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Natural Disasters

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Donavon Frankenreiter To Headline Catalina.com and KROQ's ROQ N' SURF Summer Series

    SoCal native Donavon Frankenreiter is scheduled to play Catalina.com and KROQ's ROQ N' SURF summer concerts series on the water. Pepper, rock n' rhythm roots band, will headline the first date, Saturday, June 16, with support from Long Beach-based singer songwriter, Josh Fischel, and The Fiction. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    KFC in Thailand Issues Apology After Tsunami Facebook Update

    There are times when it would be appropriate for a fast food chicken restaurant like KFC to remind people to pick up a bucket of chicken on a Facebook update. Sometime this Friday, April 20th, when certain segments of the population will get the munchies, for instance, would be quite opportune--and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2012

    Lisa Lampanelli

    City National Grove of Anaheim

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Wild Records' Gizzelle, The Desperados, and Luis & the Wildfires at the House of Blues Friday Night

    Lainna FaderLuis & the Wildfires​ Wild Records' Gizzelle, The Desperados, and Luis & the Wildfires September 30, 2011 House of Blues, Anahaim The House of Blues Anaheim hosted the Wildest show on the planet on Friday night, an evening of vintage rock 'n' roll and soul hosted by Wild Reco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Abandoned Goldfish Survives 134-days After New Zealand Earthquake

    Flickr User kztk​So 134 days after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, it was discovered that two goldfish left behind in a 26-gallon tank inside an area declared off-limits survived without being fed or a working filter.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Stakes Raised in Re-Licensing San Onofre Nuke Plant

    ​The folks who run the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)--and by "folks" I mean "Southern California Edison," or simply "SCE"--can't be happy with what's happening at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant up the coast near San Luis Obispo. Both plants were built in active earthquake zo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    OC (Hearts) Japan

    House of Blues

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Benefit Show for Japan

    Alex's Bar

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Black Eyed Peas, Blink-182, Simon Cowell and More Host Benefits for Japan Via Shows, T-Shirts, Albums, Vids, Tweets

    ​In the wake of the unfathomable disaster in Japan, musicians are showing their support through benefit shows, merch and other creative endeavors, rallying fans to help the country. Their efforts can make a real impact--Gaga's Japan-relief wristbands raised $250,000 in just 48 hours.  Here's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    [UPDATED] Orange County Wants Obamacare . . . for Disaster Aid

    ​UPDATED, JAN. 26, 5:49 P.M.: President Barack Obama agreed today that Orange County is a disaster. Ethically, morally, politically--it's like Mischa Barton's blank stare here, said . . .Check that: Obama today signed the paperwork that officially declared Orange County and several other Californ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Storm of Biblical Proportions as Likely as Big Quake

    ​Screw the "Big One": a coming storm of biblical proportions may prove to be an even greater threat to Southern California than a mega-earthquake along the dreaded San Andreas fault.So say more than 100 scientists and experts gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to create an "ARkStorm Sce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    OC Outspends San Diego County for Firefighting

    ​Remember those killer fires that have engulfed huge swaths of San Diego County in recent years? Orange County has suffered its own (a shout out to the '08 Freeway Complex Fire, yo!), but our neighboring county to the south has had to put it up with repeated massive wildfires that past few years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Wyclef Jean Filed Papers to Run for President of Haiti

    www.myspace.com/wyclefjean​We knew it was official; Wyclef Jean did tell Time Magazine he was running for president of Haiti after weeks of rumors yesterday. But a few minutes ago, the AP reported that Jean has filed the paperwork to run for president of Haiti at an electoral council office i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2010

    Orange County Noir

    Newport Beach Public Library

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    Return of the Swallows

    Mission San Juan Capistrano

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Local Muslims Step Up to Help Haiti

    American Red CrossA Haitian man in temporary shelter receives earthquake relief in a box.​Orange County Muslims on Friday plan to ship out to Haiti a 40-foot container full of clothes, medicine, medical equipment, bottled water and other basic necessities.

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    OC-Based Rescue Team Members Talk About Their Canceled Trip to Haiti

    Photo by Jim FraserBruce Newell (left) and Bob Scheibel (right) on duty as reserve firefighters at OCFA station 16 in Modjeska.​Structural engineer Bob Scheibel is no stranger to disaster. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was flown to Ground Zero on the only flight across U.S. skies that night, to help stabi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Breaking: Tornado Warning Issued for OC and Long Beach

    UPDATED WITH TORNADO WARNING EXTENDING TO ORANGE COUNTY . . . ​ABC News reports the tornado warning previously issued for Long Beach and south-central Los Angeles County now includes the Orange County communities of Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Westminster, Garden Grove, Irvine, Fullerton, Costa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2009

    Weathering the Storm

    Laguna Art Museum

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Zee Avi: Live From NPR's Little Desk

    Former Costa Mesa resident (by way of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and first gal to ever sign to Brushfire Records Zee Avi is currently being featured on the front page of NPR Music online. Check out three live tracks, "Honeybee," "First of the Gang" (Morrissey cover) and "You and Me," recorded at NPR's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    News and New Material from Matt Costa

    A few things have happened since we last checked in with Brushfire artist and Huntington Beach resident Matt Costa. Though he's been MIA for the last few months, it seems like he's back, but not without a few new developments. His Facebook page just posted this semi-new (recorded in August, it s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    State Beaches May Not Be Ashtrays Much Longer

    California could become the first state in the nation to ban smoking at state parks and beaches after the state Senate today passed legislation it says protects the marine environment and reduces fire danger. Introduced by Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach), Senate Bill 4 now moves to the Assembly, w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    The Glory of Easter

    Crystal Cathedral

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Ecologically Friendly

    Community Nature Day

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Rockin' Like a 6.0

    NASCAR Pepsi 500

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    [CD Review] Lil Wayne, 'Tha Carter III' (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal)

    NASCAR Pepsi 500

  • Music

    January 17, 2008

    High Water Mark

    Rogue Wave roar to a new peak with Heaven's Gate

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    The Fire of the Century . . . of the Year

    Hellish fires now, Sahara Desert later, says UCI doom prophet Mike Davis

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    A chat with the Battalion Chief

    Tonight the Weekly drove past roadblocks on Santiago Canyon Road to see the destruction left by the blaze firsthand. What we saw was depressing, but the planes spewing fire retardant overhead were a hopeful sight. Photos will be up before the night's over, we promise are up. Before visiting the sce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    Times reporter attacked at Comic-Con

    Well that sucks. Los Angeles Times pop culture reporter Geoff Bouche was covering the con when he got jumped on a sidewalk in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. He writes: "In the 15 years I have been writing for The Times, I have covered wildfires, riots, gang murders and plenty of other mayhem. I never ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 15, 2007

    One More Thing

    This Week in Dining to Save Starving Artists

  • Columns

    January 11, 2007

    Hey, You!

    Rosy Outlook

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2007

    We're doomed, doomed...

    … or maybe not. The AP reports: Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a "mass killing" late in 2007. "I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," he said during his news-and-talk television ... More >>

  • Film

    November 23, 2006

    Bad News With Al

    OnDVD: An Inconvenient Truth

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2006

    Baby, It's Warm Outside

    The Inconvenient Truth is on its way to becoming the box-office champeen of documentaries (pound sand, Michael Moore!). Orders are already brisk for the DVDs that won't be out until November. However, because Truth starred Satan's spawn Al Gore, there's a good chance many holy rollers skipped it and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2006

    Shake n' Bake

    It's been funny--not funny ha-ha--sitting here on the sidelines watching the changing global-warming debate. While the international scientific community for years has piled voluminous report atop voluminous report detailing that global warming is real, producing all sorts of climatic problems and e ... More >>

  • Film

    June 1, 2006

    Typhoon in a Teacup

    Asian action movies dont get much less significant than this one.

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2006

    Indonesian Earthquake Relief

    For anyone interested in helping the victims of the massive earthquake in Java, globetrotting raconteur and author of the forthcoming Prisoner of Trebekistan, Bob Harris has helpfully posted on his blog a list of charities assisting the survivors. Bob's post also touches on some of the questions you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2006

    Cross that bridge when you come it, if it's still there

    Only 6 days after the San Francisco Chronicle first reported on it and 5 days after The Blotter first noted it, the Los Angeles Times today informs its readers about the state of California's bridges. The state: hundreds of bridges are considered at risk of collapsing during a major earthquake becau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2006

    Earthquake weather or whatever...

    Yesterday, as Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was submitting to a public humiliation ritual before a Senate committee, his only punishment for letting New Orleans drown (in other countries, such incompetence would result in dismissal from office and permanent disgrace, but in the land o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2005

    This Week in the Boy Band Afterlife: a Saga in Three Parts

    JORDAN KNIGHT, JEFF TIMMONS AND BRYAN ABRAMS

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Fema Food

    Whats in an MRE?

  • Features

    September 15, 2005

    The Tragedy of It All

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • Columns

    September 8, 2005

    A Clockwork Orange

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • Columns

    September 1, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK NARANJA

    Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    RAPTURE READY

    Extremists rejoice after Laguna Beach landslide

  • Columns

    November 13, 2003

    The Blame Game

    Extremists rejoice after Laguna Beach landslide

  • Culture

    December 2, 1999

    Only the End of the World, Again

    Philosophizing cockroaches explain it all for you

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Crystal Method

    Irvine Co.s Crystal Cove project raises eco-disaster fears

  • Columns

    November 4, 1999

    This weeks featured NFL game: Chicago Bears (3-4) vs. Washington Redskins (4-2)

    Irvine Co.s Crystal Cove project raises eco-disaster fears

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