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Baja California

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Chef Carlos Valdez: El Rey del Baja California Sur

    For decades Baja California Sur has been defined--unfairly-- by the OC on the Sea of Cortez tourist spot: Cabo San Lucas, where American spring breakers go to suck down margaritas, eat nachos until they burst, perform graceless acts at wet t-shirt contests, and develop pre-melanoma lesions under the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Tijuana's El Rincon del Oso: The Best Gorditas on Earth

    To kick off our Tijuana Sí! column, I'm going way back in time to an article I did in 2003 about my all-time favorite restaurant: El Rincón del Oso in Tijuana's Mercado Hidalgo. A couple of things have changed in the market (the lack of gabachos, for one, in the past couple of years, although that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Announcing the Launch of "Tijuana Sí!" Our New Column Focusing on Baja California's Food Scene!

    As someone who has known the great side of Tijuana all his life--the mercados, the mariscos, the street vendors, the todo--it's given me great pleasure to see that the world is finally realizing what a gastronomic wonderworld Baja California is, from the Baja Med chefs to San Felipe, from Kentucky F ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 5, 2012

    Are There Different Kinds of Mexican Food?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And how can I get a copy of 'Taco USA'?

  • Food

    January 19, 2012

    Mariscos El Yaqui Is Badass Baja

    [Hole In the Wall] The Santa Ana lonchera serves Sea of Cortez rarities like manta ray and cockles. Cockles!

  • Film

    January 19, 2012

    All About the Queen In 'Miss Bala'

    A beauty pageant swallowed up by the drug war in Mexico's Best Foreign Language Oscar candidate

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Mexico As Imagined By the Washington Post

    Flickr user yarhargoat​It gets fatiguing reading the same articles on travel to Mexico that parrot the U.S. State Department over and over again. Precious few of those people have ever actually been to the places they're writing about, but they turn the fear dial up to 11, the result being that Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    [UPDATED: Deep Sea Adventure On Hold; Shark Hunting Instead] Rich Man's Deep-Sea Submarine May Soon Call Newport Harbor Home

    Via VirginOceanic.comThe Virgin Oceanic ain't sea-ready yet.​​UPDATED, JULY 22, 4:15 P.M.: The hope to take a submarine to the five deepest depths of the ocean floor is on hold while the submarine undergoes additional work, according to Newport Beach Patch. The voyage, which was officially annou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    July 16-17: The Weekend of Culinary Desmadre

    ​Screw Carmageddon. The weekend of culinary desmadre in the Southland is ON. Since the original post, we've discovered that not only will OC be represented at Eat Real, but OC Weekly will--Gustavo is leading panels at 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, and I will be demonstrating preserved lemons ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

    Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    8 Intriguing Surf/Snow/Skate Flicks at the Newport Beach Film Festival

    ​It's hard to say on what "list" (A, B, C or D, etc.) Stoked & Broke director Cyrus Sutton would appear. He's a stellar surfer, a blogging savant and an up-and-coming filmmaker, but chances are if he sauntered down the red carpet at the Newport Beach Film Festival gala with Alana Blanchard on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Rick Bayless Announces Plans for Xipe, His First-Ever Restaurant in Mexico

    ​Rick Bayless is nothing if not a busy man--in addition to recently visiting Baja California and opening a mini-restaurant in Chicago's O'Hare Airport, he's also planning to open his first restaurant in Mexico--in the country's capital, no less.Oh, dear . . ."xcited 2 announce new rstrnt:XIPE," th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Jan Morton Heger Allegedly Pulled $898K Scam With Baja Resort, Ghana Oil Funds and African Gold Mines

    ​An attorney is scheduled to be arraigned in Santa Ana this morning on charges of stealing $898,000 from 11 victims in an elaborate investment scheme that involved a luxury resort in Baja California, oil fund loans from Ghana and African gold mine revenues in Ghanan and Nigerian banks. Jan Morton ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2011

    Big-Wave Surfing's Swell Guys

    The monster swells can be big business, but for one group of OC surfers, it's still all about the ride

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2011

    Rick Bayless Blocks Mexican-Food Blogger Bill Esparza from Following His Twitter Account

    ​Any of the more than 108,000 followers that celebrity chef Rick Bayless has on Twitter knows that the U.S.'s most-famous cook of Mexican food has spent the weekend in Baja California scoping the scene for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time. "Super-busy scouting n Baja morn2nite 4 season 8 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    San Diego's Next Legendary Burrito: the 2-in-1. Two Taquitos inside a Burrito. DAMN...

    From Lolita's Facebook page...​I was in San Diego recently to conduct further research on my book on the history of Mexican food in the United States (out May 2012!), and to try and figure out two mysteries: how did the phenomenon of the -berto's-suffixed restaurants (Alberto's, Alerto's, Filibert ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 16, 2010

    Wave of the Future

    Surfer magazine's sometimes-wild, sometimes-mild 50-year ride

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    At the Farmers' Market: Peaches

    Movin' to the countryGonna eat me a lot of peaches.- The Presidents of the United States of America, "Peaches"Flickr user weaselmcfee​No fruit says summer like peaches. While strawberries are at least nominally available most of the year, and plums and whatnot are shipped in from Chile or Israel o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

    ​Headline: Legendary Baja California Bar Coming to Orange CountyComment by wickedwhite: I wonder if the state will issue permits for donkey shows?Comment by HeeHaw: Of course they will. And probably allow a marriage ceremony after the show. Why? Because Our Government accepts ANY culture into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Eating Tijuana, Part Two

    Dave Lieberman​I wanted to see whether the news reports were true; I missed Baja and the laid-back lifestyle it represents. When Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA offered a quick one-day tour, I jumped at the chance to see whether it was time to go back.I'm happy to report that it is. No soldiers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    Eating Tijuana, Part One

    Dave Lieberman​"You're insane." "You're going to die, you know." "Are you stupid?" "Can I have your car?" Such were the reactions I got when I mentioned that I would be taking part in a culinary tour of Tijuana given by Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA: total certainty that I would never ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    UPDATED: Earthquake! 5.4 Near Borrego Springs

    Boilerplate quake graph.Originally posted July 7 at 5:09 p.m. Updated at 5:34 with damage survey, see bottom of post​No, that wasn't you having a meth flashback. Yes, the ground was shaking. The US Geological Survey says that a 5.4 quake centered near Borrego Springs--inland from Orange County--ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Good Shrimp/Fish Tacos, False Advertising at Baja Cachanilla

    Cachanilla is also a plant...​I've always enjoyed the shrimp and fish tacos at Baja Cachanilla in SanTana--each juicy, plump, on handmade tortillas and topped with one of the thicker, sweeter fish taco creams you'll find. It's better than Baja Fresh just a couple of blocks down Bristol, and Wahoo' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Is "Quake Quack" Behind Bold Prediction of a Significant SoCal Shaker This Week?

    QuakePrediction.com​Twitter is all a-twitter with the revelation that a big earthquake will hit Southern California some time today through Friday, but those freaking out likely have no idea that the source of the ground-shaking news has been labeled a "Quake Quack."Luke Thomas has for years made ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2010

    [UPDATED] Baja-Centered Earthquake Rattles OC, SoCal

    ​ A magnitude 7.2 earthquake (initially reported as 6.9)  hit Baja California at 3:40 today, with shaking and rolling felt throughout OC. Aftershocks have continued both in Mexico and Southern California, according to the United States Geological Service.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Five Real Mexican Foods That Should Be More Common

    pbe @ flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0Pambazo: the illegitimate child of French toast and panini.​One of the foodie complaints about so-called "Mexican" restaurants in the United States is that the food on offer is not usually remotely like the food served in México. Mexicans at home don't eat burritos; t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Dishney: Disneyland Annual Passport Rate Increases

    Flickr user fabbio​Mouse Planet, one of our favorite go-to Disney fan blogs, is reporting that Disneyland has very quietly implemented $10-$25 price increases for their Annual Passports, which will now go as follows:Premium Annual Passport: $439 ( $10) Deluxe Annual Passport: $299 ( $10) Southern ... More >>

  • Food

    August 6, 2009

    Upscale Mexican (Finally) Done Right at SOL Cocina

    Flickr user fabbio​Mouse Planet, one of our favorite go-to Disney fan blogs, is reporting that Disneyland has very quietly implemented $10-$25 price increases for their Annual Passports, which will now go as follows:Premium Annual Passport: $439 ( $10) Deluxe Annual Passport: $299 ( $10) Southern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Gay Marriage, Rick Warren, and Chinigchinich

    Flickr user fabbio​Mouse Planet, one of our favorite go-to Disney fan blogs, is reporting that Disneyland has very quietly implemented $10-$25 price increases for their Annual Passports, which will now go as follows:Premium Annual Passport: $439 ( $10) Deluxe Annual Passport: $299 ( $10) Southern ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 16, 2006

    New Digs, Same Greatness

    Old photos, Nortec mashing at Centro Cultural and Sol Art

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Un-Made in Mexico

    Sex, drugs and the American flag: The true tale of an Orange County family

  • Food

    December 1, 2005

    Grub Guide

    THIS WEEK IN GOAT

  • Features

    November 10, 2005

    Border Story

    I couldve smuggled in an illegal immigrant but didnt: A tale of regret

  • Food

    October 6, 2005

    This Week in Great Restaurant Logos

    I couldve smuggled in an illegal immigrant but didnt: A tale of regret

  • Food

    September 22, 2005

    Great Food Moments in Weekly History

    I couldve smuggled in an illegal immigrant but didnt: A tale of regret

  • Film

    April 7, 2005

    Local Boy Makes Dirty Movie

    Dana Brown accepts the love at the Lido

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Slime Away

    Houchen is latest shady figure to exit Huntington Beach City Council

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Crossing Over

    Century High students tell their parents immigration stories

  • Culture

    May 11, 2000

    Somewhere On the Central Coast of Baja

    Century High students tell their parents immigration stories

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Apologize for This

    Mission founder Junipero Serra brought death and destruction to Californias natives. Now hes one step away from sainthood

  • Columns

    January 13, 2000

    Dear Commie Girl

    Now with 40 percent more homespun wisdom!

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