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Watermarc Meets the High Standards of Laguna Beach Dining

[Summer Guide] Different Brushstrokes This Summer at OC's Art Venues

Hiking

El Moro Canyon

To Do Tonight - 5/14

A "Taste For Charity" and Silent Art Auction, 5 p.m.Tastes by top restaurants, silent auction of art from local galleries and a live auction with raffle prizes! This charitable gathering has it all. Proceeds benefit the Community Clinic, 1st Thursdays Art Walk, Sally's Fund, CSP Youth Shelter, Woma ... More >>

Two OC Joints Make "Best Bars in America" List

Some lucky bastards at Esquire have been trawling the US for the country's best bars. Their criteria?"If it's a dive, it's Christ-this-place-is-a-dive dive. If it's an Irish pub, it's not an 'Irish' pub. If it's a cocktail lounge, it's got some Tanqueray Ten and a bottle of good rye somewhere."Surpr ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 5/7

Art Walk Pre-event, 5-6 p.m.Need something to do before walking around Laguna Beach's first Thursday art walk, sipping wine and conversing with local hipsters? Lucky for you, the city of Laguna Beach is presenting: "Boy and Dog" by Ruth Peabody, a re-dedication of Laguna Beach's oldest piece of pub ... More >>

Laguna Beach Independent Sold; LA CityBeat Folds

Laguna Beach Independent city editor Andrea Adelson reports today the company behind 18-month-old Laguna Beach Magazine has agreed in principle to acquire the publication "at a time of financial difficulty for the weekly newspaper." Firebrand Media LLC will consolidate the Indy's operations with o ... More >>

Watch Out for That Tree on Next Critical Mass Ride

Critical Mass, the bicycle-awareness movement that has swept the world and at least one corner of Laguna Beach, holds its March ride Sunday, and they've sent along this photo to promote it. That's actually me on my bike after I wrote something snarky about a previous Critical Mass effort. I now know ... More >>

Slideshows: Cradle of Filth @ the Grove of Anaheim, Donavon Frankenreiter & Gary Jules @ the Coach House

A couple noteworthy shows took place last night, and we had photogs at both of them. Fever Dragon checked out British metal vets Cradle of Filth at the Grove of Anaheim, take a look at pictures of lead singer Dani Filth (above) and more, including opening band Satyricon here. Keith May was down sout ... More >>

What the Feds Giveth the State Taketh Away

From Roger Butow, Laguna Beach's world renowned fighter of ca-ca (in all its forms):Where's the Relief Beef?Let's see, Congress is amenable to a $400 per year tax decrease for individual working slobs like me, about $1.10 per day. Meanwhile, this State is going to increase certain taxes so I'll be f ... More >>

More Amazing Than a Truck Stealing Itself in Laguna Beach

It's been reported all over everywhere that Michael Otero's truck miraculously rolled itself out of a Laguna Beach convenience store parking space Sunday, gently turned into an adjacent lot and managed to land in an empty parking space without ever hitting another car. What hasn't been reported is ... More >>

TONIGHT: Donavon Frankenreiter and Gary Jules at The Coach House

Laguna Beach's masterfully mellow Donavon Frankenreiter is poised to chill folks out for two consecutive nights at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, tonight and tomorrow. Check out our review of his latest release here. Opening up is Gary Jules, known best for his totally depressing cover of " ... More >>

Sorrento Grille Liberated; Wilhelm Back at its Helm

The Laguna Beach Independent reports that David Wilhelm -- who quit the Culinary Adventures empire he built from the success of his Laguna Beach restaurant, Sorrento Grille -- will be back at Sorrento's helm.  This time, he'll be working for its new owners: his old landlords, Laguna Beach resi ... More >>

Edgy and Eggy

The Arab, the Jew and the Chicken

Martin Millard Not Just a Racialist, But a Homophobe

The man who fancies himself the savior of Costa Mesa had this concluding couplet in his rambling reasoning to support Proposition 8: "On the other hand, it could be argued that if it is true that, as many gays now assert, homosexuality is genetic, then allowing gay marriage (and the normalization o ... More >>

The Clip Your Church Doesn't Want You to Watch

Movies get trailers, so why not books? The latest edition of Laguna Beach author Tim Leedom's The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read, which the Weekly previewed here, is now being pimped via video. Leedom has advantage over most other authors when it comes to this kind of promotion. His d ... More >>

To Do This Weekend 8/29 - 9/1

The Night Shift, Friday 11 p.m. Work it. Paradise 1800 E. Broadway Long Beach, CA 562-590-877 Ray Bush & the BBC Jazz Band, Friday 8 p.m. Jazz things up. THE OLDE SHIP PUB & RESTAURANT 1120 W. 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 714-550-6700 Team Tough Titties Breast Cancer Fundrasier, Saturday 9 p.m. Cocktail ... More >>

To Do This Weekend 8/15-8/17

Air Supply, Friday 8:30 p.m. The Power of Love. The Grove of Anaheim 2200 E. Katella Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 714-712-2750 '80s DJ, Saturday 10 p.m. Bust out the leg warmers The Royal Hawaiian 331 N. Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach, CA 92651 949-494-8001 Bernadette Peters with Orchestra, Saturday 8 p.m. ... More >>

Fare Thee Well

Laguna Beach Renaissance Faire

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Gunnin' for That #1 Spot,' More

Laguna Beach Renaissance Faire

[Summer Guide] Beach Do's & Dont's

Laguna Beach Renaissance Faire

How New Developments in Laguna Beach Will (and Won't) Deal With the Pollution in Aliso Creek

Laguna Beach Renaissance Faire

[Special Screenings] Locals Showings of 'Bonneville,' 'Transformers,' More

Laguna Beach Renaissance Faire

How Robert Zilliott's alcohol-monitoring anklet led to a painful run-in with Laguna Beach cops

Laguna Beach Renaissance Faire

To Do Tonight - 01/08

FARMER’S MARKET, 4pm Why head to the grocery store when you can get fresh and locally grown products at this market? Brea Downtown on Birch St., Brea SURFCITY NIGHTS, 5pm Bring friends and family to take an evening stroll on Main Street and have a taste of local restaurants, sidewalk sales, farme ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 11/12

FARMER’S MARKET, 4pm Why head to the grocery store when you can get fresh and locally grown products at this market? Brea Downtown on Birch St., Brea SURFCITY NIGHTS, 5pm Bring friends and family to take an evening stroll on Main Street and have a taste of local restaurants, sidewalk sales, farme ... More >>

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 >>

Photos: Sawdust Festival

Finally got around to visiting the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach this afternoon. And boy, was there sawdust. And some 200 local artists in close quarters with all that sawdust. Click the photo for naked people made of wire, birdhouses christened by real birds, hand-soiling pottery, colorful 'shro ... More >>

Freebie Festival

Here's a cheap Monday date idea: The Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach is celebrating 75 years today, so admission (usually $7) is free. The event opens at 10 a.m. and closes its doors at 11:30 p.m. Over 140 local artists will have pieces on display. Festival of Arts / Pageant of the Masters 650 La ... More >>

Pollock-esque Dinosaur

It was purely an urge to reunite with my pal Gail Stahl that led me to the Art Walk in Laguna Beach on Thursday night. Although I was tired and hesitant, my friend-since-first-grade, Mike Michika and I piled into the car of my cousin and namesake, Billy Joe Agan - heading south along the 5 freeway ... More >>

Monday's Haul

Save our gay bar: Gay activists are reaching out to George Clooney and Brad Pitt, asking that the actors buy Laguna Beach's Boom Boom Room—which is on its way to becoming a boutique hotel. Darn it: The Daily Pilot just snagged itself a new managing editor. We're still turning over rocks for ... More >>

Laguna Beach Cops Justified in Resort Killings?

Highly reliable law enforcement sources gave OC Weekly access to audio tape recordings from Sunday's police killing of two guests at the ritzy Laguna Beach Montage Resort & Spa. The audio reveals that the city's police officers repeatedly pleaded with Kevin and Joni Park to put down a gun they' ... More >>

Room Service

Questions about the Montage Resort killings in Laguna

Questions about the Montage Resort Killings in Laguna

Initial media reports about Sunday's improbable double killing at a ritzy Laguna Beach resort didn't mention who did the killing. Call me jaded, but that's odd. Always pause when journalists fail to provide answers to the basics: Who? What? When? Where? How? In this case, the Who? and the How? were ... More >>

It's a Living

Laughter Yoga coach

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

The Beauty of Boerewors at the African Hut

Hey, You!

Fighting Irish

Everything Must Go

Mike Lohrman puts Underdog to sleep

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Find man's perfect burger at Penguin Cafe

Locals Only

It's (Not) All Greek to Me: Epsilons, Self-titled CD (Retard Disco)

Hey, You!

Pee'd Off

This Week in Rock & Rollergirls

A&E's Rollergirls

Laguna Beach

A&E's Rollergirls

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Christmas 1970 Laguna Beach Love-In

RAPTURE READY

Extremists rejoice after Laguna Beach landslide

Goko Cafe

Extremists rejoice after Laguna Beach landslide

Denied!

Love on the Laguna rocks

Very Picasso!

Laguna Beach roundup

Calgon, Take Me Away!

Five escapist eateries to make you forget our screwed-up world

Do Behave

New gcg stays centered