Subject: Los Alamitos

• 21 Young OC Men Killed

  Thirty nine years ago this month, 21 young Orange County residents died in Southeast Asia. They'd answered our government's call to join the U.S. military, travel to the other side of the planet and defend South Vietnam from Communist North Vietnam. We can debate the merits of the war, but not the honor and bravery of these men: Barry William Van Horn, Los Alamitos, killed at Phuoc Long on May 1, 1968, at the age of 21. Paul Leonard Abraham, Santa Ana, killed at Bien Hoa on May 2, 1968, at the

  May 28, 2007

• Monday's Headlines

  History for sale: Items salvaged from the dismantled Pride of Newport riverboat are on eBay starting today - the proceeds will go to the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum. Pieces up thus far: a door to the riverboat's restaurant, the grand staircase chandelier (pictured), several smaller antique table lamps and more. Back to school: The madness at Mayflower Preschool in Los Alamitos - which was abruptly closed around a month ago amidst the unpopular firings of two veteran administrators, followed

  September 17, 2007

• OC talent gets its kicks in the MLS playoffs

  While most of the country keeps its attention on football, there are those of us who also enjoy the unbridled, over-the-top passion of futbol. With the Major League Soccer playoffs just around the corner (they start this Thursday), it is only fitting to give props to the OC natives who are representin'. So here's a partial list of some of the talent that will be appearing in the MLS playoffs courtesy of the Orange County soccer scene:

  October 22, 2007

• To Do Tonight - 01/14

  “LOCAL ANESTHESIA”: AN EXHIBITION OF EMERGING ARTISTS, until 9pm On display at OC’s “anti-mall” The ARTery at The Lab, 2930 Bristol St., Costa Mesa “JUNGLE BOOK” AUDITIONS, 6:30pm Know any 7-17 year olds who have that acting bug? Liberty Theater at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, 4411 Yorktown Los Alamitos OPEN MIC, 7:30pm Get your 15 minutes of fame! Gypsy Den, 125 N. Broadway Ave. in the Artist’s Village, Santa Ana LUPE FIASCO, 8pm Check out this Monday’s HOB

  January 14, 2008

• Camp Dick

  April 20, 2000

• When Pigs Fly

  December 14, 2000

• Diary of a Mad County

  November 28, 2002

• We Are a Legitimate Military Target

  April 10, 2003

• It's a Quick Read 5

  Orange County Register: Four earthquakes have shook North Orange County in a week. Jeez, gay people, what have you done to piss off God now? . . . OC banruptcies jumped 57 percent in January. So you've got to love Southern California Edison's timing in these fucked-up financial times: included from yet another rate increase is $100 million set aside for bonuses to top execs and employees. . . . Mano-a-Nano: a group of young men beat, stabbed and robbed a man of his

  March 3, 2009

• Disgraced Ex-Los Al Mayor Has a Facebook Fan Page!

  What is it with the recent trend of disgraced politicians insisting their 15 minutes ain't up? The national case is ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich; the local example is former Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose, the fool who forwarded along the cartoon to your left with the caption "No Easter egg hunt this year," then ridiculously claimed he had no clue watermelons are a pickaninny signifier par excellence. Grose resigned both his ceremonial mayoral post and his council seat after a barrage of

  March 8, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 12

  Orange County Register: It's all cars, all the time! The driver killed in the early morning Newport Beach crash that severed and mangled a $140,000 '04 Ferrari is identified as "Mask," Huntington Beach's 45-year-old mixed-martial arts promoter and TapouT clothing company founder Charles Lewis Jr. Police arrested the driver of a '77 Porsche, 51-year-old Jeff David Kirby of Costa Mesa, on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. . . . Another crash, this time in Anaheim and involving

  March 12, 2009

• It's a Quick Read: Sweet 16

  Orange County Register: OMG, these Los Alamitos middle school Noobs were busted passing around nude photos of an eighth grader on their cell phones. LOL! Remember when Brittany did the thing with the thing in the thing? EG. . . . Ew, why are they letting someone's mom write about this? She totally needs a makeover. GOL. . . . OMG, JTLYK, Chapman U soph, Bryce Turner, died after totally collapsing on the soccer field. So sad. : ( A vigil was held for him on campus Tu

  March 18, 2009

• Bottle Up and Explode!

  July 3, 2008

• It's a Quick Read Three-Three

  Orange County Register: An Adventure City security guard shot and killed an Inland Empire man who'd roughed him up around 11 p.m. Tuesday, long after closing time. Ed Gomez, a 14-year employee of the Stanton amusement park, was taken to a hospital and treated for a gash on his head. . . . Roman Catholic priest Michael Nguyen is suing five of his fellow priests, Bishop Tod Brown and the Diocese of Orange for allegedly spreading lies about his competency. That's Nguyen's compet

  April 15, 2009

• Grub Guide

  Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide
  

  August 9, 2007

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  August 16, 2007

• Art Chrisman

  October 19, 2006

• Kids in the Hall

  July 27, 2006

• Grub Guide

  May 11, 2006

• Grub Guide

  May 4, 2006

• Get Out!

  March 30, 2006

• Best of OC

  October 20, 2005

• Los Alamitos

  October 20, 2005

• Burger Safari

  July 28, 2005

• Cant We All Just Get Along?

  March 31, 2005

• Letters

  March 24, 2005

• Whirlybird Brained

  LA Sheriffs plan to PLOP air fleet in OC infuriates locals

  March 10, 2005

• This Week in Loser Towns

  December 16, 2004

• Bombs, Balls and Broads

  October 16, 2003

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  October 24, 2002

• Diary of a Mad County

  April 4, 2002

• Los Alamitos

  September 27, 2001

• Cypress

  September 27, 2001

• Active Eats

  August 9, 2001

• 35 Great Things About Summer in Orange County

  May 31, 2001

• The Year in Bits:July - December

  January 4, 2001

• Brian Brannon

  December 28, 2000

• Rage Against the Classical Machine

  June 1, 2000

• Good Times

  February 3, 2000

• Scott Presant, Publisher of Skratch Magazine

  November 18, 1999

• Summer Eats

  July 1, 1999

• Blood Money

  July 9, 1998

• Grub Guide

  September 20, 2007

• Attention: Kogi Taco Truck Lands in Lakewood Tomorrow! Not O.C., But Close Enough. **UPDATE**

  UPDATE: Moving this up as a reminder to those in the La Palma, Buena Park, and Los Alamitos area of O.C.!!! KOGI WILL BE IN LAKEWOOD, AT THE ABC DRIVING SCHOOL FROM 10 P.M-1 A.M. TONIGHT!!! That's right next door! KogiAttention all Kogi Taco Truck followers. Kogi is going to be *THIS CLOSE* to O.C. tomorrow.  They'll be in Lakewood on the following times and location (and also, they're coming back Saturday!!!)Wednesday: 10PM-1AM@Lakewood ABC Driving School - 12630 Del Amo Blvd Saturday:

  April 22, 2009

• Los Alamitos Meeting Might Help Fight Racist Rep

  The Orange County Human Relations Commission and the Anti-Defamation League have arranged a meeting with Los Alamitos residents tonight, to figure out how to be safe in light of hate activity in the city. The meeting's at 6 p.m., 4000 Farquhar Ave. The incident spurring the meeting is the vandalizing of the minivan of a white woman with black children. Her car was spray painted all over with swastikas and epithets back in April.And the Register has a run down of other recent hate-crime-esque act

  May 27, 2009

• Top 5 Hate Crime Reports in June--and a [Non-]Bogus Bonus [THE RE-WRITE]

  Kevin O'Grady, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League's Orange County/Long Beach office, was kind enough to email over five hate-crime reports his office received this past June, in reverse chronological order. While that format may be helpful to give readers a sense of how bigotry, anti-Semitism, white supremacy, neo-Nazism and Holocaust denial progressed as the month wore on, it still begs the question: Where's the fun in that? Here, then, are those same five hate

  July 2, 2009

• Missed National Ice Cream Day (Yesterday)? Don't Worry, There Are Still 12 More Days of National Ice Cream Month

  Yes, it's weird that the powers that be-in this case, Ronald Reagan-saw fit to declare a NICD during NICM (isn't every day of July NICD?) But I'm not complaining. Not when there are one-of-a-kind places like Quinn's, in Los Alamitos, to satisfy my urges. Open since March, the cute parlor sells Fosselman's ices, cupcakes from the Frosted Cupcakery in Long Beach and a huge range of old-fashioned and European candy (Flakes! Crunchies! Curly Wurlies!). But if you're on a diet, forget it. Don't think

  July 20, 2009

• No Teeny Wiener Menu At Mustard's

  Mustard's, for those of you who don't know, is a down-to-earth sports-themed (in a good way) café at 3630 Katella Ave. in Los Alamitos. Its claim to fame is authentic Chicago-style dogs, which it does very well, but, really, what's with the ridiculously long repertoire? From pork chops to chicken sandwiches to chili cheeseburgers to turkey melts to baby back ribs, it's a vacillator's nightmare. I was surprised there weren't lines of people standing by the menu board, craning their necks, starin

  July 23, 2009

• Big Week for the ADA and the Disabled

  Eddie Rea, 21, an emerging disability rights leader from Fresno, is the youth speaker at the Sacramento forum's luncheon.​It's a big week for the disabled in Sacramento--and, no, that was not a timely dig at the governor and legislature.Well, not this time.The 18th annual Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities, which is "designed to help young people with disabilities reach their full personal and professional potential," hits its stride this morning under the Capitol dome. Ther

  July 29, 2009

• This Saturday: 9th Annual Taste 4 Los Al (Alamitos, That Is!)

  ​Orange has its International Food Fair, Irvine has its Global Village, Newport Beach has not only one food fest, but two (more on that later), and this Saturday, October 17th, Los Alamitos will have one. It will mark the 9th year for the Taste For Los Al, which takes place at The Shops at Rossmoor from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

  October 14, 2009