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May 13, 2006
Su®f City
Because nothing evokes the true spirit of surfing like the smell of lawyers and advertising executives in the morning, we can all rejoice at the news that Huntington Beach is now officially "Surf City USA", in the very real and legally binding sense of those words. According to the L.A. Times, "[The ... More >>
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January 30, 2007
Another Nguyen, Another Problem
The campaign of an OC Republican candidate named Nguyen has been caught distributing a clumsy bit of fraud. No, this is not another Tan Nguyen and the "Immigrants Can't Vote Letter" post. From this morning's Times: The campaign of an Orange County supervisorial candidate, whose slogan is "Honesty, ... More >>
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May 17, 2006
Anti-Carona Commercial to Air
Los Angeles County Sheriff's commander Ralph Martin, who is trying to unseat third-term-seeking Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, has apparently made a huge cable television advertising buy so he can broadcast the following campaign commerical (Windows Media) into local homes. The beauty of the ad ... More >>
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August 15, 2007
The OC Post Death Watch?
Since the news broke the other day about the Register moving its completely ridiculous faux alt-weekly Squeeze OC to an all-online format as well as laying off several of its staffers, we couldn't help but wonder how long the OC Post, the Reggie's other lame attempt at capturing younger readers, wil ... More >>
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August 21, 2007
Del Taco: Chicken-Checkers
So I'm cruising over the 241 toll road Monday listening to the Angels-Yankees game on 710, when a Del Taco commercial drifts over the airwaves. There's some blah-blah-blah, and then the ad does exactly what the Lake Forest-based fauxMex chain's marketing department hopes it'll do: It gets my attenti ... More >>
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September 6, 2007
Mickey Nixes Metal Concert
Raise your hand if you saw this coming... The powers that be at Walt Disney Properties have pressured concert promoter Live Nation into cancelling tomorrow’s Machine Head show at the House Of Blues, the reason being “violent imagery, undesirable fans and inflammatory lyrics”. The Happiest Pl ... More >>
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September 12, 2007
Crazy-ass Reg letter o' the day!
(Category: World-Is-Going-To-Hell) SELLING LUST, NOT HAMBURGERS "I am appalled every time I see the new Carl's Jr. ad about 'flat buns.' These ads certainly are helping to destroy our culture. The ads degrade both teachers and students. Please tell Carl's Jr. and the television channels that air th ... More >>
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September 18, 2007
New Developments In Disney Censorship
Anaheim’s House Of Blues cancellation of the Machine Head show earlier this month was just the beginning in Disney’s slow and steady elimination of all things metal. Immediately after the cancellation, Machine Head released a statement citing the venue’s reasons for canceling the show (with ... More >>
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April 28, 2008
OC Register Laying off Five Percent of Workforce
It's never fun being right about this kind of thing, but apparently the OC Register is laying off 80 to 90 employees, according to a post today on the newspaper's website. Here's about half of the post (it's really short): "... [Publisher Terry] Horne cited Orange County’s sluggish economy, es ... More >>
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June 11, 2008
Upcoming in LA Times Obits: The Sunday Magazine
Remember those Sunday mornings when the LA Times magazine was something to look forward to? Terrific profiles/color pieces/semi-newsy features—in-depth stuff you went back and read a second time (and, admit it, clipped and filed in your battered ol’ copy of Websters, under the appropriate word)? ... More >>
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March 29, 2001
He Knows the Way to San Jose
Newport councilman Gary Proctor lives in $820,000 home up north
Film
September 27, 2001
Tunnel Vision
Kornbluths film debut undercooked
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October 28, 2008
Zack and Miri Lose a Title
You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>
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October 2, 2008
Sock Hop
Battle in the Ballroom
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May 29, 2008
No More Tickling
When Elmo Grows Up
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April 17, 2008
Green Thumb
Spring Garden Show
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April 3, 2008
Giving Back!
Write On 23rd Annual  Great American Write-In
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September 15, 2005
The Regulatory Disaster That Isnt
Cox and the media spin a tale of government red tape that should be killing American companiesbut isnt
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June 2, 2005
Cox by the Numbers
Cox and the media spin a tale of government red tape that should be killing American companiesbut isnt
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June 24, 2004
Burning Bush
The presidents conservative critics
News
September 25, 2003
Represent What?
The Registers New Campaign
News
September 4, 2003
Total Recall
Welcome to the politics of outercourse
News
August 7, 2003
Track Record
A CenterLine contractors resume includes Bostons notorius big dig
Culture
February 6, 2003
Same as the Old Boss
Curses of the New Economy workplace
News
July 25, 2002
Reform-School Congress
Curses of the New Economy workplace
Features
March 7, 2002
Made in Newport Beach
How Chris Cox helped produce the Enron scandal
News
July 6, 2000
Back to Business
OCs Tom Umberg leaves the White House for the Big Bucks
News
March 2, 2000
Browser Beware
Cookie monster may be following you
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May 27, 2009
Mega-Connected Firm Wins Anaheim Design Contract
Whoa! They're moving the Sydney Opera House to Anaheim!Oh wait, no. That's the newly approved design for the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, a.k.a. ARTIC.On Tuesday, the Anaheim City Council awarded architecture firm Parsons Brinckerhoff/HOK with the contract to design and lay the ... More >>
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August 3, 2009
Irvine-Based Toshiba Presents Boring vs. Normal Deathmatch
It took a most unusual campaign for advertising/public-relations/brand-identification firm Young & Rubicam Brands to convince fellow Irvine-based company Toshiba U.S. to jump back into advertising via television commercials after being absent from the airwaves for several years. The above ad fr ... More >>
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October 6, 2009
Live Nation's Latest Promotion: 'Twitter Scavenger Hunt'
The folks behind Beverly Hills-based concert promoters Live Nation have been promoting the heck out of themselves lately, with the company unleashing a variety of P.T. Barnum-esque stunts to drum up attention for their events in this flagging economy.
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September 23, 2009
Live Nation and Great Park May Team Up on Amphitheater
When the Orange County Great Park Corporation Board meets Thursday morning at Irvine City Hall, directors will consider a $93,000 "feasibility study funding agreement" with mega concert promoter Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. for an amphitheater at the former El Toro Marines Corps Air Station.Los An ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
Fifty Bucks Gets You Alotta Shows with New Live Nation Deal
Concert promoter Live Nation has a pretty sweet deal on the table. For $49.99, people who purchase something called a "Club Passport" get admission to all shows at a few local venues (including the Anaheim House of Blues) for the remainder of the year. When you consider your average ticket costs ... More >>
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November 16, 2009
County Lawyer Seeks State Probe of OC Fair Privatization Plan
What has Dick been doing?The County of Orange's lawyer is calling on the California Attorney General to investigate potential illegal deals that could give private control of the $100 million-plus Orange County Fairgrounds property in Costa Mesa to well-connected political insiders.In an Oct. 30, ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Accountant Gets 4 Years for Stealing $500,000 From Trust Fund to Pay for Doll Collection
A Laguna Hills accountant hired to manage a brother and sister's trust fund has been sentenced to four years in state prison for stealing more than a half million dollars to pay for a doll collection. Margot Jean Strawn, 58, had pleaded guilty to two felony counts ... More >>
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November 30, 2009
Opening of Local CNG Dispenser Has an Unusual Back Story
A compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling dispenser opening at a San Juan Capistrano Shell gas station, while unusual, certainly isn't going to bring out the big media spotlight.But a life-changing event brought the owner and engineer of Go Natural Gas at 28662 Camino Capistrano together.
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December 17, 2009
LUTZ Radio Hour
Long Beach Playhouse
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December 30, 2009
Real-Sugar Pepsi and Mountain Dew To Hit Store Shelves
bevreview.comJason Arango at the Daily Fork posted yesterday about Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback, versions of the popular soft drinks that are made with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, sold in the usual plastic bottles with retro labels.Not to be outdone, the Dr Pepper Sna ... More >>
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March 19, 2010
Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards Ceremony is a Sausage Fest
At the the ninth annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards this week, the Orange County Business Journal and the Ernst & Young accounting firm honored Joshua Hong of the free-to-play video game company K2Network Inc./ GamersFirst of Irvine.Also singled out were David Kim of the apartment ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
Last $10 for 10: Tickets For Lilith And More Coming Up
www.sarahmclachlan.comIf you buy tickets today you can watch Sarah Mclachlan for $10!Live Nation is offering $10 tickets for the last 10 days of June, where the concert promoter is hosting the "No Service Fee June" promo. That means every day until June 30, select shows will have $10 ticke ... More >>
Music
September 9, 2010
Painful Parody
In the battle of the Vandals vs the Daily Variety, there seems to be no end in sight
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September 10, 2010
Fees Charged Students in Tustin and Long Beach Cited in ACLU Lawsuit Against State
Fees charged to public school students in Tustin and Long Beach are part of the evidence the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is citing in a class action lawsuit filed today against the state of California and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.The suit contends the state is violating the Californ ... More >>
News
October 21, 2010
Grinding Justice
Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, doesn't work
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November 9, 2010
Saddleback Valley Unified Loses Appeal of $1.4 Million Judgment Against the School District
Darren Hester / Flickr / Creative CommonsFormer Weekling Spencer Kornhaber wrote last year about "The Curious Case of Saddleback Unified's $1.4 Million Lawsuit Loss."Mission Viejo-based Saddleback Valley Unified School District appealed that trial court decision in favor of Mepco Services, Inc.-- ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Possibly the Best Butter Commercial Ever
Is there a better ingredient than real, honest butter? I think not. With the Super Bowl right around the corner, I'd like take a moment to share this production for a food product that deserves a nomination for the best food commercial ever. Now, compare and contrast with what we produce.
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April 6, 2011
Adzookie Wants to Paint Your House
Adzookie.com is not out to paint the town red, but the Orange advertising company for the mobile communications industry would like to slap a few new coats on your house.Yes, there is a catch."We're doing something a bit out there," informs Adzookie's Mark Oskorus. "We're turning homes into billb ... More >>
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April 11, 2011
The Vandals Win First Round in Variety Lawsuit
The Vandals scored a major victory today in their ongoing legal frivolity of a lawsuit filed against them by entertainment trade publication The Daily Variety. The entertainment trade magazine had filed a second trademark infringement suit against the OC punk band for their cover artwork of 2004' ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
Entrepreneur, the Magazine for Entrepreneurs, Sics Its Lawyers on Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur, the Irvine-based magazine, is threatening to sue a real-life entrepreneur.Paul M. Barrett writes for Bloomberg that lawyers for Entrepreneur Media Inc. (EMI) sent a cease-and-desist letter to a veteran Austin, Texas, entrepreneur who started a law firm, a mortgage company and a real ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Law Enforcement Descends on OC Weekly Building!
Brandon FergusonUsually, when an aspiring journalist imagines the excitement of his job, he has visions of far-flung battlefields or back alley crime scenes in some gritty urban environment, not the sterile office-park building that houses the Costa Mesa newsroom where he works.But that's exactly ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
[UPDATE] Law Enforcement Descends on 'OC Weekly' Building!
Brandon FergusonUPDATE, 2:30 P.M., SEPTEMBER 6, 2011: It's been eerily quiet in the hallways surrounding Weekly world headquarters since our neighbors at the Law Offices of Anthony Kassas were escorted off the premises nearly three weeks ago by officials from the California Department of Justice. ... More >>
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