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  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Back-Door Action Saves Historic Wooden Ship Shawnee

    Dennis Holland, the old salt who for years has been restoring the historic wooden ship The Shawnee in front of his Newport Beach home, has apparently reached an agreement with the city that will spare him major fines for code violations and keep the sandpaper sanding. The solution?

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    [VIDEO] Domino's Pizza Delivery Scooter in the Netherlands: Embarrassment On Two Wheels

    We pity the minimum wage student trying to scrape enough cashola to ditch this gig for a real car. We'll admit to thinking Vespas are cool, but motoring around the Netherlands in a vehicle that barks "Domino's!" and "Pizza!" when we're revving is effed up. Don't believe us? Sit through one minute of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Rally Aims to Save Historic Ship The Shawnee

    ​There's a rally in front of the Ferris Wheel at the Balboa Fun Zone Saturday afternoon to save the Shawnee.That's not Shawnee, as in American Indians, but The Shawnee, an old wooden ship that a fellow named Dennis Holland has been restoring for years in front of his Newport Beach home, something ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2012

    Paulien Lombard Was a Spyentologist

    A former spy for Scientology came clean on abuses. Now, she says, the church is chasing her

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Initiative Gathers 20,000 Signatures

    ​The last few months of 2011 weren't exactly fun for advocates of medical marijuana in California. The federal government threatened to seize properties being used for illegally cultivating or dispensing marijuana, media organizations including this one were put on alert that they could be prosecu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Christina Pazsitzky Talks Sausages, Pooping, and How Gross It Is to Call Your Lover "Daddy"

    ​Christina Pazsitzky is pure comedy: honesty and a lot of outspokenness. She's been on Chelsea Lately, has a hysterical podcast along with her husband Tom Segura, headlines comedy clubs nationwide, has a new comedy CD, and is on the upcoming Showtime special filmed in Amsterdam, Red Light C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Freeway Pollution Linked to Brain Damage, Autism

    ​Robert Lee Hotz of the Wall Street Journal, of all places, put it best: "Congested cities are fast becoming test tubes for scientists studying the impact of traffic fumes on the brain."And what are these researchers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Boston, New York, North Carolina, Beij ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 10, 2011

    Mykea Lets You Brighten Your BILLY

    [Trendzilla] No more drab IKEA bookcases for you with these vinyl prints!

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Meditation Flash Mob Comes To Long Beach

    MedMob Facebook page​​Is it just us or are flash mobs getting lazy? They've gone from full-fledged, song-and-dance spectaculars like this: 

  • Music

    September 8, 2011

    Rebecca Black, the Gift That Keeps on Giving

    [Mental Notes] Plus, Young the Giant deal with fame

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Dutch Parliament Bans Halal and Kosher Slaughter, Giving Anti-Muslim Activists Here Hope for Same in U.S.

    Flickr user Violette79​Today, the Dutch parliament voted to ban the ritual slaughter of animals, a ban that effectively outlaws kosher and halal butchering in the country. The disturbing attack on religious freedom came via the strange coalition of animal rights activists and anti-Muslim politicia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Report: Pasta the Most Popular Dish in the World

    ​Grand, overarching summations derived from research papers must always be viewed skeptically, but the global organization Oxfam is well-regarded for its research, and its only real agenda is feeding folks, something they've been working on since the 1940s. They know a bit about global food trends ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Avalon Bar Hosts Anti-Sobriety Protest Tonight

    Let's toast to anti-sobriety!​It's about time someone stood up to the powers that be and demanded change. And I'm not talking about that sort of change that gets thrown on campaign posters only to be forgotten once elections are finished. I'm talking real change, the sort that requires protests to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    High Times Miss 2011 Hails From Newport Beach

    ​Yesterday, on April 20, stoners across America were toking up at exactly 4:20 pm--4/20 and 420 is stoner code for smoking out, in case you didn't already know what your kids are talking, or texting about, as the case may be, with their friends. In honor of this important occasion, High Times maga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Anthrax's Scott Ian to Skip Touring Due to Birth of First Child

    ​Scott Ian, Anthrax's rhythm and lead guitar player, just announced he's not going to be touring with the band he formed 30 years ago due to the upcoming birth of his first child. He said, "This decision to miss these shows was a deeply personal one. I co-founded this band July 18, 1981, and for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    YouPorn Shared More Than Sex Videos Claims Lawsuit Filed by Newport Beach Pair

    ​Two Newport Beach men have filed a lawsuit accusing operators of the YouPorn adult video sharing website of "sniffing," which is not an exotic new sex act (well, at least not in this particular context) but the improper monitoring of other sites users have visited.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Taylor Rice Reflects on Local Natives' Great Year

    John Gilhooley/OC Weekly​The last time we talked to Local Natives, they hadn't played Coachella yet, they hadn't embarked on their first headlining  US tour, and they hadn't gone around the world playing songs from Gorilla Manor to audiences who spoke every kind of language imaginable.  ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2010

    World Cup Final: Netherlands vs. Spain

    Nadine's Irish Mist

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Kinder Happy Hippo

    Edwin Goei​Name: Kinder Happy Hippo Origin: Netherlands Found at: Cost Plus, Costa Mesa Cost: $3.99 Ingredients: Sugar, Vegetable Oil and Fat, Wheat Flour, Whole Milk Powder (.7.5%), Skimmed Milk Powder (5%), Fat-Reduced Cocoa (4.5%), Hazelnuts, Whey Powder, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Coco ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    World Cup Semi-Finals

    Nadine's Irish Mist

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010

    Riding Bikes with the Dutch

    Art Theatre

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Meet the Director of the Best Hasdic Jew Pill Pusher Movie Out There

    UPDATE: See details about the "Holy Rollers" article that likely spurred the Holy Rollers movie--and the article's zero degrees of separation from OC Weekly--after the jump . . . Yosef (Justin Bartha, left) eases Sam (Jesse Eisenberg) into drug trafficking in Holy Rollers.​Director Kevin Asch, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Documentary That Rethinks Our Car Culture Caps Long Beach Bicycle Film Festival

    ​Sunday's Long Beach Bicycle Film Festival serves two purposes, helping to close out the three-day Long Beach Bicycle Festival that begins today and reviving the Long Beach International Film Festival, whose return is TBD.Actually, there is a third and fourth purpose: showcasing local documentary ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 29, 2010

    Iceback-Spotting?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And: Do Mexicans measure up?

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Video: Willie Nelson Duet with Snoop in (Where Else?) Amsterdam

    ​Surely fans are excited to see Willie Nelson--country music's champion of the cheebah-- perform tonight with some special guests at the Grove of Anaheim. We're not making any predictions, but there's a pretty good chance Snoop Dogg could make a cameo. Don't laugh, it's happened before.

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Europa ChocoVine at Mitsuwa Marketplace

    Grace LeEuropa ChocoVine​Chocowuuut?That's right, folks. Combining two of the things we love most, Holland has created ChocoVine: AKA Yoo-Hoo for grown-ups.The label clearly reads, "The taste of dutch chocolate and fine red wine," and proudly displays "Product of Holland," stamped--not once--but t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    In-gin-ious!

    nostromoo @ flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0​The first time I had gin was at my local bar in the town in rural Iowa where I used to live. A friend ordered gin and tonic in a place called the Checkered Flag, a place that sold Budweiser for 70 cents a glass and Grain Belt "Primo", the world's most insipid be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Dude, Where's My VW Bus That Was Stolen 35 Years Ago? Oh, There It Is

    Courtesy of U.S. Border and Customs ProtectionFound it!​You never know what will turn up in a container at the Long Beach port. Sure, the vast majority are filled with legal products bound for store shelves all across this great land. But every so often inspectors will find smuggled guns, drugs, h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    U2 Rose Bowl Show to Be Streamed Live on YouTube

    Chris SansenbachU2 in Anaheim, April 2005.​U2, YouTube. It just makes too much sense.We talked earlier this week about how massively packed the Rose Bowl in Pasadena will be for the U2 show this Sunday, with 100,000 cross-generational music fans coming from across Southern California--really, just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Five Great Finds at Irvine Farmers Market

    ​Yes, I know about the fresh corn and the hummus, not to mention the sausages, but these five things were new to me when I visited on Saturday. The results were mixed, but it's always useful to expand the horizons. Pluots. There's a stand featuring nothing but this fruit (give or take some renegad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Nobody Does Ringtones Like KFC

    Just when you think you've heard it all, along comes a crazy person from Holland with waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands (and presumably waaaaaaaaaaay too much pot in their hands).Check out KFC's Dutch website: and click on Chicken Impossible. It's the whole theme tune, from start to finish. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    UCI Scientist Helps Add More Culprits to the Global Warming List

    Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

  • Food

    October 9, 2008

    [Best of OC 2008 Post Cards] Foodstuffs: Greetings From Dexter Holland

    Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pa ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    The Deciders

    Presidents of the United States of America

  • Culture

    January 17, 2008

    Trendzilla

    Women's fashion is where androgyny gets fun

  • Columns

    November 1, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!(r)

    Special Dia de los Muertos edicion

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Sprawl of Sound

    Heavenly Beats, Demonic Metal, Slack Clergy: Absorbing Seattle’s Decibel Festival, Assessing Disney’s HOB Flub, Heeding Lazy Preacher

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2007

    Ink Envy

    Heavenly Beats, Demonic Metal, Slack Clergy: Absorbing Seattle’s Decibel Festival, Assessing Disney’s HOB Flub, Heeding Lazy Preacher

  • Film

    April 5, 2007

    Rachel Stein, Showgirl

    Back home in Holland, Paul Verhoeven uses his basic instincts to craft slick Holocaust thriller Black Book

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2006

    You Better Not Pout

    Local blogger El Serracho (or The Serrach) finds himself in the Netherlands at the moment, where he reports that it's Christmas season. El is a Global Internet Manager of Production (or GIMP), a job that has sent him to the Netherlands at least 15 times. Those wacky Dutch are so high they give out g ... More >>

  • Music

    October 19, 2006

    Native Belles

    California Song Girls

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2006

    When the Smoke Clears

    The good news? the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is to publish a report on how marijuana smoked from a vaporizer (they cite the Volcano by name, which is really nifty) is a "safe and effective" delivery system. I.e. not dangerous. I.e. a major political argument for medipot, that smoked marijua ... More >>

  • Film

    February 27, 2003

    Our Dark Blue Places

    Ellroy via Shelton

  • Food

    September 19, 2002

    Good Sho

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Music

    November 15, 2001

    America Needs Weird

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    June 28, 2001

    Wake Me When the Drug Wars Over

    Judge Gray pitches a sort-of legalization

  • Features

    June 22, 2000

    Horror, Hiding and the Holocaust

    How Bert Jakobs outlived the Third Reich

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Apple Bonging

    OC's 'War on Drugs': Joke or tragedy?

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    Never Die

    The Weekly's incomplete guide to an almost eternal life

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Group Therapy

    Airport foes share their pain online

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