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Sequestration Hits Santa Ana HUD Office with Friday Furlough Days Through End of August

Due to the sequestration cuts, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) office in Santa Ana will close next Friday, May 24, and unless funding relief comes it will be closed select Fridays through the end of August. The field office in the federal building at 34 Civic Center Plaza joins HUD offi ... More >>

Delta Spirit - Playboy Mansion - May 10, 2013

Delta Spirit Playboy Mansion May 10, 2013 Sometimes you have to go to grungy clubs to review rock bands. Fortunately, on this particular night, Delta Spirit was playing a private industry event at the Playboy Mansion. Sponsored by Jack Daniels, the event coincided with a fundraiser for Operation Gr ... More >>

Frank J. Fitzpatrick: The Cowboy

See our full OC Weekly 2013 People Issue

Calvary Chapel Gets Smackdown From The Daily Beast

It starts to look like more and more mainstream media outlets are starting to cast a skeptical eye on Calvary Chapel, not just on the mothership or founder Chuck Smith, but its bizarre, convenient structure that simultaneously allows Chuckie to claim no responsibility for problem outposts and full a ... More >>

American Third Position, OC's Laughable White-Power Political Party, Gets Pwned Again in Another Mainstreaming Effort

Oh, must those pendejos over at the American Third Position Party, the pseudo-Ponzi scheme masquerading as an alternative to the Republicrats, be stewing today. Not only is it Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, not only is a black man getting sworn into the White House, but all of this is happening on a w ... More >>

Mariachi Sol de Mexico's Jose Hernandez Brings Youth Showcase and Competition to OC for the First Time!

See Also:*Mariachi Divas Party With WeeMan in Their First Music Video*Teen Prodigy Genesis Codina Adds a Youthful Grito to Anaheim Mariachi Festival*¡Viva Los Muertos! Mariachi Celebration in AnaheimJose Hernandez, founder of Mariachi Sol de Mexico, has been twice nominated for a Grammy award and p ... More >>

Calvary Chapel's Mothership Connection

Are Potato State perverts threatening the church's OC base?

Cycle Pub, A Bar On Wheels, Needs To Ride Into OC!

Drinking and biking may sound like a disastrous combination, but with the Cycle Pub, it just works. It's a trolley-shaped traveling bar powered by the calves of its imbibers. (Don't worry--a sober staff member does the steering.) So much awesome. You're drinking, getting fresh air, seeing the c ... More >>

Youth Lagoon Is the New Bon Iver

Just call Trevor Powers the new bedroom-musician hero

Youth Lagoon

Observatory

Radio White, Infamous White-Power OC Internet Radio Station, Gone?

Obviously not an Aryan...​On a lark today, I decided to check up on the pendejo skins over at Radio White, the Orange-based Internet radio station which had been the nation's longest-running white-power broadcasting operation. This was the place where the gabacho race's dumbest and most meth-prone ... More >>

Five Songs to Help Defeat the Leftover Blues

​Although Black Friday is known for shopping, it is also known as the beginning of the leftover parade. If you want to make room for non-gravy doused foods in your fridge, you'll need all the help you can get. Here are five golden oldies that can help lessen the blow of a week's worth of leftovers ... More >>

Olin & the Moon

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Gronk-o-Rama at Fullerton College!

The legendary Chicano artist makes a rare appearance in OC at Fullerton College as its artist-in-residence

Some of Japan McDonald's New American-Themed Burgers Are Hilariously Misguided

McDonalds.co.jp​The food-blog web is snickering with news that McDonald's outlets in Japan are doing a new burger promotion called Big America 2 (yes, it's a sequel, meaning they've done this before).The burgers, hilarious caricatures and revealing in how Japan sees us, are shown above in all thei ... More >>

Watch What You Photograph in Newport Harbor Lest You Wind Up in an Anti-Terror Database

​Perhaps you've had family out from Idaho and taken them to the Newport Harbor area for a Balboa Bar and some sightseeing. Maybe they noticed the automobiles floating on water thanks to the Balboa Ferry and decided to snap some pictures of the scene with a cell phone camera.Those who take such pho ... More >>

Martin Cox, White-Power Icon, in Failing Health; Local Skinheads Organizing Concert Fundraiser

​It's been an open secret in the white-power community that Martin Cox--frontman for more than a few hate-core band, a guy so old-school he was around when Oprah was interviewing neo-Nazis for ratings--has suffered from so many health problems over the past couple of years that he needs financial ... More >>

Nursing Mother Asked To Leave Arizona McDonald's

Flickr user myjuly​According to ABC15 in Phoenix, Clarissa Bradford was asked to leave a Glendale, Ariz. McDonald's after breastfeeding her 6-month-old son. Clearly, the manager of this McDonald's has never heard of mombloggers, or this would never have happened.

Sunday News Notes

News highlights include:Relax, sir. It's only .000034 percent of your wealth.​Is OC's Biggest Billionaire Stingy?Two of Donald L. Bren's children are expected to take their father to court this week in Los Angeles in hopes of winning $800,000 in retroactive monthly child support payments because, ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Tod Brown's Own Private Idaho

The Orange bishop's track record of covering up for sexual misconduct by priests didn't start here

Orange Bishop Tod Brown Wrote Letter of Recommendation for Pedo-Priest While Head of Boise Diocese

​In 1990, then-Diocese of Boise, currently Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown drafted a letter of recommendation on behalf of Father Ruben Idalio Garcia so that the former Boise priest could officially join the Archdiocese of Tijuana. "I am happy to recommend Fr Garcia for service" in Tijuana ... More >>

At the Farmers' Market: Basil

I have an embarrassing confession to make: I often use dried herbs. I know fresh are better, but other than tomatoes (it's the New Jersey genes), I've got gardening skills that could make plants wither in Idaho. I manage with rosemary (which I couldn't kill with fire and the sword) and parsley, whic ... More >>

Bishop Tod Brown Involved in Another Sex-Abuse Scandal He Never Bothered to Disclose

Brown: Rocking that lavendar!​My gawd, was there ever a time when Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown wasn't a lying, conniving, pervert-protecting coward? Over the weekend, the Idaho Statesman revealed that the Diocese of Boise (headed by Bishop Michael Driscoll, who ranks second only to John U ... More >>

Gabriel Caliendo of The Lazy Dog Cafe, Part Three

Kimberly Valenzuela​In the final installment of this week's On The Line, Executive Chef Gabriel Caliendo of The Lazy Dog Cafe shares with us a recipe for Cast Iron Idaho Trout with roasted summer vegetables, sea salt roasted marble potatoes and citrus-walnut brown butter.In case you missed it, you ... More >>

Reno 911! Featuring Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough

The Coach House

'Til Game Over Do Us Part: Quirky Video Game Weddings

Valentine's Day may have just passed, and people across the globe were given the chance to express their love for those around them, whether it be lover, family, pet or friend. A couple's wedding is possibly one of the most important events of their lives. This celebration of their union is supposed ... More >>

Overheard at the Farmers' Market, Part 4

​This week's list is a little thin, because the Irvine farmers' market was smaller than normal due to the torrential rains of last week; fully a quarter of the vendors were unable to pick. That didn't stop the adventurous from braving the still-soggy outdoors, though.

Here's a Switch: University Gives Out Baggies

​Time was, you hid your baggies from university officials. Or at least the RA's. But over at UC Irvine, campus officials have reportedly distributed 1,000 Ziploc bags to 225 mail stations used by students, faculty and staff. No, the top brass isn't warming up to those who are holding. Not on purpo ... More >>

Mom Threatened With Child Endangerment for Letting Her Kids Play Outside Gated Home

Danger! Danger!​An Aliso Viejo mom claims law enforcement officers threatened to sic social services on her for endangering her children. Her crime? Allowing her oldest kids--ages 6, 7 and 9--to play just outside her town home, which is in a gated complex.

Sam Adams "Utopias 2009" Released at 27% ABV

bsx @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0​As reported today by the OC Weekly's sister publication, Phoenix New Times, Boston Brewing Company, the makers of Sam Adams, have released their biennial Utopias beer. The beer, a barrel-aged strong ale that came out at a whopping 54 proof, is sold in 24-ounce copp ... More >>

[UPDATED] Why Would This Man Try to Burn Down His Beloved Church?

Courtesy of Orange County District Attorney's Office Izad Chavoshan's booking photo. ​UPDATED WITH COMMENT FROM A CHURCH OFFICIAL . . . The bizarre case of the Huntington Beach man charged with trying to burn down Orange County Church of Christ not one, two, three but four times (!) just ... More >>

[CD Review] Built to Spill, 'There Is No Enemy' (Warner Bros.)

Eight Questions with the Quick & Easy Boys

Mosca Photography​ Lots of good stuff comes out of Portland. You got your Voodoo Doughnut, your Sweetpea Baking Company, your Hillstomp and your bike-friendly streets (notice no mention of the Trail Blazers--Go Lakers!). Well, add another item to Portland's awesome list because the Quick & Ea ... More >>

Navel Gazing: The Avis of Journalistic Blogs in the West

Dear readers, prepare to withstand some navel gazing about Navel Gazing, the OC Weekly staff news blog: It has won second-place honors from Best of the West, which was founded in 1987 to promote freedom of information and reward journalistic excellence, mainly through its contest for newspapers and ... More >>

Rocket from the Crypt immortalizes Orange County

Yesterday I was driving this windy road in Idaho. It was 25 degrees out, snowing, cold as cold can be. Basically, the exact opposite of Orange County. I was rocking the shuffle function on my iPod when Rocket from the Crypt's tune "Orange County" came on. Suddenly, I was taken back to home ... More >>

Planet Anaheim

The B-52's

Gary Quite Contrary

As the video from June 26 reveals, Gary Rapport is ultra sincere as he tells a business group how important entrepreneurism is to the future of Wood River Valley, Idaho. But the newly hired Ketchum Community Development Corporation executive director abruptly resigned his post on July 8. And now the ... More >>

Lil Wayne in Big Trouble

Police near Yuma, Arizona have arrested Southern rap star Lil Wayne for possession of “dangerous” drugs, narcotics and drug paraphernalia, TMZ is reporting. This incident follows a 2007 arrest in Idaho, also for drug possession. If Wayne (real name Dwayne Carter Jr.) had kept in the responsibl ... More >>

The Broken Bone and the Big Bucks

No doubt Governor Schwarzenegger was really looking forward to all this week's inaugural celebrations. Then came the accident on the ski slopes of Idaho. So out went his participation in the public celebration. Kevin Yamamura of the Sacramento Bee reports: Sidelined with a broken leg requiring m ... More >>

Young Men With Balls

CIF Southern Section Baseball Championships

Take the Bishop Michael Driscoll Pedo-Quiz!

Is That a Charcoal Stick In Your Pocket?

Or are you just happy to see the Koos life-drawing workshop?

Winged Migration

Angels in the architecture

Damaged Art Freak-O-Rama!

Iron Barista

Competitors test their beans

'Noise and Chaos'

Relish on the road with Warped

Thank Yew, Richuhd Blade!

But its Riverside in tha house

Toxic Rock Syndrome

Theyre up! Theyre down! But dont call the Pinehurst Kids emo

Polyester Road Diaries

My life in the bush of filmic ghosts