Gambling

Investment Swindler Gordon A. Driver Gets Humongous Bill For Ponzi Scam

During a three-year period to May 2009 and under the guise that he was an investment genius, Gordon A. Driver operated a clever Ponzi scheme that stole $14.3 million from more than 100 people in the U.S. and Canada.Driver--who lives in Las Vegas and had operations in Mission Viejo and ties to Santa ... More >>

[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 >>

[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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Tuna Does Vegas

La Mirada Theatre

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 >>

Eddie Who?

Charlie Murphy

Man Bites Frog

OC Board of Supervisors Meeting

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 >>

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 >>

9/11 at 5

Questioning documentary marks solemn anniversary

Agran on the Warpath

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

Initiate This!

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

Massacre at Agua Caliente

Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert

TOTAL RECALL

How Darrell Issa really got rich

Diary of a Mad County

Coming Soon to Westminsters Giant Screen

Things That Really, Really Scare Me

Rescinded invitations