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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    [UPDATED with DA Charges Shalabh Rastogi:] Jalina George, OC Homicide No. 18: Husband Held for Strangulation Murder

    UPDATE, MAY 23, 12:31 P.M.: Irvine's Shalabh Rastogi is being held without bail pending a scheduled arraignment in Santa Ana today on charges that he strangled and murdered his wife in the apartment they shared with their three children, prosecutors announced.The 39-year-old finance worker faces one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Eat This Now: Corn Chowder at California Fish Grill

    You should already be quite familiar with California Fish Grill, the largely local seafood chain that has spawned a lot of copy cats trying desperately to replicate its formula of reasonably-priced fish meals with rice or French fries. That many of its imitators have failed is a testament that the o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Irvine Chocolatiers Build A 9-Ton Chocolate Mayan Temple, Break Guinness World Record

    Here's something to make you pause and wonder: What am I doing with my life? That's because you are not the chocolatiers at Qzina Specialty Foods in Irvine. They did what no man has done before, which is build an 18,239-pound ancient Mayan temple out of chocolate.  It took more the team mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Seabirds Truck and Tasting Spoon Join Forces For a Sit-Down Vegan Dinner Event

    Roaming the streets can be exhausting. It's always nice when OC food trucks hit the brakes every once in a while for some off-wheels cooking. Two of the county's favorite luxe loncheras, Seabirds and Tasting Spoon, are teaming up for a special prix fixe vegan dinner event at 6:30 on May 25 at N ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 3, 2012

    Irvine: America's Most Fashionable City?

    [Trendzilla] Bundle says it's true, so it must be!

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Irvine to Get A New Korean BBQ

    For quite a while I knew that a new business called "All That BBQ" was going to open at Culver Plaza in Irvine, but I had no idea if it was a restaurant or perhaps a BBQ equipment supplier like BBQ's Galore.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2012

    Japanese & Korean Food Show at 99 Ranch Market in Irvine This Weekend

    If you've ever wondered what an aloe drink tastes like or what brand of instant miso soup suits you best, this is probably a good time to go to 99 Ranch Market in Irvine (the one on Culver) to find out via free samples. Today, April 21st and tomorrow, Sunday, April 22nd, the market is holding a Japa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    What We Learned, March 31-April 13

    It's another double installment, the last for a while one hopes, of stuff that happened and what we gleaned from it.MARCH 31: It's disclosed that Arthur Palomino, one of the children in Mendez, et al v. Westminster, et al,, Orange County's most famous civil rights case, passed away. What We Learned: ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 8, 2012

    Bike Nazi

    [Hey, You!] If my big bare head is wrong, I don't want to be right

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Planned Irvine Shabu Shabu Bar Gets Name Change

    ​This is an update to an earlier post I wrote about a planned shabu shabu bar in Irvine's Trabuco Grove shopping center called OOii Shabu Shabu. The restaurant was to occupy the space where a Daphne's once stood in the Kohl's-anchored complex on Jeffrey near the 5.On this front, nothing's changed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Honey Pig Korean BBQ Coming to Irvine

    ​The Korean barbecue restaurant Honey Pig is coming to Irvine this summer. Chin Kim, a co-owner of the original Los Angeles location, confirmed that Irvine will host the third outpost of the unusual K-BBQ restaurant owned by a loosely-affiliated group of relatives and business partners. Mr. Kim wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Another Pho Joint To Open In Irvine

    ​I've actually lost count on how many places there now are in Irvine to have pho. I'll date myself in saying that I remember a time where there was exactly one place that did. Last year saw three pho joints opening almost simultaneously as if it were planned that way.Now there's another planned fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Is Tortillaz Aspiring to be Chipotle?

    ​ I'm not saying that every Mexican chain like Cafe Rio is trying to copy Chipotle. Even though it says it's not, Taco Bell is doing it. And why wouldn't they? It makes business sense to aspire to the same kind of success that Steve Ells Mexi-chain has achieved. There's nothing wrong with that. Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Keeping Track: Where Are All The Weekly Clustertrucks?

    ​UPDATE: Anne Eng informed us that as of now, the Wednesday clustertruck is not occurring every week. They are still coordinating with other luxe loncheras for a steady rotation. Best to follow Panfiniti for updates.ORIGINAL POST: Per our friends at Panfiniti, the newest clustertruck is on Wednesd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Is Kula Becoming The Walmart of Sushi?

    ​Some may remember that before it sold $2 sushi on moving belts, Kula's previous incarnation was as a high-priced, made-to-order sushi bar in Century City. When it failed to catch on after about one year, the restaurant made the move to the then still unproven Diamond Jamboree in Irvine. It was he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Another Day, Another Craigslist Crime in Irvine

    ​The city of Irvine proudly proclaims itself America's safest city, and it surely is when it comes to your garden variety rapes, assaults and murders. But even America's safest city must deal with scam artists, boiler room operators and FBI informants who infiltrate mosques. Indeed, it's that ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Another Shabu Shabu Restaurant To Open In Irvine

    ​There are exactly three restaurants dedicated to shabu shabu in Irvine: House of Shabu Shabu at the 99 Ranch plaza on Jeffrey, Ayame Hot Pot on Portola Parkway, and SWSH at Diamond Jamboree, which was the last entrant in a city that previously only had one a few years ago.

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Irvine Loses One Vietnamese Restaurant; Gains Another

    Edwin Goei​The latter half of last year saw three new Vietnamese restaurants opening in Irvine, with Pho So 1, La Pho, and Pho Saigon Pearl vying for the wallets and mouths of the rice noodle-slurping public. It continues this year as The Irvine Company revealed that at least one more Vietnamese r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Ho-Hum, Another County Plan to Expand Musick Jail, Another Irvine Lawsuit to Stop It

    ​The County of Orange has been sued, scolded and ordered to reduce jail overcrowding for years. Just as regularly, attempts to expand the number of beds at the James A. Musick Facility in Irvine have been met with resistance--and court battles--from that city and nearby Lake Forest.It's happening ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Taleo in Irvine Closes

    ​The news came fast and quick. Shortly after our post about Fatburger at Park Place in Irvine biting the dust, two readers e-mailed us with the tip that its neighbor, Taleo in Irvine, was too, going to shutter. I called the restaurant during lunchtime on Friday, and the person who answered not onl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Irvine Korean Festival This Saturday

    ​Dense in the head that I am, it still took me all of 3 seconds to realize how the City of Irvine came to host the Irvine Korean Cultural Festival tomorrow. Steven Choi, city councilman and a candidate for mayor, is also its founder. Why tomorrow? Well, because today, January 13th, is the day the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Will Occupy OC Rifts Destroy the Anti-Corporate Greed Protests?

    ​Despite a reputation for raucousness, some 40 Occupy Orange County members gathered quietly outside of Fullerton city hall last night to discuss the future of the local movement after Wednesday's dismantling of Irvine's three-month protest.While two Occupy leaders outlined negotiations with Fulle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Irvine and Santa Ana (Yes, That Santa Ana) are Dueling Safest Cities in America

    ​UPDATE, DEC. 20, 12:39 P.M.: My morning coffee obviously had not kicked in yet when I posted the original version of this item on Irvine and Santa Ana appearing on dueling lists of the safest cities in America. For, had I been fully awake, I would not have read right over Mission Viejo being rank ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Irvine Forces City Contractors to Pay their Workers a Living Wage--Unless They're Mexican Crop Pickers

    Agran (at right): Can he finally do something progressive after years of being a tool?​This summer, the city of Irvine and its apologists made much about its decision to force any contractors doing work for the city to pay its workers a living wage, that progressive wet dream in effect wherever fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Young The Giant at the Observatory Last Friday Night

    Daniel Kohn​Young The Giant The Observatory (formerly the Galaxy Theatre) 12/16/11 Last Friday night's gig at the Observatory in Santa Ana was a victory lap of sorts for Young The Giant. A successful 2011 saw the Irvine-based quintet tour across the globe (including many of the country's huge fes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Mitsuwa Irvine To Host Grand Opening Festivities This Weekend

    Mitsuwa.com​Although it's technically open now, this Saturday is the official grand opening of Mitsuwa's Irvine store, the ninth outlet of the chain in the country, the second in O.C. And it wouldn't be a grand opening without fanfare and a celebrity.

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Ahmad Mabrok Accused of Being Naked Hummer Limo Thief

    YouTubeThey call him the streak.​A thief was fully clothed when he stole a Hummer limo at gunpoint in Irvine Saturday night.But, as a helicopter officer informed after the man who led cops on a bi-county chase jumped out of the stretch in Whittier and started running, "He's naked!"

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Jana Marie Spires Gets Jail, Rehab, Probation to Avoid Prison for Being Irvine's Serial Arsonist

    ​Jana Marie Spires, a 39-year-old Irvine resident, convicted serial arsonist and previous Weekly Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week model, has been sentenced to a year in jail, a year in a residential drug treatment program and registration as an arsonist for a series of fires she set beginning in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Two Asian Concepts From the Carolinas to Come to Irvine

    Edwin Goei​Two new Asian concepts, both from the Carolinas, are coming to the Square at the corner of MacArthur and Main in Irvine, near the airport. Twisted Noodles is an import from North Carolina and will be serving Thai food. It's actually not the first Twisted Noodles restaurant to open in O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot Planned For Irvine

    ​Yesterday we talked about how Class 302, the Rowland Heights staple for shaved snow, was planning a store in Irvine. Today, we talk about Little Sheep, which is to Mongolian hot pot what McDonald's is to burgers (and I mean that in the world-conquering sense, not a dig on its quality).& ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Woori: Another Korean Supermarket To Open in Tustin Where Freshia Failed

    ​Will the third time be the charm? Those who live and shop in Tustin know that the supermarket space on Redhill and Walnut has changed hands more than a library book. Up until a few months ago, it was Freshia, a Korean supermarket. Before that it was called HK Market, the Korean market that preced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Japanese Curry CoCo Ichibanya to Open in Irvine Nov. 25

    ProfessorSalt.comCoCo Ichibanya's Pork Katsu Curry​Do you love Japanese curry but long for more heat in the otherwise-mild-mannered dish? The Japanese chain restaurant CoCo Ichibanya offers spice levels you can customize to your taste, all the way to a brow-sweating, nose-running level 10. "Comin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    It's 11/11/11: Happy Pepero Day!

    Wiki Commons​If you haven't yet decided on a way to celebrate today's weird-looking date, 11/11/11, might we suggest heading to your nearest Korean market for a snack? Nov. 11 is Pepero Day in South Korea. Pepero, for those unfamiliar, are skinny biscuit sticks dipped in chocolate and sometim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    11 UCI Students and Supporters Guilty of Being Disorderly for Rowdy Protest Near Chancellor's Office

    ​Eleven UC Irvine students and sympathizers were convicted today of being disorderly on campus, and if you think your intrepid reporter has been conked on the head and is re-reporting the outcome of the "Irvine 11" case, you are wrong.Well, you are this time.These 11 with freshly minted rap sheet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Taiwanese Hot Pot Restaurant Opens In Irvine

    Photo from Boiling Point Website​Just in time for the cold snap (it'll be in the 60's by the end of the week), the Taiwanese hot pot restaurant called Boiling Point has opened in Irvine offering gurgling, simmering stews that on its website it describes as "So hot. So bubbly. So sti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Occupy Protest to be Held on UC Irvine Campus

    ​It looks like UC Irvine students are going to try their hand at the Occupy game once again with another protest. The Irvine contingent of Occupy Orange County has been Tweeting support  for the event, which is set to take place Wednesday at 11 a.m. on Ring Road, the main drag throu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2011

    Sprinklers Disrupt Irvine Protest

    ​Occupy Orange County organizer D'Marie Mullatierri said Irvine activists got a rude awakening this morning when the sprinkler system on the lawn in front of the Irvine city hall suddenly activated. This is the same lawn where the group, who is standing in solidarity with Occupy Wall Str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Lawyers Guild Offers Assistance to Occupy Protest Groups

    National Lawyers Guild​Assemble the lawyers: The Mass Defense Committee of the National Lawyers Guild sent out a press release this morning announcing their intentions to help Occupy groups in what co chair Mara Verheyden-Hilliard called "The single largest support effort for protesters since the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Irvine 11 Team Appeals Conviction

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​​Just as they proclaimed they'd do after hearing the guilty verdict last month, the 'Irvine 11' defense team has filed appeals on behalf of the 10 students convicted of disrupting a speech by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren. Attorneys contend that the Californ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    [UPDATE: New Details for Irvine Protest] Occupy Orange County to Descend on Irvine's Financial District on October 15

    ​UPDATE, OCT. 12, 12:35 P.M.: Occupy Orange County announced further details for this Saturday's Irvine protest in a press release sent out yesterday afternoon. The action is set to kick off at 9 a.m. at 1 Civic Center Plaza, followed by a march to the city's financial district and an overnight oc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Reason No. 247 Not to Trust a Man in a Pony-Tail: He Touches Little Girls Inappropriately in Irvine

    ​That kid from The Wire who was too much of a pussy to be a gangsta has been annoying little girls in Irvine. Well, at least that's who the person depicted in this composite drawing looks like to me. He's described as black, age 20-26, 6 foot, 180-190 lbs. with a muscular build, brown eyes and bl ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2011

    Who's Gagging Whom In the Irvine 11 Case?

    The First Amendment, academic freedom and Islamophobia collide in an OC courtroom

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Irvine 11 Trial: Verdict Expected Soon

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Closing arguments concluded yesterday in the Irvine 11 trial. Twelve jurors are in deliberations, weighing about a week of testimony.    The defendants--Mohamed Mohy-Eldeen Abdelgany, Khalid Gahgat Akari, Aslam Abbasi Akhtar, Joseph Tamim Haider, Taher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    10th Annual Irvine Global Village Festival October 1st

    ​Orange owns Labor Day weekend. February is all about Tet in Westminster. Fullerton puts on an estimable New Year's Eve party. But late September to early October is Irvine's. It's the time when the largely master-planned community puts on its own outdoor fete.As with every year since its inceptio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Irvine 11 Trial: 'Put a Straitjacket and Muzzle on Them?'

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Was there an explicit rule against the Irvine 11's act of protest at the Israeli Ambassador event?  The defense argues there was not, and witnesses have testified that at such controversial events, it may be impossible to enforce one.  Sociologist Steven Cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    [UPDATED with Corrected Day, New Earthquake:] Today's UC Irvine Chaos and Mayhem was Expected

    ​UPDATE, SEPT. 15, 7:23 A.M.: Um, you know those emergency exercises at UC Irvine I reported were happening Wednesday? Major brain fart: the drills are actually TODAY. Just apply the details from the original post on the next page to today, Thursday. But, here's the weird thing: when I thought&nbs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    [UPDATED with I.D.:] 77-Year-Old Sung Lee Run Over Surveying Crash He Caused

    ​UPDATE, SEPT. 13, 9:31 A.M.: The 77-year-old man killed in a freak traffic accident in Irvine Monday morning has been identified as Sung Lee. The Irvine resident was standing on Summit Road assessing the damage from a collision caused when he drove his Lexus SUV into a parked and unoccupied garde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Irvine 11 Trial: Defense Compares Protest to Comedy Club Heckling--'Rude, Not Illegal'

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​"Of course it was planned," said defense attorney Jacqueline Goodman in her opening arguments today, addressing the charge that the so-called Irvine 11 (now 10) conspired to disrupt a public speech.     "They conspired to obey the law, which is the opp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Chef Hung Opens in Diamond Jamboree

    ​The long-awaited, and purportedly award-winning, Taiwanese purveyor of beef noodle soup called Chef Hung is now open at Diamond Jamboree in Irvine. I have not tried yet myself, but my Taiwanese restaurant informant and friend said that it is already drumming up a lot of business. He saw lines out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    [UPDATED with Delay:] "Irvine 11" (-1) Case Heads for Trial

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 15, 2:33 P.M.: The "Irvine 11" trial (now with one fewer defendant) was scheduled to begin today in Santa Ana.That didn't happen.Trial has been rescheduled to Aug. 29, which is when jury selection is scheduled to begin.

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