Subject: John Gilhooley

• Avalon Bar Owner Mike Conley Found Dead

  The Weekly has received reports and the Chicago Tribune has confirmed that Avalon Bar owner Mike Conley was found dead early Thursday in a hotel parking lot in Leyden Township, Illinois. From the Tribune: Michael Conley, of Costa Mesa, Calif., was found unresponsive at 5:40 a.m. by a person staying in the hotel in the 2300 block of North Mannheim Road, sheriff's police spokeswoman Penny Mateck said. He appeared to have suffered head injuries. Conley was taken to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in

  February 29, 2008

• Paige D'Agostino, R.I.P.

  We offer our condolences to longtime Weekly photographer John Gilhooley, whose stepdaughter Paige D'Agostino passed away last Friday. "She received a heart transplant in 2000 and after 7 plus years she had a heart attack and did not make it. Paige was 18," writes John. There will be a memorial concert for her in Sunset Beach on Sunday, and you're all invited to come and perhaps make a donation to help the family with her medical bills. Details below:

  February 29, 2008

• To Do This Weekend 5/2 - 5/4

  Free Fridays at the Long Beach Museum of Art, 5/2 @ 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thanks to the LA County Arts Commission, the Long Beach Museum of Art offers free admission to all guests every Friday. LBMA 2300 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, CA 562-439-2119 John Gilhooley Photography Exhibit, 5/3 @ 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Our beloved freelance photographer John Gilhooley will be opening an exhibit of his photos this Saturday at Memphis in Santa Ana. Many of the photos on display will be shots he took for OC Week

  May 2, 2008

• What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XVIIII

  On Saturday, Luke Y. Thompson headed to OC Weekly photographer John Gilhooley's art show at Memphis in Santa Ana, featuring a slew of OC Weekly covers beautifully displayed on a chartreuse wall and printed on glossy, over-sized paper (oh, the glory of glossy!). And across the street from Gilhooley's show was an exhibition where casts had been made from the boobs of the OC Rollergirls team, and painted different creative ways. See kids? Art can be fun! Our Art Director, Kelly Lewis, played volle

  May 5, 2008

• Thoughts/Slideshow: OC Music Awards Showcase Night Five at Chain Reaction

  We were at night five at the OC Music Awards showcases last night, the first (of two) at Chain Reaction. John Gilhooley took some fab pics, check them out here. My thoughts? They're after the jump!

  February 4, 2009

• Slideshows: GZA, Slipknot, Pretenders = Busy Weekend

  Mmhmm. This weekend we had folks all over, be it John Gilhooley shooting Sunday's Pretenders show at the Grove of Anaheim, or Robert Fayette pulling double at both GZA (haha, "jizz-a") at Detroit Bar on Friday and Slipknot at the Great Western Forum on Saturday.  That's the Pretenders pictures up there, of course, but you've surely figured that out by now. We hope.

  March 9, 2009

• Muslim Groups Consider Breaking FBI Ties Over Irvine Case

  Citing the highly publicized case involving an undercover informant who spied on an Irvine mosque, a coalition of U.S. Muslim organizations has announced it may suspend relations with the FBI."Muslim communities throughout the United States have made significant advances in promoting and contributing to a fair, free and pluralistic society," reads the statement from the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT). "Through civil rights advocacy, civic and political engagement,

  March 18, 2009

• "Parenting the Addict Child" Finds a New Home

  Photo by John GilhooleyShortly after publication of the Weekly's story on Laguna Beach's Leyla Fatima, who hosts the radio program Parenting the Addict Child, her station KLSX 97.1 FM switched from its "FM Talk" format to Top 40 music. That was curious because Fatima talked at the time of big plans to expand her nine-month-old show and its audience, although she did coyly mention that she wasn't necessarily saying her future rested at CBS-owned KLSX.Part One of her forthcoming world domination b

  March 25, 2009

• The Art of John Gilhooley's Weekly Portraits

  Photographer John Gilhooley--whose portraits often grace the pages of OC Weekly and have also been seen in Long Beach's District Weekly, Seattle Weekly and the just-shuttered LA CityBeat--is showing some of his favorite photographs from the past year and a few big prints of "classics from previous years" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Memphis in the Santoro Building, 201 N. Broadway, Santa Ana.Subjects who have found themselves in Gilhooley's lensfinder include Born on the Fourth of July author Ro

  April 1, 2009

• Belardes, Mission San Juan Capistrano Settle Lawsuit

  Photo by Matt Coker The fountain gets to stay.Capistrano Dispatch reports the lawsuit pitting the Orange Diocese against Native Americans over a memorial garden installed above burial grounds at Mission San Juan Capistrano has been settled.The dispute produced a Weekly news story on the legal spat and a cover story on the lead plaintiff, Chief David Belardes, leader of the so-called "Belardes Group" of the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation. That coverage also produced a follow-

  April 9, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 4/13

  Jenny Lewis, 7 p.m.Because it's Jenny Lewis. And it's local.The Glass House, 200 W. Second St., Pomona, CA; 909-629-0377John Gilhooley Photography Exhibit Having shot covers for the District Weekly, Seattle Weekly, L.A. City Beat (sadly, now defunct) and yours truly--he just shot his 50th for us (see issue 31)--Gilhooley has proven he has the professional chops to dazzle the eye and inspire even the lowliest of mortals to go out, buy a camera and shoot something.Memphis At The Santora, 201 N. B

  April 13, 2009

• John Gilhooley

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  April 9, 2009

• Skitch Hitchcock and the Rest of the Salt Creek Beach Crew Left Their Mark on the Skateboarding World

  January 15, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  May 15, 2008

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  March 29, 2007

• ACLU Demanding That Feds Turn Over OC Mosque Spying Records

  The case that erupted with ex-con man Craig Monteilh's confession that he's been spying on OC mosques for the FBI will hit local federal courts this afternoon, when the ACLU makes arguments asking for the release of all theJohn GilhooleyCraig Monteilh says he spied on the Islamic Center of Irvine for the Feds. information attached to the FBI's infiltration of various local mosques. ACLU missive below: SANTA ANA, Calif. - In the wake of news that an FBI informant infiltrated several Orange County

  April 20, 2009

• More Slideshows? We Can't Be Stopped! (The Ringers, Matt Costa)

  Just yesterday, we showed you some pretty pictures from the Faint and Ladytron at the Grove of Anaheim and Protest the Hero at Chain Reaction. For some folks, that would be enough. But we are not men. We are Devo OC Weekly. So here are a couple more slideshows for your viewing pleasure--Huntington Beach's Matt Costa doing his thing over at the House of Blues Anaheim Saturday night, photographed by John Gilhooley (that's here!) and raucous LA wildmen the Ringers on the final night of their Monday

  April 28, 2009

• FBI Spy: "Islam Itself is a Threat to National Security"

  John Gilhooley / OCWCraig MonteilhIf Craig Monteilh was hoping the Weekly's recent cover story about him would provide a springboard to media fame, he probably wasn't thinking of Inside OC with Rick Reiff on KOCE. But that's exactly where Monteilh found himself last week when Reiff interviewed Hussam Ayloush of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for his thoughts about the FBI using a con artist--that'd be Monteilh--to infiltrate Orange County mosques. As he did with the Weekly, Mon

  May 21, 2009

• From Scrooge McDuck to Ebenezer Scrooge for Chuck DeVore

  Photo by John GilhooleyAs California burns, DeVore tweets.Perhaps you missed it in our recent flurry of online and old-timey print coverage of Chuck DeVore--the Republican assemblyman out of Irvine making noise about running for Democrat Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat in 2010--but at one point Chuckles used Disney character Scrooge McDuck to take a video swipe at his presumed challenger.Well, turnabout is fowl play, as a Sacramento-based columnist is now drawing a comparison between DeVore and

  June 11, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Big Waves and Hurlington Beach

  by John Gilhooley​This past weekend, our coast was bombarded with the biggest waves we've had in a year. Rumors raged across the county of freak triple overhead closeouts, broken leashes and far worse. We all shuddered and thought of our own near-death surfing moments when we heard that Monte Kevin Valentin, a 50-year old bodysurfer who came in from Lawndale, was beaten against the jetty at The Wedge and died. But while ragged bands of sunburnt locals with wide eyes and boards on their cars we

  July 27, 2009

• Raiders Football, OC Boosters Kick Off Tonight vs. Cowboys

  Photo by John Gilhooley Larry "D-Fence" Garcia is ready for another season of Raiders football.Yes, dear, the NFL is back already. The Oakland Raiders kick off the 2009-2010 preseason versus the Dallas Cowboys tonight from Oakland Coliseum in a preview of this year's Thanksgiving Day game. Live coverage begins at 7 p.m. on KTLA-Channel 5. Despite their relative--ahem--differences in the win-loss columns in recent years, the Raiders always give the 'Boys a good fight. This also kicks off

  August 13, 2009

• Slideshow: Saturday's No Doubt, Paramore, the Sounds Concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

  Andrew Youssef​It's No Doubt Central around here. Amanda Parsons threw up the setlist from Friday's show, and here are Andrew Youssef's pictures Gwen, Tony, Tom and Adrian-filled from Saturday's way beyond sold-out gig (he couldn't even stay past three songs, poor guy). Coming up: John Gilhooley's doubtlessly dazzling shots from Sunday night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, and a review of Tuesday night's final Irvine show, with supporting act Katy Perry stepping in for Paramore. (The Sounds

  August 3, 2009

• Orly Taitz's Day In Court

  John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Today, Dr. Orly Taitz Esq., the Laguna Niguel dentist, lawyer and real estate agent who is attempting to sue Barack Obama out of office, appeared before Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. The occasion: a hearing in her lawsuit, Barnett vs Obama. We were there.Midway through the hour-and-change hearing, it became clear that in Taitz's mind, today was going to be a day straight out of a Dean Koontz-Dan Brown mash-up novel. It didn't

  September 8, 2009

• Local Raider Nation Ministry is Heavenly Inspired

  Photo by John Gilhooley "Pastor Mondo" Armando Leon, who is shown in this 2005 photo above the cross-tattooed shoulder of Raiders Boosters of Orange County president Larry Garcia, founded Nation Ministry this season.​Should the Oakland Raiders bounce back from their close opening night loss to the San Diego Chargers at Oakland Coliseum Sept. 14 and miraculously mount a winning season, perhaps it will be because they have The Big Guy on their side.No, that is not a re

  September 14, 2009

• On the Line: Aron Habiger of The Crosby

  John Gilhooley​Aron Habiger is the wunderkind chef behind the scenes at the so-hip-it-hurts hangout The Crosby in Santa Ana. Here are his answers to our survey. 1. Dish that you cook that most represents you. Jerk torta. 2. What was the last meal you had at home? Peanut butter and jelly on white bread. 3. Your favorite restaurant (other than yours): Momofuko in NYC.

  September 15, 2009

• Orly Watch: Taitz Battles Obama-Caused Beheadings In Georgia

  John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​We reported last Tuesday from Dr. Orly Taitz's hearing in Santa Ana. You remember Taitz, the Laguna Niguel "birther"/dentist/mother/lawyer/Weekly cover girl that's trying to sue Barack Obama out of office, right? Taitz's lawsuit with more than a hundred of plaintiffs before federal judge David Carter in Santa Ana... it's not the only pot she's got cooking. The good doctor took a red-eye flight to Georgia this week to represent another plaintiff in court: Capt. Connie

  September 15, 2009

• Birther Smackdown: Orly Taitz Faces Judgment In Georgia

  John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​As we blogged yesterday, OC dentist and lawyer Orly Taitz was heard in court on Monday in Georgia, arguing that an army surgeon should not have to deploy to Iraq because Barack Obama isn't actually eligible to be president. Today, federal district judge Clay Lands issued his judgement. For Taitz, it wasn't pretty. Lands dismissed Capt. Connie Rhodes' claim as "frivolous" and then went on to point out what many Orly watchers see as the central hypocrisy of the "

  September 16, 2009

• Judge To Orly Taitz: I Think You Owe Me $10,000

  John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Laguna Niguel's best Obama-suer, Dr. Orly Taitz, has been tearing through headlines this week. The latest development: After accusing a judge of treason and petitioning to reverse his decision, that judge has asked Taitz why he should not fine her $10,000.The order from Georgia federal district judge Clay Lands is here (courtesy of Politijab Orly watcher Bob Haggard). It opens with a Yogi Berra quote, takes Taitz's motion for reconsideration point-by-point, and then

  September 18, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Cycle Zombies Third Annual Motorcycle Rally BBQ Skate Jam

  by John GilhooleyThis past Saturday, Hurley International hosted the Cycle Zombies' Third Annual Motorcycle Rally BBQ Skate Jam at their sprawling headquarters in Costa Mesa. The founders and contributors to the event and its corresponding blog are listed as "Turkey," "GEORGE," "Big Scott," and "Rat Zombie." For those of you who may not know, Scotty and Turkey Stopnick, along with their cousin Chase who helped out with the event, are some all-around grungy dudes in the local surf scene. T

  September 30, 2009

• Garden Grove Pays Half a Million to Settle Brutality Suit With Santos Family

  John Gilhooley​ Remember that feature story from last year, "Party Crashers"? The one with the cover artwork showing a birthday cake with all these cops as candles and the headline that said "At this Garden Grove Family Barbecue, the Cops Brought the Pepper Spray and Handcuffs?"The story concerned a lawsuit stemming from a Sept. 11, 2004 incident in which several members of the Santos family who were celebrating a birthday were arrested and charged with such crimes as resisting arrest and lync

  September 30, 2009

• What You Missed: Cycle Zombies, Mickey Avalon, Insane Clown Posse, the Get Up Kids

  Seriously, what's scarier than an Insane Clown Posse fan? An entire venue of Insane Clown Posse fans. Observe:Chris VictorioWe're scared.​On Sunday night, 9/27, Insane Clown Posse visited the Grove of Anaheim. And it was uh, insane. A Faygo massacre. The photos, they scare us. Click here for a sea of wasted soda, really, really dedicated fans, tons of bad clown make-up and live shots of a group that's remained puzzlingly popular for what seems like a lifetime. Whoop, whoop.   

  September 28, 2009

• It Takes a Goddess to Love, Honor, Heal a Soldier

  Photo by John GilhooleyThe Rev. Ava Park of the Goddess Temple in Irvine.When the Goddess Temple of Orange County founder the Rev. Ava Park spoke with the Weekly in 2006, she tied man's violent, warring ways with a patriarchal society and the Old Testament view of a strong, male God who ruled his weak followers with punishment, wrath and fear."This model of behavior," Park said then, "sets the stage for everything that is wrong with our world: wars, aggression, violence, trashing Mother Earth, c

  September 21, 2009

• Public's Interest in FBI Spying on Islamic Mosques in OC Cited in Lawsuit Seeking Surveillance Guidelines

  Photo by John GilhooleyCraig Monteilh, a.k.a. Farouk Aziz​While the Senate Judiciary Committee peppered FBI Director Robert Mueller with questions today before about the guidelines the bureau operates under while spying on Islamic mosques in the United States, a San Francisco legal advocacy and education organization filed a lawsuit demanding access to those guidelines. February's arrest of Tustin resident Ahmadullah Sais Niazi and Irvine resident Craig Monteilh's disclosure that he was the FB

  September 17, 2009

• Orly Taitz's Star Witness: The Dentist Asked Me To Lie In Court

  John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Dr. Orly Taitz believes that Barack Obama wants to destroy America, but lately she's been dealing with a different threat: the defection of her former allies in the "eligibility" (a.k.a. "birther") movement. The lawsuit against Taitz from fellow birther lawyer Phil Berg has been given a full public airing, as has been her in-court kerfuffle with co-counsel Gary Kreep. It's been widely reported, too, that potential crazy person Larry Sinclair -- the guy who claims he

  September 17, 2009

• This Memorial Weekend Brought Us Gross Waters and Bland Cops

  What did you miss by turning off the Internet and getting a sunburn this weekend? John Gilhooley / OCWDid Sandra piss off some more republicans this weekend?Honestly, not a lot. Something happened with North Korea, yeah. But in Orange County? Fluff fluff and fluff. Here's your recommended reading from OC's media world from the past three days:The Reg has your omnibus Memorial Day ceremonies story. I liked the one with the Chapman prof dressing up like Dwight Eisenhower.Dana Parsons of the Los An

  May 26, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Chris Hawk Memorial Paddle-out

  by John GilhooleyHuntington Beach native and surfing legend Chris Hawk passed away at home in San Clemente October 23rd, finally succumbing to throat cancer after a long fight with the disease. Hawk played a key role in creating Huntington Beach's surf culture in the 1960s and 1970s. He won national renown for his surfboard shaping, a skill which he diligently learned alongside greats like Reno Abellira, Davie Abbott and Dick Brewer. Surfers all over California knew his reputation and his

  November 2, 2009

• Orly Taitz Motion Says Local Judge Wants to Lynch Her

  John Gilhooley, OC Weekly​Maybe we will get another date with Orly Taitz in Santa Ana's Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse after all. Less than two weeks after Judge David O. Carter dismissed the Laguna Niguel's Barnett v. Obama lawsuit seeking to throw the President out of office, Taitz has filed a motion for reconsideration of that case.And boy is it... interesting. Some might call the motion racially and politically offensive, but, whatever. Like any battle for freedom, Orly's wa

  November 9, 2009

• Juaneno Chief's Wife Cha Cha Belardes Passes Away

  Photo by John Gilhooley Chief David Belardes with tribal manager Joyce Perry of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians. ​When the Weekly was covering the conflict between Mission San Juan Capistrano and a faction of the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians earlier this year, it appeared at times that Chief David Belardes would not be able to participate. In the end, he graciously gave way more face time than the reporter and photographers deserved, especially considerin

  November 10, 2009