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La Habra

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    Wednesday's Headlines

    City pays hookers: to leave. La Habra plans to buy itself a strip club, reports the LAT. After trying to shut down the Taboo Gentlemen's Club for almost a decade, they've decided to put $5.2 million down to get the guy in charge and his gals to 'git. Boom Boom Room Doom? The co-owners of the iconic ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 3, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    City pays hookers: to leave. La Habra plans to buy itself a strip club, reports the LAT. After trying to shut down the Taboo Gentlemen's Club for almost a decade, they've decided to put $5.2 million down to get the guy in charge and his gals to 'git. Boom Boom Room Doom? The co-owners of the iconic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Urgent, Dire OctoMom News Update

    News reporters, news photographers, news helicopters, police cars and dozens and dozens of random (apparently bored) locals flocked to a La Habra neighborhood after 10 p.m. tonight, all to see OctoMom arrive at her Orange County home with two of the more recent offspring.   For context: Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    It's a Quick Read 32

    Orange County Register: Eighth sign of the Apocalypse: Ambulances spontaneously combusting in Fountain Valley. . . . It won't be galloping from four white horses South County residents hear Wednesday and Thursday, but F-18s bombing Camp Pendleton. Don't worry, the Marine base planned it. . . .  ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 12, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Orange County Register: Eighth sign of the Apocalypse: Ambulances spontaneously combusting in Fountain Valley. . . . It won't be galloping from four white horses South County residents hear Wednesday and Thursday, but F-18s bombing Camp Pendleton. Don't worry, the Marine base planned it. . . .  ... More >>

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Grove of Dreams

    The life and times of orange picker-turned-big leaguer Jesse Flores

  • Features

    April 5, 2007

    Grove of Dreams

    The life and times of orange picker-turned-big leaguer Jesse Flores

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    The CPCs Hidden Empire

    Where might you get ticketed by the Citation Processing Center

  • Food

    May 4, 2006

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    Death by Burrito at Imperial Burgers

  • Music

    January 5, 2006

    'Spongebob Is Pretty Sick'

    Where Awol One gets his ideas

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    La Habra

    Where Awol One gets his ideas

  • Columns

    August 25, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Where Awol One gets his ideas

  • Columns

    March 6, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    Where Awol One gets his ideas

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    L

    Where Awol One gets his ideas

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    No Cake for Adolf

    Moose rebuke moves Hitler party to Palmdale

  • Unknown

    September 27, 2001

    La Habra

    Discount capital of OC

  • Columns

    May 13, 1999

    My Kind of Town

    Fabulous, glamorous La Habra!

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Tale of 2 Police Forces: While Irvine's Fumes, La Habra's Bites the Bullet

    To protect and serve . . . for less.​While their counterparts in "Safest City in America" Irvine fume over an employer-proposed wage freeze, officers who belong to the La Habra Police Association seem to have gladly accepted a deal that imposes what is essentially a 5 percent pay cut. "Although di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Get Your Roasted Hatch Chiles While They're (Somewhat) Hot!

    Hopefully, gentle readers, ustedes need no introduction to the glory of the Hatch chile; if you do, read this. Salivating yet? Save it, and drive to La Habra this weekend--specifically, Albertson's, where they will be selling 30-pound sacks for $28.99 and roasting them for gratis from eight in the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    A Tale of Two Hatch Chile Roasts

    Picture to come once my chica updates her blog...Maybe there's really nothing to do in La Habra. Maybe Newport Beach was too drunk already tailgating for the USC game to care. But, boy, was there a hell of a difference at the county's two public Hatch chile roasts.The first one occurred August 22 at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Week: Disappearing Comments Edition

    Not sure why, but when I sat down to write up this column today, all the comments on all the hot-button stories on the OC Register website appear to have been disabled. Could it be that the overworked censors on Grand Street just decided to hit the nuke button? Either that or my computer sucks, in w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Five Great Iconic, Old-School Restaurants

    Where bird is the Eternal Word...​Recently, a reader wrote to complain about my choice of Aloha BBQ as the best restaurant in Mission Viejo for my book, Orange County: A Personal History. Her choice of Capriccio's wasn't better--really, Aloha's main competition is Hatam. But the email got me think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Attention North-County Voters! Register to Replace The Dripper!

    Dearly disgraced Mike "The Dripper" Duvall​Monday is your last day to register to vote in the Assembly District 72 special primary. Info on registration is at the OC Registrar of Voter's site.If you're unsure of whether you're an AD72 constituent, you can use the State Assembly's ghetto website to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Just Another Orange County Murder: Joshua Steven Rodriguez

    View Larger MapJoshua Steven Rodriguez, 18, of La Habra, was fatally stabbed on Nov. 1, but his death was not officially deemed a murder until a massive search warrant sweep Thursday morning led to several arrests.Joshua Steven Rodriguez with his mother Yolanda Mansillas and brother Reise Rodriguez ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Rumbi Island Grill to Open Three More In O.C.

    Over a year ago I reported that a Utah chain called Rumbi Island Grill was planning to come and open up a series of stores. With their Mission Viejo store now already well- established, they're moving onward and upward. The RSM store will debut in January and it's been announced that they're staki ... More >>

  • Food

    January 7, 2010

    Get Your Meat and Potatoes, Deutschland-style, at La Habra's Continental Deli

    Over a year ago I reported that a Utah chain called Rumbi Island Grill was planning to come and open up a series of stores. With their Mission Viejo store now already well- established, they're moving onward and upward. The RSM store will debut in January and it's been announced that they're staki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Nadya "Octomom" Suleman Porn Titles

    ​Residents of a certain La Habra neighborhood counting the days until Nadya Suleman and her brood of 14 are thrown out due to foreclosure received some troubling news today: a porn video company has offered to bail out "Octomom." All she need do is sign on the dotted sticky line. Great. But has th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Task Force Raids La Habra Grow Room, Arrests 3, Seizes 60 Marijuana Plants

    View Larger Map A group a group that included La Habra police, Placentia police, Orange County and Anaheim SWAT and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement raided a La Habra warehouse Thursday and seized 60 plants from a marijuana grow room. Three were arrested.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Cypress Stop Gets in on OC DUI Action Tonight

    ​The Cypress Police Department conducts a DUI and driver's license checkpoint from 8 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday.Perhaps feeling a bit saucy, the cop shop isn't disclosing the location of that checkpoint, which could feature sights like this on the right if boozy drivers are ordered out of thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    La Habra Settles Suit by Family of Michael Cho, Victim of Brutality or Justified Police Shooting

    ​The city of La Habra settled for $250,000 a lawsuit brought by the parents of 25-year-old artist Michael Cho, who died after being shot 11 times by two police officers on the last day of 2007.Cho's death sparked outcries of police brutality in the Korean American community and from his friends ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    La Habra Teachers Go on the Warpath

    ​Angry teachers plan to pack a school board meeting in La Habra tonight to demand a return to the bargaining table."With about $3.5 million more in La Habra School District coffers than the school board anticipated at last July's fiscal hearing, La Habra teachers believe it's time now for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Alert To Minors: Don't Be Out Past Curfew on Nov. 18

    ​Kids, here's some advice. The night of Thursday, Nov. 18 is a very good time to stay indoors. Police departments will conduct what they're calling the "largest-ever Orange County curfew sweeps." Cops in nearly every city--Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Garden Grove, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    The Strike Is On! La Habra City School District Unwilling To Negotiate, Teachers Taking To The Picket Lines

    It happens tomorrow!​As of 7:30 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, La Habra school teachers will be on strike, according to Bill Guy, with the La Habra Education Association. LHEA and the district's bargaining team finally met at the negotiating table today, but an agreement could not be reac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Lynette Rojas Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing $134,000 From the Boys & Girls Club of La Habra

    ​Lynette Rojas in scheduled to sashay into an arraignment hearing in about five minutes to answer to charges that she stole $134,000 from the Boys & Girls Club of La Habra. The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) will try to throw the book at the 34-year-old La Habra resident, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Octomom Nadya Suleman Doesn't Work, But Her Kids Do

    ​Octomom Nadya Suleman may not be employed, but that does not mean she cannot put her kids to work to subsidize her government assistance, help defray the cost of her nail appointments and fight the always looming threat of foreclosure on her La Habra home.Check after the jump to see some members ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    The Mother of 14 Who Won't Disappear: Octomom Makes Cameo in La Habra Music Video

    Octomom and Mayor Gomez loving La Habra.​Apparently enough people love La Habra that the city felt it was in someone's best interest to put together a music video expressing the point. Spinning off from Randy Newman's "I Love L.A!", La Habra's mayor, James Gomez cruises around the city in a styliz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    [UPDATED With Sentence] Lynette Rojas Guilty of Stealing $134,000 From Youth Club

    ​UPDATE, APRIL 18, 12:24 P.M.: 34-year-old Lynette Rojas was sentenced today to three years in state prison for stealing $134,000 from the Boys & Girls Club of La Habra. The club's former executive assistant was also ordered to pay $165,000 in restitution and $270,000 in fines. Find ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Profiles in OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Lucien Proud, La Habra Mayor/ School Trustee

    ​Recently on my Facebook page, one of my amigas--a proud White woman--chimed on my status and repeated the tired truism that Anaheim was THE hotbed of white supremacy in Orange County. Sigh...while the Klan did control the city during the 1920s and gets all the attention in the history books, the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    Spring Citrus Fair

    Downtown La Habra

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    [UPDATED with Booking Photo:] Memorial Day Weekend DUI Enforcement Countywide

    ​UPDATE, MAY 31, 6:39 P.M.: The Irvine Police Department this evening released the booking photo at right of Austin Jeffrey Farley, the alleged drunken driver with a past DUI conviction blamed for causing the crash that killed 14-year-old Ashton Sweet.The Northwood High School freshman cheerleader ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    [UPDATED with Opponents Revealed:] Octomom Nadya Suleman Stepping Into the Ring Again

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 15, 9:10 A.M.: Alas, Octomom will not be stepping into the ring to square off against Casey Anthony.Well, at least not Sept. 16 in Springfield, Mass.Celebrity Boxing promoter Damon Feldman on Friday announced three opponents will face La Habra's unemployed single mother of 14 Nadya S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    La Habra Latest to Ban Sex Offenders from Parks

    ​La Habra is the latest Orange County city to enact a law banning registered sex offenders from parks and playgrounds following action by the City Council Monday night.The city modeled its child safety zone ordinance after the county's enacted in April to keep perverts out of regional parks and ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Octomom Nadya Suleman Delivers the Pain

    "Owwwwwwwwwww!"​Yes, of course Octomom Nadya Suleman says a lot of stupid things--so many that we can't keep track of all of them here at Octomerde Central. And, certainly, there are no doubt many more dumb quotes loaded into her appearance on Wednesday evening's series premiere of HD Network's Ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Evrit S. Boice, La Habra's First Mayor

    ​I was in La Habra over the weekend for...something...when I realized La Habra hasn't gotten enough love in this column. And why shouldn't it? La Habra, per capita, was probably the most Klan of all OC cities, a place where orange growers actually hired overseers to make sure their Mexicans didn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Octomom Nadya Suleman Gets Top Billing on Millennium Poster

    ​The poster is out for the horror movie Millennium ("coming soon"), and Octomom Nadya Suleman gets top billing.So it has to be good!Actually, if a movie starring La Habra's otherwise unemployed single mother of 14 is a hit, she may move her circus out of Orange County to Hollywood. That makes it i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Frederick Bastady, Buena Park Citrus Rancher/School Board Member

    ​Out in the Central Valley town of Lindsay, Bastady Ranches continues the family's century-long tradition of growing oranges. They've been there since 1955, since Emanuel Bastady moved the family business from Buena Park, a business he inherited from his uncle Frederick, a child of Swiss immigrant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Nick Burresch and Phillip Reinig, OC Homicides Nos. 3 and 4: Shot Outside Home

    ​"POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP."Neighbors in the 500 block of South Clifton Street, near Lambert Road in La Habra, heard six shots around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Police quickly arrived to find Nick Burresch, 24, and Phillip Reinig, 30, bleeding out in front of a home.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2012

    [UPDATE: With Suspect Details] Multiple Law Enforcement Agencies Converge on La Habra

    ​UPDATED: Feb. 13, 6:35 A.M.: It appears 20 police officers from at least four agencies, with two canines and a helicopter didn't get their man Friday night. That's according to the Orange County Register. At 10 p.m., officers from La Habra, Placentia, Brea and Fullerton had surrounded a neighborh ... More >>

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