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  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Anaheim Sighs as Sacramento Kings Stay Put

    ​Kiss your Royals NBA team goodbye, Anaheim.A tearful Gavin Maloof emerged from a meeting in Orlando, Florida, this morning to announce that the Kings are staying in Sacramento under a deal that promises the NBA franchise a new arena. The Maloof brothers who own the Kings had flirted with moving t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    [UPDATED with Blowback for Reg Writer:] NBA, Anaheim and Maloofs Not in Lineup for Mayor Kevin Johnson's Plans to Keep Kings in Sacramento

    ​UPDATE, SEPT. 12, 1:48 P.M.: Sactown Royalty, a fan site that kicked into high gear when the Kings were dribbling out the notion of moving from Sacramento to Anaheim last season, obviously doesn't share Orange County Register sports columnist Randy Youngman's biting take on Sacramento Mayor Kevin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Five Things You Didn't Know About Lil Jon

    ​Take some "shots, shots, shots, shots" and get crunk with Lil Jon this Sunday at Sutra, when the DJ representing Atlanta makes an appearance. Lil Jon paved his way to fame with hip-hop group, The Eastside Boyz and the song "Get Low" (which became so popular even Sandra Bullock paid a tribute to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Ducks And Angels Two-Fer Tonight: Anaheim Cops Issue Warning

    ​Unless you live in Anaheim or happen to have tickets to either Ducks-Predators or the Angels-Red Sox games in Anaheim tonight, you might want to avoid the city like the plague. In anticipation of major traffic snarls around both Anaheim Stadium and Honda Center, the Anaheim Police issued a media ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Tonight: Baja Sharkeez Newport Beach Fundraiser for Japan

    ​The always loud and festive Baja Sharkeez Newport Beach is stepping up to help the Japan relief effort by hosting a silent auction and raffle tonight from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. There's some serious loot up for bidding--Lakers and Angels tickets, autographed Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings equipmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    This Week in Food: Italian Holiday, Final Pho, and Arrested Development Pub Quiz!

    ​Between the start of our epic Final Pho tournament and news of quizzes that we can actually win, it was quite the week here at your favorite infernal blog. Highlights after the jump!

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Power Balance: Popular, Overpriced Hologram Wristbands Are a Fraud, Company Admits

    The "secret" lies within the yellow thing on Odom's wrist.​You may have seen the colorful rubber wristbands around. They're about as trendy with celebs and athletes as flannel and plaid are with hipsters. Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers. Mark Sanchez of the New York Jets. David Beckham o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Parties by Panache of Brea Featured on Food Network's Cupcake Wars

    ​In one of my few circle of friends, the show that's a punchline for The Last Thing On Earth We Want To See is Cupcake Wars. Really--three rounds of cupcakes? When can we expect Bagel Battles? Or Strudel Skirmishes? Overwrought production on an overwrought food trend.But while flipping channels la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Honda Center Debuts Revamped Food Offerings

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyArena food tastes better when garnished with Canuck tears.​Q: What's better than an awesome cheesesteak at OC's home of hockey?A: An awesome cheesesteak with a Ducks home victory on top. Cue the Bro Hymn!

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    ABC News & ESPN: Sports Stadiums Have Food Safety Problems

    Remember last week when Sports Illustrated reported that more baseball parks were offering AYCE tickets at their stadium concession stands? This week ABC News and ESPN have produced what seems like the companion piece to that story.  Here's what it said:

  • Food

    July 22, 2010

    Your Essential OC Happy Hour Guide

    Where to go for the best deals and drinks

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Honda Center Donates Post-Concert Food to Charities

    The food donations will start after Carole King and James Taylor's concert on July 20​After Carole King and James Taylor's concert on July 20, the Honda Center, the Anaheim Ducks and ARAMARK (Honda Center's food and beverage partner) will start donating all unused, leftover food to local Anaheim c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Mike Vallely Leaves Longtime Sponsor to Start Own Company

    Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyMike Vallely at the Musink Tattoo and Music Festival at the OC Fairgrounds, Feb. 20, 2010. ​Just in time to hit the road with Duane "the Master of Disaster" Peters for his Glory Bound Skatepark Tour, Mike Vallely announced July 13 he's leaving longtime sponsor Element to fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Blame Powell, Giuliani, Phelps, Holtz and Rice for the Traffic Around Honda Center

    ​The Honda Center in Anaheim warns motorists that the streets, freeways and exits around the arena will experience heavy traffic between 7 and 9 a.m. today.Center officials blame Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Phelps, Lou Holtz and Condoleeza Rice for the expected Sig-Alerts.No, those sports ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2010

    Orange County's Sexiest Cities

    [Sex Issue] Our guide to the steamiest-and not so steamy-municipalities

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    What You Missed: NAMM, Boozy Floozy Burlesque, Mickey Avalon, Ducks

    Keith May​What'd you miss this weekend? On Thursday (hey, it's the new Friday, okay?), Keith May had the arduous task of visiting the Boozy Floozy Burlesque at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana. Heart-shaped pasties galore! Check out the wooooonderful photos here. 

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Criminal Charges Against Ducks Owner Henry Samueli Dropped

    Then can we seek criminal charges against the other guy?​Henry Samueli is on a roll.Last month, the National Hockey League reinstated him as the owner of the Anaheim Ducks, as Clockwork informed you.This afternoon, a federal judge set aside the Broadcom Corp. co-founder's guilty pleas and dismisse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Last Week to Get a Big Wisniewski!

    Anaheim Ducks​If you're a fan of RA Sushi (and who wouldn't be with a menu that features a section called "Getting Busy"?) then you probably already know that the limited-time Big Wisniewski roll, created by and named after Ducks defenseman James Wisniewski, will be unavailable after this Saturday ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2009

    AC/DC

    Honda Center

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    New Local Deadbeats Join State List of Top Tax Delinquents

    Bruce McNallThe State Board of Equalization list of California's top sales and use tax delinquents has welcomed 17 new members who owe nearly $22 million as a group--and, yes, some locals are among them. Richard Steven Lansburg of Long Beach-based Best Billiards and a Fullerton filer for ban ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009
  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    To Do Tonight - 2/11

    Ducks vs. Calgary Flames, 7 p.m.February is cold so you should watch an ice-related sporting event on your home television set for fun.Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA; 714-704-2400Voodoo Karaoke, 10:30 p.m.Every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m., enjoy drink specials and a happy hour menu and ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 16, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Ducks vs. Calgary Flames, 7 p.m.February is cold so you should watch an ice-related sporting event on your home television set for fun.Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA; 714-704-2400Voodoo Karaoke, 10:30 p.m.Every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m., enjoy drink specials and a happy hour menu and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2008

    Collateral Damage of the Samueli Plea Deal

    As soon as news of Henry Samueli's guilty plea in his stock-option manipulation case broke yesterday, you might have noticed a brief, faint clickety-clacking sound rising over Orange County. The more engineers you work with, the more intense the flurry was. It was the sound of two words being del ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2008

    What's The Deal With OC Billionaires?

    We've got the George Argyros-owned apartment empire "systematically ripping off" its largely poor or lower middle class tenants by fabricating excuses for not refunding deposits to literally thousands of people. We've got Donald L. Bren--owner of the Irvine Co. using strong arm tactics on small l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    To Do Tonight - 01/21

    AN EVENING WITH FRANK MICKADEIT, 7 p.m. Dying to get cozy with OC Register columnist Frank Mickadeit? The flyer says there's a good chance he'll serenade you too. Fullerton Public Library, Queen Mary, Long Beach CASINO NIGHT WITH THE ANAHEIM DUCKS, 7 p.m. The Ducks play dealers for charity as live ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2007

    To Do Tonight - 12/19

    THOMAS KINKADE, 5pm Kinkade is making a rare holiday appearance. Village Gallery located in Main Place, 2800 N. Main St., Santa Ana, (Main level, center court) ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS, 7pm See the Ducks battle Colorado Honda Center, 2695 E Katella Ave., Anaheim ACOUSTIC MEDLEY NIGHT, 7:30pm Featured ... More >>

  • Features

    September 20, 2007

    On the Range

    Ridin’, ropin’, rasslin’ & other games of skill & contests of  strength, blazing trails, seeing sights &, of course, Anteaters

  • Columns

    June 21, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Special Canadian edition

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines

    Sweet feat: The Ducks won their first Stanley Cup, beating the Ottawa Senators 6-2 Wednesday night in Anaheim. A sacrificial supremacist pal? Billy Joe Johnson - a guy already serving a life term in prison - stood at a packed courtroom Wednesday and claimed he'd killed the guy his friends, white s ... More >>

  • Features

    December 28, 2006

    Diary of a Mad Year

    Jan. 1-Dec. 13

  • Columns

    April 13, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    April 5 - April 11

  • Columns

    August 18, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    April 5 - April 11

  • Columns

    July 28, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    April 5 - April 11

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Inter-Arena Porn!

    And other ways to save the Mighty Ducks

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Well-Behaved Nations Rarely Make History

    On trading Canada for California and nice for nasty

  • Columns

    February 24, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    On trading Canada for California and nice for nasty

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Puck Off!

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • Columns

    November 18, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • Columns

    September 23, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • Columns

    February 5, 2004

    They put the ass in association

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    Scorecard

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Scorecard

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Niedermayer vs. Neidermeyer

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Scorecard

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • Columns

    February 27, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    Anaheim Deals With NHL Lockout

  • Features

    April 4, 2002

    Our Little Secret

    The ABAs and Anaheim Surf attempt to do what few OC teams can: Survive

  • Features

    January 3, 2002

    Deader Than Ever

    The year in pro sports

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Puckface

    They mightve saved Rucchins brain

  • Columns

    October 14, 1999

    Sellouts

    They mightve saved Rucchins brain

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