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  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    On the Line: Mike Dimmitt of Garlic Scapes, Part One

    Mike Dimmitt was difficult. And by difficult we mean next to impossible to get a hold of. We'll let the fact that he was in the process of moving be an excuse, but c'mon! He's lucky we share a favorite chef and infatuation with dim sum and (San Diego) breweries. A purveyor of this stinking rose, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    [UPDATED with VIDEO:] That 70s Show: San Onofre No Nukes Rally Sunday

    UPDATE, APRIL 30, 10:01 A.M.: About 100 people marched to the gate of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Sunday to demand the facility be shut down.They were led by Irvine Mayor Larry Agran, who said nuclear power is an unsafe option for communities surrounding such plants. Video from the ral ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Sushama Devi Lohia and Aida Agusti Castro are Prison Bound for Family Home Loan Scams

    It's Pot Day and Hitler's Birthday but definitely not Mother's Day, especially not for moms Sushama Devi Lohia, 74, of Newport Beach and 67-year-old Aida Agusti Castro of Cardiff. Lohia was sentenced today to eight years in prison for conspiring with her two daughters and a son-in-law to commit more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    The Next Restaurant Frontier: Car Dealerships?

    ​We've seen restaurants in gas stations (see the previous incarnation of Peter's Gourmade Grill) and car-washes (see Kush Bowl), but here's something new: Nation's Restaurant News reports that car dealerships might be the next restaurant frontier.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Stone's Greg Koch To Sign Books and Share Rare Beer Flights at The Bruery Provisions on Thursday

    StudioSchulz.com Koch​The founders of Stone Brewing Co., Greg Koch and Steve Wagner, have written a book on how they built SoCal's biggest and arguably best-known craft brewery. The Craft of Stone Brewing Co. reveals the 15-year history of the Escondido-based brewer, and includes recipes for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Are You With Me, Dr. Fu? Not So Much

    ​Xinming Fu, a 48-year-old Irvine physician, has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for his role in a $15 million health care fraud scheme that plied the elderly and mentally ill with candy, doughnuts and cigarettes to get them to undergo unnecessary respiratory treatments that were b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Anaheim Mexican Charbroiled Chicken Restaurant Gets Busted for Cockfighting--But Why Mess with Their Rooster Pictures?

    Good movie...​When word on the Mexican street emerged last week that the owner of an Anaheim chicken restaurant was getting busted for cockfighting, I knew which one: El Pollo Fino, the county's second-best place for Mexican-style charbroiled chicken after San Clemente's Surfin' Chicken. I wasn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Proposed LA to San Diego High Speed Train Would Avoid OC

    ​A Los Angeles to San Diego high-speed train proposal that's picking up steam (sorry) would bypass the traditional Amtrak Surfliner route down the coast through Orange County and instead head eastward from LA through the Inland Empire.The state plans new tracks for 220 mile-per-hour trains from Lo ... More >>

  • News

    October 2, 2008

    The Newly Dumbed-Down 'DayBreak OC' Is the Funniest OC-Centered Sitcom Since 'Arrested Development'

    ​A Los Angeles to San Diego high-speed train proposal that's picking up steam (sorry) would bypass the traditional Amtrak Surfliner route down the coast through Orange County and instead head eastward from LA through the Inland Empire.The state plans new tracks for 220 mile-per-hour trains from Lo ... More >>

  • Film

    August 16, 2007

    Special Screenings

    Movie of the Week: The Princess Bride

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2007

    ND Beats CA

    If, as the governor recently asserted, California is both the new Athens and the new Sparta, where the future of America is busily being created, then what the hell is North Dakota? Because in one patch of the future, North Dakota is set to leave California in the dust. The state best known for fro ... More >>

  • Music

    December 21, 2006

    Hits!

    Borders Books, Music & Cafe

  • Columns

    April 7, 2005
  • Columns

    March 17, 2005

    Letters

    Borders Books, Music & Cafe

  • Features

    April 29, 2004

    Strange Fruta

    The Inevitable Death of Francisco Torres

  • Columns

    November 13, 2003

    Letters

    The Inevitable Death of Francisco Torres

  • Columns

    August 28, 2003

    A Patriot Acts

    His sons death leads Fernando Suarez del Solar to speak out against the war

  • Features

    July 31, 2003

    How to Stuff a Lettuce Bikini

    To the Costa Mesa thugs who used to beat up Dan Mathews: The fat gay punk kid grew up to save lives and jet set with Pam Anderson. Howzabout you?

  • Columns

    November 28, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    To the Costa Mesa thugs who used to beat up Dan Mathews: The fat gay punk kid grew up to save lives and jet set with Pam Anderson. Howzabout you?

  • Columns

    March 21, 2002

    Felony Foods

    Bushs DEA criminalizes hemp foods

  • Columns

    December 13, 2001

    OC Hillbillies

    Bushs DEA criminalizes hemp foods

  • Columns

    May 27, 1999

    Scorecard

    Bushs DEA criminalizes hemp foods

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    A New Breed of E-Horror

    Who's behind the Net Profit e-mails?

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Ron Packard, Military Whore

    Beneath the South County Congressman's Mr. Vanilla exterior beats the heart of an old-fashioned, log-rolling, back-scratching, pork barreling special-interest pol

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