San Clemente

Obama Administration Bans Synthetic Weed

More than four months after voters in Colorado and Washington State legalized recreational marijuana smoking, the Obama administration has yet to announce any plans to either tolerate those developments or continue to crack down on America's homegrown marijuana industry (to the presumed delight of t ... More >>

LA Archdiocese Discloses Another OC Pedo-Priest In its Latest Document Dump

Last month, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles released thousands of pages of documents pertaining to its long, proud history of protecting pedophile priests. Yesterday, Terence McKiernan of BishopAccountability.org, which archives documents pertaining to the Catholic Church's sex-abuse scandal going ba ... More >>

Five OC Breweries Win Big At The Great American Beer Festival

Every year, thousands of brewers and beer enthusiasts convene in Denver for the Great American Beer Fest, which is basically the Olympics of beer. Breweries from across the country bring their best brews to be judged by panels consisting of 188 professionals from 11 countries. (By the way, how does ... More >>

Things are Tough All Over for San Onofre Nuclear Plant

​Perhaps you've heard the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ordered the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to remain shut down until plant operator Southern California Edison (SCE) can satisfy the feds that it knows why tubes wore out in two steam generators recently and that it ... More >>

Macarons and Cooking Classes Highlight New Rocq Cafe in Lake Forest

​For some reason, the rest of Orange County thinks South County is a culinary black hole. As someone who lives south of the Spectrum I take offense to that. First, haters, let's not forget that we have Break of Dawn. But we're also home to the boss burgers at Riders Club in San Clemente, the impre ... More >>

The Flytraps Can Afford Their Rock & Roll Lifestyle

Being in the Flytraps is the most natural thing in the world

Bill Walton Invests in a Tequila Brand

​I usually don't give a shit about celebrities releasing a foodstuff, but word that NBA Hall of Fame member, fellow UCLA Bruin, and greatest broadcaster EVER Bill Walton has invested in a tequila brand warrants a blog post, if only for the opportunity to put up a YouTube clip of the man in action. ... More >>

Bullying of Youths is Down Online But Up Via Text, Says Locally Produced National Study

​The good news: kids are not being bullied as much online.The bad news: bullying by text messages is on the rise.That's the takeaway from a study whose lead author is Michele Ybarra, president and research director of the nonprofit Internet Solutions for Kids in San Clemente.

Capistrano Beach Church Rocked by Swastikas, Obscenities and Other Vandalism

​Sheriff's investigators are treating as a hate crime the application of swastikas to the walls of Palisades United Methodist Church in Capistrano Beach over the weekend. Using lipstick and black markings, the international sign of Nazism and other obscenities were painted onto a preschool wall be ... More >>

UCI's Anthill Pub First Annual Summer Beerfest To Be Held NEXT Saturday

Anthill Pub Facebook​Next Saturday, Anthill Pub & Grille, the best pub on the UCI campus, okay, it's the only pub on the UCI campus, will host six local craft breweries for a first-time-ever beerfest if you don't count what happens in almost every dorm room on every weekend during the school y ... More >>

Crystal-Meth Block Did Not Come Standard With Jetta Searched Near Border Checkpoint

​Border Patrol agents boast they intercepted a "bumper crop" of crystal methamphetamine near the San Clemente checkpoint last week.Wednesday morning's encounter with a "nervous" 24-year-old woman resulted in the discovery of 12 pounds of crystal meth hidden in the rear bumper of ... More >>

100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

Flickr Photo of the Week: Casa Romantica

Flickr DaCoach89l​Behind the jump: Check out this week's Flickr Photo of the Week, by Flickr DaCoach89l . Got some photos of life in or around Orange County you'd like to share with your community? Join the OC Weekly Flickr pool!

50th Annual Art-Craft Fair

San Clemente Art Gallery

Watch Voxhaul Broadcast at the Hammer Museum Today, or on KCRW's Site

​We love when former OC natives become successful and move to LA. No, really. So even though Voxhaul Broadcast left San Clemente for LA, we still get to claim them. That gets kind of cool in terms of flipping through radio stations, hearing a song you can vaguely recognize--and realizing Voxhaul B ... More >>

What's the Cost for Police Service in Your City?

​At the most recent meeting of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens got the five supes to approve $77 million in annual police service contracts with 11 cities throughout the county.That amount represents a slight increase (primarily due to deputy benefits) over the last ... More >>

This Week in Food

Flickr user DebbieDoesCakesSteak cakes aren't the only thing you missed this week in Stick a Fork In It. Sink your teeth into more juicy food news after the jump!

Blair Christopher Hanloh Allegedly Took, Fixed and Rented Out Homes He Did Not Own

​Blair Christopher Hanloh, 46, of Long Beach, was charged Friday with stealing more than $3.5 million in a fraudulent scheme that had him allegedly taking over homes he did not own, fixing them up a little, taking ads out on Craigslist and renting the houses out to the unsuspecting.Hanloh, who is ... More >>

Orange County Noir

Newport Beach Public Library

Tonight: Big Bad Wolf, Billy Kernkamp, We Are the Pilots at OC Tavern

​Hey mean-ole rest 'o the county! Stop sneering when I tell you I'm from Dana Point. South county is not a place where nothing happens! Case in point: Tonight there's a pretty solid rock show at San Clemente's OC Tavern.

Did YouTube Influence San Clemente Christmas Tree Surfers?

Could the 18-year-old who suffered head injuries after Christmas tree surfing in San Clemente been among the 1,000 viewers of the YouTube video above?

[UPDATED] Just Another Orange County Murder(s): Bonnie Hoult and Elizabeth, Catherine and Julia Fontaine

UPDATED WITH SHOOTER ID . . .DMVTriggerwoman grandma: Bonnie Hoult​Orange County sheriff's investigators now have a working theory in the ghastly murder-suicides that took the lives of a 67-year-old woman, her 38-year-old daughter and her granddaughters, 4 and 2, inside a five-bedroom, $1.7 millio ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

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 ... More >>

Crime Time: Brawling Girls! Duct-Taped to Pole! Brawling Golfers! Tots on Train Tracks!

Not funny!​ It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--with a Monday dedicated to the ladies . . . awwwww yeah! MONDAY, AUG. 17Pub Brawl Two women fought as men prodded them on around closing time (2 a.m.) at Auld Dubliner restaurant and pub, 2497 Park Ave., Tustin. The big loser was ... More >>

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 $ ... More >>

It's No Red Bull: Harbor High Seeks National Surf Crown

Newport Harbor High School's surf team has a chance to be crowned the national champion as it competes in the Red Bull Riders Cup National Championship this weekend at Upper Trestles at San Onofre State Beach south of San Clemente. Harbor High's Sailors, who were the Orange County Reg ... More >>

Heal The Bay Gives the Baby Beach a Clean Bill Of Health

Heal the Bay has released its annual report card of California beach water quality. Each of Orange County's beaches has received a grade, and the 88-page report has some other info on the county. Let's break it down:We've got two "beach bummers." On Heal the Bay's list of the top 10 worst beaches in ... More >>

It's a Quick Read 6

Orange County Register: Mickadeit: He peels off a classic on the squabble between Donna Crean's kids over her fate. . . . Did you feel the window-rattling jolt about 9:15 last night? I did. I figured it was a small earthquake, although it was very quick, like a sonic boom. It violently sho ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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

Filling Station Overpriced for Merely Good Meals

I promised milady a special breakfast this morning, but she's the kind of gal who wants things her way. I suggested Anton Schwager's Jagerhaus, La Galette Creperie in San Clemente; she demanded The Filling Station, an Orange institution even though it truly hasn't been around that long, which goes t ... More >>

Eek-A-Mouse

Eek-A-Mouse

Hoopty Doo

The 76 Classic

OC's Rock-Star Chef Takashi Abe Does San Clemente at Sea Smoke

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

To Do Tonight - 12/06

KIOSK: LAUNCH PARTY, 5pm Come celebrate the web launch of Kiosk, the first stand-alone publication of the Literary Journalism program that recognizes the best student writing from the classroom and beyond. Free snacks and live music! UCI Bookstore located at the UC Irvine Campus HOLIDAY GIFTS & DI ... More >>

OC Beaches 92.3% Fresh

Heal the Bay's annual summer report card for California beaches is in and 96 of the 104 monitored spots throughout the county earned "A's". The non-profit environmental group surveyed data from local health agencies from Memorial Day through Labor Day and averaged the results to come up with a grad ... More >>

Donna Buonos 7 Favorite Things

Morning Song Farmer

Treading Water

Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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 ... More >>

Eviction Blues

Homeless musician vows crusade against landlords

Grub Guide

The county's best damn dining guide

Pay More Attention to Falling Notes

Of Vine, wine and conspiratorial romance

Animal Attacks

25 thoughts on what happens when we attack the animals who attack us

Its a Wonderful Week

All doped-up and nowhere to go

Letters

California Dreaming

Fu Manchus dude-rock ethos

Trout Mess Replica

Endangered trout may block toll road