La Mirada

Petit Plume: C'est Chic

[Trendzilla] Eugenia "Genie" Chung lets gals accessorize their hair in whimsical, charitable ways

The Lovely Bad Things Announce New Album, Tour

Nearly 11 months after the release of their EP, New Ghost/Old Waves, La Mirada-based garage/punk rockers The Lovely Bad Things are back with a new full-length album and their second overall, The Late Great Whatever, which will be released on Feb. 26 through local labels Volcom Entertainment, with ca ... More >>

Eat This Now: Sullungtang at Jang Mo Gip

Buena Park doesn't get much foodie love, even though it's at the intersection of our burgeoning South Asian and Korean populations. The Indian and Pakistani restaurants, including our Best Indian Restaurant from 2011 (Namastey India), are migrating east from Artesia; the Koreans are bent on making B ... More >>

The Five Best Shows in OC This Week: Nov. 9-11

Friday, November 9Haymarket SquaresSlidebar The Haymarket Squares specialize in a quick clip brand of folk music. Using mandolin, piano, and whistling, they weave a folk tapestry while busting lyrics about righteous anger and the songs of Britney Spears. N ... More >>

Lovely Bad Things

Detroit Bar

Mendy Brown, OC Homicide No. 43: Wife and Dog Believed Murdered by Husband Who Then Killed Himself on Halloween

Laguna Beach Police are dealing with three shooting deaths--husband Michael Brown, wife Mendy Brown and the family dog--that they believe are the result of murders followed by a suicide on Halloween. Bodies of all three were found after a co-worker of Michael Brown's went to check on the 49-year-old ... More >>

Ted Nishihara, Tutor and Substitute Teacher, Makes Grade for Week's Ugliest Police Mugshot

​As one who took many bad yearbook photos, I feel for Ted Nishihara having to look back at this booking photo that has been splashed all over the teevees, interwebs and fish wraps. However, there is no room for sympathy when choosing the Ugliest Police Mugshot of the Week, so the substitute teache ... More >>

Reps. Gary Miller and Ken Calvert Get Their Assets Handed Back to Them

​The Washington Post compared the annual financial disclosure reports filed by every member of Congress over the past decade to various public records and discovered that nearly 50 senators and House representatives directed millions of dollars in earmarks to projects that could either enhance ... More >>

Lovely Bad Things: 'We Almost Got Murdered In Washington'

Facebook​The Lovely Bad Things are featured in this week's print edition in our Local's Only column. You can read the article here, but to catch you up to speed: the quartet based out of La Mirada are known for their rowdy shows and infectious surf pop sounds. They will release a 45 via Volcom Rec ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Moon Block Party in Pomona

​The Moon Block Party served as a crash course in the gems of our local music scene. The festival was a first of what's to be an annual arts and music festival in the Pomona Arts Colony. It benefited the Pomona School of the Arts.Several big hitters from LA and OC music scene came out and played o ... More >>

[UPDATED with Charges:] Trevor Harwell, Computer Tech, Accused of Using Spyware to Get Images of Naked Female Customers

​UPDATE, JUNE 10, 1:11 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) has announced the charges filed against Trevor Timothy Harwell, the 20-year-old computer technician accused of secretly installing spyware on female customers' hard drives to capture images of them naked.The Fullerton ... More >>

Local Record Review: 'The Lovers in Spain' by Riley and the Roxies

​Riley and the Roxies The Lovers in Spain EP http://theloversinspain.com The duo of singer/songwriter Spencer Riley and producer Wes.--yes, with a period--who make up Riley and the Roxies are their own kind of border crossers, with roots and connections on either side of the LA/OC divide; the two ... More >>

Mandoorang Dumpling House Is the In-N-Out of Korean OC

[Hole In the Wall] This Buena Park diner offers great dumplings and other late-night Korean munchies

Northern Exposure at Clearman's North Woods Inn

The snow-covered log cabin of La Mirada still serves the meals that have made us obese and happy for a half-century

3.7 Quake Shakes North OC and Long Beach

​I was sprinkling a light dusting of blueberries and Trader Joe's Organic Granny's Apple Granola on top of my bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat cereal at 9:06 this morning when it sounded as if something was trotting across the attic over the kitchen cabinets.My wife in bed with a col ... More >>

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

La Mirada Theatre

Chicano Batman: Dark Caballeros

Attacking pop culture from sonic margins

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: OC Man, 5 Others Convicted of Defrauding Medi-CalComment by DAN18NY: Oh dear look at all those latin namesComment by LOSJETS: Yup,,,,They are latinos alright..............Berly Schartz, 53, of La Mirada, Dante David, 51 of Costa Mesa; Socorro Narciso, 39, of Sacramento; Orlee Lumiguid, ... More >>

Philip L. Liberatore Jumps From Political Circus to a Real One

​The last time we heard from Phil Liberatore, he was seeking the Republican nomination to knock off Rep. Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) and picking up support from Arizona's controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Obviously having licked his wounds from his June primary loss to the 11-year incumbent, the te ... More >>

Battle Seolleongtang: Anna's vs. Jang Mo Gip

Flickr user thedelicious​You could be excused for never having heard of seolleongtang. It isn't on the radar for most people who are just starting to delve into Korean cuisine, because it's never sold in barbecue restaurants or soon tofu places. You could be excused for not knowing how to pronounc ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Nod Enlivens Upstart Philip L. Liberatore's Race to Unseat Rep. Gary Miller

Photo by Beth StirnamanSheriff Joe Arpaio (right) stumps for Orange County sheriff candidate Bill Hunt last November.​Teabaggy sheriff wannabe Bill Hunt is apparently not the only Orange County candidate "Toughest Sheriff in America" Joe Arpaio is squarely behind.

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

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Ring of Fire

La Mirada Theater

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 dangli ... More >>

Tuna Does Vegas

La Mirada Theatre

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 Cal ... More >>

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 D ... More >>

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) Newpo ... More >>

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 releas ... More >>

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. Sev ... More >>

Beneath the Batter

A synergy of cultures at Mario's Peruvian Seafood

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 20 ... More >>

Diary of a Mad County

Nov. 22 - Nov. 28

No Marshall Stacks!

No. 2: In case you havent heard, OC has a new sound

Hong Kong Six

The Town WeAnd OthersDrink In

Fullertons drunken renaissance

How to Kill America

La Miradas All My Sons

Letters

Diary of a Mad County

Look Homeward, Porn Angel

Devinn Lane returns to OC, sucks down a few frozen bananas, and talks about life before she became the den mother of porn

AnAlmostInterestingMoment

Cathy Rigbys husbands Late Night Catechism

Jesus Christ On a Bike!

Jesus Christ Superstar at La Mirada Theatre

Smile, Damn It

La Miradas Swingtime Canteen

Letters

Triumph of the Dork

Over the Tavern asks questions about questions