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The Lost Mexicans of the Bastanchury Ranch

80 years ago, officials deported hundreds of Fullerton residents—and Orange County has tried to forget ever since

Social Distortion - House of Blues Anaheim - December 5, 2012

Social Distortion House of Blues Anaheim December 5, 2012 Wanna know how Mike Ness spent the night before the kick off-of his 10-night-stint at the House of Blues Anaheim? The Social Distortion frontman was surprising fans down the road with an onstage cameo during the Bruce Springsteen concert at ... More >>

Jeamy Beatriz Melendez, Issac Angel Martinez, Ricardo Alcala Held in Edgar Omar Sura Killing

Three people have been arrested for the Oct. 19 murder in Santa Ana of Edgar Omar Sura, 20, of Anaheim.That's not all: Jeamy Beatriz Melendez, 23, Ricardo Alcala, 23, and Issac Angel Martinez, 25, are also accused of shooting at undercover Garden Grove police officers on Nov. 13, when no one was hit ... More >>

Laguna Niguel and Costa Mesa DUI Checkpoints Tonight, Garden Grove on Saturday Night

Anyone taking that weird Laguna Niguel to Costa Mesa route this evening, with an overnight stop before heading on to Garden Grove Saturday night, will want to take extra care as three law enforcement agencies are running sobriety checkpoints in those towns those nights. Tonight's locations are undis ... More >>

Chan Joon Park, Fullerton Acupuncturist, Poked Lady Patient with More Than a Needle: Cops

Chan Joon Park sounds like the name of a Korean movie director, but in this instance he's rolling as a specialist at a Fullerton acupuncture clinic.And, according to a female customer, the La Habra 68-year-old poked her--but not in the way he was supposed to.The woman's accusations have led to Park' ... More >>

Song Long Bakery Is the Elder of Euclid

[Hole In the Wall] This Garden Grove Vietnamese restaurant makes great pastries

More Filipino Eateries Join Jollibee in Anaheim: Valerio's Bakery and Manila Sunrise

​When we start calling Anaheim home to OC's own Little Manila, the epicenter of it all will be the plaza at the corner of Euclid and Crescent. When Jollibee and its sister Red Ribbon joined Kapit Bahay and LBC (the balikbayan box courier used by Filipino expats to send care packages to the Philipp ... More >>

241 Extension Builders Figure If You Can't Beat 'Em, Piecemeal 'Em

​Developers of the despised Foothill (241) Toll Road expansion into San Clemente figure if you can't beat 'em, piecemeal 'em.That's the takeaway from a Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency committee approving $206 million be spent for the first four miles of a planned 16-mile extension ... More >>

Little Progress Made At The First Jollibee in Orange County

Edwin Goei​Ain't much progress goin' on at what's supposed to be the first outpost of the Filipino fast-food giant Jollibee in Orange County. I checked out the site recently, in what used to be Chris & Pitts BBQ restaurant at Euclid and Crescent in Anaheim, and saw that so far, the place has b ... More >>

John Maus Is the Philosopher-King of Machine-Pop

He drops equal parts Euclidian thoughts and serene beats

On The Line: Hop Phan of Dos Chinos, Part One

Photo by Amy Kaplan​What can we say about newlywed Hop Phan? The face behind luxe lonchera sensation Dos Chinos, he's a funny guy who doesn't need cookbooks to inspire their signature cuisine. We could say more, but Hop's thoughts speak for themselves. What are six words to describe your food?Ga, ... More >>

What Will Become of the Chris & Pitts Bar-B-Q Sign?

Sun sets on iconic Anaheim sign...​When I became of driving age and had to leave Anaheim for points south, I'd always take Euclid Avenue where two beacons stood to guide me along: the fabulous neon chicken of the La Palma Chicken Pie Shop and the multi-bulb wonder that was the marquee for Chris &a ... More >>

Robert Gonzales Arrested for Alleged iPhone Scam, Spurs Cops to Issue Warning About Buying Goods Through Craigslist

​The Garden Grove Police Department recently received a theft report from a man who was selling his iPhone through Craigslist but had it stolen by another man who responded to the ad. Coupled with other reports of someone using counterfeit money to buy used iPhones through Craigslist, the cops dec ... More >>

Parolee Leads Police On Early Morning High-Speed Chase Through OC

"Try to catch me, coppers!"​Criminals aren't the sharpest bunch of individuals. History has shown us that. They forget video surveillance and fingerprints matter, obvious stuff like that. They also seem to believe, even after they're caught or within reach of the police, they can put pedal to ... More >>

Little Saigon Decapitation Case Gets Reversed

Phan wins argument​Judge James P. Marion didn't believe Kenny Minh Phan's excuse for running away from a 2008 fatal near-decapitation accident he'd caused in Little Saigon after ignoring a red traffic light.Phan claimed he'd fled the gruesome mess because he was in "shock" and feared his own broth ... More >>

Jollibee's Coming to Anaheim, Or: Can We Finally Get Around to Calling a Part of Anaheim Little Manila?

I knew that the Filipino chain Jollibee (it's mascot is above, rocking the Bieber and Beyoncé) was interested in coming to Anaheim months before its official announcement last week, but couldn't spill the deets due to...well, I can't even say that! It's a good thing, of course, and represents the s ... More >>

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

Headline: OC'S Most Wanted: Man Molested Pregnant WomenComment by KNOWLEDGE12: This dude is out in front of the Home Depot off of Euclid and Garden Grove Blvd. Send out the I.C.E. unit.Comment by REDDYNEDDY: . . . and he fled to Mexico!Comment by NEWCRUSADER09: Oh, let's make illegal legal and all t ... More >>

El Super Goes On a Purchasing Rampage

​When I lived in North Hollywood, we were equidistant from two Mexican-owned markets: Vallarta and El Super. When we moved here to Anaheim, the Vallartas were replaced with Northgate González, but there was only one El Super, on McFadden in Santa Ana.Lately, though, the simple sign ("cuesta menos ... More >>

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Most Wanted: Man Molested Pregnant WomenComment by HADENOUGH2010: Another anchor baby?Comment by SANITYNOW: Love the photos. They say a picture says a thousand words. What do these photos tell you??Anyone but me see a pattern here??

Five Great Places to Eat Near Disneyland

Original image: heidigoseek @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0Certainly not the only offender, but the worst one...​Harbor Boulevard. If there were any justice for people who love good food, the stretch between Ball Road and Chapman Avenue in Anaheim and Garden Grove would be called Horror Boulevard. Th ... More >>

How an Anaheim Burger Joint Changed Utah Tastes Forever--and the NY Times Ripped Off an Alt-Weekly

A Crown Burgers location...​The New York Times has an article today about how people in Utah apparently love pastrami on their burgers more than anywhere else in the country, something shocking to me because I thought all the state subsided on was Jell-O. But a fascinating local connection is buri ... More >>

Last Night: RX Bandits at Chain Reaction

Last Night: Rx Bandits, Tera Melos, Polar Bears and Peba Luna at Chain Reaction.Better Than: Most of the shows you go to see at Chain Reaction.Download: "Live From Bonaroo" (2007) on MDB/ Sargent House Records.Anyone who frequents the storied all-ages venue Chain Reaction can usually look forward to ... More >>

The Best Posts of 2008, Direct From the Weekly's Parallel Universe

Haunted OC Hotspots

In honor of Halloween the OC Weekly has compiled a list of haunted Orange County locations courtesy the database of haunted places on Shadowlands.net. So take some time and have a read. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, at least you can learn about some local legends and scare yourself silly! M ... More >>

By Any Other Name

Two independent festivals join forcest in Mickey's backyard

Hey, You!

Mourning Glory

A Day in the Park With Hitler

Get Out!

June 29 - July 6: Handjobdrugscum

Diary of a Mad County

May 3 - May 9

Guitar Song

Pearls and Brass: An American band

Next Stop: Immobility

An A to Z Guide to Surviving the Death/Pause/Sunshine of the CenterLine

Kids Eat Free!

And adults drink like theyve got a second liver!

This Week in Comida

Best Dining

The OC Weekly Book Of Food Lists!

Checklist Please

Five frozen fancies

Sonic Splendor

Start-up KUOL brings more local rock to the airwaves

Fountain Valley

Few fountains, no valley

Guilty Pleasures

101-200

Blue-Collar Ribs

Chris & Pitts for the people

My Kind of Town

Fabulous, glamorous La Habra!