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The 20 Greatest Vicente Fernandez Songs of All Time, Nos. 20-11

Don't pay attention to the prophecies of St. Malachy: the world isn't ending because the next pope's name will be Petrus Romanus; it's ending because Vicente Fernández is retiring. The most Mexican Mexican of all time is ending his public performances this year, and his farewell tour is swinging th ... More >>

[UPDATED with Pet Industry Lobby Blasts Animal Ban:] Circus Comes to Anaheim City Hall

See Update No. 2 at the end of this post on a pet-industry lobby also having opposed the ban.See Update No. 1 on the performing animal ban proposal being pulled.ORIGINAL POST, SEPT. 25, 9:41 A.M.: In showbiz, timing is everything, which explains why Feld Entertainment is bringing the big guns to ton ... More >>

FYF Fest - Los Angeles State Historic Park - September 2, 2012

FYF FestLos Angeles Historic State ParkSeptember 2, 2012See Also:*Interview with FYF Founder Sean Carlson*5 Great Reunited Bands at FYF 2012*Octomom performs at FYF? WTF?Expanding a music festival to two days can be a lofty, even risky task. It's twice the work, twice the amount of bands to keep hap ... More >>

[UPDATED with Twitter War:] Jenna Jameson Spreads Her (ahem) Wings for Mitt Romney

See the update at the end of this post about the Twitter war between Jameson and supporters of President Barack Obama.ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 3, 3:23 P.M.: Retired porn star Jenna Jameson took a break from proclaiming her innocence in her recent DUI crash in Westminster and running around her Huntington ... More >>

[UPDATED: Company Decides Not To Sell in China] Urban Decay, 'Cruelty-Free' Makeup Brand, May Allow Products To Be Tested on Animals

See update at the end of this post. Click here for the original post and comments.ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 22, 3:33 P.M.: For years, products from Urban Decay have been stamped with the same tagline: "We don't do animal testing. How could anyone?" How could anyone? Turns out, easily when there ... More >>

Newport Beach-based Urban Decay, 'Cruelty-Free' Makeup Brand, May Now Allow Products To Be Tested on Animals

For years, products from Urban Decay have been stamped with the same tagline: "We don't do animal testing. How could anyone?" How could anyone? Turns out, easily when there are dollar signs involved. The Newport Beach-based makeup company, which long prided itself on its "cruelty-free" sta ... More >>

Brasserie Pascal Bids a Foie Farewell

Get Pascal Olhats' legendary foie gras dinner (but skip the dessert) before it's banned

KFC Uses Rain Forest Wood For Chicken Buckets, Greenpeace Claims

It's no secret that PETA is no friend of KFC's. And now, the fried chicken purveyor has angered the people at Greenpeace, too. The organization has recently alleged that The Colonel has been using wood harvested from Indonesia's rain forest for the paper in its signature chicken buckets. Along with ... More >>

Animal Rights Group Wants To Check Anthony Bourdain's Liver

​Did you hear that The Animal Legal Defense Fund, an animal rights group, wants to pay for Anthony Bourdain to check his liver for hepatic lipidosis?The group, in a bid to draw attention to the cruel (or, depending on where you stand on the issue, delicious) production of foie gras, drafted an ope ... More >>

[UPDATED with Victim's Daughter at Parole Denial:] Omaima Aree Nelson and the Prosecutor Trying to Keep the Model-Cannibal in Prison: Then and Now

​UPDATE, OCT. 5, 5:24 P.M.: From the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) statement on Omaima Nelson's parole denial this afternoon:"The victim's daughter Margaret Nelson was also present at the hearing and told the [parole] Board how her father was taken from her when she was a 15-ye ... More >>

Animal Magnetism

Nature, nurture and the awful tale of a chimp named Nim

Mara Lynnes Steves, OC Homicide No. 19: Struck and Killed by Drugged-Up Driver Moments After Saving Dog

​Sometimes bad things happen to really good people. The story of Mara Lynnes Steves is just such a circumstance. On a Sunday afternoon in mid-February, Steves had just saved a dog from oncoming traffic when an auto accident occurred in the same intersection. The driver who had run the red light, c ... More >>

Notes, Quotes, and Observations from Last Night's AirTalk with Larry Mantle Town Hall on Santa Ana Gentrification

More than 100 people in attendance last night...​With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations from last night's epic town hall on SanTana gentrification wars held by KPCC-FM 89.3's AirTalk with Larry Mantle. *More than 100 people attended la ... More >>

Octomom Nadya Suleman Staves Off Foreclose Thanks to Her "Corporation"

​The yard sale, celebrity bartending and photo ops for cash paid off for Octomom Nadya Suleman, who raised enough to remain in her three-ring La Habra home through at least the end of the month, various gossip sites are reporting.Interestingly, the mother of 14 also confirmed that she does not mak ... More >>

Gabe Gordon of Beachwood BBQ, Part One

Photo by Todd Barnes​ When Gabe Gordon first secured the Seal Beach spot now known as Beachwood BBQ, one of OC's most beloved rib joints, the chef/owner was considering another kind of place in its stead. What was that concept? Well you have to read tomorrow, where we ask him about it on the sec ... More >>

Three Reasons to Hate Morrissey (and Four Reasons We Still Love Him Anyway)

By now, everyone's heard that dear old Moz called the entire population of China a subspecies in a recent interview with the Guardian. "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecie ... More >>

The Highest & Lowest Grossing Video Game-Based Movies

It's official--Jerry Bruckheimer's latest movie, The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, has become the highest grossing movie based on a video game. Excluding DVD sales, the movie has made an impressive $312,583,548 worldwide as of publishing. This is great news for video game fans all over the wo ... More >>

Buy Me Some Sushi and Cracker Jack

[Summer Guide] A rundown of the best non-chain eats at the Big A

Debra Ayala Tapia, 38, Tapped by Teen, Having His Baby and Facing Charges

Debra Ayala Tapia​A 38-year-old Santa Ana woman has been charged with having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 15-year-old neighbor while married and the mother of three children. The boy is now the father of Debra Ayala Tapia's fourth child.

That Really Would Have Been a Lot of Fish Tacos!

As we posted on Navel Gazing, Jon Apothaker, an amateur fisherman with a penchant for big-ass fish, landed a 225-pound giant black sea bass, an endangered species, off Balboa Pier in January. Local foodies gathered around, hoping for sashimi samples, but sadly for the region's culinarians, Mr. Apoth ... More >>

Puzzle Over Jophen Stein's Surreality Programming at the Box Gallery

Jones Soda Co. to Release Tofurky™ and Gravy Soda

Jones Soda Co.​Maybe you're trying to take those first steps into veganism.Maybe you know a vegetarian who's just had dental surgery.Or maybe you just want to play a really, really, cruel trick on someone.It doesn't matter, because Jones Soda is here for you with this year's Thanksgiving offering: ... More >>

VH1 Dumps Reality Show With Contestant Who is "Person of Interest" in Jasmine Fiore's Murder

"Megan Wants a Millionaire" . . . but not that badly.​VH1 announced today it is postponing any future airings of the reality show Megan Wants a Millionaire after contestant Ryan Alexander Jenkins was named a "person of interest" in the choking murder of Jasmine Fiore, the 28-year-old swimsuit mode ... More >>

Go Around the World In 50 States (or Cities, or Regions, or Styles, or Whatever)

[Trendzilla] Go Wet 'n Wild (Again)

The Chuck Wagon

Steakhouses, mess halls, eateries, barbecues, fine-dining establishments, & gratuitous & thematically inconsistent Tolkien references

Grub Guide

Comic-Con 2007: Barking Mad

Dear Satan, what the hell happened to Clive Barker? I interviewed him a few years ago for our late sister-paper New Times LA, and found him charming, lucid, smart, fan-friendly -- everything you'd hope he would be. Today, I don't know what to make of him. His croaky voice and odd manner initially ... More >>

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Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC'c best damn dining guide

Don't Gloat Yet

A bad year for Bush is bad for all of us

Bring Em On

We go a-visiting with the president

Letters

Orange Countys Sexiest People

Dont Spare Me

Lucky Strikes cosmic bowling utopia

Dave doesn't eat here!

Five HB Italian restaurants not affiliated with the city's execrable ex-mayor

Noorani Nosh

Gobbling down beef brains in Garden Groves Little Karachi

The Accidental Vegetarian

Al-Sanabel makes you forget meat

Nordstrom Pit Stop

The men dont know, but the makeup ladies understand

Howdy!

Red, blue and white-trash weekend

La Habra

Discount capital of OC

Planet RTH

The greatest blues show in the universe. Plus, Ode to Nugent

A Guide to our Advertisers

Things That Really, Really Scare Me

Rescinded invitations