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March 12, 2013
Long Beach Cinematheque to Program Fiesta Twin Theatre in Downtown Santa Ana, Furthering the Area's Gentrification
For years, the Fiesta Twin Theatre on Fourth Street in downtown SanTana has shown English-language films in Spanish and Spanish-language films in Spanish.But there's a new film programmer coming to the cinemas--direct from El Long Beach--to fulfill indie-, student- and LGBT-movie dreams.
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March 11, 2013
Newport Beach Charity Helps Spinal Cord Injury Victims Walk Again
Anthony Purcell lay on the sand, uncomfortably aware of the silence that surrounded him. He was wide awake, and well aware of the fact that he could not move a muscle. It was Feb. 6, 2010, and the 22-year-old had just taken a bad dive into a sandbar in South Beach, Florida, instantly compressing his ... More >>
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March 7, 2013
Debra Miller: The Cure Seeker
See our full OC Weekly 2013 People Issue
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December 19, 2012
Kirk Robert Lotzgesell, Ex-Cop Who Stole $60k from Cop Charity, Cops to Being a Stinkin' Thief
A former La Habra police officer, who misrepresented himself as an active duty cop on medical leave when he was given a volunteer treasurer position with a nonprofit police football charity he would go on to steal $60,000 from, cut a plea deal that should have him spending a year in jail and m ... More >>
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October 29, 2012
Capistrano Terrace Mobilehome Park Residents Successfully Save Their Homes ... for $8.25 mil
In these days of shady foreclosures, robo-bank calls for mortgage payments before your mortgage is due and other assorted example of Mitt Romney's pals trying to royally fuck with us just trying to make ends meet comes a bit of happy news. About 150 families in San Juan Capistrano banded together to ... More >>
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October 26, 2012
Jennifer Piatti, Costa Mesa High School Band Booster Treasurer, Accused of Stealing $40k
Strange transactions involving the funds of the Costa Mesa High School Band Booster Club led to a complaint to police, an investigation and Thursday arrest of the nonprofit's treasurer.Jennifer Border-Piatti was held on suspicion of embezzlement after a search warrant was served on the 50-year-old's ... More >>
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October 5, 2012
Orange County Register Questions Ron Thomas's Nonprofit Status
Questions about the money raised by the Kelly Thomas Memorial Foundation and how it's being spent continue to swirl. Two weeks ago, the Weekly wrote about a scuffle of words between Ron Thomas, father of slain homeless man Kelly Thomas, and Stephan Baxter, organizer of Art With an Ag ... More >>
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September 13, 2012
Jack's Big Show
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
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July 20, 2012
Mawufemor Bierko Accused of Crumbling Girl Scouts' Cookies by Stealing More Than $100k
A Cal State Long Beach graduate suspected of embezzling more than $100,000 from the Girl Scouts of Orange County was arrested at a Wisconsin airport earlier this month and is awaiting extradition back to California, according to U.S. Marshals and Irvine Police.Marshals were reportedly acting on a t ... More >>
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July 6, 2012
Jerry Amante, Tustin Councilman, Has Grand Jury "Misfeasance in Office" Finding Marked With Call for His Head and Hiring as a Lobbyist
Hey, Tustin City Councilman (and former mayor) Jerry Amante: the grand jury beotch slaps you for "misfeasance in office" and "exceeding or misusing a public power or position and thereby risking harm" for lobbying a college president to force the resignation of a professor who exposed the massive a ... More >>
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June 21, 2012
Tree Hugger's Ball
Santiago Event Center
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April 12, 2012
Skateboard Benefit Art Show featuring Duane Peters
Long Beach Skate
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February 9, 2012
Bulldog Beauty Contest
Marine Stadium
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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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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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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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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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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 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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September 8, 2011
OC Brew Ha Ha
Hidden Valley Park
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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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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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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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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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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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December 2, 2010
El Jugueton Toy Drive
Green Parrot Villa
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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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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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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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April 22, 2010
Ha-Has for Ta-Tas
Laugh Factory
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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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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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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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October 8, 2009
Invisible Children: Together We Are Free
Folino Theater
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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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September 3, 2009
Green Party Meeting
Irvine Ranch Water Districe
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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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June 18, 2009
Orangewood PALS Benefit
DiPiazzas
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May 28, 2009
TRASHed at the Camp
The Camp
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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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April 9, 2009
Hide and Seek Grand Opening
Hide and Seek Boutique
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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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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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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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May 29, 2008
Nonstop Dancing
Unstoppable
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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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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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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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January 10, 2008
Hearts  of Gold
Sea of Hearts
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