Parenting

Back 2 Basics Fest: The Pharcyde

The Observatory

America's Family Pet Expo

OC Fairgrounds

Debra Miller: The Cure Seeker

See our full OC Weekly 2013 People Issue

Downtown Fullerton Art Walk

Fullerton Plaza

Nadya Suleman, a.k.a. Octo-Mom, Reportedly Scores Medical Pot Card

TMZ is reporting that Nadya Suleman, the infamous Octomom, is a medical marijuana patient. Apparently, the mother of 14 children, former pay-per-chat phone entrepreneur and pornstar just checked out of a treatment center for addiction to Xanax and promptly purchased herself a medical marijuana card ... More >>

[CORRECTION:] Perv-in-Park Case Dismissed Against Jean Pierre Nguyen

UPDATE, NOV. 29, 3:26 P.M.: Based on corrected information from the Orange County Public Defender, this post has been corrected throughout.ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 28, 4:44 P.M.: Jean Pierre Nguyen holds the distinction of being the first person arrested in Irvine for violating the city's limited ban on ... More >>

Love Is a Balloon

[Hey, You!] Spreading the love, one inflatable puppy at a time

STOMP

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

On the Line: Mick Schepers of Mick's Karma Bar, Part Two

Have you ever played that game where you have to find the differences between two pictures? Shortly after our photographer shot Mick, he uploaded an Instagram photo in front of their menu board announcing that they are now open both Saturdays and Sundays! That's a Karma burger any day of the week. W ... More >>

Dial M for Moron

[Hey, You!] Your neighbor's hitting her kid? That's not 'Hey, You' material . . .

Morning of Remembrance

Pretend City Childrens Museum

Bill Extending Rights to Third Parent Follows Senate OK with Assembly Nod--and Usual Foes

A bill approved by the California Assembly Monday would allow judges to extend parental rights to a child's third parent.Senate Bill 1476, which was co-authored by state Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), would allow--for instance--a gay father raising a child with a lesbian couple to also have paren ... More >>

Julie Delpy Rocks 'New York'

Always more than an ingenue, she's taking on everything that's wrong with movies—and she's bringing Chris Rock

Pre-School Punks

[Ask Exene] Dressing your baby in band T-shirts doesn't alone make you a cool parent

'80s Movie Night: Gleaming the Cube

The CAMP

Baby Mama Drama

[Ask Exene] What happens when your 6-year-old starts asking, via your ex, about your dating life

Movie Mondays: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Cloudlands

South Coast Repertory

Octomom Nadya Suleman is Now Taking Phone Calls From the Public For $12 a Minute

​Got any burning questions for Octomom Nadya Suleman? Perhaps, ones like: Who are your favorite 11 children? Tried any new drywall recipes? Made any mortgage payments lately? Spent any time parenting lately?   Call her up! Suleman is one of the "stars" (groan) of Dial-A-Star.com, a webs ... More >>

Exene Cervenka Wants to Give You Advice; Write Now!

Raven Lorthos​ Exene Cervenka is a writer, visual artist and punk rock pioneer. The OC transplant is the lead singer for X, the Knitters and Original Sinners. Next month, we're launching her monthly column, "Ask Exene," where you can ask the legendary vocalist for advice--on your love life, poli ... More >>

You be the Judge: Case of the Sodomizing Grandpa

​A young mother of five children had four of her offspring placed in government control and didn't believe it was fair that an Orange County Superior Court judge decided to also end her custody of her youngest child, an eight-month-old daughter.But that judge, Dennis J. Keough, had these facts pre ... More >>

Michael Kamrava, Octomom Nadya Suleman's Fertility Doctor, Files for Bankruptcy

​Michael Kamrava, the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who lost his medical license last year partly due to his controversial treatment of Octomom Nadya Suleman of La Habra, has reportedly filed for bankruptcy.TMZ cites Chapter 7 papers Kamrava filed that claim "he has only $17,628 in assets . . . a ... More >>

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Regency South Coast Village

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Regency South Coast Village

Merle Haggard

City National Grove of Anaheim

Paula Poundstone

Art Theater

Octomom's Fertility Dr. Michael Kamrava Faces License Panel; Nadya Suleman Under Fire, Too

​Dr. Michael Kamrava is the one facing a Medical Board of California this week that could revoke or suspend the Beverly Hills fertility specialist's license to practice medicine, but it seems as if La Habra's Nadya Suleman is on trial in Los Angeles as well.Today's bombshell: Octomom's medical re ... More >>

Michael Bolton

Cerritos Center

Life Could Be a Dream

Laguna Playhouse

Beethoven, As I Knew Him

Laguna Playhouse

Laguna Beach Parents Frazzled by Facebook War Get Web Safety Lesson

​In light of the recent Facebook war that turned bloody, a free presentation is being held at Laguna Beach High School tonight to answer questions parents have about "learning to deal with children growing up in the 21st century as it relates to technology use.""What You Need to Know to Keep Your ... More >>

Workers Spend 19 Hours a Week Worrying About Words and Actions of Bosses: Survey

​U.S. employees spend 19.2 hours a week--13 hours during the work week and 6.2 hours on the weekend--worrying about "what a boss says or does," according to a new survey.

Valley Girl

Regency South Coast Village

OC Punk Rock Picnic

Tickets for the OC Punk Rock Picnic 2 are on sale now. The lineup includes the Adolescents, Cadillac Tramps, SiX, Franki's Broken Toys, Noise Attack, Terezodu and lots of other bands I've never heard of. The event goes down Saturday at Irvine Lake.   While I'm in favor of this, the idea of a pu ... More >>

All at Sea

Sea Tales

Tickets for KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball Going Fast

As far as these things go, the lineup for this year's "KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball," Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, is fairly impressive. And by "these things," of course I mean a concert where pre-fab, manufactured teeny bopper acts perform 15 minute sets in the name of promoting a radio stat ... More >>

Time Warp

Lost 80s

Tase Me, Bro!

With the all the layoffs and cutbacks going on at the Orange County Register, it's nice to know that one thing hasn't changed: the crazy shit being written by Gordon "Boot-Licker" Dillow, whose love for combat veterans is matched only by his love for cops who shoot teenage girls armed with penknives ... More >>

Peck Peck

'To Kill a Mockingbird'

Canine Candidates

Adventures With 
Clifford the Big Red Dog

His Way

Tribute to Sinatra

Alien 2007: The Fatherhood

Schmaltzy Martian Child attacks John Cusack, all dads

Bloodsgiving

Cystic Fibrosis Blood Drive

Bugaboo Confidential

Life as a young, hot, white, educated nanny in the city sure is a drag

Daddy Dearest

Raven, 5, has lived among rats and rotting trash but loves her delusional father

The Radical Womb

Andrea Echeverri ditches imperialist critiques for motherhood

Tegan and Sara

Dont Drink and Drive

Let a teenager do it for you

Out In the Cold

The countys plan to privitize preschools was supposed to cut costs, not teachers

Twin Peeks