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July 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Early RSM Nod:] Banning Pervs in Parks Sweeps OC
UPDATE, JULY 29, 9:41 A.M.: The Rancho Santa Margarita City Council voted Wednesday night to move ahead with a ban on registered sex offenders in city parks that is similar to the county law enacted in April.The council agreed that banning only those who have preyed on children would leave kids v ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
[UPDATED with More Victims Sought:] Travis Dewayne Batten Jr. Popped for Rapes Dating Back to 2005
UPDATE, JULY 25, 7:56 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) is seeking other possible victims of suspected serial rapist Travis Dewayne Batten, Jr. of Irvine.The 29-year-old is facing felony counts that could put him behind bars from 157 to 204 years with a conviction.The OCDA ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Assi Natural Market To Replace Stein Mart in Irvine
Last week Anne Marie told us that the Mitsuwa was opening its second OC store in Irvine. Now comes news that Irvine is going to get a lot more where that came from: that is to say another Asian super market is coming to town. This time, it's Korean. Assi, which has a market in LA's Koreatown, wil ... More >>
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July 4, 2011
"Boiling Point" Taiwanese Hot Pot Restaurant To Open In Irvine
Photo from Boiling Point WebsiteWhat you see above is a Taiwanese hot pot from a restaurant called Boiling Point, a popular San Gabriel mini-chain that started sometime around 2007 specializing in the Sterno-heated dish. There are stores in Arcadia, Hacienda Heights, and Monterey Park, not to men ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Restaurant Roll Call for June 2011
tk_burger_anaheim.JPG Photo Courtesy of TK Burger's Facebook PageIt's the end of the month, so it's that time again: time to take stock of the restaurant openings and closing we observed here on the blog in June. There were quite a few debuts this month, and fewer shutters than usual.The list aft ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Defense Motion Denied:] "Irvine 11" Case Heads for Trial
UPDATE, JUNE 21, 11:51 A.M.: An Orange County judge last week denied a defense motion claiming 11 college students cannot be prosecuted criminally for disrupting an Israeli ambassador's speech at UC Irvine.Attorneys for the so-called "Irvine 11," who are enrolled at UCI and UC Riverside, argued t ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
This Week in Food: Cone-Ing, Breastaurants, and Tamal vs. Tamale!
Always awesome weeks here, so jump after the jump to learn what made us jump this week!
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June 16, 2011
BREAKING: Woman Shot and Killed in Irvine's Turtle Rock Community
The shooting occurred in Irvine's Turtle Rock community. A woman was shot and killed this afternoon in front of a home in Irvine. The suspect is in custody, according to news reports. Just after 2 p.m. today, officers responded to reports of gunfire around Turtle Rock and Almalf ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Second 85°C Bakery Café Location to Open in Hacienda Heights
Usually, it's LA County that imports its Taiwanese eateries to OC, not the other way around. For two examples of this, see Liang's Kitchen and the recently opened 101 Noodle Express in Irvine.But now perhaps the biggest of all--the Taiwanese answer to Starbucks, no less--85°C Bakery Café will ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
Jana Marie Spires, Suspected Serial Arsonist of Irvine and One Ugly Police Mugshot Model
Jana Marie Spires has been tied by authorities to a half-dozen fires in Irvine over the past 10 months, but missing from the list of charges is suspicion of posing for one ugly police mugshot.I mean, look at that kisser. Don't bother throwing the book at her, someone already has!At the 39-year-ol ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Symposium Plugs in to Hybrid Automobile Future
Hot on the tire tracks of announcements that Volvo is road testing its V60 Plug-in Hybrid, Volkswagen will soon have plug-in Golf and Jetta hybrids and Toyota will offer plug-in options for all Priuses by 2014 comes an all-day symposium in Irvine today dedicated to the hottest automobile market.C ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Irvine 11 Plead Not Guilty to Misdemeanors; No Ruling on Defense Motion to Remove OCDA
Dressed in formal suits, button-up shirts and neat ties, the young men dubbed the "Irvine 11" appeared in court today, pleading not guilty to misdemeanor charges of both interrupting and conspiring to interrupt a lecture held last year on the UC Irvine campus, in which Israeli Ambassador to the U ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
"Irvine 11" Are Not Sole UCI Activists to Draw Heat from DA; Meet the "Irvine 19" (or 17 2)
As last year's surge of student activism fades from the public eye, the memory remains fresh among those who participated on the UC Irvine campus, as they prepare for their upcoming court hearings, more than a year after the actions for which they are being charged.Campus activism has kept Or ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
[UPDATED with Not Guilty Pleas:] Gabino Valdivia-Guzman and Zenaido Valdivia-Guzman, Brothers Accused of Murdering Unidentified Woman and Setting Her on Fire, Claim They Are Not Guilty
UPDATE, MARCH 28, 5:11 P.M.: Brothers Gabino Baldivia-Guzman, 32, of Costa Mesa, and Zenaido Baldivia-Guzman, 25, of Santa Ana, pleaded not guilty Friday to murdering a woman in September 2009 and setting her body on fire in an Irvine business park lot. The pleas were made in Harbor Justice Ce ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Alzheimer's Association to Sponsor 20-Truck Clustertruck in Irvine April 14
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyWhen does a clustertruck become news? Just putting together several trucks--even a dozen--is no longer newsworthy. Charities work with clustertrucks all the time, because it solves two birds with one stone: it's an existing event, which eases the logistics problems, ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Food Profiling: Avocados From Orange County Produce
There's an area in Irvine that's a bit of a mystery to most. If you drive Jeffrey Road as far northeast as possible, the road is restricted beyond Portola. However, if you look up into the hillside, you'll see them: avocado trees. This quickly explains why the neighborhood's name is Orchard Hills ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
OMG! System of a Down Announce Irvine Show
systemofadown.comOur prayers have been answered: Not only are System of a Down playing a few headlining shows in the United States before their trip to Europe this summer, they're also playing an Irvine date!!!
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February 23, 2011
Tustin Loses a Tapioca Express, Gains a Pho 99
Edwin GoeiGone is the Tapioca Express on Red Hill in Tustin; in its place is Pho 99. Its affiliation to the other Pho 99 in Fountain Valley is not clear, but I'm sure there is some familial connection. Those numbers always indicate one.
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February 17, 2011
Ask a Comida Critic: Persian Food in OC?
From Twitter follower @CRACK_BERRY:Looking for the hands down #PersianFood in #OC - Anyone have suggestios? - Recommendations @OCWeeklyFoodDamn straight we do! It's little secret now that Orange County is a hotbed of Persian activity almost rivaling Beverly Hills and the Westside of Los Angeles. ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Dueling Dishes: Battle Irvine Mexi-Chains Outposts!
Though Irvine has risen in the past decade as one of the county's best dining cities, chains still rule the land of Agran--and they propagate like Tribbles. Proof in point: two Mexican chains opened their doors in the past month: Chipotle in Westpark and Chronic Taco in Woodbridge. Both offer m ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup Restaurant to Open at Diamond Jamboree
A few years ago, there was a noticeable upswing in ramen activity. We saw not one, not two, but three ramen-yas opening in Irvine (Ajisen, Mizuki and Shizuma), all within the span of two years. Now it seems we are in the midst of another noodle-soup arms race in Irvine. This time, it looks l ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Irvine Holds Its Restaurant Week Starting Jan. 14, Runs Till Jan. 20
Edwin GoeiA drink and an appetizer at Zov's Bistro, one of the participating restaurantsCosta Mesa is currently doing a Restaurant Month, and later this month, Newport Beach will hold its "weeklong" restaurant roundup Jan. 21-27. But Irvine's is just before that. It actually starts this Friday an ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
New Korean Soft Tofu Restaurant Opens Near UC Irvine
Koba Tofu Grill--Irvine's tenth or eleventh (I've lost count) Korean restaurant to serve sundubu jjigae, gurgling cauldrons of soft tofu soup--opens this week in Campus Plaza near UC Irvine in what used to be Blockbuster Video. If it seems serendipitous that their debut coincides with the coldes ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Irvine Holds Its Own Restaurant Week?
Edwin Goei Food From Zov's Bistro IrvineFullerton did it. And I'm sure there have been or will be other cities to jump on the discount bandwagon started by OC Restaurant Week. But et tu, Irvine? Again, I'm not complaining. Any excuse for discounts is good news. ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Herlin Mendez Held in Robbery by Tree Limb
Desperate times apparently call for desperate robbery weapons.A guy walked into a gas station/mini-market in the 6100 block of Trabuco Road in Irvine about 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 and asked about buying some tires. He was followed by a second man who was carrying a tree trunk, about three feet long. ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
At the Farmers' Market: Nettles
Flickr user urticaQuick, what's the most dangerous thing at the farmers' market?No, not artichokes and not bitter melon. It's not the peyote at the mushroom stand; it's not the tenor from the mariachi trying to sing "Cucurrucucú Paloma" (I am not sorry about that: you should have said no when I ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
A Morning at the Newport Beach Farmers' Market
Dave LiebermanEvery week, I drive down to the Irvine farmers' market to do my weekly shopping. While it's an outstanding market and one of the highlights of my weekend, there are other markets in Orange County, and this week we headed to Lido Isle for the Newport Beach farmers' market.
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November 2, 2010
Election 2010: Who's In and Who's Out in Irvine?
Updated throughout the night, with the freshest post on topLate: Oy. Squeezed my way through the madness (good-looking madness) that was the OC Republican election night party in search of some Irvine players to chat with. No luck. Instead, I got to wander through a sea of boos when Presiden ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Irvine Candidate Jeff Lalloway Fired By Fellow Republican
lallowayforirvine2010.comLalloway: Give me some Excedrin!There are many things a rookie Republican candidate doesn't want to happen two weeks before an election.Yes, one might be to get caught pants-less with a naked minor on a roof at daybreak.Another, though less dramatic, might be to get fired ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
3 Orange County Car Washes Among 8 the State is Targeting for Allegedly Exploiting Workers
Car washes in Irvine, Laguna Hills and Laguna Niguel are among eight targeted by California Attorney General Jerry Brown in a $6.6 million lawsuit that alleges a "widespread pattern of worker exploitation," unpaid wages and illegal business practices.All eight car washes are owned by the Sikder ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Jersey Mike's Small, Somewhat Tasteful, Not Jersey, Ultimately Unsatisfying Sandwich
Such a small thing...The pinche tax man forced me to visit 'round the corner of Von Karman Avenue and Barranca Parkway in Irvine recently, so I decided to visit a place that slightly piqued my interest: Jersey Mike's, a national chain that cracked the Orange County market a couple years back.I ha ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Daily Pilot Expands to Irvine; Are the Newspaper Wars Back?
Old-timers at the Weekly speak of a time long past--say, ten years ago--when the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register battled to see who could be the true newspaper of record in Orange County, each actively seeking to out-scoop the other. Then, by most accounts, the Times gave up ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
New Ramen Shop Opens In Anaheim
Photo from KappaRamen.com There's no shortage of places to slurp ramen in OC these days. We've seen a handful of new ramen shops opening. In Irvine, Shizuma and Mizuki debuted this year. And now we're learning of a new ramen-ya in Anaheim called Kappa. Actually they've been in business sinc ... More >>
Columns
September 2, 2010
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Photo from KappaRamen.com There's no shortage of places to slurp ramen in OC these days. We've seen a handful of new ramen shops opening. In Irvine, Shizuma and Mizuki debuted this year. And now we're learning of a new ramen-ya in Anaheim called Kappa. Actually they've been in business sinc ... More >>
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August 31, 2010
Shot Out of the Rough Sparks Quite a Round
Golfers have been known to burn up the course, but this is ridiculous.Fire officials claim Saturday's 12-acre fire in Irvine was sparked--literally--by a golf club.How that possibly came to be after the jump . . .
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August 19, 2010
Fundraiser for Amber Pangan
OC Chili's Restaurants
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August 13, 2010
Embittered/Emboldened (?) Irvine Cops Hold DUI Checkpoint Saturday Night
Fresh from being rewarded with a wage freeze for maintaining one of the safest communities in America (in exchange for no cop layoffs), Irvine police officers conduct a sobriety/driver's license checkpoint during the Saturday evening hours. That means the men and women in blue on that detail won ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
Irvine is 22nd and Yorba Linda 38th on Top 100 Small Towns List, But Newport Beach is the Place to be if You are Rich and Single
Out of the top 100 small U.S. towns to live in, Irvine falls at No. 22.So says CNN's Money Magazine, which ranked cities with populations of 50,000 to 300,000 based on a variety of criteria, including percentages of white, super-rich or out-of-work people versus the state median (the fewer, the b ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Out of the top 100 small U.S. towns to live in, Irvine falls at No. 22.So says CNN's Money Magazine, which ranked cities with populations of 50,000 to 300,000 based on a variety of criteria, including percentages of white, super-rich or out-of-work people versus the state median (the fewer, the b ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
A New Chinese/Thai Restaurant Replaces Masala Bowl in Irvine
Edwin GoeiMasala Bowl, the Indian fast-food that made a bid for expansion into Irvine and Brea among other cities the past few years, is now back to just one location in Orange County--the original one in Tustin.
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June 29, 2010
Irvine's 85°C Bakery on NPR
85 Degrees Celsius (pardon me if I don't use the ° from here on out), local Asian bakery and unstoppable juggernaut was featured in an NPR story a few weeks ago (yes, this post is a bit late on reporting on the report), but the piece by Neda Ulaby for Morning Edition is still worth a listen if you ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Top 10 OC Public High Schools*
* based on state rankingsThe California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings show 120 of 554 Orange County schools rank among the state's best. And 82 schools received the highest ranking when compared with schools with similar demographics.The Orange ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Top 10 OC Public Middle Schools*
* based on state rankingsEarlier today, we ranked the top 10 public high schools in Orange County based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings.Now we turn our cynical gaze at the top 10 public middle schools.Amazingly, Irvine Unified S ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Top 10 OC Public Elementary Schools*
OK, we've given you the top 10 public schools in Orange County on the high school and middle school levels.**based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. What follows are the 10 best OC ele ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Why Is Shark's Fin So Controversial?
richy @ flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0We had a call last week from a reader who was upset that a new Chinese restaurant in Irvine had shark's fin soup on the menu.So what's the big deal about shark's fin anyway?
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April 27, 2010
California Fish Grill To Open In North Orange County
Edwin GoeiAs I was eating my garlic-butter-slathered grilled mahi mahi at the California Fish Grill in Irvine the other day, I wondered: Why aren't there more of these? I mean, look at the line out the door. It's like this every day. The lunchtime rush to claim a seat at around noon is like ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Kyochon in Stanton Shutters...And Other Restaurant Closures
Edwin GoeiThere's one less Korean fried chicken joint in OC these days. Kyochon, which opened sometime in the summer of 2008 inside Stanton's Freshia Market, has recently closed up shop.
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March 29, 2010
Fundraiser at Irvine Knowlwood For Local Animal Shelter Tomorrow
We occasionally post about things you can get for free or for practically free. Sometimes, you have to print and clip out a coupon.
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