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Blogs
March 29, 2012
Sweet & Saucy, Chic Long Beach Bakery, to Expand to Crystal Cove
Like the progression of a Mad Men episode, Cougar Country Crystal Cove Promenade is slowly evolving with its dining selections. The first US branch for Tamarind of London opened late last year. Then we welcomed Bear Flag Fish Company late last month. Apparently, the upscale plaza is becoming noto ... More >>
Food
July 28, 2011
Sammy's Burgers Sells the Vilest, Most-Loved Dish in OC
[Hole In the Wall] Strips and cheese? Blecch. Why does Huntington Beach love them?
Blogs
July 15, 2011
Taco Bell/KFC Employee Quits With a 'Fuck You' On The Marquee
BrobibleBehold, the resignation letter of champions. A shift manager at a Taco Bell/KFC hybrid in Depew, New York quit his job, but not without leaving this sweet little note for his employer.
Food
July 14, 2011
Rose Bakery Café Is the Dough-Right Man
This Corona del Mar spot looks yuppie, but makes doughnuts worthy of Anaheim
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Wake Me When The Invisible War is Over, Pastor Rick
Rick Warren is waging war on Sunday.Recognizing his enemy will be tricky since he'll be fighting "The Invisible War."That must explain the shades.Indeed, if you are a Believer like the Purpose-Driven pastor of Lake Forest's mega- Saddleback Church, you should be girding for war, too.
Blogs
July 6, 2011
[UPDATED with Final Tallies:] Fourth of July Surprise! Stepped Up DUI Checkpoints and Patrols
UPDATE, JULY 6, 10:38 A.M.: The Avoid the 38 DUI Task Force just released the final numbers from the holiday weekend past's three sobriety checkpoints and multiple DUI saturation patrols countywide.From 12:01 a.m. Friday through midnight Monday, officers representing 38 county law enforcement age ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Planking Fail by Katy Perry; Other Celebs Show Her How its Done
Katy Perry tweeted a picture of her planking on a yacht on the Fourth of July. Except she was doing it wrong (legs and head down, hands by your side!) and subsequently got a lot of flak for it on the Interwebz. To show her how its done, we complied a list of celebrities who can plank right, and ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
Five Non-Standard (But Tasty) Picnic Foods for Your Fourth of July Weekend
Flickr user sandrareginaSummer. Outdoors. Sunshine. Warmth. Picnics...The best picnic foods are those that can be prepared easily, transported well and eaten easily (and at room temperature). We've never understood why mayonnaise-laden potato salad ends up in picnics, or why people would want to ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Hootenanny
Oak Ranch
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June 30, 2011
Chuck Boogie Trio
Commonwealth Lounge
Calendar
June 30, 2011
July 4 Spectacular: Elvis Lives
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Blogs
June 29, 2011
Bruxie: Lobster Waffles for Fourth of July
"Yo Dawg, I heard you like lobster so I put a lobster on your lobster roll..."What's a more American dish than lobster and waffles? Actually, lots of things. But that's how the house of Belgian waffles in Old Towne Orange rolls on this Fourth of July. It's Bruxie's take on a lobster roll, only ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
[UPDATED with 1 Stinkin' DUI Arrest:] Costa Mesa Police Hold Sobriety Checkpoint, Promise More
UPDATE, JUNE 14, 3:03 P.M.: The Costa Mesa Police Department reports that 1,467 vehicles passed through the checkpoint it set up at the undisclosed intersection of Bear and Baker streets Monday night, 858 vehicles were screened, three drivers were given field sobriety tests . . . . . . and only o ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2011
Seven Out-of-Season Food Festivals
Flickr user imipolexgYesterday, according to the American Food Holidays calendar (bless you, O mysterious curator--you are the savior of food bloggers with deadlines everywhere), was National Peach Cobbler Day. Yes, yesterday, April 13, a day when there are no peaches in season within the United ... More >>
Columns
September 9, 2010
Dreading the Noise
[Hey, You!] Old woman, no call the cops!
Blogs
September 1, 2010
As Mountain Resort Bookings Bounce Back, Mtn. High Offers Screaming Season Pass Deal
Yes, by most leading indicators, the U.S. economy--what's the technical word for it again? Oh yes--BLOWS! However, an, erm, un-leading indicator shows one economic sector bouncing back.Mountain destinations across the western U.S. reportedly experienced sharp increases in July occupancy and steep ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2010
Sunday News Notes
Yours for just $57 million!Today's news highlights include:Orange County's Real WonderlandJeff Overley reports that Newport Coast, billionaire Donald Bren's masterpiece bubble development, is "nearly finished" after 40 years. Overley calls the area "Pleasantville meets Bel Air," interviews conten ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2010
Alexis Bellino of Real Housewives Offered Tips to Keep Her Kids From Drowning
We told you here how The Real Housewives of Orange County reality spouse Alexis Bellino and her husband nearly lost their twin baby girls to the Balboa Bay Club pool Fourth of July weekend.The Bellinos and their kids grace the July cover of OC Parenting Magazine, and one hard-hitting question thr ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2010
Just When You Thought the Streets Were Free of DUI Checkpoints ...
In case you saw our warning about all the DUI checkpoints and "saturation" patrols that smothered Orange County over the Fourth of July weekend and thought to yourself, "I'll just wait a weekend to get my drink on and drive," think again, Tipsy.The Fullerton and Garden Grove police departments ar ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2010
Alexis Bellino, Real Housewives of Orange County Star, Nearly Loses Toddlers to Pool at Tony Balboa Bay Club: TMZ
"It's all about the family Fourth of July," posts The Real Housewives of Orange County star Alexis Bellino on her Facebook page.That's followed by several exclamation points to drive home Mom of the Year's point. However, it was all about saving her family, or at least part of it, when a reporte ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Stars And Stripes And Vanilla Ice: Your 4th of July Music Roundup
Flickr user RiptheskullDespite the hyper-patriotic ravings of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O, most Americans, whether liberal or conservative, understand the true meaning of Independence Day--or would if they didn't get so wasted every time the holiday rolled around. Yes, the 4th is a basically a natio ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Oh, Say Can You Hear: 10 Songs That Should Be Our New National Anthem
20th Century Fox"The Star-Spangled Banner" has an image problem. That is, no one likes it.Oh sure, everyone respects and reveres what it stands for, what it evokes in us as nation and as a people. But no one really admires it on its merits as song, and singers and sports fans have long detested t ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
Free Bike Valet Service Coming to Downtown Huntington Beach--But Not in Time for Fourth
The city of Huntington Beach has announced it will unveil a bicycle valet service for its congested downtown during the busy summer months.Unfortunately, that free service will not begin this Fourth of July weekend--the busiest time of the year in Surf City's pier area.
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July 1, 2010
BBQ, Brews and Red, White and Blues
Queen Mary
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July 1, 2010
Disney’s Celebrate America: A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky
Disneyland
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Boob War Fourth of July Special: 13 Original Pairs of Breasts That Made America Great
A holiday is a great excuse to run an overused concept into the ground. That's why the Fourth of July is a perfect opportunity for a Boob War Special Edition (cue percussive theme music) that takes a historical look at the pioneering woman--and their breasts--responsible for making our country g ... More >>
News
November 5, 2009
OC's Famous Desegregation Case Finally Gets Its Historical Due, But One Family Feels Left Out
A holiday is a great excuse to run an overused concept into the ground. That's why the Fourth of July is a perfect opportunity for a Boob War Special Edition (cue percussive theme music) that takes a historical look at the pioneering woman--and their breasts--responsible for making our country g ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2009
Five Questions with On Blast
Long Beach (OK, technically they live in Signal Hill) quartet On Blast--multi-instrumentalist Andy Kiddoo, singer Josh Brown, guitarist Travis Raab and producer/bassist Tone Blair -- play Thursday night at Alex's Bar with Free Moral Agents and Mode and Friday night...at a bar mitzvah. After runni ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2009
What You Missed: Shwayze, Sutra's Freedom Party and Newport Dunes
We know, we know--there's nothing more damn depressing than the end of a long holiday weekend. And it was a pretty perfect one at that: Sunshine, 80-something-degree weather, a cloudless sky. And now we're back to sunshine and 80-something-degree weather... but from behind your computer screen and y ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2009
Slideshow: Freedom Creative Arts Fest II at eVocal
Unfortunately, I know not all of you made it out to the "Freedom Creative Arts Fest II" at eVocal this past Saturday. It was the Fourth of July, after all, and put together with pretty short notice. (The lure of driveway fireworks is a strong one.) But given that, it was still a remarkable event, br ... More >>
Blogs
July 4, 2009
Full Set Times for eVocal 'Freedom Fest'
Happy 4th of July, duders! We've got the set times for today's "Freedom Creative Arts Fest" at eVocal in Costa Mesa, the venue's second-to-last show. Click on the jump!
Calendar
July 2, 2009
Hootenanny
Oak Canyon Ranch
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July 2, 2009
Fourth of July Fireworks Dinner Cruise
Dana Wharf
Calendar
July 2, 2009
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Yost Theater
Blogs
July 2, 2009
To Do Orange County: July 4th
Looking for a way to celebrate Independence Day? Take a look at the options below to ensure that you're not home alone when the fireworks are going off."I'M ON A BOAT!" 4th of July Queen Mary SpectacularThe pool opens at 11am and you can lounge, drink, and dance. Walk around the ship and check ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2009
Lineup for 4th of July Show at eVocal Takes Shape
We've been following the story of eVocal's untimely closing all this week, and now we have some more information on what looks to be the Costa Mesa all-ages venue's second-to-last show. Dubbed "Freedom Fest," festivities are planned to go for a full 12 hours--from noon to midnight--with back-to-back ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2009
Teabagging or Partisan Hackery?
Hey, hey, hey, the beauty of all these anti- (take your pick) -tax, -deficit, -progress tea parties was that they were truly grass-roots, free from the partisan political hackery that many believe in responsible for the country's fiscal woes in the first place. Then what to make of the Saddleback Re ... More >>
Calendar
June 25, 2009
Barbershop Harmony Society’s 71st Annual International Convention and Competition
Honda Center
Blogs
April 1, 2009
The Art of John Gilhooley's Weekly Portraits
Photographer John Gilhooley--whose portraits often grace the pages of OC Weekly and have also been seen in Long Beach's District Weekly, Seattle Weekly and the just-shuttered LA CityBeat--is showing some of his favorite photographs from the past year and a few big prints of "classics from previous y ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2008
OC Faux Pas of the Millennium!!!
Setting: West Hollywood Book Fair, 'round noon, Librería Martínez booth. Protagonists: Me, Librería Martinez volunteer Jess Baudillo, and a gaggle of gals from the Mission VIejo Public Library. Scene: They had just invited me to speak at some author's festival they're proposing for next year. I ... More >>
Columns
September 11, 2008
[¡Ask a Mexican!®] More Shameless Self-Promotion (Buy Gustavo's New Book!)
Setting: West Hollywood Book Fair, 'round noon, Librería Martínez booth. Protagonists: Me, Librería Martinez volunteer Jess Baudillo, and a gaggle of gals from the Mission VIejo Public Library. Scene: They had just invited me to speak at some author's festival they're proposing for next year. I ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2008
The Bono - Jesse Helms connection
From our good friends at Rock & Rap Confidential: "Jesse Helms died yesterday, the Fourth of July. The LA Times front page described Helms as 'the former U.S. Senator from North Carolina who for half a century infuriated liberals with his race-baiting campaign tactics.' President Bush described H ... More >>
Blogs
July 4, 2008
God Bless America, Tom & Jerry Style
While other websites post the Declaration of Independence for their 4th of July entry, we at the Weekly encourage a more palatable visual to the greatest country on earth: Tom and Jerry's Academy Award-winning Yankee Doodle Mouse. Make sure to blow up your illegal Mexican fireworks in parking lots, ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2008
To Do Tonight 7/3: Nightlife Edition
Nightlife Edition: Because you don't have work on Friday* Peter Hook DJ Set, 9:00 p.m. Oh, for Joy (Division)! Detroit Bar 843 W. 19th St. Costa Mesa CA 92627 949-642-0600 Glam, 9:00 p.m. Break out those clear-heeled stilettos. Club Bravo 1490 S. Anaheim Blvd. Anaheim CA 92805 714-553 ... More >>
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July 3, 2008
Starry  Night
Don McLean
Blogs
July 4, 2007
OC's Choice for so-called Conservative, Efficient Government
A site to ponder about OC favorite George W. Bush on this Fourth of July is here.
Blogs
June 21, 2007
The Times and Me
Pick up the Los Angeles Times today and read my essay on the boneheaded Huntington Beach Fourth of July parade committee that decided to dick with Sylvia Mendez of Mendez vs. Westminster fame. Then browse through the Times' archives and find their June 17 best-seller list, in which my ¡Ask a Mexica ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2007
'D-port! D-port! D-port!'
Illegal immigrants, legal immigrants, minutemen, and anarchist ninjas all gathered together, and the American flag was more popular than on the Fourth of July. The May Day rally and march in downtown Santa Ana drew a crowd of between 1,000 and 3,000 people, according to a police estimate. Cops on h ... More >>
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July 12, 2001
Hookah Party!
Smoky flavors at Open Sesame
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