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May 15, 2012
Eclectic Roots Festival - Irvine Lake - 5/12/12
Eclectic Roots FestivalIrvine LakeMay 12, 2012If we could ever dream up the ideal introduction to a local music scene, it would probably look something like the Eclectic Roots festival last Saturday at Irvine Lake. After all, it's not often we get to see a smorgasbord of young upstarts from Orange C ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
Eclectic Roots Festival - Irvine Lake - 5/12/12
Eclectic Roots FestivalIrvine LakeMay 12, 2012It's rare to find a spanking-new local event with as much potential as the Eclectic Roots Festival that planted itself at Irvine Lake last Saturday. After all, it's not often we get to see a smorgasbord of young upstarts from Orange County and L.A ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives Coming to Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
What do Walt Disney and Ronald Reagan have in common?They both threw actors they felt to be communist sympathizers under the FBI's red-baiting bus!But Disney and Reagan have something else in common, too: starting in July, both men will have many of their personal items on display for all ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2011
[UPDATED with Feinstein Fooked!] Kinde Durkee, Democratic Treasurer Accused of Fraud
UPDATE, SEPT. 13, 11:05 A.M.: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the latest Democrat claiming to have been hornswoggled by campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee. Feinstein first revealed her accounts had been totally cleaned out, but her spokesman later corrected that to say the amount of missing funds is c ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2011
California Adventure's Golden Gate Bridge No More
The concrete C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A letters are gone. The large sunburst that served as the backdrop for the fountain in Sunshine Plaza is scrap metal. And now the Golden Gate Bridge that greeted park-goers since California Adventure first opened its gates in February 2001 has officially been disman ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Six Reasons I Don't Want To Open A Restaurant
Flickr user kalyan3I post pictures and descriptions of the food I cook on Twitter and Facebook, and I certainly have earned a reputation as someone who knows his way around a kitchen. I am honored to have received a lot of compliments, but the one I hear most often is, "You should open a restaura ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2011
Cyclists Race JetBlue's Carmageddon Flight, Win
Flickr user waltarrrrrThe Wolfpack Hustle on the Tour de Carmageddon. The biggest Carmageddon victors weren't the road workers (though they did a fantastic job completing their bridge-demolishing project about 17 hours ahead of schedule), or the Southern California drivers who emerged unscathed b ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
[UPDATED: Sold Out!] JetBlue Will Fly You Over Carmageddon For $4 Each Way
JetBlueUPDATE, JUNE 12, 5:50 P.M.: The deal is sold out! To those who nabbed a ticket: Have fun laughing at all of the suckas on land! ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 13, 2:40 P.M.: Whether it's sheer marketing brilliance or proof that Southern Californians have completely lost it, JetBlue is offering& ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
LA Times X's Out Brand X But Expands Community Coverage to Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel
The Los Angeles Times is pulling the plug on Brand X, a website and print insert with event and cultural coverage aimed at young adult readers.Today marks the final print version of Brand X, while the website will cease to exist after July 8.Some good news for Brand X editors and photographers wh ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Joel Lee Craft Jr., Seller of Telemarketing Leads, Indicted in $25 Million Indie Movie Investment Scam
David Mamet's independent movie (and play that preceded it) Glengarry Glen Ross is about slick salesmen using underhanded tactics to rope in would-be property investors culled from what is known as "lead lists." The CEO of a San Clemente information company that sells such lists to telemark ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
No. 86: Breakfast Burrito at Troy's Drive-In
Dave LiebermanWelcome to the 2011 edition of Stick A Fork In It's 100 Favorite Dishes. We've just kicked off our countdown to #1 (which will appear the same week as our compendium on all that's good and right about Orange County).
Blogs
June 10, 2011
[UPDATED with Correction:] XR Brands, Surf City Bondage Gear Maker, Up for Fetish Company of Year
CORRECTED, JUNE 10, 12:15 P.M.: The original version of this post reported that XR LLC of Huntington Beach makes adult novelty products for Pipedream Products. That is incorrect, according to Kevin Johnson, the Chatsworth-based company's PR manager. That's me being gagged at right as punishment. ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
Mickey and Minnie Mouse arrested at Walt Disney Studios
Yes, I know that reads like a headline from The Onion, but this is the real deal, folks.According to police reports, two protesters were arrested at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank yesterday morning after chaining themselves to the front gate. Oh, and they were wearing Mickey and Minnie Mouse ... More >>
Film
April 28, 2011
Formal Disaster
'Prom': As if experiencing your own wasn't bad enough
Culture
March 24, 2011
BJ Papas Has the Sweet Smell of Soy Success
[Trendzilla] Her Relight candlemaking operation makes great-smelling options—even of beer!
Blogs
December 22, 2010
A Small Suggestion For the Canter's Truck--Come Down Here
Flickr user calott23Burbank's not exactly groaning with great restaurants, and they are one of the cities that has really benefited from the food truck craze; the areas around the studios are surprisingly bereft of good restaurants and surprisingly full of little pull-ins where food trucks can pa ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Disneyland Hotel Workers Urge Academy Award Members to Not Vote for Toy Story 3 as Best Picture
I don't really go to movies anymore, but I don't think Toy Story 3 is on anyone's short list of nominees for the Academy Award for Best Picture, even with its expanded roster--it's a cartoon! [Editor's note: Actually, it is on several people's short list for the award, and Disney is actively camp ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
PHOTOS: Disneyland Hotel Workers' Union vs. Toy Story 3--The Protest at Walt Disney Studios
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyAs Gustavo Arellano reported earlier, members of the UNITE HERE Local 11, the union representing the Disneyland Resort's hotel workers in an ongoing labor dispute, gathered to protest a screening of Toy Story 3 at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. The union is urging m ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
We Need More Colombian Food in OC, Parte Dos
Chuzos, papas, tomates verdes, and the ubiquitous arepaOkay, we've waited long enough. Turns out the power of suggestion was not sufficient to correct our county's dearth of comida colombiana. (Though Dave Lieberman and I were helpful enough to suggest road trips to Burbank or Hollywood.) Looks l ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Airport Airspace Changes Prompted by Mid-Air Collision Warnings Come in for Criticism
Looking up at the skies over north Costa Mesa a couple weeks ago produced a most disturbing site: a JetBlue plane making its normal descent into Long Beach Airport was passed maybe 100 feet above by another airliner heading for either LAX or the landing line at John Wayne Airport. Maybe that's a ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
Blok: "[My Friends] Would Go, 'When Does the Song Start?'"
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyThe phrases "family act" and "hip-hop" seem incompatible--the combination conjures images of squeaky-clean congregants waving their hands gleefully while rapping about such subjects as being down with G-O-D. But just because Orange County rap trio Blok likes to keep it i ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Ugo Allesina of Prego, Part One
Kimberly ValenzuelaOf all the Los Angeles-area airports, John Wayne has the best food within easy striking distance. The traffic at LAX prevents people from eating nearby; Burbank's airport is in an absolute desert of food, and Ontario is even worse. Long Beach has some good options, but if you'r ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
A Night at the Food Auction
We were two at dinner tonight. We ordered very different things; we don't look alike. Yet, the runner brought out our plates and started with, "Um, I have angel hair. Who had the angel hair?"Flickr user sea-turtle"Champagne? What am I offered for this bottle of Champagne? Who will give me 500 francs ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Social D Moves To Epitaph Records, Announces New Record
www.myspace.com/socialdistortionAfter 11 years on Epic, we just got word that Fullerton natives Social Distortion have moved on to Epitaph Records. They're also planning to release their first studio album since 2004 late this year.
Blogs
January 19, 2010
Ryan Seacrest Stalker in Court Today
Left photo courtesy of E! Entertainment; right photo courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest was allegedly stalked in Orange and Burbank by Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr.A 25-year-old Lakewood resident, who previously pleaded guilty in an Orange County courtroom to assault and weapons charge ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Why Food Trucks Are Not Evil
desserttruck.comPlease, please, PLEASE come to OC, Dessert Truck!Nancy Luna (the Fast Food Maven) is someone whose writing I admire, and she scoops absolutely everything about fast food in OC. I know that when the Buttermilk Truck or the Grilled Cheese Truck or any of the other, suddenly-fashiona ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Disney Praised for Wastewater Treatment in Anaheim, Spanked For It in Burbank
Paradise Bay: drink it in.Sarah Tulley posts on Orange County Register's Around Disney blog today that Paradise Bay lagoon at California Adventure in Anaheim will soon be refilled with 16 million gallons of water that was recycled through central Orange County's Groundwater Replenishment System, ... More >>
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October 7, 2009
Dishney: More "The Princess and the Frog" News
The Princess and the Frog - First 5 Minutes Previewby theanimationblogThough it's been since removed from YouTube by Disney, the first five minutes of the forthcoming The Princess and the Frog has been released--and luckily for you, The Animation Blog still has it available. Verdict? We're pleasant ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2009
"Art" Stands in the Way of Demolition at Irvine Hospital
The fountain of disputeInternationally recognized Laguna Beach artist Marlo Bartels creates whimsical-but-functional sculptures that grace parks, museums and even the inside of people's homes. The city of Burbank commissioned him to make "Early Burbank," a 10x10 foot tile mural. Two undulating mosai ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2009
Welcome to the Poor Haunted Mansion
If you go to Disneyland this spring or summer, you'll find great deals on Park Hopper tickets. The question is whether there will be anyone there to sell you your tickets, take your tickets and grope you. Disney is eliminating 1,900 jobs at its domestic theme parks, most in Orlando (1,400) ... More >>
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January 21, 2009
Disneyland Suits Offered Buyouts
Things are tough all over--even the Happiest Place on Earth.Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is offering buyouts to 600 executives in its theme parks in Anaheim and Florida and the Walt Disney Co. in Burbank, reports the Business Journal's Orlando and Los Angeles outlets.More than half of the buyouts a ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2007
OC Theater scene just got a whole lot worse
Things are tough all over--even the Happiest Place on Earth.Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is offering buyouts to 600 executives in its theme parks in Anaheim and Florida and the Walt Disney Co. in Burbank, reports the Business Journal's Orlando and Los Angeles outlets.More than half of the buyouts a ... More >>
Music
July 12, 2007
CD Review
Patton Oswalt, Werewolves and Lollipops (Sub Pop CD/DVD)
Culture
January 25, 2007
Iron Chef Meets What's Up Tiger Lily
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge is still faster than a cheap shot
Columns
November 2, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
Oct. 25 - Oct. 31
Film
March 23, 2006
Oh, the Incongruities!
A black Newport Beach filmmaker with a Nordic/Israeli/Italian-sounding name? Meet American Guns Aric Avelino
Film
December 22, 2005
Special Screenings
Movie of the Week: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Culture
December 1, 2005
Blake and Love
How playwright Rick Batalla put two things together that might not ordinarily fit
Culture
March 31, 2005
Blasted in Burbank
Theater director looks to LA for validation, gets screwed
Culture
March 24, 2005
And the winners are ...
The Weekly falls all over itself singing the praises of local thespians
Columns
January 6, 2005
Letters
The Weekly falls all over itself singing the praises of local thespians
News
December 16, 2004
Peter Torres, City Council District 9
The Weekly falls all over itself singing the praises of local thespians
Film
July 10, 2003
Theyre Back
Do androids dream of electric sequels?
Film
July 10, 2003
Theyre Back
Do androids dream of electric sequels?
Columns
January 23, 2003
A View of the Bar
Do androids dream of electric sequels?
News
November 8, 2001
Spin Recycle
Truth still grounded after El Toro approval
Columns
August 9, 2001
It Wasnt the Cheese!
Health crisis hits Commie Central
Columns
March 15, 2001
Letters the Editor
Health crisis hits Commie Central
Music
January 11, 2001
Return to Sender
The year in really, realy bad music publicity photos and press releases
Music
February 3, 2000
Takako Minekawa and Straight Outta Compton
The year in really, realy bad music publicity photos and press releases
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