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  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    [UPDATED with Charges:] Michael B. Franks Rides into Jail as Alleged "Snowboarder Bandit"

    UPDATE, MAY 9, 11 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) has announced the charges against Michael Brandon Franks, 29, of Riverside County, the alleged "Snowboarder Bandit." The multiple felony counts could land Franks in state prison for up to 15 years with a conviction, making o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    3 of 10 Most Wanted Robbers Hit OC Banks

    ​In announcing that the 287 Southern California bank robberies in 2011 maintained a downward trend in such crimes--there were 2,600 reported in the same region in 1992--the FBI also listed its 10 most wanted serial robbers of SoCal banks.Three of the 10 who have struck multiple times included Oran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    "Dying Son Bandit" Spins Sad Tale to Bank Tellers He Robs

    ​I hope the man dubbed by the FBI the "Dying Son Bandit" really does have a son who is dying.Wait, that didn't come out right. I don't hope anyone is dying. Actually, that applies to most people. But I hope the bank robber who tells tellers he is only taking cash from them because of his son's med ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Kanye West and Jay-Z Confirm New North American Dates for Watch the Throne Tour

    ​As we reported earlier, Jay-Z and Kanye West have new dates for the Watch The Throne Tour due to the "overwhelming response to presale tickets." The North American tour will now begin on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Philips Arena. All fans who purchase their tickets online will r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    [UPDATED with Counts, Perry Farrellesque Mug:] Michael David Marano Charged as "Drifter Bandit"

    ​UPDATE, JULY 12, 4:30 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) announced the charges brought against alleged "Drifter Bandit" and Perry Farrell stand-in Michael David Marano at today's scheduled arraignment in Santa Ana: four felony counts each of second degree robbery and secon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    MoveOn.org Comes to the Rescue of Taxes Today

    ​Taxes must be suffering from battered women's syndrome about now. We're all like, "Aw come on, baby. You know I loves ya," Then--BAM!--corporations and rich people rap taxes upside the head, saying they ain't returning to Clinton-era levels. Then we get all lovey-dovey again and--WHAM!--House Rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Real Estate Appraisal Execs Tied to Daniel Sadek Charged With Fraud

    Sadek​Daniel Sadek can't seem to keep himself out of the crime files lately.A couple weeks ago it was an armed invasion of the former sub-prime mortgage king's Newport Coast home.Today, the owner of an Irvine real estate appraisal firm associated with Sadek--who September's Vanity Fair ranked No. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Swine Flu Deaths Quickly Jump 33% in OC, But Our Cats Are Safe . . . So Far

    ​ Eight Orange County adults died of swine flu last week, reports the Orange County Register via the county Health Care Agency. That 33 percent increase in local deaths brings the total H1N1-related fatalities in this blessed region of ours to 32. Most of those suffered pre-exis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Crime Time: Fight Clubs, Stray Bullets, Car Bashings, Cop Gun Theft, 4 Jewelry Heists

      Jewelry heist fever spreads across Orange CountyIt's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more street fights, bullets flying, dudes getting jumped, cops losing service revolvers and jewelry heists in towns with "Laguna" in the name across the county.   ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Well That's the Cox Calling the Kettle Black

    While former longtime Newport Beach Republican congressman-turned-Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox lashes out at his own staff for ignoring complaints that could have exposed Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme many years earlier, others wonder if Cox is not simply dive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Dirty Cop Sting

    Catch a crooked cop: Nope. Sorry. Not here in the USA. No way. But in Mexico, authorities want a no corruption zone for the the five-mile road from the Tijuana border south to the beach. Officials are “installing cameras to catch extortion attempts, publicizing that people can pay tickets with cr ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 13, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'Real-life Mexicans not only dont care about those stereotypes, they embrace them'

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Same Cox, New Box!

    Once savagely anti-investor, the new-and-improved OC Republican says he's ready to run the SEC for the people

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    The Smart Guy

    Chris Cox in charge of Wall Street? Dumb

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    The Smart Guy

    Chris Cox in charge of Wall Street? Dumb

  • Features

    December 11, 2003

    Buying Woodstock

    Is Ladera Ranch the green revolution or the same development crap in a new package?

  • Columns

    October 23, 2003

    It's a New Day, Caulifornia

    So let a man get up and do the popcorn

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Reform-School Congress

    So let a man get up and do the popcorn

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Mugged

    Need to find a good photo of yourself? Ask the Secret Service

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