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New Exhibit at Laguna Beach Gallery Celebrates Bosnian War Survivors

La Jolla's weather--the mild, sunshine-filled air--reminds resident Sejla Holland of her hometown Mostar, located in southern Bosnia. It's why she made the cross-country move from New York to San Diego two years after fleeing the bloodiest fighting in Europe since World War 2. The 1992-1995 civi ... More >>

Japan To Ask UNESCO To List Its Cuisine As An "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity"

​A year after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan will submit to have UNESCO recognize its cuisine as an "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity". The country will argue that "Washoku: Traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese," a seasons-based cuisine based on rice, fish and vegetables ... More >>

Will Floral Park NIMBYers Stop the Santiago Creek Bike Trail Extension?

Courtesy of Santiago Creek Greenway AllianceClick for a larger image.​See that map? It represents the new Santiago Creek Trail, which runs from the Orange County Water District Ponds near Cannon St. in Orange, all the way to the Santa Ana River--with one quarter-mile exception through Jack Fisher ... More >>

What We Learned in OC, January 1-6

​For our recent look back at 2011 via Navel Gazing posts, we added what it was we learned from the news items. Shall we see how long we can keep the string going in 2012?Glad you agree. Feel free to add your own items and what you think we learned from them in the comments. Until then . . . 

[Sound Guy] Tweeting Up and Geeking Out

[Summer Guide] Twenty Summer Shows That Should Be Fun (Or Fun to Make Fun Of)

Get a Free Avanti Cafe World Dinner!

I'm a constant at OC Weekly Best of 2008 Best Restaurant Avanti Cafe's World Tuesday, when the restaurant's junior chefs Veronica and Bartosz pick a culinary theme for a month and then take turns preparing a three-course (soup, entree, dessert) dinner. December is the islands of Europe--here's the l ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!®] 'What Is an Anchor Baby?'

Ask a Mexican Invades...Bulgaria?!

In a way. Long Beach State journalism professor Christopher Karadjov also writes a weekly column for a Bulgarian newspaper about life in the States. In October, he wrote about my ¡Ask a Mexican! column to good feedback from his Bulgarian readership (whom, no doubt, are predisposed to like Mexicans ... More >>

'I've Never Been to America. America Came to Me'

Ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg recalls his three-year journey through Americas war on terror

!Ay, Mi Estomago!

Orange Countys 61 best Latino restaurantes

Straight Talk From the White House

Bushies Order Takeout

Ordinary Heroes

Harrisons Flowers transcends its star power

Guilty Pleasures

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