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'Assault On Wall Street': Tom Joad Kills 'Em All

Uwe Boll's solution to the crash? Bloodshed

Something's Out There: Orange County Beach Cities Edition

Seal Beach was just named by Forbes "the fourth friendliest town in America," which may explain the visitor(s) who caught the eye of a resident last Saturday.It was an unidentified flying object that was seen the same morning a similar-looking UFO was reported from a resident in nearby Huntington Be ... More >>

The Billionaires' Club Gets a Visit From Mitt Romney

Dropping by for campaign funds, the Republican candidate inspires equal loathing from Occupiers and Tea Partiers

Happy 26th Birthday, Lady Gaga! Our 10 Favorite Gaga Tweets This Year

​The Aries-born Lady Gaga is 26 today. Not bad for the someone Forbes Magazine deemed No. 7 on their list of World's 100 Most Powerful Women. To celebrate, we looked over her Twitter account and found the 26 most endearing tweets in recent memory.Aries born shock pop singer, Lady Gaga, has made ... More >>

R.I.P. Chaleo Yoovidhya, Creator of Red Bull

​Chaleo Yoovidhya, the man who created Red Bull, has died in his native Thailand. He was 90 or 88 or 80--sources can't seem to agree. The New York Times obit has a wonderful quote about Yoovidhya, who created antibiotics before concocting the caffeine and taurine-loaded beverage we're al ... More >>

Irvine and Santa Ana (Yes, That Santa Ana) are Dueling Safest Cities in America

​UPDATE, DEC. 20, 12:39 P.M.: My morning coffee obviously had not kicked in yet when I posted the original version of this item on Irvine and Santa Ana appearing on dueling lists of the safest cities in America. For, had I been fully awake, I would not have read right over Mission Viejo being rank ... More >>

Donald Bren's Highway Robbery

[Moxley Confidential] The developer's role in creating the San Joaquin Hills Toll Road is the county's most embarrassing un-prosecuted crime.

'Tower Heist' Is a High-Rise Robbery

Stealing from the rich to . . . oh, whatever. Funny is the message in this Ben Stiller flick

Forbes: OC's Spillinex Converts Surfboard Toxic Waste Into Pro-Environment Product

​Surfers are typically pro-environment, but construction of their surf boards can produce about a pound or more of toxic chemical waste.Does that tidbit make them hypocrites?Not necessarily--especially in San Clemente, where Soul Stix Surfboards sends its powdery polyurethane waste to Monarch Gree ... More >>

Philip Anschutz: The Billionaire Who Puts the 'A' in AEG

​Two years ago today, the single "This is It" by Michael Jackson was released in forward promotion of the concert documentary of the same name. The film gave audiences a glimpse into the King of Pop's comeback tour, and went on to become the highest grossing ever in its genre. Jackson's death, ... More >>

Pyramid Scheme

Men boasting CIA and FBI ties met in Newport Beach to convince a mysterious billionaire to buy into a secret economy, and nothing was what it seemed

'Conical Asian Hat' Is a Hatful of Hollow

[Trendzilla] American Apparel hits a new low with selling Asian culture

Five Things You Want to Know About Akon

​Akon's been pretty busy lately--touring all over the world (he's was in India, Oregon and good old Cali), starting two labels (Konvict Muzic and Kon Live Distribution), collaborating with everyone from Snoop Dogg to Dr. Dre and prepping for his new album in the fall. The Grammy-nominated artist ... More >>

Shelly S. Singhal, Newport Beach Broker, Faces Second Fraud and Conspiracy Indictment in 2 Years

​A Chinese media company, a Utah entrepreneur and a Newport Beach brokerage firm owner who was indicted last year on conspiracy and securities and mail fraud charges are at the center of a new federal case alleging conspiracy, mail fraud and lying.Supplying the local hook is Shelly S. Singhal, 43, ... More >>

[UPDATED with Team Staying Put a Year:] Sacramento Kings in Serious Talks to Move to Anaheim

​UPDATE, MAY 2, 1:10 P.M.: We just had a royal wedding. Now comes a Royals funeral.After months of negotiations, seemingly done deals and obviously un-done deals, the NBA's Kings are staying in Sacramento at least one more season, dashing hopes of regular season home games by the renamed Anaheim R ... More >>

[UPDATED with Cow Town Checkmating Toontown?:] Sacramento Kings in Serious Talks to Move to Anaheim

​UPDATE, APRIL 26, 2:41 P.M.: After a weekend of reports claiming its unlikely the Sacramento Kings will move to Anaheim before next season--if ever--Anaheim officials expressed confidence that their proposal remains the best one on the table for the NBA franchise.ESPN, Sports Illustrated and the ... More >>

Panda Express Heading to . . . China?

Wiki CommonsPanda Express may introduce the people of China to . . . Chinese food--or at least the American bastardization of it.​First, Taco Bell made its way to Mexico. Now, Panda Express, which we can thank for bringing glazed orange chicken to mall food courts across the country, may find a pl ... More >>

Rebecca Black, 13-Year-Old Millionaire?

​Who's laughing now? All of Rebecca Black's haters can naysay all they want, but Forbes.com said that Black's song "Friday" has been downloaded over two million times. Apple's payment agreement decrees that Black will receive .70 cents for every download.  That means she's already earned $1.4 ... More >>

Bill Gross, Newport Beach Billionaire Investment Manager, Recounts "Negative Tip" He Left Waitress

​Brokers, investors and financial journalists around the planet hinge on the every word of Bill Gross, the Newport Beach financial manager who co-founded Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO), is worth a billion and change, and in 2009 was ranked by Forbes the 32nd most powerful man in the wor ... More >>

[UPDATED] Mike Carona Heads for Prison . . . in Colorado

​UPDATE, JAN. 25, 1:17 P.M.: "America's Sheriff" turned himself in at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colorado, today to start serving his 5-and-a-half-year sentence, according to Victoria Joseph, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman."I believe justice has been do ... More >>

When Will Women Beat on Women in the UFC Octagon? Dana White Says 'Never'

​No sport in the past half-century has grabbed public attention as quickly and intensely as mixed-martial arts. And Dana White and his league, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), have been at the forefront from the beginning. Fight after fight, the pay-per-view dollars come pouring in, and s ... More >>

Donald Bren Ranked Richest in SoCal (Again)

The latest Forbes list of richest Americans is out, and Newport Beach's reclusive billionaire Donald Bren once again finds himself ranked the richest man in Southern California.Forbes pegs the Irvine Co. chairman's wealth at $12 billion, enough to make him the 21st richest man in these United St ... More >>

Orly Taitz Says Vote for Carly Fiorina, Don't Trust Jim Lacy

John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Orly Taitz, the famed Laguna Niguel dentist and serial suer of Barack Obama, has had her issues with the Republican party in the past. Take, for example, her bid for California secretary of state earlier this year: She ended up suing her opponent in the Republican primar ... More >>

LA Jury: OC's Richest Man Keeps All of His Fortune

Bren: Happy Father's Day!​The Los Angeles Times reported this afternoon that an LA civil jury has voted to support OC billionaire Donald L. Bren's contention that he doesn't need to pay back child support to two of his adult offspring.Bren's out-of-wedlock children had claimed they were each legal ... More >>

Four Reasons Why Patrón Tequila is an Affront to Mexicans--And One Reason Why It's Not

​Something called National Tequila Day happened this past weekend, and one PR hack or another asked us to write about it promoting some brand or other. No go. However, it does give me an opportunity to bash the Lola Gaspar of the tequila world: Patrón, elixir for fools, favored by those who still ... More >>

'Iron Man 2' Was Built to Last

Comic-book-based film will likely lead to more sequels, but that doesn't mean it should

The Crucifixion of Juarez

On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

Teabagging Chuck DeVore

Photo by John GilhooleyDoes Chuck DeVore have an app for teabagging?​Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine), who's in the middle of a longshot bid to become your U.S. senator, is cooing about his impending endorsement Sunday from the Tea Party Express, the national conservative movement that helped s ... More >>

Criminal Charges Against Ducks Owner Henry Samueli Dropped

Then can we seek criminal charges against the other guy?​Henry Samueli is on a roll.Last month, the National Hockey League reinstated him as the owner of the Anaheim Ducks, as Clockwork informed you.This afternoon, a federal judge set aside the Broadcom Corp. co-founder's guilty pleas and dismisse ... More >>

NHL Reinstates Ducks' Disgraced Owner Henry Samueli

Henry Samueli with a baseball fan.​Via the Anaheim Ducks, the National Hockey League announced today that Henry Samueli has been reinstated as an owner.

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UC Irvine Discontinues Sugar Daddy Henry T. Nicholas' Rowing Teams, 3 Other Sports . . . Unless

The Los Angeles Times' Fabulous Forum blog reports today that UC Irvine as of Saturday is "discontinuing" five sports--men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's rowing, and sailing--to cut costs amid reduced state funding. University brass expects to save $1 million by ... More >>

Argyros, Arnel Management and Those Infernal Signs

Over the years, John Jaeger has kept an eye on the signs posted around central Orange County for units available at Arnel Management Co. properties as well as OC Weekly's voluminous coverage of Arnel's owner, Newport Beach self-made businessman, developer, GOP power broker and former ambassador to S ... More >>

SanTana's Designated Choo-Choo Builder Cordoba As Controversy-Ridden as They Come

Spurious GeorgeAs we predicted, Don Papi Pulido and his SanTana City Puppets rewarded Cordoba Corporation over more-qualified candidates with a contract to head a proposed streetcar project because of Cordoba head George Pla's many SanTana connections. Doug Irving of the Orange County Register had a ... More >>

Nixon, John Taylor and the Bohemian Grove

Early 1990s Cave Man campers. Taylor is in red polo at far right, Nixon sits at left and Meese is behind him.In his August 2006 story "Bohemian Grove Exposes Itself!" the Weekly's Nick Schou interviewed an unnamed Orange County resident and former employee of the private, all-male, 2,700-acre forest ... More >>

Pablo Escobar, Other OC Tax Delinquents Snared

Pablo Escobar, now dead and probably not of Huntington Beach.The LA Times reports today that Burt Reynolds, Dionne Warwick and Sinbad are among the 250 folks who owe $143 million in back taxes, according to the California Franchise Tax Board's list of the top state tax delinquents.Orange County may ... More >>

Welcome to the Poorhouse: Rich Beotch Edition

Crunching numbers from the latest Forbes list of the wealthiest Americans, Orange County Business Journal concluded that local billionaires lost a combined $5.8 billion of wealth since September. That's not all that has shrunk: there are 793 billionaires on the latest Forbes list, compared with 1,12 ... More >>

Latest Hits, Misses and Curveballs From Odd Man Out

UPDATED WITH FORBES' CORRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE BOOK.   As I've blogged here incessantly, Matt McCarthy wrote Odd Man Out, a Viking Press tell-all I adored about his lone year as a lefty pitcher in the Angels minor league baseball system. Articles doubting the veracity of many salaci ... More >>

Santa Ana Bores Forbes

Santa Ana, boring? Our hopping county seat, where dudes kidnap boys, bullets rain from the sky, the Cham live free, municipal workers are laid off as trash fees rise, violent crime has dropped but still rules the county, air conditioners are cranked up to 11 in January, Lamborghini dealerships come ... More >>

Looking Back at 2008: The Ecstasy and the Irony

This is not a look back at disgraced Sheriff Mike Carona, the Little Sheriff, the Debs, the Little Debbie Snack, the Freeway Complex Fire, Rick Warren, Wiley Drake, any lantern-jawed preacher with the last name of Schuller, pedo-priests, the 241 toll road extension, Proposition 8, fluctuating gasol ... More >>

Moneyopoly

Who are the OC players who contributed to the 2008 presidential candidates?

Eight Is Enough

One man has four girlfriends and eight children, all of whom live in separate houses within four miles of each other. In Utah? No, Irvine

Bren Vs. Bren

Irvine Co. chairman has an LA judge on the run in a case to determine whether hes super rich, filthy rich or just plain rich

No Nude Naked Adult Lindsay Lohan

An early night at the Playboy Mansion

Henry Nicholas, Superhero

He made billions with Broadcom and then quit at 44. Now Nicks life gets really exciting

Corporate Vulture

Philip Anschutz tries to thread his way into heaven

Red, White and Pissed-Off

Moxley responds to Jo Ellen Allens response to God Bless America!

A Systematic Rip-Off

Already accused of bilking tenants, developer Argyros may have targeted Vietnamese-Americans

31 Scariest People in OC

Burning Bush

In opening round, Bauer led all presidential hopefuls in OC fundraising