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How to Stop Worrying and Love Lexus Lanes

Remember that dust-up several years ago when it was discovered Caltrans was not filling potholes or performing other routine maintenance on the 91 freeway linking Orange and Riverside counties? Seems that few other than Caltrans and the Orange County Transportation Authority knew about a non-compete ... More >>

[UPDATED with Hot Gassing Defended:] Christopher Jordan Dorner War Is Over!

See the update at the end of page 5 on the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department defending the use of "hot gas," which could have sparked the cabin fire, on the suspect.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 7, 9:48 A.M.: The word coming out of the Los Angeles Police Department this morning is meant to apply to t ... More >>

10 Brushes with Celebrities in Orange County, Both Major and Very Minor in 2012

Moving cameras are nothing new to Orange County, where countless motion pictures have been shot, movie stars have frolicked and resided and, in more recent years, reality television stars have made our Plasticland "real."But though we're a short distance/long commute from being Hollywood adjacent, w ... More >>

Farhad Ebadat, Bellagio Motors Owner, Accused of Embezzling $3 Million from Customers

The owner of a Costa Mesa dealership specializing in Audi Spyder, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lexus, Lotus, Maserati, Porsche, Rolls Royce and other high-end luxury cars is accused of embezzling $3 million from those buying and selling vehicles at his business.Farhad Ebadat, the 37-year-old operator ... More >>

Aquabats To Play Christian Dasilva Benefit Concert Next Monday

By now, many have heard the sad news that Christian Dasilva, the sound guy who was as much of a part of the fabric at Chain Reaction in Anaheim as the bands that play there,, died after his motorcycle collided with a Lexus sedan. The outpouring of condolences for the 40-year-old's new and pregnant w ... More >>

Erick Catalan was Wrongfully Gunned Down by Huntington Beach Police, Mother Claims

After Huntington Beach police gang unit officers made a traffic stop in Westminster that resulted in John Andrew Torres, 26, of Fullerton, and Erick Catalan, 20, of Long Beach, being shot dead Nov. 1, 2011, "official" explanations for the police engagement kept changing.That's the kind of thing that ... More >>

Talking Yelp App Now Available on Some BMWs

​Over the past few years, car navigation systems featuring Zagat has been made available on some luxury car models like Mercedez-Benz and Lexus. Meanwhile, Toyota's new Entune system partnered up with OpenTable.com to offer restaurant ratings and reservations on the go.

The Next Restaurant Frontier: Car Dealerships?

​We've seen restaurants in gas stations (see the previous incarnation of Peter's Gourmade Grill) and car-washes (see Kush Bowl), but here's something new: Nation's Restaurant News reports that car dealerships might be the next restaurant frontier.

[UPDATED with Conviction:] Oscar David Duenas Gets 4 Years and Sex Offender Tag for Roughing Up Three Prostitutes

​UPDATE, DEC. 15, 4:45 P.M.: Santa Ana 29-year-old Oscar David Duenas pleaded guilty today to one felony count of sexual battery in the case where prosecutors accused him forcibly raping three prostitutes he'd threatened with a gun. A jury on Dec. 2 found him guilty of two counts of misdemeanor ba ... More >>

Alfredo Granados Canchola Gets 55 Years for Sexual Attacks on Girls Ages 10, 13 and 16

​Family members told an Orange County Superior Court judge last week that their lives have not been the same since March of 2009 when Alfredo Granados Canchola coaxed a 13-year-old girl into his car and fondled her. Victim impact statements of the girl, her mother and father were read before Judge ... More >>

Oscar David Duenas, Accused of Raping 3 Prostitutes, Could Get Life After Trial Opening Today

​A Santa Ana man accused of forcibly raping three prostitutes is scheduled to go on trial this morning--with a possible life sentence handing over his head.Oscar David Duenas, 29, is charged with three felony counts of forcible rape, two felony counts of forcible oral copulation, and one felony ... More >>

[UPDATED with I.D.'s, More Details:] John Andrew Torres and Erick Catalan Dead in Huntington Beach Police Officer-Involved Shooting ... in Westminster

John Andrew Torres​UPDATE, NOV. 3, 11:13 A.M.: The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) has identified the men killed by Huntington Beach police gang unit officers after a traffic stop in Westminster Tuesday afternoon as John Andrew Torres, 26, of Fullerton, and Erick Catalan, 20, of Long Bea ... More >>

Yvon Goetz And Mary Sue Milliken Throw Down This Weekend In Irvine, Courtesy Of Cadillac

Cadillac Facebook page​The Cadillac Culinary Challenge Test Drive pulls up to Irvine Spectrum this Saturday and Sunday. Why this sounds more like a hybrid between Cars and Coffee and the Top Chef Tour is a conundrum we'll never know the answer to. At least they're offering sleek cars and free eats ... More >>

[UPDATED with I.D.:] 77-Year-Old Sung Lee Run Over Surveying Crash He Caused

​UPDATE, SEPT. 13, 9:31 A.M.: The 77-year-old man killed in a freak traffic accident in Irvine Monday morning has been identified as Sung Lee. The Irvine resident was standing on Summit Road assessing the damage from a collision caused when he drove his Lexus SUV into a parked and unoccupied garde ... More >>

Alfredo Granados Canchola Looking at 40 Years in Prison Minimum for Terrorizing Local Girls

​A jury in Santa Ana today found a 29-year-old Artesia man guilty of kidnapping, trying to kidnap and sexually assaulting three different girls over a 5-month span.Alfredo Granados Canchola was convicted of five felony counts and a sentencing enhancement for the commission of a sexual offense ag ... More >>

Deverick Deshawn "Dog" Mathis of La Habra Accused of Heading Notorious Crips Pot Ring in Compton

​A La Habra man headed a notorious Crips street gang drug ring that sold marijuana across the country and held meetings on the same Compton block where a second Crips operation sold pot and moved prescription drugs to Louisiana, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles.Deverick Desha ... More >>

[UPDATED with Stiffer Sentence:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills

​UPDATE, JULY 1, 1:18 P.M.: After his first sentencing hearing was postponed because Allan James Waters showed up to court drunk, the former Orange County sheriff's deputy finally learned his fate today: two years and eight months in state prison.The 37-year-old Laguna Niguel resident had bee ... More >>

Preacher's Sons Will Teach You

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Letters From OC Weekly Readers

A Left Turn for the Worse

[Hey, You!] Lexus owners apparently do not own the road

Allan James Waters, Deputy in Hot Water Over Drugged-Up Crashes, Faces New Charges

​Additional charges have been filed against an Orange County sheriff's deputy who was off-duty and allegedly drugged-up when he crashed his Mercedes into a Toyota in Laguna Niguel, injuring a 78-year-old woman--just a half hour after he plowed into a Lexus outside Dana Point City Hall.Allan Jam ... More >>

Lucas Mendiola of Santa Ana Busted on Illinois Highway with 16.8 Pounds of Heroin: Troopers

​A Santa Ana man was arrested Thursday on Interstate 80 in Henry County, Illinois, for possessing what state troopers believe was 16.8 pounds of brown heroin.Lucas Mendiola, 36, was the lone occupant in a SUV that was the second vehicle pulled over on that stretch of I-80 in less than a month that ... More >>

You Are a Loser Because You Have Tattoos!

[Hey, You!] A dispatch from the Bike Patrol Regiment of the Class Warfare Brigade

Allan James Waters, Deputy Arrested for Being Drugged-Up in Crash That Hurt Elderly Lady AND Selling Fake Cocaine for Prescription Pills

​We told you in March about Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Allan James Waters, who was off-duty and allegedly drugged-up when he crashed his Mercedes into a Toyota in Laguna Niguel, injuring a 78-year-old woman--just a half hour after Waters plowed into a Lexus outside Dana Point City Hall.In ann ... More >>

[UPDATED:] DA Sues Toyota

UPDATE: The Orange County District Attorney's Office this morning stepped up pressure on Toyota, unveiling a consumer complaint hotline, an online complaint form and access to its first civil complaint against the automaker (details after the jump) . . . Courtesy of Elizabeth JamesThis is where Eliz ... More >>

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 >>

Crime Time: Girlie Pee-ers, Girlie Knife Fighters, Un-Tartared Waters, Bullhorn Pranksters and Dogs Victimized, Sniffing Pot, Nabbing Suspects

UPDATED WITH A CORRECTION . . . It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more girlie knife fights, un-tartared waters, pranksters with bullhorns, real-looking fake-gun scares and dogs stolen, smashed, smelling marijuana and taking bites out of crime Probably not the d ... More >>

Crime Time: Nekkid Folks, Robber Baby, Strip-Club Stabbers, Loaded Brownie and a Flaming Bag of Poo

Courtesy of Orange Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentWe call this collage "Robberies, Solved and Unsolved." Top left: a man hands a teller a note demanding cash at Chase Bank in Orange. Top right: Booking photo of Adam J. Bennett, 20, of Santa Ana, who is suspected of robbing $ ... More >>

On Safest-City-In-America Irvine and Its Orwellian Reality

Like Gustavo's car, except much, much nicer...Larry Agran and his acolytes will undoubtedly crow about Irvine getting ranked for the fifth straight year as America's safest big city, and good for them! Irvine is a cool town, with lots of parks, great restaurants, and a multicultural community that s ... More >>

Saving Trestles: Game On!

The on-again, off-again hearing on the 241 Foothill South toll road extension by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce is back on, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22, and in an old/new home, O'Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, or the same place the California Coastal Commission met, took testimony ... More >>

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Last Night: Circle Jerks, Hit Me Back at the Glass House

Review by Waleed Rashidi Circle Jerks, Hit Me Back at the Glass House, Pomona Friday, January 25, 2008 Better than: Spending all night watching VH1 Classic — though hey, that's a pretty close second right there. Download: "Deny Everything." Sometimes you just gotta wonder — where's the real ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 01/24

OC'S MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR, 7:00 p.m. Bachelors gone wild for the single and ready to mingle. Newport Lexus Showroom 3901 MacArthur Blvd Newport Beach, Ca. PETER BJORN AND JOHN, 8:00 p.m. If you never have before, now's the time to hear their song "Young Folks" live. Orange County Performing Ar ... More >>

Lady Killer

An OC jury ponders this question: Who is the right-handed man who murdered Minnie Smith?

Goodbye, Cool World

OCMA sees a future in the past

The Arts and Other Highfalutin' Stuff

Actors, troubadours, campfire singers, cowboy poets & purty pictures (Please don’t  shoot the piano player!)

Sunday's Headlines & Surprises

John Wayne and the Grey, er, Wild Goose: Greg Aragon reports that John Wayne's 1942 yacht, Wild Goose, remains a work horse tour boat for Hornblower Cruises & Events in the area and that the long dead actor's spiritual presence is aboard. (If dying doesn't change bad habits, I presume he's still in ... More >>

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College Admissions

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Lexus Xmas

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Letters

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Not a bad movie, just a poisonous one

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Irvines Car Culture is desperately in need of speed