>
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March 2, 2013
Anaheim "Tone Setters" Brace for DA Report, Prepare for Possible Riots
It's been just over seven months since a weekend of fatal back-to-back officer-involved shootings took place in Anaheim, igniting long-simmering tensions between the police and the city's poorer areas. The Orange County District Attorney's office is still conducting its investigation into both incid ... More >>
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February 21, 2013
OC Music Awards: Finalists For Best Live Band Announced
After Tuesday's seventh and final preliminary showcase at the Yost Theater, the finalists for this year's Best Live Band Showcase Finals have been announced. After 35 bands competed, only five have advanced to compete next Tuesday at the House of Blues in Anaheim.
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February 18, 2013
The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week
Monday, February 18 DJ Hype The Observatory Pre-iPods, pre-laptops, pre-everyone's-a-DJ, DJ Hype was circling the globe, bringing his turn table skills to millions of party people. Born in Belgium, Kevin Ford began as a DJ on Fantasy FM, a pirate radio station in London. But he hit mainstream ... More >>
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February 15, 2013
The Five Best Concerts in OC This Weekend
Friday, February 15 The Ziggens Slidebar If you don't know much about Orange County ska/ surf/punk/garage band the Ziggens, it's ok, somehow they've been over shadowed by one time label mates such as Sublime. But unlike Sublime, who burned out before becoming massively succesful, the Ziggens have ... More >>
News
February 7, 2013
The DEA Wants to Use a $37 Pot Sale to Seize a $1.5 Million Anaheim Building
Will law-abiding citizens lose their investment property in the city that hosts the Kush Expo?
Blogs
February 5, 2013
Anaheim's 'Enterprise Zone' Tax Giveaway Creates a Whopping 180 New Jobs in its First Year!
This past Friday was the one-year anniversary of Anacrime's official designation of an 'Enterprise Zone' (AEZ), a nearly citywide effort under the auspices of the the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce to implement and market a business-friendly city with tax breaks to corporations. This ruse was given the ... More >>
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February 4, 2013
The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week
Monday, February 4 Social Distortion House of Blues Anaheim With few shows happening this Monday, you might consider trying to check out Social Distortion's umpteenth gig at the House of Blues this month. Perhaps setting a record for the most shows played at the Anaheim venue by a single band in o ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2013
[UPDATED with DA Levels Charges:] Christopher Glen Phernambucq, Sex Offender Parolee for Kiddie Porn Shoots, Repeats: Cops
See the update at the end of this post about the charges brought against the defendant.ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 24, 10:36 A.M.: The load to your right, a registered sex offender on parole for making kiddie porn, is accused of contacting two 17-year-old Anaheim boys via Facebook, shooting his latest skeev ... More >>
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January 25, 2013
Beyond Anna Drive: A Look Inside Another Neighborhood of Neglect in Anaheim
Iron gates section off a number of apartments in the largely immigrant Latino community near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Crescent Avenue in Anaheim. Unlike Anna Drive, which has recently come under a new gang injunction in the city, none of them are affixed with an altar keeping the me ... More >>
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January 25, 2013
Guitar Geek Festival To Take Place This Weekend In Anaheim
While many of musicians, studio types, instrument and accessory vendors from across the globe descend upon Anaheim for NAMM, there's another music expo that's taking place as well. Deke Dickerson is presenting his 10th annual Guitar Geek Festival in Anaheim this weekend, which will be the last time ... More >>
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January 25, 2013
Disneyland Sex Slave Pimp: I'm A Pimp For Life!
If you want to know what William Earl Flavors thinks of himself, just consider the acronym he's worn on a baseball cap: PTID. PTID stands for pimp 'til I die. Nice.Normally, we might disregard cap insignia for substantive meaning, but that's not the case with Flavors. He really is a p ... More >>
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January 24, 2013
Nearly Naked Lady Injured in Leap from Hotel Balcony Near Disneyland Details Sexual Attack
A "nearly naked female" walks into an Anaheim hotel lobby . . .That's how employees of the Clarion Hotel, 616 W. Convention Way, began their contact with a banged-up lady who'd been sexually assaulted in a room early Wednesday, chased after she broke away and injured after leaping from a second-floo ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2013
Newly Announced Anaheim Gang Injunction Includes Anna Drive Neighborhood
The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) secured its 12th overall injunction yesterday when it serviced an unnamed violent Anaheim street gang. The measure marks the fourth in the city alone and will be enforced by its police department. A one-square mile area designates the boundaries of ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2013
Is Anaheim Gayer than Long Beach? The Advocate Says So
I would call my beloved hometown of Anaheim many things: wonderful, Anacrime, home to a corrupt, clueless City Council, diverse, seething working-class, Disneyland, Little Arabia, Filipino, St. Boniface, Romanian, Samoan, Katella--would call it many, many things. But one of the last things I'd call ... More >>
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January 2, 2013
Free Ticket ~~Tuesday~~ Wednesday: Down at City National Grove of Anaheim
Those looking to get 2013 off to a brutal, headbanging start had best focus their attention on Anaheim this month as nasty, New Orleans supergroup Down rides on Satan's chariot to the City National Grove of Anaheim. Five years after their previous release Down III: Over the Under, metal mogul and Pa ... More >>
Columns
December 27, 2012
Dirty Boots
[Hey, You!] You took my girlfriend's footwear from Ugg to Uggly
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December 13, 2012
Lorenzo Oliver, Who Sued Anaheim Over Opossum Killing Arrest, Settles for $400k
The City of Anaheim can pretend all it wants that it is dead, but that will not disappear a $400,000 settlement with a father and son city cops arrested and detained respectively for the shovel killing of an opossum. Lorenzo Oliver's subsequent wrongful arrest lawsuit was rejected in federal court i ... More >>
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December 10, 2012
OC Superior Court Judge Voids $158 Million Subsidy for Anaheim GardenWalk Hotels!
In response to a lawsuit filed against the city of Anaheim and hoteliers, Judge Steven Perk voided an ultra-controversial $158 million GardenWalk hotel subsidization project in Orange County Superior Court today citing a violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act. The tax giveaway earlier this year enraged ... More >>
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December 4, 2012
Eat This Now: "Have You Tried The Toast?" at Gypsy Den Anaheim
Yes, really. Toast. We're recommending that you go to a restaurant and order... toast. Not just toast, but whole-grain toast.Before you click over to Fast Food Maven in despair, stay with us here. This is not just any toast. It's true, most whole-grain bread tastes like it's had sawdust mixed into i ... More >>
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December 3, 2012
United Survivors of Anaheim March on Anna Drive
With storm clouds looming overhead, about fifty people gathered at the corner of Anna Drive and La Palma Avenue in Anaheim for a rally and march in memory of Manuel Diaz on Sunday. It was the latest action marking a shift in strategy for family members and activists organizing in the wake of the cit ... More >>
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November 7, 2012
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 >>
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October 29, 2012
Dear Anaheim Cholos: Stop Shooting Each Other And Screwing It Up for the Rest of the City's Mexicans
Dear Anaheim cholos:You don't know me since few of you read the Weekly (for some bizarre reason, most of you read the Orange County Register as evidenced by your many comments over there), but I probably know your older brothers, cousins, or maybe even fathers--the previous generations of the gangs ... More >>
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October 26, 2012
Race-Baiting Mailer Featuring a Gabacha Being Followed by a Hoodie Sent For Anaheim Council Candidate/Dirty Cop Steve Lodge
Election Day is less than two weeks away and mailers are bombarding residents and irritating the shit out of postal carriers who deliver the daily bulk of junk. Predictably, in the wake of Anaheim's summer of social unrest, political action committees are pouring it on with tough on crime, law and o ... More >>
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October 25, 2012
Protest to be Held Outside OC District Attorney's Office Over OC's Killer Cops
The focus of controversial officer-involved shootings in Anaheim will turn to the Santa Ana office of the Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus tomorrow morning. Family members who have lost loved ones will hold a demonstration at 9 a.m. asking supporters to join in the effort."We've been ... More >>
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October 24, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D.:] 2 Anaheim Police Shootings in 4 Days Near Where 14 y.o. was Shot to Death Last Week
See the update at the end of this post with the name of the man police shot in the chest Sunday.ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 22, 2:54 P.M.: The Anaheim neighborhood where 14-year-old John Perez was murdered in what police believe to be a gang shooting last week is growing increasingly sketchier. First, an of ... More >>
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October 16, 2012
[UPDATED: Cunningham Already Censoring!] Save Anaheim, OC Weekly's Best Blog for 2012, Inspiring Scorched-Earth Campaign From the Curt Pringle Machine
Updated, with new information on the bottom...ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 16, 6:30 A.M.: Well, this fucking rocks: the very week where we named Save Anaheim the best blog in Orange County for our annual Best Of issue, the minions of former Anaheim mayor Curt Pringle wage an all-out war on its author, Jason ... More >>
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October 15, 2012
The Best Five Shows in OC This Week: Big Business, Major Lazer
Monday, October 15Big BusinessAlex's BarFor those not familiar with the genre Sludge Metal, meet Big Business. Hailing from Seattle and signed to Gold Metal Records, they traffic in crunchy, chugging jams with wonky, drop-tuned strings. Reminiscent of instrumental metal band Pelican, Big Business fe ... More >>
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October 15, 2012
OC Weekly 2012 Election Guide: Anaheim!
One in an occasional series on the county's craziest political races...and while we don't endorse candidates, we can sure as hell tell you who's more pendejo than others!There is no municipal election that will grab more attention this year than Anaheim. This is the city, after all, that burned th ... More >>
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October 12, 2012
Families Affected by Officer-Involved Shootings Host Community Event in Anaheim
After the police killings and riots in Anaheim this past summer, Theresa Smith wanted one day for the city of Anaheim to get together for a day of peace and healing. After taking her request to the Anaheim City Council for a community event during a public comment session on Aug. 8, fellow com ... More >>
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October 11, 2012
Oktoberfest 2012: Where To Get Your Oom-Pah-Pah On In OC
There's so much to love about Oktoberfest--old men in cute little hats and suspenders, buxom beer babes, drunken sing-a-longs, sausages galore, the bicep workout you get while chugging out of steins. "Oans, zwoa, drei, Gsuffa!" (One, two, three, drink up!) We're in the height of t ... More >>
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