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  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Dolphin Trapped at Bolsa Chica and Whale Entangled in Fishing Line Believed Out to Sea

    Two marine mammals whose plights led to much nail biting by human mammals on shore have apparently returned to the open sea, hopefully unscathed.The bottlenose dolphin that had been swimming in circles in shallow water within the Bolsa Chica wetlands is believed to have left some time this weekend. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Ten Great Romantic Restaurants In Orange County

    Courtesy of AnQi​If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then romance is up to the couple. I am enamored by a room with a view, yet also appreciate when he brings me my favorite doughnut. We already anticipate the "Who cares?", and you know what? We welcome it. Get all that (sexual) frustration o ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 1, 2011

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Courtesy of AnQi​If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then romance is up to the couple. I am enamored by a room with a view, yet also appreciate when he brings me my favorite doughnut. We already anticipate the "Who cares?", and you know what? We welcome it. Get all that (sexual) frustration o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    [UPDATED: Deep Sea Adventure On Hold; Shark Hunting Instead] Rich Man's Deep-Sea Submarine May Soon Call Newport Harbor Home

    Via VirginOceanic.comThe Virgin Oceanic ain't sea-ready yet.​​UPDATED, JULY 22, 4:15 P.M.: The hope to take a submarine to the five deepest depths of the ocean floor is on hold while the submarine undergoes additional work, according to Newport Beach Patch. The voyage, which was officially annou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Rosa Mojica, Career Criminal Granny, 2 of Her Kids and Grandson Accused of Running Counterfeit Ring

    ​A grandmother, her two adult children and her 16-year-old grandson, all from Santa Ana, were picked up Wednesday night in Laguna Beach for allegedly spreading counterfeit money around fast-food joints and mom-and-pop stores in town.Arrests came down after a teen boy and adult male tried to make a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    [UPDATED: Pot Club Rescinds Truce]: Dana Point Officials Winning War on Medical Pot?

    ​UPDATED, May 13, 12:25 PM: The Beach City Collective rescinded a truce offer yesterday that had been extended to the Dana Point City Council in a May 4 letter, the Dana Point Times has reported. The medical marijuana dispensary had offered to withdraw its $20 million lawsuit against the city if D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Mixed Jury Results in Dana Point Deputy Force Case

    Exercise?​A federal jury this afternoon issued mixed results for a group of South County residents--including a male supermodel and world champion athlete--who sued Orange County Sheriff's Department deputies in Dana Point for false arrest and excessive force during a 2007 incident.The panel rejec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Michael Joseph DeSilva, Sex Offender, Booked for Allegedly Luring Kids with His Parrot 'Mango'

    "Mango"​The Huntington Beach Police Department mentions on its Facebook page that it is looking for children approached by a man who wanted them to play with his parrot.That is not a euphemism. Michael Joseph DeSilva, a 65-year-old Newport Beach sex offender, was arrested this past weekend for all ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2011

    Sundown for Sunset Beach?

    A closer look at what residents of OC's last unincorporated beach community are trying to preserve

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Laguna Beach's Great Hippie Invasion, 40 Years On

    ​This week's meteorological mayhem aside, not much seems to happen in Laguna Beach that would qualify as strange, much less surreal. But things haven't always been that way. And by far the strangest thing that has ever happened in this otherwise sleepy coastal village, and probably the strangest t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Tustin, Cypress, La Habra, Costa Mesa, Dana Point and Garden Grove Hold DUI Checkpoints Tonight, a Bunch More Follow Through the Holidays

    ​Update, December 17, 2:46 p.m.: Irvine Police announce a DUI checkpoint for Saturday night (weather permitting). Details on next page.Update, December 17, 12:11 p.m.: Two more DUI checkpoints will be held tonight, in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.The Seal Beach operation runs from 6 tonight ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Tommy Bahama Bar & Grill Opens Saturday

    tommybahama.com​Tommy Bahama in Laguna Beach opens tomorrow, adding one more Tommy Bahama restaurant from the clothing store chain in California. Another restaurant exists up the coast in Newport Beach. There's also one in Palm Desert.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Kent Kelley, Laguna Beach Shopkeeper, Arrested in "Largest" Marijuana Raid in Santa Barbara History

    ​​​​At about 8 a.m. on Aug. 12, more than two dozen Santa Barbara County narcotics detectives raided a 50-acre property just above the 101 Freeway near the Dos Pueblos Ranch. Inside nine large greenhouses they discovered between $40 million and $80 million worth of marijuana plants and anoth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2010

    U.S. Open of Surfing: Protesters, Activists, Snakes Square Off on PCH

    ​​Visitors to the U.S. Open of Surfing hoping for a relatively friendly, laid-back atmosphere were instead greeted Saturday by several dozen protesters, Christian activists and a fucking boa constrictor over the course of the day on Saturday.Many of the most vocal groups set up at the inter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Iglu and Hartly at the Liquid Aloha Festival

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​See the slideshow here!The Hype: On the Saturday after the Weekly's 2010 Summer Guide hit the streets, it was obvious that sand, surf and sports were the three main criteria for our Liquid Aloha Festival near the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Bea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Seal Beach Neighbors to Protest BP and Arco

    ​Residents of the Bridgeport neighborhood in Seal Beach have previously warned those living along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline that they may have a long wait before British Petroluem (BP) cleans up its oily mess. The Orange Countians know because they have been fighting BP for years over contamina ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Poseidon Desalination Plant Making a Comeback in Huntington Beach

    Photo by James BunoanPossible setting for Poseidon misadventure​Nick Schou way back in 2003 covered the environmental problems with a proposed water desalination plant in Huntington Beach, but Surf City's City Council went ahead and gave Poseidon Resources a tentative approval three years later.No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Buzz About The Golden Bear

    ​Have you guys heard of the Golden Bear Club? It's a Huntington Beach venue that, according to the OC Register,  "was demolished in 1986 that hosted some of the biggest names in the music industry, including B.B. King, The Doors and Bob Dylan."

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Cocaine Bust Capped Dramatic Beach Rescue

    ​Perhaps you saw the dramatic photos or video from the nighttime rescue of three people stranded at high tide in a Laguna Beach cove Wednesday.Now, 20-year-old Giovanni Carlo Frizzle, who was one of those rescued, has been arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession and being under the influence ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    $3 Million Emerald Arrives at Height of Jewelry Heist Season

    Palagems.comEl Itoco: object of desire.​In a small room near the front desk of the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana rests El Itoco, a 472-carat emerald crystal that is considered one of the finest in the world and valued and is valued at more than $3 million.The emerald that was dug up from black shale ... More >>

  • Food

    June 18, 2009

    Watermarc Meets the High Standards of Laguna Beach Dining

    Palagems.comEl Itoco: object of desire.​In a small room near the front desk of the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana rests El Itoco, a 472-carat emerald crystal that is considered one of the finest in the world and valued and is valued at more than $3 million.The emerald that was dug up from black shale ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    Handle With Care

    Bolsa Chica Preservation

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Flame On

    Huntington Beach Bonfires

  • Culture

    June 12, 2008
  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    Saturday - 12/1

    “The Birth of the Cool” at OCMArt, Jonathan Richman at {open}, Sea Wolf at the Rhythm Lounge

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    Furious and Curiouser

    Orange County falls deeper into the infamous Malibu Ferrari crash

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    Art Chrisman

    The septuagenarian hot rodder shares some of his favorite things

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    Alan Hess

    The architecture critic and author shares some of his favorite things

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Dana Point

    The architecture critic and author shares some of his favorite things

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Huntington Beach

    The architecture critic and author shares some of his favorite things

  • Food

    September 1, 2005

    This Week in Pork

    The architecture critic and author shares some of his favorite things

  • Features

    May 19, 2005

    Hide and Beach

    Sneaking onto public beaches

  • Culture

    February 10, 2005

    Youth of Today

    Ex-Modern Amusement master Jeff Yokoyama let his daughter start the new line

  • Features

    December 30, 2004

    Dont Let This Happen To You

    The Year In Suburban Decline

  • Food

    July 29, 2004

    These are the Riches of the Rich

    Hush your poor gut at Laguna Beachs buzz spot

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Exit Strategy

    The peace movement failed to stop Bushs war, so now what?

  • Columns

    October 9, 2003

    Spy the Friendly Skies

    The peace movement failed to stop Bushs war, so now what?

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

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    The peace movement failed to stop Bushs war, so now what?

  • Features

    October 17, 2002

    Satin Dolls

    Growing up during the last days of the West Coast jazz scene

  • Columns

    October 3, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Growing up during the last days of the West Coast jazz scene

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Dont Drink and Drive

    Let a teenager do it for you

  • Columns

    November 29, 2001

    Green With Anger

    Let a teenager do it for you

  • Features

    September 27, 2001

    Dana Point

    We killed Killer Dana

  • Features

    September 6, 2001

    Its a Living

    You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach

  • Culture

    July 12, 2001

    Cinemafreaque

    Dick Loderhose's immense organ keeps an era alive

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Joey vs. the Man

    Wetlands activist says hes target of harassment

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Crystal Method

    Irvine Co.s Crystal Cove project raises eco-disaster fears

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Merrill Lynch Mob

    The firm's Laguna Beach project backers are paving a little piece of paradise

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    July-September

    The firm's Laguna Beach project backers are paving a little piece of paradise

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