Subject: La Mirada

• If you build it, they will crash

  On December 2004, a small plane collided with a 700-foot KFI radio tower located less than two miles from the Fullerton Municipal Airport. This resulted in the deaths of the two people on board. The tower-- located in La Mirada, near Fullerton-- has been down ever since. Fast forward to October 2007: It seems that city officials in La Mirada are willing to delay the re-construction of a 684-foot tower on the exact same spot while the FAA reviews safety concerns brought up by the City of Fuller

  October 22, 2007

• To Do Tonight 4/17

  Chapped Cheeks, 8 p.m. Baby, it's cold outside. Swallows Inn 31786 Camino San Juan Capistrano, CA 949-493-3188 Commotion!, 9 p.m. Kids need to stop with all that racket! The Juke Joint 735 N. Anaheim Blvd. Anaheim, CA 92805 Call Sick On Friday, 10 p.m. Because yer hung ova. Que Sera 1923 E. Seventh St. Long Beach, CA 90813 562-599-6170 Club Eclipse, 9:30 p.m. Blacked out. Fury 4221 Dolphin Striker Way Newport Beach, CA I Do! I Do!, 7:30 p.m. An intimate two-person musical about a marri

  April 17, 2008

• Porn and Taxes

  Getting stiffed by a porn star took on a whole new meaning Monday when Huntington Beach's Janine Lindemulder was arraigned in federal court for allegedly failing to pay about $80,000 in income taxes, The Smoking Gun reports today. The racktacular 39-year-old entered a not guilty plea and was released without bail. A Sept. 16 trial was set. Smoking Gun's item includes a copy of the original charging document that was filed June 18 in U.S. District Court in Eugene, Oregon. Lindemulder, who moved

  July 17, 2008

• Jesus Christ On a Bike!

  November 14, 2002

• Letters

  July 31, 2003

• How to Kill America

  November 20, 2003

• Looking Back at 2008: The Celeb-Reality Edition

  It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled.   1) Newport Beach city officials revealed in January they were trying to acquire the statue of their adopted Favorite Son, John Wayne, that moseys in front of the Larry Flynt building in Los Angeles. Back when

  January 2, 2009

• Beneath the Batter

  A synergy of cultures at Mario's Peruvian Seafood

  January 31, 2008

• Orange Countys Radical Culture Czars

  August 26, 1999

• Diary of a Mad County

  Nov. 22 - Nov. 28
  

  November 30, 2006

• No Marshall Stacks!

  October 19, 2006

• King of the County Pedophiles

  December 15, 2005

• Hong Kong Six

  January 13, 2005

• The Town WeAnd OthersDrink In

  September 9, 2004

• The Suburban Rasputin

  October 16, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 6, 2003

• Look Homeward, Porn Angel

  February 13, 2003

• AnAlmostInterestingMoment

  February 6, 2003

• Smile, Damn It

  February 14, 2002

• Letters

  September 6, 2001

• Triumph of the Dork

  October 19, 2000

• Tuna Does Vegas

  April 30, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 4/23

  Fullerton Market Musical Entertainment, 4 p.m.Everything from vintage surf rock to Top 40s hits will be featured at the weekly outdoor market, which will run through Oct. 29. Fresh produce, flowers, baked goods, arts and crafts, vendors and booths just for the kids will also be featured.Fullerton Downtown Plaza, Wilshire Ave., between Harbor Blvd. and Pomona Ave., Fullerton, CA; 714-738-6545Family Game Night, 7 p.m.If we learned anything from the '90s film classic Don't Tell Mom The Babysitters

  April 23, 2009

• Potential Unlikely Swine Flu Victims THIS Close to OC (Updated!)

  The Los Angeles Times is reporting that recent two deaths in LA County are being investigated by the coroner as possibly resulting from swine flu. The location of the two suspected flu victims? Long Beach and La Mirada, two Orange County border towns.With most of the previously reported Southern California swine flu cases happening to be in San Diego County, it's like this maybe-great plague/maybe Y2K-style hype bubble is closing in on Orange County. At this rate, we're thinking (but never hopin

  April 28, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 6/9

  Film Screening: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, 7:30 p.m.Hunter S. Thompson was the pioneer of a style he called "Gonzo" journalism, a style where he would emerse himself into the story so much that he, himself would become a character in it--gun in hand, cigarette holder dangling from his lips. Come see a film dedicated to the one and only.Hibbleton Art Gallery, 112 W. Wilshire Ave., Fullerton, CA; http://www.hibbleton.comRing of Fire, 8 p.m."Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." These

  June 9, 2009

• Ring of Fire

  June 11, 2009

• Pop-Inspired Musicals Like 'My Way' Put Asses in Seats

  July 2, 2009

• Battle Over What Remains of Coyote Hills Heats Up Again

  WestCoyoteHills.comPacific Coast Homes rendering for a section of West Coyote Hills. Whenever plans heat up to build ever more estate homes in the highlands ringing Fullerton, Friends of Coyote Hills mobilizes the masses in the flats to come out against more building there. Well, here we are in the second week of July. Hot enough for you?"Opposition to Chevron's plan to build in the last open space in North Orange County will continue strong at a City of Fullerton 'Informational Meeting' concern

  July 6, 2009

• King of the County Pedophiles

  December 15, 2005

• Crime Time: Small Fries, Bad Tenants and the Church Lady

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--small fry edition . . . MONDAY, JULY 20Artist's rendering of Bank of America robber. He may belong to that notorious street gang, the Lollipop Kids.​Watch Those Kids at the Playground A 3-year-old boy was at the playground in Ponderosa Park in the 2100 block of South Haster Street, Anaheim, with his 11-year-old sister and 12-year-old cousin, their moms keeping an eye on them. As the littlest one slid down the slide around 10:30 a.m., a m

  July 28, 2009