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Orange County to Have a Real Food Market In--Where Else?--Downtown Santa Ana

The retrograde morons who populate the comment sections of the Orange County Register never miss an opportunity to claim that Santa Ana is Little Mexico. Now, we have no problem with that designation--the city's got a Latino-only council, there's a (much-maligned) Consulate of Mexico on Broadwa ... More >>

On the Line: Paul Gstrein of Bayside, Part One

With Friday night service in full swing, we navigated around servers and kitchen crew into chef Paul Gstrein's corner office. Containing a fraction of his cookbook collection, we recognized authors of both classic and progressive cooking techniques. Despite having a dozen other things on his mind, h ... More >>

Yorba Linda Sushi Bar Among Finalists of Restaurant Design Awards

The Los Angeles Times reports that the list of finalists for the annual Restaurant Design Awards were announced this week. The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) narrowed it down to mostly LA-area restaurants including Roy Choi's A-Frame, designed by Sean Knibb; b ... More >>

Little Saigon Cocaine Dealer Seeks Leniency After DEA Sting

A 30-year-old Vietnamese American woman seeking leniency for her involvement in an international cocaine distribution network and operating in Little Saigon, Beverly Hills and Santa Ana didn't get her way.U.S. District Court Judge Gary A. Feess in Los Angeles this month sentenced Linda Pham to a ter ... More >>

On the Line: Austin Lee of Itriya Cafe, Part Two

Austin manages to bring food into the non-food portion of our interview, but what can you do? At least he taught us another combination to order at In-n-Out. This jack of all trades keeps us interested with anecdotes that ultimately lead back to great cuisine. On a completely unrelated note, Lee als ... More >>

Mission Ranch Market Keeps Growing

[Hole In the Wall] The best little Persian supermarket in OC makes Mission Viejo sumptuous for the first time

[UPDATED with Already Out of Jail:] Jeffrey Hubbard, Ex-Newport-Mesa Schools Chief, Gets 60 Days, Probation, Restitution

​UPDATE, FEB. 27, 1:58 P.M.: After serving four days of his 60-day sentence, former Newport-Mesa Unified School District superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard was reportedly released from jail early this morning. The judge had previously indicated Hubbard would be freed by mid-March due to overcrowding. ... More >>

What We Learned, Feb. 11-17

​A look back at the last week and the snark that came from it all.FEB. 11: Whitney Houston dies in Beverly Hills, and a shrine goes up in . . . Laguna Hills? It's at the home of Mike and Mahi Pasha now, but in 2006 the legendary singer rented the place to be closer to her drug counselor. What We L ... More >>

Karen Anne Christiansen Gets 4 Years for Corruption Tied to Newport-Mesa Schools Chief

​Karen Anne Christiansen, the former Beverly Hills School District official who received racy emails and secret financial bonuses from future Newport-Mesa Unified School District Superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard, was sentenced today to fours years and four months in state prison for felony co ... More >>

Ladera Ranch Woman is the Latest in a String of Post Lap-Band Surgery Deaths

Coming to a billboard near you. ​​​Los Angeles Times reporters have been staying on top of Lap-Band clinic practices like that maple bacon donut stays on top of your would-be waistline.    The Lap-Band, of course, is Allergan's surgically-implanted weight-loss device obnoxiously ... More >>

'The Real Housewives' Go On Tour

​On the list of things you need less of, The Real Housewives probably hovers somewhere in the top five. Bravo disagrees: The corporation plans to renew The Real Housewives of Orange County for a seventh season. 

Weezer at the Pacific Amphitheater Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly Click here to see more images.​WeezerAugust 4, 2011Pacific AmphitheaterSo that was weird.Seeing front man Rivers Cuomo run, jump and dance around; start and finish the set in the audience; sing a track off Pinkerton; touch his band mates ... it was a different Weezer ... More >>

Octomom Nadya Suleman Whopper of the Month: Dr. Kamrava Drugged Me into Having 8 Babies

​A new month, a new whopper from Octomom Nadya Suleman.Having formerly defended her fertility doctor Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills physician stripped of his medical license on July 1, now La Habra's single mother of 14 is saying Doc Mike drugged her into signing the consent form that led to 1 ... More >>

KROQ's Curious Five: Rise Against, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Linkin Park, 30 Seconds to Mars

​It's not KROQ's fault copious amount of sonic garbage spew from their massive antenna on Tonga Peak in Glendale. No matter how cutting edge they purport to be, they're a mainstream radio station with salaried programming directors who strictly adhere to a business model. As such, they are going t ... More >>

On the Line: Renzo Macchiavello of Renzo's A Taste of Peru, Part Two

Photo by Kevin Lara​Family is a recurring theme in our interview with Renzo Macchiavello: influencing his past, supporting his present and inspiring him to excel at what he does best. His expertise earns him gold medals, and here, he offers a few good anecdotes in part two of his On the Line inter ... More >>

Bill Gross Reportedly Buys Jennifer Aniston's House for $37 Mil; Chris Cox Settles Down in Laguna Niguel

​Bill Gross, the Newport Beach financial manager who co-founded Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO) and is worth a billion and change, has reportedly bought a Beverly Hills estate Jennifer Aniston bought in 2006 for $13.5 million, gutted and rebuilt to the fawns of Architectural Digest and p ... More >>

[UPDATED with Court Appeal:] Michael Kamrava, Fertility Doctor, Loses License

Kamrava​UPDATE, JUNE 6, 8:08 A.M.: An administrative law judge previously said Michael Kamrava, Octomom Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor, should keep his medical license, but the California Medical Board overruled that recommendation last month.So, Kamrava has turned to another judge, this one at ... More >>

OFWGKTA's Frank Ocean Arrested, Released and Working With Nas

​Odd Future's R&B crooner Frank Ocean unleashed some angry tweets in the direction of LAPD after an apparent arrest on April 28. Read Ocean's early-morning tweets, which have since been removed from his Twitter page, after the jump.

New High-Concept Restaurants Slated for Laguna Beach

Starfish​Ah, Laguna Beach.  If there was a rallying point where the high-concept restaurants flock, it'd be here.  There are at least three new restaurants slated for the Laguna coast this year, all of them fit for a town that seems to demand a new restaurant or bar to go to every weeken ... More >>

Ask a Comida Critic: Persian Food in OC?

​From Twitter follower @CRACK_BERRY:Looking for the hands down #PersianFood in #OC - Anyone have suggestios? - Recommendations @OCWeeklyFoodDamn straight we do! It's little secret now that Orange County is a hotbed of Persian activity almost rivaling Beverly Hills and the Westside of Los Angeles. ... More >>

[UPDATED] Pasadena's Dervaes Family Trademarks the Terms 'Urban Homestead' and 'Urban Homesteading,' Now Cracking Down on Bloggers

This guy just gave a talk in Orange County. . . . Better change the title of that book, son!​UPDATED, 10:50 P.M. Those dingbat Dervaeses won't give up. Rather than take their licking and apologize to the authors, bloggers, and libraries who dared use the term "urban homestead" or "urban homeste ... More >>

Golden Globe Musical Winners

Diane Warren​Ahhh . . . awards season is upon us. The Golden Globes, everyone's favorite Hollywood drunk self-celebration, happened in Beverly Hills last night, and the music side of film received its share of accolades. The two categories were Best Original Song, Motion Picture and Best Original ... More >>

Karen Ann Christiansen, Tied Up in Scandal With Newport-Mesa Schools Chief Jeffrey Hubbard, Provides Ugly Police Mug of the Week

​Karen Ann Christiansen, why the long face?Could it be because not only are you dealing with the embarrassment of serious financial misconduct charges but the publication of sexy-time emails exchanged between you and co-defendant Jeffrey Hubbard, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District superinten ... More >>

Yelp Savages Red Medicine

"Real people, real reviews," my hind foot.​Gustavo wrote on Wednesday about S. Irene Virbila being unmasked by the partners at Red Medicine; I agree with him, with the following clarification: the restaurant was perfectly within its rights to decline her review and her reservation. Posting her pic ... More >>

Weezer at the Gibson Amphitheater Over The Weekend

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyJorge Garcia makes a cameo at Weezer's first night in LA​Check out our Weezer slideshow here!WeezerNovember 26, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterUnderstandably dubbed the "Memories" tour, Weezer dug up plenty of memorable older tunes to go along with a tidal wave of flashbacks at the ... More >>

Octomom Nadya Suleman Fertility Doctor's License Revocation Hearing Continues

​The California Medical Board hearing that could result in the revocation or suspension of Beverly Hills fertility doctor Michael Kamrava's license to practice resumes today in Los Angeles.Damning details have already come out, including the admission by the in-vitro fertilization "internationally ... More >>

Newport Beach Takes Top Spot on Expensive Home List

​The housing market has taken a battering around the country, but a new report shows one local city can brag about having the most expensive homes in the country.After surveying regional prices for four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes across the country, Coldwell Banker ranked Newport Beach No. 1 in i ... More >>

Weezer and Antoine Dodson . . .

[Mental Notes] . . .Top our list of Reasons We Love the Internet

(100) Days of Summer Movies

[Summer Guide] Flicks to help you enjoy the great indoors

'Up In the Air' Director Jason Reitman Has a Good Sense of Where He's From and Where He's Headed

Playlist: Songs about Southern California

​The sun finally reappeared today and I decided to play tourist. I've been promising my family pictures of where I live for the past two weeks. I'm from Florida. My parents have never been to California. Only one of my three younger siblings has visited the state. So, I got on my bicycle and clic ... More >>

Live Nation's Latest Promotion: 'Twitter Scavenger Hunt'

​The folks behind Beverly Hills-based concert promoters Live Nation have been promoting the heck out of themselves lately, with the company unleashing a variety of P.T. Barnum-esque stunts to drum up attention for their events in this flagging economy.

The Jakes, Shiny Toy Guns Set For 'Aldrich Park After Dark'

​When the Jakes announced their big-time major label deal with Roadrunner (a subsidiary of Warner) last month, their official comment advised that a couple of LA shows at Spaceland and the Viper Room would likely be their last area shows before holing up in the studio, working on their full-length ... More >>

Last Night: Blink-182, Weezer at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew YoussefNo, you da man.​Last Night: Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; September 17, 2009.Better Than: Growing up.Hostile Territory: Blink-182 is doing a huge promotion with the T-Mobile Sidekick, and advertisements were plastered ... More >>

Spying Charlie Palmer's & Complaining About Crustacean

I don't shop at Bloomingdale's, but I like going through its front entrance to get to the mall. Why? In the store's entryway, you can see into Charlie Palmer's kitchen through this eye-slit of a peep-hole. From it, you can spy all the cooking action and the Top Chef dreamers doing it, and that's ex ... More >>

Hit List

WEB EXCLUSIVE! The top movies of 2007

Savage Love

Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time

Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: The Shame of Wayne Gross

Dana Point Gets a Celebrity! Earvin “Magic” Johnson and his wife, Cookie, have purchased a $7.6 million gated-community “vacation” home in Dana Point, according to the Times. Though “Hot Property” reporter Ruth Ryon didn’t share more details about the location, you can assume it’s a ... More >>

The Sweet Art

At Cafe Blanc, Tomi Harase makes desserts worthy of a gallery

Skater Boyz N the Hood

Teen rebels rule in Larry Clarks Wassup Rockers

The Only Canvas That Bleeds

Laser removal specialists and tattoo artists love the skin youre in

Whatever floats your boat

Fans wont let The Poseidon Adventure sink

Hail the Hesitant Hero

Robert Acosta joined the Army looking for a life. Thanks to an ambush in Iraq, he found it

Less Sugar, More Spice

Mean Girls, though entertaining, could be meaner

Tax Shelters, Riding Crops and Grand Marnier

Dining With the Swells at Gemmells in Dana Point

Sweet Dreams

Letters

I Know Where You Lived Last Summer

Woodbridge is still a scary place

Bad Hair Day

July-September