Subject: Knott's Berry Farm

• Driving: Me Crazy!

  You know what I hate most about my new life in Orange County? No, not that. That either. What I hate is that if I stay out any time later than, say, 10 p.m., the odds seem to be about 50/50 that the freeway exit I need will be randomly closed. Or even that the entire freeway will be randomly closed. Is this some kind of cruel initiation ceremony being perpetrated upon me? Because if I'm forced off the road at, say, Knott's Berry Farm, I don't yet know how one gets back to Santa Ana using surf

  June 13, 2007

• Wednesday's Headlines

  Tie the Knott: Talk about taking your metaphors seriously. Nicole Crabtree and Nathan Venderweit (right) had their wedding aboard a roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm. The Times has photos, but no story. The Reg carries the tale. Sorry, guys: OC's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to start scaling back the pensions of sheriff's deputies. The whole affair has Sheriff Carona's manties in a knot, and he believes the supervisor leading the charge "has a personal vendetta." No comprom

  August 1, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises

  Speed Eating: Would you eat 42 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes for $1,500? Patrick “P-Rock” Beroletti, a twentysomething-year-old Chicago cook, won the Drum Corps International World Peanut Butter and Jelly Eating Championship this week at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. (Earlier this year, Beroletti devoured 47 donuts in five minutes.) Tim “Eater X” Janus dunked his treats in a milk-water mixture and nabbed second place with 37.5 sandwiches. Rich “The Locust” LeF

  August 9, 2007

• Haunted OC Hotspots

  In honor of Halloween the OC Weekly has compiled a list of haunted Orange County locations courtesy the database of haunted places on Shadowlands.net. So take some time and have a read. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, at least you can learn about some local legends and scare yourself silly! Mwahahaha! Anaheim Anaheim Fairfield Inn by the Marriott - This motel is right next to a freeway and is said to be haunted by a couple that died in a car accident. Anaheim High School - A WWII bomb

  October 29, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines. No Surprises: Carona Free (For Now)

  Carona free (for now): Yesterday, Sheriff Mike Carona walked out of the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse with his wife, Debbie, after being cuffed and held in a cell for hours. They'll be back to enter their pleas Monday. Bail was set at $20,000 for each Carona and $10,000 for the sheriff's mistress, Debra Hoffman. Coverage: LAT, OC Reg. Be sure to read Weekly ME Rich Kane's way more lively take here. About that fire: It's now 90 percent contained. The Register reports that some 3,000 people re

  November 1, 2007

• Knott's Berry Farm Welcomes Veterans

  Sure, there are easier ways to get inside Knott's Berry Farm than joining the military (there used to be a great way sneak in off of La Palma and. . . well, let's just leave it at that), but for those Americans who've already taken the military oath, KBF is offering free admission now through Thanksgiving Day to veterans with proper identification (DD214, Veterans Administration Hospital I.D. or Active Military Service I.D.). Veterans are also allowed to purchase up to six tickets for $12.95. T

  November 6, 2007

• Beach Boulevard Breakdown

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• To Do Tonight 10/9

  OC Weekly's Best of OC Party, 7 p.m. Celebrate the release of our 13th annual Best Of OC issue with live entertainment, eclectic hors d'oeuvres and complimentary beer, wine and spirits. i Lounge 18912 Macarthur Blvd. Irvine, CA 92612 The Crystal Method, 9 p.m. Um, yeah. Tentation Ultra Lounge 4647 MacArthur Blvd. Newport Beach, CA 949-660-1010 Club Rok, 8:30 p.m. Beats the hell out of club scissors. Cantina Lounge 2736 E. Nutwood Ave. Fullerton, CA (714) 879-8094 Quarantine Premiere At Knott

  October 9, 2008

• In Search of... Skatejam2000

  June 8, 2000

• To Do Tonight 10/22

  Wayne Brady, 8 p.m. He's got a singing career now. $32.50-$35 House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 714-778-2583 The Elvis Show, 9:30 p.m. The self-proclaimed “greatest Elvis impersonator in Fullerton, Brea and Whittier,” Kirk Wall knows how to rock that white sequined jumpsuit like nobody’s business. The Continental Room 115 W. Santa Fe Ave. Fullerton, CA 714-526-4529 Knott's Halloween Haunt, 7 p.m. Prepare for a scare! Knott's Berry Farm 8039 Beach Blvd. Buena Park, CA 714-

  October 22, 2008

• Know Your Rights!

  June 19, 2003

• It's a Quick Read 14: Weekend and Monday B.S.

  Orange County Register: Octo-Mom took spawn from her oldest litters to Knott's Berry Farm on Saturday and Disneyland the day before, and all she got were crummy t-shirts reading: "More kids have passed through my log fume than Knott's" and "Your Kaiser co-pays helped pay for the 8-pack I just dropped, so what am I doing now? I'm going to Disneyland!" TMZ's got pics of the getaway, which allowed volunteer contractors to finish getting her La Habra home

  March 16, 2009

• Please Rewind

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• [Summer Guide] Simple Pleasures

  June 12, 2008

• Yankee Doodle

  January 10, 2008

• It's Your Money

  But the government spends it

  August 23, 2007

• GRUB

  January 6, 2000

• Out of the Ashes

  The delectable saga of Thai Nakorn enters its third act

  May 10, 2007

• Art Chrisman

  October 19, 2006

• Wet Your Pants

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• Buena Park

  October 20, 2005

• Endangered Species

  February 17, 2005

• OCs 97 Best American Restaurants

  January 13, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  December 9, 2004

• This week in north North County

  November 18, 2004

• This Week in Soup

  November 4, 2004

• Scare Tactics

  October 28, 2004

• Best of OC 2004: Part 1

  October 21, 2004

• Death Watch

  October 16, 2003

• In the Shadow of the Mouse

  May 29, 2003

• Going Down

  April 10, 2003

• Splat!

  October 31, 2002

• Holidays in the Sun

  June 13, 2002

• Wronging Our Writes

  February 7, 2002

• Wide Open Spaces

  December 6, 2001

• Best of OC, 2001

  September 27, 2001

• Buena Park

  September 27, 2001

• Party Pooper

  May 10, 2001

• Going Mobile

  March 30, 2000

• CINEMA NON-VERITE

  January 6, 2000

• QUIET ON THE SET PIECE

  January 6, 2000

• GATORS!

  January 6, 2000

• Dennis the Menace to Society

  September 9, 1999

• And Out the Door You Went

  February 11, 1999

• A Selected OC Rock History Time Line

  November 19, 1998

• Tourists, Go Home Page

  August 27, 1998

• John & Ken Will Mock Hugh Hewitt at Their Next Heads-on-a-Stick Rally!

  This Wednesday, as KFI-AM 640 hosts John Kobyalt and Ken Chiampou plugged their next mega-rally--it'll be at the Knott's Berry Farm of the Inland Empire, Tom's Farm in Corona next Saturday--one of them made the observation that a conservative talk-show host had previously mocked them and their listeners as doing little more than "banging pots and pans" and so urged anyone who will attend to--yep!--bring pots and pans to bang. The two were demure for once, but the person they were railing against

  May 8, 2009

• Friday Film Funnies Fun: Walter Knott

  While everyone else publishes hagiographies about the 75th anniversary of Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant (good food, btw), which eventually became Knott's Berry Farm, let's remember the man behind the landmark for what he was: a paranoid loon who used the massive revenues from Ma Knott's kitchen to publish some of the funniest anti-commie pamphlets this side of Jimmy Utt's mimeograph, help start the Lincoln Club, and organized the Orange County School of Anti-Communism, a crucial spark t

  June 19, 2009

• Get (Sugar) High at Knott's Berry Farm

  Not exactly the healthiest stuff. What's the best way to convince a bunch of overweight little kids and their parents to quit their high sugar intake, clean up their diets and avoid diabetes forever? The Weekly received the news today that the American Diabetes Association has come up with the bright idea of making them walk through Knott's Berry Farm for a few hours, break a nice sweat and be tempted by a million fruit jellies, funnel cakes, garlic fries, cotton candy and every other diabetes-i

  July 16, 2009

• Orange County Rave Scene History Lesson

  BY DENNIS ROMERO There was a lot of buzz in clubland last month when the organizers of Electric Daisy Carnival claimed that 135,000 people attended its two-day dance music event at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. All the action up there makes it seem like crickets have taken over in Orange County, which has but a handful of regular, DJ-driven events these days. Of course, that wasn't always the case. There was a time when Orange County practically overshadowed L.A. as the rave capital of the

  July 15, 2009