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Lawsuit Settled in Case of TapouT Founder Charles "Mask" Lewis' Desecrated Ashes

After two years of winding its way through San Bernardino Superior Court, a settlement has been reached between the sister of TapouT co-founder Charles "Mask" Lewis and MMA Holdings, LLC, the corporate name for TapouT, involving the desecration of Mask's ashes. As Coker wrote back in 2011, Carla "K ... More >>

13 Questions For Orange County In 2013

13. Will local citizens be gullible enough to allow government officials to convert portions of the 405 freeway in Orange County into a privatized toll road under the laughable ruse of easing traffic congestion?12. Can criminal defense lawyers for ex-Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante, once ... More >>

Greg Johnson of the Kettle Drivers Get Atmospheric

[Editor's Note: Spare Notes is a new Weekly music feature highlighting outtakes and personal stories from bands who just finished working their asses off to put out new music.]Guitarist and Kettle Drivers main man Greg Johnson has every reason to feel buoyant. His band's latest release, Digital Demo ... More >>

Robert A. Schuller, Former Crystal Cathedral Pastor, Defaults on His Million-Plus Laguna Home

Wow, how the saga of the Schullers of Crystal Cathedral gets...well, not sadder and sadder, because the family had millions upon millions of dollars for decades, but downright pathetic.We all know about Robert H. Schuller's mismanagement of the empire he created to the tune of having to declare bank ... More >>

The OCeeker: Open Bible Seminar and Satan's Korean Pen Pal

Don't hold your breath for the end of the world. It already happened. Sorta.The announcement came Saturday at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, and was made by a South Korean preacher who once signed a blood oath to God after a star fell from the sky and guided him to a heavenly messenger.The ... More >>

The OCeeker: Hope Center of Christ and the Fantastic Voyage From the Crystal Cathedral to the Crystal Ballroom

The OCeeker loves him some irony. And who does irony better than the Almighty? Consider this, ye heathen: Sheila Schuller Coleman, former leader of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, the iconic megachurch founded by her father, Robert H. Schuller, is now preaching to a 100 or so b ... More >>

Catholic Rector Tapped For Crystal Cathedral

They haven't made a public announcement yet, but the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange appears to have picked a rector for the Crystal Cathedral.Rev. Christopher Smith is expected to take the post in June or July, according to Stephen Bohannon, a spokesman for the Diocese.

What We Learned, March 10-23: Double Fantasy Live Edition

​My being on assignment last week forced my skipping last Friday's What We Learned. Not that anyone noticed . . . sniff . . . It's because I'm fat, isn't it!?! MARCH 10: UCI's Nobel Prize-winning chemist F. Sherwood Rowland (right) passes away at his Corona del Mar home from Parkinson's Disease co ... More >>

Rev. Robert Schuller: Pimping God To The End

​The Reverend Robert Schuller and his wife recently quit the board of the Garden Grove-based global televangelist church they recklessly drove into a massive $50 million bankruptcy and one of their daughters has announced she intends to create a new church.Most mainstream media accounts of the dev ... More >>

Crystal Cathedral Cutting Kin

​The Crystal Cathedral is becoming less of a family affair. Officials at the Garden Grove-based ministry confirmed this week that three people related to founder Robert H. Schuller were given the boot from leadership.

What We Learned, Feb. 4-10

​It's a week worth of bite-size Orange County news and what it all taught us.FEB. 4: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange reveals on its website that it is accepting from parishoners new names for Crystal Cathedral through Feb. 20. Bishop Tod Brown's only requirement is that the new moniker be "C ... More >>

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[UPDATED with 1 More Photo:] 3 Returning From Crystal Cathedral Service Perish in Fiery Crash

UPDATE, AUG. 9, 1:07 P.M.: One more shot by the Weekly's Brandon Ferguson from last night's triple-fatal accident in Buena Park shows the wreckage:​

Does the Diocese of Orange Want to Buy Out the Crystal Cathedral?

Save me, Brownie!​If there's one thing people should know about the Catholic Diocese of Orange, it's that the crazier the rumor, the more likely it's true. Men of the cloth abusing boys and girls? Of course! Bishops covering up said abuse? That's religion! Siccing attack dogs on abuse victims? Dam ... More >>

Supreme Court Rules for Reverend Fred Phelps' 'God Hates Fags' Picketing Outside Military Funerals

​The Reverend Fred Phelps' God-Hates-Faggetry that plays out outside military funerals, political conventions and Rent productions at Corona del Mar High School won U.S. Supreme Court protection this morning.Justices voted 8-1 to uphold an appeals-court ruling that threw out a $5 million judgment ... More >>

Top 15 Notable OC Quotes of 2010

Rev. Schuller: Give me mo' money!​15. "I want to tongue every inch of you because I love you."--A text message Oxford Academy high-school history teacher Christopher John Ontiveros allegedly sent to a 17-year-old female student before his arrest for sex crimes.14. "[Barney Frank] will be shot dead ... More >>

Thanh Tam Is a Corner Bakery

[Hole In the Wall] Visit this Garden Grove Vietnamese star for big bánh mìs

Christmas Plays Are the Reason for the Season

From South Coast Repertory to the Cabrillo Playhouse in San Clemente, a ranking of the best and the worst Christmas plays this holiday season

This Week in Food: Controversial Tamale Fundraisers, Great Office Park Eats, and Charlie Palmer!

Flickr user ilovemypit​Given this was Turkey Week, the blogging 'round here was at a more-relaxed pace, but that doesn't mean there weren't goodies in the mix (sorry for the double negative, a no-no in English, but I'm still asleep from the racks of ribs we ate last night). After the jump, some hi ... More >>

Rev. Robert Schuller Wants Your Money For His Wild Spending

Schuller: Maybe those $45 hamburgers were too much.​It was only a matter of time before millionaire Rev. Robert H. Schuller of Garden Grove's Crystal Cathedral was once again seeking charity from those less fortunate than himself.Yep, he's got an incredibly comfortable life and he wildly spent mor ... More >>

Harry's Place Is Roadside Retro

[Hole in the Wall] And oh, those pastrami burgers

Why is Robert Schuller Still Giving Self-Help Talks?

​While Rick Warren has influenced two continents, for better or worse, and Chuck Smith can enjoy the twilight of his life knowing Calvary Chapel is one of America's great Christian quasi-denominations, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller faces the prospect of ending up as Orange County's Aimee Semple McPh ... More >>

How Much Do These Plays Make You Feel Like the 12 Days of Christmas Are More Like 12 Weeks?

It's a Quick Read 17

Orange County Register: South Coast Plaza shoppers are oblivious to President Obama's visit two miles away. If they can still afford South Coast Plaza, they are oblivious to his message, too. . . . Another Kobe Bryant court appearance, another dismissal. This time he was getting out of jury dut ... More >>

It's a Quick Read 8

Orange County Register: The man who shot himself to death inside Crystal Cathedral two weeks ago thought he was a prophet of God and heard the voices of demons inside his head. Wait, there's more than one of us? The Reg also has video of the dude. . . . A Costa Mesa Police officer and another f ... More >>

This Week in the OC Weekly

In "Out of Tune" Gustavo Arellano interviews Bob Gunn, the man who helped Mariners Chruch become an evangelical giant. Then the church fired him for being gay, and they've been in and out of court since. News has Matt Coker explaining why Pastor Wiley Drake thinks he still has a unseating Barack Oba ... More >>

Rick Warren Superstar

Just about everything that can be said has been said about pastor Rick Warren's performance this past weekend with underlings John McCain and Barack Obama. Except this: by getting all moving cameras in the Free World fixed on his Saddleback Church, Warren officially propelled himself past two other ... More >>

Hour of Power Now 2,000 Episodes Old

Sorry I'm late on this, but The Hour of Power—that uniquely Orange County slice of televised Christianity hosted from Garden Grove's Crystal Cathedral by Robert H. Schuller and his son, Robert A.—celebrated its 2,000th consecutive broadcast on June 1. Watch it here. Thinking about how this Pa ... More >>

"The Glory of Christmas": A Review by Outsiders

We here in Orange County are so jaded by the Crystal Cathedral's Glory of Christmas spectacular that we frequently forget how stupendous the production is. Leave it to the holy geniuses over at the Wittenburg Door to remind us of our jewel. Under the title, "And They Laid Him in a Manger, Somewhere ... More >>

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