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Wanted: Orly Taitz Paralegal; Only Those Who Know Law (Unlike Queen Birfer) Need Apply

Anyone want to help lawyer/dentist/real estate saleslady/BSN Orly Taitz of Rancho Santa Margarita continue to clog courts across America with racist/partisan/unfounded/BSN litigation against the country's twice popularly elected president?Well, then, you may be in luck.

Carlton Earl Griner Stung by HB Cops' craigslist Sting and Having Ugliest Mugshot of the Week

This week's ugly police mugshot comes from Iowa, but the 55-year-old pictured in accused of trying to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex right here in Orange County.Carlton Earl Griner, who earned a sex offender label for having an eye for child porn in the Hawkeye State, has since relocated to Garden ... More >>

Lenny Dykstra, Former Pro Baseball Player Out of OC, Gets 6 1/2 More Months in Prison

Santa Ana-born pride of Garden Grove High, pro baseball warrior, Orange County car wash king, crony of CNBC Mad Moneyman Jim Cramer and convicted thief, druggie, conman and sex offender Lenny Dykstra has been sentenced to 6 1/2 months in lockup despite getting into fights with jailers. U.S. District ... More >>

Time and Energy Get By on Talent, as Well as a Little Luck

[Locals Only] Despite some minor setbacks, it takes more than a couple of disasters to keep this duo down

Fan Landers: Should I Stay in the Closet for the Sake of My Rap Career?

By: Jessica Hopper[Editor's Note: Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for ... More >>

Shane Chris Christensen Allegedly Used Lady Employee's Computer to Spy on Her Remotely

How creepy is this? A Capistrano Beach man is accused of hiring a woman to work for his tire business from her home, with a computer he supplied--and then used it to spy on her remotely.Shane Chris Christensen, 41, is facing charges of eavesdropping, computer fraud, videotaping without consent and, ... More >>

Michael King Lim Sought for Selling Phony Theme Park Tickets Thanks to Arrested Brother

After a Buena Park police sting that resulted in the arrest of Raymond John Lim, 23, of Walnut, for allegedly making and selling counterfeit tickets to Knott's Berry Farm and other Southern California theme parks, attention shifted to his brother, Michael King Lim.That's because Raymond implicated h ... More >>

Will 'Weird Al' Yankovic's Career Outlast Us All?

The godfather of goofy parodies could very well be here until the apocalypse, or the 'Alpocalypse'

Oscar Zamora Pinedo, Who Met "13 y.o. Girl" with Condoms and Viagra, Gets 18 Months

A prevy stooge who fell for Huntington Beach Police's oft-used and -publicized sting involving a decoy who poses as a 13-year-old girl online cut a plea deal with the judge that will have him spending another three or four months behind bars to go with months he has already spent in jail. Oscar Zamo ... More >>

John Steven Burgess, Killer of Donna Jou, Arrested for Being a Creep on Craigslist--Again

You might remember a couple of years ago the case of John Steven Burgess, a creep who admitted to killing 19-year-old Rancho Santa Margarita resident Donna Jou, but claimed it was an accidental overdose that did it, and it was also an accident that he dumped her body into the Pacific Ocean instead o ... More >>

Yard Steal

[Hey, You!] A case of goodwill meets ill will

Rooster Cafe Hatches The Hen House in Corona del Mar

Best known for their breakfast burritos, at least according to El Jefe, Rooster Cafe has been there, done that. Previously housing a hidden kitchen, tapas bar, and late night grub, they are now flying the coop to become a surf shack.The Hen House is their little sister in the works. She will serve t ... More >>

What We Learned, March 31-April 13

It's another double installment, the last for a while one hopes, of stuff that happened and what we gleaned from it.MARCH 31: It's disclosed that Arthur Palomino, one of the children in Mendez, et al v. Westminster, et al,, Orange County's most famous civil rights case, passed away. What We Learned: ... More >>

Gregory Ruiz Aguirre Conviction Overturned in Surf City Cops' Craigslist Underage Sex Sting

When we last checked in on Gregory Ruiz Aguirre--in March of last year, to be precise--the El Monte 53-year-old had just been sentenced to 457 days in jail, five years probation and mandatory sex offender registration for arranging to meet a "13-year-old girl" who was actually a Huntington Beach cop ... More >>

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 >>

Missed Connections

Hunger Artists Theatre Company

Michael Delgado, 300 lbs. Defendant in Maid Rape Case, Has Jury Deadlock in His Favor

​Remember Michael Delgado, the 300 lbs. Fullerton man who answered a craigslist ad from a maid and then allegedly raped her when she showed up to clean his apartment in June 2011?A mistrial was declared Tuesday after the judge decided the jury hopelessly deadlocked. The five-man, seven-woman pane ... More >>

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 >>

Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy

​Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times. The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds. Neither government officials nor G ... More >>

Man Man In the Dark

Battling doomsday prophecies, death and the IRS, Man Man see a light at the end of the tunnel with their fourth album

Fred Durst, Now with Sitcom! (Called 'Douchebag,' Cough Cough)

​ According to Rolling Stone, Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst is developing an autobiographical sitcom called "Douchebag," news that prompted dozens of showbiz bloggers to declare it the most accurate sitcom title ever.

CNN's Amber Lyon is Stuck in Sex Trafficking

​The numbers are horrifying, staggering. Media outlets all over the country have repeated them ad nauseam: "100,000 to 300,000" children are at risk for being dragooned into sexual bondage in the United States each year. Each year! It beggars the imagination. Problem is, imagination is about all t ... More >>

Marten Joseph Brandel, Accused Hanger of Noose at Gay-Rights Office and Ugly Police Mugshot Legend

​This week was an especially fruitful one for ugly police mugshots. There are the skinhead San Clemente home invaders. As previously noted, a suspected student loan bilker is certainly no looker. And by shear weight alone, a 300-pound rape suspect had it locked.But then we took a gander at the mug ... More >>

Craigslist Buy of Fullerton Police Badge Leads to Meth Pipe, Stolen Big Screen and Teen Runaways

​A worker for the city of Orange saw something unusual for sale on Craigslist and contacted the Fullerton Police Department.The item: a Fullerton Police Department badge.But, after arranging a buy, cops got more than their hardware back.

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 >>

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 >>

Freeze, Punk! It's OC's Crime-y State Beaches

Crime scene​Four of the six most crime-infested state parks are in Orange County, and each is a state beach. Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area near Pismo Beach logged by far the highest number of crime calls in 2009 with nearly 6,000. Lake Perris State Recreation Area near Riverside ha ... More >>

Five Places for All-Star Players to Avoid to Stay Out of Trouble

Christopher Victorio / OC Weekly​Major League Baseball's All-Star Game isn't known for enlisting sluggers with squeaky clean criminal records. Exhibit A: this mugshot gallery.And Orange County, where today's All-Star Game will be held, has time and again lured athletes into trouble--legal, medical ... More >>

Work For Five Guys Burgers and Fries!

Flickr user Big C Harvey​Back in December we reported that the famed East Coast burger chain Five Guys is coming to Orange County perhaps around April 1. Okay, so that didn't end up happening after all, but with this new Craigslist ad searching for North Orange County managers promising a 30 store ... More >>

Bai Ling, Muslim Punks, Black Star Canyon's Warlock Among 15 Newport Beach Film Festival Highlights

Here are 15 things I'm looking forward to at the Newport Beach Film Festival, which kicks off tonight and continues through April 29. These are based on preview screenings, festival descriptions and even less-informed nonsense.Ling-Bai.blogspot.com​1) Bai Ling on the red carpet tonight. Years ago, ... More >>

Cold Cave

The Glass House

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 >>

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

[Trendzilla] A Gaggle of Summertime Haggles

Cops Nab Alleged Disneyland Pimp Using Minor Girl

Last night police arrested Christopher Tyrone Young, a 28-year-old Florida man, for using Craigslist.org to prostitute a 17-year-old girl he met on MySpace.com, according to a statement by Thomas P. O'Brien, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California.Federal agents say that Young, AKA ... More >>

[Trendzilla] A Midcentury Nut's Dream

Are Victims of Foreclosure Who Strip Away Fixtures Criminals?

The Irvine Housing Blog poses a great question today: If someone's home is in the process of being foreclosed, and the soon-to-be-former owner strips off all the fixtures so that he may sell them, is he stealing from the lender who will own the home?The question was sparked by a reader who sent IHB ... More >>

Long Beach Antique Market

Veterans Stadium

[Pucker Up] Straight Men Who Have Sex With Men

[Pucker Up] Why Is Sex With Someone You Don't Know Such a Powerful Fantasy for So Many?

Is That An Iguana in Your Leg, Or...

When I began my search for a roommate two months ago, I had no idea of the caliber of people I would find on Long Beach Craigslist. There was the young woman with four stinking cats, the Jesus freak, the bipolar lady with tattoos on her face, and Jereme James, the one-legged construction worker. F ... More >>

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 >>

Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: My New Slogan For The Deputies!

Back the Badge, Support the Star, Empty your Wallet: Peggy Lowe at the Register watched “dozens of black-shirted deputies march through Civic Center Tuesday as the union went on a public offensive to rally support for their fight to preserve” an incredibly generous pay, perk and pension package ... More >>

Beach Break: Hard times

Selling erectile dysfunction medication on the Internet may have been considered a lucrative side business for award-winning state narcotics agent Henry Kim, that is until some pesky undercover Long Beach cops got nosy and ruined everything. It all started last week, when Kim allegedly placed an ad ... More >>

Extreme Projectiles

Sounds of the Underground Summer 2007 Tour

Friday's Headlines & Surprises: Excessive Force?

Shoot 15 times, ask softball questions later: The parents of Ashley MacDonald, the 18-year-old Huntington Beach girl killed by two police officers, filed an excessive force lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court, according to Christine Hanley at the Times. According to their suit, Kenneth MacDona ... More >>

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 >>

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Mark Reynado, Marketing Director, the Block at Orange

It's a Living

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Obsession, He Calls It

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