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April 26, 2012
Irvine Is The Most Fashionable City In America, Says A Real Study
Turns out the most fashionable people in America don't dwell in Manhattan or LA. They live in Irvine. Yes, Irvine, California, USA. That's according to research by Bundle, which measured the percentage of "fashion conscious households" in the country's 50 largest cities. The data company ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2012
Man Overboard's Chain Reaction Show is Sold Out, But You Can Still Watch It TONIGHT
Don't cry if you didn't get a Man Overboard ticket to the Chain Reaction show tonight in Anaheim. Thank your technology gods, because the band is streaming the show on ElectricVenue.com. Fans can log in at http://www.electricvenue.com/#/man-overboard-show/4559960491and watch the show for $2.99.&n ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
[UPDATED with Not Guilty Plea:] Robert Vincent Peace, Youth Soccer Coach, Accused of Possessing Child Porn
UPDATE, JAN. 25, 10:36 A.M.: Ex-soccer coach and accused child pornography hoarder Robert Vincent Peace pleaded not guilty at arraignment Tuesday to 16 felonies and a sentencing enhancement allegation for substantial sexual conduct with a child. The judge set Peace's bail to $500,000. He fa ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2011
10 Great Korean Restaurants in Orange County
Edwin GoeiThis list was a difficult one. How to just pick 10 restaurant out of the rich bevy of delights found at our Korean District? Or the burgeoning centers of Korean cultures in Buena Park and Irvine? No list could ever be definitive enough to be absolutely conclusive or comprehensive enough ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2011
Eat Here, Not There: Pork Rice At First Class Sandwich
Had I put this out as a Guess Where I Ate item, no one would ever get it. Not ever. It is from First Class Sandwich, a food court vendor in Irvine whose menu consists entirely of, well, sandwiches. That is, with the exception of two items scribbled on a whiteboard and offered by its Chinese owne ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
Playground Disaster: 10 Reasons Why Playground Festival Failed Miserably
Kevin Lara/OC WeeklyThe only happy attendees at the Playground Fest this weekend?Check out our photos of the festival acts hereCheck out our photos of the fans herePlayground Festival was doomed before it started. Thirty days before its debut, promoters constantly bragged about the festival becom ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2011
Playground Festival Announce Free Afterparty at Yost (with Lindsay Lohan and Pete Wentz)
We're still not sure about Playground Festival. While its lineup has a strong hip-hop component (Game, Lil Jon and Big Sean), the rock bands on the bill are comprised of acts that were big in 2008 (Bravery, Panic! at the Disco and Shiny Toy Guns). It seems totally overreaching that they're callin ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2011
Jimmy Z Returns With A New Irvine Restaurant
Those who've lived in Irvine near UCI about a decade or so ago should remember Jimmy Z Grill at Campus Plaza. It folded and then the sushi restaurant that followed it also failed. Now at the vacated spot, another sushi restaurant is poised to open.
Blogs
May 3, 2011
Contestants for The Great Food Truck Race Season 2 Revealed
SeabirdsTruck.comThe Seabirds girls in VegasWe already know The Lime Truck and Seabirds are in the midst of competing in the second season of The Great Food Truck Race at this very moment. Seabirds' website has a picture of Stephanie Morgan and her two gal pals pre-race, along with this not-so-cr ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011
New Zealand Blogger Paints Larry Agran Red
A New Zealand libertarian blogger who has compiled an online list of socialist politicians in the U.S. ("Red Reps" as he calls 'em) has at No. 6 Irvine City Councilman Larry Agran.And, no, this is not another April Fools joke.
Blogs
February 17, 2011
Dueling Dishes: Korean Fried Chicken
Edwin GoeiBBQ Chicken's chickenThis week on Dueling Dishes, we compare and contrast the golden fried birds from BBQ Chicken versus that from Pizza & Chicken Love Letter, the two preeminent Korean fried chicken chains in Orange County. Why these two? Well because they're also the only the tw ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2011
Michael Jackson's Ghost Spooks Propofol Maker Teva
The worldwide scorn directed at those closest to Michael Jackson in his final days may have extended to the drug Propofol and its Irvine-based maker, which announced it is laying off 200 employees this year after having already let go 70 workers.Teva Pharmaceuticals maintains it already discontin ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
Ex-OC Congressman Dubbed "Rotting Meatbag"
A letter to KFI's John & Ken Show from a "Concerned OC citizen" contains what may be the most colorful description evah of a certain former local congressman who went on to national shame in the Bush Administration.
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Shizuma Ramen Opens in Irvine
Edwin Goei As we blogged back in May, a new ramen shop called Shizuma Ramen was being developed in Irvine in the same plaza as Pho Ba Co and Layer Cake Bakery. Well, earlier this month it opened.
Music
July 15, 2010
Twitter Says Lilith Was Lame
[Mental Notes] Plus, grubbin' with Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, making the band with Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants
Blogs
July 12, 2010
So What If You Missed Lilith? Twitter Tells All
Megan StrouseWatch our slideshow here!Due to family obligations, day jobs and matters of taste, OC Weekly couldn't cover the Lilith fair stop at Irvine (which their Web site called the LA stop, duh) last Saturday. As Entertainment Weekly said, "by the time Lilith rolled into Irvine, Calif.'s Veri ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
#98. Pork Chop Anything at Nice Time Deli
Welcome to a new feature on our blog called 100 Favorite Dishes, where we countdown, um, our 100 favorite dishes at local restaurants. We'll be sharing these with you every weekday until our annual Best Of Issue comes out. Enjoy! #98. Pork Chop Anything at Nice Time Deli Technically, you don't hav ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2010
Jack Johnson Announces Tour Dates, 98 Percent of Orange County Celebrates
Christopher VictorioJack Johnson, wearing a Save Trestles T-shirt, performing at the Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on August 29, 2008.Chief mellow music maker Jack Johnson has announced a new slew of tour dates for his upcoming To The Sea Tour, spanning from early July on the East Coast ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2010
Orly Taitz Slings Mud at Republican Opponent for Secretary of State
damondunn.com / John GilhooleyBoth Dunn and Taitz like blue!While we weren't able to attend Dr. Orly Taitz's speech regarding "The Truth About Election Fraud" to the Orange County Federation of Republican Women today, we were, as always, able to read Taitz's blog (we've got good virus protection ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2010
OC Fire: Here Come 'Da Floods
The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) is reminding residents that the best way to prevent flooding is to prepare before the rain starts falling. Now they tell us!Dry as this is being typed, my backyard, residential street and busy boulevard one block over were flooded a few hours ago.If o ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2009
Dueling Dishes Soft Tofu Battle: BCD v. Kaya
This episode of Dueling Dishes is about soft tofu. Korean soft tofu. This week we pit together two houses of curd, BCD Tofu House and Kaya, who compete in the same town, serving the same dish. That town would be Irvine, where there exists six or maybe more restaurants who offer the same speciali ... More >>
Food
December 10, 2009
House of Kabob's Persian Rice: The Lake Forest and Irvine Treat
This episode of Dueling Dishes is about soft tofu. Korean soft tofu. This week we pit together two houses of curd, BCD Tofu House and Kaya, who compete in the same town, serving the same dish. That town would be Irvine, where there exists six or maybe more restaurants who offer the same speciali ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2009
New Santa Ana Rule: Please Do Not Defecate In The Elevator
An Irvine, California-based property management company was forced last week to remind tenants in a Santa Ana housing complex about common rules of decency. In a letter mailed to each unit, the manager urged tenants to "please be considerate" by using trash cans for trash, keeping noise down at n ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2009
Take Note, Budding Moviemakers: Kimera Is Running An Ad-Making Contest
The Irvine restaurant is already offering a movie-related tie-in (each diner purchasing a $20 two-course or $30 three-course Movie Night Menu gets a free film ticket, but you must book--and mention the deal--in advance).But this is different--something that will actually get people thinking. Alth ... More >>
Calendar
July 16, 2009
Orange County Mud Run
Hidden Valley Park
Blogs
July 10, 2009
Larry Agran, Then and Now
Agran: Follow the bouncing tax dollars.THEN:January 28, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE #2003-10 SUBJECT: City of Irvine Announces Funding Plan for Orange County Great Park IRVINE, CA-- Today, the City of Irvine released a detailed plan for funding the development and maintenance of a $353 mi ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2009
To Do Tonight - 7/2
Film Screening: Rear Window, 7 p.m.View this Alfred Hitchcock classic starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, as it was intended to be seen: on the big screen.UC Irvine, Winifred Smith Hall, W. Peltason and Campus Dr., Irvine, CA; 949-637-0749 Salsa Group Class and Dan ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2009
Called It! Reg. Owner CEO A Playboy Candidate (Updated: This IS Happening)
No, silly, Freedom Communications's CEO Scott Flanders isn't posing in the venerated skin mag -- we hope. But he is being considered to run it, according to The Wall Street Journal, via the Register's own business blog (wonder if Reg real estate guru Jon Lasner got permission from the top to link to ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2009
To Do Tonight - 5/13
Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.Bring your poetry, acoustic music and snaps to Long Beach's favorite (non-chain!) coffeehouse.Portfolio Coffeehouse, 2300 Fourth St., Long Beach, CA; 562-434-2486 ASID/OCC Design Tour, 3 p.m.New ideas for summer tabletops from Lynn Chichi of Chichi's Tabletal ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2009
Incoming: No Doubt Returns to Orange County! Eventually.
Full tour dates have finally been announced for archetypal OC success stories No Doubt's tour with Paramore--we've known for a while that they were going on tour at some point and the first date would be May 3 at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ, but now we've got the whole sched, and the three month-is ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2009
To Do This Weekend 2/20-2/22
The Great Skate, Friday-Sunday 11 a.m. through March 15Irvine's Great Park (you know, home to that dollar-sucking Great Balloon) brings the simple, youthful joy of ice skating to the park in an attempt to well, just do something fun and care-free for the community in these bleak times.Great Park, S ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2009
To Do Tonight 2/2
Immigrant Lives in the OC & Beyond Exhibit, until May 1 The UCI Langson Library presents a photo exhibit examining the lives of those who have taken that giant leap, legally or not, and showing how they have contributed throughout history to the development of our region. University of ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2008
Well That's the Cox Calling the Kettle Black
While former longtime Newport Beach Republican congressman-turned-Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox lashes out at his own staff for ignoring complaints that could have exposed Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme many years earlier, others wonder if Cox is not simply dive ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2008
To Do This Weekend 12/5-12/7
Lighting of the Bay at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina, Friday 6 p.m.Santa Claus himself will kick off the holiday season by flipping a giant switch to light more than 50 impressively illuminated and decorated Christmas trees situated in the tranquil waters of the bay.Back Bay Bistro, 1 ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2008
To Do Tonight 11/18
Tight Wad Tuesdays, 8 p.m. We're in a recession people! Spend wisely. $3 drinks all night. 195 Grill and Sports Bar 195 W. Center Street Promenade Anaheim, CA 714-999-8699 Masters of Adornment: The Miao People of China, 8 p.m. Featuring approximately 80 objects, mostly drawn from the Bowers Museum' ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2008
To Do This Weekend: 11/14 - 11/16
Phil Shane, Friday 9 p.m. If you haven't seen this one man legend gyrate his pelvis yet, you're missing out on one of life's greatest pleasures. THE DISTRICT LOUNGE 233 W. Chapman Ave. Orange, CA 714-639-7777 Imagine Peace Vigil, Friday 4 p.m. All we are saying is give peace a chance. War is over ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2008
To Do Tonight 10/14
Bad Parents, 10 p.m. Expect a spanking. $5 The Prospector 2400 E. Seventh St. Long Beach, CA 562-438-3839 Oktoberfest, until November 7 Go on a Sunday and watch the dachshund races if you’re in the mood for laughs, or head in any ol’ day if you’re in the mood to say prosit a lot. Old World Vi ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2008
To Do Tonight 9/24
420, 9:30 p.m. Breathe it in. Mai Tai Bar 97 Aquarium Way Long Beach, CA 562-435-1200 Sling Shot, 8:30 p.m. You'll shoot your eye out. Cook's Corner 19122 Live Oak Canyon Rd. Trabuco Canyon, CA 949-858-0266 Ride the Great Park Balloon, Daily High flying. Orange County Great Park Off the 5 Fwy. Ir ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2008
To Do This Weekend 9/12-9/14
Los Pinguos, Friday 5 p.m. Looks like the balloon wont be the only stupid thing at the Great Park this weekend. Orange County Great Park Off the 5 Fwy. Irvine, CA 949-724-6247 Casa De Tequila, Friday 8 p.m. This house has worms. Tia Juana's 14988 Sand Canyon Rd. Irvine, CA 949-551-2998 L.B.C. perf ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2008
To Do This Weekend 9/5 - 9/7
Jay Mohr, Friday 8 p.m. Gimmie Mohr. Brea Improv 120 S. Brea Blvd. Brea, CA 714-482-0700 An Italian Straw Hat, Friday - Sunday 8 p.m. A play with flavors of vaudeville, ragtime, light opera and even barbershop quartet, following a hapless young bridegroom through turn-of-the-century New York as he ... More >>
Blogs
August 22, 2008
To Do This Weekend 8/22-8/24
Debra's Girls Present: Going Green Theme Party, Friday 7 p.m. Long Beach's favorite gay bar pitches in to help the environment. Ripples 5101 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, CA 562-433-0357 Hootie & The Blowfish, Friday 8 p.m. Hold My Hand! House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 714-778-2583 ... 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
May 4, 2008
$40 Omakase at Gen Kai in Irvine
If you are at a sushi bar and the guy slicing the fish is the also the guy from which the restaurant is named, you are all but guaranteed exceptionally great sushi. In this category, there's Ikko, Hamamori, and Shibucho -- just to name a few in Orange County where the chef responsible for your meal ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2008
Avocado Pizzas at Stonefire Grill in Irvine
Pizza isn't something you'll see very often on this blog. Don't get me wrong. I eat plenty of it. But this is Orange County, not Chicago or New York. Pho, tacos, and ramen we got in spades -- just as good as those served in in Vietnam, Mexico and Japan, some might say. But pizza? So far, what ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2008
OC Homewreckers Hung Out to Dry
According to a Department of Justice press release and reported by the Register, Charles Head, a 33-year-old from La Habra and several accomplices have been charged with illegal activities purportedly using the latest mortgage scam to come through the pipeline. One can only expect more scams to ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2007
OC talent gets its kicks in the MLS playoffs
While most of the country keeps its attention on football, there are those of us who also enjoy the unbridled, over-the-top passion of futbol. With the Major League Soccer playoffs just around the corner (they start this Thursday), it is only fitting to give props to the OC natives who are represe ... More >>
Columns
February 22, 2007
Letters
'I no longer sell photos but there are great benefits to being married to the Mattress Maven of the Inland Empire. My sister the Rabbi tells me she is available at a moments notice.'
Blogs
June 18, 2006
Irvine Offends Thousands of Its Citizens
An Orange County Grand Jury recently decided that the Irvine City Council is trying to hijack the Great Park, and that the OC Board of Supervisors (who initially approved of Irvine's actions) might look into litigation in order to return control of this huge local resource to the county itself. Irvi ... More >>
News
April 6, 2006
Kill the Poor!
Irvine proposes low-cost housing for toxic land
Blogs
April 1, 2006
The Ghost of Malthus in OC
Only four days after OC was named the third wealthiest county in the country (with 113,299 millionaire households), news comes that Irvine is taking measures to ensure low-cost housing remains available. Given the state of low-cost housing in OC (mostly nonexistent), and the fact that the LA Times ... More >>

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