David Brent

Deadpan or Dead: Jim Gavin's Middle Men is the Real So Cal Existential Dread Deal

Good morning. Are you sure you've found the real deal when you see it? I mean the Real Deal, in caps, or in quotes, or whatever punctuation is required to separate if from the rest? Friends, home-grown So Cal short story writer Jim Gavin is the R.D., though most everybody already knew that except, i ... More >>

Messed-Up Meal

Mental disability as comedy in 'Dinner for Schmucks'

Top DA Arrested

According to sources at the Orange County Sheriff's Department, David L. Brent--the veteran prosecutor who runs the district attorney's acclaimed homicide unit--was arrested with his wife on Christmas Day following a domestic dispute.No other information was available officially, except that Brent w ... More >>

In Anaheim, Sticks And Stones Can Kill You

Auto Theft Advisory CommitteeFlanagan received an award last year for recovering the most stolen cars in the county. **Update: Julian Alexander's family has released a statement expressing their disappointment over the DA's decision not press charges against Kevin Fagan. "The shooting represents an ... More >>

Ricky Gervais Sees Dead People, and They Bring Him to Life in 'Ghost Town'

Inside the Kill Zone

Eyewitnesses contradict official version of Surf City shooting

Girl On Film

Lawsuit alleges mystery snuff film shows police informants death

Fire at Will

Yet another open letter to Huntington Beach Police Chief Kenneth Small

A Perfect Crime

If police informant Andrea Nelson was murdered, prosecutors say they cant prove it

Neighbor-Involved Shooting

The DA files charges against a customs officer who killed a Mission Viejo college student. The defense says its all politics

Im Steve Coogan

. . and Alan Partridge and Paul Calf and Tony Ferrino and Tony Wilson and Steve Coogan and, oh, yes, Phileas Fogg in the remake of Around the World in 80 Days