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Pastor Shirley Broussard Tells City Council God May Have Allowed Seal Beach Massacre: Report

A Long Beach pastor reportedly told an aghast Seal Beach City Council this week that the October 2011 massacre in that city--the largest mass shooting in Orange County history--may have been allowed by God.Shirley Broussard is quoted as saying the could have Almighty turned a blind eye to the Salon ... More >>

Chris Kluwe's Game Changer

The Los Al High grad and Minnesota Vikings punter is prying open America's last closet: major-league sports

[UPDATED with More Details:] Bubba Watch 2012: Bill Clinton Reportedly Coming to Irvine Tuesday

See the update at the end of this post with more details on Bill Clinton's visit to Irvine.ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 19, 2:46 P.M.: Bill Clinton is reportedly coming back to Orange County.The 42nd president of these United States is said to be attending a post-(final, thank God)-debate rally somewhere on ... More >>

Linda Ann Wilborn Guilty of Killing Her Baby and Bashing in Head of Baby's Twin

Linda Ann Wilborn, a 34-year-old Army wife who matter-of-factly talked with her husband about God chatting them up as police  investigated the death of their baby girl and serious wounding of her twin brother, was convicted today of murder, assault and child abuse charges.A mistrial was declare ... More >>

Jose Guadalupe Jimenez, Clown Called "El Tin Marin," Gets 10 Years for Raping Little Girl

Send in the clown . . . so he may be sent to prison for 10 years for admitting to raping a 12-year-old girl.That's the sentence an Orange County Superior Court judge ordered Wednesday for Jose Guadalupe Jimenez right after the professional clown known as "El Tin Marin" pleaded guilty to, in full clo ... More >>

Travis Allen Nabs Key Little Saigon Endorsements in California Assembly Race Against Troy Edgar

In a week when we learned that Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar cheated in his ill-fated congressional campaign earlier this year, Republican Travis Allen--Edgar's opponent in a state Assembly race--picked up key, bipartisan endorsements in Little Saigon.At a Sept. 27 event, Joe Dovinh, a Democrat, and ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for June 2012

Our monthly roll call is a little late, but here it is: what we observed on this thing called a food blog. There were several openings this month, with a lot of them in Newport Beach. Our short roster of German restaurants became even shorter when Barth's shuttered, replaced by a Thai joint.The full ... More >>

Breaking Down the 47th Congressional District Primary, One Vote and Dollar at a Time

Peter Mathews is a Cypress College political science professor, so who better to break down the 47th U.S. Congressional District primary? His interest extended beyond academics. The Democrat was among eight candidates on the ballot for the redrawn district that includes Cypress, Rossmoor, Stanton, W ... More >>

Derrick Wilborn Court Martialed for Toddler Daughter's Death Also Blamed on Nutty Wife

Derrick Wilborn, a Seal Beach resident and Army sergeant based in Long Beach, was reportedly convicted in military court of negligent homicide and Court Martialed for his role in the 2009 death of his 23-month-old daughter. Linda Ann Wilborn, the soldier's wife, previously pleaded not guilty in civi ... More >>

Laguna Hills Adopts Law Banning Sex Offenders Like Councilman's Son-in-Law From Parks

Joel Lautenschleger​Laguna Hills City Councilman Joel Lautenschleger, who'd previously appeared on the fence about a ban on sex offenders in local parks, joined his council colleagues in unanimously approving the second reading of such an ordinance Tuesday night.The ban, which is modeled after the ... More >>

[UPDATED with OC Public Defender Getting Dekraai Case:] 6 Women and 2 Men, OC Homicides Nos. 45-52: Massacred at Beauty Salon

​UPDATE, OCT. 24, 3:05 P.M.: Orange County Superior Court Judge Erick L. Larsh this afternoon assigned the defense of Scott Evans Dekraai to the Orange County Public Defender's office. The lead attorney (at taxpayers' dime) will now be senior Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders. Dekraai's origin ... More >>

Dana Point BBQ Championship

ProfessorSalt.comBeef brisket from Los Alamitos team Inhale BBQ​Last Friday and Saturday, September 23 - 24, fifty BBQ teams from across the Western states took over the lush lawns of Sea Terrace Park for the inaugural Dana Point BBQ Championship. Top teams featured on TLC's BBQ Pitmasters show su ... More >>

No. 62: Sandwich and Egg Cream from Benjie's

Dave LiebermanI didn't have any pictures of corned beef or rare roast beef sandwiches, alas...​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to numéro soixante-deux, the latest entry.

[UPDATED with Suspect Speaking, Service Parking:] Austin Jeffrey Farley Charged with Murder in DUI Death of Ashton Sweet

​UPDATE, JUNE 6, 12:33 P.M.: The Irvine Police Department has released parking details for the throng of media and mourners expected at this evening's memorial service for Ashton Sweet, who was killed in a Memorial Day weekend DUI crash.Meanwhile, the accused murderer of the 14-year-old Irvine fre ... More >>

Vintage Meow

[Trendzilla] Kathleen Schaaf is the LBC-by-way-of-Los-Alamitos Queen of Vintage

[UPDATED:] Tustin, Cypress, La Habra, Costa Mesa, Dana Point and Garden Grove Hold DUI Checkpoints Tonight, a Bunch More Follow Through the Holidays

​Update, December 17, 2:46 p.m.: Irvine Police announce a DUI checkpoint for Saturday night (weather permitting). Details on next page.Update, December 17, 12:11 p.m.: Two more DUI checkpoints will be held tonight, in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.The Seal Beach operation runs from 6 tonight ... More >>

Claim Jumper Founder to Bid on Bankrupt Claim Jumper Chain

​Sometime soon, officials with Claim Jumper--that chain of Western-themed restaurants that I went to exactly once in my life, and I can't even remember what I ate except it wasn't memorable, hence the inexact memory--will announce the best bid that they will accept for the bankrupt chain.Not expec ... More >>

Ex-Congressman Drops Facebook Friendship with Orly Taitz; Who's Next?

​The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported last week that Orly Taitz--the Laguna Niguel dentist who famously claims that Barack Obama isn't eligible for the office he holds--lost one of her Facebook friends recently. On Thursday, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal shed his social-networki ... More >>

Linda Ann Wilborn and Her Husband Talk to God, Dream of Pro Golf While Cops Sort Out Death of Daughter, Abuse of Siblings

Seal Beach Police Dept.Linda Wilborn​Anyone been following the case of the goofy-ass couple living on the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station?Make that alleged goofy-ass couple: the police report suggests Derrick and Linda Wilborn allegedly held conversations with God and neglected their four, starv ... More >>

{UPDATED:} Truth Way Stranger Than Fiction: The Case of Dan Wozniak

Courtesy of Costa Mesa Police Department Daniel Patrick Wozniak has been arrested for Juri Julie Kibuishi and Samuel Herr's murders.​ The horrific deaths of Orange County residents Samuel Herr and Julie Kibuishi three weeks ago made nationwide news in no small part to the grotesque fact tha ... More >>

[UPDATED:] New Details [and Videos] Emerge About Double Murder Suspect Dan Wozniak

UPDATE: A Sims-style video based on the police account of the two murders Daniel Wozniak has been accused of carrying out has been posted on YouTube. More details throughout . . . The video was created for NMA World Edition, the YouTube page for Taiwan-based Next Media Animation, "the largest full- ... More >>

Bill Hunt, Running for OC Sheriff While Tied to Militia Kooks, Alarms Civil Rights Group

Photo by Christopher VictorioCan a Sheriff Bill Hunt enforce the U.S. Constitution better than anyone else in Orange County?​Orange County ain't big enough for sheriff candidate Bill Hunt and an internationally known nonprofit civil rights group.Hunt, who is running against appointed Sheriff Sandr ... More >>

Top 10 OC Public Middle Schools*

​* based on state rankingsEarlier today, we ranked the top 10 public high schools in Orange County based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings.Now we turn our cynical gaze at the top 10 public middle schools.Amazingly, Irvine Unified S ... More >>

Top 10 OC Public Elementary Schools*

​OK, we've given you the top 10 public schools in Orange County on the high school and middle school levels.**based on the California Department of Education's just-released Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, which are derived from statewide test scores. What follows are the 10 best OC ele ... More >>

Orange County's Sexiest Cities

[Sex Issue] Our guide to the steamiest-and not so steamy-municipalities

Doctor-Minister Arrested for Fake Cancer Cure Has OC Ties

​Another health practitioner with Orange County ties has been arrested on suspicion of prescribing phony cancer cures.WSJ.com​Licensed physician and ordained Pentecostal minister Christine Daniel of Mission Hills was arrested Thursday night in Los Angeles for allegedly taking $1.1 million from 5 ... More >>

Crime Time: Brawling Girls! Duct-Taped to Pole! Brawling Golfers! Tots on Train Tracks!

Not funny!​ It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--with a Monday dedicated to the ladies . . . awwwww yeah! MONDAY, AUG. 17Pub Brawl Two women fought as men prodded them on around closing time (2 a.m.) at Auld Dubliner restaurant and pub, 2497 Park Ave., Tustin. The big loser was ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Crime Time: Toys 'R Us Jerk-Off, Fake Cops, Gangbangers, Breakdancers and Son of a Real Housewife of OC

7-Eleven surveillance screen grab courtesy Anaheim Police Department. All others courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentClockwise from top left: Justin Buseth is accused of breaking into a home and doughnut shop in Dana Point; Daniel Chomina has a long record and faces several felony charges; ... More >>

In Honor of BritWeek: My Top 10 British Things

BritWeek sounds smashing. It naturally makes one think about all the local reminders of Great Britain. Never having been to England (something that's scheduled to change very soon), these evoke memories of that jolly old land.1. Westminster. There's a city by that name sandwiched between Huntington ... More >>

[Election 2008] 10 Signs That People Besides Us In OC Think John McCain Sucks, Too

Reg-O-Meter© -- Week Ending May 10

TUESDAY, MAY 6 ●A click-up of the Reggie’s website today, and what do we see? Pretty much the most-commented-on headline in Reggie history: MAN SHOOTS DAD IN BUTT. Well, it certainly grabbed our attention. Surprisingly, not one of the Reggie’s citizen pundits were offended, though it did ... More >>

A Year Without Cathy Seipp

It wasn't long after I moved to OC that I got the news that Cathy Seipp had died. I got it almost instantaneously -- Cathy was so hooked into the blogosphere that her last moments, much like many of her days, were obsessively chronicled online by friends and colleagues. That was a year ago today. ... More >>

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC'c best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Orange County's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

The best damn dining guide in Orange County

'Wooooooooooow!'

The soggy/succulent Italian beef and Chicago hot dogs of Portillo's arrive in Buena Park

Scorecard

Night of the Living Burrito

Actress Judith ODea eats skin, shellfish

Diary Of A Mad County

V for Victory

Abandoned El Toro airport plan resurrected

Gay-Baiting Brown

Did a smear campaign force Republican ''caveman'' out of key Assembly race?

Love and Romance in the Eighth Grade

The Abortionist Who Funds Pro-Life Republicans