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December 11, 2008
No Boundaries
Immigrant Lives in ‘The OC’ and Beyond
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March 31, 2006
Fun in Spelling!
We're about as open borders as you can get, but even we rolled our eyes when a group of students announced a press conference outside SanTana's Valley High School this afternoon at 3:30 to talk about the walk outs of the last week. Done via blast e-mail, the press release is titled "SANTA ANA STUDNE ... More >>
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February 27, 2007
Going, Going, Gone to Court
The question of which Nguyen won is about to be answered. Or maybe not. The Los Angeles Times reports that OC Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley has finished the recount of the February 6 special election, and determined that Janet Nguyen is the winner. Republican Nguyen's margin of victory over Rep ... More >>
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April 19, 2008
Quien es Más Minuteman?
You'll be hard-pressed to ever find two sides in a lawsuit less sympathetic than the parties who are scheduled to show up in Orange County Superior Court on May 27. On one side will stand Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist, who was fired last year from the organization he founded for accusation ... More >>
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June 24, 2008
Minutemen-Mexican Fundraiser!
You'll be hard-pressed to ever find two sides in a lawsuit less sympathetic than the parties who are scheduled to show up in Orange County Superior Court on May 27. On one side will stand Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist, who was fired last year from the organization he founded for accusation ... More >>
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July 25, 2008
San Diego Minutemen Get Back Their San Clemente Adopt-a-Highway Sign
Mere hours after the Weekly's story regarding the tale of two Minuteman Project Adopt-a-Highway signs hit the streets, a federal judge ordered Caltrans to restore the one on Interstate 5 near the San Onofre immigration checkpoint sponsored by the San Diego Minutemen. In a misleading email sent out l ... More >>
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November 19, 2008
Jim Gilchrist to Speak at Long Beach State Today--Students, Please Go
The Southern California progressive community is abuzz with word that Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist and his anti-illegals pal, Ted Hayes, will "lecture" at Long Beach State today. "The topic is to inform students and the general public on the Racist Agenda of the La Raza at the national, c ... More >>
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November 24, 2008
Rohrabacher Miffed That Border Agents Off Bush's Pardon List
That two names didn't make outgoing President George W. Bush's list of presidential pardons and commutations announced today has Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) steaming mad, although he noted Dubya "still has time to do the right thing."Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean ... More >>
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December 5, 2008
The Border Patrol Gets Pimped Out On Reality T.V.
If you didn't think reality television could get any more crass than the grating weekly doses of collagen-injected OC busybodies, guess again. ABC is scheduled to air its new border patrol reality T.V. show during the same time slot as our desperate little OC housewives beginning in January. T ... More >>
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December 10, 2008
The Curious Case of the Crapping Minuteman
A couple of weeks ago, I received a fascinating envelope with the claim that a Minuteman Project member sent a racist letter to Wahoo's Fish Tacos founder Wing Lam AND took a shit in a Wahoo's trash can. The envelope carried a letter purportedly written by Minuteman Project member Brian Gilmore, and ... More >>
News
November 27, 2008
Janet Napolitano's Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary
WEB EXCLUSIVE!
Columns
November 6, 2008
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
WEB EXCLUSIVE!
Columns
July 17, 2008
[Â¡Ask a Mexican!] A Run for the Border Patrol. And Mucho Mas!
WEB EXCLUSIVE!
Columns
February 22, 2007
!Ask a Mexican!
Three-Question Especial
Columns
February 1, 2007
Diary of a Mad County
Jan. 24-Jan. 30
Film
August 3, 2006
Touched By an Evil
Orson Welles noir masterpiece-on the big screen, the way you were meant to see it
News
April 21, 2005
FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE CAMPING TRAIL
Ex-Minuteman Bryan Barton puts the party in partisan agenda
Film
April 7, 2005
TOO TOUGH TO DIE
On the borderline with the Minutemen, the media and MS-13
News
March 31, 2005
The Disorder at the Border
Rating the sides in the April 1 Arizona-Mexico border free-for-all
Features
November 20, 2003
How to Sneak a Latin Alternative Band into the United States Without John Ashcroft Finding Out
Rating the sides in the April 1 Arizona-Mexico border free-for-all
Columns
June 26, 2003
Diary of a Mad County
Rating the sides in the April 1 Arizona-Mexico border free-for-all
Blogs
May 6, 2009
Is That a Song Bird in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
A bulbul sings the song of freedom.Sonny Dong was walking through security at Los Angeles International Airport last month when inspectors noticed something odd: bird feathers and droppings on his socks and bird tail feathers under his pants. Upon closer examination it was discovered the 46-year-old ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Pastor Wiley Drake Has Obama-Death-Prayer Competition
Pastor Steven Anderson with a future mind ripe for polluting.First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park pastor Wiley Drake now has high-profile competition when it comes to praying for President Barack Obama's death. Pastor Steven L. Anderson of Tempe, Arizona's Faithful Word Baptist Church- ... More >>
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November 6, 2009
Dude, Where's My VW Bus That Was Stolen 35 Years Ago? Oh, There It Is
Courtesy of U.S. Border and Customs ProtectionFound it!You never know what will turn up in a container at the Long Beach port. Sure, the vast majority are filled with legal products bound for store shelves all across this great land. But every so often inspectors will find smuggled guns, drugs, h ... More >>
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December 11, 2009
As the Know Nothings Turn: Jim Gilchrist versus His Former Allies
Gheen: Once called a Gilchrist supporter a "butt boy"It's hard to keep up these days with who hates who in the various anti-immigrant movements. Most folks hate Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist even though everyone else would be nothing without him. Gilchrist doesn't like California Coalit ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2010
Orange County Snowfall Averted
Three separate busts over the past couple weeks in Orange County prevented cocaine authorities say was worth $20 million from reaching their destinations.
Columns
April 1, 2010
¿Ask a Minuteman?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] In honor of April Fools' Day, Jim Gilchrist puts on the sombrero and bandoliers this week
Blogs
May 19, 2010
Rainbow Harbor Terror Attack is Just a Drill
If you swing by Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach today and notice an unusually large presence of law enforcement types running around like chickens with their heads cut off, you are witnessing neither an actual terror attack nor filming of pick-up scenes for Monday night's 24 finale.
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May 20, 2010
Battle of the Mariachis
Mission San Juan Capistrano
News
June 3, 2010
Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border
Tougher border enforcement in California and Texas has spelled disaster for southern Arizona
Blogs
June 4, 2010
OC Sighs as the Only Illegal Things Border Patrol Finds in Car's Trunk are 230 Pounds of Weed
Courtesy of U.S. Border PatrolTrunk full of skunk weedMissed this one earlier, but U.S. Border Patrol agents earlier this week seized 230 pounds of marijuana stashed in the trunk of a sedan at a San Clemente rest stop.
News
June 10, 2010
Cowboy Down
Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher
Blogs
July 30, 2010
13 Reasons Gilchrist's Push for an Arizona SB1070 Law in Rhode Island Makes Sense
Jim Gilchrist, the Aliso Viejo founder of the Minuteman Project, sent a letter to supporters announcing the group's push to bring an "Arizona-type law" to Rhode Island."The Minuteman Project," he writes, "is going to do everything they can to proclaim Rhode Island and New England as the new fro ... More >>
News
August 12, 2010
Seized
Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital
Blogs
September 7, 2010
20 Illegal Immigrants Busted Landing Boat at Calafia State Beach This Morning
Smithsonian InstitutionBoat people of another era.Twenty undocumented immigrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally by sea were arrested this morning at Calafia State Beach in San Clemente.The 17 men and three women, all from Mexico, were riding in a small craft that hit land about 3 a.m., accor ... More >>
News
October 21, 2010
Grinding Justice
Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, doesn't work
Blogs
November 24, 2010
Ismael Calixto Ortiz, Wanted in '05 Santa Ana Rape, Apprehended After Hopping Border
In a brushy area of Imperial Beach in San Diego County early Monday, a Border Patrol agent confronted two Mexican nationals who illegally entered the United States. The agent managed to detain one man but the second resisted. Just as a second agent arrived, the combative man tried to yank the fir ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
Need a Job? Orange County Career Fair's Got 'Em
Aflac, Wells Fargo, Farmers Insurance, Kaiser Permanente, National University, The Art Institutes, the University of Phoenix, Forest Lawn Memorial Parks, the Automobile Club of Southern California and United States Customs and Border Protection are among the companies and agencies participating ... More >>
News
December 16, 2010
The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants
But what's been unearthed reveals a culture of cruelty
Blogs
December 30, 2010
Beached Boat Found at Crystal Cove State Park; Illegal Immigrants May or May Not Have Been Aboard
May need adjustments for water-based crossings.Around 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a call came into the police from a woman reporting that she'd seen a small fishing boat come ashore, with nearly a dozen people sitting inside. Upon striking sand, the boat emptied, the people discarded life jackets ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Khapra Beetle: The Destructive Breed of Beetles Discovered in Rice Shipment at LAX
Not what you want in your rice.Things could have become pretty buggy for producers of grain and seeds if U.S. Customs and Border Protection would have been slacking on the job. On Dec. 29 at Los Angeles International Airport, CBP intercepted a shipment of Indian rice arriving from Saudi Arab ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
¡Aparato! Singer Says She Was Profiled by Border Patrol
Anaheimer and front woman for the jarocho-rock band ¡Aparato!, Nancy Mendez (a.k.a. Cat) assumes the voice of the undocumented whenever she sings, "I'm not a criminal; I'm not who you say I am" on her pro-immigrant anthem "Kriminal." In the early-morning hours of Jan. 10, however, she had to re ... More >>
Music
January 20, 2011
Aparato Singer: Border Patrol Profiled Me
[Mental Notes] Also, No Doubt's famous 'Beacon Street' house for sale
Blogs
March 1, 2011
Did Arrestee at Border Pucker Up With a Meth Mouth?
Four pounds of crystal meth were found taped inside the jacket of a woman at the San Clemente border checkpoint Sunday morning, according to the feds.The 34-year-old Chula Vista woman (and yes, haters, U.S. citizen) was riding in a van headed north on the 5 freeway. When she got out of the van, a ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2011
Illegals in U.S. Marine Uniforms Get Off Easy
"Who you calling illegal, maggot!"Head south of the Orange County border on the 5 freeway and you quickly encounter people in one of two kinds of uniforms: those of U.S. Border Patrol officials (think San Clemente checkpoint) and those of the U.S. Marines Corps (think Camp Pendleton).People in bo ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
[UPDATED With Charges, Arraignment Date] Miguel Lerma Jr., Border Patrol Officer, Held in Sexual Assaults of Women in Garden Grove and Long Beach
UPDATE, APRIL 4, 3:24 P.M.: U.S. Customs & Border Protection officer Miguel Lerma Jr. has been charged with one felony count each of forcible rape, sodomy by force and forcible oral copulation for allegedly attacking a woman in Garden Grove, plus one felony count of rape by use of drugs f ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011
Pot Smuggling Boat Washes Up on Dana Point Beach
A boat containing 740 pounds of marijuana was discovered on Monday, at approximately 6 a.m., but so far nobody has come to claim the haul, leaving experts guessing that it was most likely a Mexican cartel smuggling operation gone awry.The first clue: The boat was heading north whenever its occupa ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
JEFF The Brotherhood: A Children's Jazz Odyssey of Super-Frankenstein-Party Music
Beka CopeYes, they're brothers and no, neither is named Jeff. Instead, Jamin (drums) and Jake (guitar / vocals) Orrall of JEFF The Brotherhood picked a name out of thin air to go with the heavy Wipers-guitar-meets-Thin Lizzy-rhythms songs they use to turn punk houses and rock clubs inside out for ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Crystal-Meth Block Did Not Come Standard With Jetta Searched Near Border Checkpoint
Border Patrol agents boast they intercepted a "bumper crop" of crystal methamphetamine near the San Clemente checkpoint last week.Wednesday morning's encounter with a "nervous" 24-year-old woman resulted in the discovery of 12 pounds of crystal meth hidden in the rear bumper of ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Korean Tourist Nabbed at LAX with 63 Pounds of Erection Medicine
A tale that will wipe the smile of Bob's faceWas a 40-year-old Korean national visiting Southern California hoping to obtain the biggest, longest-lasting erection in world history?Or did he just want everybody he knew to be, well, excited for weeks?Authorities briefly detained the unidentified to ... More >>
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