Subject: Kobe Bryant

• Kill Your Idols

  May 27, 1999

• Letters

  July 31, 2003

• Letters

  August 21, 2003

• Attention: Petaluma and West Palm Beach

  Fathers, lock up your daughters: Alfunction's coming to town.It seems as if a little band named (hed) PE has upcoming shows and needs a bass player. Something about their regular bassist having work visa programs. I don't know... Anyway, like every smart set of musicians in Orange County, when stuck with this predicament, you call Alfunction.Best know as the guitarist in local rock band SiX, Mr. Function will be holding down the low end on this trip. He's got to learn something like 20 songs in

  March 4, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 17

  Orange County Register: South Coast Plaza shoppers are oblivious to President Obama's visit two miles away. If they can still afford South Coast Plaza, they are oblivious to his message, too. . . . Another Kobe Bryant court appearance, another dismissal. This time he was getting out of jury duty. Whew! No need to buy the wife a diamond. . . . Aliso Niguel High School security supervisor and part-time basketball coach Thomas Cole pleaded guilty to having sex with a teen girl and is expected

  March 19, 2009

• Straight Poop on Suit Against Mr. and Mrs. Kobe Bryant

  Everyone's piling on the news of a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the former housekeeper of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant, but it is TMZ.com that's got the juice.Maria Jimenez is suing in Orange County Superior Court for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and unpaid wages. Both Bryants are named, but it's obvious from the court papers that Vanessa is the alleged abuser at their tricked-out pad behind gates in Newport Coast's Pelican Ridge.The suit claims Vanessa c

  March 25, 2009

• Preseason Gold

  October 2, 2008

• He Really Is Like Mike

  July 31, 2003

• Checklist, Please!

  June 26, 2003

• Chile de Arbol Salsa at El Camino Real

  El Camino Real in Fullerton needs no real introduction to Weekly readers; we've given it much love over the years for its weekend menudo that draws in Mexican mamis too tired to cook and the fact that Kobe Bryant is known to haunt the place. It's probably the best, for lack of a better term, "normal" Mexican restaurant in Orange County--by "normal," I mean a dive that ain't Tex-Mex but specializes in the borderlands cuisine favored by gabachos (tacos, tortas, enchiladas, etc.) and doesn't have r

  April 16, 2009

• Restaurants for Cheating Lovers

  Where to take your mistress to eat
  

  February 8, 2007

• In: The Army, Now

  June 22, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  January 26, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  December 1, 2005

• San Juan Capistrano

  October 20, 2005

• Bo$$ Dogg

  August 25, 2005

• When Irate Eyes Are Smiling

  December 30, 2004

• The Year In Following Your Enlarged Heart

  December 30, 2004

• Diary of A Mad County

  December 23, 2004

• Diary of A Mad County

  December 16, 2004

• OC's Scariest People 2004

  October 28, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  September 30, 2004

• Diary Of A Mad County

  July 22, 2004

• Raped Again?

  March 25, 2004

• Organs

  January 15, 2004

• Whos Your Daddy?

  January 15, 2004

• Letters

  January 1, 2004

• Kobe's Angels

  October 23, 2003

• On the Outside Looking In

  September 18, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  August 21, 2003

• Letters

  August 7, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  August 7, 2003

• Access for Ass Kiss

  July 24, 2003

• Flesh!

  July 17, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  January 17, 2002

• 35 Great Things About Summer in Orange County

  May 31, 2001

• Party Pooper

  August 3, 2000

• NBA to Give Fans 40 Lakers and a Mule

  April 6, 2000

• The Truth About Beauty

  March 30, 2000

• Rim Job

  July 15, 1999

• Vanessa Laine Bryant Food Quiz Time!

  Since no free photos of Vanessa exist, we'll use Taco Man as a reminder of her half-wabette ethnicityI loathe Kobe Bryant, the wife-cheating, Shaq-insulting, pouting pendejo who happens to star on my favorite NBA team. I do feel bad for his wife, Vanessa Laine Bryant, but she ain't no long-suffering gal, either (remember that massive diamond Bryant bought her after he schtupped some hotel worker?). She was a classmate of my sister's at St. Boniface Catholic School in Anaheim, and...well, let's l

  April 22, 2009

• [Hole In the Wall] Savannah Smiles at Kenyan Cuisine

  May 28, 2009

• Lakers Victory Parade Keeps Chugging to OC Thursday A.M.

  The Orange County version of the Lakers victory parade above is tomorrow, Thursday, at 10 a.m. on Main Street USA at Disneyland. The Anaheim resort issued a media advisory saying that MVP and Newport Coast resident Kobe Bryant and other unnamed players will participate in the event.Perhaps the dejected Orlando Magic can boost their spirits at their own Magic Kingdom on the opposite side of the continental U.S.If the Mouseketeers provide more details about the Lakers victory lap, we'll update th

  June 17, 2009

• What If You Threw a Lakers Parade and Only Kobe Showed Up?

  Photo by Andrew YoussefM-I-C . . . See you in the paint . . . K-E-Y . . . Why? Because we OWN you!Disneyland Resort media types had said it would be Kobe Bryant and other unnamed Lakers visiting the Anaheim theme park today for a victory parade down Main Street USA. But just like the name on the MVP award, Bryant was the only Laker to be found. Now, there could be a lot of reasons for this. Many players live out of town--heck--out of state--hell's bells--out of the country. Prior commitments, f

  June 18, 2009

• More Signs the Pulse is Getting Weaker at Times OC

  Usually when you click on the "O.C." tab on the online version of the Los Angeles Times' California/Local page, you'll come to another page with a fairly meaty Orange County-related headline and story link across the top. But as of 2 p.m. today, that prime position for readers seeking Orange County news was dedicated to "California Briefing: Reports from Lake Elsinore, Los Angeles, Santa Ana and Vista." The 178-word Santa Ana news brief was on the arrest of three Orange County men in separate se

  June 19, 2009

• More Michael Jackson! Memorial Participants, Plus Coverage Tomorrow

  Michael Jackson: still dead. If he wasn't, there wouldn't be that public memorial tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center, and we wouldn't be here talking about it. In fact, we're going to be able to do more than just talk about it. Our guy Gabriel San Roman (check his story on new Nekromantix drummer Lux, from last week's Weekly, here) actually snagged one of the ever-elusive tickets to the service, and is going to provide some coverage for us right here on this very blog. Should be quite t

  July 6, 2009

• The Laker-tini At Morton's, For B-Ball Fans With Class

  Wanna show your support for the Lakers but not so keen on the garish merchandise (bright purple pool table for three grand, anyone?). Morton's--the posh steakhouse with locations in Santa Ana and Anaheim--has come to the rescue with the Laker-tini ($12), available from now until the end of the series.Forget Miller Lite-loaded sessions spent "discussing" the on-screen action. This baby is in a league of its own, made with purple and gold ingredients (Charbay Vodka, Triple Sec, OJ, Sweet & Sou

  June 4, 2009

• Kobe Bryant Breakfast Time!

  Andrew Youssef​While recently eating wonderful baked beans at the Olde Ship, the following conversation happened with a nice chap:Him: So I saw Kobe Bryant getting breakfast at [RESTAURANT].Me: Why would he drive so far? I thought he lived in Newport Coast.Him: It's not that far! Typical Anaheim guy: you get the coast all messed up!Me: Was he mobbed by a bunch of people?Him: No. It was early in the morning, and he had a bunch of bags filled with orders to go. I think he ordered pancakes.Gentle

  September 29, 2009

• What You Missed: Maloof Money Cup, Amtrak Mooning, Detroit Bar, Surf Dogs, New Kids on the Block

  Keith MayWatch and learnIt may have been 5,000-degrees out, but the weekend's events raged on regardless. From reminiscing with one of our favorite boy bands ever (what, you don't have one?) to watching a labrador retriever go down the line with more ease and comfort than any surf pro, we could barely decide on how to split our time over the weekend. On 7/11, the First Annual Surfin' Paws Surf Dog Competition took place at Huntington Beach's Dog Beach. Oh, it's as cute as it sounds. Follow phot

  July 13, 2009

• Feeling Slutty? Let Us Dress You Up as OC's Scariest People!

  October 29, 2009