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May 24, 2012
A Deliberately Vague Guide to OC Mines
[Summer Guide 2012] Gold Rush history is as close as your back yard
Blogs
May 24, 2012
[BREAKING:] Orange County OK's Domestic Partnerships
Who would have thunk it?In a state that currently does not allow gay marriage, a county has just approved domestic partnerships.It's Orange County, which is incredible considering the political makeup of the leaders who . . . uh . . . check that . . .
Blogs
May 21, 2012
Huntington Beach Targets Ruff Trade
The Huntington Beach City Council is poised tonight to pass an ordinance that would outlaw pet stores that get dogs and cats from commercial breeders.The so-called "puppy mill" ban, which was approved on first reading two weeks ago, is scheduled to go before the council meeting at 6 tonight.
Blogs
May 17, 2012
LA Times Gets $1 Million Grant to Bolster Border/Prison/Immigrant/Brazil Coverage
The Ford Foundation has bestowed a $1 million, no-strings-attached grant to the Los Angeles Times, which reports the money will be used to bolster coverage of immigrant communities, California prisons, Brazil and, presumably, Brazilian immigrants in California prisons."These are vital coverage areas ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
10 Facts About OC Females Revealed at Today's First-Ever Women's Health Policy Summit
Speakers at today's first-ever Women's Health Policy Summit, which runs from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the UCI Student Center, include Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove); Diana Bonta, president and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation; and Terri Thorfinnson, chief of the California Office of ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Foie Short Rib at Break of Dawn=Breakfast of Champions
Haven Gastropub Chef Greg Daniels is undoubtedly Orange County's champion of foie gras, hosting a "Fight for Foie" dinner last night in the face of protestors and even heading to Sacramento to lobby lawmakers in support of the luscious liver. While he's not on the front lines, Weekly favorite D ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
Cartels Say Thank You To OC's Medical Marijuana Crackdown!
This week has been full of crappy news for advocates of medical marijuana here in Orange County. First, there was the failed effort by U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) to amend the Justice Department's spending bill by preventing funding for the federal crackdown of medical mar ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Just How Many Times Did Ska Legends the English Beat Say 'Fellator' In One Song?
By the late 1980s ska was tired and in need of a heart and lung transplant. Orange County would, in fact, become home to the biggest and most influential of so-called third wave of ska revivals (there was also one in New York) because it had two things vital to the development of any such trend: inv ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
You Can Buy Backstage Access to Odd Future's First-Ever OC Show
We can't believe the punks of Odd Future have never performed in punk mecca Orange County before. After all, they've been sued for hitting photographers in the pit, arrested for leaping on a venue's soundboard and damn near incited riots in every audience they rock. Sounds like our kinda shit, right ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2012
[UPDATED with Charges:] Michael B. Franks Rides into Jail as Alleged "Snowboarder Bandit"
UPDATE, MAY 9, 11 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) has announced the charges against Michael Brandon Franks, 29, of Riverside County, the alleged "Snowboarder Bandit." The multiple felony counts could land Franks in state prison for up to 15 years with a conviction, making o ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2012
County of Orange to State of California: You Owe Us $23 Million, Pay Up!
The County of Orange has filed a $23 million claim against the State of California, which is accused of shortchanging the county that much in property tax revenues since 2005.But the dispute was actually set in motion by a complicated funding mechanism and the county's infamous bankruptcy in the mid ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
Allensworth - The Copper Door - 4/27/12
Allensworth The Copper Door April 27, 2012 The Copper Door in downtown Santa Ana has pros and cons. The eclectic beer bar turned live music venue is a haven for local talent and an incredible melting pot of college students, hipsters, fine beer connoisseurs and the occasional gangster. In the past ... More >>
Food
April 26, 2012
Game Day Fire-Grilled Hot Dogs Gets Their Game On
[Hole In the Wall] The Orange restaurant, with its wondrous wieners, is well-suited to a college town
Blogs
April 26, 2012
Orange County Concert Calendar: New, Improved, Sometimes Tattooed
Drum roll, please... We've just rolled out a new and improved calendar of Orange County concerts. Our online music listings are now sortable by artist, venue and price. We've also got a raw, unadulterated, alphabetical list of upcoming shows in the drop-down menus on the righthand side of that p ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Larry Bagby
Swallow's Inn
Blogs
April 25, 2012
[UPDATED with Irvine Call for Closure:] Tim Carpenter Back to "No Nukes" San Onofre with All His Old Progressive Pals
UPDATE, APRIL 25, 10:53 A.M.: As expected, the Irvine City Council Tuesday night called for the shutdown of the nuclear power plant 22 miles away, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).Among the more than 200 people who turned out for the agenda item was Arnie Gundersen, a former nuclear ... More >>
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April 21, 2012
Commemoration of Armenian Genocide to Happen Tomorrow in Santa Ana with Film Screening
While the Armenian community in Glendale gets all the attention in Southern California, a small but vibrant one has existed in Orange County for decades, centered around Irvine and Fountain Valley, with its focal point 40 Martyr's Armenian Apostolic Church in SanTana (quick aside: I once crashed a q ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Hanamatsuri Festival This Weekend in Anaheim
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, the parking situation might test your patience, but the rest of the afternoon will put you ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Top 10 OC Comics...So Far!
Ahhh Orange County. We might be known for our beautiful weather, pristine coastlines, and gorgeous people but we are soooo much more than that! Orange County is also the stomping grounds of some of the funniest comedic talent. With that said, we thought we'd do a little bragging on some of O.C.'s fi ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Someone Tries to Set Ablaze Homeless Man Sleeping on Bus Bench
Here we go again: someone is apparently trying to kill homeless men in Orange County. This time, it was not a fatal stabbing, like the six Izzy Ocampo is accused of pulling off late last year and early this year, but an attempted death by fire. Anaheim Police Sgt. and spokesman Robert Dunn says it h ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day! Ultra-Special Flashback Edition!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2012
[UPDATED: Cover Story This Week is Intro to Book!] Gustavo to Have Book Signing for Taco USA at the Fullerton Public Library April 12!
UPDATE: The cover story this week is the introduction to my Taco USA, to whet appetites so ustedes can go to any number of my book signings. It starts in outer space then descends into the hilarious hell that was my 2010 debate in Denver with Tom Tancredo. AND there's an extra bonus: an adapted exce ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
Cant-e-lope Tonight at Tommy Bahama Laguna Beach, Our Drink of the Week
Eight miles. That's the distance between the two Orange County branches of Tommy Bahama. No other locations in the family are so closely situated, but then again, how often do you have such prime real estate in proximity of resorts, ocean and an artsy neighborhood?We're treated to glimpses of the Pa ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet to Host Craft Beer Festival April 21
When you think of the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet--you know, right off the 5 right when the beautiful, wide roadway of Orange County gives way to the choking, backed-up awfulness of Los Angeles County--what do you think of? Tchotchkes, un-shrink-wrapped DVDs, and tribute bands, right?
Blogs
April 5, 2012
A Sneak Peek at Scientology's Ideal Org in Orange County, Whenever it Opens
Tony Ortega, editor of our sister paper, Village Voice, recently published an article featuring three mailers from the Church of Scientology, in which the movement promotes its efforts, and primes members to fork over money for the cause. Lucky for us, one mailer promoted a conference in Los An ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Saladworks Is the Love Child of Chipotle and Quiznos
The server gesticulated with one hand, palm up like Vanna White, at the long, geometrically pleasing, fanatically clean salad bar before her. "You get your lettuce and then any five toppings and one dressing included," she said. "You can add more ingredients for 79 cents each, or you can have one of ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2012
OC Board of Education Candidates Fight Over Each Other's Ballot Designations
It happens every election: In an effort to clinch enough votes for the big win, candidates bark, bicker and bite. We're talking the pettiest politics possible: ballot designations, with the latest skirmish being the race for the Orange County Board of Education First District seat, which covers F ... More >>
Food
March 29, 2012
Moros Cuban Restaurant Has Mondo Mojo
[Hole In the Wall] This La Habra dive impresses every possible way
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Gustavo to Have Book Signing for Taco USA at the Fullerton Public Library April 12!
Over at our Stick a Fork in It blog, I've been pimping out my latest book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, for nearly a year, so I might as well do it here as well, you know? It's dropping April 10, with the first OC book signing at the Fullerton Public Library on April 12.This will ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
What We Learned, March 10-23: Double Fantasy Live Edition
My being on assignment last week forced my skipping last Friday's What We Learned. Not that anyone noticed . . . sniff . . . It's because I'm fat, isn't it!?! MARCH 10: UCI's Nobel Prize-winning chemist F. Sherwood Rowland (right) passes away at his Corona del Mar home from Parkinson's Disease co ... More >>
Calendar
March 22, 2012
Orgy
Observatory
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day! Ultra Special Animal Edition!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Orange County Journo Writes for Huffington Post About Growing Up With "Cholo" as a Last Name
It's one thing to be a cholo, but quite another to be a Cholo--someone whose surname is the word denoted to mean a gang member in Southern California, and a mixed-race mongrel virtually everywhere else in Latin America. And that's the apellido that Orange County resident Ana Beatriz Cholo grew up ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2012
OC Police: St. Patrick's Day DUI Checkpoints a Success
During the St. Patrick's Day weekend when folks were gulping loads of green beer, Orange County thankfully endured zero related traffic fatalities and, in response, the sheriff's department is hailing the effectiveness of law enforcement sobriety checkpoints.From 6 p.m. March 16 to 6 p.m. yesterd ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2012
Santa Ana Water Rates Among World's Best
Santa Ana, an Orange County city whose murders, graduation rates and housing values make it constantly in need of a hug, at least has bragging rights when it comes to one thing.Tap water.For the second straight year, the county seat's Water Resources Division has been recognized for producing amo ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2012
OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Charles E. Smith, Brea Justice of the Peace
Brea in the early 1920s was a no-man's land, a place virtually bereft of women and filled with wild-catters who were seeking fortune in the oil-laden hills. It was a place where socialists were killed (a story I'll save for another time) for their politics, at a time socialists were considered sp ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2012
Police Scoop Up 26 OC Teens in Curfew Sweep
Last night, in what's become an annual scavenger hunt of sorts, Orange County officers nabbed 26 unsuspecting minors who were out past curfew. The event is a curfew sweep, and its goal, according to the District Attorney's office, is "to prevent juveniles from being victims of or participants in ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
OC LGBT Community's New Grand Poobah: Our Gays Are Better Looking!
Kevin O'Grady is the new executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County. O'Grady comes to Santa Ana-based advocacy group after serving as the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, Orange County/Long Beach region, where he oversaw programming, ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
LA Times "Re-Occupies" Orange County?
Back in the glory days of newspaper journalism, the Los Angeles Times boased some 100 staffers in Orange County and the paper consistently beat the Orange County Register on its home turf. Then the industry imploded under the combined weight of Craigslist, rising paper costs, and online con ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
The Orange County Supertones Strike Back: God's Favorite Ska Band Working on First Album in Eight Years
Unless you were a ska fan in the mid-1990s or were a part of the underground Christian rock movement that put some Cialis into the limp Jesus music scene, you've probably never heard of The Orange County Supertones.They've sold a million units.
Blogs
March 10, 2012
Horrible Home For Sale Photos of the Day!
In California, would-be real estate agents have to pass an examination to obtain a valuable, state-issued license.But there is no requirement that the Realtors know a damn thing about activating a camera or taking a decent photograph.This fact can have tragic, if hilarious, consequences for hom ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
The Gromble
Constellation Room
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March 8, 2012
North Orange County Heritage Festival
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
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