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  • Blogs

    May 30, 2007

    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

    Like most people over the age of 14, I was pleasantly surprised when Fox canceled "The OC." But I must say, I was downright shocked to discover that desert residents are genuinely excited about the new Palm Springs-based, teeny-bopper television soap opera "Hidden Palms." The Desert Sun newspaper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2006

    Look Out Below!

    Mark Taggatz, who identifies himself as the president of a company called Aquentium, Inc., has invited the Weekly to Palm Springs at the end of this month for Media Day-Housing Invention for Disaster Relief. "We will be unveiling our newly developed housing solution for disasters," Taggatz writes. " ... More >>

  • Food

    March 18, 1999

    Famous Food

    Conductors! Rock Stars! Restaurateurs! Poets!

  • Features

    June 1, 2000

    Balboa Trailer Park Weekend Manager

    Conductors! Rock Stars! Restaurateurs! Poets!

  • Unknown

    January 25, 2001

    Coachella Rumblings

    Conductors! Rock Stars! Restaurateurs! Poets!

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Massacre at Agua Caliente

    Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    It's a Quick Read 11

    Orange County Register: Former Rams kicker Tony Zendejas was found not guilty of raping and sodomizing a woman in a hotel room after allegedly drugging her at his San Dimas restaurant. . . . OC Watchdog has the scoop on Orange County's 14 lawmakers in the State Legislature receiving nearly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Political Nepotism Alive and Well in Orange County

    Patrick McGreevy writes in today's LA Times about friends and family members of office-holders getting state jobs. Among them is Marisela Villar, daughter of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who state taxpayers pay $68,000 annually to work out of a Santa Ana state office for Assembly Speaker ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 19, 2008

    [Pucker Up] Desire In the Desert: Tristan Goes to a Unique BDSM Event

    Patrick McGreevy writes in today's LA Times about friends and family members of office-holders getting state jobs. Among them is Marisela Villar, daughter of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who state taxpayers pay $68,000 annually to work out of a Santa Ana state office for Assembly Speaker ... More >>

  • Features

    November 22, 2007

    Just a Random Female

    Robbin Brandley’s confessed killer sits on death row. So why don’t her parents consider the case closed?

  • Columns

    March 6, 2003

    What's Up With the Guy at the Beauty Salon?

    Robbin Brandley’s confessed killer sits on death row. So why don’t her parents consider the case closed?

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Heard Mentality: Gone Coachella-in'!

    Oh yes. We're road tripping out early in the morn' to the beautiful (sure, why not?) Empire Polo Field for Coachella. I'll be there all three days; my blogging brethren Spencer Kornhaber and Nate Jackson are also hitting the event for a couple days and just might share their thoughts.You won't be ab ... More >>

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    It's a Living

    Robin Leach Impersonator

  • Culture

    April 13, 2006

    Trendzilla

    Original Penguin

  • Columns

    November 17, 2005

    Grass or Ass

    No one gets out of Kona Village for free

  • Features

    June 9, 2005

    Skate and Destroy

    Pool skater slang for barging in to skate untended pools: whenever, wherever. Have a nice day

  • Features

    February 3, 2005

    Sexy Stumps . . .

    Pool skater slang for barging in to skate untended pools: whenever, wherever. Have a nice day

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    You Paid for Tony Rackauckas Mexican Vacation

    Pool skater slang for barging in to skate untended pools: whenever, wherever. Have a nice day

  • Film

    November 14, 2002

    Southern-Fried Trash

    Sordid Lives is John Waters Lite

  • Music

    June 1, 2000

    Theyre From the Salton Sea!

    Wherever theyre from, Throw Rag are finally ready to go places

  • Columns

    May 11, 2000

    Chill With Hill

    Wherever theyre from, Throw Rag are finally ready to go places

  • Columns

    January 13, 2000

    This weeks featured playoff game: Miami Dolphins (9-7) vs. Seattle Seahawks (9-7)

    Wherever theyre from, Throw Rag are finally ready to go places

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Namesnakes

    Whos been sleeping in your Web domain?

  • Columns

    December 3, 1998

    Yo Quiero Mocha Java

    Whos been sleeping in your Web domain?

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    Live(ish) from Coachella: Final Friday Thoughts!

    About to head out to take on another day. Whee! Beth Stirnaman is here in OC Weekly Central (Motel 6 in Palm Springs) uploading pics, so soon you'll have some stuff to look at instead of just these awesome plain text posts. Heard Mentality blogger Nate Jackson is here, too. Say hi, Nate!Before shovi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    Late Coachella Sets = Big Time Fines?

    Here's something interesting from the OC Register's Soundcheck blog via Palm Springs local news station KESQ: Apparently, Coachella promoters Goldenvoice are liable to be fined $1,000 PER MINUTE for every minute sets went past midnight this past weekend. Yipes.Sure, there's a reason why shows, espec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    KFC Lays On Free Grilled Chicken Just For Us! (Hurry: One Deal Applies Today--Tomorrow It's El Pollo Loco)

    Yes, that's right. Not only is the whole country being offered a free piece of Kentucky Grilled Chicken today (Monday, April 27, aka UNFry Day), but Southern Californians are also benefitting from a further deal: buy an eight-piece or larger KFC meal from May 4 to May 31 and you'll receive four free ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Orange County LGBT Pride Festival "Revival" Starts Small

    Sasha Baron Cohen's comedy has nothing to do with OC pride festivals. We just can't find photos from past fests. ​Orange County's first-ever gay and lesbian pride festival was held in Santa Ana's Centennial Park in 1988, when angry Christian conservatives showed up not because they'd finally come ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Trabuco Canyon's Lila Rizk Guilty in Massive Real Estate Fraud

    UPDATE: At her sentencing in a Los Angeles federal court today, Trabuco Canyon's Lila Rizk received a three-year prison term for her role in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses to federally insured banks.​A federal jury on Aug. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Bishop Brown and His Priests to Party in Palm Springs Next Week

    Scene to be seen?When I was studying for my Confirmation at St. Boniface Church in Anaheim in the late 1990s, I remember that we took a weekend retreat to some nun's convent in Los Angeles--can't remember the name, but it was within the city. We slept in same-sex dorms, and it was a humbling experie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Native Foods Cafe Opens At The District in Tustin

    Edwin Goei​As most Weekly readers know, Native Foods occupies a yurt at The Camp in Costa Mesa, one of the first stores to debut at the alternative mall. But Native Foods was actually started 15 years ago in Palm Springs by its founder, Tanya Petrovna, who's authored two cookbooks on the su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    The Fabulous World of Gay Wine

    Dave Lieberman​As I was scarfing down empanadas today at El Gaucho #2 in Anaheim, my eyes were drawn to cases and cases of wine below the all-fútbol-all-the-tiempo big-screen TVs. Cases of wine are not exactly out of place in an Argentine market with a fantastic sandwich counter, but somehow this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    On Harkeys' Watch, a Golf Course Rots

    Diane Harkey​Two Saturdays ago, the Palm Springs-based Desert Sun ran a story about a once-great golf course fallen into disrepair:It was one of the Coachella Valley's oldest courses, where famous golfers like former President Dwight Eisenhower and Rat Pack royalty Frank Sinatra once teed off agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    High Bid for Orange County Fairgrounds is Low

    ​It was revealed today that Craig Realty Group of Newport Beach was the high bidder in the state's auction of the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa--with a bid that was much lower than the $96 million to $180 million the 150-acre property had been expected to fetch.The owner of several outle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    UPDATED: Earthquake! 5.4 Near Borrego Springs

    Boilerplate quake graph.Originally posted July 7 at 5:09 p.m. Updated at 5:34 with damage survey, see bottom of post​No, that wasn't you having a meth flashback. Yes, the ground was shaking. The US Geological Survey says that a 5.4 quake centered near Borrego Springs--inland from Orange County--ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

    ​Headline: Rally Celebrates "Historic" RulingComment by V22FOREVER: I cannot believe that one person can change a law which was legally voted into existence by a huge majority of citizens, just because they feel like it. This is wrong. Legislating from the bench is why we should be throwing these ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Marcia Forsberg, OC Homicide No. 39: Deputies Say Her Hubby Did It

    ​SEE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS POST. Richard Gustav Forsberg would bring his wife dinner every night, but their neighbors in Rancho Santa Margarita noticed 61-year-old Marcia Ann Forsberg was not around beginning in February. They asked the hubby, a computer manager who is also 61, what happened to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Marcia Ann Forsberg, OC Homicide No. 39: Authorities Say Hubby Did It

    ​UPDATES THROUGHOUT . . . Richard and Marcia Forsberg were said by friends to be the perfect couple. They met in a Ventura College journalism class and were looking forward to their 40th wedding anniversary at the end of this month.The pair of 61-year-olds, who had no children, were often seen ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Tanya Petrovna of Native Foods, Part II

    ​Tanya Petrovna is the chef and owner of Native Foods. Her ever-expanding vegan eatery started out in Palm Springs in 1994, but we in OC know her best from her restaurant at The Camp, which is housed inside a yurt. She has two other restaurants in OC, not all of them in yurts, but serving the ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 23, 2010

    Need Last Minute Presents? We're Here to Help!

    [Trendzilla] And it'll even look like you planned it all along

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Paul Kariya, a 909/714 Blonde and a Rich Turtle Rock Girl Star in Orange County Interwebs Horror Show

    ​This week's collection of stuff posted from or about Orange County on the Interwebs includes a Duck call for Paul Kariya, an amazing Surf City aerial shot, the great Palm Springs vs. San Clemente debate, a slice of the 714 transformed into the 909, and what to expect from the rich white girl fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Rohrabacher, Royce, Campbell and Other Doves vs. Pelosi, Waxman and Other Hawks

    ​Before shock and awe, there was just give peace a chance. The call for a surge in Iraq drew a push-back from MoveOn.orgers. Doves bristle at endless warfare.Ah, the good old days. Now, down is up, Simon Cowell is Jennifer Lopez, and hawks who once warned "You-break-it, you-fix-it" are talking pul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    [UPDATED with Statement From Staff Pro] Coachella Security Uniform for Sale on Craigslist (!)

    ​UPDATE, April 14, 9:58 a.m.: In a phone conversation, Suzanne Thoreson, Chief Operating Officer of Staff Pro (the company whose uniform is being sold online) said that the said uniform was stolen, the logo trademarked and that an investigation is ongoing. Further than saying nothing like this has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    [UPDATED with Charges Dropped:] Russell Elliott Accused of Stabbing Pal at Bachelor Party

    ​UPDATE, JUNE 29, 1:33 P.M.: Riverside County prosecutors declined to file charges against Russell Elliott, the 28-year-old Santa Anan accused of stabbing his friend and soon-to-be groom at his bachelor party in a Palm Springs hotel room last week. The marrying man, who was not identified, suffere ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Andrew Urdiales, Camp Pendleton Serial Killer, and Pasqual Raul Loera, Accused Double-Murderer of Westminster Couple, Both Face the Death Penalty

    Andre Urdiales​The Orange County District Attorney's office announced today it will seek the death penalty for two men: Navy deserter Pasqual Raul Loera, who allegedly slayed a Westminster couple under the pretense of buying their car on Valentine's Day 2010, and Camp Pendleton serial killer Andre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    FREE Hunx and His Punx Shows in SoCal!!! (with RSVP)

    Why hello there, Hunx.​ Dear God, thank you for free shows that you actually really, really, really want to go to. Sailor Jerry and LA Record are presenting all of Hunx and his Punx shows in Southern California (well, Palm Springs, Long Beach and San Diego, anyway) for free. With an R.S.V.P. And t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    Hip-Hop Producer Prince Paul Explores Garage Music For New Scion A/V Documentary Series

    Prince Paul​"I just want to feel good about music again," says famed hip-hop producer Prince Paul in a new video for Scion A/V's latest documentary series. Even as a well-versed music vet, he's still looking for fresh inspiration, and in this episode, titled "Grease-Dripping Garage Fest, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    D23 Presents: Smoke Tree Ranch Roundup in Palm Springs

    ​Are you a member of D23? Interested in escaping to Palm Springs at the end of January for a members-only three-day event at one of Walt Disney's favorite vacation spots?Learn more about D23's Smoke Tree Ranch Roundup, and check out a video of the event's location, after the jump.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Two Earthquakes Strike Southern California

    Feel that? The end is near.​Two 3.0-plus earthquakes rocked Southern California in a recent 14-hour period.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the last one, a 3.5 "shallow" strike, hit just before 9 a.m. today in the mountains near Coachella.A Palm Springs newspaper is reporting that resident ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Catherine Kieu Becker and Lorena Bobbitt, Meet Virginia Valdez

    Courtesy of Palm Springs Police DepartmentVirginia Valdez​Lorena Bobbitt famously sliced off the pecker of then-husband John Wayne Bobbitt while he slept in 1993.The case got fresh, uh, legs when Catherine Kieu Becker was accused last year of slicing off the pecker of her husband as he was waking ... More >>

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