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Coto de Caza

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Reps. Gary Miller and Ken Calvert Get Their Assets Handed Back to Them

    ​The Washington Post compared the annual financial disclosure reports filed by every member of Congress over the past decade to various public records and discovered that nearly 50 senators and House representatives directed millions of dollars in earmarks to projects that could either enhance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Ergun Kirlikovali, Coto de Caza Armenian Genocide Denier Supreme, Threatening Legal Action Against UC Davis Professor

    ​Earlier this year, for some bizarre (or telling?) reason, the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) allowed Ergun Kirlikovali to become its president. You remember Ergun--the whackjob Coto de Caza resident who's perhaps this country's most notorious denier of the Armenian genocide, a h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is the Richest Orange County Congressman of Them All?

    ​U.S. Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-Brea), is the eighth wealthiest Member of Congress, the 18th wealthiest when combining members of both houses and Orange County's richest congressman by far, according to numbers recently crunched by the Center for Responsive Politics. The nonprofit and nonpartisan cen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Matthew Bransetter, Nolan Wickham, Get 3 Years Prison Time For Anti-Semitic Assault

    Matthew Bransetter & Nolan Wickham's Booking PhotosCourtesy Orange County Sheriff's Department​Two Rancho Santa Margarita men were sentenced to three years in state prison Dec. 2 for an assault earlier this in a Coto de Caza park. On the evening of April 6, 2011, Matthew Gregory Bransetter, 19 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Sandra Jessee: Accused Murderous, Pot Smoking Granny Takes Witness Stand

    Sandra Jessee: Were those tears real today?​Accused of hiring hit men to murder her husband while she shopped at Walmart and Burger King for a fake alibi, Sandra Jessee declined to take the witness stand in her first trial and saw herself and co-defendant, Thomas Aehlert, come within one vote of s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    [UPDATED: Gov. Brown Vetoes Bill] Lou Correa Pushing New Marijuana Buffer Zone Law in Sacramento

    ​UPDATED, SEPT. 21, 2011, 2:31 pm: Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed SB847, according to this article in the 420Times. Needless to say, celebratory emails are bouncing all over the medical marijuana activist community, especially among members of Americans for Safe Access, which waged a massive call-in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    OC vs. Boston: Oh, It's On Again, Bitch

    Shreck​Boston is trumpeting the return of investor, entrepreneur and favorite son Michael Shreck, the new CEO of Beantown-based Zmags, a platform for publishing virtual magazines.But in heralding the conquering son's arrival, Gregory T. Huang of Xconomy/Boston ("Business Technology to the Expone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Orange County Gets Its Own Version of the Edible Magazine Empire

    ​If you've been to enough farmers' markets, you'll eventually encounter a magazine called Edible, pertaining to the area the farmers market serves: Edible Los Angeles. Edible San Diego. Edible Ventura. Edible Coto de Caza--kidding!Kind of. This month sees the debut of Edible Orange County, our ent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    In-n-Out Demolishes Oldest Remaining Location to Build Museum Honoring Said Location

    ​The only gift Baldwin Park gave to the world was In-n-Out, and you know this to be so when its hometown paper, the San Gabriel Tribune, describes the chain's oldest-remaining location as the "city's most notable landmark." It hadn't been open since 2004, because In-n-Out officials had unveiled a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2011

    [UPDATED with Not Guilty Plea:] Joe David Nelms, Former Pastor, Accused of Molesting Girl in 1993

    ​UPDATE, APRIL 9, 10:16 A.M.: 47-year-old Joe David Nelms pleaded not guilty Friday to eight felony counts related to the sexual assault of a then-14-year-old girl he met while serving as a youth pastor in San Clemente in 1993.Nelms, who was extradited to Orange County from Texas, returned to Oran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Two Men Arrested for Anti-Semitic Hate Crime in Coto de Caza

    Branstetter (L) and Wickham Booking Photos​Two men have been arrested and one has so far evaded capture in an alleged April 6 hate crime attack in Coto de Caza, the Associated Press reports, noting that the classy south OC enclave is "familiar to reality TV show viewers as the home of 'The Real Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Tonight's Glee to Feature 10-Year-Old Son of Housewife Beau Slade Smiley

    Amazing Gray​Tonight's episode of Glee will feature patients of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, including 10-year-old cutie Grayson Arroyo-Smiley.   He's the son of Slade Smiley, boyfriend of Real Housewives of Orange County's Gretchen Rossi and man of child-support-owing, serial-housewife-d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Orly Taitz Seeks Help From Cyberstalking Florist

    ​Is a crazed former Orly Taitz patient who may be violent, used to be a lawyer, is now a florist, may need boner pills, may or may not be from the Valley, more than likely resides in Lake Forest or Coto de Caza, and goes by the nickname "Foggy" when he is not going by the nickname "Captain Cock" s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Hollywood Farmers' Market in Danger of Getting Chopped Down at Best, Closed at Worst

    ​It's not Orange County, but the Hollywood Farmer's Market is a Southern California institution, one that draws tens of thousands of people to the corner of Selma and Ivar avenues--and more than a few of them are from Orange County. I know of one local chef in particular, who's going to wow the st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Matt Keough, Ace Pitcher-Turned-Town Drunk, Gets Year in Jail (Sorta) for Latest DUI

    ​Former Oakland A's pitcher, probable ex-husband of Playboy Playmate-turned-founding The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Jeana Keough and current boozehound Matt Keough was sentenced today to a year of jail for his latest DUI incident.On the bright side, Keough was granted credit for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Larry R. Crowder, Joseph R. Porche Busted by SEC for Alleged Green-Energy Investment Scam

    ​A Securities and Exchange Commission complaint filed Wednesday alleges two Orange County men operated a boiler room that used millions raised for green-energy investments to fuel their lavish lifestyles.Larry R. Crowder, 53, of Newport Coast, and Joseph R. Porche, 51, of Aliso Viejo, ran the sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Peggy Tanous to be Newest Real Housewives of Orange County Blonde

    ​Another blonde is set to join the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County, and this one already has had camera time on Bravo's reality show.Peggy Tanous, who will appear next season, is a friend of Alexis Bellino, the Real Housewife who really almost lost her twins to the Balboa Bay Club poo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Bill Hedrick, Democrat Facing Rep. Calvert in the Fall, is Hottest Candidate. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

    ​Feast your eyes on the hunk to the right.Bill Hendrick Hedrick, the Democrat facing Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Riverside) in the November mid-term election, has been voted the hottest candidate in the land.But the hopeful for the 44th District that includes San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano and the unin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    OC Reality TV Produces (At Least) 6 Who've Drawn Police Calls [UPDATED]

    Too much reality for Orange County law enforcement (clockwise from top left): Ryan Alexander Jenkins, Josh Waring, Renzo Gamboa, Dennis Rodman, Jason Wahler and Matt Keough.​ UPDATED TO REFLECT MURDER CHARGE, CRIMINAL BATTERY COMPLAINT AGAINST JENKINS. If anyone in Orange County with a Hisp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Ex-Coto de Caza Fraudster Gets 27 Years in Federal Pokey

    ​Former Coto de Caza resident golf equipment company CEO Colin Nathanson was sentenced today to 27 years in federal prison for his admitted masterminding of a multifaceted fraud scheme that bilked hundreds of victims out of approximately $55 million. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2009

    Local Armenian Genocide Denier Issues Lamest Legal Threat Ever!

    We hadn't heard anything particularly wacky from Orange County's own obsessive Ottoman, the racist Ergun Kirlikovali of Coto de Caza, for quite some time--that is, anything other than the same tired slanders he spews of Armenians as treasonous ingrates and those who know the Ottoman Empire genocided ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Anacrime, Stabba Ana, Guadalahabra and Other Wonderful OC City Slurs

    I've been doing book signings across the region recently (shout-outs to the Buena Park Public Library, the Long Beach Car Show, Long Beach Rotary Club, and the Patrick Henry Democratic Club OC chapter!), and nothing is better than fielding questions from the audience. In Buena Park, we started talki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Map Your Way Out Of Homelessness

    Nifty little site making the rounds: PadMapper. It takes Craigslist rental listings and puts em on a Google Map. Click on the flag over Orange County to get a look at our for-rent housing scene. You can filter by criteria such as price, location, size and pet-acceptance. Shockingly, it looks like th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Water District Dinged $130K-plus for Sewage Spills

    The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board today fined Orange County's Santa Margarita Water District $133,190 for two spills that flushed 857,934 gallons of shit into San Juan Creek and Cristianitos Creek.   The water district - Orange County's second largest, serving more than 150,00 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2008

    Indicted Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona Claimed the Bible ran his daily life

    "Silly ass . . . no shit . . . shit . . . fuck you . . . fuck . . . get fucked . . . get fucked . . . fucked . . . fucking . . . two cocksuckers . . . shit . . . shit . . . shit . . . damn . . . fuck . . . all that shit . . . bitchin! . . . shit . . . Look at the size on that one! . . . bullshit . . ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Local Armenian Genocide Deniers Trying to Influence Congressional Race

    *Moved up, because the conversation is fun. Non-Armenians and non-Turks encouraged to comment! The Los Angeles Times had a fascinating story yesterday about how Turkish businessmen held a fundraiser last month in Orange County for the opponent of Glendale-area Congressman Adam Schiff. They don't li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    Citizen of the Week!

    Coto de Caza residential weed picker Raul Salvador Marin wanted to tell the petite 20-year-old at a June 2004 Trabuco Canyon patio party that she was "a really pretty girl, white, young," but he didn't speak English and she didn't speak Spanish. The woman wasn't interested in Marin anyway. She spur ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    This Is Your Life: A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'

    Coto de Caza residential weed picker Raul Salvador Marin wanted to tell the petite 20-year-old at a June 2004 Trabuco Canyon patio party that she was "a really pretty girl, white, young," but he didn't speak English and she didn't speak Spanish. The woman wasn't interested in Marin anyway. She spur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2008

    The Media-O-Meter: Reggie Thievery; Desperate Mickadeit; Blind Item Bonanza

    BITE ME! The Orange County Register blatantly steals ideas from other publications! Not that that's too shocking--the Reggie has been lifting from the Weekly for years without giving us credit, and the rare times they have, it usually takes the form of some vague "other media outlets" brushoff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Cheaters Never Win

    Ouch. A high school senior from Coto de Caza accused of being dumb enough to think that he could get away with an elaborate test-stealing, computer-hacking, grade-altering scheme now faces 38 years in prison. Shit. Our advice: You should have just studied for the test, bonehead. The Tesoro Hig ... More >>

  • Features

    May 22, 2008

    When San Juan Capistrano Boots Ignacio Lujano From His Orange Groves, OC's Citrus Era Will End

    Ouch. A high school senior from Coto de Caza accused of being dumb enough to think that he could get away with an elaborate test-stealing, computer-hacking, grade-altering scheme now faces 38 years in prison. Shit. Our advice: You should have just studied for the test, bonehead. The Tesoro Hig ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 13, 2007

    Letters

    "Don't be hating on Latinas because you can't get like them, all pretty and beautiful"

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Desperate Homeowners

    Disgruntled rich folks wrangle over the question: ‘When is a Coto de Caza resident not a Coto de Caza resident?’

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2007

    Disturbia

    A man using crutches but holding a gun still failed at carjacking. A motorist threw hot coffee on a bicyclist. Before he lost his wig and shoes, a man tried to steal a Nintendo game from a Laguna Beach hotel room. A man sitting in a restaurant issued death threats. A burglar stole only syringes from ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 30, 2006

    Letters

    'I Must Say, Darling, Youre Right Up There With Fitzgerald!'

  • Columns

    March 23, 2006

    Commie Girl

    And the People, They Danced
    Danced to the sweet, sweet music of impeachment!

  • Columns

    February 2, 2006

    Commie Girl

    Being Arnold Schwarzenegger: Steve Westly comes to town. Town nods politely, hides yawn

  • Columns

    February 24, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Being Arnold Schwarzenegger: Steve Westly comes to town. Town nods politely, hides yawn

  • Culture

    September 30, 2004

    All Up In Your Grill

    Strut stakes claim to the last word in high-priced grills and car accessories

  • Columns

    January 22, 2004

    Dear Register Reader

    Strut stakes claim to the last word in high-priced grills and car accessories

  • Culture

    September 5, 2002

    All Thrills, No Chills

    Not quite roughing it on the central coast

  • Columns

    December 27, 2001

    Terror Town, USA

    Not quite roughing it on the central coast

  • Columns

    August 9, 2001

    Planet of the AIDS

    Not quite roughing it on the central coast

  • Food

    March 1, 2001

    Instant Ritz

    Saratoga Grill feels like its been here forever

  • Columns

    May 18, 2000

    Call Your Mother!

    Henry Rollins sweats pure love

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Percentage Issue

    Pete Wilsons latest wedge issue: South County youth crime

  • Music

    July 1, 1999

    We Glimpse Krishna!

    Pete Wilsons latest wedge issue: South County youth crime

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    April-June

    Pete Wilsons latest wedge issue: South County youth crime

  • Columns

    October 15, 1998

    Letters

    Pete Wilsons latest wedge issue: South County youth crime

  • Columns

    September 24, 1998

    Letters

    Pete Wilsons latest wedge issue: South County youth crime

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