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The Orange County Beer Trail

A map to all of our fine craft breweries, liquor stores and pubs pouring the good stuff!

On The Line: Scott Brandon of LinX, Part Two

There was a moment during our interview when we thought, "Is this guy for real?" Yeah, he's the real deal. A chef who has paid his dues, traveled, and survived enough restaurant drama can finally call a place his own. With a team that includes the talented Jared Cook (formerly of VINE in San Clement ... More >>

David Edmonds Gets Fine, Prison and Home Confinement for Bribing Greek Officials

A federal judge in Santa Ana on Monday sentenced a businessman to four months in prison and four months of home confinement for bribing officials in Greece.David Edmonds, 60, was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for his role in a scheme that offered $6.85 million bribes in more than 30 countrie ... More >>

[BREAKING:] California Coastal Commission Denies PG&E Seismic Studies Off Central Coast

See the breaking news update at the end of this post on the Coastal Commission's denial of PG&E's seismic studies proposal and foe Surfrider's reaction.ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 13, 12:02 P.M.: As the Coastal Commission considers Pacific Gas & Electric's Fukushima-inspired plan to fire underwater ... More >>

Dale Wayne Ziesmer, Honored LAPD Cop, Charged for Violent Threats Against Woman

A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer who was recently recognized for helping find emergency mental health services for people on the streets was charged today with making a violent criminal threat against a woman he lives with in San Clemente. The Orange County District Attorney's office ... More >>

The Insane List Of Breweries Coming To OC Brew Ha This Saturday

Prepare your livers now. OC Brew Ha Ha, one of the greatest craft beer events in Southern California, is coming to Oak Canyon Private Park near Irvine Lake this Saturday. (Check out our photos from last year!) The latest brewery list has just been released and it's massive.  

On the Line: Pedro Resendiz of Tamarindo Truck, Part One

Photo by Meranda Carter​We meet up with luxe lonchera owners Pedro and Sarah Resendiz of Tamarindo Truck after their SoCo lunch stop one afternoon. Our humble chef was excited to share his thoughts on epazote, chiles and things that crack him up. Get to know our friends who can't sit still [Editor ... More >>

Sobriety Checkpoint in Anaheim and Roving Patrols for Boozy Drivers in South County Tonight

​The Anaheim Police Department is holding a sobriety checkpoint tonight through early Saturday.Meanwhile, the Orange County Sheriff's Department has roving DUI patrols in some of the South County cities it patrols tonight.Check after the jump for the exact locations.

Brick Pizzeria Coming To San Clemente. . . Eventually

Brick FB page​We spotted this banner hanging across the street from St. Roy Chef's Pub at VINE. According to their Facebook page, the banner went up just after Labor Day. However, "Dp" has been tweeting about their future establishment since MayOne of the many things stated on their page is that " ... More >>

Visiting the Surf Ghetto

[SUMMER GUIDE] No. 16 of the 100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

Sion Milosky, a Hawaiian Big-Wave Charger, Drowns While Surfing Maverick's

theeddie.quiksilver.comSion Milosky was an "Eddie" alternate.​Tragedy struck once again at Maverick's--a challenging surf spot 25 miles south of San Francisco--yesterday, taking the life of Sion Milosky, one of Hawaii's up-and-coming big-wave chargers.Milosky, 35, had been surfing for several hour ... More >>

Hapa J's Puts You In an Aloha State of Mind

This San Clemente Hawaiian restaurant will make you recall your fondest vacation memories

South County, Tell Us Where To Eat!

​Gentle readers, we are a large and diverse county. We have enclaves of ethnic wonder: Little Saigon and Santa Ana are just the start. The problem is that these places are, by and large, in the northern half of the county (and Irvine). As such, our coverage might be perceived to have a (slight) no ... More >>

What You Missed: Long Beach Street Food Festival, Black Lips, Seafest, ElecTRONica

​What'd you miss this weekend? We checked out part two of the Long Beach Street Food Festival with dozens and dozens of those fancy gourmet food trucks. Then we saw the Black Lips at FILTER Magazine's Culture Collide Fest (no puke this time, sorry). Then came Seafest in San Clemente with gallons o ... More >>

Nuke Plant, Feds, Drugs. Oh, No.

Jay Brockman​If you live or work within 10 miles of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), a.k.a. "the giant pair of boobs," the Feds would like to have a word with you about a little thing called radiation poisoning. EVERYONE PANIC!

And You Thought You Had Daddy Issues!

​A 56-year-old man who used to call San Clemente home has been indicted for allegedly torturing, repeatedly shooting and suffocating to death his 21-year-old daughter, whose body he is accused of having wrapped in several layers of plastic and hidden in his RV's freezer. She was murdered in Decemb ... More >>

Eat Local, Recycle Your Food Waste Miles and Miles Away

​Not to be outdone by their North County counterparts, who recycle sewage into drinking water through the revolutionary Groundwater Replenishment System, South County communities are banding together to turn food waste into compost.While the regional pilot program sounds meritorious, one thing abo ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Mark Norris Capitalizes On the Comfort-Food Craze With Crispins

Crime Time: Double the Fun Starring [Alleged] Skeevy Teachers, Fake Cop Robbers and Ryan Seacrest's Strange Stalker

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--actually the Weekly's TWO weekly round-up as an attempt is made to make up for lost vacation time.Left courtesy of E! Entertainment, right courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest (left) gets paid another visit from his No. 1 Army spe ... More >>

Dueling Dishes: Cold Chicken at the Surfin' Chicken, Victory Bakery

​No, I'm not talking about some Taiwanese concoction or that dish I had at the house of someone from the Mexican state of Guerrero years ago that involved room-temperature hen slathered in green sauce, the tastiet salmonella you'll ever eat. I'm talking about properly prepared chicken that people ... More >>

Crime Time: F-Bombers, Tiki Takers, Beatles Fans, Creepy Molesters and Tawny Kitaen on the Loose

FACES OF TAWNY Actress, ex-Anaheim Angel wife, car hood buffer, supposedly reformed druggie and all-around hot mess Tawny Kitaen is shown on a February 2004 Weekly sex issue cover (left); in a booking photo from her April 2002 assault on then husband Chuck Finley in Newport Beach (top right); and wr ... More >>

Crime Time: Beer Bandits, Blood Drippers, Ripped-Off Stripper Drivers, Bowling Alley Knife Fights, Men With No Pants Roaming San Clemente

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more beer bandits, wild chases, ripped-off stripper drivers, bowling alley knife fights and men without pants.TUESDAY, SEPT. 8Strippers' Backup Needs Backup A man who told police he was hired to be a driver for strippers met with anot ... More >>

Crime Time: Fight Clubs, Stray Bullets, Car Bashings, Cop Gun Theft, 4 Jewelry Heists

  Jewelry heist fever spreads across Orange CountyIt's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more street fights, bullets flying, dudes getting jumped, cops losing service revolvers and jewelry heists in towns with "Laguna" in the name across the county.   ... More >>

The Hot, Beery Beerness of OC Beer Fest

​First, look at that picture to the right. See that hat? About half of the attendants at the Orange County Beer Festival on Sunday were wearing one of those. Singha Beer realized what this event was: A chance to promote their brand to people willing to pay $40 for three hours of unlimited beer.[[F ... More >>

Seraphine is Big Winner at Newport Beach Film Fest

The "French Spotlight" film Seraphine, which is from France and Belgium, was the big jury-award winner at the just-concluded 10th anniversary Newport Beach Film Festival. The film nearly swept the jury's feature-film categories, winning best film, actor (Ulrich Tukur), actress (Yolande Moreau), dire ... More >>

You'd Better Have a Really Good Mortgage Broker

A new estate has popped up on the grounds of Richard Nixon's former Western White House in San Clemente, and it's for sale. The property that after the Stubbly One's 1969 arrival hosted dignitaries, treaty signings and the Frost-Nixon interviews was subdivided into 16 lots in 1980. The new Sp ... More >>

Gunga Din, Bring Copy!

Sources we know who know sources at the Register say there's a rumor circulating around Grand Street, namely that the visionary wizards at Freedom Communications are about to embark on a new experiment: outsourcing weekend copy editing for the Register-owned San Clemente Sun-Post to the Indian subco ... More >>

[Summer Guide] The Simple Pleasures of an OC Summer

[Special Screenings] Locals Showings of 'Bonneville,' 'Transformers,' More

To Do Tonight - 10/15

The Chuck Wagon

Steakhouses, mess halls, eateries, barbecues, fine-dining establishments, & gratuitous & thematically inconsistent Tolkien references

Grub Guide

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Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Punch Rock

The Shys move from fisticuffs to fist-raising anthems

Flame and Misfortune

Orange County Fire Authority Pipes and Drums honor fallen heroes

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Let justice roll down...

"Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an overflowing stream." That passage from the Book of Amos (5:24) is the sort of thing lawyers working for nonprofit organizations repeat to themselves before marching off to court to fight the good fight. Of course, it may not be what the la ... More >>

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Toll Road Rage: Who Supports the Toll Road?

Shark Attack!

Fleeting Scallops

Riding the delicious waves of White Horses churning menu

Best of OC 2004: Part 4

Scorecard

Happy Accidents

Chen Yen keeps tradition tasty at Cafe Calypso

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The Prayer Witch Project

California Dreaming

Fu Manchus dude-rock ethos

Summer Beach & Beer Guide

Surfs Unlink

See how dirty our ocean is online