Dave Wielenga

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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 >>

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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 >>

!Ask a Mexican!

'Mexicans Will Take Only So Much Ribaldry'

We Get Letters . . .

'Mexicans Will Take Only So Much Ribaldry'

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'Mexicans Will Take Only So Much Ribaldry'

See You, Suckers!

This time, she means it

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This time, she means it

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This time, she means it

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'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.'

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'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'

The New Times

Leatherbys Cafe Rouge a Grand Place to Watch the World Spin

Best of OC, Nos. 51 to 75

From the House of Tiki to Joe MacAsland

Best of OC, Nos. 26 to 50

From the Bowers patio to Merry's

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'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'

Our Annual Salute to Drinking

'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'

Diary of a Mad County

Jan. 18 - Jan. 24

Stories That Made a Difference

And some we regret

Dropkicks!

What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

Now Giving You Less!

What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

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What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

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What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

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What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

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What the hell are you looking at?! since 1995

Hoochie Who?

Hoochie coo!

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Hoochie coo!

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Hoochie coo!

Good Sho

Japanese cuisine cut five ways

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Japanese cuisine cut five ways

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Japanese cuisine cut five ways

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Japanese cuisine cut five ways

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Japanese cuisine cut five ways

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Japanese cuisine cut five ways

Fear the smoking police!

Japanese cuisine cut five ways

Its a Living

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

Mickey Mite Club

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

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

A Truly Sacred Place

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

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

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

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

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

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

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 >>