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  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    [UPDATED with More Guilty Pleas:] 19 Alleged to Have Provide Loosest Slots in Garden Grove

    ​UPDATE, JUNE 3, 4:57 P.M.: Two more defendants have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the multi-agency sweep of Little Saigon cafes alleged to have operated illegal gaming machines.Hien Thanh Thi Nguyan, 41, of Garden Grove, and Quy Huu Tran, 61, of Santa Ana, both pleaded guilty to misdem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    [UPDATED with First Four Convictions:] 19 Arraigned for Providing the Loosest Slots in Garden Grove

    ​UPDATE, MAY 25, 5:15 P.M.: Four of the 19 defendants have already been convicted in the case of illegal gambling at Garden Grove cafés. Pleading guilty today to one misdemeanor count of possession of an unlawful gaming device, one misdemeanor count of possession or control of a slot machine, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Lou Correa Lets Online Poker Bill Ride

    ​State Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) has introduced a bill that would help cut into California's budget deficit by installing an online poker system that aims to generate $1 billion in state revenues and 1,100 new jobs over the next 10 years.Vegas gives it 3-5 odds to pass--or at least Vegas d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Sen. Lou Correa Praised for Proposed Online-Gambling Bill

    ​Orange County state Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) is better than a handful of aces, if you ask the California Gaming Association.The group is praising Correa's proposed Senate Bill 40, which would legalize online poker in California and is opposed by--one guess--yes, greedy Nevada casino execu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Ten Most Ridiculously Expensive Tron Products

    DisneyQuorra Couture Platform Sandal designed by Jerome C. Rousseau retailing for $795​Yesterday, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that Disney was launching a high-end accessory and shoe line inspired by Tron: Legacy. While every ultra-hyped Disney movie release goes hand-in-hand with an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    Tuna Does Vegas

    La Mirada Theatre

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    More Woes for Poorman

    Jim "Poorman" Trenton, local "celebrity" and self-described "most fired man in show business" (see "Enter Poorman," Nov. 8, and "Exit Poorman," Jan. 3] is once again caught up in controversy after his May 16 third-annual Bikini Mile at Hollywood Park Race Track and Casino in Inglewood. The event, w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Eddie Who?

    Charlie Murphy

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Man Bites Frog

    OC Board of Supervisors Meeting

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2007

    Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: 'Stinky' White House

    777: The Gabrielino-Tongva tribe is coming to Garden Grove with a huge bag of Halloween goodies. What's the treat? $78 million-a-year to city coffers, 10,000 permanent new jobs and college scholarships to every graduating high school student in the city. The trick? Let the tribe--and some guys name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    Friday's Headlines & Surprises: Excessive Force?

    Shoot 15 times, ask softball questions later: The parents of Ashley MacDonald, the 18-year-old Huntington Beach girl killed by two police officers, filed an excessive force lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court, according to Christine Hanley at the Times. According to their suit, Kenneth MacDona ... More >>

  • Film

    September 7, 2006

    9/11 at 5

    Questioning documentary marks solemn anniversary

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Agran on the Warpath

    Indians are the new bogeyman in the war against an already defeated airport

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Initiate This!

    How the Weekly would vote on ballot propositionsif we werent convicted felons

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Massacre at Agua Caliente

    Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert

  • News

    August 14, 2003

    TOTAL RECALL

    How Darrell Issa really got rich

  • Columns

    May 22, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    How Darrell Issa really got rich

  • Columns

    April 10, 2003

    Coming Soon to Westminsters Giant Screen

    How Darrell Issa really got rich

  • Columns

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