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California

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Five Interesting Songs With 'California In The Title

    Nate Chacon​Did you know that this month is the 161st anniversary of California's admission as the 31st state in the Union? I didn't think so. Sure, the Golden State is notorious for fiscal calamity, traffic jams and a plethora of sub-par reality stars, but you have to admit it's still an inspira ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    California Adventure Coaster California Screamin' Leaves Two Dozen Stranded

    ​ It looks like California Adventure's roller coaster California Screamin' was upset that it didn't make my OC's Top Five Most Dangerous Theme Park Rides list last week, and it left two dozen passengers stranded to protest its omission.That, or a backpack fell onto the track.Either way, learn more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Drunk After Work: The Counter

    ​The Place: The Counter, 6416 Irvine Boulevard, Irvine, (949) 336-7272; www.thecounterburger.com.The Hours: Monday through Friday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    California Watch Investigative Journalism Nonprofit Setting Up Shop at Orange County Register

    ​Mark Katches wrote and edited for the Orange County Register for a decade. Now he's in Berkeley, serving as editorial director of California Watch, a project of the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting that also has an office near the Capitol in Sacramento. California Watch aims to fill t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    Fireworks Celebration

    Joint Forces Training Base

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    Cooling Down With Local Beer

    [SUMMER GUIDE] No. 44 of the 100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    They Call Him Flipper, Killer ... Or, a Dolphin Gang Attack with a Porpoise

    ​One of the street gangs in West Side Story was the Sharks, but those dancing fancy boys are pussies compared to the real-life Dolphins.Seemingly random acts of violence by bottlenose dolphins on porpoises have been reported in the Pacific Ocean off California. And recent marine mammal research co ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 26, 2011

    Why Shouldn't Mexicans Speak Proper Spanish?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Is Spanglish something to celebrate?

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    MSNBC's Five Hottest Foodie Trends... Yawn.

    ​Don't you just love it when the national media write about foodie trends? It always makes me think they're writing for people in some forgotten backwater who honestly do think that adding a packet of seasoning from Tastefully Simple to a cheese ball makes for a sophisticated, New York-style party ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    When Did the California Burrito Become the California Burrito?

    Flickr user PermanentlyScatterbrained​Regular readers know I'm obsessed with the California burrito: the Cal-Mex staple stuffed with French fries that was born in San Diego sometime during the 1980s. But in researching my book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, I came across a fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    This Week in Food: David Cross As a Ham Sandwich, Perfectly Grilled Wieners, and Coffeehouse Lingerie!

    Flickr user Jo Naylor​With a headline like that, you know we had a great week 'round here. More after the jump!

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Respect Your Elders: Top Five Veteranos at the Punk Rock Picnic

    TSOL back in the day​The 4th annual OC Punk Rock Picnic is happening this Saturday, and the lineup of bands is epic. Six stages will showcase a few foundational American regional hardcore bands, as well as young up-and-comers that keep the scene alive today.But first, we must pay are respect to ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Orange County Is Top Gun in Crime Guns Traced Here on Per Capita Basis

    ​When it comes to the total number of guns used in crimes, more can be traced to Los Angeles County than any other in Southern California, but on a per capita basis, Orange County is tops.That's the conclusion of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Gov. Brown's Proposed Budget Cuts Will Affect State Parks, Including Those in OC

    Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyIt's technically San Diego County, but OC treats San Onofre like its own​Jerry Brown hasn't held the governor title for long, but he's already worthy of our unsupportive scowl. Reasoning? Part of his current suggestions for budget cuts milk state parks for $11 million thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Storm Damage: Mother Nature Owes OC $23 Million

    Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyThere is substantial work to be done along the boardwalk at Laguna Beach.​Update, December 29, 4:22 p.m.: Photographic evidence of the storm-caused carnage at Main Beach in Laguna Beach. 

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

    ​Headline: People Keep Moving Out of OC Comment by AREAMAN714: ...i guess 'unauthorized is the new illegal...yes, when a guy decides to rob a bank, it is 'unauthorized' activity...Comment by CALSLIDE: In other words....For every taxpaying businessman moving himself and his business out, we have tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    ¡Ask a Comida Critic! Why Olives on Some Tamales, But Not All?

    ​Was waiting for someone to send me a query on tamales. From Elvia my Facebook amiga and fellow Chapman Panther: To olive or not to olive? I've bit into several red tamales so far this season and half of them surprise me with a huge black olive. My family does not add this to our corn husk lovelie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Santa Ana Has a Desire Named Streetcar

    ​An interstate high-speed train that would stop in Anaheim and another linking the town that Walt Disney built with the town the mob built (Las Vegas) get all the media attention, but a California Planning & Development Report article claims slow poky streetcars will be online up and down the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    State Supreme Court Ruling: Undocumented Students To Pay In-State Tuition; Out-of-State Students Still S.O.L.

    ​Undocumented students may continue to attend the state's college and universities at in-state tuition rates rather than pay the higher rates charged to those who live out of state, the California Supreme Court ruled today. The Court upheld AB 540, which permits students, regardless of thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    California's 5 Worst Ballot Initiatives

    ​Happy Election Day! Could you even sleep last night? Do you view your local polling place like a 5-year-old views a Christmas tree on Christmas morning? Can you not wait one more minute to vote the bastards out?Well, before you go get your teabag on, take a gander at bad initiatives that have gon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    At the Farmers' Market: Grapes

    Flickr user brostad​Every wine-producing region in the world produces table grapes; in California, the hotter and drier the climate, the sweeter the table grapes. Table grapes can be grown in places too hot or dry for good wine grapes; the sweetness overpowers the terroir so prized by wine snobs g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Prop 19 Passage May Negatively Affect Mexican Drug Traffickers in Unforeseen Ways

    ​Mexico's drug traffickers would lose some customers but not much money if California voters approve the marijuana-legalizing Prop 19 on Nov. 2, concludes a study by the nonpartisan RAND Drug Policy Research Center. That's because Californians mostly grow their own already.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Major Quake Hoax Shakes Up Twitter, Facebook

    ​Scientists agree an earthquake early warning system is close to being a possibility, but everyone agrees the messages posted on Twitter and Facebook about a major California quake happening some time over the next few days is bullshit."Fake California 'Earthquake Warning' Currently Scaring Idiots ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Fees Charged Students in Tustin and Long Beach Cited in ACLU Lawsuit Against State

    ​Fees charged to public school students in Tustin and Long Beach are part of the evidence the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is citing in a class action lawsuit filed today against the state of California and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.The suit contends the state is violating the Californ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Thank Register Investor for Killing $184 Million Brightwater Bolsa Chica Bailout?

    ​If the death of a $184 million bailout ultimately kills the developer of homes above the ecologically sensitive Bolsa Chica wetlands, preservationists may have karma, an ancient Indian curse or an Orange County Register investor to thank.Or all three.

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Bag Monster Be Damned! State Plastic Bag Ban Bill Crumpled Up and Tossed in Storm Drain

    ​Guess the Bag Monster didn't scare up enough votes after all.California lawmakers late last night rejected a bill that would have banned plastic shopping bags. Indeed, things got downright libertarian under the left-leaning Capitol dome, with much debate preceding the vote over whether the state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    EPA Takes a Dump on Cruise Ships, Cleans Coast

    Flickr User Bruce Tuten​Twenty million fewer gallons of sewage will taint the 1,624 mile California coastline starting next year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will ban all large cruise ships and other commercial vessels from discharging sewage withi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Local School Districts Caught Up in New Study Showing Millions Blown on Litigation

    ​The Peabody-winning educational program South Park aired an episode the other night that took lawsuits against public school districts to despicably hilarious new heights.The real-life cartoon plays out publicly--and locally--in the Capistrano, Santa Ana and Long Beach unified school districts.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Tower of Terror Fall, Underage Drinking Confab Pump Up Schwarzenegger Bill Signing

    ​Two Anaheim events involving underage drinking are being used to amplify Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signing of legislation today that holds adults in California liable if youth they serve alcohol to are injured or killed.The signing comes during the 12th Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Annual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Prop 8 Debate Devolves Into Gay Whac-A-Mole

    Happily tossing everything but the kitchen sink at gay citizens​Nothing drags out the vitriol like a discussion about homosexuality, and the ongoing debate over the constitutionality of anti-gay marriage Prop. 8 in California has driven sentiment to new lows.We know that here at the Weekly, where ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Remember When California Used to Love Immigrants?

    ​California and immigrants have had a long, tortured history, with the Golden State being one of the few states who discriminated against EVERYONE: blacks, Mexicans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Italians--essentially everyone who wasn't of Anglo-Saxon stock, unless you were an Okie and Arkie.I was reminde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Former Weekling Tracks Potential High-Speed Rail Boondoggle

    ​Former OC Weekling Anthony Pignataro is now doing the Lord's work at the independent, non-profit journalism outfit CalWatchdog that is overseen by former Orange County Register editorial writer Steven Greenhut (who Moxley just wrote about here). What is it with the Pig and un-built, controversial ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Isaac Robert Longo, the Face of Marijuana Manslaughter?

    ​Don't be surprised if Isaac Robert Longo becomes a poster child for the evils of driving while high by forces girding to defeat marijuana legalization in California this November.After all, the 33-year-old Placentia man smoked pot before causing a five-car pileup on the 55 freeway in November 200 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Dueling Dishes: Olive Oil vs. "Olive Oil"

    docnic, through a Creative Commons license Old School Olive Press​Much has been made of the recent study from UC Davis about so-called "extra-virgin" olive oil sold in California. Chemical analysis of a number of brands, both local and imported, showed that the labels often lied. And lied a lot. L ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    Paws for a Cause

    Mile Square Park

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    How to Predict an Earthquake with a Doughnut

    ​There is a sweet new way to predict earthquakes and it's making waves throughout Southern California. Many scientists believe that predicting earthquakes is still impossible, but the Mogi Doughnut seems more credible than the Quake Quack's theory. Colorful charts do not a seismologist make. Acco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

    ​Headline: O.C. Company Merges, Moves to CanadaComment by Dan Rather: This is only the begining. Soon, CA will be nothing but mexican and fast food joints.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    Buzz-Killers Claim Pot-Tax Windfall Blows

    ​One argument in favor of legalizing marijuana in California centers on the massive funds that can be generated for the Not-So-Golden State through taxing and regulating weed.Some go so far as to hail cannabis as the solution to the state budget crisis, which has now been here so long it has its o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    An Open Letter to NYC: These Five California Songs Show You How to Make a Track Your Own

    We love "Empire State of Mind," too, New Yorkers. But ease up on bringing her out everywhere. Ask your buddy California for some song advice.​Tonight, the season premiere of Rescue Me airs on FX. If you watch the network, you've seen the promos that intersperse shots of star Denis Leary* fighting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

    ​Headline: Job Posting: Unemployed Need Not ApplyComment by BikeFixer: "HuffPo reports that the practice isn't illegal, but it could be if it has an impact on minority groups. Aparently, they are also easily found." SO it's only legal to discriminate against white people eh?!?!?!?!?

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Love It Or Hate It? Six Qualities Of The NorCal Music Fest

    www.harmonyfestival.com​I've been to music festivals in Southern California, in the Midwest, Northern California and the East Coast, but I had an epiphany at the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa (about an hour north of San Francisco) last weekend. There, I realized that for some reason, NorCal mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    "Explosive Growth" of Medical Marijuana Delivery Services Explored by Investigative Journalists

    Photo by Eric Zassenhaus​The perfect storm of California law allowing for medical marijuana collectives and local government crackdowns on storefront cannabis clubs has created the "explosive growth" of unregulated pot couriers.The Center for Investigative Journalism's nonprofit California Watch e ... More >>

  • News

    May 20, 2010

    Will This Pot Case Get Weeded Out?

    The change from Bush to Obama allows an OC couple to use Prop. 215 as a defense against federal drug charges

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Over The Weekend: California Metalfest IV at the Fox Theater in Pomona

    Andrew YoussefFear Factory at California Metalfest 4​The Hype: How many hours of live extreme metal can you handle in a day? Eleven hours, you say? If this strikes your fancy then you were probably at the California Metalfest 4 held this weekend at the Glass House and Fox Theater in Pomona. A mind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Probe Singles Out Covenant Care of OC for Cutting Staff at Nursing Homes While Getting Millions From State Taxpayers

    ​An Aliso Viejo-based chain stands out in an investigation by journalists who found 232 California nursing homes either cut staff, paid lower wages or let caregiver levels slip below a state-mandated minimum after the state gave nursing homes $880 million in additional funding to boost wages and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Poll: Californians Bullish on Green Technologies Despite Recession

    ​A recent statewide poll shows a majority of California voters support the state's landmark 2006 law that requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions and imposing fees on companies that emit these gases if most of the money collected is returned to state residents.The breakdown in the poll conducte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    10 Reasons God Hates California

    ​Considering Sunday's 7.2 earthquake just south of California's border with Mexico, the 4.1 shaker six miles southwest of Malibu and assorted aftershocks felt up and down the state as this is banged out with fingers crossed, it's obvious God is peeved at something. Before Pat Robertston, Wiley Dra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    California Republican Negative Nabob of Negativity Party Opposes Pot Legalization

    Compassionate use conservatism​The California Republican Party has made it official: no on legalization of the devil's weed.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Buzzkillers Aim to Kill Cannabis Initiative

    ​"Parents, grandparents and concerned citizens of California have filed paperwork to form a political action committee to defeat the November initiative that will help legalize marijuana," announced a group of busybodies known as Citizens Against Legalizing Marijuana (BUZZKILL).Sorry, that should ... More >>

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