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Midway City

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Atheist Group Bungles Billboard, But The Bible is Still Stupid, They Say

    The so-called "brights" -- a funny term many skeptics and atheists have given themselves -- know when to take their medicine. A new billboard put up by the Backyard Skeptics at the American Legion parking lot in Midway City apparently got the math wrong in describing the supposed amou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Atheists Strike Again: Christopher Hitchens Back From the Dead on Midway City Billboard

    One wonders if Christopher Hitchens, the fierce-witted writer and devout atheist, had a big "oh shit" moment on Dec. 15 after he breathed his last, having succumbed to complications from esophageal cancer at the age of 62.  Regardless, his words will live on in countless essays and books, inclu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Anthony Paul Johnson Jr., Giang Thuy Nguyen, Tam Hung Nguyen and Truc Ngoc Tran Convicted of Cold-Case Killing of Gang Buddy

    Last month, Anthony Paul Johnson Jr. managed to snag one of our coveted Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week honors.Today, he and three of his gang-banging pals were convicted of gunning down a teen colleague in 1995.

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Anthony Paul Johnson Jr., Vietnamese Gang's "White Boy" and the Week's Ugliest Police Mug

    ​The teardrops, chin music and especially neck art against Caucasian skin scream white motorcycle club prospect, but according to prosecutors Anthony Paul Johnson Jr. belongs to a Vietnamese street gang that knows him as "White Boy." Indeed, the Westminster 35-year-old is said to be so tight with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Neptune, Jesus, Santa and Satan Sitting on a Billboard, Promoting Orange County Atheism

    ​For its latest atheist-friendly billboard, Backyard Skeptics is unveiling in Midway City this afternoon a photo lineup featuring King Neptune, Jesus Christ, Santa Claus and the Devil himself, broken up with an orange text box with the words, "What myths do you see?" and under this ditty: "7 Milli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Smile for the 10 Ugliest Police Mugshots of 2011

    ​On several Fridays this year, we've presented the Ugliest Police Mugshot of the Week.But what about the Ugliest Police Mugshots of the Year?Glad you asked.After the jump are the 10 ugliest of the ugliest, which were mostly culled from our semi-weekly selection, although we also tossed in some oth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Frank Lauder Woods Accused of Assaulting Cop After Violent Scrap That Had Him Reaching for Gun

    ​Frank Lauder Woods is lucky to be alive. So is the Huntington Beach cop who took the suspected baddie down. What began as a stolen vehicle report turned into a foot chase and altercation between Woods and the unidentified officer, who managed to cuff the suspect just as he was reaching for the wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Marijuana Activists to Protest Orange County Raids at Supervisors Meeting Tomorrow

    ​In December 2010, the Orange County Board of Supervisors passed a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas of the county. Then, for a few months, nothing happened. Cannabis collectives that had been operating on county turf continued to to so without being raided or even fine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    [UPDATED with Expo Response:] Dog Magazine Reports Ruff Treatment at Pet Expo

    ​UPDATE, APRIL 18, 3:16 P.M.: America's Family Pet Expo organizers have a different interpretation of events that led to copies of The OC Dog magazine failing to be available at the event in Costa Mesa this past weekend.Editor/publisher Sheri Grant earlier today claimed the Midway City-based publi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Final Pho: The Participants!

    Photo by Professor SaltCan a fish pho place take it all?!​Behold, the 16 lucky pho shops that Dave, Edwin, Shuji and I have selected to participate in Stick a Fork In It's inaugural Final Pho, the tournament to end all tournaments to finally decide who makes the best pho in Orange County (if not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Juan Carlos Villanueva Wins This Week's Ugly Police Mugshot Competition

    ​It be interesting to know what goes through the head of someone about to have his/her police mug shot snapped. Do you think, "Should I go with the Magnum or the Innocent Until Proven Guilty pose?" Is it best to evoke fear? Sadness? Regret? Bad-assness? Crazy-sombitchness?Here's but a taste of Jua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    3.7 Quake Shakes North OC and Long Beach

    ​I was sprinkling a light dusting of blueberries and Trader Joe's Organic Granny's Apple Granola on top of my bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat cereal at 9:06 this morning when it sounded as if something was trotting across the attic over the kitchen cabinets.My wife in bed with a col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Election 2010: Coker is Spun, Polled, Teabagged

    ​1:28 p.m.: Orange County agreed with state voters on most ballot initiatives, although more of us did want to keep choking on polluted air until the unemployment rate drops and most like the state budget approval process to remain fucked-up, thank you very much (probably because many are philosop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Loving, Loathing, Ignoring Medical Pot Clinics

    ​Several Orange County cities outright ban 'em, the County of Orange looks the other way at 'em and our neighbors in Long Beach hold lotteries to allow 'em.'em are medical marijuana dispensaries, and as California marches toward possible legalization of the devil's weed this November, existing cli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2010

    Cindy Crawford Arrested for Prostitution!

    ​Yes, the acting career never took off for Cindy Crawford and she's known mostly these days as an infomercial pitchwoman. But who knew times were so tough for the former international supermodel that she'd have to resort to prostitution at a day spa in a busy Buena Park strip mall?Check that: the ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 24, 2010

    We'll Always Have 'Paris By Night'

    At least on DVD. But thanks to all the pirated discs, the iconic, over-the-top Vietnamese-language variety show might be facing its final curtain

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    A Rare Chance to Spot OC Progressives

    ​Quick, how many Orange County progressives can you fit in a phone booth? OK, that's a totally unfair question. There are no such thing as phone booths anymore.But there are, apparently, people identifying themselves as those Glenn Beck bogeymen. And, these progressives managed to scrape up enough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

    ​Headline: Two arrested following attempted carjacking fvproud wrote: Latinos en masse are a parasite on a community. Racist statement? Yes. Untrue? No. Name a latino community that is nice? Still waiting. Still waiting. Santa Ana, Bell Gardens, Bell, Parts of Anaheim, Stanton, Midway City, South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Huntington Beach Police Chief's Troubled Daughter Accused of Stabbing Husband

    Chief Ken Small​OC Weekly previously praised Huntington Beach Police Chief Ken Small for opting out of using cameras at intersections to catch red light violators.He also did the right thing in firing Officer James Roberts III,  who has been charged with battering, sexually assaulting and in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2010

    Railroad to Alaska at Gypsy Lounge, Lake Forest

    Danielle BacherRailroad to Alaska get rowdyThe Hype: Rising from Midway City, Railroad to Alaska are rowdy and unpredictable. After listening to LuckyBearClawDoom, the band's expertly crafted EP released in February, it's easy to understand why singer/ guitarist Justin Suitor might feel so much p ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2010

    Orange County's Sexiest Cities

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

  • Food

    September 11, 2008

    [This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] Where the Clucker Is Queen: Pho Dakao

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

  • Features

    July 19, 2007

    Soil to Soul

    Orange County’s freshest farmers, farmers markets, food purveyors—and the chefs who love them

  • Features

    July 12, 2007

    Los Otros Deportados

    Three more countians the LACPFB assisted

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2007

    Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises

    Build It & Hope They Come: The Register reports that Irvine has approved a 5-mile, $280 million street car/bus plan that will link the future Great Park to the Irvine Spectrum and a train station by 2012. City officials, untrustworthy in the past, claim that each day 5,000 people will abandon their ... More >>

  • Features

    February 9, 2006
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    October 20, 2005

    Best of OC

    Our sexy sex quiz

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Midway City

    Our sexy sex quiz

  • Music

    August 18, 2005

    Civil Disobedience!

    Our sexy sex quiz

  • Culture

    June 17, 2004

    Dog Day Afternoon

    Pet Star TV auditions were ruff, I tell ya, ruff

  • Film

    April 1, 2004

    Sk8er Bois

    Get a chance to howl at the Dogtown casting call

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Only God Can Water a Tree . . .

    . . . at former El Toro Marine base, where mere mortals dont have clearance

  • Columns

    February 27, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    . . . at former El Toro Marine base, where mere mortals dont have clearance

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    F

    . . . at former El Toro Marine base, where mere mortals dont have clearance

  • Columns

    December 6, 2001

    Letters

    . . . at former El Toro Marine base, where mere mortals dont have clearance

  • Columns

    August 19, 1999

    It Takes a Village Idiot

    . . . at former El Toro Marine base, where mere mortals dont have clearance

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Three Strikes Stinks!

    Death, taxes and the self-inflicted stupidity of Three Strikes

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