Phoenix (Arizona)

Argus Realty and Associated Firms Allegedly Ripped Off Investors with High Fees, False Data

A Laguna Niguel realty company and an affiliated investment company in San Clemente are being sued for selling commercial real estate securities that were allegedly "rigged" so the firms would make millions in fees while draining investors of their lifetime savings. The investors seek compensatory ... More >>

Don't Tell Dad and Mom: What They're Reading at UC Irvine This Fall

In his day job, Mr. Bibteaches required undergraduate Composition at UC Irvine,  where he works hard guiding students to read, write and think critically, to develop scholarly research and analysis skills and--you bet!--engage politically using their newfound civic literacy. Some deal! Despite ... More >>

Bordering On Revolution

[Crossing the Line] A hostile Supreme Court. A feckless Obama administration. America's war on Mexicans has gone too far

Arizona Senate Bill 1070's Days of Rage

[Crossing the Line] The U.S. Supreme Court and President Barack Obama leave the undocumented and their allies no choice but to escalate civil disobedience

FBI Probes Bomb Threats to Southwest Planes at John Wayne Airport and Phoenix

Bomb threats Tuesday night grounded a Southwest plane at John Wayne Airport bound for Phoenix and another in Phoenix that connects Orange County and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Searches of both planes turned up nothing, and normal operations resumed. But the FBI isn't done with this case, as the question remai ... More >>

[UPDATED: Time Responds] Time Magazine Cover Depicts The 'Faces of the Latino Vote'--With a Non-Latino Face

​UPDATE, FEB, 24, 8:18 A.M.: See Time's response at the end of the post. ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 23, 12:09 P.M.: This week's Time magazine cover boldly declares "Yo Decido. Why Latinos will pick the next President." The accompanying story by Michael Scherer explores how the rising force that ... More >>

Berkeley Dogs Hot-Dogs It

[Hole In the Wall] The East Bay transplant brings its luscious wieners as part of our wave of outside regional chains

Red Hot Chili Peppers Reschedule Tour Due to Foot Injuries

​Red Hot Chili Peppers postponed their upcoming U.S. tour supporting their Grammy-nominated snoozefest, I'm With You, due to multiple foot injuries sustained by lead singer Anthony Kiedis. According to a statement, "Kiedis recently underwent surgery to remove a crushed sesamoid bone and correct a ... More >>

Van Halen Announce Tour Dates: Staples Center on June 1, Honda Center June 12

​Van Halen finally announced their tour dates today, and it is massive. The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductees announced the dates at an intimate performance in New York's Café Wha?. The tour will begin on Feb. 18., with Kool & The Gang joining Van Halen for select tour dates. And as the ... More >>

[UPDATE with Earlier Apology Retracted] Katt Williams in Phoenix: "If You Love Mexico, Bitch, Get the Fuck Over There!"

He's back, alright​UPDATE, Sept. 5 9:00 A.M.: Katt Williams appeared on CNN over the weekend on Saturday giving an interview essentially retracting an apology that had been earlier attributed to him. He suggested that the statement came from his publicist without signing off on it personally. The ... More >>

Deverick Deshawn "Dog" Mathis of La Habra Accused of Heading Notorious Crips Pot Ring in Compton

​A La Habra man headed a notorious Crips street gang drug ring that sold marijuana across the country and held meetings on the same Compton block where a second Crips operation sold pot and moved prescription drugs to Louisiana, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles.Deverick Desha ... More >>

Young the Giant Performing at the VMAs

​Young the Giant are the home boys that sneakily made good--Morrissey loves them, they've played the Weenie Roast, are opening for Incubus on tour this year...and today MTV announced that Young the Giant will make their VMA performance debut at the 2011 Video Music Awards. The lineup for VMA perf ... More >>

Petition Asks Baseball Players to Wear White Ribbons During Next Week's All-Star Game in Protest of SB 1070

​Next week, Major League Baseball will hold its annual All Star game in Phoenix, where Sheriff Joe Arpayaso roams and perhaps the only major metropolitan area in the United States that has more Know Nothings per ratio than Orange County. For the past year, activists have been calling on Commission ... More >>

More Proof Joe Arpaio is a Corrupt Mofo

Photo by Beth StirnamanArpaio, CCIR head Barbara Coe, and random weirdo​Our sister paper, the Phoenix New Times, has covered Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio longer and more truthfully than any publication. Its coverage is so thorough it remembers when Know Nothings were attacking Arpayaso for h ... More >>

Five Ways French Quarter's Stephen Steinbrink Keeps Busy During the Recession

Stephen Steinbrink and his band French Quarter are frequent guests of Irvine's Acrobatics Everyday, and that's usually where they feel within their element. The singer-songwriter hails from South Phoenix, Arizona, where he eschews traditional venues in favor of basements, warehouses and living rooms ... More >>

Belinda Exon, Surf City Escrow Chief, Gets 3 Years for Stealing $4 Mil in Poor-Housing Funds

​Why is your kid still huffing lead and other nasty toxins in your low-income housing unit despite the federal government having already sent your Orange County city funds to remedy the hazard?Blame Belinda Exon. The president of Rehab Financial Services, Inc., a now-defunct Huntington Beach comp ... More >>

Tom Tancredo: This Year's Abril Fool!

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Will he live up to the title of Know Nothing?

A Perfect Circle Announces New North American Tour--And a Call for the APC Superfan

Tim CadienteLeft to right: James Iha, Matt McJunkins, Billy Howerdel, Josh Freese, Maynard James Keenan.​If you didn't manage to catch A Perfect Circle the last time around (click here to see our review), good news: The band just announced a new slew of North American tour dates, including a Los A ... More >>

The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants

But what's been unearthed reveals a culture of cruelty

FAIR-y Tales In the Immigration Debate

Anti-immigrant think tanks are aiming their dubious statistics at the 14th Amendment

Warped Tour Annouces 2011 Dates

​The dates for the 2011 edition of the Warped Tour have been announced; this year, it kicks off in Dallas. There's no information on venues or performers yet, but  the tour will be in Pomona July 1, San Diego, August 9 and LA on August 10. Tickets are already available for $45--you can buy t ... More >>

Cousin's Bar-B-Q at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Makes a Worthwhile Layover Feast

​Constant traveling across the United States from John Wayne Airport has taught me that the main connecting hubs for flights out of our fair county are Phoenix, Denver and Dallas. I try not to spend any cash while on layover, the cheapskate that I am, but one booth always draws me in: Cousin's Bar ... More >>

Pinalcchio

Renowned forensics experts say a Pinal County, Arizona, deputy's high-profile tale about getting shot after encountering drug smugglers doesn't add up

Nursing Mother Asked To Leave Arizona McDonald's

Flickr user myjuly​According to ABC15 in Phoenix, Clarissa Bradford was asked to leave a Glendale, Ariz. McDonald's after breastfeeding her 6-month-old son. Clearly, the manager of this McDonald's has never heard of mombloggers, or this would never have happened.

Seized

Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

God Bless Anaheim's Unitarian-Universalist Church and its Arrested, Aztlanista Minister

The object of Sanchez's protest​Anybody involved in progressive politics over the years knows that Anaheim's Unitarian-Universalist Church has been there every step of the way, whether hosting fundraisers to get wrongfully imprisoned Black Panther members out of jail to helping Anaheim residents d ... More >>

Judge Knocks Down Meat of Arizona's SB 1070

She ruled WHAT!?!​A federal judge has blocked the part of Arizona's controversial SB 1070 law that allows police to ask people if they are in the country legally.The tough new immigration law that has sparked national debate is scheduled to take effect Thursday. However, the ask/you'd-better-tell ... More >>

Horses, Anti-Arizona/Pro-Jesus People Outnumber Anti-Mexi Loons at MLB All-Star Game Protest

​Unsurprisingly, the area around Angels Stadium in Anaheim was a slow, baking crawl before the baseball All-Star Game, airing rightnow on television. Unsurprisingly, the Aztlanistas came out in full force--about 125--to bring awareness to their campaign to move next year's All-Star Game from Phoen ... More >>

Protest Outside Angels Stadium Before Tuesday's All-Star Game Seeks to Move Next Year's All-Star Game from Mexi-Hating Arizona

​The sporting eyes of America will focus on Anaheim this Tuesday for the baseball All-Star Game--so what better time to schedule a protest against Arizona's retrograde, anti-Mexican, pro-Arpayaso policies than just before the game?A Facebook page called "Move the 2011 All Star Game out of Arizona" ... More >>

Cowboy Down

Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher

All Is Quiet on U2's Planned Dates

[Mental Notes] Also, more concert cancellations, Rage against Arizona, and Minus the Bear show review

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

Tougher border enforcement in California and Texas has spelled disaster for southern Arizona

Four Country Throwdown Dates Canceled

www.myspace.com/ericchurchCountry singer Eric Church: still singing at Irvine's Country Throwdown​The Country Throwdown Tour is cancelling four upcoming shows: Houston on June 9, Dallas on June 10, San Diego on June 17 and Phoenix on June 18. Tickets from the Houston, Dallas, San Diego and Phoenix ... More >>

Bamboozle Cancels Irvine Date, Moves to LA

www.myspace.com/goodcharlotteThe Good Charlotte won't be performing at Irvine.​Here's the press release we got: "Due to unexpected scheduling issues,  the Bamboozle Roadshow's L.A.-area concert has moved.  Originally set for the Honda Center Festival Grounds on Friday, June 4th, the e ... More >>

Something Corporate Fall Tour Announced!

www.myspace.com/socoHai gaiz! Can't wait to see you again!​Guitarist Josh Partington may have gotten a law degree and vocalist/pianist Andrew McMahon may have formed Jack's Mannequin since the quintessential OC alt-rock band Something Corporate toured the country, but that doesn't make fans miss ... More >>

Special Arizona Buycott Edition

[¡Ask a Mexican!] ¡A la chingada with Arizona's SB 1070!

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes Arizona State Policy, Thanks to State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

America's Most-Corrupt Sheriff Joe Arpaio Returning to OC to Pal Around with Bill Hunt

Hunt and Arpaio: Two of hearts...photo by Beth Stirnaman.​I really want to like sheriff's candidate Bill Hunt, I really do. The OC Republican establishment despises him, and anyone those Carona apologists hate, I at the very least appreciate. But no way on Earth can I say anything nice about Hunt ... More >>

Jack Johnson Announces Tour Dates, 98 Percent of Orange County Celebrates

Christopher VictorioJack Johnson, wearing a Save Trestles T-shirt, performing at the Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on August 29, 2008.​​Chief mellow music maker Jack Johnson has announced a new slew of tour dates for his upcoming To The Sea Tour, spanning from early July on the East Coast ... More >>

America's Dumbest Sheriff* to Shill for Bill Hunt at Phoenix Club Thursday

Arpaio: Still not as much of a clown as Carona...​Originally published Halloween, but moved up until Thursday because the comments left by Arpayaso supporters are some of the stupidest ever left in Navel Gazing history--and considering many Mater Dei grads write here, that's saying something...joi ... More >>

Live from Coachella: Actual Music! We Are Scientists!

OMG. The inside of Coachella actually exists. After a Homeric oddyssey getting in here, we're watching We Are Scientists on the main stage. Quite a change from the last time I saw them, which was 2006, in front of a few dozen peeps at the Brickhouse in Phoenix, AZ (now closed, I think). They sound ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Arpayaso Claims the Know Nothing Crown

2 Cool 4 School

French Quarter

I Can Dance If I Want To

Sup. I'm Albert, and I'm the new music editor of OC Weekly. I'm pretty tickled to be here - I'm coming from the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, which means I'm sadly giving up some radical shows like this weekend's Festival in the Desert. (Pat Benatar and Boz Scaggs on the same stage on the same day? ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Dia de los Impuestos Edition

OC Homewreckers Hung Out to Dry

According to a Department of Justice press release and reported by the Register, Charles Head, a 33-year-old from La Habra and several accomplices have been charged with illegal activities purportedly using the latest mortgage scam to come through the pipeline. One can only expect more scams to ... More >>

The Love Me Nots at The Juke Joint

Last night's Tiger Mask "Trash Au Go-Go" show at Anaheim's The Juke Joint was a blast, the perfect example of a great bar show with blazing bands, distracting girls insisting on conversing even though they were standing 10 feet from a guitar amp, and a, oh let's just call them "not attractive", dr ... More >>

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