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May 17, 2013
First Ever 'Ladies Rock Camp' in OC Happens This Weekend!
The push for an inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls in Orange County continues! This Saturday in SanTana, young women ages 18 and up will be taking on an extensive weekend of songwriting workshops, drum circles, self-defense classes, and instrument instruction. Hosted by El Centro Cultural de Mex ... More >>
News
May 16, 2013
Orange County Bids Farewell to Storefront Marijuana Dispensaries
But they're not shutting down without a fight
Blogs
May 14, 2013
OC's African-American Problem: Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW!
People who have read this infernal rag long enough know that I feel OC's most embarrassing fact of life is our embarrassingly low African-American community, and all the juvenile incidents that come with growing up sans blacks, whether it's offering fried chicken on MLK Day or having a 50% off black ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2013
We're #1 in Twitter Hate! Report Says OC is Region With Highest Number of Racist/Homophobic Tweets in America
All I know about Humboldt State is that it's a stoner campus--wait, that's Chico State. Or is it Sonoma State? To be honest with you, I have no idea who or what is a Humboldt State. But they've gained in Internet prominence in the past couple of years for something called the Geography of Hate, an a ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2013
Wet Seal Settles Multimillion-Dollar Suit Alleging it Discriminated Against African-American Employees
As if Orange County needed to further show the world it ain't the friendliest place for black people comes this: Foothill Ranch-based Wet Seal announced it settled a federal class-action lawsuit alleging it discriminated against African-American employees for a cool $7.5 million. The lawsuit, thoug ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2013
Lineup for SoCal Restaurant Show THIS SATURDAY on KLAA-AM 830: OC Register's Kedric Francis, Arepas, and More!
We don't hate everyone at the Orange County Register, you know. Roving editor Kedric Francis has always been kind to the paper, and he used to be a staple of our gossip column back when we had a gossip column and he was the editor of Riviera. Anyhoo, he's going to be on tomorrow on the SoCal Restaur ... More >>
Film
May 9, 2013
The Cokscars? Or: The Awards the Newport Beach Film Festival Didn't Hand Out
For your consideration, 16 commendations that really matter
Calendar
May 9, 2013
The Shrills
Detroit Bar
Blogs
May 6, 2013
The Five Must-See Shows in OC This Week
Monday, May 6This Time With FEELINGDetroit BarFor being a "four-piece fridge rock band" This Time With Feeling sure know how to heat up a dance floor at an indie rock show. Embracing sharp pop structures, full bodied rhythm, and Ali Coyle's vocals seething with attitude, the punchy four-piece ... More >>
Calendar
May 2, 2013
Fourth Annual Orange County Food and Wine Festival
Lyon Air Museum
Blogs
April 18, 2013
La Habra Spring Citrus Fair Starts Today And Lasts The Weekend
La Habra, the Orange County city most of Orange County doesn't realize is an Orange County city, is doing something to tell you that it exists, goshdarnit...and that it played an important part in our county's agricultural history. This weekend, but actually starting today, the city will host the L ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2013
Huge Decline in LA County Porn Shoots is Not Orange County's Gain ... Yet
A Los Angeles County law requiring the use of condoms in porn shoots is being blamed/credited for a migration of adult productions elsewhere--although not, apparently, to adjacent Orange County.Ventura County, where new development foes have moaned about not wanting to become the next (nearly built ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2013
In the Weird World of Water Politics, Some Men Serve Two Masters
In the slippery-when-wet world of water politics, irony abounds and things get confusing fast. Witness yesterday when Faubel Public Affairs President Brian Lochrie, a spokesman for Poseidon Resources Inc., stood before a small group of senior citizens at the Costa Mesa Historical Society. Lochrie is ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2013
How I Found Out About the Lost Mexicans of the Bastanchury Ranch
If you don't already know, I'll just say it here: we at the Weekly love to tell the hidden history of Orange County, those stories that never made it into the master narrative, whether it's its about the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, the Orange County chapter of the Black Panther Party, the Great Flo ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2013
This Weekend: Hanamatsuri Bazaar at The OC Buddhist Church
This weekend the Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim will host its annual Hanamatsuri flower festival--a celebration of the birth of Buddha, with music and of course, food. And like I wrote last year and the year before that, the parking situation might test your patience, but the rest of ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2013
Dirty Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona Loses Bid For Prison Sentence Reduction
Two years into his 66-month prison sentence, ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona hoped this week that a federal judge would reduce his punishment in the aftermath of a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling involving bribery and honest service corruption cases.But today inside the Ronald Reagan Federal Cou ... More >>
Food
April 4, 2013
Knafeh Cafe's 99 Ways of Sweet
[Hole In the Wall] This Anaheim bakery sells the best Middle Eastern pastries in Orange County
Blogs
April 4, 2013
Awesome Historical Orange County-Needs-Cheap-Mexican-Labor Quote of the Week!
"In the matter of picking citrus fruits, the writer has tried repeatedly to use white men and Japanese. Our experience shows us that the white man does not like the tedious routine work of picking and will promptly leave this for any other job available, even at smaller wages. The Mexican, by nature ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2013
Guess Where I Ate; Win a Prize!
These are chicken tacos--great chicken tacos. Unfortunately, the restaurant that sells them is in one of the worst possible restaurant locations in Orange County, a redevelopment project that is a ghost town, in a city that knows cool ghost towns (that's your hint!).Gentle readers: where did I eat t ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2013
[UPDATE: Paper Blocks Readers from Commenting on Paywall Move] Orange County Register Instituting Full Paywall for Website in April
Updated, with new info on the bottom...ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 28, 12:30 P.M.: When Orange County Register owner Aaron Kushner first took the reins of OC's paper of record last year, one of the first things he did was announce that he was going to erect a paywall for the paper's website. Kushner didn't ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2013
Ten Great First Date Restaurants
Date night. Everyone looks forward to a date except the person who has to plan it, and it's even worse when it's a first date or blind date. It has to be normal--not everyone loves loncheras, for reasons I don't fully grok--and it has to be expensive enough that you don't look miserly.So let's talk ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2013
Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: How Can OC Attract Even More Tourists?
"Late last year, the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau hired a man from Texas--Texas!--to attract more tourists to Orange County," begins the blurb for my latest "Orange County Line" commentary for KCRW-FM 89.9. "But when you're in charge of bringing people to a place with beache ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2013
Orange County to Have a Real Food Market In--Where Else?--Downtown Santa Ana
The retrograde morons who populate the comment sections of the Orange County Register never miss an opportunity to claim that Santa Ana is Little Mexico. Now, we have no problem with that designation--the city's got a Latino-only council, there's a (much-maligned) Consulate of Mexico on Broadwa ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2013
Panel on History of Mexican-American Baseball in OC at Fullerton Library THIS THURSDAY!
And the hit parade just keeps on coming for my "Gustavo's Awesome Lecture Series!" After packed rooms for author Hector Tobar and USC sociology professor Jody Agius Vallejo in January and February, respectively, I predict next Thursday might be the biggest one of the season because of the topic: a p ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2013
2013 Orange County Indicators Show Where We Shine ($$$) and Need Improvement ($$$)
Half of Orange County's adults own smartphones, nearly a third of our young adults have no health insurance and most nonprofits here make due with less than they have in the past. Those findings are in the 2013 Orange County Community Indicators report issued Thursday that found gains in key s ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2013
Dear OC Killers: Can You Stop Murdering People Outside Great Mexican Restaurants?
Last week, SanTana Police Department officials released video stills of two men harassing another man whom police say they'd go on to murder just outside El Chile Picante. And for the umpteenth time, I threw up my fists and screamed in frustration.See, Orange County killers have this nasty habit of ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2013
Sex Offender Law Reformers Sue Websites That Post Personal Details, Demand Cash to Remove
California Reform Sex Offender Laws (RSOL), which has been part of lawsuits against the County of Orange and Orange County cities over controversial laws that ban registered sex offenders from public parks, now has a new target. A lawsuit filed by RSOL in federal court Wednesday challenges websites ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2013
AB 666 Bedevils Red Light Camera Foes
Those fighting traffic tickets they received thanks to red-light cameras have scored so many court victories that many cities, including some in Orange County, have abandoned the enforcement tool.But now those battling red light camera tickets are trying to derail legislation that could end one's ri ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2013
Ladera Ranch: Wholesome Community or Den of Crime?
In keeping with its fine tradition of serving as a civic booster for Orange County, the Orange County Register recently discussed the safety of Ladera Ranch in spite of the master-planned community's recent troubles. Blasting the words "Very Safe" in the headline, the Feb. 26 article offered assuran ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2013
Ten Arrests Netted in HB Massage Parlor Sweep
The Huntington Beach Police Department Facebook page is reporting that officers arrested 10 people on March 7 for solicitation of prostitution at local massage parlors. The department, which recently joined forces with the federally-funded Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force, carried out ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2013
Is OC Register Owner Aaron Kushner the Stuart Smalley of Print Journalism?
Whenever I lecture about journalism, whether to senior-citizens groups or college students, I always tell them that the mission of the OC Weekly is an old journalism adage attributed to Finley Peter Dunne, author of ¡Ask a Mexican! godfather Mr. Dooley: We comfort the afflicted, and we afflict the ... More >>
News
March 7, 2013
Scott Burnham and Bryon Ward: The Moguls
See our full OC Weekly 2013 People Issue
News
March 7, 2013
America Bracho: Doc Promotora
See our full OC Weekly 2013 People Issue
Blogs
March 6, 2013
Desalination Versus Conservation, Who Wins?
As California grapples with some of its driest weather on record, the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) continues to negotiate the purchase of desalted water from a yet-to-be built plant in Huntington Beach. It's a move that may provide the land of citrus with drought-proof H20- ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2013
Why Do OC Congressional Reps. John Campbell and Dana Rohrabacher Hate Women?
At the end of the day, at least veteran Orange County congressmen John Campbell and Dana Rohrabacher can say they don't hate all women. That's because they voted for one of two federal Violence Against Women acts last week, although not the one covering all women that's awaiting an anxious President ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2013
No-Host Bar Unlikely at All-Day DUI Summit
County Supervisor Todd Spitzer has brought together a variety of experts and advocates for an "Orange County DUI Summit" from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Concordia University in Irvine.Ah, for the Don Draper days when they'd serve cocktails at these deals.
Blogs
February 27, 2013
Eat This Now: Teriyaki Tacos at Main Charbroiled Burger
Long before Dos Chinos, way before Kogi, Japanese and Mexicans in Southern California freely intermingled in the realm of teriyaki. It wasn't just geographic proximity that got chinitos and wabs playing around with each others' food; it was also the shared love for thinly cut strips of beef, of swee ... More >>
Blogs
February 26, 2013
Dave Reviews OC Yelp Reviews, Part 12
The Red Pencil Diaries return this week with five more reviews culled from the primordial grammatical muck that is Yelp Orange County. It's truly amazing what people will write and then attach their names to. You'd think that they'd realize that Yelp is social media like any other, that Yelp reviews ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2013
Orange County Restaurant Week Starts Sunday
It's here again, the discount week that all these other smaller city restaurant discount weeks have been leading up to. Orange County Restaurant Week begins again next week (February 24th to March 2nd), for its fifth year, and it includes pretty much every restaurant of note in our great county (yes ... More >>
Calendar
February 21, 2013
Nick Swardson
Irvine Improv
Food
February 14, 2013
Nubia Cafe Is the Jewel of Little Arabia
[Hole In the Wall] This Anaheim hookah lounge bests its competition with great food
Blogs
February 12, 2013
Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: On the Anti-LGBT Tet Parade Controversy, With a "Cam On!" Thrown In!
Over the weekend, the annual Ted Parade in Little Saigon happened as scheduled, and the LGBT folks who planned to peacefully protest happened, as scheduled. Not there was basically every politician in Orange County, with the exception of state assemblymember Tom Daly (who at least stopped to acknowl ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2013
[UPDATED with Corroboration:] Sheriff's Deputy and Control Tower Supposedly See Orange UFO West of John Wayne Airport
See the update at the end of this post about a sighting in the same area 12 hours before.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 7, 10:03 A.M.: An Orange County sheriff's deputy--or someone identifying themselves as an Orange County sheriff's deputy working John Wayne Airport--saw an orange object emitting a bright lig ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2013
Free Bruegger's Bagel Before 11 a.m. TODAY
If you're reading this before 10:30 a.m. and have a Facebook account, you're in luck. To celebrate 30 years of fresh bagels, Bruegger's Bagels is offering one complimentary bagel with cream cheese when you "Like" them online. Between free fro-yo and pancakes, it's been quite a cheap week.The deal is ... More >>
Blogs
February 5, 2013
Gerard Frank Cellette, Minnesota Printer, Accused of Pulling Largest Ponzi Scam in OC History; at Least 55 Stung for $21 mil Here
A man serving an eight-year prison sentence in Minnesota is scheduled to be arraigned in Santa Ana Wednesday for pulling the largest known Ponzi scheme in Orange County history--without stepping foot in California. Gerard Frank Cellette, who is accused of masterminding a $200 million, multi-state i ... More >>
News
January 31, 2013
Huntington Beach's Poseidon Mis-Adventure
When it comes to Surf City's controversial desalination project, The Orange County Register is a brine spectator
Calendar
January 31, 2013
33rd Annual Orange County Heart Walk
Disneyland
Blogs
January 29, 2013
Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: The OC GOP's Mexican Problem!
So you know how the national GOP leadership has turned Aztlanista all of a sudden in a desperate effort for Latino votes? It's a wonderful thing to see, especially since it's a big chinga tu madre to the decades-long strategy of the Republican Party of Orange County to court Latino voters. Hell, eve ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2013
Laguna Beach Church To Get Parking Income Deal From County Supervisors
Who says we can't have public-private cooperation?Or even government-church financial deals?On Tuesday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors is set to approve a contract to help Laguna Beach United Methodist Church make some cash.County officials have rented space at the popular church since 1984 ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2013
Inauguration 2013: Loretta Sanchez Hangs with Katy Perry, Republicans Dismiss Obama Speech
Can you guess who Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) is standing next to in this Twitter pic from yesterday's inauguration ceremonies in D.C. (No, it is not the rest of the animal from which the thing on her head came from.)This and more from grumpy Orange County Republicans after the jump . . .
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