Oklahoma Republican Congressman Tom Cole might be a mirror image of Orange County's blowhard Dana Rohrabacher: both are crafty, career politicians, who, depending on the day, flip-flop between conservatism and libertarianism to suit their own particular, political agendas. Some days they despise go ... More >>
Richard Nixon rode the pine for the junior varsity team at Fullerton Union High School and the second team for Whittier College in the early 1930s. The photo of No. 12 at right is identified online as being from Whittier College, but there is another shot of him in a better No. 23 uniform that is al ... More >>
The Los Al High grad and Minnesota Vikings punter is prying open America's last closet: major-league sports
Obvious, if totally justified, comparisons to Catch-22 abound in reviews of Ben Fountain's new and completely satisfying novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. Sure, it's funny, surreal, rich in the gallows humor of the absurdity that is war and, to be clear, this war in particular. But to Mr. Bib's ... More >>
He nearly beat his wife to death, but the Ironwood State Prison resident wants you to donate to his anti-domestic-violence charity
UPDATE, DEC. 22, 5 P.M.: One-time super-sports agent Leigh Steinberg of Newport Beach has reacted to the bench warrant imposed on him by an Orange County court commissioner, calling the whole thing the result of a mix-up. The 62-year-old tells the Associated Press that he was under the mistaken i ... More >>
Roy Englebrecht's Battle of the Ballroom is no more, but he hopes his new hybrid boxing/MMA event will be a hit
Photo by John Gilhooley Larry "D-Fence" Garcia is ready for another season of Raiders football.Yes, dear, the NFL is back already. The Oakland Raiders kick off the 2009-2010 preseason versus the Dallas Cowboys tonight from Oakland Coliseum in a preview of this year's Thanksgiving Day game. L ... More >>
Derick AlexanderHo, hum, another day, another Orange County-based reality show. At least Costa Mesa resident, actor and Chapman University film school graduate Derick Alexander hopes the pilot for Pro Cheer Danz he is shooting Friday night at Sutra Lounge in Triangle Square will become a full-blown ... More >>
The sadomasochistic onetime X-Files actor (1), who shoved a hot crack cocaine pipe inside a south Orange County woman's vagina because he believed she worked for the devil, recently placed an ad in LA Weekly:"Busy businessman/producer needs immediate project assistance . . . Experience not necessar ... More >>
This morning, the California Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and death-penalty sentence for Dallas Cowboys' fanatic Gunner Jay Lindberg, who celebrated what he saw as a 1996 Super Bowl victory by "America's team" with the savage ambush murder of a Vietnamese American he called "a Jap." In a 6 ... More >>
There's a decent chance Alex Phu won't ask a girl in public if she wants his dick. It's not that Phu is a gentleman. Nope, the last time he asked that question, he didn't like the answer, and then things got cowardly. Alone, a coward keeps his mouth shut. But when part of a group he’ll exhibit m ... More >>
Three-question special
Today, Judge Gail Andler refused to dismiss a contempt-of-court motion filed against Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown by his longtime nemesis, John Manly for the recently settled Jeff Andrade case. Read more about the hearing in this Thursday's issue of the paper--for this post, I'll discuss a ... More >>
Gangster beats girl over sexual equipment quip
Arnolds Buffet Restaurant: Still hot at 55!
Feel-good football tale Invincible scores with charm and sincerity
The U.S. vs. Mexico
Rams? Lambs! Orange County is Raider Nation. Dont believe it? Ask a Raider fan
Shnockered!
Hunter S. Thompson goes back to gonzo
Wildchild goes solo
Nathan Callahans abridged Orange County Map of Hell
Wouldja?!
Register columnist longs for the good ol intolerant days
