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OC Register to No Longer Accept Adult Ads--Wait, You Didn't Know They Ran 'Em?

Whenever people get on our case about the sexytimes ads we run in our infernal rag, I always point out that the Orange County Register run those sames ads, except smaller, coded, and in the back pages of its Sports section. Hell, I'm old enough to remember when the Reg would run ads for adult theate ... More >>

Benjamín Vazquez: Teacher Hombre

See our full OC Weekly 2013 People Issue

Federal Prosecutors Win Telemarketing Ban Against Orange County Businessman

Orange County businessman Roy M. Cox apparently did not know that no means no.The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has won a stipulated judgment and permanent injunction against Cox, a Santa Ana resident who ran an international, robocalling telemarketing business that routinely violated the Nationa ... More >>

The 10 Most Over-Played Songs at a Mexican Wedding, California Edition

A couple of weeks ago, I was in Houston to do a book signing for my book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. Afterward, I went with friends and fans to enjoy some awesome Tex-Mex at El Real Tex-Mex, and among those who attended were two colleagues/pals from our sister paper, the Houston P ... More >>

Van Halen - Honda Center - 6/12/12

Van Halen Honda Center 6/12/12 It only takes milliseconds to recognize Eddie Van Halen's ferocious guitar tone. Like sonic bullets from a gun, "Unchained" riddled into the audience with its runaway freight train guitar riff as the Honda Center exploded with Van Halen's triumphant stop in Anaheim f ... More >>

Ron Jeremy Coming to Hi-Time Wine Cellars!

When our friend at Hi-Time posted a bottle of rum with a label bearing the name and portrait of a certain porn star, we couldn't decide whether it merited a LOL or OMFG comment. We've since blocked out the thought.Whether you love or loathe Ron Jeremy, mark your calendar for July 9, for that is the ... More >>

DJ Scotty Boy Takes Us on a Tour of His Favorite OC Spots

L.A. native DJ Scott "Scotty Boy" Schroer started working in music back in the '90s as our local KROQ DJ. The alternative music radio station helped introduce him to Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers and Underworld. After trying to open a nightclub that completely failed, Schroer moved to Las Vegas t ... More >>

A Tour of OC with DJ Scotty Boy

FBI Searching For Yvonne Baldelli, Laguna Niguel Woman Missing in Panama

The FBI is searching for a Laguna Niguel woman who moved to Panama last year and has been missing for five months. Yvonne Baldelli, 42, was last seen Nov. 26 on Carenero Island in Panama's Bocas del Toro province, according to family members who set up a Facebook page to help find her. "Our family ... More >>

Ron De Jeremy, Our Drink of the Week

​Some time in summer 2011, we got wind of a new boutique rum... named Ron de Jeremy. Ron, of course, is the Spanish word for rum, and because the concept was at once ridiculous and brilliant, your Weekly editorial staff got hold of a sample from One Eyed Spirits, the Finnish producer of the Panami ... More >>

Van Halen at the Forum Last Night

​Van HalenFebruary 8, 2012The ForumSome secret shows tend to be bigger than others. I've been fortunate to catch a few in my concert going years but last nights friends and family dress rehearsal show with Van Halen is definitely top five. Things started off great when it turned out the Forum wasn ... More >>

These Guns Are 'Contraband'

Mark Wahlberg's one last job

Van Halen to Tour in 2012 With David Lee Roth

​Unless you were awake at 12:30 am PST or a part of their mailing list, then you'd be surprised to know that rock icons Van Halen announced they are going on tour in 2012, with tickets on-sale January 10. What happens from here no one knows since there aren't any dates or cities listed, only three ... More >>

Zorro Rescues Santa Ana From Itself (by Kicking Off Adventurous OC Film Fiesta) Tonight

​Who would have guessed it would have taken a gringo playing a Spaniard nicknamed fox who was introduced in a 1919 story set in San Juan Capistrano to save the effed-up Santa Ana City Hall from itself?And yet, Douglas Fairbanks will be on the big screen again tonight, in his classic 1920 silent fi ... More >>

[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 >>

Pedro Pimental Rios, Accused in Guatemalan Massacre, To Be Deported

​A maintenance worker from Santa Ana must leave the country, according to a ruling issued yesterday by Judge Lorraine J. Munoz at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. Pedro Pimental, 54, will likely be flown to Guatemala to stand trial in one of the most brutal mass slayings in Guatemala's long c ... More >>

Tonight: Pre-Thanksgiving Uncommon Burlesque Show at Commonwealth Lounge

Jennie Warren/OC WeeklyDizzy Von Damn, right, posed for our 2010 Sex Issue.​In town? At the parents' place tonight? Nothing to do after they go to bed at 9 p.m.? How about a good, old-fashioned burlesque show? OC's fave burlesque troupe, Uncommon Burlesque, is putting on a pre-Thanksgiving bash to ... More >>

Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Bills as Fake as the Enchirito!

​You know times are tough when people resort to trying to pass counterfeit money at a Taco Bell. At a Taco Bell, where a bum can feast like a king for three bucks. Strange days indeed...or is it just Florida?

The Funniest Food-Related Traffic Accident Report Of The Week

http://www.sxc.hu​Traffic accidents are rarely funny. But if no one is hurt and it involves 39,000 pounds of cheese and a truck fire, you bet it is. Add to that mix a newspaper reporter with a penchant for puns and what results is comedy gold! In his report, Sean Dugas, writer for News Herald ... More >>

Getting Dressed for the Fest

[Trendzilla] Say yes to cotton, no to bikini tops

Pop-Rockin' Watermelon Margarita at Panama Joe's

Jessica Ford​The experience at Panama Joe's in Long Beach all depends on where you sit: the bar to the right or the dining room to the left. In the bar, you can watch just about any sport on the flat screen TVs covering the walls, and on some nights, you're greeted by scantily clad alcoho ... More >>

Shutter to Think at MOLAA

The photographers in 'Changing the Focus' explore the dark side of Latin America, but also its sense of humor

[Year In Review] Of Taco Trucks and Votes That Suck: 2009 On Our Stick a Fork In It Food Blog

Five Good Reasons to Get Acquainted with Mr. Gnome

​A weird band name usually has one of two effects on the average, unsuspecting music buff. Either A: You hear it once and burst out laughing, and think, "They can't possibly be any good," and never give it another thought; or B: you still laugh, but you think, "They can't possibly be any good--or ... More >>

Is There ANYTHING Salvageable from the Weekly's Best of OC Reader's Poll Food Winners?

​Fair is fair, folks. A couple of weeks ago, I blasted the Orange County Register's "Best of Orange County" for the horrible selections readers picked as the best representation of a culinary category (Peppino's as best Italian! Subway as best Sandwich! Daphne's as best Greek!). Our Best of OC iss ... More >>

Tales Of Suicide And Tyranny From Orly Taitz In Santa Ana

​Whew, that was a long one. Laguna Niguel dentist/lawyer Orly Taitz, along with her co-counsel/nemesis Gary Kreep, spent a couple hours this morning in the Santa Ana Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse arguing why Judge David O. Carter shouldn't throw their case against Barack Obama out ... More >>

Wanted: Adult Kickball Groupies!

It's too late to join Blue Ballerz, Panama Joes, New Kicks on the Block, the Real Kickballerz of the LBC or any World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) team playing out of Long Beach this season, as competition has already begun. But if you'd like to follow along and/or star ... More >>

Barack Obama The Pimp

Twenty-nine years ago, Lisa Jack was a camera-toting student at Occidental College and Barack Obama was a freshman from Hawaii. He quickly became involved in the college's Anti Apartheid Coalition, and stirred by his desire to change the world, got the heck out of Oxy and transferred to Columbia Uni ... More >>

A Look at the Orange Diocese's Previous Head Aztlanistas

Why is this man smiling?I wish I could say it is an April Fools' joke that the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association is going through with its reception for newly ordained Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop Cirilo Flores despite him never quite getting around to denouncing or disciplining pedo-pries ... More >>

All Hands On Deck

Sea Wolfs piratical wear is having the best year ever

Get Out!

April 13 - April 20
Are We Done Yet?

New Digs, Same Greatness

Old photos, Nortec mashing at Centro Cultural and Sol Art

TB and Sympathy

The Constant Gardener journeys into sub-Saharan Africas heart of darkness

Abercrombie & Fish

The Quiksilver Indies Trader blends sex, surf and science

Truth, Reconciliation and Lots of Speeches

John Boormans In My Country

Eight Days

Live Reviews

Hosed

Forest fires? Blame Bush

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Chile Pepper 2003!

Shuttle Diplomacy

Old School Politics

In Santa Ana, school construction takes a backseat to aggressive campaign fund-raising

The Party's Over

Records That Changed My Life

Crack Cop

New FBI documents add to the mystery surrounding a former Laguna cop who says he ran coke for the Nicaraguan rebels

We Know Evil

What Would Jesus Do?

Its what George dont

The Taxi Driver

Military sales to Latin American dictators, CIA contacts, and the strange odyssey of OC cabby Richard Schorling

Yaaay! The Death of Art!

Poetry Slam goes literary

'Shadow of Suspicion'

OC consultant figures prominently in state report blasting school projects

What Happened?