Late notice for a Long Beach appearance by brown-eyed soul star Brenton Wood, fixture at New Orleans' world-class rock & roll fest the Ponderosa Stomp and lots more. Says Ponderosa:
Brown-Eyed Soul isn't about color. It's a way of life—music that is passed from generation to generation like a family heirloom…the Latino culture is like one big family." So says L.A. soul singer Brenton Wood, and he should know, for his songs rank right alongside those of thee Midnighters, Billy
Assemblywoman Diane Harkey put forth a resolution back in February to keep ex-Guantanamo detainees out of Camp Pendleton. With Barack Obama set to close the notorious, quasi-constitutional prison some time next year, Harkey wants to make sure the administration doesn't even think about putting any of the maybe-terrorists in her district's military base.Last week, she explained her reasoning to the Sacramento Statehouse Examiner:"It is very, very important that they are in
maximum security and no
For a while there yesterday, it looked like that whole UCI rifleman scare might have all been over a paintball gun. It wasn't -- instead, it was over a similarly non-lethal airsoft gun. The incident reminds us of an important issue: Paintballing is pretty fun. Or at least, it was in middle school. To revisit memories, I checked out the website of the paintballing park at OC-adjacent Camp Pendleton marine base, and found... this:Yes, there's a Star Wars-themed paintball blowout at Pendleton on Ma
Pendleton wool products have been an American staple for well over 100 years. Their famous blankets, in fact, have become sacred to the numerous Indian nations with which the company has traded. Many Native Americans are both born into and buried with a Pendleton blankets. The colorful patterns of the blankets reflect a long heritage and culture of trade with Native Americans.Early on in the company's history, the blankets and wool shirts spun in the famous mill were basically limited to Nati
What happens when just before being released from duty at Camp Pendleton for the weekend, you allegedly: participate in a mandatory safety briefing that covers the dangers of drunken driving, including the tidbit that should you get behind the wheel while drunk, you'll likely kill someone; go on to chug alcohol for two hours; tell everyone you're going to drive home to Santa Ana; pass out in your barracks; have your car keys removed from your pocket as you're passed out by a lance corporal; w
