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November 7, 2006
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. Thr ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2008
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 Count ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 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 Str ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 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 ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 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 ... More >>
Features
September 15, 2005
The Tragedy of It All
Orange Countys own Hurricane Katrina: the Great Flood of 1938
Blogs
March 11, 2009
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 (i ... More >>
Columns
September 6, 2007
Hey, You!
The Times, They Are A-Missin’
Features
July 19, 2007
OC's O.G. Vegans
Remembering the Placentia Grass Eaters
Blogs
May 19, 2009
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 ... More >>
News
June 8, 2006
The CPCs Hidden Empire
Where might you get ticketed by the Citation Processing Center
Food
December 8, 2005
Deep Dish Deliverance
Solving the horror of the pizza lunch with Tony’s Little Italy
Features
October 20, 2005
Placentia
Solving the horror of the pizza lunch with Tony’s Little Italy
News
August 25, 2005
the Little Train Project That Couldn’t
Four reasons Placentia’s OnTrac development died
News
July 14, 2005
Wrong Side of the Tracks
State investigates Placentia case that
OC grand jury said was legal
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May 26, 2005
Super Corokke
State investigates Placentia case that
OC grand jury said was legal
Culture
April 28, 2005
Make em Laugh
Run for Your Wife plays smear the queer
Food
April 7, 2005
Kokona Hut
Run for Your Wife plays smear the queer
News
December 19, 2002
Train In Vain
Placentia! Honk if you hate whistles!
Features
October 24, 2002
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Placentia! Honk if you hate whistles!
Columns
May 9, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
Placentia! Honk if you hate whistles!
Features
September 27, 2001
Placentia
Once on the cutting edge
Food
April 26, 2001
Mexico, Mexico-Style
Of mariachis, tequila and mole
News
April 29, 1999
Message in a Baton
OCN tags along for troubling police raid
Blogs
July 22, 2009
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 ... More >>
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July 23, 2009
The Living Suns
Gypsy Lounge
Blogs
October 27, 2009
Black Tuesday at the Bruery
The BrueryMama always said for you to eat your vegetables. She didn't say they couldn't be in your beer.Today is Black Tuesday at the Bruery, the craft beer mecca in Placentia. They'll be releasing this year's Black Tuesday Imperial Stout at a special event at the brewery.
Blogs
November 4, 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 spe ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2009
Beer Geek Show & Tell at the Bruery This Saturday
jlstern @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Bruery in Placentia will be hosting a Holiday Beer Geek Show & Tell at the tasting room in lovely southwestern Placentia this Saturday at 5 p.m. They're going to get things off right, with some new beers to tap; if you've got a winter-themed beer you lo ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2009
Roving Patrols to Catch Drivers Under the Influence of Eggnog
Toni Blay on flickr, Creative Commons.We already warned you about DUI checkpoints to be held in Anaheim, Costa Mesa and Westminster this weekend. If you saw that post and thought "Merry me, I don't live in central county so I can go crazy with the hard cider in my hatchback tonight"... we've got ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2010
Placentia PD Declines to Oust Kogi Truck
After a long Saturday spent trying to restore files to the in-laws' PC (incidentally, HP, there is a special place in Hell for you), I got home and decided I needed to get some fresh air. Since I like beer with my air, I headed up to Placentia to have a drink at the Bruery and discovered that the ... More >>
Food
April 15, 2010
Finding Heaven at B & C Burgers
[Hole In the Wall] Placentia burger dive mashes Mexican with American
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Bruery Provisions to Open In Orange, Not Placentia
The BrueryThree months ago, Edwin broke the news that the Bruery, the popular craft cervesería that operates out of an ugly warehouse in a forgotten corner of Placentia, would be opening a brewpub in Placentia's Placita Santa Fe district.Well, that's all correct, except for the brewpub part and ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
An Open Letter to Restaurant Web Hosts
Flickr user mandyxclearWhat do you MEAN, I don't get a bottle of Black Tuesday?Last year, the Bruery's release party for Black Tuesday was so insane that after two-plus hours in line, I hadn't moved; the line wrapped around behind the building and back, and while patience was the rule, it was hug ... More >>
News
November 11, 2010
Lynsie Ekelund's Accused Killer Awaits Arraignment
Chris McAmis confessed to murdering the Fullerton College student in 2001. Their families now try to come to grips with the news
Blogs
November 12, 2010
Alert To Minors: Don't Be Out Past Curfew on Nov. 18
Kids, here's some advice. The night of Thursday, Nov. 18 is a very good time to stay indoors. Police departments will conduct what they're calling the "largest-ever Orange County curfew sweeps." Cops in nearly every city--Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Garden Grove, ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2010
Lynsie Ekelund Remembered at Moving Service
Almost two months after Los Angeles County Coroner's officials removed the bones of missing Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund from a shallow grave in Santa Clarita, a memorial service was held today for the 20-year-old Placentia woman. Ekelund left her mother's Placentia home on ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
Pie-Ology Pizzeria: The Study Of Kustom Pizza
If Costa Mesa is the county's epicenter for the noveau pizza movement best exemplified by Pizzeria Ortica, then North County is the land of the dinosaur joints, where places like Cortina's in Anaheim and Placentia's Tony's Little Italy haven't changed their pie recipe in decades, if ever. Fast-fo ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2011
DUI Patrols Intensify for Cinco de Drinko
I mean, it's not like your favorite outpost of alternative newsiness is bastardizing the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, with "Cinco de Drinko" listings. Er, check that.Anyways, in other Cinco de Drunk Tank news, the countywide "Avoid the 38 ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
[UPDATED with Booking Photos, Clarification:] Carmen William Iacullo II Accused of Beating, Stabbing and Burning Cigarettes on 5-Year-Old Boy
UPDATE, JUNE 15, 6:48 P.M.: The original version of this post referred to the 5-year-old victim as being the son of Lori Louisa Pincus, 39, of Placentia, who is charged with allowing the boy to be tortured by her live-in boyfriend.Actually, authorities have only referred to Pincus as being relate ... More >>
News
June 23, 2011
Cooling Down With Local Beer
[SUMMER GUIDE] No. 44 of the 100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!
Blogs
September 30, 2011
Ruben Tapia Accused of Threatening Girlfriend with Knife, Hitting Her and 1-Month-Old, Trying to Burn Down Home and Generally Acting Like an A-hole
Officers responding to a domestic violence call in Placentia Thursday morning were told a 32-year-old man struck his girlfriend and her 1-month-old baby, threatened the woman with a knife and then doused their apartment with lighter fluid before turning the gas stove on in an unsuccessful attempt ... More >>
Columns
November 17, 2011
Hot Under the Collar
[Hey, You] Ignorance of leash laws is no excuse for letting your yappy little dogs roam free
Blogs
December 22, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D., Suspect Description:] James MacGillivray, OC Homicide No. 65: Transient Found Stabbed to Death
UPDATE, DEC. 22, 4:46 P.M.: Placentia Police identified the homeless man found stabbed to death as 53-year-old James MacGillivray, who beat officers knew slept in a camp at the north end of a strip shopping center where his body was found Wednesday morning. Thanks to surveillance cameras, cops al ... More >>
Blogs
January 2, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D.:] Lloyd Middaugh, 2011 OC Homicide No. 69: Homeless Man Stabbed on River Trail
UPDATE, JAN. 2, 10:32 A.M.: The transient whose body was discovered Wednesday along the Santa Ana River Trail near the 91 freeway in Anaheim Hills has been identified as 42-year-old Lloyd Middaugh. The last known address for Middaugh, who was stabbed to death, was in Yorba Linda, but authorities ... More >>
Blogs
January 2, 2012
Paulus Cornelius Smit, OC 2011 Homicide No. 70: Third Homeless Man Slain in 2 Weeks
The body of a homeless man was found near a puddle of blood at the base of a Yorba Linda Public Library stairwell Friday evening, and Brea Police homicide investigators believe 57-year-old Paulus Cornelius Smit was murdered.Cops were called out to a 5 p.m. report of a man down in an area behind t ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
[UPDATED with $5,000 Reward Paid:] Itzcoatl Ocampo, Troubled Former Marine, Accused Orange County Serial Killer
UPDATE, JAN. 25, 10:58 A.M.: Before the arrest of Itzcoatl Ocampo, the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of a serial killer preying on homeless men. Union president Tom Dominguez is scheduled to hand Donny ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2012
[UPDATED with Cause:] Homeless Man Found Dead in Santa Ana IS NOT 4th Victim of Serial Killer
UPDATE, JAN. 11, 6:23 P.M.: An autopsy determined that 49-year-old homeless man Antonio Ruiz Martinez, whose body was found Monday morning in Santa Ana, next to an auto shop's pickup truck with a large amount of blood inside, died as a result of "gastrointestinal issues," according to police. ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
The Bruery To Release a Local Brewers Collaboration Series
The Bruery has collaborated with the big-timers of the craft beer world--Dogfish Head, Stone, Elysian. Now, they're going local. Over the course of 2012, the Placentia brewery will be teaming up with four different breweries for a local brewers collaboration series. The first beer in ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
10 Revelations in Case Against Itzcoatl Ocampo, Orange County's Accused Serial Killer
Accused Orange County serial killer Itzcoatl Ocampo appeared at his arraignment this morning but entered no plea to charges that could bring the death penalty as the hearing was postponed until Feb. 17. Given the amount of media heat generated, it's difficult to fathom anything new coming from th ... More >>
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