Buena Park

Metrolink Train Strikes Person Between Fullerton and Buena Park; Train Delayed, Police Investigating

Sometimes, the stories write themselves, and that's the case this afternoon. Earlier today, a Metrolink train hit someone between Fullerton and Buena Park. How do I know?Because Metrolink told me so on its Twitter feed. And Metrolink just told me that the lines "are open with restricted speed due to ... More >>

Eat This Now: Sullungtang at Jang Mo Gip

Buena Park doesn't get much foodie love, even though it's at the intersection of our burgeoning South Asian and Korean populations. The Indian and Pakistani restaurants, including our Best Indian Restaurant from 2011 (Namastey India), are migrating east from Artesia; the Koreans are bent on making B ... More >>

Michael King Lim Sought for Selling Phony Theme Park Tickets Thanks to Arrested Brother

After a Buena Park police sting that resulted in the arrest of Raymond John Lim, 23, of Walnut, for allegedly making and selling counterfeit tickets to Knott's Berry Farm and other Southern California theme parks, attention shifted to his brother, Michael King Lim.That's because Raymond implicated h ... More >>

Medieval Times Sword Shard Allegedly Blinds Honeymooning Man

So a South Dakota man and his new wife went honeymooning in Orange County and found themselves in the front row of Medieval Times in Buena Park. The festivities commence, and as the swords clang, a piece of metal allegedly flew off and hit Dustin Wiseman, 37, in the left eye. The man has reportedly ... More >>

Buena Park Tries to Pluck Drunk Drivers Off Beach Blvd. Tonight

The Buena Park Police Department is scheduled to hold a drivers license/DUI checkpoint near Beach Boulevard and Stanton Avenue from 7 tonight through 2 a.m. Saturday. The goal is to save lives, reduce accidents and keep drunks off the roads, as the department cites statistics showing a 20 percent dr ... More >>

The OCeeker: Guru Nanak Sikh Temple and the Headwear Mishap

Everybody loves a play on words, ye heathen, so let's get this outta the way real quick-like: The OCeeker transformed his glorious person into the O'Sikher on a recent Wednesday night in Buena Park, when his graceful footfall blessed the grounds of Guru Nanak Sikh Temple of USA.He committed one fuck ... More >>

KoKo Chicken and BBQ Is a Better KFC

[Hole In the Wall] This Buena Park Korean pub makes the best fried chicken in Orange County

[UPDATED with Villa Park Checkpoint, Results:] As Bombs Burst in Air on the Fourth, Smokies on the Ground Hunt for Drunk Drivers

See end of post for details on Fourth of July holiday DUI arrests, injuries and deaths so far, and a new checkpoint announced in Villa Park.ORIGINAL POST, JULY 3, 9:38 A.M.: Orange County law enforcement has big plans for the Fourth of July as it is anticipated fireworks won't be the only thing lit. ... More >>

Buena Park DUI Checkpoint 6/22/12

If you're planning on driving drunk along Beach Blvd. in the vicinity of Stanton Ave. tonight and early tomorrow morning, be sure to bring some warm clothes. The Buena Park Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint in the area between 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., ... More >>

Buena Park's Crescent Motel Granted Another Chance

Buena Park's Crescent Motel, on the corner of Beach Boulevard and Crescent Avenue, will soon be closing down for fumigation and renovations, not violations. As the OC Register reported, owner Loc Van Nguyen agreed to council demands at an hours-long meeting yesterday after appealing the resolution o ... More >>

Namastey India Chaat Up the Haters

[Hole In the Wall] This Buena Park Indian restaurant is leading the city's subcontinental renaissance

Check-out Time for Buena Park's Crescent Motel?

​In other amusement park area lodging controversies, the Buena Park planning commission voted on Wednesday to revoke the permit of Crescent Motel. Located on the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Crescent Avenue, the property is across the street from Knott's Berry Farm and Soak City Waterpark, ... More >>

Buena Park Holds Checkpoint and the Sheriff Has DUI Patrols in South County Tonight

​Buena Park holds a sobriety checkpoint tonight, while roving patrol for drunken drivers will be conducted in Laguna Woods, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Aliso Viejo.The checkpoint runs from 7 p.m. through 2 a.m. Saturday in the 8000 block of La Palma Avenue.

Horse Mysteriously Collapses at Knott's Berry Farm

​If you're spending any part of the long holiday weekend at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, stand clear of the horses.That's because one attached to a stagecoach collapsed in front of people in line Sunday.

Hyeon Ju, Sung Park, Hojoon Lee and 17-Year-Old Held for Halloween Rapes Near Knott's Scary Farm

​Just down the street from Knott's Scary Farm, something more frightening happened on Halloween.Two females were raped by three young men and a juvenile at Crescent Motel, according to Buena Park police.

Python Snake Slithers Under Car in Mall Lot

​Anyone missing a yellow python snake?Police received a call around 12:30 p.m. today of a 6 footer underneath a Ford Focus in the Sears parking lot at Buena Park Mall?What was he doing there? Slithering.

[UPDATED with 1 More Photo:] 3 Returning From Crystal Cathedral Service Perish in Fiery Crash

UPDATE, AUG. 9, 1:07 P.M.: One more shot by the Weekly's Brandon Ferguson from last night's triple-fatal accident in Buena Park shows the wreckage:​

Torch Restaurant Opens At Old Ripley's Believe It Or Not Building In Buena Park

Torch Restaurant​Believe or not, Torch Restaurant opened last week in Buena Park at the building that used to house OC's preeminent showcase of freaks until The Real Housewives aired. The owner told me that he's actually been ready for weeks, employees hired and final touches made; but the local g ... More >>

[UPDATED with Booking Photo:] Memorial Day Weekend DUI Enforcement Countywide

​UPDATE, MAY 31, 6:39 P.M.: The Irvine Police Department this evening released the booking photo at right of Austin Jeffrey Farley, the alleged drunken driver with a past DUI conviction blamed for causing the crash that killed 14-year-old Ashton Sweet.The Northwood High School freshman cheerleader ... More >>

Local Pork For Sale at Buena Park High School Anew!

Flickr user Carbon NYC​Last autumn, I wrote about local meat and eggs from Buena Park High School's Agricultural Sciences Program. Now through March (or until supplies run out), their hand-raised, flavorful pork is available for sale at the school's farm store.

Alert To Minors: Don't Be Out Past Curfew on Nov. 18

​Kids, here's some advice. The night of Thursday, Nov. 18 is a very good time to stay indoors. Police departments will conduct what they're calling the "largest-ever Orange County curfew sweeps." Cops in nearly every city--Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Garden Grove, ... More >>

This Week in Food: Copyright Fight over Tacos, Dia de los Muertos, Blizzcon Eats, and Killer Pizza Dough!

Flickr user lol-ita​Such a busy week at this infernal, tasty blog, as usual. Click after the jump to read some of the highlights!

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Banks Robbed in Buena Park and FullertonComment by C5INLA: What you are seeing lately is a bunch of hit & run robberies being committed by our gang banging neighbors from Compton and Long Beach.Comment by GWESTLIE: Illegal Aliens and Watts gang members. nuff said.

Thee Spectors

The Juke Joint

Fundraiser for Amber Pangan

OC Chili's Restaurants

Routine Traffic Stop Leads to a Dozen Pit Bull Puppies Bound for Dog-Fighting Life in Mexico

​A Buena Park cop on routine patrol Monday morning spotted a van without a front license plate. Out of Alabama with pictures of dogs and "southernexpresstransporters.ning.com" written on the side, the van pulled over into the Kohl's parking lot across from the Buena Park Mall, about a half-mile fr ... More >>

Cops Seize a Buttload of Illegal Fireworks

Courtesy of Buena Park Police Department​Buena Park Police seized 2,800 pounds of illegal fireworks Wednesday.

High Speed Train May Demolish Buena Park Homes Designed to Be Near Trains

California High Speed Rail AuthorityIf only the new train had only to contend with windmills...​Sunday's Los Angeles Times carried a piece that largely rehashed a few low-boiling controversies about the planned high speed train line that, when eventually completed, will connect Anaheim and San Die ... More >>

Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

​ Headline: Buena Park Pastor Agrees that Haiti Made Deal With SatanComment by defectedtopi2: The lost county, O.C., made a deal with the Mexican devil and is now paying the price.

Buena Park PD Early Lunch Quiz Time

No one won my Huell Howser Hollywood Farmer's Market quiz (he was eating Greek chicken kabobs), so let's move closer to home: for a jar of my chica's basil jelly, which Fullerton restaurant did Buena Park police officers visit mid-morning yesterday in their squad car? Not only that, but one of the o ... More >>

Snott's to Get New Owner?

​NEWS ITEM: The parent company of Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park announced it has agreed to a buyout. Ohio-based Cedar Fair Entertainment--which, besides Snott's, owns 10 other amusement parks, seven water parks and five hotels across the U.S. and Canada--says the $2.4 billion transaction with a ... More >>

Two Register Girls One Cup

​We now know why the Los Angeles Times, after years of getting its ink-stained ass handed to it in Orange County by the Register, gladly entered a joint-distribution agreement with its former fierce competitor. It's part of a secret Times scheme to divide and conquer the now-bankrupt Reggie reader ... More >>

Just Another Orange County Murder: George Springer

View Larger Map Police responding to a shots fired call around 12:20 a.m. Sunday in the 8500 block of Bel Air Street in Buena Park arrived to find 42-year-old George Stringer lying face down in front of a home. He'd been blasted with a shotgun.

Just Another Orange County Murder: Jasmine Fiore Car Found

UPDATED THROUGHOUT! The final piece in the puzzle explaining how swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore was brutally murdered and mutilated, as well as whether anyone helped now dead murder suspect Ryan Alexander Jenkins kill and/or dispose of the body in a Buena Park dumpster, could have b ... More >>

Crime Time: Small Fries, Bad Tenants and the Church Lady

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--small fry edition . . . MONDAY, JULY 20Artist's rendering of Bank of America robber. He may belong to that notorious street gang, the Lollipop Kids.​Watch Those Kids at the Playground A 3-year-old boy was at the playground in Ponderosa Park ... More >>

John's Incredible Pizza Co. Opens Today in Buena Park Downtown

johnspizza.com The official story here is that John's Incredible Pizza Co. opens at Buena Park Downtown today.  It has been reported that the 60,000 square feet mega restaurant occupies the whole lower floor of the mall.  And I mean the whole lower floor.A few months ago, I saw the construction, a ... More >>

It's Finally Kogi Korean-Barbecue Taco Truck Season in OC

The Last Crime Mike Carona Committed on His Sentencing Day (To Our Knowledge)?

Since no one correctly guessed who made the prison-rape crack about disgraced, felonious ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona (it was Buena Park pastor Wiley Drake, although the last guess--KOCE-TV's Real Orange anchor Ann Pulice--was HILARIOUS) and we so desperately want to give away the cover abov ... More >>

It's a Quick Read 21

Orange County Register: It's not the happiest place on Earth today, as Disneyland begins laying off back-office employees and telling employees of a Paradise Pier Hotel restaurant it will close. . . . Motivational speaker Gary Shawkey was booked into Orange County Jail on murder charges after s ... More >>

Mobile Dairy Classroom Ignores La Palma, Cypress, and Why That Matters

It's cool that the Dairy Council of California is in the midst of an Orange County elementary school tour involving a Holstein cow and calf and lessons on how milk is made, but there's just one major oversight. The self-described "educational milking parlor on wheels" will visit kiddies in SanTana, ... More >>

Flowers of the Sea

Flowers of the Sea

To Do Tonight 10/9

OC Weekly's Best of OC Party, 7 p.m. Celebrate the release of our 13th annual Best Of OC issue with live entertainment, eclectic hors d'oeuvres and complimentary beer, wine and spirits. i Lounge 18912 Macarthur Blvd. Irvine, CA 92612 The Crystal Method, 9 p.m. Um, yeah. Tentation Ultra Lounge 4647 ... More >>

Mrs. Robinson?

Ms. Senior OC 2008

Did Crimes Kamran Mashayekhi Witnessed Put His Life in Danger?

Shoot me once...

A Buena Park man who was shot in the head last August during a robbery at the liquor store he worked at was pistol-whipped until he was unconscious during a holdup at the same store Wednesday morning. Mote Malhaus was working behind the counter at Sunshine Market and Liquor when two men in hooded s ... More >>

The CPCs Hidden Empire

Where might you get ticketed by the Citation Processing Center

Buena Park

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WENCHES

Re-created Going Medieval on Yer Olde Ass

An Open Letter to the Residents of Buena Park

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