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July 9, 2008
A Gardener, His Heroism, and Orange County Register Readers
"Look at that black plume of smoke!" someone said, as your favorite group of ragtag rag writers knocked back some pints and Maker's at The Olde Ship in SanTana. We assumed it was some car crash on Interstate 5 but were surprised when it turned out to be a house fire in Floral Park, the SanTana neigh ... More >>
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October 13, 2008
SanTana is Finally Mexico Gracias to Don Papi Pulido
"Look at that black plume of smoke!" someone said, as your favorite group of ragtag rag writers knocked back some pints and Maker's at The Olde Ship in SanTana. We assumed it was some car crash on Interstate 5 but were surprised when it turned out to be a house fire in Floral Park, the SanTana neigh ... More >>
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November 1, 2008
Floral Park's Segregated Halloween Continues
*Updated, with new info on the bottom... Floral Park imagines itself as an oasis of tranquility in SanTana, a respite from the city's gritty reality. Really, this neighborhood--roughly bordered by Bristol to the west, 17th Street to the South, Broadway to the east, and Memory Lane in the north--is ... More >>
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November 10, 2008
SanTana's Boys in Blue Don't Care about Prostitution?
Saturday night, around 9 p.m. Was hanging out at a friend's SanTana business on the outskirts of Floral Park when we saw a car in the darkest section of the parking lot, um, a'rockin. Hey, young lovers need their public areas, but the folks who patronize this cozy corner always leave their used cond ... More >>
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January 5, 2009
The Unluckiest 7-Eleven In Orange County
I have many fond memories of 7-11. When I went to Sycamore Junior High in Anaheim, I'd play the pinball version of Terminator 2: Judgment Day before taking the bus down La Palma Avenue. In my drunken years, 7-Eleven has always stocked my all-time favorite fast food: Zingers. And one of my most-prize ... More >>
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January 23, 2009
Where Santa Ana's Segregationists Can Eat Mexican Food in Peace
Cute, little, quaint Floral Park in SanTana--the place that holds segregated Halloweens and where a mansion gate states "Tara"--has its own Mexican restaurant: El Pico de Gallo Grill. It's located right at the entrance of the neighborhood--or rather, where the northbound entrance would be except tha ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Man Claiming to be FBI Informant Spins Quite a Tale
A location scout for a spy movie could not have picked a better location for my late December meeting with Craig Monteilh: a table outside a restaurant in a bustling Irvine shopping center. A lensman would appreciate the shadow-erasing clouds hovering overhead on the warm winter morning. And cen ... More >>
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March 10, 2009
SanTana Sports and Don Papi Pulido's Preferred Pelotas
Don Papi Pulido in his other preferred sport: maintaining his kingdomArt Pedroza at Orange Juice! had quite the scoop last week in reporting that First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen recently allocated $170,000 to the building of a clay tennis court at Cabrillo Park in SanTana. Pedroza opined out ... More >>
News
March 5, 2009
A Look at Craig Monteilh, Who Says He Spied on the Islamic Center of Irvine for the Feds
Don Papi Pulido in his other preferred sport: maintaining his kingdomArt Pedroza at Orange Juice! had quite the scoop last week in reporting that First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen recently allocated $170,000 to the building of a clay tennis court at Cabrillo Park in SanTana. Pedroza opined out ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Playing Hive and Seek With the Backyard Beekeepers
Don Papi Pulido in his other preferred sport: maintaining his kingdomArt Pedroza at Orange Juice! had quite the scoop last week in reporting that First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen recently allocated $170,000 to the building of a clay tennis court at Cabrillo Park in SanTana. Pedroza opined out ... More >>
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January 1, 2009
The Best Posts of 2008, Direct From the Weekly's Parallel Universe
Don Papi Pulido in his other preferred sport: maintaining his kingdomArt Pedroza at Orange Juice! had quite the scoop last week in reporting that First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen recently allocated $170,000 to the building of a clay tennis court at Cabrillo Park in SanTana. Pedroza opined out ... More >>
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September 11, 2008
This Is Your Life: A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'
Don Papi Pulido in his other preferred sport: maintaining his kingdomArt Pedroza at Orange Juice! had quite the scoop last week in reporting that First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen recently allocated $170,000 to the building of a clay tennis court at Cabrillo Park in SanTana. Pedroza opined out ... More >>
Features
September 20, 2007
County Life
People, places, politicos, lawmen, muckrakers, card sharps, & other assorted scalawags & neer-do-wells, plus tall tales & ghost stories.
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November 2, 2006
Their Man Tan
Nguyen addresses his true believers
Features
October 19, 2006
The Playground
No. 3: Santa Ana is absolutely, positively, OCs best downtownnow, keep it that way!
Columns
November 17, 2005
!Ask a Mexican!
Special Music Edicion
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October 20, 2005
Santa Ana
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Culture
August 18, 2005
Good Bones
Careful restoration and decoration revived designer David-Michael Madigans historic Federal-style home
News
April 21, 2005
Bare, Ruined Choirs
The historic buildings in the way of One Broadway Plaza were doomed
long before the vote on Measure A
News
April 7, 2005
Bare, Ruined Choirs
The historic buildings in the way of One Broadway Plaza were doomed long before the vote on Measure A
Culture
March 31, 2005
Architecturally Sound
Orange County can match LA County building for building
Culture
December 2, 2004
Hardwood House
Orange County can match LA County building for building
Features
October 21, 2004
Best of OC 2004: Part 2
Orange County can match LA County building for building
Features
January 1, 2004
The Year in Girl
There was a war in there, somewhere
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October 24, 2002
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There was a war in there, somewhere
Columns
October 11, 2001
United We Brand!
So a priest, an imam and a Buddhist guy make a long-distance phone call . . .
Features
September 27, 2001
Santa Ana
If OC is a melting pot, Santa Ana is the fire
Blogs
May 7, 2009
No Ace with Taxes: Santa Ana Mayor Don Papi Pulido and His Family Muffler Shop
Not scheduled for gentrificationThere is perhaps no business more fundamental to an Orange County politico's creation myth than Ace Muffler Shop, on First Street in downtown SanTana and belonging to the family of SanTana Mayor Don Papi "Miguel" Pulido. It was the city's planned demolishing of Ace Mu ... More >>
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April 23, 2009
Will Floral Park's Home Tour Mention the Neighborhood's Segregationist Pioneers?
Don Papi Pulido is a Floral Park residentThis weekend, the Floral Park Neighborhood Association hosts its annual Home and Garden Tour, a fantabulous two days where residents can pretend they don't live in SanTana. "Stroll tree-lined streets, enjoy the ambiance of a simpler time gone by," reads ... More >>
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April 21, 2009
Getting Ripped Off By Bland Food at Geisha House
I've eaten at restaurants where the bill came to more than $300 for two (the late, great Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel). Where the buffet cost $100 for two (Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel again). Over $100 for omakase for one (Hanamori). Many other places too expensive and too superflu ... More >>
News
July 9, 2009
The First History Book About OC's African-American Community Tells Tales of Segregation, Triumph
I've eaten at restaurants where the bill came to more than $300 for two (the late, great Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel). Where the buffet cost $100 for two (Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel again). Over $100 for omakase for one (Hanamori). Many other places too expensive and too superflu ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2009
God Calls Yost Theater Matriarch Phoebe Olivos
Another part of old SanTana disappeared this week as Phoebe Olivos passed away July 23 at 89. The artists and hipsters who currently troll the city's downtown, marveling at how authentic the area is compared to the rest of OC while munching down on $9 "street" tacos owe her respect, as she was th ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
Does Miguel Pulido Work out of a Tax Preparer's Office?
With IRS troubles like his, will Don Papi become Obama's ambassador to Mexico?For years, opponents of SanTana Mayor Don Papi Pulido have openly wondered how an invisible politician can make so much cash that he can afford an estate in the city's ritzy Floral Park neighborhood. His Form 700s have alw ... More >>
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January 28, 2010
Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido Voted To Aid a Vending-truck Business In Which His Father Was Involved
With IRS troubles like his, will Don Papi become Obama's ambassador to Mexico?For years, opponents of SanTana Mayor Don Papi Pulido have openly wondered how an invisible politician can make so much cash that he can afford an estate in the city's ritzy Floral Park neighborhood. His Form 700s have alw ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
DWM (Driving While Mexican) in Santa Ana's Floral Park
Don Papi Pulido: No wabs in my domain!This story's a hoot: I know a wab who bought into SanTana's ritzy Floral Park neighborhood last year--you know, the exclusive neighborhood that holds a segregated Halloween each year and was created specifically as a refuge for Whites. Made his money the legi ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Miguel Pulido Sighting!
Don Papi Pulido, braving the mean streets of SanTana...Public sightings of SanTana Mayor-por-Vida Don Papi Pulido are rarer than a Floral Park resident bogeying the night away at the Inn Step, but a source snapped this shot of the city's grand don at the Gypsy Den. Happened recently. The source i ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
Santa Ana Mayor-for-Life Miguel Pulido Now an Aztlanista?
Pulido: The New Emiliano Zapata?Is the world coming to an end? Oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico, volcanic ashes creating havoc--and now, SanTana Mayor Don Papi Pulido joining wabs in not only condemning Arizona's anti-illegals SB1070, but bringing forth a resolution to oppose it AND vote for its ... More >>
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July 5, 2010
Is Santa Ana Finally Invading its Exclusive Floral Park Neighborhood?
Don Papi Pulido: No trash cleaner is he!The only time Fate takes me into SanTana's ritzy Floral Park neighborhood is while taking a shortcut across the city and straight through the area's heart: Santa Clara Avenue, from Bristol Street through Broadway. It's a picturesque commute, one where drive ... More >>
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July 24, 2010
For Whom Exactly Was Santa Ana "Great"? And When?
Flickr user Ben DayhoeDowntown SanTana, yesterday and today...Another person has entered the SanTana mayoral race this year--Charles Hart, a man I've never heard of, but who thinks he can take down Mayor-for-Vida Don Papi Pulido and challenger Alfredo Amezcua. I guess he'll be the candidate for r ... More >>
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October 10, 2010
Sunday News Notes
Happy 10-10-10 to you.Weekend news highlights from various media sources include:Fred Phelps thinks he knows whyYou can thank UC Irvine researchers for this good news: The future "Big One" earthquake along the San Andreas fault will be much worse and much sooner than previously expected, accordin ... More >>
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October 11, 2010
Social Distortion's Mike Ness Loves Santa Ana Mayor-for-Life Miguel Pulido to the Tune of $1,000
Back in March, the Liberal OC noted that Social Distortion head man Mike Ness attended a fundraiser for SanTana Mayor Don Papi Pulido but didn's share how much OC's ultimate outlaw musician donated, if any. Might as well share it now: $1,000. Why someone who has represented working-class OC ... More >>
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November 1, 2010
Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Bash on Santa Ana Edition
For this week's look at things said from and about Orange County on the Interwebs, we turn to a familiar topic all over cyberspace: Santa Ana, a pit?As you'll see after the jump, our county seat does have its defenders. It's just that they are so outnumbered.
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Election 2010: Gustavo Drinks Through the Election, Or: Trashing the Dems and Bashing Whitman
Updated throughout the day, with the freshest post on top. Click after the jump for vignettes on Barbara Coe, Loretta Sanchez, Meg Whitman, and Borat!Midnight. Drink of choice: Alka-Seltzer...my pockets hurt. Loretta Sanchez has pulled away by thousands of votes, but we'll wait until the official ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
Comfort Food at El Pico de Gallo Taqueria
Dave LiebermanI'm sick of the word taquería. Seemingly every Mexican restaurant in these fair orange acres uses it to describe the food on offer, even when a place might better be described as a puesto, a fonda, a restaurante or a cenaduria. These shops do themselves a disservice, because while ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
'Law and Order: Los Angeles' Already Ripping Off Orange County Crime Stories
I'm a huge fan of the Law and Order franchise--Special Victims Unit is my favorite because of hot-ass Mariska Hargitay, Criminal Intent remains a weird-ass show, the original will always live on TNT, and I even saw a couple of episodes of the UK version and liked them. The newest member of the fa ... More >>
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December 4, 2010
John Kobyalt of KFI's John and Ken Show on Santa Ana: "No Longer Part of the United States"
Fact-hater, at left...I've regularly listened to KFI-AM 640's John and Ken Show for nearly a a decade now, not so much because I agree with most of the views of host John Kobyalt and Ken Chiampou (although you'd be surprised) but because they make great radio--the faux outrage, the scorched-earth ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
Profiles in OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Henry W. Head, OC Founding Father
If it weren't for Google, this series wouldn't exist. And if it weren't for bad historians, there'd be no reason for my write-ups. But there is, and there are--thus, ars gratia artis, or some high-falutin' Latin phrase to justify its existence. Actually, blame the biographers of Henry W. Head for ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Graffiti in Santa Ana: "Obama Lies"
What is it about Orange County and illogical graffiti? You'll remember Michelle's post yesterday about the pendejo who tagged "Osama Forever" yesterday off the 405 Freeway in Westminster. This morning, in SanTana's ritzy Floral Park neighborhood, someone tagged "Obama Lies" on perhaps the most pr ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
Floral Park Cafe, New Bistro, to Open in Downtown Santa Ana
Photo by Ben DayhoeSO...remember how I wrote about the above space in downtown SanTana, and that the rumor was it was going to be a bistro of sorts? The cat is out of the bag--sort of. The name of the restaurant will be Floral Park Cafe, and all that they'll say right now is that it'll be a "new ... More >>

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