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Navel Gazing's Project Un-uncensored

Looking back at 2012 news that was fit to blog but not to print . . . until now

Kenneth Moore, Atiqullah Nabizada and Ahmed Tariq Asghari Held for Alleged Short-Sale Scams

The FBI is accusing three men of causing more than $10 million in losses to investors, homeowners and financial institutions through various real estate schemes.After searches of one man's Tustin home, another suspect's in Coto de Caza and a Santa Ana business, the FBI on Thursday took into custody ... More >>

The OCeeker: Hope Center of Christ and the Fantastic Voyage From the Crystal Cathedral to the Crystal Ballroom

The OCeeker loves him some irony. And who does irony better than the Almighty? Consider this, ye heathen: Sheila Schuller Coleman, former leader of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, the iconic megachurch founded by her father, Robert H. Schuller, is now preaching to a 100 or so b ... More >>

Delecia Holt, 3-Time Candidate for Congress, Loses Appeal of Felony Fraud Conviction

​UPDATE, AUG. 23, 5:18 P.M.: The state appeals court in Santa Ana rejected three-time congressional candidate Delecia Holt's appeal of seven of the nine fraud felonies that have her locked up at the state prison in Chowchilla (say hi to Omaima Nelson!). The 49-year-old Republican who has floated b ... More >>

[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 >>

[UPDATED] John Williams Stripped of Orange County Public Guardian Role

Williams​UPDATE, MARCH 22, 6:04 P.M.: The Orange County Board of Supervisors today stripped John Williams of his appointed public-guardian role. Williams previously agreed to retire next year from his dual role as the elected county public administrator despite having two years left on his term.Wi ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Husband Found Guilty of Suffocating His Wife in Anaheim Gets 25 Years to Life in Prison

Gaby Herrera​Update, December 20, 5:29 p.m.: 31-year-old Angel Duarte Cerna was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison for suffocating and murdering his wife in Anaheim before dumping her body on the side of a freeway in Los Angeles County in 2006. "At the sentencing today, five fam ... More >>

[CORRECTED:] Rich Evans, Huntington Beach Bodyworks Owner Who Has Been on Chop Shop Rebuild, Among 50 Charged in Fraud Sting

CORRECTION: The original media advisory sent out by the county DA's office this morning identified Rich Evans as the host of Speed Channel's Chop Cut Rebuild. Actually, as later DA statements show, he has been featured on the reality show. We regret the error. huntingtonbchbodyworks.comRich Evans (r ... More >>

Crime Time: Girlie Pee-ers, Girlie Knife Fighters, Un-Tartared Waters, Bullhorn Pranksters and Dogs Victimized, Sniffing Pot, Nabbing Suspects

UPDATED WITH A CORRECTION . . . It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more girlie knife fights, un-tartared waters, pranksters with bullhorns, real-looking fake-gun scares and dogs stolen, smashed, smelling marijuana and taking bites out of crime Probably not the d ... More >>

Just Another Orange County Murder: Jasmine Fiore Car Found

UPDATED THROUGHOUT! The final piece in the puzzle explaining how swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore was brutally murdered and mutilated, as well as whether anyone helped now dead murder suspect Ryan Alexander Jenkins kill and/or dispose of the body in a Buena Park dumpster, could have b ... More >>

GZA: Wu-Tang's Genius at Work

Is California's Original Three-Striker Innocent of the Car Theft That Sent Him Away for Life?

Read Sheriff Carona's indictment here

This morning, the Weekly stood with folks from the LAT, ABC7, NBC4 and other media outlets outside the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, waiting with bated breath and loaded cameras for the man of the hour—Sheriff Michael S. Carona (R-Indicted)—to make his walk of shame. Alas, ... More >>

The Last Lap Dance

Menage a trois con game earns criminal sex kitten and her frisky boyfriend stiff prison terms

Un-Made in Mexico

Sex, drugs and the American flag: The true tale of an Orange County family

Latinos We Like

And the Food They Love

Dr. K KOd

OC Weekly series leads to federal indictment of celebrated AIDS doctor

Next Stop: Immobility

An A to Z Guide to Surviving the Death/Pause/Sunshine of the CenterLine

Guilty Pleasures

101-200

Cracks Back

Or perhaps it never really left

The $1.2 Million Holiday!

. . . And the gifts you'll actually get!

Orange County's Scariest People!

Hey! It really IS the Year of the Woman!

Knock 'Em Down

Our 15 favorite places OC developers have missed