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Palm Springs

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Five Great Eats at Coachella 2012

    The second installment of Coachella 2012 kicks off today in Indio. I just got back from enjoying Weekend 1 in the desert and between great performances by At the Drive-In and Tupac's hologram, I managed to get a little food blogging done.It's always smart to fill up before you get to the festival, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Joshua David Threlkeld, Master Myspace Perv, Sentenced to Life in Prison

    Joshua David Threlkeld, the 35-year-old MySpace predator from Orange, will have a lifetime to socially network with other criminals. Threlkeld was sentenced Wednesday in Riverside County Superior Court to 29 years and eight months in prison, followed by 70 years to life after his March 14 convi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    [UPDATED with Return to Other OC Ordered:] Casey Anthony Trades One Orange County (FL) For Another (CA)?

    ​UPDATE, JULY 31, 9:13 A.M.: What will me miss most about having had Casey Anthony in our own Orange County (or, more likely, OC-adjacent)?Would it be her whisking away from John Wayne Airport by hired handlers? The wonder-inducing glimpses of someone who looked like her checking the calorie coun ... 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

    August 19, 2010

    William Krisel, Noted Modernist Architect, Signs Books and Attends Screening Tonight

    Palmer & KriselWilliam Krisel​William Krisel, who designed more than 30,000 living units in Southern California, signs books and attends a screening in Newport Beach tonight of a documentary about his 51-year career as an architect.Known for his "modernist" single-level homes in the Palm Sprin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    The Growlers at the Detroit Bar Last Night

    Rebecca Aranda​The Growlers June 27, 2010 Detroit Bar The Hype: The Growlers specialize in summer anthems with a minor key, or as they call it, "beach goth"-perfectly suited to the recent string of hazy days and chilly nights. They might also be the greatest band named after a shit. As the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Medical Marijuana Advocate Chadd McKeen Seeks to Shake Up Costa Mesa City Council

    Photo by Keith MayChadd McKeen, the man with the plan.​Chadd McKeen, the Weekly's current cover boy ("Growing Pains at Otherside Farms"), is not only working to change people's perception of medical marijuana providers through his Costa Mesa business that helps patients grow their own. He's also w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Drake Doremus' Douchebag Wins U.S. Distribution, to be in Theaters This September

    ​The Weekly in January followed Douchebag, the indie dramedy about estranged brothers on an unlikely pre-wedding road trip, to the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, where the buzz was deafening for former Santa Ana resident Drake Doremus' touching and amusing picture.Despite no budget, no big- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Douchebag Comes Home

    Photo by John GilhooleyThe "Douchebag" gang at its Newport Beach Film Festival screening Tuesday night (from left): Chris Robertson, director of photography; Scott Uhlfelder, director of photography; Sean Vatwer, co-producer; Ben York Jones, actor and associate producer; Drake Doremus, director and ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2010

    Meet the Star Men

    Thanks in part to Orange County Astronomers and its desert clubhouse, Southern California is amateur-stargazer heaven

  • News

    February 4, 2010

    Drake Doremus' 'Douchebag' at Sundance

    OC stage prodigy-turned-filmmaker Drake Doremus brings his 'very personal' movie to Park City, Utah

  • 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 >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    For Old-School Art Pickers Like Rick Orr, the Thrills and the Payoffs Are Fading

    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

    September 2, 2009

    The Other Side of the Health-Care Debate Strikes Back

    The other side of the health-care debate (think opposite of Fox News' town hall criers) has come out swinging of late.California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee just issued a statement with the provocative title, "California's Real Death Panels: Insurers Deny 21% of Claims." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Someone Stop Don Papi Pulido From Lubing Up Santa Ana For Mike Harrah--Again

    Pulido: Pay your taxes!I'm supposed to be relaxing at the Parker Resort in Palm Springs, a beautiful lil' oasis where UC Riverside MFA program in creative writing is holding a writer's retreat (I'm an invited lecturer), but news that SanTana mayor Don Papi Pulido is busy lubing Orange County's seat ... More >>

  • Music

    April 23, 2009

    [Sound Guy] The Indio Index: Coachella By the Numbers

    Pulido: Pay your taxes!I'm supposed to be relaxing at the Parker Resort in Palm Springs, a beautiful lil' oasis where UC Riverside MFA program in creative writing is holding a writer's retreat (I'm an invited lecturer), but news that SanTana mayor Don Papi Pulido is busy lubing Orange County's seat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2009

    Filmmakers Pitch Their Wares at NBFF Director Party

    Photos by Justin ViegaDrake Doremus works the crowd.A crowd estimated at 100-125 filmgoers, filmmakers and film presenters took over one side of Mesa restaurant in Costa Mesa Tuesday night for "An Evening With the Directors," a benefit that precedes the 10th annual Newport Beach Film Festival openin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    In Honor of BritWeek: My Top 10 British Things

    BritWeek sounds smashing. It naturally makes one think about all the local reminders of Great Britain. Never having been to England (something that's scheduled to change very soon), these evoke memories of that jolly old land.1. Westminster. There's a city by that name sandwiched between Huntington ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    [Newport Beach Film Fest] An Encapsulated Diary Digesting the Decade-Old Newport Beach Film Festival

    BritWeek sounds smashing. It naturally makes one think about all the local reminders of Great Britain. Never having been to England (something that's scheduled to change very soon), these evoke memories of that jolly old land.1. Westminster. There's a city by that name sandwiched between Huntington ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Looking Back at 2008: The Celeb-Reality Edition

    It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled.   1) Newpo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Gay Marriage, Rick Warren, and Chinigchinich

    It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled.   1) Newpo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2008

    Coachella, Day 2

    Recovering from yesterday’s illness forced me to miss 120 Days, MGMT, Little Brother and Boys Noize. Bah. But I arrived in time to see some Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks. Their loose rock jams slash sea shanties were adorned with much proggy filigree. It was nice big-sky music for a big-sky setting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Barbara Coe, Sonny Bono, And the Illuminati

    It must be nigh-impossible for the nicotine-stained brain of California Coalition for Immigration Reform president Barbara Coe to keep up with all the conspiracies (Reconquista, evil Muslims, the Cult of the Two Blue Shoes) she subscribes to. Nevertheless, we always dismissed her efforts and rambles ... More >>

  • Music

    February 14, 2008

    Who the Hell Is Clutchy Hopkins? The mystery of a Mojave Desert beat savant

    It must be nigh-impossible for the nicotine-stained brain of California Coalition for Immigration Reform president Barbara Coe to keep up with all the conspiracies (Reconquista, evil Muslims, the Cult of the Two Blue Shoes) she subscribes to. Nevertheless, we always dismissed her efforts and rambles ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    The Really - Really - Really - Real - This - Time - We - Mean - It OC Recap

    Holy shit. I watched the premiere episode of Newport Harbor: The Real OC on MTV last night and boy do I have piles of nifty information to report back to our readers who aren't lame enough to watch this crap on television themselves. Lets start with a breakdown of the characters to make this easie ... More >>

  • Music

    November 16, 2006

    Jim Morrison at Midlife

    Dave Brock and wild child break on through to the other side of 40

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    Scott Weaver

    The renaissance man shares some of his favorite things

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2006

    Got HIV/AIDS? Kick Hillary Clinton

    Perhaps preoccupied by the GOP man-boy love case in the lower house, the U.S. Senate over the weekend failed to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act and with it about $6 million annually that helps Orange County deal with a growing HIV population and increasing number of AIDS cases, alerts the AIDS S ... More >>

  • Film

    April 13, 2006

    Stink-o-rama

    Documentary laughs all the way to the banks of Salton Sea

  • Columns

    January 5, 2006

    Commie Girl

    Mamie Van Doren remembers when Republicans stood for sex and peace

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Santa Ana

    Mamie Van Doren remembers when Republicans stood for sex and peace

  • Features

    June 30, 2005

    Don't Mind Dyin

    Rock & rolls last encores at the Ponderosa Stomp

  • Culture

    November 25, 2004

    Turning the Tables

    Master framer Dave Link tries his hand at furniture

  • Features

    October 21, 2004

    Best of OC 2004: Part 3

    Master framer Dave Link tries his hand at furniture

  • Music

    September 2, 2004

    Scared To Sleep For Years

    The fall and fall and surprise rise of Throw Rag

  • Columns

    May 20, 2004

    Whos Abusing the Kids?

    And whos a dick? Im a dick!

  • Music

    November 20, 2003

    Workingmen Are Pissed!

    Manifolds live sweat, dream space titties

  • Columns

    November 20, 2003

    Feel the Love

    Manifolds live sweat, dream space titties

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    Rackauckas Gives Aides Reason to Belch

    Manifolds live sweat, dream space titties

  • Columns

    July 4, 2002

    Breasts, DJs, Breasts, Hot Chicks, House, Trance and Breasts

    Club Rubber hits the road

  • News

    June 13, 2002

    No Pride

    Officials cancel annual OC gay festival at UC Irvine

  • Columns

    May 2, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Officials cancel annual OC gay festival at UC Irvine

  • Food

    November 29, 2001

    Burrito History

    Nick Zampino and the dawn of the burrito

  • Columns

    August 16, 2001

    Letters

    Nick Zampino and the dawn of the burrito

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Alternative Groove

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

  • Culture

    June 21, 2001

    The Figure of Expressionism

    The irrepressible people of Tom Fields Abstract Expressionism

  • Columns

    January 11, 2001

    Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

    Travels with Roxy

  • Music

    October 21, 1999

    Vacation, Baby

    Travels with Roxy

  • Columns

    April 22, 1999

    Freak No-Show?!

    Was it Pat Buchanan who said global capitalism would destroy the American circus?

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    October-December

    Was it Pat Buchanan who said global capitalism would destroy the American circus?

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