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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup Announced

    Last night, the folks at Guerilla Union announced the lineup and dates for Rock the Bells 2012 and a couple new surprises to its format.In an obvious attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the Coachella's decision to clone itself, this year's Rock the Bells will be expanding its lineup to two co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Old Coot From the 909 Stands Trial For Driving Drunk, Killing a Woman and Injuring Her Son

    ​Way to wrap up your life, Edward Stanley Butler. According to the Orange County District Attorney's Office, the 71-year-old San Bernardino man "faces a maximum sentence of seven years and eight in state prison if convicted" of downing vodka and slamming his car into that of Tamiko Kaminaga, 60, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Orange County Register Eyed by Publisher South of the Border

    ​Someone south of the border may buy the Orange County Register.Clean up in whichever aisles old coot heads just exploded in.That's south of the Orange County border, not the Mexican one.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    "Celebrate Gospel" Returns to Disney California Adventure

    ​ Do you like gospel music? What about Disney California Adventure?Well, if you like both prepare to have your mind blown, because those two worlds are about to collide when "Celebrate Gospel" (an annual celebration of gospel music... duh) makes its way back to the park this Saturday.Lea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    California Dream Act Repeal: EPIC FAIL!

    ​Supporters of a state initiative to repeal the California Dream Act Governor Jerry Brown signed into law last year announced today they failed to obtain the 500,000 signatures required to get a proposition on the ballot. See what happens when you have your Mexican gardener's wife distribute petit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Biologist Accuses Inland Water Districts of Spooking Populace Over Expanded Santa Ana Sucker Habitat

    ​Inland water districts are using unfounded claims, invented projections and a "staged sham" hearing to spread fears to the populace about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) having designated a portion of the Santa Ana River as a "critical habitat" for a little fish known as the Santa Ana su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Region is 4th Worst in U.S. for Finding Jobs

    ​A list based on data from the government and a job-search website reveals the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana area is the fourth worst metropolitan area for finding a job.U.S. News & World Report analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and job search website indeed.com to com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Road to Paid Dues: Q&A with Skeme

    ​Name: Skeme Age: 21 Reppin: Inglewood, CA Where You Might Heard Him: Dom Kennedy's "Left Side, Right Side"  or "Play On"; Kendrick Lamar's "I Do This [Remix],"  Overdoz's "Don't Wanna Be Your Girlfriend,"  Mann's "Kickin it With the Lingo"  Projects to Date: Pre Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    [UPDATED] Orange County Wants Obamacare . . . for Disaster Aid

    ​UPDATED, JAN. 26, 5:49 P.M.: President Barack Obama agreed today that Orange County is a disaster. Ethically, morally, politically--it's like Mischa Barton's blank stare here, said . . .Check that: Obama today signed the paperwork that officially declared Orange County and several other Californ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Are Medical Marijuana Dispensaries a Convenient Target Now That Prop 19 Failed?

    Illustration by Jay Brockman​Yes, short-term memory is challenging for many of you. But try extra hard thinking back to the not-so-distant past when marijuana legalization in California seemed to be a lock. Alas, Prop 19 was smoked in the statewide election earlier this month.Is it possible that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Election Monitor Named for People's Republic of Orange County

    ​An election monitor has been appointed for the People's Republic of Orange County. No, Jimmy Carter isn't coming Tuesday.  Assistant United States Attorney Dennis Mitchell, as he has done before, will serve as the District Election Officer for the Central District of California, which includ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Prescription Drug Take Back Hauls in 2,700 Pounds of Meds in OC

    ​We previously reported Nadya Suleman hauled in $2,600 at her Saturday garage sale in La Habra.The same day, local law enforcement agencies collected prescription drugs voluntarily given up residents. If cops got a dollar for each pound of medicine they took in, they would have beat Octomom.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Tyrica Jenice Goff, Ringleader in American Express Fraud Case, Gets Stiffest Sentence

    ​The ringleader of the American Express travelers' checks fraud scheme--which ripped off more than $650,000 from T.J. Maxx, T.J. Maxx HomeGoods and Marshalls stores in Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Bernardino counties--was sentenced today to seven years in state prison.We tol ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2010

    Wee Man In Mariachi Divas Video

    [Mental Notes] Also, Avenged Sevenfold drummer's cause of death, Rock the Bells has Lauryn Hill

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Rock The Bells: Lauryn Hill and Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest Added To Lineup

    ​[via MTV] Why, Urb Was Right After All: When they announced that Lauryn Hill was going to be performing The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in its entirety last month, then were proven wrong when the lineup was announced and there was no Fugees lead singer in sight.  Instead, only Wu-Tang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Bartender Again Gives Up Her Butt for Boobs

    ​Serena Stewart is once again giving up her butt for boobs--that is, the nanny, bartender and motorcyclist is enduring the pain to her backside from riding a motorcycle for more than 9,000 miles to raise money for breast cancer survivors.Stewart pushed off on her '06 Harley Davidson Road King in S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Rock The Bells 2010: No Lauryn Hill, But Guess Who's Performing?

    www.lauryn-hill.com​Yesterday, Urb.com called it: Lauryn Hill would be performing The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in its entirety at Guerilla Union's veritable hip-hop fest, Rock the Bells. When the lineup was announced at the Key Club in Hollywood last night, Rock the Bells announced  ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Free Ozzy Album For Ozzfest Ticket Buyers

    www.ozzy.com​Go to OZZfest, young man. Get a free album. That is, if you buy tickets before June 18 at LiveNation.com. Ozzy Osbourne's new album, Scream, will be made available to ticket holders the day before the album becomes available in stores. 

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Bessie Whyman, OC Homicide No. 3: 84-Year-Old Robbed, Tortured and Murdered

    UPDATE: The Orange County District Attorney announces indictment of Anthony Darnell Wade in the murder of Bessie Mae Whyman (details at end of post) . . .Courtesy of Anaheim Police DepartmentAnthony Wade is eligible for the death penalty.​Friends and former co-workers remember 84-year-old Bessie M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Jose Antonio Franco, Mentally Retarded Immigrant Held for 5 Years, is Released

    ​Five days after civil rights lawyers filed a lawsuit on behalf of a mentally retarded immigrant who has been locked up for years after being judged mentally incompetent to understand the proceedings against him, federal officials announced the release of man from custody in Santa Ana.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Roe v. Wade Wades into Newport Beach

    ColbertNation.comSheryl WuDunn, who appeared on "The Colbert Report" last year, is the guest speaker at Saturday's Roe v. Wade event.​A Roe V. Wade commemoration will be held Saturday evening in Newport Beach and--guess what?--it's a celebration of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision leg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    GOP Assemblyman OC Republican Power Brokers Targeted for Recall Won't Seek Reelection

    ​The Inland Empire Republican state assemblyman who blamed "Orange County Republicans" and "Newport Beach activists" for an unsuccessful recall attempt against him will not win reelection this year.That's because Anthony Adams (R-Hesperia) won't be on the ballot."The decision to leave the Legislat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Crime Time: Late Octogenarian Lesbian Sex Edition

    It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local crimes and police calls--now with more . . . um . . . you'll see. (Not that you'll want to.) TUESDAY, NOV. 10 ​ ​ Nothing to See Here Folks. . . . Seriously, You Don't Want to Look This call came in around 1:10 p.m. concerning activ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Where There's Smoke, Newport Beach Hotel Sees Money

    Other than losing the services of 100 firefighters who have been dispatched to the mammoth blazes in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, Orange County has escaped unscathed from Southern California's current round of infernos. There hasn't even been that much smoke here, which is prec ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 3, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Other than losing the services of 100 firefighters who have been dispatched to the mammoth blazes in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, Orange County has escaped unscathed from Southern California's current round of infernos. There hasn't even been that much smoke here, which is prec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2009

    Last Night: Powerhouse at Honda Center

    ​Last Night: Powerhouse 2009 at the Honda Center featuring Jay-Z, Black Eyed Peas, Pitbull, Lil' John, Flo Rida, Sean Paul, LMFAO, Kid Cudi, Far East Movement, New Boyz and Ya Boy.Better Than: A long, shitty drive to San Manuel Casino.Download: Pssh, like you really need ME to tell you what to dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Anti-Prop 8/Pro-Gay Marriage Summit Deemed "a Disaster"

    ​Chris Prevatt of TheLiberalOC blogged and tweeted from a LGBT Leadership Summit in San Bernardino aimed at repealing Prop 8 and restoring marriage equality for all Californians. The gathering revealed a schism within the movement between activists who want to get a Prop 8 counter measure on the 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Stinkin' Royal George Brett Buys Angels Farm Team

    The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, which has been an Angels farm team since 2001, has been sold to a group led by Bobby Brett and his former Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer brother, George Brett. Majority owner Hank Stickney of Valley Baseball Club Inc., which moved the Quakes to Rancho Cucamonga from ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    Fullerton Chicano Murals Saved!

    Got a MySpace message from Sancho the Latin Blogger regarding a community meeting this past Tuesday in Fullerton regarding the city's endangered Chicano murals on Lemon Street south of Valencia (I would've gone but made the mistake of trying to leave San Bernardino at 5pm--HELL). Not only are the mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2007

    Friday's Headlines. No Surprises: March of the day laborers

    In town - the third favorite Dem: Later this afternoon, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards will be at the Disneyland Hotel to speak at the Orange County Democratic Party's 13th annual Harry Truman Awards & Dinner. In a CNN poll released Tuesday, Edwards followed Clinton (51 percent) and Obama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2007

    Sunday's Headlines & Surprises

    John Wayne and the Grey, er, Wild Goose: Greg Aragon reports that John Wayne's 1942 yacht, Wild Goose, remains a work horse tour boat for Hornblower Cruises & Events in the area and that the long dead actor's spiritual presence is aboard. (If dying doesn't change bad habits, I presume he's still in ... More >>

  • Music

    June 14, 2007
  • News

    February 15, 2007

    An Inconvenient Slope

    Big Bears ski resorts are covered in snow despite a chronic lack of natural snowfall. So where are the crowds? Dont blame global warmingblame the media

  • Music

    November 23, 2006

    All Do Crazy Things

    Get Out! Nightlife and more: Nov. 23 - Nov. 30

  • Music

    June 22, 2006

    Get Out!

    Special Summer Festival Edition: You are the star!

  • Music

    March 9, 2006

    Felt So Good

    Murs and Lisa Bonet make for some real Atmosphere

  • Culture

    January 13, 2005

    Season 2, Episode 8

    Murs and Lisa Bonet make for some real Atmosphere

  • Features

    September 23, 2004

    Ouch!

    Why are county health officials in West Nile Denial?

  • Features

    May 20, 2004

    Summer Guide

    Its very hot right now. Heres why

  • Features

    May 29, 2003

    Balboa Fun Zone

    Its very hot right now. Heres why

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    Anthrax? Yawn

    Local abortion providers have been dealing with the threat for years

  • Features

    August 9, 2001

    A Guide to our Advertisers

    Local abortion providers have been dealing with the threat for years

  • Unknown

    August 9, 2001

    Jujubeating your meat

    Local abortion providers have been dealing with the threat for years

  • Music

    April 26, 2001

    To Da Break of Dawn

    The Audiotistic rave goes (almost) all night

  • Columns

    December 21, 2000

    Please Rewind

    The Audiotistic rave goes (almost) all night

  • Unknown

    June 8, 2000

    In Search of... Skatejam2000

    The Audiotistic rave goes (almost) all night

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Russians, Rockets and the Santa Ana River

    A closed weapons plant in the Chino Hills may be leaking hazardous chemicals into the Santa Ana River

  • Columns

    February 18, 1999

    Smoke on the Water

    A closed weapons plant in the Chino Hills may be leaking hazardous chemicals into the Santa Ana River

  • News

    March 27, 1997

    Abstaining from Reality

    President Clinton funds anti-sex programs

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