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Banana Republic Inc.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Is Mike Harrah Preparing to Sell the Santora Building to Free Up Money for One Broadway Plaza?

    ​The big rumor going around SanTana's Artist's Village is that Mike Harrah--once a proverbial lord of real estate in the city, but more like King Lear in recent years as he's been unloading property to raise funds for his much-promised, much-desired 37-story Freudian monument to himself, One Broad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Will One Broadway Plaza, Santa Ana Freudian Project for City Council, Finally Get Built?

    ​Wow, I gotta hop on the wayback machine to remember what was the first time I wrote about One Broadway Plaza, the proposed 37-story office tower in a residential SanTana neighborhood that would be the tallest building in Orange County history AND the biggest Freudian monument yet erected for the ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    OC's Scariest People 2011

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

  • Culture

    August 18, 2011

    Banana Republic Makes Mine 'Mad Men'

    [Trendzilla] The chain partners with the AMC show to create a fashion line

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2011

    Mike Harrah Gets Fined for Illegal Signs on His Santora Building, Shrugs

    From the Clockwork Coker Photoshop collection...​The Voice of OC has done a bang-up job the past couple of months reporting on the Banana Republic, and it finds itself in the same delicious situation we were in back in 2003: reporting on our unethical landlord, mega-developer Mike Harrah.Harrah's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Santa Ana, Mexico Circa 1910, Miguel Pulido, Porfirio Diaz, and the Amazing Similarities

    ​Nearly a century ago to the week, the New York Times wrote a glowing profile of then-President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico. Mexico City was in the midst of a massive celebration commemorating the country's centennial, and Diaz and his científicos (literally, "scientists," but here referring to the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2010

    The Primary Documents in Santa Ana's Latest Commissioner War

    Martinez: Executor of her own Friday Afternoon Massacre​Only in the Banana Republic of SanTana do the appointment and dismissal of commissioners who oppose the reign of Mayor-for-Life Don Papi Pulido turn into nasty, bare-knuckle knockdowns that make Bell politics seem absolutely Mayberry by compa ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 12, 2010

    Student Discounts and Beyond, for Clothes and More

    [Trendzilla] Google, others can be your price-cutting pal

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    OC Diocese Hires Pedo-Protector as Assistant Superindendent for Church Schools

    Brown: Loves his pedo-anything!​About two months ago, the Catholic Diocese of Orange put out a help-wanted ad for a new position: Associate Superintendent for Finance & Advancement. The job, a description stated, entails the applicant "to offer oversight, support and professional consultation ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 25, 2009

    [Trendzilla] Cute Drunk Guys In Shorts!

    Brown: Loves his pedo-anything!​About two months ago, the Catholic Diocese of Orange put out a help-wanted ad for a new position: Associate Superintendent for Finance & Advancement. The job, a description stated, entails the applicant "to offer oversight, support and professional consultation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Even Our Sister Paper Thinks Orange County Is Lame

    I'm not naive--I knew before coming here that Orange County didn't have the best reputation among outsiders (too conservative, not hip enough, not enough to do, etc.). I didn't think it was a big deal; where I come from doesn't exactly have the most street cred, either, and I've really enjoyed my ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Accused Saddleback High Molester Ordered To Stay Away From Schools for at Least Three Years

    The case of Saddleback High special-ed assistant Alonso Manuel Gonzalez--arrested Nov. 17 on charges he sexually molested a student at the SanTana high school--continues. Today at an arraignment hearing in Orange County Superior Court, Judge Cheryl Leininger allowed Gonzalez to remain free on $25,00 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    The Orange County's Connection to Accused Murderer Esteban Nunez

    Local girl Adriana Maestas's Latino Politics Blog is probably the best blog covering Latino national politics (we wished she covered the shenanigans of the Banana Republic a bit more, but we digress). She's witty, properly outraged, and can dig like Moxley--someone pay her to write, stat! She recent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Live from the Banana Republic...

    Local girl Adriana Maestas's Latino Politics Blog is probably the best blog covering Latino national politics (we wished she covered the shenanigans of the Banana Republic a bit more, but we digress). She's witty, properly outraged, and can dig like Moxley--someone pay her to write, stat! She recent ... More >>

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Three Local Elections Worth Watching. Call It Morbid Fascination

    Local girl Adriana Maestas's Latino Politics Blog is probably the best blog covering Latino national politics (we wished she covered the shenanigans of the Banana Republic a bit more, but we digress). She's witty, properly outraged, and can dig like Moxley--someone pay her to write, stat! She recent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Busty Bustamante Losing Sense of Reality

    *Updated, with new info on the bottom... I will always be a fan of Art Pedroza, the county's original political blogger and the man behind Orange Juice!, because he's living proof that people's political philosophies can change—in Art's case, he went from a homo-hating, MEChA-bashing Republican t ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    This Is Your Life: A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'

    *Updated, with new info on the bottom... I will always be a fan of Art Pedroza, the county's original political blogger and the man behind Orange Juice!, because he's living proof that people's political philosophies can change—in Art's case, he went from a homo-hating, MEChA-bashing Republican t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Why Anaheim Historians Rule, and Santa Ana Historians Drool

    People frequently assume I'm a SanTana native, but that's probably because I devote so many stories to the Banana Republic. Fact is (as I've said a billion times in this paper and blog), I'm a proud fourth-generation Anaheimer (pre-order my coming book on the subject) who will proclaim Anaheim's sup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    It's Fun to (Not) Pay for the YMCA

    On the corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and Broadway in SanTana stands a magnificent YMCA building (pictured here in the city's pre-Mexico days) that's been abandoned for years. Developers have proposed various ideas—turn it into a boutique hotel, reopen it as gym, transform the structure into an ext ... More >>

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    Jerry, Be Wary

    AG Brown: Investigate Santa Ana Renaissance Plan's conflict-of-influenza, por favor

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    Time to Give Santa Ana's Mayor a Nickname!

    Today, bad-ass Los Angeles Times reporter Jennifer Delson writes about the idiotic Measure D, the SanTana ballot measure that would extend city council term limits from eight years to 12 years. She reveals that Measure D originally started as an attempt by residents and councilmembers to install ter ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 4, 2007

    Trendzilla

    Who knew that Banana Republic was good for anything more than blending in at the office?

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2007

    LAFF 2007: Chasing Ghosts and Iranians

    I think I may finally be getting the hang of this festival schedule. Four shows today, and I never felt close to collapsing from tiredness. Perhaps it was the concession food that kept me going. Speaking of which, doesn’t it seem totally wrong that a hot dog is cheaper than a small popcorn? I’m ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 14, 2007

    Trendzilla

    Remnants of the Jersey Shore have crept into Long Beach

  • Culture

    March 8, 2007

    Trendzilla

    Corporate sheepiness on a budget

  • Culture

    December 21, 2006

    Trendzilla

    The equestrian wardrobe staple and real winter clothing

  • Film

    July 20, 2006

    Here's Your Insight, Pal

    James Redfield's Prophecy is one divine mess

  • Culture

    July 21, 2005

    Chic-ness and Light

    Valentinos Costa Mesa store puts almost-affordable accessories up front

  • Culture

    April 28, 2005

    You Are What You Read

    We help you figure out who that is

  • Music

    December 2, 2004

    Shopping Bagged

    Deck the malls with rounds of Stoli

  • Film

    November 4, 2004

    Tom Cruise Is Straight and Other Hollywood Conspiracies

    Uri Dowbenkos Hoodwinked exposes the Masonic Zionist plot that is Tinseltown

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    The Breakfast Club

    Notes From the Banana Republic: Lawsuit alleges Christian cabal eats at Dennys, controls Santa Ana schools

  • Columns

    July 22, 2004

    Diary Of A Mad County

    Notes From the Banana Republic: Lawsuit alleges Christian cabal eats at Dennys, controls Santa Ana schools

  • Columns

    April 15, 2004

    Letters

    Notes From the Banana Republic: Lawsuit alleges Christian cabal eats at Dennys, controls Santa Ana schools

  • Columns

    February 26, 2004

    Denied!

    My Liev as a dog

  • Features

    December 11, 2003

    Buying Woodstock

    Is Ladera Ranch the green revolution or the same development crap in a new package?

  • Columns

    August 28, 2003

    Letters

    Is Ladera Ranch the green revolution or the same development crap in a new package?

  • Unknown

    May 17, 2001

    Treatment Progress Update

    Is Ladera Ranch the green revolution or the same development crap in a new package?

  • Columns

    February 1, 2001

    Fired!

    Enemies new and old in the return of the Dark Ages

  • Culture

    October 19, 2000

    Neal Before Him

    Pollack is pretty great, and he deserves your rapt attention

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    The Starbucks Solution

    Mike Sheldrake figured he was dead when Starbucks opened two stores near his indie coffeehouse. Now his business is up 40 percent.

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