Subject: Placentia

• Good Guys Winning in Placentia

  For the past couple of years, idiots have turned the quaint city of Placentia into a debt pit thanks to their redevelopment efforts (read the recap here). But the pendejos are almost gone--two years ago, voters kicked out one incumbent; this year, none of the people eligible for re-election ran. Three folks ran, and two of the community activists who helped expose Placentia's shenanigans, Greg Sowards and Joe Aguirre (scion to the most important OC family you've never heard of) are comfortably a

  November 7, 2006

• OC Civil Rights Pioneer Alfred Aguirre Dead at 87

  Let's hope the Orange County Register offers a fuller obituary for Placentia resident Alfred Aguirre than the two-byline rush job they printed today. Reporters Eric Neff and Heather McRea covered the main facts--Aguirre was indeed Placentia's first Latino councilmember (and the third in Orange County) and was involved in desegregating the city's schools--but Alfred also played a crucial role in Labor and Community: Mexican Citrus Worker Villages in a Southern California County, 1900-1950, UC Irv

  January 11, 2008

• Memorial & Wake for Mike Conley Today

  All info from a MySpace bulletin posted about Mike Conley by DJ Poppa of the Double Fisted Underground/Suck My Disco crew: Memorial: 4pm Sunday Brookhurst Street & Pacific Coast Highway Huntington Beach At The River Jetties You can enter the beach one block north of Brookhurst Street @ Magnolia Street. Or you can park on Brookhurst Street and walk in. www.mikeconleyfamilyfund.com Wake: 6pm Sunday. Detroit Bar. Corner of 19th & Placentia. Costa Mesa, Ca. www.detroitbar.com

  March 9, 2008

• What do I do with all these damned CDs?

  I'm moving from Placentia to Seal Beach next week—my fourth relocation since 2001—and once again, I'm forced to confront a moral quandary: what the hell am I supposed to do with all the CDs that were given to me by hopeful Orange County and Long Beach bands looking for ink back when I was the Weekly's Music Editor? Should I sell them? No, because that's just not cool on so many, many different levels—these are (or were, in most cases) struggling local bands, not lavishly wealthy major-l

  July 11, 2008

• First Team All-Americans

  When you think of soldiers and especially those killed in action, you generally conclude most came from the poorer parts of town. But with five young servicemen cut down in their primes, Irvine is the Orange County hometown with the most war dead from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's also the fourth best place to live in the country, according to new Money magazine rankings that would have placed Irvine higher were real estate not so expensive there. According to figures compiled by

  July 17, 2008

• Can You Say Eminent Domain?

  November 13, 2003

• The Tragedy of It All

  September 15, 2005

• Saints Alive! Drink Belgian Beer for St Paddy's Day!

  Forget Guinness on St Patrick's Day--it's such a cliché. Instead, this year, knock back the beer in honor of St Veronus, patron saint of Belgian brewers (I'm not making this up).This Saturday, March 14, from 2-6pm, the Bruery, a small independent brewery in Placentia, is laying on Belgian snacks (including waffles) along with its Belgian-style brews. It'll also be serving its new Melange No.3, a blend of three bourbon barrel-aged beers that's a whopping 15% abv.We've not yet had a chance to vis

  March 11, 2009

• Grub Guide

  January 25, 2007

• Hey, You!

  The Times, They Are A-Missin’
  

  September 6, 2007

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• Construction Cuisine

  January 9, 2003

• OC Tech-Savvy Registrar Swats Insect Threat To Voters [Update from Debra Bowen]

  Jennie WarrenTo anyone who says Twitter is horrible, consider the following. Where else would you find out about the greatest threat facing Orange County voters in today's special election -- bees?Six hours ago, the Twitter account of OC Registar of Voters Neal Kelley alerted us that his office was "Headed to a call of "massive" bees and a hive at a poll site in Placentia." It's a scary tweet. Without the backyard beekeepers, how could the bureaucrats at the Registrar hope to fend off a nest of

  May 19, 2009

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• The CPCs Hidden Empire

  June 8, 2006

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  May 4, 2006

• Deep Dish Deliverance

  December 8, 2005

• Placentia

  October 20, 2005

• the Little Train Project That Couldn’t

  August 25, 2005

• Wrong Side of the Tracks

  July 14, 2005

• Super Corokke

  May 26, 2005

• Kokona Hut

  April 7, 2005

• This week in north North County

  November 18, 2004

• The Righteous Putsch

  October 7, 2004

• Mayorly Screwed

  March 11, 2004

• Railroad Schemes

  Two train projects, two cheerleaders, two results

  February 5, 2004

• A Very Brady Scandal

  Placentias mayor runs aground on redevelopment regulations, doesnt care

  November 20, 2003

• Five Endangered Placentia Restaurants

  October 16, 2003

• Train In Vain

  December 19, 2002

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  October 24, 2002

• Diary of a Mad County

  May 9, 2002

• Placentia

  September 27, 2001

• Mexico, Mexico-Style

  April 26, 2001

• Message in a Baton

  April 29, 1999

• Orange County Beer Festival Coming on Sunday, August 30!

  The booze-up, held at Irvine Lake from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., will feature the county's best breweries, plus domestic and international brands, including ones from Hawai'i, Brazil and, of course, Belgium. Look out for The Bruery (from Placentia), TAPS (Brea), Bootlegger's Brewery (Fullerton) and the Newport Beach Brewing Company, plus Duchy Originals (from England), which I blogged about recently, He'Brew (The Chosen Beer), Hangar 24 Craft Brewery and tons more. Over 60, in fact.There'll be BBQ

  July 22, 2009

• The Living Suns

  July 23, 2009

• Crime Time: Double the Fun Starring [Alleged] Skeevy Teachers, Fake Cop Robbers and Ryan Seacrest's Strange Stalker

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--actually the Weekly's TWO weekly round-up as an attempt is made to make up for lost vacation time.Left courtesy of E! Entertainment, right courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest (left) gets paid another visit from his No. 1 Army special forces fan, Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr.​SEACREST OUT, UZOMAH BACK IN Remember Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr., the 25-year-old Lakewood resident who pleaded guilty last month in Orange County Superior

  November 4, 2009