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Wet Seal Settles Multimillion-Dollar Suit Alleging it Discriminated Against African-American Employees

As if Orange County needed to further show the world it ain't the friendliest place for black people comes this: Foothill Ranch-based Wet Seal announced it settled a federal class-action lawsuit alleging it discriminated against African-American employees for a cool $7.5 million. The lawsuit, thoug ... More >>

Julien Briaire, Trabuco Hills High School Senior, Faces Felony for Campus Bomb Threat

A Trabuco Hills High School senior was arrested Thursday afternoon after a bomb threat was emailed to school officials while he was on the Mission Viejo campus, according to the sheriff's department.Julien Briaire, 18, of Foothill Ranch, was arrested about 4:30 p.m. at the school, says Jim Amormino, ... More >>

Eleven46, New Vietnamese Restaurant in Foothill Ranch, Offers Beignets!

A new Vietnamese restaurant in isn't news, especially in South County, the new pho frontier. But a Vietnamese restaurant that serves beignets in South County? You don't see that everyday.

Embarcadero: The San Francisco Treat

The bistro brings a little bit of the Bay Area to the boonies we call RSM

On The Line: David Hall Of Urban Kitchen Grill & Wine Bar, Part One

Our initial impression of Foothill Ranch was that it was like Philips Ranch--a neighborhood hidden in the shadow of its Pomona. We learned it was actually more like its own city (while technically part of Lake Forest) in need of high-end cuisine. Cue Urban Kitchen's debut between a Wahoo's and Starb ... More >>

Ju-Ju-Be Pairs With Tokidoki to Create Diaper Bags for Hip Moms

[Trendzilla] The Costa Mesa company makes baby lugging downright hipster

Feast On Urban Kitchen Grill & Wine Bar's Suburban Splendor

Head for this indie among Foothill Ranch's land of chains

Pho Bo Vang, Ann's Pho & Teriyaki and Maison de Pho and the Closing of the Pho Frontier

A pho proliferation in South OC bodes well for the assimilation of Vietnamese food

Da Luau Opens Second Store In Foothill Ranch

​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 coated in ... More >>

Foothill Ranch Desperately Needs a Clustertruck

​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 some lunch trucks near / EMERGENCY! Bal S ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

[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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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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 >>

Do You See Anything Wrong Here?

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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