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  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    Say Adios to Ignacio Lujano This Saturday

    We failed, Orange County, to keep 84-year-old Ignacio Lujano in the San Juan Capistrano orange groves he's tended to for the past 38 years. His son Alex texted me today that his papi is having a big yard sale this weekend before moving in the next couple of weeks to Lake Elsinore. City officials, in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    Ignacio Lujano Leaves the Swanner Ranch

    We failed, Orange County, to keep 84-year-old Ignacio Lujano in the San Juan Capistrano orange groves he's tended to for the past 38 years. His son Alex texted me today that his papi is having a big yard sale this weekend before moving in the next couple of weeks to Lake Elsinore. City officials, in ... More >>

  • Food

    March 18, 1999

    Famous Food

    Conductors! Rock Stars! Restaurateurs! Poets!

  • Music

    April 22, 1999

    The All-Age Sage

    How to set off a Chain Reaction

  • Features

    January 2, 2003

    2002: Diary of a Mad Year

    How to set off a Chain Reaction

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Lit Up

    Theyve faced the decline of hair metal, the rise of rap, the transformation of the record industry, even death. Meet this summers real superheroes, Fullertons own Lit!

  • News

    May 15, 2008

    The Weekly's Head Count of the 48 New Faces Who Want to Be Your Next Sheriff

    Theyve faced the decline of hair metal, the rise of rap, the transformation of the record industry, even death. Meet this summers real superheroes, Fullertons own Lit!

  • Columns

    August 1, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Theyve faced the decline of hair metal, the rise of rap, the transformation of the record industry, even death. Meet this summers real superheroes, Fullertons own Lit!

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    Iron Mike

    Is Sheriff Carona ready for the White House?

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    The Force Is With Him

    In a department once noted for its cruelty toward the homeless, Santa Ana cop Randy Beckx produced a revolution

  • Music

    April 6, 2006

    Dream On

    Rocco DeLucas new record, new band, new bunny and old soul

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Hooray for OCTA?

    Award for top transportation agency is astoundingfor all the wrong reasons

  • Unknown

    June 16, 2005

    LOWBALLASSCHATTER!

    Award for top transportation agency is astoundingfor all the wrong reasons

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    Six Degrees of Schwarzenegger

    Quadriplegics lawsuit claims botched bounty hunt was no coincidence

  • Music

    January 8, 2004

    To Major-Label Hell and Back

    Handsome Devil are much happier now

  • Features

    May 30, 2002

    No Escape

    A night of illegal camping

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Cursed by an Angel

    Justin Baughman was on his way to a big-league career. Then he was drafted by the Angels

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    As Stephen Smith Leaves Town, Irvine's "Tattler" Calls on Others to Step Up

    Stephen C. Smith calls on others to keep tabs on Irvine City Hall.CORRECTED!Lost in Santa Ana a few months ago, half paying attention to the street signs and half to Larry Mantle's KPCC interview show blaring out of the car speakers, I heard the host steer his Orange County "roundtable" guests--Oran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 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 ... More >>

  • News

    July 30, 2009

    Cancer Wasn't Killing Jack Jessee Fast Enough, So Did His Wife and Stepson Hire a Hit Man?

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Crime Time: Double the Fun Starring [Alleged] Skeevy Teachers, Fake Cop Robbers and Ryan Seacrest's Strange Stalker

    It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--actually the Weekly's TWO weekly round-up as an attempt is made to make up for lost vacation time.Left courtesy of E! Entertainment, right courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest (left) gets paid another visit from his No. 1 Army spe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Loose Lips Sink Freedom for Knott's Scary Farm Killers

    TrueCrimeReport.comGirls just want to have fun: Anna Alejandra Salinas and Dayana Cordova​Pete Kotz's online True Crime Report, which is "powered" by the Weekly's Village Voice Media overlords, has the scoop on two Riverside teen girls who wanted to go to Knott's Scary Farm in Buena Park in 2007, ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 17, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    TrueCrimeReport.comGirls just want to have fun: Anna Alejandra Salinas and Dayana Cordova​Pete Kotz's online True Crime Report, which is "powered" by the Weekly's Village Voice Media overlords, has the scoop on two Riverside teen girls who wanted to go to Knott's Scary Farm in Buena Park in 2007, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    High Bid for Orange County Fairgrounds is Low

    ​It was revealed today that Craig Realty Group of Newport Beach was the high bidder in the state's auction of the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa--with a bid that was much lower than the $96 million to $180 million the 150-acre property had been expected to fetch.The owner of several outle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Local BBQ Team To Compete At "The Ultimate BBQ Showdown" in Wildomar

    Photo from FourQBBQ.com​Those of you who follow the OC food blogging scene and Chowhound should know that our friend and Weekly contributor Professor Salt is passionate for BBQ. He and three friends, all of them food bloggers, make up a competitive BBQ team called Four Q. They've competed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Finally, Something to Eat at the Lake Elsinore Outlets

    Shopping at the Lake Elsinore Outlets may result in "good cheap" purchases, but it always results in a "bad cheap" lunch. The nearest restaurants are a mile and a half south, where the road formerly known as Ortega Highway spills out onto the Mojave Freeway, and the choices are a grim list of greasy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    This Week in Food

    Flickr user Boots in the Oven This week, Stick a Fork In It covered everything from where to find a fiery late night happy hour to the Kogi Truck's secret ingredient.Find out more about what you missed after the jump!

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Jaelyne Jacsen, CSUF Student and Domestic Violence Lecturer, Gets a Year for Her Cons

    ​Jaelyne Jacsen was known publicly as a single mother with two kids, working to earn a degree from Cal State Fullerton and speaking out against domestic violence. So, it was shocking in November when the 49-year-old was arrested outside her Victorville home for allegedly stealing $6,500 in public ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Forever Scared

    Herman Atkins is still trying to pick up the pieces 10 years after he was freed from imprisonment on phoney rape charges

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Abner Z. Avila, ex-Orangewood Counselor, Accused of Sexual Assault on Minor There

    ​UPDATE: The accused pleaded not guilty this morning, Orange County Register reports.A 27-year-old Lake Elsinore man was being arraigned in Santa Ana this morning for the alleged sexual assault of a then-17-year-old female resident he was providing therapy to as a group counselor at the Orangewoo ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 14, 2010

    The Wheel Deal

    [Best of OC 2010] Matt Hotch's 10 OC Survival Tips

  • News

    November 25, 2010

    He Shall Be Set Free

    Phil Aguilar’s brand of outlaw Christianity made him an evangelical powerhouse—and has law enforcement calling the pastor a criminal

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    [UPDATED] Abner Z. Avila, ex-Orangewood Counselor, Guilty of Sexual Assault on Minor

    ​Update, Jan. 11, 10:51 a.m.: Former Orangewood Children's Home group counselor Abner Z. Avila was sentenced Monday to three years of probation after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl under his care at the Orange facility.The 27-year-old Lake Elsinore resident was also orde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Alan Bock, Register Editorial Guru, RIP

    ​Alan Bock, the Orange County Register's beloved voice of libertarianism, has passed away of cancer at his home in Lake Elsinore. Bock published a farewell column to readers in March which the Weekly noted in our Navel Gazing blog on March 29. The sad news of Bock's passing came via an email to Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Conservationists Hope Federal Dismissal is Final Nail in Coffin for Cleveland National Forest Dam Project

    ​Conservationists are not out of the woods (or watershed) yet, but they believe victory is near in a long battle to stop a dam and hydroelectric project proposed in Cleveland National Forest.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week dismissed the Lake Elsinore Advanced Pumped S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Muslims are Not Going to Hell...s Kitchen

    ​Ah, Hells Kitchen. Local bikers know the "motorsports restaurant" in Lake Elsinore is the place to stop along the twisty Ortega Highway ride to compare hogs, enjoy cold ones and buy shit with flames all over it from the gift counter.Hells Kitchen also features snappy messages on the marquee out f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Ivan Von Staich, Convicted Murderer Who Scored Win in Parole Bid, Has Menaced Courts for Years

    ​The state parole board Wednesday found suitable for parole a two-time jail escapee convicted of bludgeoning a former girlfriend with a claw hammer and fatally shooting her husband in 1983. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas opposed Ivan Von Staich's parole bid, but if the 55-year-old is ultimately ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    [UPDATED: New Unofficial Statement From Go Ventures] Where the Hell Is Monster Massive Going to Be Held?

    Flikr user Ceasar Sebastian.Monster Massive 2008​UPDATE: Go Ventures posted an update on Monster Massive's Facebook page around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. This is not the official statement Gerami promised would be released Tuesday on the rave's official website. They repeat their assurance that Monster ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 13, 2011

    WINNER'S CIRCLE: Rin Tanaka

    [BEST OF 2011: GAME ON!] Author and photographer

  • Music

    October 20, 2011

    Monster Massive Cancels Two Weeks Before Event

    [Mental Notes] Annual Halloween mega-rave had no venue, even as it was briskly selling tickets and advertising the event

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Luxe Loncheras to Host Prix Fixe "Pop-Up" at SoCo Farmers Market

    ​Chef Joe Youkhan's Tasting Spoon and Taco María will be doing a sit-down, table-service brunch "pop-up" at the SoCo farmers market on Saturday, March 10 at 11:30 a.m. Joe Youkhan and Carlos Salgado will be trolling the market for ingredients, then shutting down their trucks to cook the ingredien ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    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 >>

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