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  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Local Art Exhibit Seeks to Raise Funds for Syrians in Need

    Sama Wareh and her art piece 'Starts With One"​As the now 11-month old uprising continues in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the death toll continues to mount. The opposition stronghold Syrian city of Homs has faced continued shelling this week. Those who survive do so on dwindling fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Aziz Duwaik, Palestinian Leader Who Secretly Met with UC Irvine Students, Held by Israel

    ​Speaker of the Palestinian parliament Aziz Duwaik, whose secret meeting with UC Irvine students and faculty visiting Israel in 2009 raised cackles in some corners, was ordered to be held without trial for six months, his lawyer said today. The senior Hamas official, whose name is alternately s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Linkin Park to Play Secret Show in LA for Tsunami Relief

    Linkin Park​ Foreign tragedies have a way of hitting close to home when you're world famous and have embarked on several world tours. For Southern California's Linkin Park, the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan affected them on a personal level. "We have family ties to Japan," Chester Ben ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    How the Video Game Community Is Responding to Japan's Quake Disasters

    Masahiro Sakurai's TwitterA photo by Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai shows empty Tokyo streets after the earthquake​With the death toll rising above 10,000 people, 88,000 people reported missing and the threat of numerous nuclear meltdowns, Japan is facing its worst national catastrophe since World ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    [UPDATED] Travis Christopher Unholz, OC Sheriff's Deputy Convicted of Roughing Up Wife and Trying to Contact Her and Get Gun in Violation of Order

    ​UPDATED, FEB. 28, 4:57 P.M.: Because federal law prohibits firearm possession for those convicted of domestic violence, veteran Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Travis Christopher Unholz's law enforcement career is effectively over."We consider all the ramifications, and in this case, it is going t ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants

    But what's been unearthed reveals a culture of cruelty

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2010

    Jerry Roach of Cuckoo's Nest: Not Dead

    Photo by John GilhooleyJerry Roach is not dead.​Controversy and the Cuckoo's Nest--it's as if Jerry Roach never left us. But many assumed the owner of the former Costa Mesa punk rock club had left permanently. "People thought I was dead," he tells me with a chuckle.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    In Light of Braff: Five Bizarre Internet Hoaxes

    Flickr user Thor Arvid​The world thought  Scrubs actor Zach Braff was dead yesterday for a few hours--suicide, they said. Turns out, it was just a Scrubs fan that had created a faker CNN page in 2007 that somehow resurfaced. In an age where someone's Wikipedia page is edited spookily quick to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Gettin' Made: Do You Feel Lucky?

    I met Kayte Turner at her Handmade District craft fair earlier this year, and have always been impressed with just how much time and energy she spends giving back to the community, while still having time to create one of a kind bags, bike basket liners (I have one!) and coasters for her i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Beloved OC Historians, Mexicans, and Half-Breeds Tomorrow!

    Woman or half-breed?As mentioned in my ¡Ask a Mexican! column this week, I'll be speaking tomorrow to the Anaheim Historical Society at what's now called the Woelke-Stoffel House but which generations of Anaheimers know as the Red Cross House. Address is 418 N. West St., Anaheim, (714) 292-0042, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    OC Music Fest 09 Partners with Be The Shirt for Contest

    What are you doing in May 2009? Not sure yet? Well, try to pencil in a few days for OC Music Fest 09, which happens in about 10 months in Irvine and promises to feature nearly 100 established and up-and-coming bands. In the meantime, you creative types may want to enter the Be The Shirt band/art ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    Haunted OC Hotspots

    In honor of Halloween the OC Weekly has compiled a list of haunted Orange County locations courtesy the database of haunted places on Shadowlands.net. So take some time and have a read. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, at least you can learn about some local legends and scare yourself silly! M ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 22, 2005

    Sept. 22 - Sept. 29

    In honor of Halloween the OC Weekly has compiled a list of haunted Orange County locations courtesy the database of haunted places on Shadowlands.net. So take some time and have a read. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, at least you can learn about some local legends and scare yourself silly! M ... More >>

  • Features

    September 22, 2005

    Silver and Black Like Me

    Rams? Lambs! Orange County is Raider Nation. Dont believe it? Ask a Raider fan

  • Columns

    September 15, 2005

    The City That Bush Forgot

    The president could hop from one corpse to another and think hes walking on water

  • Features

    September 15, 2005

    The Tragedy of It All

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • Columns

    September 1, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK NARANJA

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • Film

    June 30, 2005

    Mystery Scientology Theater

    How War of the Worlds anticipated the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard

  • Features

    March 24, 2005

    Cons & Tricks

    The Willowz: Not yet, guys

  • Features

    September 23, 2004

    Ouch!

    Why are county health officials in West Nile Denial?

  • Food

    February 19, 2004

    Sexing Up Their Zaggat

    Chanteclair gets new facade, keep their great food

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    An Informed Citizenry

    Chanteclair gets new facade, keep their great food

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    The Kids Are Not All Right

    Chanteclair gets new facade, keep their great food

  • Features

    March 6, 2003

    War College

    67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Mondo Washington

    67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop

  • Columns

    December 20, 2001

    New War, Old Protest

    Where are the goddamned donuts?

  • Features

    December 6, 2001

    Hurry!

    Strange packages. High anxiety. Low-grade terror. Its holiday shopping time again, with us as your guides

  • Music

    October 4, 2001

    Heavy Metal Terrorist

    The amazing exploding genitals of WASPs Blackie Lawless

  • Features

    October 5, 2000

    Lesson no. 1: Keep Your Mouth Shut

    Everything we needed to know about life we learned at University High

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    The Terrorist Next Door

    The U.S. says a former Anaheim resident is trying to kill us all

  • Culture

    March 16, 2000

    Schindlers List of Art Exhibits

    Minus the Saccahrine ending

  • Features

    November 25, 1999

    I Will Testify

    Minus the Saccahrine ending

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