Camp Pendleton

[UPDATED with I.D.:] Camp Pendleton Marine Road Rager Sgt. Joshua Brightman was an Online Video Star Already

See the update at the end of page 2 with a national TV program identifying the raging Marine and confirming he's also featured in the school assembly video.ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 4, 1:29 P.M.: San Diego television news stations say they know who an unhinged Marine shown in cell phone video from a Camp ... More >>

On The Line: Ed Silkaitis of The Shore, Part Two

Read our interview with Ed Silkaitis of The Shore, Part One.And now, on to Part Two . . . You mentioned being active in the community. How so?Giving back as best as we can to the soldiers of Camp Pendleton who serve our country faithfully. And donations to the local schools. When you're not in the k ... More >>

Dunkin' Donuts Plans Expansion to Southern California

Yes, East Coast expatriates, you read that right. Dunkin' Donuts, pretty much the doughnut monopoly in the East Coast, is coming to California.According to a statement issued by CEO and Head Donuteer Nigel Travis, the huge chain is actively recruiting franchisees in SoCal, with the intent of opening ... More >>

Brig. Gen. Vincent Coglianese Reacts to DA Probe of Camp Pendleton Sgt. Loggins' Killing

Camp Pendleton's commander says he "respects" the Orange County District Attorney investigation into the fatal shooting of Marine Sgt. Manuel Levi "Manny" Loggins Jr. by a sheriff's deputy.But Brigadier General Vincent A. Coglianese added his thoughts, prayers and support remain strong for the Loggi ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sheriff's Reaction:] DA Clears Deputy Darren Sandberg in Fatal Shooting of Marine Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr.

See Update No. 3 at the end of this post on Sheriff Sandra Hutchens' reaction.See Update Nos. 1 and 2 on the Orange County District Attorney's office declining to pursue criminal charges against Deputy Darren Sandberg and the sheriff's deputy union reaction. ORIGINAL POST, SEPT. 28, 12:37 P.M.: Ora ... More >>

Is Calvary Chapel Preparing Camp Pendleton Marines to Fight for the End Times?

Calvary Chapel has more than a few critics--scratch that, Calvary Chapel has a hell of a lot of critics, from folks who don't like its child-molester protecting ways to former members virtually excommunicated because they dared criticize founder/leader/Ra Chuck Smith, to other evangelical Christians ... More >>

Joshua Chong, LAPD Sergeant, Escapes Responsibility For Murder Threats in OC

In exchange for the Orange County District Attorney's office dropping two criminal charges--a felony and a misdemeanor, an emotionally unstable Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) sergeant pleaded guilty to a third misdemeanor count of phone text harassing a woman who'd spurned his affections.Thank ... More >>

Brittany Dawn Killgore, Marine's Estranged Wife, Murdered by Sex-Slave Ring: Warrants

Brittany Dawn Killgore was murdered three days after she filed papers to divorce her Camp Pendleton Marine husband serving in Afghanistan because a female sex slave feared the 22-year-old was moving in on her male "master" and his female servant.That's the story one of three murder suspects reported ... More >>

Dana Point Summer Concert and Benefit

Sea Terrace Park

Restaurant Roll Call for May 2012

It's always a good thing when I find that there are more restaurants opening than closing when I do these end-of-month reports. Restaurant closures are sad.  Anyway, on with the post. Herewith is the roll-call of stuff we wrote about and/or noticed for the month that has passed.

Alvin Reed Lovely, Pfc., Gets 15 Years in Killing of Camp Pendleton Marine Stephen Serrano

A Camp Pendleton Marine who had been facing a murder charge related to the shooting death of a fellow Marine pleaded guilty to lesser counts and was sentenced today to 15 years in state prison.Alvin Reed Lovely, 24, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty to one felony count of voluntary manslaughter, on ... More >>

California's Only Dunkin Donuts Opens in Camp Pendleton

You East Coast transplants surely have heard about the Dunkin' Donuts that just opened in Camp Pendleton. It's open to the public. Though you don't have to actually have some sort of security clearance to enter the base to eat a cruller and sip a cup a' joe, there are some requirements and restricti ... More >>

Manuel Levi "Manny" Loggins Jr., Marine Sergeant Fatally Shot by Deputy, Laid to Rest

Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Manuel Levi "Manny" Loggins Jr., who was fatally shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at San Clemente High School Feb. 7, was laid to rest today in his home state of Illinois. Earlier this morning, the Loggins family held a private funeral at the Refuge Mission Uni ... More >>

Christian William Carney, Who Murdered Fellow Marine over Drug Money, Gets 28 Years

​A Camp Pendleton Marine and drug dealer was sentenced today to 28 years and eight months to life in state prison for murdering a fellow Marine in a secluded area of San Clemente in 2008.Lance Cpl. Christian William Carney, 25, of Manorville, New York, was found guilty by a jury in December of ... More >>

[UPDATED with Memorial Today:] Manuel Levi Loggins Jr., Marine Sergeant Killed by Sheriff's Deputy Darren Sandberg

​UPDATE, FEB. 24, 9:21 A.M.: A memorial for Sgt. Manuel "Manny" Levi Loggins Jr., the Marine shot to death by a sheriff's deputy, is scheduled this afternoon at Camp Pendleton.However, the public and media are not invited to the service in the camp's chapel, at the request of the Loggins family, t ... More >>

6 of 7 Marines Who Perished in Helicopter Training Exercise Came from Camp Pendleton

​CLARIFICATION: The Marines now say six of the deceased came from Camp Pendleton and the seventh was from the Yuma base.Originally reported to have involved helicopters from the Miramar Air Base, a crash that killed 7 Marines near Yuma, Arizona, Wednesday night actually involved an AH-1W "Cobra" ... More >>

The LA Times Crosses Over

How the newspaper's cozy relationship with Camp Pendleton hampers its coverage of religious controversies on the base

[UPDATED with Conviction:] Christian William Carney, Drug Dealer, GUILTY of Murdering Fellow Camp Pendleton Marine

​UPDATED, DEC. 20, 3:51 P.M.: Lance Cpl. Christian William Carney, who besides being a Camp Pendleton Marine was a dealer of cocaine and ecstacy, was convicted today of murdering a fellow Marine who was shot and left to die in a secluded San Clemente ditch because he stole drug money. A Santa Ana ... More >>

Daniel Morgan, Navy Corpsman, Still in Brig for San Clemente High Bomb Scare

​Navy corpsman Daniel Morgan is reportedly still in the Camp Pendleton brig for allegedly leaving behind writings while AWOL indicating he planned to blow up San Clemente High School on the first day of classes this year.Morgan has remained there since his arrest by military police under Article 8 ... More >>

San Clemente High School Bus Drivers: Unsung Heroes of the Bomb Scare

​As you may have previously read, an empty bomb threat on the first day of school at San Clemente High School drew a response from the FBI, the Navy, the Marines, U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, a regional counter-terrorism team, the Capistrano Unified S ... More >>

[UPDATED with Navy Taking Over Probe of Corpsman Daniel Morgan:] Bomb Threat Clears San Clemente High School

​UPDATE, SEPT. 12, 8:55 A.M.: Because no bombs were discovered at San Clemente High School, nor has any evidence of crime turned up outside Camp Pendleton involving Navy medic Daniel Morgan, the 22-year-old corpsman will not be charged in Orange County courts.That does not mean Morgan is off the h ... More >>

Allen Baylis, Surf City Lawyer, is Source on Stories About Red-Light Cameras, Nudity and Raëlians

​Huntington Beach attorney Allen Baylis is making the media rounds this week thanks to two issues he regularly fights in court: government use of red-light cameras and government bans on public nudity.As Orange and Westminster this week consider joining Anaheim in banning red-light cameras, Baylis ... More >>

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 >>

Oh Really? OC Nuke Plant Safe, Say Nuke Plant Officials

​Now this is a big relief: Southern California Edison, which operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, or SONGS, says that their nuke plant--you know, those two pendulous white domes on the beach between San Clemente and Camp Pendleton--is totally safe. And by "totally safe," they mean i ... More >>

USS Dubuque Ordered Out of Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station in Anticipation of Tsunami

USS Dubuque​CNN just reported that the military just ordered the USS Dubuque out of the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station in anticipation of tsunami wave currently heading to Orange County right now as a result of the devastating 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan yesterday. It's an amphibious transfer ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Four Miles of OC Beaches Closed Due To Pollution; More Expected To Close In Coming Days (WITH PHOTOS)

Chasen Marshall/OC Weekly​Update, December 29, 3:50 p.m.: In case you were wondering why you were being told to stay out of the ocean at select beaches, see Exhibit A to the right. That's a flowing brown river of only Zeus-knows-what, spilling right into Main Beach in Laguna Beach. Hence, the ... More >>

Tea Bagging With a Marine. This Could Get Ugly

Facebook/ArmedForcesTeaParty​Gary Stein, a 24-year-old active duty Marine Corps sergeant based at Camp Pendeton, created his own Tea Party group, then announced its arrival on the national Tea Party scene in a press release.Two days later, some of his "brothers" are calling for a court martial.

Steve Lopez Connects Viewers to War's Effect on One Camp Pendleton Family

Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez tonight gives a video profile of a Camp Pendleton family soon to be separated by an overseas military deployment.

Camp Pendleton Welcomes Its First Arabic Food Stand

There's not a lot of warm fuzzy stories when you talk about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; and even fewer ones about food. But here's one with both from the Wall Street Journal. It tells of how in nearby Camp Pendleton, they just set up a shawarma stand in the base due to popular demand. ... More >>

[UPDATED WITH CONVICTION] Pendleton Marine Faces Murder Charge for Alleged Drunken Driving Death

​What happens when just before being released from duty at Camp Pendleton for the weekend, you allegedly: participate in a mandatory safety briefing that covers the dangers of drunken driving, including the tidbit that should you get behind the wheel while drunk, you'll likely kill someone; go on ... More >>

Crime Time: Nekkid Folks, Robber Baby, Strip-Club Stabbers, Loaded Brownie and a Flaming Bag of Poo

Courtesy of Orange Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentWe call this collage "Robberies, Solved and Unsolved." Top left: a man hands a teller a note demanding cash at Chase Bank in Orange. Top right: Booking photo of Adam J. Bennett, 20, of Santa Ana, who is suspected of robbing $ ... More >>

Bummer Summer for San Onofre's Nude Sunbathers

Photo by Tim MelidoNaturist attorney Allen Baylis loses latest round in court but vows to press on. As last summer was winding down, the Naturist Action Committee scored a legal victory in their fight to retain the right for nude sunbathers to go au natural on San Onofre State Beach's traditionally ... More >>

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Orange County Register: Eighth sign of the Apocalypse: Ambulances spontaneously combusting in Fountain Valley. . . . It won't be galloping from four white horses South County residents hear Wednesday and Thursday, but F-18s bombing Camp Pendleton. Don't worry, the Marine base planned it. . . .  ... More >>

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Orange County Register: Fans gathered around a makeshift memorial outside Angel Stadium to honor pitcher Nick Adenhart, who died in a car accident. . . . A woman driving a car with a baby aboard was shot and killed in Santa Ana after leading police on a high-speed chase that began in Buena Park ... More >>

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Orange County Register: Remember that recent lawsuit brought by the Newport Beach cop who claimed to have been passed over for promotions amid rumors and derogatory comments he was gay? Moxley has been blogging all about it. Anyhoo, Buena Park police officer Pedro Monte ... More >>

Diane Harkey Protects Us From Accidental Terrorism

Assemblywoman Diane Harkey put forth a resolution back in February to keep ex-Guantanamo detainees out of Camp Pendleton. With Barack Obama set to close the notorious, quasi-constitutional prison some time next year, Harkey wants to make sure the administration doesn't even think about putting any o ... More >>

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Orange County Register: Former Rams kicker Tony Zendejas was found not guilty of raping and sodomizing a woman in a hotel room after allegedly drugging her at his San Dimas restaurant. . . . OC Watchdog has the scoop on Orange County's 14 lawmakers in the State Legislature receiving nearly ... More >>

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Orange County Register: Mickadeit: He peels off a classic on the squabble between Donna Crean's kids over her fate. . . . Did you feel the window-rattling jolt about 9:15 last night? I did. I figured it was a small earthquake, although it was very quick, like a sonic boom. It violently sho ... More >>

Toll Road Warriors

Say You Will Build It, and They Will Come . . . If the 'It' Is a Toll Road Over Trestles Parkland

Wake Up and Suck the Orange 1.29.08

I hope you're sitting down. For one thing, checking a blog while standing up is just ... weird. BYE-BYE RENT CONTROL? LA Times - A June 3rd ballot proposal could end the practice of rent control in California. Lawyers and landlords are both circling. If you prick a landlord, does it not bleed? PE ... More >>

Just a Random Female

Robbin Brandley’s confessed killer sits on death row. So why don’t her parents consider the case closed?

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

Seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

Charge of the Register Lite Brigade

Since Ronald Reagan turned it into a bloodsport, most journalists in this country are routinely assumed to carry a liberal media bias ("Guilty!"). One place you'll often see that bandied about is in the Orange County Register--not directed at its own fleet of word monkeys, oh no, no, no, but journos ... More >>

Toll Road Rage: What About the Juaneno?

Strangers in a strange land

The Closing Of The Orange County Frontier

Scorecard

History Vs. Memory

Little Saigons beginnings

Sleeping Disorder in the Court

Go with the Flow