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For a Hot Time In Old Huntington, Go to the Black Trumpet Bistro

Dino Ferraro's French/Italian/Spanish/Moroccan menu would be oddball anywhere but Beach Boulevard

Mexican Boat Delivery of 1,200 Pounds of Marijuana to Laguna Beach Nets Charges

Eighty-five miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in the wee hours of Feb. 4, men wearing black clothes in a 30-foot panga boat delivered 1,200 pounds of marijuana to the shore at Crystal Cove in Laguna Beach, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) report.Using thermal imaging ... More >>

Top Five Hits: Left of the Dial in Seal Beach

[Editor's Note: Every Friday, our resident record store expert Michael Chin checks in with his weekly report of what the hell people who still buy records at local shops are listening to.]See Also:*Wayne Coyne Says 2013 Is the Year of the Flaming Lips*Top Five Hits: Creme Tangerine in Costa Mesa*T ... More >>

Royal Hawaiian Closes Its Doors :-(

On Saturday, Laguna Beach said goodbye to a landmark restaurant. In business for 65 years, the Royal Hawaiian served pupu platters and pina coladas since 1947. Chef James Harris, previously a sous chef at French 75, took the helm in February of last year.

Police Unveil Bullet Holes from Gunman Accused of Killing Man and Firing at Cop Car

With our poison pens, shit-smelling sneers and anti-authoritarian upbringings, we here at Weekly Central can be pretty hard on our local police, expecting the same kind of perfection we employ doing our jobs uncov-- . . .. . . Hey! Stop laughing !! . . . This does not mean that we do not acknowledge ... More >>

Second Eat Chow Eatery Showing Signs of Progress

​Don't get confused by Eat Chow's next location. Their current one is off Newport in Costa Mesa. The sequel is going to be off Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. So when you tell someone "I'll see you at Newport.", be sure to clarify which.As you can see, the PCH outpost is looking spiffy and ... More >>

Laguna Beach Patch Revisits Town's Acid-Laced Past

Rosemary and Timothy Leary with the Brotherhood's John Griggs circa 1968​On Dec. 6, the paperback version of my book Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love and Acid to the World, came out in paperback. To celebrate that event, my friend and former OC W ... More >>

In Huntington Beach, Officials Find 2,600 Pounds Of Pot On One Smuggling Boat And 18 Life Vests On Another

​It's fair to say there are probably quite a few pissed-off potheads in Huntington Beach.Why? Well, because a ton -- 2,600 pounds, to be exact -- of fresh Mexican weed will never make into their pipes.On Nov. 12, law enforcement officials found a boat filled with about $1 million worth of weed alo ... More >>

[UPDATED with OC Public Defender Getting Dekraai Case:] 6 Women and 2 Men, OC Homicides Nos. 45-52: Massacred at Beauty Salon

​UPDATE, OCT. 24, 3:05 P.M.: Orange County Superior Court Judge Erick L. Larsh this afternoon assigned the defense of Scott Evans Dekraai to the Orange County Public Defender's office. The lead attorney (at taxpayers' dime) will now be senior Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders. Dekraai's origin ... More >>

Verdun in Laguna Beach: A Jewelry Box Filled With Chocolates

            A jewelry box filled with chocolates arrived in Laguna Beach directly from Portland when Verdun Fine Chocolates & Gifts owner Hamoody Houdroge opened the second location for the elegant Lebanon-based dessert shop last spring. He drove along Pacifi ... More >>

What's Going on With the Golden Bear Club?

​Last year the buzz about  the Golden Bear Club--a music venue demolished in 1986 that hosted Bob Dylan, the Doors and more--was that its latest incarnation would open in Huntington Beach early 2011. Well, half the year is done, and while its Facebook page showed images of construction (the i ... More >>

100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

Fire Blazes Through Sunset Beach Homes

KTLA​A rapidly moving fire has burned three oceanfront homes in Sunset Beach. One has collapsed.   About 60 firefighters are working to contain the five-alarm blaze, which started this afternoon at around 4:51 p.m., according to KTLA. The fire was first reported in the 16500 block o ... More >>

Web Extras: Sundown for Sunset Beach? A Closer Look at the Place Residents are Fighting to Save

​Turc's. The water tower. Mother's Tavern. Harbor House Cafe. Peckerwoods. Harpoon Harry's. Bruce Jones Surfboards. The post office.  These are just some of the colorful spots that make up Sunset Beach, Orange County's last unincorporated coastal community.   "It's a real close-knit comm ... More >>

'Local Hero' Chuck Linnen Among Three to Be Inducted Into HB Surfers' Hall of Fame This Summer

​This summer, the Surfers' Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach will add to its ranks a big-wave surfing pioneer, an AAP World Tour veteran and one of HB's local legends. George Downing, Taylor Knox and Chuck Linnen will be enshrined on the sidewalk in front of Huntington Surf & Sport at a ce ... More >>

Parolee Leads Police On Early Morning High-Speed Chase Through OC

"Try to catch me, coppers!"​Criminals aren't the sharpest bunch of individuals. History has shown us that. They forget video surveillance and fingerprints matter, obvious stuff like that. They also seem to believe, even after they're caught or within reach of the police, they can put pedal to ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Storm Status: Road and Shelter Closures

​Update, December 22, 10:08 p.m.: The emergency shelter at Mission Viejo High School has closed, the county announced this evening.Evacuated residents in need of shelter can still go to Laguna Beach High School and El Modena High School in Orange. (Addresses are on the next page.)The county's most ... More >>

Celebrate the Day After Thanksgiving by Avoiding Seal Beach's DUI Checkpoint

​You're overstuffed with turkey, waterlogged with egg nog and slammed with yams--not to mention recovering from another forced dysfunctional family get-together. So, it might be tempting to bridge the day between Thanksgiving and a relaxing weekend with some of the dog that bit ya. Or, a litter of ... More >>

Which is Cheaper: Walgreens or Rite Aid?

​Answer: Rite Aid.--That's according to records in an ongoing Orange County civil suit that show Illinois-based Walgreens was willing to annually pay $936,000 plus a percentage of sales for 10 years at a proposed 13,000-square-foot store on Pacific Coast Highway and Dover in a ritzy section of New ... More >>

Newport Beach and South Coast Plaza Go Green With Natural Gas and Electric Charging Stations

​Newport Beach got a little greener this week with the opening of its first natural gas fueling station and word that plans are set for a luxury electric automaker's takeover next month of a former Rolls Royce dealer's lot on Pacific Coast Highway.A $1-million compressed natural gas (CNG) facility ... More >>

Weenie Roast Lineup Doesn't Suck

[Mental Notes] Also: Buzz about the Golden Bear, the Dirty Heads' no. 1 hit and how you can get on the warped tour next year

Gyro Kabob Is No Ordinary Beach Shack

[Hole In the Wall] Sunset Beach eatery serves up refreshing Greek treats

Driver Shot by Police Fleeing Crash Scene Dies

​The motorist who was shot by police after trying to flee the scene of a high-speed, multi-car collision Laguna Beach Tuesday morning has died. Colby Joshua Koenig, 25, of Foothill Ranch, died at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Times reports. The six-car collision ... More >>

Crime Time: Ninja! Gang-y! Homeless! Unappreciative! Dead!

Friday: Paging Chuck Norris!​It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more unappreciative homeless men, alleged Ecstasy pushers and Ninjas, Ninjas, Ninjas! MONDAY, AUG. 3Wrong-Way Minivan After clocking a green minivan at 80 mph south on Beach Boulevard near the 405 freewa ... More >>

Get Your War On Today at Los Alamitos or This Weekend at Seal Beach

Maj. Gen. John S. Harrel​If you can make it there in less than half as hour, you can still catch the 11 a.m. Commanding General Change of Command ceremony at the Joint Forces Training Base, 11200 Lexington Ave., Los Alamitos.Major General John S. Harrel, commanding general of the California Army N ... More >>

Crime Time: Toys 'R Us Jerk-Off, Fake Cops, Gangbangers, Breakdancers and Son of a Real Housewife of OC

7-Eleven surveillance screen grab courtesy Anaheim Police Department. All others courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentClockwise from top left: Justin Buseth is accused of breaking into a home and doughnut shop in Dana Point; Daniel Chomina has a long record and faces several felony charges; ... More >>

Dana Point's Beautiful Bridge To Semi-Nowhere Opens

Giant ceremonial scissors made an appearance along Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point this morning, as members of the city council and OC Board of Supervisors member Pat Bates dedicated a brand new pedestrian bridge.It's not just a pedestrian bridge, though. It's "beautification." It's a "great wor ... More >>

Don the Beachcomber Goes Freaky for Tiki

To Do This Weekend 8/8-8/10

Santa Ana Pub Crawl, August 9 @ 5 p.m. Now is a great time to explore the historic downtown and its few, but fantastic bars and restaurants. santaanapubcrawl.com Decadence, August 9 @ 6 p.m. Sample food from local restaurants, dance to DJ Dennis, view art by Max Neutra and Ingrid Marrero and drink ... More >>

Memorial & Wake for Mike Conley Today

All info from a MySpace bulletin posted about Mike Conley by DJ Poppa of the Double Fisted Underground/Suck My Disco crew: Memorial: 4pm Sunday Brookhurst Street & Pacific Coast Highway Huntington Beach At The River Jetties You can enter the beach one block north of Brookhurst Street @ Magnolia Str ... More >>

Free Tix Fridays: Metal Skool

This week's giveaway: 15 pairs of tickets to Metal Skool on August 31st! To win, e-mail ocpromotions@ocweekly.com with your NAME, AGE (this is a 21 show), and PHONE NUMBER. The show will be held at Sachi Bar in Long Beach: 6400 E. PCH, Long Beach, CA. 90803, corner of Pacific Coast Highway and 2n ... More >>

Crime Wave

A sampling of OCs recent lapses in judgment

Hey, You!

Crazy Baldheads

Endangered Species

Sam's Seafood

Sunset Beach

Adopt-a-Stairs

Visiting the unloved steps of South Laguna

Best of OC 2004: Part 2

Whered My Beach Go?

A Road Runs Through It

Ride the Santa Ana River trail while you still can

My Laguna

Feeling most at home at a place that's not

Go Take a Hike

Drive-by Big Gulp

The War Against the War in Iraq

Peaceniks open another Orange County front

Laguna Beach

Mayberry with art on the walls

Alternative Groove

Study shows sun, wind, geothermal power would solve 'crisis'

Last call at the Lava Lounge

Pasta Bribery

Green With Anger

One mans campaign to save a wetland

Big and Greasy

The breakfast of patriots

Beach Boulevard Breakdown

A history of OC's infamous thoroughfare