San Clemente

Pizza Port Hosts Star Wars-Themed 'It's A Tap' Craft Beer Event

We like Star Wars and we like beer, so we're all over this event hosted by Pizza Port San Clemente. On Sunday, Aug. 19, the South OC brewery will be transformed into Mos Eisley Cantina, serving up Star Wars-themed beers all day long. Check out the tap list below.    

On the Line: Greg Pugliese of Pizza e Vino, Part One

Greg should be the unofficial city ambassador for San Clemente. Not only does he reside there and prefers the beach, but he enjoys dining close to home. And why not? Greg shares stories of his mom's insane cookie-making skills, and we discuss two more concepts the owner has in the works. More on tho ... More >>

Secret Service Whoring Around Dates Back (at least) to Richard Nixon in San Clemente

Google "Barack Obama Nixonian" or just click this link. You'll see several e-pundits love making the Chosen One out to be Orange County favorite disgraced son Richard M. Nixon. Actually, former Nixon Library director John Taylor made that case--in a positive way--days before Obama was inaugurated. T ... More >>

Overtaken, South County Prescription Drug Abuse Documentary, Screens Tonight

Jodi Barber, a Laguna Niguel mother who lost a son to prescription drug abuse, was a catalyst for the documentary Behind the Orange Curtain, which made its world premiere May 2 at the Newport Beach Film Festival, sold out four screenings there and was awarded the Orange County Filmmaking Award.Tonig ... More >>

WTF? Someone Writes Obscenities on Preschool Restroom Wall . . . in Ca-Ca Poo-Poo!

​A woman called the sheriff's department late Wednesday morning to report someone broke into a restroom at La Cristianita Preschool in San Clemente and left graffiti on a wall.Sounds fairly routine, until you discover what was scrawled were obscenities. Your jaw will really drop when you discover ... More >>

[UPDATED: TCA's Thoughts] Time for a Rematch? TCA Rekindles 241 Toll Road Talks, Citing Japan Devastation; Surfrider Foundation Responds

Surfrider FoundationThe swindle'n continues.​UPDATE, MAY 9, 4:20 P.M.: The basis for the most recent PR campaign--pushing the need for additional evacuation routes in the case of a emergency at SONGS or Camp Pendleton--was a concern expressed in a public poll from November 2010 (months before ... More >>

[UPDATED with Not Guilty Plea:] Joe David Nelms, Former Pastor, Accused of Molesting Girl in 1993

​UPDATE, APRIL 9, 10:16 A.M.: 47-year-old Joe David Nelms pleaded not guilty Friday to eight felony counts related to the sexual assault of a then-14-year-old girl he met while serving as a youth pastor in San Clemente in 1993.Nelms, who was extradited to Orange County from Texas, returned to Oran ... More >>

Orange County Interwebs Double Entendre

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The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Reviews Are In

​This week's collection of things on the Interwebs from or about Orange County includes netizen reviews of a car shop, a sandwich shop, UC Irvine dorms, hotspots for meet-ups, Fullerton City Council candidates, San Clemente's immigration checkpoint and Huntington Beach white boys who refer to them ... More >>

San Clemente Seafest

San Clemente Pier

Freeze, Punk! It's OC's Crime-y State Beaches

Crime scene​Four of the six most crime-infested state parks are in Orange County, and each is a state beach. Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area near Pismo Beach logged by far the highest number of crime calls in 2009 with nearly 6,000. Lake Perris State Recreation Area near Riverside ha ... More >>

Fake craigslist Ad Brings Rush of Lookiloos to San Clemente Home

From Peepers​Dennis Romero over at our big sis' paper LA Weekly has a post about a craigslist rental advertisement that sent a bunch of lookiloos to a San Clemente pad that was going to be leased out for $3,500 a month.The problem was the couple living in the 2,800-square-foot home had not yet pla ... More >>

San Onofre's Nuclear Roller Coaster

​For those on both sides of the debate over whether to fire up the Unit 2 reactor at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), last week was a roller coaster.

What If the Blue Note Bandit and Red Sharpie Bandit Had Joined Forces?

Top left: FBI; bottom left: LABankRobbers.org"Red Sharpie Bandit" (above) and "Blue Note Bandit" terrorize local banks.​It's a good thing the FBI believes it has captured the so-called "Red Sharpie Bandit."Who knows what kind of evil would have been wrought had he joined forces with a fellow bank ... More >>

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 hom ... More >>

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 F ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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; ... More >>

Kelly Boyz country dance lessons and Kelly Rae Live

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 s ... More >>

Afroman

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, ... More >>

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!

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 ... More >>

Toll Road Warriors

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

Wave Hello

San Clemente Ocean Fest

[Hey, You!] One Hundred Percent Perspiration

Big Wave Riding Awards 2008

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

Shelter

Its a Dogs Life

Eggleston All Over His Face

A San Clemente councilmember and his history of Foot-in-Mouth Disease

Hey, You!

Self-service

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

San Clemente

Toll Road Rage: Gone Fission

Half-Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous

Toll Road Rage: Polls and Tolls

Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics

La Galette Creperie

Noise Nazis

The heat keeps San Clemente bars sleepy

Show and Tell

Condom Revolution blows (our minds)

Letters

Gourmet Gone Wild!

Pork chops Doggy-style at Iva Lees

San Clemente

Dick Nixon wept here

The Death Ray

Welcome to South Orange County, home of uranium 238, illegal immigrants, rare trout, and the most powerful military laser in the world

Letters

Dick Nixons Orange County

A Guided Tour

Surf More

And use a kook cord!

Letters