Subject: Angel Stadium

• Monday's Headlines

  Under the influence: The Times runs a multi-faceted feature on the power drug manufacturers have in the prescription process. Not you again: Former Garden Grove resident and al-Qaida member Adam Gadahn made new video threats Sunday. Rats! Angel Stadium's got a rat infestation 13 times worse than Petco Park and Dodger Stadium combined, reports the Reg. New record for OC Fair: 1,069,052 were in attendance this time around, notes the Daily Pilot.

  August 6, 2007

• Tuesday's Headlines

  Big Google's watching you, OC: Adios, privacy. Google's added a "street view" function to Google Maps that has LA covered, as well as bits of the following parts of OC: Anaheim, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Laguna Niguel. Long Beach is on it, too. No deal, Disney: Talks have reportedly ended between Disney officials and the developer that wants to build cheap housing by the Mouse's ritzy resort — but no settlement was made. Grab your robes, H.B.: The Huntington Beach City Council voted

  August 7, 2007

• Bananarama

  Guy from neighboring county ties up co-workers, robs $1.5 million from a casino and is caught a few days later while on the run. Local guy continues bank-robbing spree he began in May, has a colloquial moniker (Big Banana, due to his eating habits during heists), is caught on camera several times and appears in other cities' newspaper headlines.Yet somehow this fair-skinned fellow, who wears polo shirts when he robs, is still eluding county authorities. Do we smell a rat? Oops, never mind. Tha

  August 7, 2007

• Friday's Headlines

  Bye for now: Harald Martin, the Anaheim school trustee everyone loves to hate (and Gustavo likes to thank for unleashing The Mexican within) handed in his resignation letter yesterday. But don't drop the balloons just yet. He says he'll be running again next year. Ride a bus today: If you've never been on an OCTA bus, today's the day to do it. The public trans people are celebrating 35 years, and reducing their usual $1.25 rate to 35 cents for the occasion. OCTA's also rolling out a Birthday Bu

  August 31, 2007

• Snap Judgment: Rally Monday at Angel Stadium

  Photographer Christopher Victorio hung out at Angel Stadium yesterday evening to snap pix of rabid fans and former Angels. Click the photo to see them. His notes on the event: "Last night was pretty cool. Total access for the entire stadium! It was like a boyhood dream, but I was disappointed that the team was not there and that I couldn't get an autograph without running the risk of being blacklisted. The Register reports that some 15,000-20,000 fans showed up. Hearing the roar they made from

  October 2, 2007

• Wednesday's Headlines. No Surprises: Lawsuit-happy in Newport

  Terror test: Whatever you do, don't be on the 57 at 9:55 a.m. The Register reports that the freeway will be shut down near Katella Avenue for a bit while Angel Stadium goes through a terrorist attack simulation. Living forever at Disney: Interesting story in the LAT today about the surreptitious scattering of human ashes at Disneyland. Lawsuit-happy in Newport: The city of Newport Beach is suing two businesses for allegedly operating unlicensed group homes. Meanwhile, the Newport Beach Brewing

  November 14, 2007

• What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XXIII

  This weekend Gustavo Arellano sharpened his writing pen and wrote a post calling-out historian Chris Jepsen for not referencing his pieces on a historical blog. Alex Brant-Zawadzki reported (again) on the continuing construction cost climb on estimates for the 241 Toll Road through Tressles. Been on a meat eating binge? Edwin Goei's Monster Munching has the perfect solution for a detox, Souplantation's cookies. Apparently they're "buttery and not overly sweet." Mmm. Gustavo also caught The Re

  June 2, 2008

• Loathe Those Angels

  Orange County Register Angels Blogster Todd Harmonson wonders why no one outside Angel Stadium seems to notice that our Halos have the best record in baseball. He even has a poll asking which front-burner sports stories--including Brett Favre's on-again, off-again retirement, the yet-to-begin Olympics and "anything about the Lakers"--should be pushed aside in favor of Los Angeles of Anaheim coverage. But another poll may answer why the Angels can't bust into national sports consciousness. Richa

  July 28, 2008

• Rick Warren Superstar

  Just about everything that can be said has been said about pastor Rick Warren's performance this past weekend with underlings John McCain and Barack Obama. Except this: by getting all moving cameras in the Free World fixed on his Saddleback Church, Warren officially propelled himself past two other evangelicals with a long history of publicity mongering around these parts. You knew the granddaddy of 'em all, Robert H. Schuller, who has since handed the Crystal Cathedral's reins to his lifelong

  August 19, 2008

• Why Are Angels Fans Such Pussies? And, In Defense of Dodgers Fans

  Faithful reader Cesar's attacks on an Angels fan got me thinking: why are Halos fans generally such pussies? I know of many exceptions, of course (Weekly managing editor Rich Kane being one of them), but the general stereotype of Angels followers being plastic, effete, polite pussies is just too true. I've been attending games at Anaheim/Edison/Angels Stadium since forever, and I'm always shocked, shocked! that the Angels nation pride themselves on fostering a family atmosphere, that they don't

  October 3, 2008

• 9 Reasons to Be Happy K-Rod is Leaving the Angels

  Even more important than the Angels keeping Mark Teixeira - hey, it's not like the LAofA isn't already loaded with power hitters, right? -- was keeping record-breaking closer Francisco Rodriguez, or "K-Rod" as the kids and Bizzaro World Madonna call him. But now that the right-handed flame thrower has split for New Yawk, good riddance, already. Hey, K-Rod, have fun coasting on those ninth inning leads courtesy of the Angels starters, other relievers and Scot Shields now that you've got that stel

  December 9, 2008

• Anaheim Tempts Wrath of Crabby Cabby

  Creative CommonsA series of ordinances before the Anaheim City Council tonight may result in the city incurring the ire of a local taxicab company that says it is being shut out of the competitive bid process.Konstantinos Roditis, President of 24/7 Yellowcab, tells the Weekly that he might sue the city if it goes through with a proposal to extend the expired franchise of A White and Yellow Cab, Inc. (also called "A Taxi"), a rival cab company. And the city wouldn't be surprised if he did, says p

  February 24, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 2

  Orange County Register: Classes sizes will balloon, up to 254 teachers will lose their jobs and frogs will rain down from the sky if Capistrano Unified School District goes through with plans to slash $25 million from its budget. But deputy superintendent Ron Lebs seems more interested in giving school trustees dining advice. "The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time," Lebs said. "We will keep doing that all the way through June." Bragger. . . . Fear not, fans of

  February 26, 2009

• Kogi Korean Taco Truck Was At Angel Stadium This Saturday

  So late Saturday night I read an e-mail Gustavo sent me earlier in the day.  He said, "Did you see that Kogi is at Anaheim Stadium TODAY???" Damn it. Wouldn't you know it: The same day that I forgot to charge my iPhone is the same day that the Kogi Korean Taco Truck finally touched down in Orange County!!The lesson here is: always keep your communication devices topped off, lest the Kogi truck come your way. Kogi may be the most plugged-in, Web 2.0, Twitter-enabled food phenom

  March 16, 2009

• It's a Quick Read Two-Two

  Orange County Register: The Catch restaurant and sports bar that had been in the shadow of Angel Stadium for 32 years before closing in February 2008 will reopen even closer to the Big A. . . . While noting highway deaths dropped nearly 10 percent locally and nationwide, the Reg unveils a map showing Orange County's deadliest spots on highway and surface-streets. . . . An ex-El Modena High School band student tried to blackmail a band teacher with sex allegations, charges the DA. Silly Migu

  March 31, 2009

• OCBJ is Up on Henry Nicholas, Down on Angels, Cary Bren

  Orange County Business Journal has some enlightening items in this week's issue, although you have to hunt for most of them. That, of course, is not the case with "OC Insider," the weekly column by executive editor Rick Reiff, a seasoned pro who knows to start off with his most newsworthy stuff: The ankle monitor is off, he's finalizing his divorce and his first trial isn't scheduled until February. You don't expect hyperactive Henry Nicholas to sit still, do you?I'd link you to the rest if I

  March 31, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 29

  Orange County Register: Anaheim police want to question two men shown in an Angel Stadium surveillance video in the opening day assault death of Brian Powers, 27, of Buena Park. That's right, sports fans, they're even watching you in the cheap seats. . . . A man who was arrested at Disneyland last year was sentenced to 429 years to life in jail. No, it's not Mickey Mouse justice. Police learned wanted felon Anthony Hislar, 27, of Monrovia, was at the theme park, where he was apprehended and

  April 9, 2009

• Motorin'

  February 5, 2009

• Before Sunset

  LA is very little of all its cracked up to be, what ho!

  August 26, 2004

• News Events

  July 6, 2006

• That 70's Blow!

  July 6, 2000

• Commie Girl

  The Game: Carrots

  November 9, 2006

• Athletic Cherubim

  August 24, 2006

• July 14 - July 21

  July 14, 2005

• June 23-30

  June 23, 2005

• Eight Days

  May 5, 2005

• Where to go to go fast

  Go-karts arent the only game in town

  April 14, 2005

• Whos Baseballs Biggest Dick?

  April 7, 2005

• Halo-Friendly

  October 14, 2004

• Diary Of A Mad County

  July 22, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  July 15, 2004

• Eight Days

  June 24, 2004

• Eight Days

  May 20, 2004

• Eight Days

  March 4, 2004

• Cover Me!

  February 26, 2004

• Letters to the Editor - 9/11/98

  September 17, 1998

• Angel Stadium: a Most Fitting Place to Learn CPR

  Given the crap falling on people at the Big A and the deaths at the stadium or immediately upon leaving there, is there a more fitting place in Orange County to host Saturday's Super CPR Day, one of the nation's largest cardio pulmonary resuscitation training events? Prolly not.More than 2,000 people are expected to participate in the American Red Cross' three-hour CPR and first aid courses, which normally take eight hours to complete for one to become certified. Students also receive non-certif

  April 17, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 30

  Orange County Register: Fans gathered around a makeshift memorial outside Angel Stadium to honor pitcher Nick Adenhart, who died in a car accident. . . . A woman driving a car with a baby aboard was shot and killed in Santa Ana after leading police on a high-speed chase that began in Buena Park. . . . Another woman was not shot and killed in Rancho Santa Margarita after leading the CHP on a high-speed chase that began in Long Beach. . . . Orange County Transportation Authority spent ne

  April 10, 2009

• Affordable Housing Advocates Face Anaheim City Council

  The Anaheim City Council, led by Mayor Curt Pringle, loves to crow about the luxury housing that has and (someday) will continue to pop up within and around the Platinum Triangle, the fabled area near Angel Stadium, Honda Center and the Grove of Anaheim that the city envisions blending "leading-edge business, high-salary employment, world champion entertainment and exciting residential neighborhoods, creating a unique opportunity in the heart of Orange County."Swell.But there are some townfolk w

  June 9, 2009

• Crime Time: No Incidents at Home Plate Before Angel Game

  Photos by Professional Services Responder George Ridley Olszynski, Lewellyn, Palmer and Hutchens play hardball.This week's Weekly round-up of local police calls is illustrated with a photo of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Anaheim Police Sgt. Greg Palmer, who is president of the Anaheim Police Officers Association, and deputies Gary Lewellyn and Richard Olszynski near home plate an Angel Stadium. Why? 1)  Lewellyn and Olszynski were honored before June 12's Angels-Padres game for t

  June 16, 2009

• Beach Pit BBQ To Get Third And Fourth OC Locations

  Just spoke to founder Tim DeCinces, who confirmed that, in addition to the upcoming Old Town Orange location, he's also eyeing a fourth in Irvine. The existing Beach Pits are in Costa Mesa and Tustin, and there are also five "non-traditional" outlets at Angels Stadium. That's pretty impressive, given that the company only launched four years ago. We say: yum!!

  June 18, 2009

• Angels Fans: Why Do you Let Dodgers Fans Invade Angels Stadium so Easily?

  I tuned into the Los Angeles Dodgers version of their game last night versus your Anaheim Angels on KABC-AM 790--only the bottom of the ninth, as the Halos failed in their comeback attempt. As each batter failed to do much, the roar of the crowd got louder and louder, prompting Dodgers broadcaster Charlie Steiner to make some remark about the Blue Crew nation and how they always travel well. But what I was hearing yesterday was full-fledged Reconquista.This is nothing new, of course, but it got

  June 21, 2009

• Harvest Dates Announced. Consider Yourself Warned. Sinner!

  Greg Laurie, working it.He may not have the press agent of your Rick Warren or healing touch of your Benny Hinn or out-of-control wig of your Jan Crouch, but Greg Laurie does attract a similarly large following, as will be evidenced at Angel Stadium Aug. 14-16 during the 20th anniversary Harvest Crusade. The senior pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside began these Southern California roadshows in 1990 and since then have drawn more than 3.8 million people to arenas and stadium

  June 23, 2009

• Nick Adenhart Memorial Fund Presents First $5,000 Check

  The Nick Adenhart Memorial Fund, a charitable fund set up in the name of the Angels pitcher who was killed along with two other in an April 9 auto accident in Fullerton, has presented its first $5,000 check benefiting Little League baseball in Adenhart's home state of Maryland. Jim Adenhart, Nick's father, and Jim Sr. and Connie Adenhart, the pitcher's grandparents, made the donation to the Halfway Little League, where Nick once pitched, at home plate before a tournament game Wednesday, re

  July 2, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown (Your Cash): Dodger Playoff Tix Cheaper Than Angels', Deals Abound

  FanSnap​FanSnap, a free search engine for online tickets to concerts, sporting competitions and other live events, has come up with a price comparison that shows it can be almost $20 less per ticket to see the Dodgers host the Cardinals in game 1 at Dodger Stadium than it is to see the Angels open their division series against the Red Sox at the Big A. ​"For both games, there is tremendous price variability," claims Palo Alto-based FanSnap, which claims: * Fans can find tickets be

  October 7, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Angels Owner Clings Tightly to $$$; Yankees Boast Big A Hex Broken; Long Beach Kid Redeems Himself

  Angels owner Arte Moreno don't need no stinkin' ticket price cuts. Major League Baseball franchises have taken a hammering in attendance this season (thank you, shitty U.S. economy!), so all the teams that are playoff-bound or possibly so are resisting the common end-of-season ticket-price gouging. That is, all teams are except one. Ladies and gentlemen, your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim! Reports Forbes: Clubs poised for post-season play have learned a lesson from the e

  September 24, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Yanks Generate Playoff Fever at Big A

  ​If the Angels and Yankees wind up facing one another somewhere on the way to the next World Series, it'll be tough to beat the playoff atmosphere that was already evident at the Big A last night.Yes, those bastards in pinstripes eked out the 6-5 win (after blowing a 5-0 lead--HAH!), and they clinched their 14th trip to the playoffs in the past 15 seasons. But, according to our highly placed source who was sitting in the Angel Stadium stands, fans who have been painted by the East Coast-domina

  September 23, 2009

• Get Your Tickets for Angels' 2009 Postseason Throwdown

  ​The public's first crack at Angels playoff tickets begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday, but don't bother showing up at the box office at the Big A. They are only available online at the Angels Web site or by calling Ticketmaster at (714) 663-9000. There's a limit of four tickets per household. Since the Angels will have home field advantage in the series (most likely against Boston), as many as three games could be played at Angel Stadium.Those lucky enough to have had MLB.com's Angels Insider subscr

  September 22, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwndown: Who Are Bigger Assholes, New Yorkers or Philadelphians?

  A-Rod or A-Hole?​Since it's now obvious there will be no freeway series (hey, Angels and Dodgers, here's an idea: bring your bats next time), the time has come to move beyond the brutal losses suffered by our soon-to-be-exiting home teams and concentrate on the really important stuff. ​Like, which city is filled with more assholes, Philadelphia or New York? Hey, it's an important consideration to remember while you avoid the pain that will come from watching the Phillies and Yan

  October 21, 2009

• More U2

  ​In response to its sold-out-in-minutes show June 6 at Angel Stadium, U2 have announced a second date at the same venue June 7. Normally I'm supposed to say something about bands playing, but if you don't know U2, then you're more than likely amazed at what life has become since that icicle you've been stuck in for six thousand years defrosted a few days ago.Because you're making plans for next summer, you might also want to put a big red circle around Nov. 20, 10 a.m. to be exact, because tha

  November 11, 2009