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Los Alamitos

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2007

    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 h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    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 Traini ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 20, 2000

    Camp Dick

    “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 Traini ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 14, 2000

    When Pigs Fly

    “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 Traini ... More >>

  • Features

    April 10, 2003

    We Are a Legitimate Military Target

    If you think only Saddam places civilians near military targets, visit your local military base

  • Blogs

    March 12, 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 Cha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 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 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2008

    Bottle Up and Explode!

    2008 Fireworks Spectacular

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    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. . . . ... More >>

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    Art Chrisman

    The septuagenarian hot rodder shares some of his favorite things

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Get Out!

    Deep Wet Tongue Kiss
    March 30 - April 6

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Los Alamitos

    Deep Wet Tongue Kiss
    March 30 - April 6

  • Food

    July 28, 2005

    Burger Safari

    Ground beef well-done with a side of amnesia

  • Columns

    March 24, 2005

    Letters

    Ground beef well-done with a side of amnesia

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Whirlybird Brained

    LA Sheriffs plan to PLOP air fleet in OC infuriates locals

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    L

    LA Sheriffs plan to PLOP air fleet in OC infuriates locals

  • Columns

    April 4, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    LA Sheriffs plan to PLOP air fleet in OC infuriates locals

  • Features

    September 27, 2001

    Los Alamitos

    Home of the meat pie

  • Features

    August 9, 2001

    Active Eats

    And its one, two, threewhat are we dining for?

  • Features

    May 31, 2001

    35 Great Things About Summer in Orange County

    And its one, two, threewhat are we dining for?

  • Columns

    January 4, 2001

    The Year in Bits:July - December

    And its one, two, threewhat are we dining for?

  • Columns

    February 3, 2000

    Good Times

    Remembering the days when gay clubs were cool with everybody!

  • Music

    November 18, 1999

    Scott Presant, Publisher of Skratch Magazine

    Realist/Pessimist Whose Beliefs and Opinions are of No More Value Than the Next Persons (He told us to say that)

  • Features

    July 1, 1999

    Summer Eats

    Part Two

  • Blogs

    May 27, 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 vandalizin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 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 Fosse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 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 s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 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 fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 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 Rossm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Recipe of The Week: Celery Root and Sweet Potato Cakes

    Cooking locally and in-season can be difficult at times. At the mercy of the sometimes work-conflicting schedules of area farmers' markets or faced with lots of label-reading at the grocery store in order to discern between what was grown in California versus some far away place--C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    'Tis the Season to Bone Nonprofits, Fa La La La La, La La La La

    ​Above is the logo on boxes like those stolen this past Thanksgiving weekend from the United Labor Agency of Orange County in Garden Grove, where 20,000 pounds of food, more than $25,000 worth of donated toys and other items for the benefit of underprivileged families were taken. Total estimated l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Youth Shelter Embezzler Pleads Guilty, Must Pay Back More Than $400K

    ​"'Tis the Season to Bone Nonprofits, Fa La La La La, La La La La," which dealt with a spate of inside thefts from Orange County charities lately, included the case of 48-year-old Lydia Kathleen Fitzgerald, the former Casa Youth Shelter executive assistant accused of stealing nearly $450,000 over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Racehorse Trainer Faces Animal Cruelty Sentence

    ​A trainer who in 2002 was accused of failing to care for a racehorse that suffered a fractured knee at Los Alamitos is scheduled to be sentenced today for felony animal cruelty in connection with a 2008 offense at the Pomona Fairplex. This time, 58-year-old Swedish citizen Zvi Kriple could be dep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Top 10 OC Public High Schools*

    ​* based on state rankingsThe California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings show 120 of 554 Orange County schools rank among the state's best. And 82 schools received the highest ranking when compared with schools with similar demographics.The Orange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Juri Julie Kibuishi and Samuel Eliezer Herr, OC Homicides No. 19 and 22: Both Executed, He Was Also Dismembered

    UPDATE: They have found Sammy Herr's head (details after the jump) . . . Courtesy of Costa Mesa Police DepartmentDaniel Patrick Wozniak has been arrested for Juri Julie Kibuishi and Samuel Herr's murders.​Samuel Eliezer Herr's father went to his 26-year-old son's apartment in Costa Mesa Saturday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Samuel Eliezer Herr, OC Homicide No. 22: Shot, Dismembered, Body Parts Spread Around

    Courtesy of Costa Mesa Police DepartmentSammy Herr went from murder suspect to murder victim.​Originally believing Samuel Eliezer Herr to be the prime suspect in the murder of 23-year-old Irvine resident Juri Julie Kibuishi in his own apartment (see OC Homicide No. 19), Costa Mesa police detective ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Watermelon-Loving, Totally Non-Racist, Los Al Ex-Mayor Staging a Comeback

    The aesthetics are hilarious!​The act that brought about Dean Grose's very public resignation from the Los Alamitos mayor's seat last year may not have been the most racist thing any politician has ever done, but it may rank as one of the most stupid. He sent out an e-mail featuring the Obama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Veterans Affairs Officials Should Get an Earful

    ​The California Department of Veterans Affairs holds a town hall in the Joint Forces Training Base's Liberty Theater in Los Alamitos at 6 this evening. (Anyone interested can also tour the base's Veteran Services Center from 5-5:30 p.m.) After an hour overview of programs offered and questions fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Celebrate Your Freedom at a DUI Checkpoint

    ​UPDATE: Irvine PD reveals location of its checkpoint (detaIls after jump) . . .Is there a better way to celebrate your freedom than involuntarily stopping for a government enforced sobriety checkpoint?

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2010

    Rossmoor War on Coyotes Ugly

    ​So, the residents of Rossmoor, Seal Beach, Los Alamitos and East Long Beach are perturbed because coyotes are apparently attacking defenseless Fidos and Garfields with ever more frequency, and the response from officialdom is to leave the American jackals be. But close readers of this space shoul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Alert To Minors: Don't Be Out Past Curfew on Nov. 18

    ​Kids, here's some advice. The night of Thursday, Nov. 18 is a very good time to stay indoors. Police departments will conduct what they're calling the "largest-ever Orange County curfew sweeps." Cops in nearly every city--Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Garden Grove, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    A Trend That Needs To Go: Charged-Admission Food Truck Festivals

    Christopher Victorio​When the food truck phenomenon first started, parking and setup were very much a fly-by-night operation: a single truck would find a spot, park, then Tweet its location to hungry fans. There was a sense of stealth to it; it was almost like electronic samizdat.When the first tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Long-Stalled In-N-Out Opens Friday in Costa Mesa

    Edwin Goei​You may have not realized it, but there was a long hard slog to get the In-N-Out that replaces Kaplan's Deli off the Harbor exit of the 405 approved through the proper authorities.  It opens on Friday.As the Daily Pilot reports, "The approval process was lengthy, requiring both the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    [UPDATED with Booking Photo:] Memorial Day Weekend DUI Enforcement Countywide

    ​UPDATE, MAY 31, 6:39 P.M.: The Irvine Police Department this evening released the booking photo at right of Austin Jeffrey Farley, the alleged drunken driver with a past DUI conviction blamed for causing the crash that killed 14-year-old Ashton Sweet.The Northwood High School freshman cheerleader ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Harriett "Hattie" Stretz, Sole Gunshot Survivor From Salon Meritage Rampage, Thanks Community

    DMVHattie Stretz​Harriett "Hattie" Stretz was a familiar face in the Los Alamitos-Seal Beach area before Oct. 12 thanks to her volunteerism and community involvement. Tragically, the 73-year-old became known nationally after that date as the sole survivor among people who were shot inside Salon Me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Pigeon Beheaded Before Blood is Smeared on Killers: Seal Beach Police Report

    ​Pedestrians around Seal Beach Pier were reportedly treated to a most distressing sight: people getting out of a car, grabbing a pigeon, ripping its head off and smearing birdy blood all over themselves.They are said to have then grabbed some more birds before filing back into the car and darting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    [UPDATED with Scott Evans Dekraai Insanity Plea Predicted:] 6 Women and 2 Men, OC Homicides Nos. 45-52: Massacred at Beauty Salon

    ​UPDATE, NOV. 29, 12:30 P.M.: During today's arraignment hearing, where Scott Evans Dekraai pleaded not guilty to murdering eight people and critically injuring a ninth, Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders objected to press photographers being in the courtroom, saying this kind of media coverage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    [UPDATED with Plea:] Scott Evans Dekraai, Mass Murder Suspect, Indicted by Grand Jury

    ​UPDATE, JAN. 18, 3:38 P.M.: Accused mass killer Scott Evans Dekraai pleaded not guilty to eight murder counts at today's arraignment hearing in Santa Ana. If a feeling of deja vu just washed over you, fret not; Dekraai also pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing last year. Today's arraignme ... More >>

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