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Craigslist Inc.

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2007

    That's Classified

    I get everything on Craigslist. My digital SLR, drag-queen house mate and 49-year-old boyfriend. My sister's Koreatown apartment. A stint editing this Russian chick's e-book. And then there was that graveyard-shift cop-beat job with City News Service. The OC online classifieds are a weirdo haunt, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    Friday's Headlines & Surprises

    FBI targets one of OC's richest: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FBI served subpoenas at the Newport Coast home of Henry T. Nicholas III, ex-chairman of Irvine-based, electronics giant Broadcom Company. According to the paper, the investigation involves drugs and other potential crime ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2007

    Tuesday's Headlines

    The Register discovers prostitution on -gasp- Craigslist: One reader responds "Thank you OCR writer for ruining my NSA sex hook up. This article was written like 5 years ago." Almost as bad as the Times discovering Matt Drudge? Crumbling masterpieces: The LAT's Ashley Powers profiles Greg LeBon and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2007

    OC Dumpster Diving

    New York-based website www.Freegan.info hopes to become the craigslist of dumpster diving by providing a forum for refuse eaters all over the country to meet and share tips. With listings of the best places to forage for free discarded goodies in cities all over the country (only a few so far, mos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    To Do Tonight - 01/18

    NAMM SHOW 2008, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Only the mother of all music geek gatherings. Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim VIXEN DEN NIGHT CLUB, 9 p.m. The Basement Lounge's new lesbian night premieres. The Basement Lounge, 149 Linden Ave., B-100, Long Beach THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, 9 p.m. Catch Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    To Do Tonight - 01/25

    RELEASE THE BATS, 9 p.m. Ahem, "Hard drinkin' foul mouthed in yer face American Gothic dance club." Que Sera, 1923 E. Seventh St. Long Beach INTO THE WOODS, 7:30 p.m. The twisted mind of Stephen Sondheim meets the Brothers Grimm. What could possibly go wrong? Rose Center Theater, 14140 All American ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    [Summer Guide] What Not to Do When You're Desperate and Hungry for Money

    RELEASE THE BATS, 9 p.m. Ahem, "Hard drinkin' foul mouthed in yer face American Gothic dance club." Que Sera, 1923 E. Seventh St. Long Beach INTO THE WOODS, 7:30 p.m. The twisted mind of Stephen Sondheim meets the Brothers Grimm. What could possibly go wrong? Rose Center Theater, 14140 All American ... 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

    March 5, 2009

    It's a Quick Read 7

    Orange County Register: Danger on Mexican streets will force captains and crews in the annual Newport Beach to Ensenada yacht race to remain on their ships. But who'll get ripped off by the Hussong's mariachis? . . . I went to a Laguna Woods Village board meeting and a UFC Smackdown broke ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 31, 2008

    [Pucker Up] Straight Men Who Have Sex With Men

    Orange County Register: Danger on Mexican streets will force captains and crews in the annual Newport Beach to Ensenada yacht race to remain on their ships. But who'll get ripped off by the Hussong's mariachis? . . . I went to a Laguna Woods Village board meeting and a UFC Smackdown broke ... More >>

  • Features

    June 12, 2008

    [Summer Guide] Biking It: A Field Guide to the Two-Wheeled Pedal-Pusher

    Orange County Register: Danger on Mexican streets will force captains and crews in the annual Newport Beach to Ensenada yacht race to remain on their ships. But who'll get ripped off by the Hussong's mariachis? . . . I went to a Laguna Woods Village board meeting and a UFC Smackdown broke ... More >>

  • Music

    February 8, 2007

    Step by Step

    Mark Reynado, Marketing Director, the Block at Orange

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    It's a Living

    Traveling caricaturist

  • News

    May 7, 2009
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    May 7, 2009
  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    Craigslist to Shut Down Erotic Services

    Gene X. Hwang/Orange PhotographyCraigslist founder Craig NewmarkThe Los Angeles Times is reporting that mega-popular classified listings site Craigslist will shut down its "erotic services" section, after criticism from lawmakers and the media -- which you can read about in the latest Weekly cover s ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 14, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Gene X. Hwang/Orange PhotographyCraigslist founder Craig NewmarkThe Los Angeles Times is reporting that mega-popular classified listings site Craigslist will shut down its "erotic services" section, after criticism from lawmakers and the media -- which you can read about in the latest Weekly cover s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    OC Craigslist Erotic Services: A Farewell

    Flick / Creative Commons / **Mary**Whenever I have to describe the publication I work for to anyone only vaguely familiar with OC media, I usually start innocuous: "It's that free paper you pick up at the car wash or coffee shop." But that often gets a blank stare. So..."You know, the one with the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    John Burgess To Be Sentenced; Donna Jou's Family To Send Letter To Craiglist

    Courtesy of Jou familyDonna JouA press release sent out this weekend by lawyer Gloria Allred notifies us that John Steven Burgess, the man who plead guilty to manslaughter and concealing an accidental death in the case of Rancho Santa Margarita's Donna Jou, faces sentencing in Los Angeles Superior C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    FBI: That Cute Home for Rent Could Be Latest Nigerian Scam

    ​So, you know those Nigerian criminals of "We've got a $1 million check waiting from your long lost Nigerian prince uncle" spam e-mail fame? They've come up with a new scam, warns the FBI. You can't believe your good fortune--you find a rental home in a nice area through a Craigslist classifi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Not Another Crappy Orange County Teen Reality Show . . . Oh, Wait, Yes It Is

    Poor? What you talking about, Seth?​Can you smell that?No, not the smoke from the inland wildfire of the week. That other, more ghastly odor. Go ahead, take a big whiff.SNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNORT!That, dear friends, is the smell of another lame TV show focusing on Orange County teens."WEALTHY TEEN ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    SCP's Crustacean Will Now Be Called AnQi & Slated to Open Winter 2009

    Photo Courtesy Crustacean​ Crustacean at South Coast Plaza, the long-planned sequel to the much-hyped and oh-so-trendy Vietnamese Beverly Hills restaurant that I love to complain about (let's just say that I've never paid so much to be ignored by the wait staff and underwhelmed by the kit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Coheed and Cambria at the Fox Theater on May 4

    Andrew Youssef​After Coheed and Cambria scored a coveted main stage slot at Coachella (as one of the few metal bands on the bill, no less), they come back to SoCal for a victory lap this Tuesday, May 4. The Fox Theater show in Pomona is sold-out, which means you're going to have to lurk around the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Fake craigslist Ad Brings Rush of Lookiloos to San Clemente Home

    From Peepers​Dennis Romero over at our big sis' paper LA Weekly has a post about a craigslist rental advertisement that sent a bunch of lookiloos to a San Clemente pad that was going to be leased out for $3,500 a month.The problem was the couple living in the 2,800-square-foot home had not yet pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Blair Christopher Hanloh Allegedly Took, Fixed and Rented Out Homes He Did Not Own

    ​Blair Christopher Hanloh, 46, of Long Beach, was charged Friday with stealing more than $3.5 million in a fraudulent scheme that had him allegedly taking over homes he did not own, fixing them up a little, taking ads out on Craigslist and renting the houses out to the unsuspecting.Hanloh, who is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Kevin Michael Sianez, Ex-Cop Allegedly Defrauded P.I. Clients, Intimidated Critics and Sought Women to Screw His Dog

    ​UPDATE: Former cop Kevin Michael Sianez, who failed to show up for his Tuesday arraignment, turned himself in (updates throughout). After Kevin Michael Sianez failed to show up for his scheduled arraignment Tuesday morning on a 63-count criminal complaint that alleges the former Santa Ana and Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Meet Anaheim's All-Star Female Escorts!

    While otherwise quiet, peaceful Orange County neighborhoods within a five-mile radius of Angel's Stadium in Anaheim tonight are enduring the ridiculously low and frantic loops of an apparently bored law enforcement plane pilot, another All-Star Game, of sorts, is underway without concern on the grou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Craigslist Strippers Work Theft and Pepper Spray Into Their Bachelor Party Gig

    ​Like soon-to-be best men throughout the land, a Huntington Beach man pulled up the adult services page on Craigslist, hit the w4m tab and started scanning the listings for a bachelor party stripper.Hell, he thought, at these prices we can get two!As arranged, the "exotic dancers" showed up at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Kevin Michael Sianez, Alleged Fraudster, Intimidator and Puppy Pimper, Now in Custody

    ​We told you here about alleged puppy pimper Kevin Michael Sianez, the former Santa Ana and Stanton police officer slapped with a 63-count criminal complaint claiming he defrauded clients as an unlicensed private investigator and intimidated his detractors.Oh yeah, and then there's the misdemean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Mark Aime Brosseau Literally Caught With Pants Down in Truck With Boy: Police

    ​It must be disconcerting to roll through a shopping mall parking structure, notice something screwy going on in a parked truck, knock on the window and discover a 54-year-old man with his pants around his ankles and a 14-year-old boy he met on Craigslist inside. That happened to a Huntington Beac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010
  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Jinan Montecristo of Les Amis, Part Two

    Photo by Todd BarnesJinan Montecristo and husband, Juan Carlos​ Today we continue our Q&A with Jinan Montecristo of Les Amis in Fullerton, a Lebanese restaurant she, her husband and her parents co-own together and have built up a faithful following of toum-loving diners. Stay tuned for a re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Loretta Sanchez Makes PR Blunder List in Sex Escort Case

    ​As Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez's Republican general election opponent, Van Tran repeatedly portrayed the veteran Anaheim Democrat as an odorous floozy.And sure enough: Fineman PR, a San Francisco-based public relations firm, has included Sanchez in its 16th annual Top 10 PR Blunders List.The bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Top 10 Accused Perverts of 2010

    ​Gropers. Kiddie rapers. Sex blackmailers. Public masturbators. Kiddie porn possessors. And a dude who wanted women to fuck his dog.Yep, Orange County's got some winners all right.What follows is a list of the top 10 accused perverts of 2010. Keep in mind that these folks are innocent until proven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Coachella Tickets Sell Out, Scalpers and Gal on Craigslist 'Willing to Do Anything' Come Out to Play

    Vickie Chang/OC WeeklyThe crowd during Arcade Fire's set, Coachella 2007.​So it's true: Coachella 2011 has officially sold out, and the scalpers, resellers, flippers and general assholes have come out in droves on the Internet.

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    More Coachella Craigslist Fun: Post Seeks Attractive Female Companions in Exchange for Passes

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyCoachella 2010: Yep.​Any women desperate for Coachella passes (but not this desperate)?  Someone in Newport Beach just posted a Craigslist ad that might be for you--all expenses covered. One stipulation: "Attractive females" only. Hey, and don't worry, the ad ass ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Today's Concert-Going Lesson: Don't Buy Tickets Off Scalpers

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​According to the LA Times, a woman from Hermosa Beach who allegedly sold dozens of fake tickets to a Lady Gaga concert on Craigslist has been ordered to pay at least $7,000 in restitution.  

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Women's Funding Network Sex-Trafficking Study Is Junk Science

    Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Gregory Ruiz Aguirre, Nabbed in Craigslist Underage Sex Sting, Gets Jail, Probation and Sex Offender Tag

    ​The Huntington Beach Police Department has scored some high-profile arrests of alleged solicitors of sex with children through phony advertisements on Craigslist.Now comes the latest sentence in the Surf City stings: Gregory Ruiz Aguirre, 53, of El Monte, just got 457 days in jail, 5 years proba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    How to Score Coachella Tickets, Even Though It's Been Sold Out For Months

    Vickie Chang​If you missed your chance to buy Coachella tickets for the six days in January that they were still onsale, you're in luck. This late in the game, we found a couple of ways to score tickets. Price tag? From free to $975 !

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Robert Gonzales Arrested for Alleged iPhone Scam, Spurs Cops to Issue Warning About Buying Goods Through Craigslist

    ​The Garden Grove Police Department recently received a theft report from a man who was selling his iPhone through Craigslist but had it stolen by another man who responded to the ad. Coupled with other reports of someone using counterfeit money to buy used iPhones through Craigslist, the cops dec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    [UPDATED with Statement From Staff Pro] Coachella Security Uniform for Sale on Craigslist (!)

    ​UPDATE, April 14, 9:58 a.m.: In a phone conversation, Suzanne Thoreson, Chief Operating Officer of Staff Pro (the company whose uniform is being sold online) said that the said uniform was stolen, the logo trademarked and that an investigation is ongoing. Further than saying nothing like this has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Craigslist Deal Turned Robbery in Garden Grove, Police Still Looking for 1 Suspect

    Laron James​I think I smell a sequel to the Craigslist Killer movie here. An appropriate title: the Hellacious Heist in Garden Grove.​​Garden Grove police arrested two robbery suspects--and are still looking for a third man--after a cell-phone sale initiated on Craigslist w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Anyone Lose a Breast Implant at Fashion Island?

    ​Having been familiar in a previous life with the Lost and Found Department at Disneyland, I know that the strangest things find their way into those boxes. But the item found in the bushes outside Forever 21 at Fashion Island takes the cake.Actually, "cakes" is a euphemism for the wrong body part ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Leo James Zabala Jr. Accused of Posting Craigslist Personals Seeking Sex With High School Girls

    ​After a personal ad posted Sept. 6 in Craigslist's Orange County "Casual Encounters" section offered to pay high school girls $60 for intercourse and $40 for head, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Feds Bust Alleged Internet Auto/Boat Sales Scam By Russians

    ​The U.S. Department of Justice in Los Angeles announced this afternoon that a federal grand jury has indicted six foreign nationals--including one in Costa Mesa--for operating an Internet-based sales scam that allegedly defrauded more than $4.2 million from unsuspecting shoppers since 2007.Accord ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Stagecoach Sells Out in Advance for the First Time; Where To Get Tickets Now

    ​According to a post on Stagecoach Festival's Facebook page,  Stagecoach 2012 is Sold Out. The caption to the photo posted above says, "Thank you to the fans that have joined us in the desert and the new ones who will experience Stagecoach for the first time this spring. Without you, this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Luther Clayborn Dawson Jr. Caught in the Act of Selling Phony iPhones: Police

    ​Irvine Police detectives say they got Luther Clayborn Dawson Jr.'s number, arresting the San Marcos 41-year-old Monday for allegedly using craigslist to find iPhone buyers who later discovered the iPhone boxes only contained owner manuals and rectangular pieces of ceramic tile. Police Lt. Julia E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Another Day, Another Craigslist Crime in Irvine

    ​The city of Irvine proudly proclaims itself America's safest city, and it surely is when it comes to your garden variety rapes, assaults and murders. But even America's safest city must deal with scam artists, boiler room operators and FBI informants who infiltrate mosques. Indeed, it's that ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Denis Yoshio Cruz Ramirez Earns Immigration Hold for craigslist Ad Hawking Stolen Bike

    ​A fellow checking the craigslist want ads could not take his eyes off a black 21-speed Fuji Road Bike on sale for $280. That's because he was convinced it was his black 21-speed Fuji Road Bike, valued at $450 and recently stolen from the front yard of his Huntington Beach home.That set in motion ... More >>

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