Subject: San Clemente

• Wednesday's Headlines

  Dear Mr. President: Costa Mesa's city council plans to send President Bush a letter, asking that he reject a bill that would give some immigrants a path to citizenship. And now a word from the Vatican: Driving can be "an occasion of sin," so the Vatican's issued 'Ten Commandments' for motorists, to keep them "on the road to salvation," reports the AP. Opposing views: San Clemente residents are peeved at one neighbor who wants to add a second story and, in effect, spoil their views of the ocean.

  June 20, 2007

• Big Wave Riding Awards 2008

  April 12, 2008

• Toll Road Warriors

  September 25, 2008

• The Death Ray

  October 7, 1999

• Because You're Ugly: Etsy Local Crafters--Handamade

  No, your eyes do not deceive you—that is indeed an apple cozy. Hand-knit by San Clemente-based Handamade, I can't exactly say fruit cozies—pear cozies and coffee cup cozies are also up for sale—are entirely necessary, but they sure are reeeeeeeal freaking adorable. The cozies might ward off a few bruises that could be suffered from, I don't know, a tumble or two, but they would probably just make for really great and inexpensive holiday gifts for your child's teacher. The apple and pea

  October 28, 2008

• Toll Road Rage: Polls and Tolls

  September 1, 2005

• Slideshow: Agent Orange, Chapel of Thieves and the Pegs at OC Tavern

  Beth Stirnaman was at the OC Tavern in San Clemente on Friday, and is back with pictures of Agent Orange, Chapel of Theives (who are, somewhat coincidentally, featured in this Friday's upcoming Locals Only column) and the Pegs. Pictures are here!

  January 19, 2009

• Howard Ahmanson Jr. Only the Second Biggest Hater

  Gustavo's pal Howard F. Ahmanson Jr. just missed the top spot on the Dishonor Roll published online by Californians Against Hate. The Knights of Columbus of New Haven, Conn., gave $1.425 million to the campaign for the same-sex-marriage-barring Prop. 8, while Howie only ponied up $1.395 million.Hey, it was a tough year.Other Orange County haters of note include former state Sen. Rob Hurtt, who owns Container Supply Co. in Garden Grove and gave $550,000, just edging out repellant James Dobson's F

  February 3, 2009

• Two OC Locals in 'American Idol' Top 36

  American Idol finalized their top 36 last night, and Orange County is responsible for two of them--that's 5.555(and so on) percent! Not too shabby.Irvine's Mishavonna Henson (left) and San Clemente's Kai Kalama both made it through into the live episodes, which start this Tuesday with the first crop of 12 semifinalists performing. We'll be tracking their progress here, of course. Go team OC! Yay for opportunties to make still-funny Ryan Seacrest jokes!

  February 12, 2009

• Is a Popular Legal Weapon Ending a South County Gang Rivalry, or Catching Bystanders in Its Net?

  January 29, 2009

• Hoopty Doo

  November 20, 2008

• [Aural Reports] San Clemente's Büddafinger Just Wanna Be Heard

  July 31, 2008

• Wave Hello

  July 17, 2008

• [Hey, You!] One Hundred Percent Perspiration

  July 17, 2008

• [Aural Reports] San Clemente's 5HT Rock to Raise Your Serotonin

  May 8, 2008

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' and More

  March 27, 2008

• Surf More

  June 3, 1999

• Shelter

  Its a Dogs Life

  July 19, 2007

• Dick Nixons Orange County

  August 12, 1999

• Letters

  November 27, 2003

• Eggleston All Over His Face

  January 18, 2007

• Hey, You!

  May 11, 2006

• 'In My Book, Rod Stewart . . . Kicked the Bucket in 1977'

  December 15, 2005

• San Clemente

  October 20, 2005

• Toll Road Rage: Gone Fission

  September 15, 2005

• La Galette Creperie

  June 9, 2005

• Noise Nazis

  September 2, 2004

• Pita Wraps

  August 5, 2004

• Show and Tell

  February 5, 2004

• Gourmet Gone Wild!

  October 2, 2003

• San Clemente

  September 27, 2001

• Letters

  August 26, 1999

• Letters

  October 15, 1998

• Afroman

  April 30, 2009

• TONIGHT: Afroman at OC Tavern

  Damn, if you ever had a reason to truck out to San Clemente, tonight is the night (unless of course you live in San Clemente...in that case, just stay put). Touring in preparation of his new album Frobama, to be released  this week on May 5, rapper Afroman (pictured) takes a trip to OC's deep south with a pocket full of stoner rhymes bagged fresh and ready to roll.Chances are you've heard of this brilliant MC at some point in your high school/college career. Look at him, how could you forge

  May 2, 2009

• San Clemente's White Horses To Be Replaced by New Italian Restaurant

  White Horses, the esteemed restaurant by Marc Norris that we dubbed the Best Restaurant in Orange County, is going to serve its last meal June 30th.  Immediately afterwards -- like the next day -- new owners will take the reins (pun intended).  Their restaurant will be an Italian one called OltreMare.So where is Chef Norris going after he leaves his San Clemente Pier baby to new parents?  Well, not that far, actually.  He's slated to open a new venture called Crispin on the s

  June 19, 2009

• Kelly Boyz country dance lessons and Kelly Rae Live

  May 14, 2009

• OC Restaurant Closures During June--None, Not Even White Horses

  Just spoke to Mark Norris at San Clemente's White Horses, who confirmed that the restaurant is in escrow--and that he'll be moving on to his new venture, Crispin's, as and when the sale is completed--but that it's staying open in the meantime. That's good news for fans of the esteemed eaterie, which, as Edwin pointed out, we named Best Restaurant in OC.Incredibly, that means that, as far as we're aware, no restaurants closed in Orange County in June, which is hopefully a sign tha

  July 1, 2009

• Crime Time: Toys 'R Us Jerk-Off, Fake Cops, Gangbangers, Breakdancers and Son of a Real Housewife of OC

  7-Eleven surveillance screen grab courtesy Anaheim Police Department. All others courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentClockwise from top left: Justin Buseth is accused of breaking into a home and doughnut shop in Dana Point; Daniel Chomina has a long record and faces several felony charges; Surveillance video shows 7-Eleven robbery spree perpetrators; Josh Waring, the son of a Real Housewife of Orange County, in trouble again.It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--in O

  July 21, 2009

• Crime Time: Small Fries, Bad Tenants and the Church Lady

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--small fry edition . . . MONDAY, JULY 20Artist's rendering of Bank of America robber. He may belong to that notorious street gang, the Lollipop Kids.​Watch Those Kids at the Playground A 3-year-old boy was at the playground in Ponderosa Park in the 2100 block of South Haster Street, Anaheim, with his 11-year-old sister and 12-year-old cousin, their moms keeping an eye on them. As the littlest one slid down the slide around 10:30 a.m., a m

  July 28, 2009

• Crime Time: Stabbings, Curfews, Drunk Marines, Drunk Councilman and Van's a-Rockin'

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more stabbings and [alleged] drunken-driving politicians . . . Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentKnew those Trader Joe's bags were good for something . . .​MONDAY, JULY 27Cash and Carry A man walked up with a Trader Joe's bag in hand to a teller at the Wells Fargo branch near Alicia Parkway and Charlinda Drive in Mission Viejo around 12:45 p.m. He asked for and received cash before walking out. Surveillance cameras reve

  August 4, 2009

• TONIGHT: Aquabats, TSOL at OC Tavern

  ​Well, how about this? A free local show tonight from two of the most prominent veteran Orange County bands. Life could be worse.It's the "Surfercross After Party," from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the OC Tavern in San Clemente, and featuring performances from the Aquabats (pictured, but you already knew that) and TSOL. To get in, all you have to do is RSVP here. There will be "giveaways and custom tees," apparently, and the whole thing is sponsored by Toyota, and if their parties are anywhere near a

  August 5, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Surfrider Foundation Builds Green

  Surfrider.org​The buildings of Surfrider's global headquarters in San Clemente make up just one more demonstration of their commitment to preserving our coastal environment. The U.S Green Building Council (USGBC), an organization with a strict rating system for design and construction, awarded Surfrider its sought-after LEED Gold Certification. "We were very fortunate to work with excellent architects and contractors who were committed to making our offices energy efficient and environmentall

  August 5, 2009

• Crime Time: Nekkid Folks, Robber Baby, Strip-Club Stabbers, Loaded Brownie and a Flaming Bag of Poo

  Courtesy of Orange Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentWe call this collage "Robberies, Solved and Unsolved." Top left: a man hands a teller a note demanding cash at Chase Bank in Orange. Top right: Booking photo of Adam J. Bennett, 20, of Santa Ana, who is suspected of robbing $700 from a Mission Viejo Wells Fargo on July 27. Bottom left and right: Surveillance photos from armed robbery that occurred around 9:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Orange Olive Mini Market in Orange. ​It'

  August 18, 2009

• Free Speech Triumphs Over Gestapo in OC!

  Oppression didn't end in 1945​Folks are always complaining that Congress and state legislatures should not be allowed to meet except for a couple of weeks a year. It's an idea to help curtail the nanny-state notions of politicians of both major political parties. Good enough. But what about city councils?Take the San Clemente City Council, for example. It decided that it could outfox the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court rulings that rigidly prevent the government from restricting free

  October 2, 2009

• Five Great Iconic, Old-School Restaurants

  Where bird is the Eternal Word...​Recently, a reader wrote to complain about my choice of Aloha BBQ as the best restaurant in Mission Viejo for my book, Orange County: A Personal History. Her choice of Capriccio's wasn't better--really, Aloha's main competition is Hatam. But the email got me thinking about those few, those proud, those restaurants that have existed for decades that, while not exactly the best in quality anymore, nevertheless are icons in their respective city, places one must

  October 5, 2009

• Crime Time: An Especially San Clemente/ Huntington Beach Edition

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--with an especially heavy emphasis on San Clemente and Huntington Beach. MONDAY, OCT. 5 He died for your remote. Who's the Patron Saint of Stupidity Again? A 50-inch Viso plasma TV was stolen out of the beer tent erected for the weekend Fall Festival at Sts. Simon & Jude Catholic Church, 20444 Magnolia St., Huntington Beach, some time before 3:30 a.m. What's more disturbing: the crime, leaving a plasma unattended in a tent overnig

  October 13, 2009

• Crime Time: Ho' Attacker, Hammer Head, Bushman Packing Heat, Monkey Off the Market and Ryan Seacrest

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more ho' attackers, hammer heads, short robbers, skateboarding nazis, bloody bandagers, bushmen packing heat, baseball bat-wielding robbers, monkeys that are not for sale and Ryan Seacrest.Center photo by Melinda Nagy/Dreamstime.comBE TRUE TO YOUR CRIME-RIDDEN SCHOOL: Ah, a new school year is upon us. And so is schoolyard mayhem. A former security officer at Irvine's Beckman High School (top left) has been charged with two felony

  September 22, 2009

• A Weekend of Lines n' Numbers for Climate Action

  Spencer Kornhaber / OC Weekly​The International Day of Climate Action came and went, and global warming has been solved. What? Oh, sorry. It's still a problem. But at least some people tried to do something about it.This was true in Orange County. I stopped by the 350.org event in San Clemente on Saturday to see how they were possibly hoping to form a big human "350" on the pier. Turns out, they didn't. The guy who was going to loan San Clemente Green his remote-control helicopter camera for f

  October 26, 2009

• Crime Time: Creepy Toys, Slick Bank Robbers, Egged On Victims, Dog-Beating Dipshits and At Least [Alleged] Criminals Still Read Newspapers

  It's the Weekly's weekly roundup of local police calls and assorted mayhem.MONDAY, NOV. 2". . . and I don't like you!" ​"I'm Talking Tina . . . and Things Are Going to Be Different Around Here" A woman called 9-1-1 around 3:45 in the morning to say she heard a baby toy go off downstairs in her home in the 26800 block of Moore Oaks Road in Laguna Hills even though no one else was supposed to be down there. She wanted deputies to come by and make sure everything was safe. Set your tasers to stun

  November 10, 2009