Ford Motor Company

Rival Fishing Show Host Critical of 1,300-pound Mako Shark Keeping, Seeks Regulation: Update

See the end of this post for an update on the host of two Sportsman Channel shows questioning the mako catch, calling for state regulation of waters off Huntington Beach.ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 6, 10:21 A.M.: The teevee and funny papers were filled this week with stories about a 1,300-pound, likely reco ... More >>

[UPDATED with Toyota Response:] Automaker Settles Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit Brought by Orange County DA for $16 Million

See the update at the end of this post with Toyota's statement on the settlement.ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 5, 4:19 P.M.: Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas today announced Toyota Motor Corp. has settled a $16 million lawsuit with his office over sudden acceleration claims. The case, based on ... More >>

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

The Observatory

Juan Carlos Villanueva Wins This Week's Ugly Police Mugshot Competition

​It be interesting to know what goes through the head of someone about to have his/her police mug shot snapped. Do you think, "Should I go with the Magnum or the Innocent Until Proven Guilty pose?" Is it best to evoke fear? Sadness? Regret? Bad-assness? Crazy-sombitchness?Here's but a taste of Jua ... More >>

[CORRECTED:] Rich Evans, Huntington Beach Bodyworks Owner Who Has Been on Chop Shop Rebuild, Among 50 Charged in Fraud Sting

CORRECTION: The original media advisory sent out by the county DA's office this morning identified Rich Evans as the host of Speed Channel's Chop Cut Rebuild. Actually, as later DA statements show, he has been featured on the reality show. We regret the error. huntingtonbchbodyworks.comRich Evans (r ... More >>

All Sides Love Telling Illin' Cali to Pound Sand

Finally, an issue has come along that has united people of all political stripes all over the country: the U.S. Government's refusal to bail out California (at least for now). Most bloggers used today's Washington Post story as a jumping-off point to analyze the development. While they were all over ... More >>

Prius Drivers Have Discovered the Hybrid Car Can Take Them On an Unexpected Adventure

DVDish

WEB EXCLUSIVE! Genuine Fake Robots

Burning Bush (almost)

We were moments away from President Cheney last week, it seems. The Detroit News reports: Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation. Mulally told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugg ... More >>

!Ask a Mexican!

Why do Mexicans steal fruit?

Yule Log!

Bo$$ Dogg

Is Snoop selling out or just selling?

Best of OC 2004: Part 5

Snap, Crackle, Pop

Green No More

Hard Lines and Second Thoughts

Earl Morris Robert McNamara documentary is half in, half out of the fog

Real Men Make Furniture

Time to Shift

Wheres Rick?

OCs most colorful cabby comes to the end of one ride, but therell be another any minute

A Reality Shrine for a Wired World

The year in coffeehouse founder Carl Diedrich

Travis Bickles

An open letter to the Board of Supervisors

Gathering of the Tribe$

Mobys Area: One fest is an orgy of musicand advertising

Cab Tab

Add to the countys mammoth failures (bankruptcy, toll roads, El Toro) one more

Heal the SUV

Ford's partnership with Heal the Bay not as weird as it sounds

Globaloney

Rohrabacher torches latest global-warming report

Getting More Retail than Sinatra

Whose Online is it, Anyway?