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  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    What We Learned, March 24-30

    ​The week flew by, but we still learned from it.MARCH 24: Octomom Nadya Suleman earns $8,000 posing nude for a British magazine. She is not using the money to save her La Habra house, as that's listed for sale as a foreclosure, but to rent a new pad for her, her 14 kids and the gaggle of gossip re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Christopher John Aragon Guilty of Leading Crime Ring That Stole I.D.'s, Made Fake Credit Cards and Bought Goods Resold on Web

    ​Way back in January 2010, then-Weekling Spencer Kornhaber shared a video where a Newport Beach Police detective displayed the machinery hacker Christopher John Aragon used to forge credit cards based on real names and account numbers stolen off the interwebs. Aragon, 51, of Capistrano Beach, ple ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Promised Land Sees Israel Through the Eyes of Surfers

    ​A film about surfers of different faiths coming together in Israel, of all places, makes its U.S. premiere at a sold-out screening in Dana Point this evening.Promised Land, which was directed by Todd Morehead and produced by Morehead and Carlsbad Christian nonprofit Walking on Water, screens at 6 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Capistrano Beach Church Rocked by Swastikas, Obscenities and Other Vandalism

    ​Sheriff's investigators are treating as a hate crime the application of swastikas to the walls of Palisades United Methodist Church in Capistrano Beach over the weekend. Using lipstick and black markings, the international sign of Nazism and other obscenities were painted onto a preschool wall be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Nike U.S. Open of Surfing: Crowds Arrive, Trialists Decided, Main Event Ready to Begin

    Kevin Lara/OC WeeklyThe action in the water rarely stops.**See Our Slideshow.**​If you know anything about the U.S. Open of Surfing, you know that the opening weekend serves sort of like a test-run. The scaffolding is up, but work is still being done. The crowds come out, but not nearly in the num ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2011

    Tales From the Surf Ghetto

    Meet the ragtag band of craftsmen, entrepreneurs and weirdos at the heart of OC's surf industry

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    A Mexican Dinner in 1890s Orange County with Madame Helena Modjeska

    Wikimedia CommonsThe caption says it all...​In doing general research for my book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, I've unearthed numerous accounts of non-Mexicans enjoying Mexican food for the first time, or quickly learning how to love the stuff. One of the earlier accounts I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    [UPDATED: Recovered, Back in OC] San Clemente Surfer In Critical Condition After Hold-Down While Surfing Maverick's

    Wikipedia CommonsAn example of the power of Mavericks.​UPDATE, JAN. 27, 2:40 P.M.: Jacob Trette is walking and talking the way he was before the frightening multiple-wave hold-down at Maverick's, a big-wave surf break near San Francisco.He was released from Stanford Medical Center yesterday, accor ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County

    Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Malinda Traudt, Blind, Wheelchair-Bound Woman's Medical Marijuana Appeal Proceeds

    ​Now that an Orange County Superior Court judgment has been formally entered tossing out the lawsuit that claims the city of Dana Point's medical marijuana dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with Malinda Traudt's fundamental rights to life and safety under the California Constitution, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Judge's Ruling Tosses Blind Woman's Suit to Keep Her Pot Clinic Open

    ​UPDATE: Orange County Superior Court Judge Nomoto Schumann stuck to her temporary ruling and issued a final judgment tossing the lawsuit aimed at keeping open the medical marijuana dispensary relied upon by a 29-year-old San Clemente woman who was born with epilepsy, blindness and cerebral palsy. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2010

    Medical Marijuana Dispensary Hails Court Ruling as a Victory. Lake Forest Does Not

    ​Lake Forest Wellness Center and Collective, which is the last of the dozens of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city to remain open, is hailing an appellate court ruling as "a major victory for the collective."The city, which has been hellbent on shutting down such business, sees the ruling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Malinda Traudt's Attorney Hails Small Victory in Blind Woman's Medical Marijuana Suit

    ​The 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana has stopped a lower court hearing that could have immediately shut down a Capistrano Beach medical marijuana dispensary.The appellate justices' temporary stay of Tuesday's scheduled preliminary-injunction hearing is related to the lawsuit filed in Or ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 10, 2010

    Play Time!

    [Summer Guide] From archery to volleyball, your alphabetical primer on getting off your butt this summer

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Malinda Traudt's Suit Argues State Constitution Should Keep Her Dana Point Collective Open

    From Beach Cities Collective's Facebook page​A San Clemente woman born with epilepsy, blindness and cerebral palsy has filed the first lawsuit by a medical-marijuana patient alleging Dana Point's dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with her fundamental rights to life and safety under the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    OC Lifeguard Costs Rise

    It's still safe to go into the water​Anticipating an increase in the number of people visiting local beaches during the remaining 10 months of 2010, the Orange County Board of Supervisors recently agreed to boost lifeguard related spending by a quarter of a million dollars to $1.8 million.U.S. Oce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    2010 OC Restaurant Week Participants Announced

    ​The OC Restaurant Association came out with their final list of participants for the 2010 OC Restaurant Week taking place February 28th - March 6th. As it seems they signed on virtually every restaurant in existence, perhaps an easier thing to do would be to list who's NOT participating.  ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 23, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    ​The OC Restaurant Association came out with their final list of participants for the 2010 OC Restaurant Week taking place February 28th - March 6th. As it seems they signed on virtually every restaurant in existence, perhaps an easier thing to do would be to list who's NOT participating.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    OC Register Says Advertisers, Clients Screwed Them Out of $350,000

    Lawyers for the Orange County Register have filed nine lawsuits in the last nine months--including two in recent days--seeking more than $350,000 in outstanding debt from advertisers, commercial printing clients and at least one distributor of OC's largest daily newspaper.According to Superior Court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Howard Ahmanson Jr. Only the Second Biggest Hater

    Gustavo's pal Howard F. Ahmanson Jr. just missed the top spot on the Dishonor Roll published online by Californians Against Hate. The Knights of Columbus of New Haven, Conn., gave $1.425 million to the campaign for the same-sex-marriage-barring Prop. 8, while Howie only ponied up $1.395 million.Hey, ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    High Frequency

    A local minister has his sights on Orange County community radio

  • Columns

    October 23, 2003

    Letters

    A local minister has his sights on Orange County community radio

  • Food

    May 29, 2003

    Vacuuming in the Nude!

    Candy sets the summer on fire

  • Features

    February 13, 2003

    The Hot 14!

    Theyre hot! Theyre 14! (Not 14 years old. That would be wrong.)

  • Columns

    June 1, 2000

    Night-Lite

    Theyre hot! Theyre 14! (Not 14 years old. That would be wrong.)

  • Food

    March 18, 1999

    Famous Food

    Conductors! Rock Stars! Restaurateurs! Poets!

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    January-March

    Conductors! Rock Stars! Restaurateurs! Poets!

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