Rebecca Schoenkopf reporting from . . .
ORANGE, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 441--The beer is Heineken, the food Mexican, the lights fluorescent. A couple hundred people, very happy--and sitting. Sitting. And we're young. And so, thinking Loretta Sanchez's invite-only party is likely to be a bit more fun, we're planning to go over there in a bit. But Norberto Santana of the Register appears to tell us that L's party is a dud. Could be the invite-only thing. Could be the
On Saturday I attended my first anti-war rally. I held a sign, I listened to speakers, I waved for spyplanes. Had I been high on the pot I would've felt a complete connection with my parents' generation.
Led by OC Weekly's own Rebecca Schoenkopf (who's no Commie-come-lately), the group of assembled senior citizens, activists, hippies, idealistic youth and undercover law enforcement marched with dignity and grace from Hart Park to Orange Circle and back, the only arrest involving an open containe
Yes, kids: our award-winning Rebecca Schoenkopf has left the Weekly for...reasons you'll read later today when our infernal website finally puts up her farewell column. In the meanwhile, read OC Register columnist Frank Mickadeit's take on the matter. And do leave your thoughts/rants/valentines below.
Update: Here's Rebecca's final column.
The other day, while getting the website that mirrors your favorite OC alt.-weekly pub ready for ya'all, Clockworken noticed something interesting upon opening Gustavo Arellano's popular column !Ask a Mexican! (Special Cesar Chavez Edition). Along the top of the virtual page was a Google advertisement inside a rectangular box, but upon opening El Mex the copy inside changed. Gone were the previous product-hawking sites, which we can't recall at this moment due to a weekend spent swimming with a
