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  • Blogs

    October 22, 2007

    Fire Officials Seek Information on OC Arsonist

    The folks over at the Register are doing a fine job reporting on the massive Orange County arson fire that’s threatening to keep firefighters at work for another two days as winds approaching hurricane force continue to pound the region. Residents in Foothill Ranch are the latest to see their neig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    OC Fire: Reader Photos

    Some readers have shared their fire photos with us. Click the photo to see them. So far, we have snaps of the blaze from Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest and Foothill Ranch. Send yours to jpkahn@ocweekly.com with a short description (and the photographer's name) and we'll add them to the slidesho ... More >>

  • Food

    March 27, 2003

    Ask the Soup Nazi

    Five joints to get your slurp on

  • Film

    September 20, 2007

    New Reviews

    We recommend: Eastern Promises, The Hunting Party, In the Valley of Elah

  • Film

    August 16, 2007

    New Reviews

    We Recommend: Superbad

  • Food

    August 2, 2007

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    Breaking Into the Upper Crust: New York's Upper Crust Pizza

  • Film

    February 1, 2007

    Now Playing

    Alpha Dog, Borat, Casino Royale

  • Film

    January 25, 2007

    Now Playing

    Alpha Dog, Borat, Charlotte's Web

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Best of OC

    Alpha Dog, Borat, Charlotte's Web

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Foothill Ranch

    Alpha Dog, Borat, Charlotte's Web

  • Columns

    August 25, 2005

    'If They Get Beaten, Then They Asked for It'

    Alpha Dog, Borat, Charlotte's Web

  • Columns

    July 28, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Alpha Dog, Borat, Charlotte's Web

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Laguna Beach: 911

    Cop log confirms it takes a village of idiots

  • Columns

    September 30, 2004

    Letters

    Cop log confirms it takes a village of idiots

  • Columns

    February 5, 2004

    They put the ass in association

    Cop log confirms it takes a village of idiots

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    The Lion Speaks Tonight

    King of beasts calls for calm, more squirrels

  • Columns

    October 23, 2003

    Frozen Assets

    King of beasts calls for calm, more squirrels

  • Features

    May 29, 2003

    Go Take a Hike

    King of beasts calls for calm, more squirrels

  • Film

    April 10, 2003

    Cavalcade of Creeps

    Spun is all its cranked up to be

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    O

    Spun is all its cranked up to be

  • Features

    July 25, 2002

    Trawling for Tinis

    Spun is all its cranked up to be

  • Features

    September 27, 2001

    Lake Forest

    We used to be El Toro!

  • Columns

    August 23, 2001

    Letters

    We used to be El Toro!

  • Columns

    September 21, 2000

    Ketchup Time

    We used to be El Toro!

  • Columns

    March 2, 2000

    Letters

    We used to be El Toro!

  • Columns

    June 24, 1999

    Letters

    We used to be El Toro!

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Fill 'Er Up

    Even Jesus wouldn't try Irvine water district's plan to turn crap into tap

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Garden Grove, Foothill Ranch Dealers on Chrysler Shitcan List

    As part of bankruptcy proceedings today, Chrysler LLC says it wants to eliminate 789 of its 3,200 U.S. dealerships, including Union Dodge in Garden Grove and Urban Automotive Group in Foothill Ranch. In its motion filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, Chrysler said sales are too low at m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    New Local Deadbeats Join State List of Top Tax Delinquents

    Bruce McNallThe State Board of Equalization list of California's top sales and use tax delinquents has welcomed 17 new members who owe nearly $22 million as a group--and, yes, some locals are among them. Richard Steven Lansburg of Long Beach-based Best Billiards and a Fullerton filer for ban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Medical Cannabis Supporters Light Up City Council Meeting

    Photo by Christopher Victorio Ready for face time with the Lake Forest City Council Tuesday night. ​Medical marijuana advocates offered 1,000 free hamburgers to draw supporters to Tuesday night's Lake Forest City Council meeting, but only 300 showed up to plead with city officials to recon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    2009: Bad Year To Be In The Restaurant Biz, Or Was It?

    Edwin Goei​If you think the year that's passed was bad, try owning a restaurant. It was a tough 2009. The luxury brands predictably suffered. The likes of Savannah, White Horses, Manhattan Supper Club and even Tracht's folded as people got tighter and choosier with their budgets. And some ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Driver Shot by Police Fleeing Crash Scene Dies

    ​The motorist who was shot by police after trying to flee the scene of a high-speed, multi-car collision Laguna Beach Tuesday morning has died. Colby Joshua Koenig, 25, of Foothill Ranch, died at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Times reports. The six-car collision ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    California Fish Grill To Open In North Orange County

    Edwin Goei​As I was eating my garlic-butter-slathered grilled mahi mahi at the California Fish Grill in Irvine the other day, I wondered: Why aren't there more of these? I mean, look at the line out the door. It's like this every day. The lunchtime rush to claim a seat at around noon is like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Wal-Mart's Toxic Waste Dumping in Foothill Ranch Cited in Settlement

    Something's rotten in Denmark and Foothill Ranch.​Toxic fertilizer dumped behind the Foothill Ranch Wal-Mart store was cited in today's announcement that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. agreed to a $20 million-plus settlement with 20 prosecutorial agencies, including the Orange County District Attorney's O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2010

    Do You See Anything Wrong Here?

    Edwin Goei ​Seen at the Foothill Ranch Arby's. Notice anything wrong?  

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Emboldened by Appeals Court, 2 Lake Forest Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Reopen

    ​Despite the city's enforcement and court moves against Lake Forest Wellness Center, the medical marijuana dispensary has kept it doors open through the ongoing appeals process--and was able to celebrate at least a partial victory as the last of 21 clinics in town still in operation.Now, the dispe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    Fundraiser for Amber Pangan

    OC Chili's Restaurants

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Chris Brogan, Social Media Marketing Guru, Speaks in OC Tonight--Live and Online

    ​The expert Fortune 100 and 500 companies turn to when they want to find out about the future of business communications and social software technologies speaks in Orange County this evening.Business community networking group Linked Orange County presents "1 Night with Chris Brogan" from 7-9:30 t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Oakley Turns Chilean Miners Rescue into One-Of-a-Kind Marketing Opportunity

    Flickr user rescate mineros​The world might have their collective eyes glued to the live feed of the rescue of the Chilean miners who have been trapped underground for 69 days, but Oakley--whose HQ is located in the Foothill Ranch area of Lake Forest--just sees dollar signs instead. The sports/act ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Always a Cover-Up at Wal-Mart. Always

    Kathrine Shimaji, the whistleblower who caught Foothill Ranch Wal-Mart employees illegally dumping hazardous waste, wants to know why the Orange County district attorney's office didn't prosecute the higher-ups

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    [UPDATED:] In-Custody Death and Police Killing of Andres Ramirez Put DA's New Disclosure Policy to the Test

    T-Rack​Update, December 14, 11:48 a.m.: The disclosure policy has changed, but the results have not. As with just about every (if not every) police shooting case brought before it, the Orange County District Attorney's Office has officially cleared Laguna Beach cops of criminal wrongdoing in the d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Dollar Movies at Regal and Edwards Cinemas?

    900% markup on popcorn will continue​Tired of a couple of crappy apples costing almost $3? Or a gallon of gas more than $4. Regal Cinemas has good news for you.No, they aren't reducing the ridiculous prices of their popcorn and sodas. But at select theaters this summer movies will cost j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Where Can You Go to Get Your Potter On Tonight? Everywhere! Want 3D, D-BOX and a Beer With That?

    ​Has there ever been a franchise-ending movie more hyped than Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part II? I mean, since Steve Martin killed the Pink Panther franchise? (It is dead, isn't it? Please tell me so.)Starting at 11:59 tonight and continuing about every minute through 1 a.m. Friday, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    [UPDATED with More Victims Sought:] Steven Neil Paff, Registered and Monitored Sex Offender, Locked Up Due to a Mom's Tenacity

    ​UPDATE, JULY 27, 9:31 A.M.: Convicted sex offender Steven Neil Paff pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday to annoying a 13-year-old girl inside a Foothill Ranch supermarket July 5.But the 46-year-old transient may have more court pleadings in his future as a police agency in Los Angeles C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Tortilla Tuesdays: Tula Market

    Dave Lieberman​Lake Forest is an amazing place. It's much more like North County than South County (the bizarre subdivision of Foothill Ranch notwithstanding), and it's where the Latinos of the 949 go for their groceries when Santa Ana is impractical due to traffic. This week's Tortilla Tuesday go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Steven Neil Paff, Drifter Sex Offender in Ankle Monitor, Guilty of Creeping Out Girl at Supermarket

    ​A convicted--and electronically monitored--sex offender pleaded guilty Wednesday to bothering and following a 13-year-old girl at a Foothill Ranch Ralphs supermarket the day after the Fourth of July.Steven Neil Paff, a 46-year-old transient, copped to a single felony count of annoying or molesti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Wind Storm That's Pounded the Rest of Southern California Kicks Ups in OC

    ​Orange County seemed to be spared from the "once a decade type wind storm" that has toppled trees, overturned big rigs and knocked out power to 300,000 people in Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties overnight. But while the winds are dying down in those areas, they have started to k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Steven Neil Paff, Monitored Sex Offender, Gets 2 Years for Following Girl Around Store

    ​Steven Neil Paff, a 46-year-old drifter and previously convicted sex offender, has been sentenced to two years in state prison for creeping out a 13-year-old girl at a Foothill Ranch supermarket while he was still wearing his electronic monitoring device.Paff pleaded guilty in October to a single ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Foothill Ranch Desperately Needs a Clustertruck

    Get thee to Foothill Ranch, young man!​I know very little about Foothill Ranch other than Oakley is there, that Saddleback Church is nearby, and that the food pickings out there are desperately bad. Hence, the following desperate plea/comment left today on a post Edwin did back in 2009:We need som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Da Luau Opens Second Store In Foothill Ranch

    Edwin Goei​We Forkers love our Da Luau. Me for their $4.95 pancake breakfasts; Gustavo everything else. But so does our friend, ex-Food Frenzy blogger Niyaz Pirani, who confesses he's addicted to their island chicken a.k.a. mochiko chicken, fried nuggets of hen deeply seeped of shoyu and sugar and ... More >>

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