Prosecutors nationwide team up with the San Clemente debt collector to terrorize consumers in ways both highly profitable and usually sketchy
Adult entertainer-turned-Huntington Harbour mom Jenna Jameson pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent or more for slamming her Range Rover into a Westminster utility pole early one morning in May.Ju ... More >>
Updated at end, with resignation ORIGINAL POST JUNE 4 2:00 P.M.: Ingrid Valdez consulted Newport Beach dentist Dr. Sherri Lee Worth in 2009 hoping Worth would change Valdez's "gummy smile," a fractured tooth and her discolored front teeth. Dr. Worth's website showed her work with celebrities li ... More >>
See below about the anonymous state worker troll who may just work for the Office of Traffic Safety!ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 12, 8:30 A.M.: About a dozen residents alerted drivers about the Santa Ana Police Department sobriety/license checkpoint off of Main and 17th streets on Friday night. The ... More >>
If there was a better measure to tell whether we've reached critical mass on the whole food truck phenomena, it's not that there are already many books on how to start a food truck business; it's that there's finally one from the "The Complete Idiot's Guide" series. "The Complete Idiot's Guid ... More >>
We only report the facts here, folks, so there's this: a self-described "marketing visionary" from Orange County named Basia Christ is urging people to make the drive up to Carl's Jr.'s corporate offices in Carpinteria this Friday to protest urge a boycott of Happy Stars and all the other things ... More >>
Hat tip to the Liberal OC's Dan Chmielewski for passing along what is either an embarrassing pickle for a self-proclaimed Orange County "Internet sales & marketing professional" and "social marketing & communications strategist," or a complete hoax.
It's not particularly unusual to find stories in the Orange County Register that look remarkably similar to press releases issued by the DA's office, Sheriff's Department, or your local police department or mayor's office. But usually, the name of the writer on the byline would be a bonafide Regi ... More >>
The Temecula Creek Inn--with its views of miles of verdant, vine-covered hills, a golf course, sumptuous spa treatments and nearby wine tastings--is a splendid spot for a decadent weekend getaway. In late 2007, about a month after beginning his post as Capistrano Unified School District's newest sup ... More >>
As mentioned in last week's Weekly story about the Capistrano Unified School District, many of the loudest critics of the new "reform" board are concerned about the Education Alliance, a conservative group that helped get the board into power. Are the recall trustees hostile to public education? Do ... More >>
Bugged by MySpaces clutter and limitations, some musicians are turning to smaller, artist-friendly alternatives
