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[UPDATED:] Chi Ngoc Bui, OC Homicide No. 40: Run Over for His Casino Winnings

​UPDATE: The third murder suspect is arrested south of Bullhead City, Arizona (see end of post) . . .Chi Ngoc Bui won big the night of Sept. 2 at the Hawaiian Gardens Casino next to the 605 freeway. Little did the 55-year-old Westminster resident know that he was being watched, later followed or t ... More >>

Drive-In to Distraction at Ruby's

Why eating in your car should be an act of desperation, not a conscious choice

Mark Moen, Marijuana Martyr

The arrest of 215 Agenda's owner has OC's medical-pot community wondering if it has a prayer of avoiding trouble with the cops

[UPDATED:] Tuyet Thi Huynh, OC Homicide No. 8: Dragged to Death

UPDATE: 9-1-1 emergency audio (scroll to bottom of post) . . . Courtesy of Westminster Police DepartmentChristopher Yu is one of two people accused of murdering a 38-year-old Garden Grove woman.​Tuyet Thi Huynh was standing next to a car at Russell Paris Park, talking with the young couple inside ... More >>

Paramore with Tegan and Sara Headed to Honda Center, Anaheim

Andrew YoussefParamore frontwoman Hayley Williams at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, Aug. 1, 2009The strangely paired tour of pop-rockers Paramore with indie queens Tegan and Sara hits the Honda Center in Anaheim Sept 19, concluding a summer run that starts July 23 in North Carolina. The es ... More >>

As Killers and Suspects Clog OC Courts, Rackauckas Unveils Rally for Victims

bos.ocgov.comBoard of Supervisors Chairwoman Pat Bates speaks at last year's inaugural victims' rights rally in front of the Old Orange County Courthouse in Santa Ana.​According to the Orange County District Attorney's Office, a lot of people with blood on their hands have been passing through San ... More >>

More Details Emerge About Invasion at Ex-Subprime King Sadek's Newport Coast Home

imdb.comDaniel Sadek and Jackie Chan at the March 2007 premiere of the Sadek-produced "Redline."​The last Crime Time ended with sketchy details about Monday's armed invasion of the Newport Coast home of Daniel Sadek, the Redline movie producer-writer and former sub-prime mortgage king Septemb ... More >>

It's Not My Fault, Your Honor, Because I Was Too Drunk to Remember the Fatal Crash

​How's this for a defense tactic? "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I cannot be held responsible for the crash that burned to death a 20-year-old college student and for fleeing the scene because I was so drunk I don't remember any of it."That was essentially what Kenneth John McNair, 22, of Down ... More >>

Can Alfredo Amezcua Take Down Santa Ana's Perpetual/Invisible/Perpetually Invisible Mayor?

Photo from the Santa Ana Business Bank website, where he sits on the board alongside a bunch of pendejos...​The Friday night before Thanksgiving isn't exactly the best time to hold a kick-off for a political campaign, but that didn't stop an enthusiastic crowd of about 60 to cram into Libreria Mar ... More >>

Crime Time: Creepy Toys, Slick Bank Robbers, Egged On Victims, Dog-Beating Dipshits and At Least [Alleged] Criminals Still Read Newspapers

It's the Weekly's weekly roundup of local police calls and assorted mayhem.MONDAY, NOV. 2". . . and I don't like you!" ​"I'm Talking Tina . . . and Things Are Going to Be Different Around Here" A woman called 9-1-1 around 3:45 in the morning to say she heard a baby toy go off downstairs in her hom ... More >>

Crime Time: An Especially San Clemente/ Huntington Beach Edition

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--with an especially heavy emphasis on San Clemente and Huntington Beach. MONDAY, OCT. 5 He died for your remote. Who's the Patron Saint of Stupidity Again? A 50-inch Viso plasma TV was stolen out of the beer tent erected for the weekend F ... More >>

Do You Drive One of the 10 Most Stolen Cars in California?

Feast your eyes on the hottest car in California, Speed Racer: the 1991 Honda Accord. ​Forget your Ferrarris, Lamborghinis, heck, even your grandparents' Buicks. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) Hot Wheels 2009 report, which crunched data reported to the National Crime Infor ... More >>

The Unsolved Murder of Joe Avila Is Only One of Many Loose Ends From OC's Coked-Out '80s

On the Line: Dave Mau of The Retreat

Dave Mau (left) and his brother Chris Dave Mau is the chef and raconteur behind the Dinners with Dave event, a night of free music and free food, held every second and fourth Wednesday at Memphis at the Santora. When he's not doing that or cooking at the Vermilion Valley Resort in the High Sie ... More >>

Ringling Bros.: We Do Care For Our Animals

Photo by Keith May The media was out there, and so was the circus.Anyone who marveled at the incisive journalism and expert photography displayed in the coverage of animal-rights activist Melissa Sehgal's nude protest over Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' upcoming Hon ... More >>

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

Last Night: Steely Dan @ Honda Center

Steely Dan @ The Honda Center on August 4, 2008 Better Than: going to high school band practice. Download:"Kid Charlemagne" from the Steely Dan Myspace page. Steely Dan rocked the Honda Center as softly as possible. Donald Fagen (Vocals/Keyboards) and Walter Becker (Guitar/Vocals) were backed by ... More >>

[Game On] There's More of the Same in 'Mario Kart Wii,' and That Just Might be Plenty

[Aural Reports] Big Ed's Records in Long Beach Caters to Roots-Music and Rockabilly Fanatics

The Anti-Amy Winehouse

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Create Vintage Soul Music, Not Tabloid Headlines

Trendzilla

Slut Magnet

Osama's Gun

How to not build bin Ladens AK-47 without even trying

Car Trouble

Whistleblowing doctors weird saga continues

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Repo Man

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: The Big Sleep

Baby-faced Hoodlums

Getting big in Vietnamese gangs doesnt mean you cant snitch

OC Drivers on the Pipe

According to the for-profit Orange County Automobile Dealers Association, the top new retail car and truck registrations this year through May: Toyota: 29.3% GM: 12% Honda: 11.5% Ford: 9.7% DaimlerChrysler: 6.3% Nissan: 5.6% According to the nonprofit Environmental Defense, the percentage of ... More >>

'I've Had So Much Fun With Cops'

NOT showing at NBFF: Pray for Me: The Jason Jessee Movie

Get Out!

Deep Wet Tongue Kiss
March 30 - April 6

Last Dance

Retired cop says death of Mr. Js informant was too much of a coincidence

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Palindromes

Special Screenings

Movie Event of the Week: Pacific Jewish Film Festival

Stop Lying

GWEN STEFANI AND M.I.A.; ARROWHEAD POND, ANAHEIM

No Nude Naked Adult Lindsay Lohan

An early night at the Playboy Mansion

Swamp and Overflow

Nightlife and more:
Sept. 29 - Oct. 6

The Asian Persuasion

Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

O, America . . .

Reflections on Election Day, 2004

Best of OC 2004: Part 5

Jaramillo Busted

Announcement pending on charges against ex-No. 2 man in OC Sheriffs Department

Mr. Big Mouth

In the Haidl gang-rape case, the Sheriffs No. 2 digs himself deeper

Jesus Un-rises

A Tale of Two Shootings

When it comes to cops and crew-cut Latinos, justice isn't blind -- it's suspect

Robot Man

The Rabbit Killer

Lost Highway

Cmon down to Jims World of Pain Motors!

Dare I Say Icon?

Nancy Sinatra can walk all over me any time

Poseur Explosion

Conspiracy of Dope

Let Lopez Go

DAs office still hasnt interviewed man who says he pulled off robbery for which George Lopez was convicted

Have I Poisoned My Fahrvegnugen?

Seasons Recordings and the art of seamlessness