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Blogs
July 25, 2012
Anonymous Launches "Operation Anaheim"
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesWhat's already been four days of street protests in Anaheim, the like of which the county hasn't seen since the 1960s (when black and brown united to beat up cops in SanTana), is just about to turn a whole lot more interesting.Last night, Anonymous ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2012
Anaheim Volunteers Clean Up After Last Night's Protest
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesAs last night's violent protest in downtown Anaheim drew to a close, social media lit up with quickly made plans to meet at 6 a.m. in the parking lot of the Vons across the street from City Hall, in a shopping area that saw a Starbucks' windows shat ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2012
Democracy Now! Covers Anaheim Police-Shooting/Brutality Controversy
With Theresa Smith (mother of Caesar Cruz, gunned down by Anaheim police in 2009) and our very own Gustavo Arellano as guests, Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! dedicated a lengthy segment this morning on Anaheim's weekend of outrage following the officer-involved killings of two Latino men, Manue ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2012
A Closer Look at Less-than-Lethal Weapons Fired at Anaheim Residents on Saturday Afternoon
As OC Weekly reported on Saturday night, chaos ensued in Anaheim when police fired military grade less-than-lethal weapons at residents when they gathered demanding answers after an officer-involved shooting occured. CBS News video shows the attacks and police unleashing a K-9 dog in front of ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2012
[UPDATE: PHOTO OF BODY WITH GUN] Anaheim Police Department Kill Another Man After Day of Protests
Updated, with info at the end of this post.WATCH VIDEO OF IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF ANAHEIM POLICE SHOOTING MANUEL DIAZ TO DEATH HERE.ORIGINAL POST, JULY 23, 12:32 A.M.: A source is telling OC Weekly five shots were heard as another man was shot by police and believed to be dead. A resident of the neig ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2012
Presente, National Latino Political Advocacy Group, Demands Full State Attorney General Investigation of Anaheim Police Department
The disturbing images of police repression from Saturday's standoff in Anaheim following the police killing of Manuel Diaz have gone viral, making international headlines. After a weekend of fatal officer-involved shootings and days of social unrest in the city, the national Latino political organiz ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2012
ACLU Lawsuit Against Anaheim Over Latino Voters Distorts City History and Whitewashes Role of Vendidos
I'm all for reminding Orange County of its nasty racist past, present, and future--hell, I do a weekly series exposing all the OC pioneers who were Klan members. What I'm not for is distorting the historical facts, especially when said distortions are used to further a nebulous lawsuit, like what th ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2012
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 >>
Blogs
July 2, 2012
Another Weekly Anaheim Mexi on the ACLU's Lawsuit Alleging Anaheim Mexi-Voter Disenfranchisement: It's the Economy, Pendejos
Long before the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California held a press conference announcing a lawsuit atop the steps of Anaheim City Hall on Thursday, a go-between requested my contact information on their behalf for something. I sent it along, followed up, it was communicated to me th ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2012
[VIDEO:] Hanging Out with Plushies, Twister Girls and YouTube Creepers at VidCon 2012
Among the sights from VidCon 2012 at the Anaheim Convention Center you'll see after the jump are: Wil Wheaton playing a board game; colorful people and plushies on the main convention floor (including those filling two long-ass lines for Charlie McDonnell); boys jousting; girls playing Twister; and ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2012
ACLU's Lawsuit Against Anaheim for Voter Disenfranchisment Against Mexis is Laughable, Ahistorical, and Plain Pendejo
As promised, the Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) held a press conference outside Anaheim City Hall yesterday announcing they were going to sue Anaheim to create council wards in the idea that such a ploy would result in a fairer political representation of th ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2012
ACLU to Sue Anaheim to Create Ward Elections to Ensure Mexi Councilmembers--Why Don't They Sue the Democratic Party of OC?
Back in March, I broke the news that a coalition of groups was going to sue the Anaheim City Council into asking them to carve up voting for councilmembers by wards in the city, or get taken to court over it. At the time, some of OC's liberal class got pissed at me for revealing what they were caref ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2012
Lawmakers Vote to Prohibit Anaheim Schools' 'Demoralizing' Practice of Color-Coding Student IDs Based On Test Scores
Last year, two schools in the Anaheim Union High School District tried a new academic incentive program. Students were given identification cards in colors that revealed how well they performed on standardized tests. Those with the "best" colors were given freebies and perks, like getting to stand a ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2012
Why Are Prominent 'Arabheimers' Backing Jordan Brandman's Anaheim City Council Bid?
As an extended subsidy to a hotelier was being blessed at city hall, the home of former Anaheim city council hopeful Belal 'Bill' Dalati played host to a fundraiser Tuesday evening for current candidate Jordan Brandman. The invitation for the event asked members of the Arab-American community to joi ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2012
Nation's Librarians Descend on Anaheim for American Library Association Conference--Expect Nice, Nerdy, Sexy Gals & Wacky Guys!
Faithful readers know this infernal rag (or at least yours truly) has a soft spot for librarians, given that they're always so helpful in helping us find long-lost newspaper clips or giving us a space to rant. So it's just my luck that the weekend when more than 25,000 of them are traveling to the A ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2012
[UPDATED with City Manager's Comments:] Is the Anaheim City Council the Next Target for Recall Over Police Abuse?
See update at the end of post where newly appointed Anaheim City Manager Bob Wigenroth makes a recommendation for the City Council.ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 5, 8:00 A.M. As Fullerton residents anxiously awaited their City Council recall results on Tuesday night, a group of about a dozen pro ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2012
Anaheim City Council Trio Extends $44 Million Subsidy for Another Hotel Developer
Another vote on a hotel subsidy in the Anaheim resort area came before the council yesterday evening, only this time, concerned residents were ready. Dissenting voices took to the podium arguing against the terms of a two-year extension for a planned nine-story, 252-room hotel near Disneyland. After ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2012
Umami Burger Anaheim To Open July 1
For months, I have wanted a hamburger to go with my cold glass of 1888 steam beer California common beer (screw you and the trademark you rode in on, Anchor Brewing!) from Anaheim Brewery. For months, I have been teased--nay, taunted--by the sign promising Umami Burger immediately adjacent to the br ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2012
IHHI-owned Western Medical Center Anaheim Receives an "A" in Patient Safety
It's a considerably ironic score given its recently shuttered neonatal intensive care unit, but Western Medical Center Anaheim received an "A" in patient safety according to a recent study conducted by the employer-financed nonprofit Leapfrog Group. The nationwide study scored 264 California hospita ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
NBA Commissioner David Stern Shoots Down Sacramento Kings Move to Anaheim (Again)
The talks between the city of Sacramento and the ownership of the NBA's Kings may have broken down, but league Commissioner David Stern says the franchise will not move to Anaheim or anywhere else."If there was a vote now, there would be no support for a move," Stern said during a press conference ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
Proof Anaheim Is Not The Happiest Place on Earth
The fireworks blast every night in Anaheim as a thunderous reminder that escapism for locals is just around the corner at Disneyland.Of course, leaving reality isn't free.You'll have to pay $87 for a ticket and another $15 for parking.Perhaps that is why some people turn to other, more illicit ways ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2012
Violent Crime Spikes in Anaheim But Down in Most of OC and Irvine Remains Safest U.S. City
What does Anaheim have in common with El Cajon, Temecula, Ventura and San Bernardino?I mean besides the exact same strip malls, fast-food joints and foreclosure signs.It's the distinction of being a Southern California city with more than 100,000 residents and a significant spike in violent crime.
Food
June 7, 2012
Jasmine Offers Syrian Specials
[Hole In the Wall] This Anaheim Middle Eastern restaurant is worthy of a Malcolm Gladwell presentation
Blogs
May 30, 2012
Anaheim Gets Its First Cop Block!
OWS Facebook PageIt looks like Anaheim got its very first entry on citizen vigilante website Cop Block.Not so fast though--it does not concern the Anaheim Police Department, which sees at least a half dozen people demonstrating against deadly excessive force in front of their department every S ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2012
Punk Rockers Rise Against Set Honda Center Live Date
Good news for punk rockers here in OC: Chicago's Rise Against will be playing the Honda Center in Anaheim on Saturday, September 29 as part of a month-long North American tour. In April, the band released an EP, Satellite, exclusively through iTunes. Openers for the tour include Gaslight Anthem an ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
Mother's Day Vigil Planned in Anaheim for People Killed in Officer-Involved Shootings
When Theresa Smith lost her son, Caesar Cruz to a fatal December 11, 2009 officer-involved shooting in Anaheim, she hoped her family would be the last to have to endure the pain of such a devastating loss. "As soon as he was killed," Smith, a resident of Fullerton, says, "I wanted awareness." Her 3 ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2012
Anaheim Councilwoman Lorri Galloway Stripped of 'Mayor Pro Tem' Title in Latest GardenWalk Hotel Spat
Of all the concerns and issues of importance affecting Anaheim -- like transparency, officer-involved shootings, violent crime, poverty -- its latest city council meeting yesterday evening fixated around a motion to strip councilwoman Lorri Galloway of her 'Mayor Pro Tem' title. Seriously? Seri ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
The Cellar's Ex-Executive Chef Opens Bistro Bleu in Anaheim
David Kesler, The Cellar in Fullerton's executive chef for almost a decade, has now opened his own French restaurant in Anaheim in the space he took over from Sal's Bit of Italy. Bistro Bleu, debuted a few weeks ago and seems to be making good on being a French restaurant Kesler says wi ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Free Ticket ~~Tuesday~~ Wednesday! Lacuna Coil at HOB Anaheim and Facedown Fest at the Glass House!
We're giving away a pair of tickets to see Italian metal goth band Lacuna Coil at the House of Blues Anaheim on Sunday, and five pairs of tickets for the Christian punk/hardcore extravaganza that is Facedown Fest at the Glass House on Saturday!
Blogs
April 2, 2012
WIN: The Devious Means CDs, and Check Out Photos From the House of Blues Anaheim
The Devious Means celebrated the release of their EP, Songs We Are All Singing, on Friday at the House of Blues Anaheim. The Silent Comedy, Midnight Hour, Robert Jon and the Wreck and Moonsville Collective also joined the celebration. Heard Mentality was there (check out the photos here) but ... More >>
News
March 29, 2012
Danny Noriego Doesn't Like ICE
[Moxley Confidential] Why are government officials protecting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who almost killed an innocent Anaheim man?
Blogs
March 29, 2012
[UPDATED With Campus Cleared, No Injuries] Esperanza High School on Lockdown Over Suspicious Package
[UPDATED, March 29, 5:04 P.M.] Dennis Smith, superintendent of the Placentia-Yorba Linda School District, has released the following statement:At approximately 1:40 p.m. today Esperanza High School received information regarding a potential bomb threat. The campus was immediate ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
Umami Burger: Imminent--In Costa Mesa, Anyway
For the last year or so, the space next to Anaheim Brewery has sat empty while rumors, first whispered and later confirmed, flew about Umami Burger coming to Orange County. Beer geeks all over OC salivated at the idea of freshly burgers being passed through a convenience window into OC's original ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
[UPDATED with Victim I.D.:] Lamar Curtis Bell, OC Homicide No. 9: Shot Dead Outside Apartments
UPDATE, MARCH 23, NOON: The man found shot to death in the walkway leading into Rancho Vista Apartment Homes near South Grand and West Lincoln avenues in Anaheim early Thursday has been identified as Lamar Curtis Bell, 33, of Anaheim.A man that age named Lamar Bell of Anaheim performed as the rap ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
Mysteries of Anaheim: A Chinese Boneyard Without Any Bones?
Among the many jewels in OC's collection of body depositories, Anaheim Cemetery is perhaps the shiniest. Established in 1866, its soil is fertilized by the area's earliest pioneers. Home to the first public mausoleum on the west coast, (take that, Rose Hills), its garden of crooked headstone ... More >>
Food
March 1, 2012
Taqueria La Poblanita Embraces the Nuevo
[Hole In the Wall] This Anaheim eatery sells quesadillas more deity than tortilla
Blogs
February 29, 2012
[UPDATED w/ Lawsuit Announced] Opponents of Anaheim Hotel Bed-Tax Giveaway Lawyer Up, Threaten Lawsuit
UPDATE FEB 29 12:31 P.M.: The clock ticked past the Friday afternoon deadline last week given by Anaheim community leaders who vowed to legally challenge the $158 million dollar tax giveaway GardenWalk hotel project. An invitation to city officials and one of the hoteliers to sit down at the tab ... More >>
Columns
February 17, 2012
Easy Rider
[Hey, You!] Sorry you don't have wheels, but please don't like my lift . . .
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Ahmad Alam Turns to Facebook to Promote His Competing Vision of Little Arabia
Since the Weekly profiled the Anaheim ethnic enclave unofficially known as 'Little Arabia' in a January cover story, hundreds of folks on Facebook have 'liked' the neighborhood page that has existed since 2010 on the social networking site, sending its total to over 1,100. Rashad Al-Dabbagh, who ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2012
Anaheim GardenWalk Tax Breaks Speak of a Tale of Two Cities
Ahead of yesterday's Anaheim city council meeting, a mailer to city residents from the Orange County Employees Association and numerous news reports on recently approved tax incentives for two future GardenWalk-area hotels made sure for a packed house. Mayor Tom Tait had an idea what would domin ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2012
[UPDATED with No Quorum?] Occupy-Type Protest Planned Tonight Over $158 Million "Bailout" for Anaheim Hotels
UPDATE, JAN. 31, 10:58 A.M.: What if you threw an Occupy-type protest over $158 million in taxpayer handouts being given to a hotel developer and no one showed up to hear it? That could become a reality tonight should three Anaheim City Council members who last week approved tax subsidies to the ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D.:] Cop Fatally Shoots Man Wielding a Knife and Bible in Anaheim Police Parking Lot: Report
UPDATE, JAN. 25, 8:50 A.M.: Apologies for catching up on some updates I missed due to being out sick the weekend through Monday and having no time to get to them until now, but the man shot and killed by a cop in the parking lot of the Anaheim Police east station last week has been identified as ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2012
Ex-Chef From The Cellar To Open Restaurant in Anaheim
David Kesler spent almost a decade inside The Cellar in Fullerton as its executive chef. Now he's on his own and on the verge of opening Bistro Bleu, a French restaurant he says will be "without the high prices, sub-par food, and pompous attitudes."The space he took over is from the recently shu ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2012
[UPDATED with All-Clear:] "Bomb" Package Left at Social Security Office
UPDATE, JAN. 17, 3:32 P.M.: The Orange County Sheriff's Department bomb squad gave the all-clear this morning after examining the suspicious package with "bomb" written across it outside the Social Security Administration office in Anaheim.Reassuring: Anaheim Police say the package contained no b ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2012
Free Ticket Tuesday: Wu Tang Clan at the Grove TOMORROW
If you hurry, you can get free tickets to Wu Tang Clan's show at the City National Grove of Anaheim tomorrow. According to our sister paper, Dallas Observer, it's worth it to go, especially if you haven't seen them in the past few years, even though "the lack of newer tracks made the set f ... More >>
Food
January 5, 2012
Jax Donut House Is Jax to the Max
[Hole In the Wall] This old-school doughnut shop weathers all trends, whether gentrifiying or foodie
Calendar
January 5, 2012
Monster Energy Supercross
Angel Stadium
Blogs
December 29, 2011
Top Five New Year's Parties in Orange County
So many big names, so little time. Have you ever seen this many gigantic parties in Orange County happening on the same weekend? Sure, the OC Fair's annual New Year's Eve block party is always loads of fun, but Tiesto is performing in Santa Ana. White Wonderland (with Paul van Dyk and Kaskade) wi ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2011
[UPDATED with DISCOUNT CODE] Ticket Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets to Drop NYE at the Grove!
UPDATE: if you go to dropnye.com and click buy tickets, you can enter OCWEEEKLY to get $5 off each ticket right now! Original post, Dec. 28, 8:54 a.m.: Don't have New Year's Eve plans yet? That's OK, because we're giving away three pairs of tickets to the Drop NYE at The Grove of Anaheim. Happe ... More >>
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