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May 5, 2012
The Five Stupidest Things Nativo Lopez Ever Said
All of Orange County engaged in a simultaneous shrug of indifference when longtime Aztlanista Nativo Lopez announced earlier this week he was retiring from public life and becoming a mere private citizen...where he would continue to agitate for the hot Mexican cause of the month. Huh? It was a fitti ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2012
OC Bookly at the LA Times Festival of Books
I've attended nearly all of the previous 16 years of the annual Los Angeles Times books festivals, this one again on the campus of USC. There was that one year I missed, when the bibliochild was born and some friends, fellow writers and Santa Monica Review volunteers staffed the SMR booth, ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Pedro Pimentel Rios, Santa Ana Deportee, Sentenced to 6060 Years in Guatemalan Massacre
Pedro Pimentel Rios, a former factory worker who lived in Santa Ana until he was deported last July, has been sentenced to more than 6000 years for his role in one of the worst atrocities carried out by the U.S.-backed military during Guatemala's decades-long civil war. According to news reports, ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Erwin Johnny Sanchez Gets 29 Years to Life for Murder of Man Who Died of Pneumonia
Nineteen-year-old Scott Sittler lived another 15 years paralyzed and on a respirator after Erwin Johnny Sanchez shot him in the head on a quiet Santa Ana street in 1994. But after Sittler died of pneumonia in February 2009, the district attorney's office filed murder charges. Sanchez had been sch ... More >>
Columns
January 19, 2012
Is Mitt Romney Really Part-Mexican?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And how popular is Mormonism among Mexicans?
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Blase Bonpane, Legendary Toppler of Wally George's Desk, Returns to OC This Friday
Blase Bonpane, religious rebel and renegade, has lived a life inspired by the prospect of peace in our world. Director of the Office of the Americas, weekly radio host of World Focus on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles, and author of numerous books, the tireless activist turns to the subject of his own li ... More >>
News
December 29, 2011
What We Learned
The Year on Navel Gazing and Beyond!
Columns
December 1, 2011
Are Mexicans Racist Against Half-Mexicans?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Plus, should Mexicans hate the Irish, and vice versa?
Blogs
October 26, 2011
Five Questions with Long Beach Symphony Orchestra Singer Tony DeSare
Here's the thing about the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra's POPS! concerts: You might not think you'd want to go, but you'd be wrong. Take me for example.When I was a wee lad, I thought the music world began at the Germs and ended at Jawbreaker. I guess you could say I've expanded my horizons sinc ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
Kellogg's Threatens Non-Profit Over Toucan Logo; Cereal Maker Insists is Toucan Sam Rip-Off
To the right is Toucan Sam, the brightly-plumaged mascot of Kellogg's Froot Loops.After the jump, the logo of the Maya Archaeology Initiative, a non-profit organization intended to preserve Maya ruins in northern Guatemala.
Blogs
August 12, 2011
A Handy Guide to Cuban Hip-Hop: Krudas Cubensi, Obsesión, Anónimo Consejo, El Aldeano, Hermanos de Causa
When the femcee duo Krudas Cubensi was in Santa Ana a few months ago for a show, I personally reiterated to them my long-held opinion that Cuban hip-hop was the best in the world. Later on, they delivered a scintillating performance that only served to solidify that belief. Fortunately, if ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011
Pedro Pimentel Rios, Accused in Civil War Atrocity, Deported to Guatemala
Courtesy ICEAdios, Rios.Pedro Pimentel Rios, 54, an erstwhile maintenance worker from Santa Ana, has been deported to Guatemala to stand trial for his involvement in the most notorious massacre of that country's civil war. Along with several other suspects who have been rounded up in the US, Cana ... More >>
Columns
June 23, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Courtesy ICEAdios, Rios.Pedro Pimentel Rios, 54, an erstwhile maintenance worker from Santa Ana, has been deported to Guatemala to stand trial for his involvement in the most notorious massacre of that country's civil war. Along with several other suspects who have been rounded up in the US, Cana ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Report: Pasta the Most Popular Dish in the World
Grand, overarching summations derived from research papers must always be viewed skeptically, but the global organization Oxfam is well-regarded for its research, and its only real agenda is feeding folks, something they've been working on since the 1940s. They know a bit about global food trends ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Pedro Pimental Rios, Accused in Guatemalan Massacre, To Be Deported
A maintenance worker from Santa Ana must leave the country, according to a ruling issued yesterday by Judge Lorraine J. Munoz at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. Pedro Pimental, 54, will likely be flown to Guatemala to stand trial in one of the most brutal mass slayings in Guatemala's long c ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Quickie Review:] 12 Local Documentaries Worth a Look at the Newport Beach Film Festival
UPDATE, APRIL 29, 5:15 P.M.: Just finished watching the short documentary on Orange County naturalist Joel Robinson at Triangle Square and, I gotta tell you, it left me wanting to know more.Directors Jonathan Formica, Celesta Giaimo, Mj Lat and Alexandra Santoro present an eye-opening look at ar ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
Ruben Vives, Former Illegal Immigrant, Wins Pulitzer for Coverage of Bell Scandal
There are a lot of local angles to tie in this week's Pulitzer Prize victory by Los Angeles Times reporters Ruben Vives and Jeff Gottlieb for their coverage of the City of Bell Scandal. You have the man they took down, Robert Rizzo, being a resident of Huntington Beach, and that Gottlieb used to ... More >>
Columns
February 24, 2011
Can a Gabacho Become President of Mexico?
And Why Do Mexicans Jump So Much?
News
October 21, 2010
Grinding Justice
Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, doesn't work
Film
October 14, 2010
Helen Mirren Will Cut You
Killer instincts, bad knees and other awesome old-people things in 'Red'
Columns
September 23, 2010
Making America's Borders Unpalatable
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Punishment for illegal crossings? And is Irvine racist?
Columns
August 12, 2010
Special Comida Edition
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Where to get Mexican food in NY and how Mexis take their coffee
Blogs
August 5, 2010
John Wayne Airport Named Among 10 Scariest
John Wayne Airport is one of the 10 scariest airports in the world.That's the opinion of "a couple of pilots, along with SmarterTravel readers," who provided "their insights and experiences with difficult takeoffs and landings" to the travel site.
Blogs
July 23, 2010
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: OC Man, 5 Others Convicted of Defrauding Medi-CalComment by DAN18NY: Oh dear look at all those latin namesComment by LOSJETS: Yup,,,,They are latinos alright..............Berly Schartz, 53, of La Mirada, Dante David, 51 of Costa Mesa; Socorro Narciso, 39, of Sacramento; Orlee Lumiguid, ... More >>
Columns
July 22, 2010
More Mormon Mexicans?!?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, why do the people of Jalisco look down on other Mexicans?
News
July 1, 2010
An Immigrant's Heart
To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big heart. But not this big
Blogs
June 2, 2010
[UPDATED:] New Details [and Videos] Emerge About Double Murder Suspect Dan Wozniak
UPDATE: A Sims-style video based on the police account of the two murders Daniel Wozniak has been accused of carrying out has been posted on YouTube. More details throughout . . . The video was created for NMA World Edition, the YouTube page for Taiwan-based Next Media Animation, "the largest full- ... More >>
Columns
April 29, 2010
Iceback-Spotting?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And: Do Mexicans measure up?
Blogs
February 9, 2010
Orange County Boasts 3 of the Top 10 Coolest Beach Houses For Sale
McMonigle GroupA guest house comes with the No. 1 coolest beach house.Top Ten Real Estate, which each week posts the top 10 real estate deals in the U.S., has branched out in light of the foul weather pummeling the rest of the country to compile what's promised to be a totally independent list of ... More >>
Columns
October 29, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Do Mexicans Think It Sucks to Be Salvadoran?
McMonigle GroupA guest house comes with the No. 1 coolest beach house.Top Ten Real Estate, which each week posts the top 10 real estate deals in the U.S., has branched out in light of the foul weather pummeling the rest of the country to compile what's promised to be a totally independent list of ... More >>
Food
October 1, 2009
[Hole in the Wall] Salvi Supper at Anita's
McMonigle GroupA guest house comes with the No. 1 coolest beach house.Top Ten Real Estate, which each week posts the top 10 real estate deals in the U.S., has branched out in light of the foul weather pummeling the rest of the country to compile what's promised to be a totally independent list of ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2009
Just Another Orange County Murder: Oscar Hernandez-Alarcon [UPDATED]
View Larger Map UPDATED WITH VICTIM'S IDENTITY, NEW DETAILS ...A man searching a construction site in the 900 block of East South Street in Anaheim around 4:15 a.m. July 4 for materials to recycle instead found the body of an unidentified a man who'd who it was initially believed had been shot in th ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2009
Martin Diedrich on Surviving Starbucks And Thriving With Kéan
When I visited Kéan Coffee's new Tustin location last Sunday, it had only been open six days and already the lines were out the door. While that may have been due in part to staff still getting up to speed, it was definitely pulling in the punters. For good reason, it seems.The drinks menu is ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2009
The Eternal Spic-Mick Connection
In honor of the wearing of the green, one of my all-time favorite ¡Ask a Mexican! back-and-forths, one so scandalous it got a man suspended from work:Dear Mexican: Why do spics and micks get along so well? Is it because both races are drunk, fornicating, degenerate Catholics?Don MulletinoDear Mick: ... More >>
Columns
February 26, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Ilegal, ¿Y Qué?
In honor of the wearing of the green, one of my all-time favorite ¡Ask a Mexican! back-and-forths, one so scandalous it got a man suspended from work:Dear Mexican: Why do spics and micks get along so well? Is it because both races are drunk, fornicating, degenerate Catholics?Don MulletinoDear Mick: ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2008
Top 10 Latin Music Albums of 2008
Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that shoul ... More >>
Food
December 11, 2008
[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Guatemalan Gluttony at Panaderia La Chapina
Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that shoul ... More >>
News
December 4, 2008
Doctors Without Borders' Mary Jo Frawley Lives in OC, But Her Heart's in Sri Lanka, Somalia . . .
Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that shoul ... More >>
Columns
December 4, 2008
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Americans who still think of Latin music as mariachi bands and gyrating Ricky Martins and Shakiras might want to lend a closer ear to the genre. This country's Hispanic population isn't just growing, it's growing more diverse. More and more unique musical styles are being gobbled up, and that shoul ... More >>
Film
March 9, 2006
Go Home to El Salvador
Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary reveals the true anti-immigrant assholesMexicans
News
July 14, 2005
Special on Sambo, Aisle Dos!
Picking apart racist caricatures at Orange County Latino grocery stores
Film
April 14, 2005
Go Home to El Salvador
Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary reveals the true anti-immigrant assholesMexicans
News
March 31, 2005
The Disorder at the Border
Rating the sides in the April 1 Arizona-Mexico border free-for-all
Columns
January 27, 2005
Eight Days
Rating the sides in the April 1 Arizona-Mexico border free-for-all
Film
August 19, 2004
Genocide Reloaded
Rerelease of When the Mountains Tremble is bad news for Guatemalan generals
Food
May 22, 2003
Tamale Time!
Tamales, topos and pan dulce at Panaderia y Antojitos Guatemala
Features
January 3, 2002
A Reality Shrine for a Wired World
The year in coffeehouse founder Carl Diedrich
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