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Rick Reiff

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    May 6, 2007

    Scenes from the Mexican Madness

    With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations from my first book signing at Librería Martínez last Thursday: *Fliers for the event promised free tequila for adults courtesy of SanTana-based La Tequilera, but some pendeja called t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2006

    Roughed Up on the Waterfront

    Never in a million years would we have thought that our August cover boy and esteemed UC Irvine professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o would suffer indignities and racial profiling in that ethnic melting pot San Francisco, but our pal Rick Reiff—the EE at Orange County Business Journal and host of his ow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2007

    Orange County History Via KOCE

    We love KOCE-TV Channel 50, watch it for television genius (and Orange County Business Journal editor) Rick Reiff's wonderful coif, the in-depth author interviews conducted by Maria Hall-Brown, and the Register-friendly worldview of Real Orange. So it pains us to discover that KOCE president Mel Rog ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Register Slams Sheriff

    A broken clock is right more often than Rohrabacher: Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher recently uttered that President George W. Bush deserves another six months to turn things around in Iraq. But the Huntington Beach/Long Beach representative has a shameful history on the subject. More t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2007

    Goodbye, Bishop Soto, and Good Riddance

    We've always tried really hard to like Jaime Soto, the auxiliary bishop in the Catholic Diocese of Orange who's leaving this weekend to become coadjutor bishop in the Diocese of Sacramento. He's a virtual Aztlanista on immigration, urges compassion for AIDS victims, and always sports a smile. But ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    Last Night: Culture Clash in AmeriCCa

    Rather than offer a straightforward review of Culture Clash's Culture Clash in AmeriCCa at South Coast Repertory (anything these guys do is genius, and this show is no different), here's some notes from the Friday night premiere: *FACES IN THE CROWD: Orange County Business Journal honcho Rick Reiff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    LA Times Editor Russ Stanton Addresses OC Press Club

    With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations, from this night's Orange County Press Clubs shindig at the Island Hotel near Fashion Island: *Event was sold out, which meant there were around 150 people in attendance. Men wore suits; women, dre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    Why Selling the Orange County Register to George Argyros is Censorious

    The Orange County Business Journal is reporting that local mega-slumlord George Argyros is interested in buying the Orange County Register (we'd link to the OCBJ, but you have to pay to read the article--get with the 21st century, Rick Reiff!). This is a horrible idea, and not just because Argyros k ... More >>

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Goodbye, Jim

    Jim Gilchrists new book highlights the failed promises of the Minuteman Project

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    OCBJ is Up on Henry Nicholas, Down on Angels, Cary Bren

    Orange County Business Journal has some enlightening items in this week's issue, although you have to hunt for most of them. That, of course, is not the case with "OC Insider," the weekly column by executive editor Rick Reiff, a seasoned pro who knows to start off with his most newsworthy stuff: T ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    [Moxley Confidential] DA Tony Rackauckas Wins Civil Suit, Does Not Cry

    Orange County Business Journal has some enlightening items in this week's issue, although you have to hunt for most of them. That, of course, is not the case with "OC Insider," the weekly column by executive editor Rick Reiff, a seasoned pro who knows to start off with his most newsworthy stuff: T ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    Ex-Sheriff Mike Carona Used All the Weapons In His Arsenal to Trick a Jury. He Still Lost

    Orange County Business Journal has some enlightening items in this week's issue, although you have to hunt for most of them. That, of course, is not the case with "OC Insider," the weekly column by executive editor Rick Reiff, a seasoned pro who knows to start off with his most newsworthy stuff: T ... More >>

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] Sheriff Hutchens' Concealed-Weapon Policy Prompts Talk of Homosexual Plot

    Orange County Business Journal has some enlightening items in this week's issue, although you have to hunt for most of them. That, of course, is not the case with "OC Insider," the weekly column by executive editor Rick Reiff, a seasoned pro who knows to start off with his most newsworthy stuff: T ... More >>

  • News

    October 2, 2008

    [Moxley Confidential] Chris Cox Says He's a Tough Wall Street Regulator, SEC Record Proves Otherwise

    Orange County Business Journal has some enlightening items in this week's issue, although you have to hunt for most of them. That, of course, is not the case with "OC Insider," the weekly column by executive editor Rick Reiff, a seasoned pro who knows to start off with his most newsworthy stuff: T ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    This Is Your Life: A Companion Guide/Shameless Propaganda for 'Orange County: A Personal History'

    Orange County Business Journal has some enlightening items in this week's issue, although you have to hunt for most of them. That, of course, is not the case with "OC Insider," the weekly column by executive editor Rick Reiff, a seasoned pro who knows to start off with his most newsworthy stuff: T ... More >>

  • Features

    December 27, 2007

    Has It Been a Year Already?

    2007: A year to remember

  • Columns

    February 12, 2004

    E-GATE

    2007: A year to remember

  • Columns

    September 11, 2003

    Letters

    2007: A year to remember

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    MTBE Lies I Told You

    An apology by Will Swaim

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    1-2-3-4

    The Biz Journal dont want your stinkin war!

  • Features

    July 25, 2002

    Summer Eats (Drinks)

    The Biz Journal dont want your stinkin war!

  • Film

    March 29, 2001

    Sex, Drugs and Narcissism

    The fifth annual Calleys

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    All That Glistens

    The fifth annual Calleys

  • Columns

    June 15, 2000

    I am a Fish Murderer

    And other tails of wealth, poverty and imprisonment

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    Bankruptcy? What Bankruptcy?!

    OCs financial meltdown, five years later

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Blown Coverage

    How to keep ignoring the bankruptcy fallout

  • Features

    February 18, 1999

    OC's Sexiest People

    How to keep ignoring the bankruptcy fallout

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Sheriff Hutchens Unleashes Her Mild Fury in KOCE Debate Tonight

    Photo by Christopher VictorioHost Rick Reiff (left) quizzes the next sheriff (and two wannabes) in a debate airing tonight.​Time and again, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has played defense at public debates with her two challengers in the upcoming June election. She smiles uncomfortably quite a bit, tap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Scott Baugh Enlists GOP Attacker In Hopes of Discrediting Factual Story On Lobbying Pact

    Scott BaughIn 2006, Daystar wanted to takeover Orange County's public broadcasting channel at KOCE in Huntington Beach. The Texas-based evangelical television network hired Platinum Advisors, a California lobbying outfit, to block legislative attempts to thwart the company's desire. I'll let Rick Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    [BREAKING] House Cuts NPR Funding

    ​UPDATE, MARCH 17, 12:41 P.M.: The U.S. House of Representatives just voted to defund National Public Radio (NPR). The matter now goes to the Senate.Start buying those tote bags.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    PBS SoCal Breaks Ground on Costa Mesa Studios Today

    ​PBS SoCal, which was formerly known as KOCE/Channel 50, is scheduled to break ground this morning on new studio headquarters on the first floor of the South Coast Corporate Center at 3080 Bristol St., Costa Mesa.Production studios, which are expected to be completed by the fall, will join PBS SoC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Mike Harrah Claims He's Finally Found the Tenant That will Allow Him to Build 37-Story One Broadway Plaza

    ​Credit for this story goes to the Orange County Business Journal's Rick Reiff, who is actually breaking the news when Inside OC with Rick Reiff airs tomorrow at 1 p.m., which we taped this afternoon but he allowed me to pre-break because he's re-breaking the news in his Monday OCBJ column...wait, ... More >>

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