Doheny State Beach

Fullerton PD's Other Dirty-Cop Case

Will a jury signal to cops it's wrong to harass citizens videotaping their actions?

Teri Sforza, Investigative Reporter

[Best Of 2012] The Orange County Register veteran's favorite things about Orange County

Top 10 OC Shows of Summer 2012

The only thing tougher than realizing that yet another summer concert season has come and gone is taking the time to sort all the best moments together an relive them in numerical order. For us, the difficulty of the latter usually means that we got to experience enough slam-dancing, chorus-shouting ... More >>

Long Beach Zombie Walk Returns for 5th Year With More Music, Vendors and BRAAAINS

See Also: *Lobster Fest to Hit San Pedro this weekend. *Doheny Days: Day One - Doheny State Beach - September 8, 2012*Doheny Days: Day Two - Doheny State Beach - September 9, 2012Hanging out at the tourist-y shoreline south of Downtown Long Beach means three things: the Queen Mary, the Aquarium and ... More >>

Lobster Fest To Hit San Pedro This Weekend with Dum Dum Girls, Saint Motel and The Blasters

See Also:*Doheny Days: Day One - Doheny State Beach - September 8, 2012*Doheny Days: Day Two - Doheny State Beach - September 9, 2012*FIDLAR on What it's Like to Party with the HivesSummer isn't officially over until you've had some lobster in your belly. And since the 14th Annual Port of Los Angele ... More >>

Doheny Days: Day One - Doheny State Beach - September 8, 2012

Doheny Days--Day OneDoheny State BeachSeptember 8, 2012See Also:*Milo Greene Made Their First Full-Length Film With Zero Movie Making Experience*Wayne Coyne Says 2013 is the Year of the Flaming Lips*Jane's Addiction and the Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny DaysThere's a bittersweet taste that accompa ... More >>

Wayne Coyne Says 2013 Is the Year of the Flaming Lips

See Also:* Pacific Festival: The Dunes Announced* Boys Noize Talks New Album, Working With Snoop Dogg and Skrillex*Bloc Party Speaks: Why Bringing Their Guitars to HARD Summer is a Gutsy MoveAs the Flaming Lips pulled into New Orleans for the final show on a marathon, eight-city, 24-hour jaunt acros ... More >>

Doheny Surf Festival - Doheny State Beach - 8/11/12

See Also*Outside Lands Spirit Guide: Top Five Do's and Don't's For the Festival Folk*Pacific Festival: The Dunes Announced--Mayer Hawthorne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Poolside and Fools Gold to Perform*Hard vs Nocturnal Wonderland--Which One is Better?Under the rays of sweltering August heat, musician ... More >>

3 OC Beaches Ranked Among Cleanest in U.S. by NRDC, But Dirty Doheny Gets Spanked Again

Three Orange County beaches are among the cleanest of 200 popular beaches around the country, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).However, the NRDC's "Testing the Waters" survey also identified three separate stretches of Doheny State Beach in Dana Point as be ... More >>

The Dirty Heads to Play a Free Show Tomorrow at Doheny State Beach

Huntington Beach's favorite rasta pasta act The Dirty Heads are giving fans a chance to spice up their lunch break tomorrow with a free show at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, presented by Omega Events and KROQ. The band recently announced a spur-of-the-moment CD release party for their sophomore ... More >>

Jane's Addiction and The Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny Days

Boy, oh boy, this year's edition of Doheny Days is looking mighty strong. Yesterday, KROQ confirmed the lineup for this year's festival, which will be taking place on Sept. 8-9 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.Headlined by Jane's Addiction and The Flaming Lips, the lineup for the alt-indie-regga ... More >>

California Wine Festival

Dana Point Yacht Club

Gregg Allman and the Steve Miller Band Headlining Doheny Blues Fest

​This is for all  you midnight tokers: Omega Events announced today that Gregg Allman and the Steve Miller Band are headlining the Doheny Blues Festival 2012 for the festival's 15th anniversary. The two blues legends epitomize the festival's roots, and it's extra exciting because Georgia nat ... More >>

10 Ways the Doheny Days Music Festival at Doheny Beach Rocked Last Weekend

Bob SheshetzBen Harper​ Doheny Days Music Festival Sept. 10 to 11, 2011 Doheny State Beach, Dana Point The Doheny Days music festival breezed into Doheny State Beach in Dana Point over the weekend like a much-needed relaxing day at the, err, beach. For the average OC concert-goer in terms of the ... More >>

This Saturday: Dana Point Lobster Fest

Photo Courtesy of Dana Point Lobster Fest ​Last year was the first year of the Dana Point Lobster Fest and evidently it was successful enough that they're doing year two this Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 4 to 9pm at Doheny State Beach.

The Orange County Interwebs Horror (Road) Show

​This week's horrific show--which is composed to things said about and/or from Orange County on the Interwebs--takes a road trip. After the jump, you'll be treated to a freeway trickster, an Ultimate Fighter outta gas, a family that lives out of an RV (on purpose) and a surfing skier (and the read ... More >>

Freeze, Punk! It's OC's Crime-y State Beaches

Crime scene​Four of the six most crime-infested state parks are in Orange County, and each is a state beach. Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area near Pismo Beach logged by far the highest number of crime calls in 2009 with nearly 6,000. Lake Perris State Recreation Area near Riverside ha ... More >>

What You Missed: AIDS Walk Orange County, the National, Doheny Blues Festival

Christopher Victorio24th Annual AIDS Walk Orange County​On Saturday morning, Harvey Milk Day, the 24th annual AIDS Walk Orange County raised awareness of much-needed funds for HIV/AIDS prevention. The day's events included art, a family fun zone and food festival, a pie-eating contest, Great Pa ... More >>

See If Your Fave Beach Was One of '08's Cleanest (or Dirtiest)

Based on the just released 2008 Annual Ocean and Bay Water Quality Report, Orange Countians can get a sense of the cleanest beaches, the dirtiest strands and the worst sewage spillers. Well, at least those were the ones in 2008.There is plenty of good news in Orange County Health Care Agency's year ... More >>

Dana Point's Beautiful Bridge To Semi-Nowhere Opens

Giant ceremonial scissors made an appearance along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point this morning, as members of the city council and OC Board of Supervisors member Pat Bates dedicated a brand new pedestrian bridge.It's not just a pedestrian bridge, though. It's "beautification." It's a "great wor ... More >>

Heal The Bay Gives the Baby Beach a Clean Bill Of Health

Heal the Bay has released its annual report card of California beach water quality. Each of Orange County's beaches has received a grade, and the 88-page report has some other info on the county. Let's break it down:We've got two "beach bummers." On Heal the Bay's list of the top 10 worst beaches in ... More >>

Slideshows: Doheny Blues Festival at Doheny State Beach, Earth Crisis at Chain Reaction

B.B. King? In Dana Point? Oh, it happened. This weekend, in fact, at the Doheny Blues Festival at Doheny State Beach. You might have read Spencer Kornhaber's blog about the two-day event. (If you didn't, for shame, but your chance to make up for it can be found here.) But, when reading that, if you' ... More >>

On the Range

Ridin’, ropin’, rasslin’ & other games of skill & contests of  strength, blazing trails, seeing sights &, of course, Anteaters

Your Blue Period

Doheny Blues Festival

Let justice roll down...

"Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an overflowing stream." That passage from the Book of Amos (5:24) is the sort of thing lawyers working for nonprofit organizations repeat to themselves before marching off to court to fight the good fight. Of course, it may not be what the la ... More >>

The Summer of Our Discontent

Surfs lame, unless you know where to look

Dana Point: Not As Disgusting As It Used To Be

Santa Monica's Heal the Bay has issued its 16th annual Beach Report Card, documenting the water quality at Southern California's beaches-- though "quality" may not be exactly the right word, since the report card lists SoCal's top ten beaches in terms of water pollution. This year, Los Angeles Count ... More >>

Men Among Giants

2006 Doheny Blues Festival

Dana Point

Swamp and Overflow

Nightlife and more:
Sept. 29 - Oct. 6

Best of OC 2004: Part 3

Chuck Berry and Ike Turner Made Your World

Rocks progenitors come to Doheny

Diary Of A Mad County

Eight Days

Profane and Ass-Shaking

The Doheny fest does it again

Gringo Gulch

Mexicos Ugly Americans

Their Ocean

Can wealthy developers and business execs do for the environment what grassroots activists havent?

Negrology

The Glory of Soloman Burke

2002: Diary of a Mad Year

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Diary of a mad county

Orange County, California: 2001

Letters

Dana Point

We killed Killer Dana

Brea

Mall mad

Oy!

Picking on the Doheny Blues Fest headliners

Breaking News!

One Step up, Two Steps Back

Doheny Blues and Bruuce!

Shirekin, Hollerin, Screamin, Fallerin!

This years Blues Fest is best!

January-March

Local No More

The Vivarin-chewin', Jolt Cola-drinkin', gummy-bear chompin', road-dog goofballs of Sonichrome are ready for the big time