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5 Lingering Chris Dorner Murder Conspiracies You May Have Missed

This just in: Christopher Jordan Dorner is still dead.Or is he? Was he ever really in Big Bear? Did the Man take him out because he was about to deal out some truth, maaaaan? Or, hell, did he ever really exist at all? There does seem to be a piece of exposed green screen in that famous video of his ... More >>

[UPDATED with Randal Quan Speaks:] Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence Memorialized

See the update at the end of this post on the service that featured Randal Quan speaking.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 22, 4:38 P.M.: There will be a memorial service Sunday for Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence at the place where the engaged couple met, Concordia University in Irvine.But unlike the live coverag ... More >>

[UPDATED with 10 New Developments:] Monica Quan, Titans Basketball Coach, and Fiance Keith Lawrence Found Shot to Death

See Update Nos. 3-4 on page 3 about social media reactions to the tragedy and 10 new developments via police and media reports.See Update Nos. 1-2 on page 2 about CSUF and Concordia University mourning the loss of the couple, more details about each, video from a press conference by the Titans wome ... More >>

Lenny Dykstra, Former Pro Baseball Player Out of OC, Gets 6 1/2 More Months in Prison

Santa Ana-born pride of Garden Grove High, pro baseball warrior, Orange County car wash king, crony of CNBC Mad Moneyman Jim Cramer and convicted thief, druggie, conman and sex offender Lenny Dykstra has been sentenced to 6 1/2 months in lockup despite getting into fights with jailers. U.S. District ... More >>

Then there Were Three: Jay Cicinelli Drops Like a One-Eyed Fly

Despite only having one eye, we're sure Jay Cicinelli saw this one coming from a mile away. The Fullerton cop, charged with involuntary manslaughter and excessive use of force in the unnecessary beating death of homeless man Kelly Thomas, has been fired. "The employment status of Corporal Jay C ... More >>

[Updated with Last Night's General Assembly:] Four Occupy Santa Ana Activists Arrested in Los Angeles During City's Crackdown of Occupy Los Angeles

​UPDATE, DEC. 1, 1:44 A.M.: The discussion at last night's Occupy Santa Ana General Assembly revolved around the recent arrest of four Santa Ana activists currently in the custody of the Los Angeles Police Department. The quartet was taken in early Wednesday morning when police descended on the Oc ... More >>

'Rampart' Shows Off Some Police Misconduct

Woody Harrelson goes from bad cop to worst

[UPDATED with Long Beach Journo's Take:] ACLU Sues Sheriff's Deputies for Hassling LA and Long Beach Photographers Under Anti-Terror Policy

ACLU/SCGreggory Moore shares with the media his brushes with sheriff's deputies.​UPDATE, OCT. 28, 9:54 P.M.: The Long Beach Post's Greggory Moore has graciously agreed to share with Weekly readers his real-time coverage of moves officers from two separate police agencies made against him and colle ... More >>

Jim McDonnell, Police Chief, Defends Detaining News Photographer Over Refinery Shots

McDonnell​Jim McDonnell may not know art, but he knows what he doesn't like.Long Beach's police chief apparently does not like photographs taken recently of a North Long Beach refinery--or, at least McDonnell has no problem detaining a photographer for a local online news site snapping shots "with ... More >>

Todd Spitzer is a Psychological Test Away From Joining Sheriff's Department

Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyDeputy Spitzer?​Given we know Todd Spitzer is a prolific multitask enthusiast, it's not surprising that the prominent but office-less politician couldn't just focus on his pending 2012 race for Third District supervisor.Even while he's actively campaigning against f ... More >>

[UPDATED with LA County Bail Set at a Half Mil:] Lenny Dykstra's Spectacular Fall Continues

​UPDATE, JUNE 6, 5:58 P.M.: Already looking at 80 years behind bars if convicted of the 13 counts against him in federal court, Lenny Dykstra today had another 25 criminal charges filed against him in Los Angeles County Superior Court.The former baseball star out of Garden Grove is facing 23 felo ... More >>

[UPDATED with Indictment:] Lenny Dykstra's Spectacular Fall Continues

​UPDATE, MAY 9, 11:22 A.M.: Lenny Dykstra, the former major leaguer out of Garden Grove, could get up to 80 years in federal prison if the numerous bankruptcy fraud counts against him stick.That's disclosed in an announcement of a federal grand jury indictment accusing Dykstra of bankruptcy fraud ... More >>

Fung Yoon, OC Homicide No. 62: Killed by Girlfriend's Ex-Husband, Who Later Killed Himself

​A wild, cross-county shooting rampage Sunday morning ended in Los Angeles' Koreatown, where gunman Young Choi shot and killed himself.Shortly before that, the 54-year-old LA resident shot and wounded another man in Koreatown. And, around 4:15 a.m.--90 minutes before Choi took his own life--he sho ... More >>

Miles Corwin Goes From Times Cop Reporter to UCI Professor to Novelist with Kind of Blue

UCI.edu​"The victim is often forgotten," Miles Corwin told my class on our first day in January 2009. He began the lecture by talking about "The Black Dahlia," the most famous murder case in LA. It's famous because it was such a graphic murder, Corwin explained, and because it was said a beautiful ... More >>

Ryan Seacrest Leaves Children's Hospital of OC Without Anyone Trying to Kill Him

​American Idol, E News Daily and KISS-FM host Ryan Seacrest returned to Children's Hospital of Orange County on Monday to brighten the days of young patients, broadcast his radio show live and seek $5 donations to CHOC from listeners.The teeny broadcaster, who also visited CHOC in September 2009, ... More >>

Forever Scared

Herman Atkins is still trying to pick up the pieces 10 years after he was freed from imprisonment on phoney rape charges

[UPDATED:] Josh Booty Settles Suit Against County Over Tasering by Sheriff's Deputies

​Former NFL quarterback and sports broadcaster Josh Booty claimed that when he was in the Orange County Jail after a February 2008 DUI arrest, he was beaten, tasered and ridiculed with comments like "big pussy motherfucker" and "the price is wrong, bitch"--a reference to his ex-wife, a former The ... More >>

HARD LA M.I.A. Cancelled Due To Electric Daisy Fallout

​The  LA Times is reporting that HARD L.A. M.I.A., which was set at downtown's Los Angeles State Historic Park has been cancelled "due to security concerns." M.I.A., Die Antwoord, Flying Lotus, Sleigh Bells and more were scheduled to perform. Apparently, new security issues have come up af ... More >>

Thousands of Sweaty People, Cops on Segways and World Champions? Yep, It's a Lakers Parade

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Thousands of Angelenos filled Figueroa Street and Jefferson Boulevard Monday morning to celebrate the Los Angeles Lakers' 16th NBA Championship with a well-deserved victory parade. While authorities had not provided an official number at press time, estimates of 500, ... More >>

Election Night Live: The Sheriff Race, a.k.a. the 'Hu-'Down (UPDATE: It's All Over!)

Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyHunt in the hunt.​Hunt, Hunter, Hutchens: Do you know who's who? The safe bet is that, even after a fairly testy campaign for the Sheriff's seat, voters are still pretty confused by that whole the-candidates-all-have-the-same-name thing. Tonight, though, we find out ... More >>

Ramona Ripston Retires as ACLU/SC Executive Director

Ramona Ripston​Ramona Ripston, who has been executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California for 38 years, announced her retirement today."This organization has not only been my work but also my life for a long time, so a decision like this one certainly comes with m ... More >>

Ryan Seacrest Stalker in Court Today

Left photo courtesy of E! Entertainment; right photo courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest was allegedly stalked in Orange and Burbank by Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr.​A 25-year-old Lakewood resident, who previously pleaded guilty in an Orange County courtroom to assault and weapons charge ... More >>

Away in the Manger. Literally!

​Most reading this are too you to remember Jack Webb, his long-running radio and television cop show Dragnet or "The Christmas Story" that originally aired on Dec. 21, 1967, and was repeated every holiday season for years after in re-runs.Los Angeles police officers Friday [Webb] and Gannon [Harry ... More >>

OC Court Orders Dennis Rodman to Pay $50,000 a Month in Child Support: Wife's Attorney

AccessHollywood.comDennis Rodman and his estranged wife Michelle Moyer Rodman.​A Los Angeles celebrity lawyer announced today that he obtained a court order in Orange County Superior Court requiring Dennis Rodman to pay his estranged wife Michelle Moyer Rodman $50,000 per month in support for thei ... More >>

Ice Cube On Being the Architect of Gangsta Rap

DA Serves Permanent Injunction To Those Whose Cases The DA Had Dismissed

The DA's office served a re-packaged permanent gang injunction this morning to dozens of people it has concluded are active gang participants in the Orange Varrio Cypress gang, including 62 individuals whose gang injunction cases the DA had already dismissed last month and who believed they were no ... More >>

'But for Craigslist, Donna Might Be Alive Today'

600 Years for the Long Beach Freeway Rapist

Eight years after Daniel Sanchez became known as the "Long Beach Freeway Rapist" for his calculated, brutal rapes against mostly teen-aged women along the 710 freeway, he was sentenced to 615 years and nine life sentences in prison. Sanchez refused to go into court yesterday morning to face his vict ... More >>

Johnnie Cochran is Back to Right Another Alleged Injustice...Check That, It's His Law Firm

Years after the glove didn't fit and we had to acquit, countless Larry King Live appearances and actor Phil Morris' career zenith with the Seinfeld Jackie Chiles parody, Johnnie Cochran Jr. is coming back to Orange County to right an alleged racial injustice. OK, so Mr. Cochran departed for tha ... More >>

Rohrabacher went in drag to solve already solved RFK assassination?

While the nation struggles with two wars, financial disasters, devastating hurricanes, regular political sex and ethics scandals, ridiculously priced gas and global warming, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) has been busy attempting to singlehandedly solve the already solved 196 ... More >>

Robert Morey Still Up to his Resume-Stretching

Remember Robert Morey, the self-proclaimed Islam expert who runs Faith Community Church in Irvine? Last March, the Weekly examined many of his outrageous claims--that he's on a Hamas death list, that the Los Angeles Police Department consulted with him to make sure local Muslims wouldn't kill cops d ... More >>

Give That Dornan A Badge

Best story of the morning goes to John Gittelsohn at the Register for his report on the weekend Strawberry Festival activities of Mark Dornan. To best appreciate this tale you have to know Mark. The son of legendary Republican congressman Bob Dornan, a onetime congressional candidate himself, onet ... More >>

Blazing Saddles!

Sheriff Carona takes his posse on a European tour

New Reviews

Come Early Morning; The Ground Truth; Harsh Times; Night of the Living Dead 3D; The Return; Vivah

Mozart an Idiot!

OC lawsuit says two-year-old wrote Michael Jackson hits

Laugh At His Pain

Christopher Titus funnies up the abusive-alcoholic dad/husband-murdering schizophrenic mom thing

Slammer Time!

Huntington Beach councilwoman faces federal case

Night Cruise

Michael Manns nerve-rattling Collateral

Slammer Time!

Huntington Beach councilwoman faces federal case

Yes, Mistress

Jeanne Ryan has worked with cops, lawyers and college kids to spread the word on B&D

Diary of a Mad County

Chick Power

DJ Irene femmes up hardcore

Eyes Wide Open

No rest for the wicked in Christopher Nolans Insomnia

Old Man, Take a Look at Yourself

CSN&Y: The new radicalsonly old!

Censor Me All Night Long!

Dont miss the real beauty while youre getting ticked about censorship

Going Ballistic

Headlines from around America

The Osmonds of Punk

Youth Brigade will be young till they die

Balboa Bay Bombshell

Nixons favorite sex kitten, Mamie Van Doren, flourishes online and off

Sailor Suit

ACLU ready to sue county over Boy Scouts control of Newport real estate

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