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  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Dana Point Harbor Marijuana Smuggler Sentenced in Federal Court

    On July 9, 2011, David Rex Wilterding and his son Justin arrived in Dana Point Harbor on a 23-foot boat from Mexico and won unwanted attention by acting suspiciously.Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the area noticed the men loitering near a boat ramp, confronted them and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Chucheman Hernandez: Tijuana's Underground Food-Video Star

    Unless you subscribe to the Latino package on Dish Network--I do!--you may not have noticed that Mexico now has its own food network: Utilisima. The global foodist fever has caught on south of the border, introducing reality-based food programming, and the concept of chef as celebrity. It was all ve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Corazon de Tierra: Baja Med from the Ground up in Mexican Wine Country

    An hour south of Tijuana, somewhere along Ensenada's Ruta del Vino--the road through Baja's wine-rich Valle de  Guadalupe--two Americanos are searching for a sign. Not the eagle-on-the-cactus-with-a-serpent-in-its-mouth kinda sign, but one that, nevertheless, we hope will lead us to some sort o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    A Tijuana Virgin On His First Visit: No Shootings, No Narcos, Amazing Food Galore

    ​I didn't get shot. Not once, not at all. As silly as that sounds, after all of the travel warnings I've read and horror stories I've been told, a tiny part of me kinda thought the moment I arrived in Tijuana I would be stopped by the cartels and taken out. I admit I'm not much of a traveler, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Mexico As Imagined By the Washington Post

    Flickr user yarhargoat​It gets fatiguing reading the same articles on travel to Mexico that parrot the U.S. State Department over and over again. Precious few of those people have ever actually been to the places they're writing about, but they turn the fear dial up to 11, the result being that Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    On the Line: Pedro Resendiz of Tamarindo Truck, Part Two

    ​Day two with Pedro Resendiz gets to the heart of what makes the Tamarindo Truck tick. We tie together family, life experiences and the menu, which differentiates the Resendizes' luxe lonchera from the rest. He also shares his thoughts on receiving criticism (and the importance of having a thick s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Baja Culinary Fest to Take Place Oct. 5-9

    ​A huge column of smoke rises from a charcoal grill set into a counter; the air fills with the scent of beef grilling and the sound of fat spattering onto the fire below. It takes just a minute or two, and I'm fascinated. My rapt gaze is lost on the taquero, for whom this is not new. He hacks the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    [UPDATED With Criminal Charges, Another Incident:] Boat Carrying Mexican Nationals Capsizes Near Crystal Cove State Park

    ​UPDATE, JULY 15, 4:17: Four of the fourteen Mexican nationals who were onboard the panga boat that capsized near Newport Tuesday have been charged as criminals -- three for "conspiring to bring illegal aliens to the United States" and the other for illegal entry. The three alleged consp ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

    Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    UPDATED with Cause of Death: R.I.P., Lloyd Knibb, Skatalites Drummer

    ​UPDATED, May 13, 9:51 a.m.: Lloyd Knibb's wife Enid said her husband died from liver cancer late Thursday. According to the Associated Press, "Knibb had been receiving treatment in the U.S. but returned to Jamaica this week. Knibb's manager, Ken Stewart, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday that he wa ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2011

    Big-Wave Surfing's Swell Guys

    The monster swells can be big business, but for one group of OC surfers, it's still all about the ride

  • Food

    August 12, 2010

    Ahab-Approved

    Huntington Beach's Fish Camp would be beloved by Melville's star

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Will Carnival Smoking Ban Reach the Port?

    ​Carnival Cruise lines operates two ships out of the Port of Long Beach, but you'd better check before bothering to pack cigars the next time you book the Ensenada turn-around.What's that? Carnival's tub has a cigar lounge? Yep, that's true, but the cruise line is experimenting with a total smokin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    Eating Tijuana, Part One

    Dave Lieberman​"You're insane." "You're going to die, you know." "Are you stupid?" "Can I have your car?" Such were the reactions I got when I mentioned that I would be taking part in a culinary tour of Tijuana given by Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA: total certainty that I would never ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2010

    [UPDATED] Baja-Centered Earthquake Rattles OC, SoCal

    ​ A magnitude 7.2 earthquake (initially reported as 6.9)  hit Baja California at 3:40 today, with shaking and rolling felt throughout OC. Aftershocks have continued both in Mexico and Southern California, according to the United States Geological Service.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    It's a Quick Read 7

    Orange County Register: Danger on Mexican streets will force captains and crews in the annual Newport Beach to Ensenada yacht race to remain on their ships. But who'll get ripped off by the Hussong's mariachis? . . . I went to a Laguna Woods Village board meeting and a UFC Smackdown broke ... More >>

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    Strange Bedfellows

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  • Blogs

    June 19, 2006

    Their Casa is Casa Hogar

    A Laguna Beach High School student--the good kind, not the kind you see on that MTV show--is reaching out to Weekly readers. Dinika Bagga is a member of her campus Interact Club (shout out from a member of Pacific High's Interact Club, 1979-82, yo!), and each year the club travels to an orphanage in ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Un-Made in Mexico

    Sex, drugs and the American flag: The true tale of an Orange County family

  • Columns

    November 24, 2005

    Letters

    Your Story is probably BS

  • Culture

    August 11, 2005

    Taste the Sand

    Two Kooks and the King of Creedle is surfing verite

  • Columns

    August 11, 2005

    Montezumas Revenge

    I go to Mexico, and America falls apart

  • Features

    July 24, 2003

    The OC Weekly Book Of Food Lists!

    I go to Mexico, and America falls apart

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    October 24, 2002

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    October 24, 2002

    R

    I go to Mexico, and America falls apart

  • Features

    August 15, 2002

    A Times Obituary

    When did the Times OC become the Times DOA?

  • Food

    March 28, 2002

    Seduced by Flour Chips!

    The lure of Ricardos El Ranchito

  • Features

    August 16, 2001

    Arrested Development

    Arthur Carmonas 10-year sentence was overturned a year ago. Now hes got life

  • Culture

    May 11, 2000

    Somewhere On the Central Coast of Baja

    Arthur Carmonas 10-year sentence was overturned a year ago. Now hes got life

  • Columns

    September 23, 1999

    Beauty and the Beasts

    The Dub All Stars video shoot vs. the wedding of the century

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    December 3, 1998

    How to live on the streets

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