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John Gilhooley

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2012

    And the Other Newport Beach Film Fest Awards Go To ...

    As you can read here . . .Apartment in Athens, Nazi Drama from Italy, is Big Winner of Newport Beach Film Fest Awards. . . NBFF awards have been dished out for the weeklong cinextravaganza that ended Thursday night. But, like American television producers, I feel even more awards need to be bestowed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Kenj Gallo, Profiled in OC Weekly, Subject of Upcoming Fox Gangster Series?

    Photograph by John Gilhooley​You may remember Kenji Gallo, co-author with Matthew Randazzo V of the 2009 book Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia, from my Sept. 2009 cover story in OC Weekly,"Blown Away." That particular story dealt with a slew of mafia murders in Orange County du ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Chuck DeVore Drops Out of Supervisor's Race, Moving to Texas

    John GilhooleyOnly a keystroke away...​So long and thanks for all the tweets! Former California Assemblyman and OC Weekly cover boy Chuck DeVore announced today he's not only dropping out of the race for the Orange County Board of Supervisors, but he's also dropping out of the state of California. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Jim Gray: Voters Wanted To Regulate Pot Like Wine?

    Photo by John Gilhooley​Retired Orange County Superior Court Judge Jim Gray, Orange County's favorite anti-drug war crusader, is pushing a ballot initiative for next year that would legalize marijuana for adults in California. Like Proposition 19, which failed at the ballot box last November, his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Portola Coffee Lab to Open Tomorrow

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​We interviewed Jeff Duggan, the mad scientist of third-wave coffee, almost a year ago (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3). We found him crammed into an alcove of Layer Cake Bakery, roasting coffee to order, designing his dream coffee shop at the SoCo collection (you know, Saturd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Orly Taitz Seeks Help From Cyberstalking Florist

    ​Is a crazed former Orly Taitz patient who may be violent, used to be a lawyer, is now a florist, may need boner pills, may or may not be from the Valley, more than likely resides in Lake Forest or Coto de Caza, and goes by the nickname "Foggy" when he is not going by the nickname "Captain Cock" s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Ten Most WTF Music Stories of 2010

    ​We twittered, shared and reposted all these stories ad nauseum in 2010--for a good reason. This year, trashy viral videos made more of an impact than the Grammys, and Antoine Dodson was more memorable than Beatles songs finally getting on iTunes. So the line  blurring of talent and fame is m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Acrobatics Everyday's 'Open Melody': A 20-Band Fest Born Out of Previous Disappointment

    John GilhooleySam Farzin, Acrobatics Everyday founder​This Friday and Saturday, the Acrobatics Everyday promotion group which has once again made UC Irvine a key spot for both touring and local bands with an independent and underground bent makes one of its biggest splashes yet with Open Melody, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Burger Records' Sean Bohrman Knows He Will Put Out a Lady Gaga Tape Someday

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyBohrman, right​Researching this week's cover story brought us into conversation with Sean Bohrman, the Thee Make Out Party member who co-founded Fullerton-based Burger Records nearly one year ago. When we called him on September 3, we caught him in the middle of a veritab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    White House Video Causes Orly Taitz to Try for Leniency at Supreme Court Once More

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Laguna Niguel birther/dentist/lawyer Orly Taitz's newest filing at the Supreme Court of the United States is a "MOTION FOR RECONSIFERATION." (Yes, [sic]) At least, that's how the title starts. Then you get this... "OF THE APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY STAY AND/OR INJU ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Sublime With Rome Tops Pacific Amphitheatre Summer Shows

    ​The Orange County Fair broke attendance records with 1.5 million visitors for the run that ended Sunday.Orange County Fair Breaks Attendance RecordThe concurrent concert series in Pacific Amphitheatre also broke a record, selling out nine of its shows.Find out the top 5 shows based on ticket sale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Blackmarket Bakery To Host Four Food Trucks For Lunch Tomorrow (Friday the 13th)

    Photo by John Gilhooley​Rachel Klemek has always been a friend to OC's new brand of food trucks. Her Blackmarket Bakery in the Skypark Circle section of Irvine plays host to different ones just about every week. But tomorrow is special. Tomorrow, Friday the 13th, she will welcome four food truc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Tony Hawk Reverse Pelvic Thrust 900 Skating Trick at Downtown Disney Doesn't Pan Out

    ​Musing about Tony Hawk 11 years ago, an OC Weekly cover snidely stated, "Dude, You're Old."It's also been opined here--or maybe it was elsewhere--that skateboards should have an expiration date.Hawk, who is 62 (check that: 42), gave credence to both notions Saturday afternoon at Downtown Disney.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Chuck DeVore Reverts to the Geek We Knew He Was

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyChuck DeVore waits while downloading the lightsaber app.​When Irvine state assemblyman Chuck DeVore started running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate more than a year ago, our first impression was that he was an affable nerd running something of a jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Jeff Duggan of Portola Coffee, Part Two

    John Gilhooley​Jeff Duggan is a coffee geek, and the county is better for his efforts. Those efforts will soon be redoubled; Portola will be opening later this year in Costa Mesa's ersatz Ferry Building-type gourmet marketplace, the MIX (currently called "South Coast Collection", over west of IKEA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Jeff Duggan of Portola Coffee, Part One

    John Gilhooley​Head into Irvine's Layer Cake Bakery on a Saturday and your senses will be assaulted as soon as you enter. The man responsible for this attack on your nasal passages is Jeff Duggan, proprietor of Portola Coffee. While "On The Line" usually features restaurant chefs, it's not e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    LA Times Nails Mike Carona Pension Story--9 Days After the OC Register Did

    ​When Clockwork was but a wee wind-up at a local daily, we used to bemoan a certain tactic the Los Angeles "By God" Times employed when we beat them. The Times would sit on the story a couple weeks and then publish their own version without acknowledging who originally broke the news--as if the pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Chuck DeVore's New Career: Blogger

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​We should have seen this coming from the California Republican party's greatest geek politician, the man who posed with an iPhone on the cover of the Weekly and who, as we long ago predicted he would, ran the most Snakes On a Plane-like campaign (plenty of hype, laughed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Orly Taitz Featured in MSNBC Documentary Premiering Tonight

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​One of the sharpest birther-watchers around, David Weigel of the Washington Post, recently swore off any further coverage for Laguna Niguel's Orly Taitz. "As far as I'm concerned, the Taitz trainwreck ended on Tuesday when she rode a wave of publicity to 26% in Cali ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Chuck DeVore Was Right on Low Turnout, Wrong That It Would Propel Him to Victory

    ​Termed-out Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) on Monday afternoon presented supporters a strategy to victory in the race for the GOP nomination to face U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer in November. Though he was polling somewhere below Chuy Bravo's kneecaps, DeVore reckoned a record low voter turnout in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    What You Missed: KROQ Weenie Roast, the Buzzcocks, Kitchen Ink

    Andrew YoussefA surprisingly sober Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots.​It was KROQ's annual summer kick-off concert with a line-up that didn't totally suck: Weenie Roast! The 2010 roster included Sublime with Rome, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole, Devo, Paramore, Silversun Pickups, Spoon, Cage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    What You Missed: Lightning in a Bottle, Skate For a Cause, Dengue Fever

    Christopher VictorioLucent Dossier Experience, day two of Lightning in a Bottle​Lightning in a Bottle took place on Friday though Sunday in Irvine. The free-spirited festival featured fire/dance/circus performances, speakers, live entertainment from the Glitch Mob, Nosaj Thing, Lucent Dossier, pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Douchebag Comes Home

    Photo by John GilhooleyThe "Douchebag" gang at its Newport Beach Film Festival screening Tuesday night (from left): Chris Robertson, director of photography; Scott Uhlfelder, director of photography; Sean Vatwer, co-producer; Ben York Jones, actor and associate producer; Drake Doremus, director and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    New Poll: Bill Hunt Erased Gap with Sheriff Sandra Hutchens

    John GilhooleySandy with a sheriff's best friend​A new poll conducted by Lewis Consulting Group shows that Bill Hunt's campaign has enjoyed a "surprising surge" in recent weeks and now the race for Orange County sheriff is "essentially a dead heat."

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Sheriff's Poll: Sandra Hutchens In Big Lead

    John GilhooleySmile Sandy Smile​The first public poll of voter support in the Orange County sheriff's race found that Sandra Hutchens is far in the lead but significantly short of winning the necessary 50 percent plus vote to avoid a November runoff, according to the Voice of OC.

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Judge Spikes Orly Taitz's Attempt to Get In on Multi-State Anti-Healthcare Suit

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyThere's a joke about white coats somewhere in this...​Laguna Niguel's Dr. Orly Taitz was planning to pull another Forrest Gump moment next week by showing up in a Florida courtroom to participate in the headline-grabbing lawsuit of 13 attorneys general against the new hea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Orly Taitz Attempts to Take Over Attorneys' General Challenge to Health-Care Reform

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyDentists are doctors, right?​Apparently encouraged by all the attention she received after amending her Taitz v. Obama complaint earlier this week to whack the health-care reform bill (before it was even signed into law!), Orly Taitz, the Queen of the Birth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Teabagging Chuck DeVore

    Photo by John GilhooleyDoes Chuck DeVore have an app for teabagging?​Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine), who's in the middle of a longshot bid to become your U.S. senator, is cooing about his impending endorsement Sunday from the Tea Party Express, the national conservative movement that helped s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Orly Taitz Gets In On the Suing Healthcare Reform Game

    Taitz photo by John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyThe two most powerful women in America.​The cluster of attorneys general filing suit against the federal government to stop the just-passed health-care reform bill aren't alone in their battle.We'll give you one guess on who else has taken up their cause.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    What You Missed: Sushi Eating Festival, MMA, New Found Glory, Swallows Parade

    Andrew YoussefNew Found Glory fan, not a teenager?​What'd you miss this weekend? Welllllllll on Saturday, New Found Glory and Saves the Day performed at the House of Blues Anaheim. Hello Goodbye and Fireworks opened. Photog Andrew Youssef was there to document all the high-pitched fun. See the ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Mission Viejo's MacLean Rescinds Recount Request

    John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyLance MacLean: at peace?​Orange Juice! and the Mission Viejo Dispatch are reporting that Mission Viejo ex-Mayor Lance MacLean has canceled his request for a recount of the ballot's in last week's election, which saw him recalled from office by a margin of 19 votes.Speakin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    OC's Five Least Reprehensible Elected Officials!

    Photo by John GilhooleyDevore: OC's second-least reprehensible GOPer?​I was having lunch over the weekend with a pal, a Republican who will never vote for an OC Reep due to their rank hypocrisy. I, as a lefty nut, shared with him my frustrations with the Democratic Party of Orange County, the grou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Supposedly Broke Orly Taitz Appeals Santa Ana Case

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​When she's not posting copies of the President's late mother's social security card and asking newly elected Republican senator Scott Brown to sign on her lawsuit against Barack Obama, Laguna Niguel's Orly Taitz has lately taken to peppering her blog with statements like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Mr. Rampage's Wild Ride Results in Probation

    TMZ.comNothing to see here, folks.​Remember that July 15, 2008, incident where mixed-martial artist Quinton "Rampage" Jackson crashed his Ford F-150 into several vehicles and then led police on a high-speed chase that had him aggressively weaving through traffic, chatting on his cell phone, accele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: "Surf Story" Release Party in Costa Mesa

    All photos by John GilhooleyFriday, Dec. 18 at the Hurley International headquarters in Costa Mesa, Robb Havassy and company held a party, complete with art show and concert, to commemorate the release of Havassy's book Surf Story, the culmination of years of thinking and work by the man whose creat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Confused Fox Lady Asks Chuck DeVore to Speak for All Politicians

    John Gilhooley / OC Weekly​Irvine State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Twitter), who's hoping to be California's next senator, went into not-so-hostile territory today by appearing on Fox News. He taped an online-only interview with Fox's Dr. Cynara Coomer, a member of the prestigious "Fox Medical A- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Share Your Farrell's Memories

    John Gilhooley​Ah, Farrell's. If there's anything that is more entwined into the American experience, it would have to be McDonald's. It seems that if you were alive during its heyday in the '70s and '80s, chances are good you had a birthday or other significant life event celebrated here with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 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 appea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 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 ed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 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 B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    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 fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    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!

  • Columns

    May 15, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    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!

  • Blogs

    May 2, 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. - 1 ... More >>

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    March 29, 2007

    About OC Weekly

    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. - 1 ... More >>

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