Subject:

Dave Wielenga

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Defunct District Weekly Owes Former Staffers $70,000, State Labor Board Rules

    ​A state commission found the former publishers of the now defunct District Weekly, a Long Beach alternative newspaper launched in April 2007 by ex-OC Weekly staffers, owes six employees nearly $70,000 in unpaid salary and vacation pay.Still to come is a Long Beach Superior Court hearing in a laws ... More >>

  • News

    September 2, 2010

    Killer Quince

    Happy Quinceañera to us! A look back at 15 years of telling the other side (that is, the real side) of OC's story

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Dave Wielenga Rides Again!

    LBPost.comBecky Ames, the Long Beach mayor's chief of staff, speaks with Dave Wielenga at a city function in 2008.​As an OC Weekly staff writer for many years, Dave Wielenga cranked out many incredible stories and even helped bring down a crooked mayor.

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Orange Drags Couple to Court for Removing Their Lawn

    Too close to call: either a steaming pile of manure or Orange City Hall.​Quan and Angelina Ha are good eggs, they understand Southern California is in the clutches of a nasty drought and they want to leave the planet a better place for their newborn.But the couple is going to Orange County S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Catching Up With Leif Garrett Again

    Leif Garrett, then and now.​Leif Garrett's arrest for drug possession Monday morning at the Metrolink station in downtown Los Angeles is a good excuse as any to revisit Dave Wielenga's great 1999 article, "Shakin' Like a Leif: Kicking Smack With Leif Garrett." What's the deal is with the 48-year- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Anonymous Man Sex Story Has an OC Twist

    ​Dave Wielenga wrote years ago about a police sting targeting man-on-man sex in the restroom at Estancia Adobe Park in Costa Mesa. Something similar just went down in the Los Angeles Harbor area and--wouldn't you know it?--one arrestee may very know the Orange County locale. After all, he was wear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    UC Irvine Discontinues Sugar Daddy Henry T. Nicholas' Rowing Teams, 3 Other Sports . . . Unless

    The Los Angeles Times' Fabulous Forum blog reports today that UC Irvine as of Saturday is "discontinuing" five sports--men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's rowing, and sailing--to cut costs amid reduced state funding. University brass expects to save $1 million by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Vanity Fair Shamelessly Lifts Weekly Quotes for Article About Henry Nicholas

    As Moxley noted in his column this week, the current Vanity Fair issue has a story on ex-Broadcom head and former Weekly cover boy Henry Nicholas. He notes how writer Bethany McLean gladly cites all media outlets when swiping bits from their Nicholas coverage for her story--except the Weekly. In fac ... More >>

  • Food

    March 15, 2007

    The New Times

    Leatherbys Cafe Rouge a Grand Place to Watch the World Spin

  • Columns

    February 1, 2007

    See You, Suckers!

    This time, she means it

  • Columns

    January 18, 2007

    Letters

    'Vicki [sic] Chang has got to be one of your worst writers with the worst taste. I abhor her Trendzilla column. It has the most contrived style blurbberings [sic] Ive ever read.'

  • Columns

    November 2, 2006

    Letters

    'For the record, no one currently in our employ was contacted or quoted. In fact, the surf industry does support Save Trestles and Surfrider Foundation'

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    Best of OC, Nos. 51 to 75

    From the House of Tiki to Joe MacAsland

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    Best of OC, Nos. 26 to 50

    From the Bowers patio to Merry's

  • Columns

    October 5, 2006

    Letters

    'Its incredulous that Dave is so hateful. The fact that Rex was caught with marijuana paraphernalia at an airport should have made him a "hero" at the "weakly," but you allowed Dave to trash him'

  • Columns

    March 30, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'Mexicans Will Take Only So Much Ribaldry'

  • Features

    March 9, 2006

    Our Annual Salute to Drinking

    'Mexicans Will Take Only So Much Ribaldry'

  • Columns

    January 26, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Jan. 18 - Jan. 24

  • Features

    September 8, 2005

    Stories That Made a Difference

    And some we regret

  • Features

    September 8, 2005

    Dropkicks!

    What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Now Giving You Less!

    What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

  • Columns

    March 18, 2004

    Letters

    What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

  • Columns

    August 28, 2003

    Letters

    What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

  • Columns

    August 21, 2003

    Letters

    What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

  • Columns

    July 10, 2003

    Letters

    What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

  • Columns

    July 3, 2003

    Letters

    What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

  • Columns

    January 23, 2003

    Hoochie Who?

    Hoochie coo!

  • Columns

    January 2, 2003

    We Get Letters . . .

    Hoochie coo!

  • Columns

    November 14, 2002

    Letters

    Hoochie coo!

  • Columns

    September 19, 2002

    Letters

    Hoochie coo!

  • Food

    September 19, 2002

    Good Sho

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    August 22, 2002

    Letters

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    August 8, 2002

    Letters

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    July 4, 2002

    Letters

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    June 13, 2002

    Letters

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    May 30, 2002

    Letters

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    December 20, 2001

    Letters

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    November 22, 2001

    Letters

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Unknown

    September 20, 2001

    Fear the smoking police!

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Features

    September 6, 2001

    Its a Living

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Columns

    June 21, 2001

    Mickey Mite Club

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Columns

    June 7, 2001

    Letters

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Columns

    May 10, 2001

    Letters

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Features

    September 14, 2000

    Excerpts: Part 2

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Supplement

    September 14, 2000

    A Truly Sacred Place

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Features

    September 14, 2000

    Excerpts: Part 3

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Unknown

    June 8, 2000

    In Search of... Skatejam2000

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Columns

    March 16, 2000

    Letters

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    45 rides. 16 hours. One man. Disneyland in a day!

    Consider your origins: you were not made that you might live as brutes, but so as to follow virtue and knowledge.
    ---Dante

  • Columns

    September 17, 1998

    Letters to the Editor - 9/11/98

    Consider your origins: you were not made that you might live as brutes, but so as to follow virtue and knowledge.
    ---Dante

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