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TAPS Craft Beer Festival TOMORROW

Why should Orange and Huntington Beach have all the fun? Brea's brewing something special this weekend, as TAPS Fish House & Brewery launches its Craft Brew Festival tomorrow from noon to 3 p.m.

Hugo Godinez, Sex Offender Appealing County Pervs-in-Parks Ban, Jailed for Violating Parole

Hugo Godinez, the registered sex offender at the center of an appellate case that, depending on who tells it, freed only him from the restraints of a controversial county ordinance banning perverts from public parks or made that law null and void for all, has been sentenced to 197 days in jail for v ... More >>

"Slide Into Spring" Boys & Girls Club of the Harbor Area Burger Bash Recap!

We had the pleasure of judging a very special tasting event over the weekend. Somewhere between the hosted bar, auctions and food tasting, we helped support the Boys & Girls Club of the Harbor Area in Costa Mesa. Along with Moxxe PR busybody Mona Shah-Anderson and our new friend Rudy Chaney of F ... More >>

Anaheim "Tone Setters" Brace for DA Report, Prepare for Possible Riots

It's been just over seven months since a weekend of fatal back-to-back officer-involved shootings took place in Anaheim, igniting long-simmering tensions between the police and the city's poorer areas. The Orange County District Attorney's office is still conducting its investigation into both incid ... More >>

Burger Bash Fundraiser for Boys & Girls Club March 9

Food fundraisers feature some of the most lucrative combinations: Girl Scout cookies, pizza parties for soccer leagues and raffles involving hosted dinners are just a few that come to mind. Factor in a worthy cause, and you have the makings of something profitable. Deep pockets can whet their appeti ... More >>

On the Line: Lisa Fontanesi of Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, Part Two

​In Part One of our Q&A with Lisa Fontanesi, we learned about the mission of the Jamie Oliver Food Revolution, in particular how the Santa Ana community differs from the other places the mobile teaching kitchen has stopped. Today, we learn more about how our subject got started on her path in ... More >>

Mark Wahlberg and Taco Bell Foundation Open 'Graduate to Go Studios'

​Taco Bell Foundation for Teens and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation this week opened one of four "Graduate to Go Studios," a project built at Boys & Girls Clubs that will encourage teens to use the new, multi-media recording studios if they stay in school and graduate. The "Graduate to ... More >>

Rusty Coones and Rodrigo Requejo Are Hell Raisers

For the Illusion Motorsports bike builders, life has been one wild ride

[UPDATED With Sentence] Lynette Rojas Guilty of Stealing $134,000 From Youth Club

​UPDATE, APRIL 18, 12:24 P.M.: 34-year-old Lynette Rojas was sentenced today to three years in state prison for stealing $134,000 from the Boys & Girls Club of La Habra. The club's former executive assistant was also ordered to pay $165,000 in restitution and $270,000 in fines. Find ... More >>

Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz to Attend Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Disneyland Premiere

​Fans of Captain Jack Sparrow can catch a glimpse of the rugged swashbuckler all cleaned up and moonlighting as actor Johnny Depp at the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, happening May 7 at Disneyland. Depp, along with co-stars Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush and I ... More >>

Lynette Rojas Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing $134,000 From the Boys & Girls Club of La Habra

​Lynette Rojas in scheduled to sashay into an arraignment hearing in about five minutes to answer to charges that she stole $134,000 from the Boys & Girls Club of La Habra. The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) will try to throw the book at the 34-year-old La Habra resident, who ... More >>

There's "Snow" Stopping Restaurateur Bruno Serato's Generosity Toward Needy Children

​Ten tons of snow were piled on the font lawn of the Anaheim White House restaurant this week.No, our freaky weather hasn't gotten freakier.Restaurateur with a heart Bruno Serato had the white stuff trucked in so local motel kids could enjoy a fairy-tale winter wonderland.

Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras' Charges in Child Porn/Annoyance Case Infuriate DA's Office

​Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras, the 24-year-old Stanton resident who pleaded guilty last month to possessing child pornography and annoying a 12-year-old girl at the Stanton Public Library, was sentenced today to a year in jail and three years of probation. He must also register as a sex offender. ... More >>

Restaurateur To Get "Humanitarian Of The Year" Award

Remember Bruno Serato? How could you not?! He's the chef/owner of Anaheim White House, who despite struggling to keep his restaurant afloat, for the last few years has been donating his time, money and efforts to feeding underprivileged children at the Anaheim Boys and Girls Club six days a week. ... More >>

What You Missed: BuskerFest, Something Corporate, Charity Chili Cookoff, OC Foodie Fest

Christopher Victorio​What did you miss this weekend? It should have been packed with music and eating with all of the events that went on. On Friday night, we caught the revival of Something Corporate at The Grove in Anaheim (right). On Saturday, we headed back to Anaheim to stuff our face at the ... More >>

CBS News Profiles Bruno Serato of The Anaheim White House

Try to watch this recent CBS news segment without getting a lump in your throat.The story tells of how Bruno Serato, owner of the swanky Anaheim White House, has been cooking and donating pasta dinners 6-days a week to underprivileged children for the last few years at the Anaheim Boys and Girls Cl ... More >>

Move Over Mickey--MLB All-Star FanFest Comes to Anaheim

Kevin Short​Swap out your Mickey ears for a baseball cap this weekend--the Disney Empire will forfeit its reign over Anaheim to the Major League.The 20th Annual MLB All-Star FanFest, "an interactive baseball theme park and the largest baseball fan event in the world," opens in the Anaheim Conventi ... More >>

Free Bike Valet Service Coming to Downtown Huntington Beach--But Not in Time for Fourth

​The city of Huntington Beach has announced it will unveil a bicycle valet service for its congested downtown during the busy summer months.Unfortunately, that free service will not begin this Fourth of July weekend--the busiest time of the year in Surf City's pier area.

Laguna Beach Parents Frazzled by Facebook War Get Web Safety Lesson

​In light of the recent Facebook war that turned bloody, a free presentation is being held at Laguna Beach High School tonight to answer questions parents have about "learning to deal with children growing up in the 21st century as it relates to technology use.""What You Need to Know to Keep Your ... More >>

Steve Physioc, ex-Angels Broadcaster, Defends Torii Hunter

Fox SportsSteve Physioc (left) and Rex Hudler, before they were fired in November.​Steve Physioc, who was fired as the Angels television play-by-play man in November (along with his color man, Rex Hudler), is showing there are no hard feelings, at least when it comes to outfielder Torii Hunter, wh ... More >>

This Presentation is For the Birds

​Clockwork received an email from the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach with the above photo and a headline over it proclaiming, "Boys & Girls Club Members Learn About Local Birds."That would be an extremely rare Wide-Tailed, Sharp-Beeked, White-Throated Coastal Loon the kids in the shot a ... More >>

'Tis the Season to Bone Nonprofits, Fa La La La La, La La La La

​Above is the logo on boxes like those stolen this past Thanksgiving weekend from the United Labor Agency of Orange County in Garden Grove, where 20,000 pounds of food, more than $25,000 worth of donated toys and other items for the benefit of underprivileged families were taken. Total estimated l ... More >>

Safer Schooling Through Handball at Costa Mesa High School

Young 'Uns Shutterbugging Laguna Beach Photography Pros

By Ellie Scharf ​Photographers displayed in the countless galleries and museums of Laguna Beach are now on notice: you've not only got stiff competition, but that competition is getting younger.The photo above by Ellie Scharf is one of two taken by 13-year-olds from the Boys & Girls Club of La ... More >>

The Eagle Has Landed . . . Flapping His Wings at John Wayne

Photo by Joel Eckman Maus Glenn and Wendy Stearns admire Challenger's wingspan as handler Al Cecere holds the non-releasable bald eagle.​ CHALLENGER'S CHARITY FLIGHT PATH IS CORRECTED . . . "Challenger," the non-releasable American bald eagle we told you about this morning, made his sched ... More >>

Center Presents Sneak Peek of Alzheimer's Film

HBO's unprecedented, multi-platform series The Alzheimer's Project--which includes four documentaries, 15 short films, a book, a community outreach program and a website covering every aspect of the disease--debuts on the pay-cable network Friday but locals get a sneak-peak at one of the films this ... More >>

Swine Flu? Painted Face? 'Hair' Remake? You Decide!

Some emails to Clockwork crossed wires in our email-making machine. As a result, it's unclear whether the accompanying photo goes with an emergency notification to Orange County parents on skin symptoms experienced by children infected with the swine-flu virus or the press release about the happy-ha ... More >>

Nonprofits Help Low-Income Families File Tax Returns, Get Credits

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove, Orange County United Way and the Legal Aid Society of Orange County have teamed to sponsor Free Community Tax Days to help families file their income taxes and claim tax credits they may not be aware they are eligible for. Particular focus will be directed ... More >>

Fire in the Hole

Charity Golf Tournament

In San Juan Capistrano's Schools, White Kids Are Painted Into One Corner, Latino Kids Into Another

Ho Ho Prose

Barnes and Noble Holiday Book Drive

Barrio Safari

The city of Santa Ana's EPIC Commission, a group of local politicians and activists formed to prevent gang violence, offered a guided tour through what one official called "one of the worst neighborhoods" for crime in Santa Ana June 27. At a natural break point during its three-hour meeting, politi ... More >>

Rich, Richer, Richest

According to the newly released Forbes annual list of the world's richest people, there are 946 people in the world worth $1 billion or better. That's 178 more billionaires than Forbes counted last year. And yet somehow, even despite that remarkable growth in the membership of the International Bi ... More >>

Letters

'If I were to have an extreme case of Montezumas Revenge and there was no toilet paper in sight, and the only thing in the bathroom at that time was an OC Weekly, I still wouldnt p

Do As I Say and As I Do

Break Simon at the Anaheim Heritage Forum

I Digress

To make a long story short . . .

Straw Dog

Short on berries, short on fun

Diary of a Mad County

How Porn Saved My Life

Where the Streets Have New Names

Adios, Jeffrey-Lynne. Howdy, Hermosa Village

Blitzkreig Pop!

Sugar High

Power pop rules at the IPO