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  • Calendar

    April 26, 2012

    5th Annual Punk Rock Picnic

    Oak Canyon Ranch

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2012

    Sizdah Bedar Celebration

    Mason Regional Park

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    McDonald's New CEO Described as a "Teddy Bear Of A Man"

    ​McDonald's has announced it is bringing on a new CEO come July when Jim Skinner, its current CEO, retires after 7 years at the helm. When Don Thompson, the 48-year-old Chief Operating Officer who oversaw the successful roll-out of its McCafe concept, takes over, he does so after working his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Farzin Bazshushtari, Data Storage Maker's Sale Director, Accused of Insider Trading

    ​A 50-year-old Mission Viejo man charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with insider trading has agreed to pay more than $150,000 in penalties and surrendered profits to resolve the matter, the SEC announced.According to the complaint filed Friday in federal court, the SEC alleges sales ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 17, 2011

    Thanksgiving Extravaganza

    The Prospector

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    [UPDATED with Creditor Blowback:] New Bidder for Crystal Cathedral: Crystal Cathedral

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 11, 12:22 P.M.: Crystal Cathedral's former chief financial officer, Fred Southard, strolled into a recent bankruptcy hearing in federal court in Santa Ana and shook his head. It just won't work, he commented to assembled reporters about the Robert H. Schuller family plan to turn to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    [UPDATED with Sentencing] Gary A. Shawkey's Trail of Lies Ends in Santa Ana, Where He's Found Guilty of Murdering Partner

    Shawkey​UPDATED, JULY 22, 12:40 P.M.: Today in a Santa Ana courtroom, Gary A. Shawkey received his sentence for murdering a 71-year-old business partner in 2008: life in prison without the chance for parole. The victim was last seen on a boat with Shawkey, leaving Dana Point Harbor. It is believed ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2011

    Vaude-Nouveau

    Don the Beachcomber

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Owners of Los Angeles Times and Other SoCal Papers Expected to Bid on The Orange County Register

    ​Like vultures hovering over roadkill, media companies and private-equity firms are expected to pick at what remains of Irvine's Freedom Communications--parent company of The Orange County Register of Santa Ana--at auction Thursday.Among those likely placing bids will be Chicago-based Tribune, whi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    The Book of Liz

    Costa Mesa Playhouse

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Crystal Cathedral's High Salaries Questioned in Bankruptcy Proceedings

    ​Update, November 19, 2:50 p.m.: Creditors in the Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy proceedings have filed court documents that question the high salary of yet another employee.This one is is paid to the son-in-law of the church's Chief Financial Officer Fred Southard, whose $132,019 housing allowance ... More >>

  • News

    September 23, 2010

    City Plays Favorites With Nonprofits

    The environmental group with a connection on the council pays very little rent, the 'controversial' Latino-outreach group pays much 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

    January 19, 2010

    Yet Another Newspaper Chain To Go Bankrupt

    Who's Next?​The rest of the economy might be slowly recovering from the great global economic cataclysm, but the death march of daily print journalism continues. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal---one of the few daily papers that successfully managed the rise of the Internet--reported that Dean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    OC Register Overlord Freedom Communications Kills a Paper

    ​Officials from Irvine-based Freedom Communications, whose flagship newspaper is the Orange County Register, told employees of Arizona's East Valley Tribune newspapers that they will cease operations on Dec. 31.Freedom's official announcement is contained in this company news release. It's also ba ... More >>

  • News

    October 8, 2009

    [BEST OF OC] El Profesor (the Professor): Erwin Chemerinsky

    ​Officials from Irvine-based Freedom Communications, whose flagship newspaper is the Orange County Register, told employees of Arizona's East Valley Tribune newspapers that they will cease operations on Dec. 31.Freedom's official announcement is contained in this company news release. It's also ba ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Rob Riggle

    Irvine Improv

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Peace Conference

    Golden West College

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    OC Restaurant Closures During March

    A list of places that closed in March. Lake Forest seems particularly badly hit.Islands, Laguna Hills Black Angus, Tustin and Lake Forest. The parent company filed for bankruptcy in January, although reps currently aren't forthcoming on whether other locations are on the danger list.Izakaya Zero, Hu ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Old World Village's Rep As a Haven for Skinheads Is the Least of the Huntington Beach Oddity's Problems

    A list of places that closed in March. Lake Forest seems particularly badly hit.Islands, Laguna Hills Black Angus, Tustin and Lake Forest. The parent company filed for bankruptcy in January, although reps currently aren't forthcoming on whether other locations are on the danger list.Izakaya Zero, Hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Panera Is Out Of The Danger Zone--But Other Chains Aren't

    It's hard to keep on top of the glut of depressing news about the economy, especially when it comes to restaurants--that is, which ones are struggling and which ones appear to be financially robust. Although fast-food chains are so far weathering the storm better than many high-end eateries, several ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Things Are Looking Up for 2009 ASID Design Tour

    It's a fact of barely contested sprawl that with little room left to build out, residences are being  built up. And so we now have high-rise living spaces popping up in Irvine, Santa Ana and places you really don't want to be caught dead in. And so we now have a charity ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2009

    A Decade of Talent

    Grand Central Art Center 10th Anniversary

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    The Mouse House Takes a Hit

    A four percent drop in revenues from theme parks and lower occupancy at company-owned hotels ringing Anaheim's Disneyland and its resorts elsewhere, combined with declines in other company sectors, contributed to falling first quarter earnings for the Walt Disney Co. The Mouse House earned 41 cents ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Auto Industry's Demise is Orange County Great Park's Gain

    No one is buying cars in this country. That means new cars aren't leaving dealer lots. That means U.S. ports are getting backed up with cars that, at least temporarily, have no place to go. And that means ships bringing these cars into those ports are getting backed up as well.Gee, if only there was ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    Save Scrooge

    Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    "Confusion" at Register over buyouts

    "Breaking" news in its "Newspaper Deathwatch" category: Media Bistro reports Orange County Register employees are unsure whether to take the buyout currently being offered or risk having future buyout offers lowered: Nervous staffers at the Orange County Register had been considered asking for vol ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 24, 2008

    Monkeys Might Fly

    The Wizard of Oz

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    California High Court Okays Prosecutor-Movie Director Deal

    California's Supreme Court yesterday reversed a lower court's finding that a Santa Barbara County prosecutor should have been disqualified in the sensational Jesse James Hollywood (pictured, upper left) murder trial after forming a partnership with a movie director. Veteran deputy district attorne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2007

    Friday's Headlines & Surprises: All Big Money Issue!

    Yet Another USC Criminal: Laguna Beach billionaire Igor Olenicoff has pleaded guilty in a massive tax fraud scheme involving $346 million and Bahama bank accounts. A product of USC after fleeing the Soviet Union and Iran, Olenicoff lied to the IRS about the existence of the off shore accounts. He†... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    OC Magazine Bought

    Emmis Publishing announced this morning that it has purchased Orange Coast Kommunications, Inc., publisher of 33-year-old Orange Coast magazine. This should be excellent news. Among it's media (radio, television, books and magazines) empire, Emmis owns one of the nation's longtime, superior regiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2007

    Good Times At OC Defense Co.

    Thanks to the ongoing U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Ceradyne, Inc.'s profits have skyrocketed. Late last month, the Costa Mesa-based company reported record first quarter sales of $188 million and a whopping 54 percent increase in net income. Indeed, it's gross profit margin for the period wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2006

    Great Park of Empty Homes?

    According to the funny papers, the justification for tripling the number of homes in Irvine's Great Park is the tremendous demand for new homes. But this just came from the Orange County Business Journal e-mail alert. (We'd link you to the story, but those slick-haired OCBJ money-grubbers make you p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2006

    Mischa Barton Bailing!?!

    Say it ain't so! Someone whom we'd never expect to pass this along just passed this along... Barton To Say Goodbye to The O.C.? Actress Mischa Barton may be set to leave hit TV series The O.C., according to media reports in the U.S. The 20-year-old actress, who plays Marissa Cooper on the show, has ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    The Regulatory Disaster That Isnt

    Cox and the media spin a tale of government red tape that should be killing American companiesbut isnt

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Burning Bush

    The presidents conservative critics

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    Toll Road Collision

    Two San Clemente city officials took more than $40,000 from the countys toll road agency

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Not Ready For Prime Time

    Does new California law spell the end for the states junk-gun makers?

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