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October 4, 2007
To Do Tonight - 10/04
8 MINUTE DATING, 8pm Single? In a rush? Then, 8minuteDating may be the thing for you. You’ll get straight to the point by having 8 one-on-one dates that are limited to 8 minutes each. This new twist on speed dating is being held tonight and tomorrow night at the OC Autoshow. Anaheim Convention ... More >>
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March 7, 2008
Pssst! Looking to score St. Paddy's Day?
Tired of St. Patrick’s Day just being an excuse to see how much green beer you can chug before regurgitating on yourself/buddy/some 220-pound tattooed bouncer; out the driver’s window at a red light alongside a police car; the front door/kitchen floor/girlfriend’s cat? Looking to do somethi ... More >>
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March 14, 2008
Shitty business
The folks over at Surfrider Foundation are always working to clean up the ocean water from pollutants that degrade the environment, and they aren't alone. The Weekly recently received an interesting email from Dave Bulleshat, a.k.a. the Poop Detective. His personal mission is to remind people why t ... More >>
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May 23, 2008
Save Straight Marriages, Quash Queer Ones
The funniest of articles appeared earlier this week in the Orange County Register: Christian churches are uniting to save marriage. At Eastside Christian Church in Fullerton, about 100 pastors gathered under the guise of the Orange County Marriage Education Initiative, which its website declares is ... More >>
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May 30, 2008
Tiger Woods: Corporate Stooge?
One of my favorite columns is "Edge of Sports," written by Dave Zirin. The man combines the best of sportswriting and progressive politics, disproving those asshole hipsters who say sports means nothing in this world. When Zirin's People's History of Sports arrives later this year, y'all crazy lefti ... More >>
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October 29, 2008
After Five Years, Dennis Lluy Returns Koo’s To Santa Ana
By Chris Ziegler After five years in downtown Long Beach, storied all-ages venue Koo’s is officially returning to Santa Ana and a new home at the historic Yost Theater, where a no-longer non-profit Koo’s, Inc., will begin programming in January. “We’re done in Long Beach,” says Koo’s ... More >>
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March 12, 2009
Welcome to the Poorhouse: Relief Agencies Need Relief
A big hole is ripping through the safety net, according to the Orange County Funders Roundtable, a coalition of local foundations that today released results of a countywide study that found 58 percent of responding nonprofits are facing declining revenues in 2009 and more than 66 percent are seeing ... More >>
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April 9, 2009
Hide and Seek Grand Opening
Hide and Seek Boutique
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May 29, 2008
Nonstop Dancing
Unstoppable
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January 10, 2008
Hearts  of Gold
Sea of Hearts
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April 30, 2009
National Adult Spelling Bee
Bay Shore Church
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April 22, 2009
Sprinkles Marks Earth Day (Today) With Donations to Environmental Charities
Until Friday, April 24, the Newport Beach branch of Sprinkles is donating 100 per cent of the proceeds from sales of its vanilla cupcakes to the local chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the country's beaches, oceans and waves (!)Not that we ever ne ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
TRASHed at the Camp
The Camp
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June 18, 2009
Orangewood PALS Benefit
DiPiazzas
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September 3, 2009
Green Party Meeting
Irvine Ranch Water Districe
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October 5, 2009
Gettin' Made: Do You Feel Lucky?
I met Kayte Turner at her Handmade District craft fair earlier this year, and have always been impressed with just how much time and energy she spends giving back to the community, while still having time to create one of a kind bags, bike basket liners (I have one!) and coasters for her i ... More >>
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October 8, 2009
Invisible Children: Together We Are Free
Folino Theater
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September 28, 2009
Gettin' Made: Maxin' and Relaxin'
Ahhhhh, Monday morning. Settle back into your 9-5 cubicle job, grab a cup of tea, it's time to surf the internet! FemininiTea by Herban LifestyleDid you know you can find herbal teas (that people make themselves!) on Etsy? Herban Lifestyle is one Etsy seller doing just that, providi ... More >>
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July 10, 2009
Slick Willie Clinton: I Did Not Sleep With That MLB All-Star Woman
Christine Shively, an "Angel" and an "All-Star Among Us."Major League Baseball has announced that Newport Beach resident Christine Shively and four other "All-Stars Among Us" will be saluted by all five living U.S. presidents before Tuesday's All-Star Game in St. Louis.(It's a good thing the MLB str ... More >>
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December 14, 2009
Alleged Child Predator Ex-Cop Finally Gets His Day in Court
Stephen Robert DeckR. Scott Moxley introduced readers to Stephen Robert Deck in March 2006, about three weeks after the longtime CHP official was snared by Laguna Beach police and Perverted-Justice.com--a non-profit organization aimed at protecting children from Internet sexual predators--for al ... More >>
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December 15, 2009
Another Charity for the Needy Victimized
Southwest Community Center, before the flames."'Tis the Season to Bone Nonprofits, Fa La La La La, La La La La" talked about how thieves, embezzlers and other assorted Grinches have stolen Christmas from several Orange County nonprofits that help children, battered women and needy families. The h ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
Got the Stuff to Be a Tableaux Vivant?
Do you have a burning desire to be made up as a two-dimensional object so that strangers can ogle you while you stand motionless for several minutes, nightly for eight weeks?If so, the Pageant of the Masters wants you.
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January 5, 2010
[UPDATED:] New Year Shapes Up Eventfully for Octomom
Mo.re to loathe.UPDATED WITH LINK TO VIDEO OF OCTOMOM DEFENDING HER FERTILITY DOCTOR.It's already shaping up to be an eventful new year for Nadya "Octomom" Suleman. The La Habra resident rang out 2009 by learning she'd been named the nation's least-desirable neighbor. By Monday morning, Octomom w ... More >>
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January 12, 2010
Assembly Panel Opposes Fairgrounds Sale
Does Da Gov's stand on the fairgrounds sale help fat cats.Facing a roomful of Orange County civic leaders wearing orange lapel buttons stating, "Derail the Sale," the California Assembly's Business and Professions Committee voted unanimously today to support a bill that would block the sale of th ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Ha-Has for Ta-Tas
Laugh Factory
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June 23, 2010
James Hirsen, Fox's Anti-Hollywood Pundit, Indoctrinates Local Screenwriters Tonight
OC Screen Writers Association, a nonprofit organization formed to help amateur and professional writers and filmmakers pool their talents to help one another, warns that the guest speaker for its first networking event tonight is "not buying the drinks."That's a shame because members may need ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Taste of Downtown
East Village Arts District
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August 17, 2010
Billy Kernkamp Plays at Summer Concert at South Coast Plaza Village
Danielle Bacher/OC WeeklyLocals Only alumni Billy Kernkamp is performing at the South Coast Plaza Village for a Music For A Cure benefit. Folk singer-songwriter Barrett Johnson (performing with a full band), alternative rock group Melanoid, and R&B outfit Justin Grennan an ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
City Plays Favorites With Nonprofits
The environmental group with a connection on the council pays very little rent, the 'controversial' Latino-outreach group pays much more
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October 1, 2010
Gettin' Made: BAM Fest Tomorrow in Santa Monica
Looking for something to do this weekend? How about an event that combines your love of booze, paintings and tunes? You're in luck--the first Beer, Art and Music Festival takes place tomorrow to bring you three great tastes that taste great together! After the jump, details on ho ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
CEO of Charity Clinic Pays Himself with Taxpayer Cash, Report Alleges
AccountableCalifornia.orgThe CEO of an LA-based non-profit that operates clinics in Anaheim and Stantion paid himself hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in taxpayer money that was intended to fund the clinics, according to a report posted on the website AccountableCalifornia.org, which is a ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Charlize Theron, Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama to Speak at UCI
Charlize Theron founded an Africa outreach project. Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and His Holiness XIV Dalai Lama will take the stage at UCI as part of a speakers series on peace. Called the Living Peace Series, the moderated talks will b ... More >>
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November 25, 2010
Wyland Foundation Surfin' Santas
Ocean Institute
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December 2, 2010
El Jugueton Toy Drive
Green Parrot Villa
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December 2, 2010
FAIR-y Tales In the Immigration Debate
Anti-immigrant think tanks are aiming their dubious statistics at the 14th Amendment
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February 4, 2011
Long Beach Says Goodbye to Annual Celebrity-Studded Women's Conference
The annual, superstar-studded women's conference that brought speakers like Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Diane Sawyer, Sandra Day O'Connor, Sarah McLachlan and Suze Orman to Long Beach, along with major tourism dollars, will not be back to the city this year. It is uncerta ... More >>
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February 14, 2011
Guess Who Paid for Study Advocating Free Prepaid Cell Phones for the Poor?
A "first of its kind" study by the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC) concludes $4 billion in income could be generated for the poor by simply giving such folks free prepaid cell phones."Subsidized Cell Phones Provide Significant Economic Gains for Poor and Near-Poor Americans" singles out ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
OC Fairgrounds Board of Directors Commits to Stopping Sale--Also, David Ellis Speaks!
Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyAt its monthly meeting last Thursday morning, the board of directors of the Orange County Fair & Event Center announced its pledge to work to prevent the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds. That would be the same board which, a year and nine months prior, on J ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
A Fine Caterer Chef Molly Kruger Is
A couple of months ago, I was asked to be a judge at some food contest or other sponsored by a nonprofit. Tell you the truth, I can't even remember the name of the nonprofit, or the theme of the contest. I do remember two things, however: that the new chef of 6ix Park Grill at the Irvine Hyatt (w ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
David Ellis Opens Up About the Fair Board Foundation, the Appraisal and His Reputation
Mr. David EllisWith that pesky controversial sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds out of the way (or so we hope), it seems the time for bridge building. Relationship mending. Or pointing out any inaccuracies in any accusations that may have been fired off since the land was put on the auction bl ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
El Centro Cultural de Someplace Else
The nonprofit community center got a last-minute extension, but its supporters are still crying 'gentrification'
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July 22, 2011
Orange County Rescue Mission Needs Donors to Dig Deeper This Summer
The Orange County Rescue Mission is seeking $300,000 more in contributions because of a 25 percent increase in the number of people seeking assistance this summer.Last summer, the nonprofit says it served approximately 3,396 individuals. This summer, it's shot up to 4,476 souls seeking services.
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September 8, 2011
OC Brew Ha Ha
Hidden Valley Park
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October 4, 2011
Poor Muppet to Debut on Sesame Street
Sesame Street announced that a new, "poverty-stricken Muppet" will talk about hunger struggles on Sesame Street. Named Muppet Lily, her family deals with "food insecurity," and will part of a prime-time special with country singer Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams Paisle ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Gordon A. Shanks, Seal Beach City Councilman, Loses the Compton Vote with Hair Salon Massacre Crack
Seal Beach City Councilman Gordon A. Shanks shanked one, saying at a memorial service for hair salon massacre victims, "These things are not supposed to happen here. Maybe in Compton." Since then, the 76-year-old has acknowledged that his remark was out of place and "not nice." That was not enoug ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
Bruxie's First Birthday Party for Charity Tomorrow
Braised Beef Short Ribs, Crispy Blue Cheese Potatoes with Caramelized Onions, Horseradish and ChivesIt's been a year since Old Towne Orange's beloved waffle restaurant Bruxie opened, and to celebrate, they're throwing a party for 400 guests tomorrow October 26. You know you've always wanted to g ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Martha M. Escutia, Retired Legislator-Turned-Newport Beach Lawyer, Targets Tax-Exempt Status of Abuser Nonprofits in Wake of Penn State Scandal
After East Los Angeles-born Martha M. Escutia served in both houses of the California Legislature from 1992 through 2006, she helped found the private law practice The Senators (Ret.) Firm in Newport Beach, where she specializes in representing abuse victims and their families.In the wake of th ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Bill Targeting Nonprofits That's Inspired by Jerry Sandusky-Penn State Scandal Gets Legs
In the wake of the Penn State-Jerry Sandusky controversy, a California assemblyman has answered a Newport Beach attorney and retired state senator's call for legislation targeting the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that foster, enable and cover up child sexual abuse. The proposed bill would stri ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
New Year's Eve Block Party
OC Fair
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February 8, 2012
Must-Hear J Dilla Track No. 2: 'Reckless Driving'
Had he not passed away on Feb. 10, 2006, beloved hip-hop producer J Dilla would have turned 38 years young yesterday. In honor of J Dilla's birthday, his passing (Dilla suffered from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, although is official cause of death is cardiac arrest) and his awesomeness, ... More >>
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