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  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Register Either Close or Extremely Close to Being Bought by Union-Tribune Publisher

    The Orange County Register is either extremely close or not-yet extremely close to being acquired by the publisher of the San Diego Union-Tribune, according to published reports.The Santa Ana daily has been on the block for years, even before its owner, Freedom Communications of Irvine, declared ban ... 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 22, 2012

    Thrice Announce Farewell Tour

    ​Well, this is it. Irvine prog-rockers Thrice are really doing it--taking a break after 13 years together. Singer/guitarist Dustin Kensrue, guitarist Teppei Teranishi, bassist Eddie Breckenridge and drummer Riley Breckenridge (our 3hree Things columnist) will go on tour on May 4 in San Diego and e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Three New Eateries Planned for Irvine Spectrum: Pieology, TavernaBlu, & Luna Grill

    Anne Marie Panoringan​The Fullerton Chipotle-esque pizza purveyor Pieology is planning its second store at Irvine Spectrum. Details are sketchy on where exactly in the sprawling complex it will be located. But it will be joined soon by two other new eateries. Luna Grill is a San Diego-based " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    [UPDATED with DA Peeved Over Sentence:] Jennifer Renee Vanveldhuizen Guilty of Hate Crime; Punched Latino Worker and Yelled "I Fucking Hate You Beaners!"

    ​UPDATE, OCT. 26, 8:04 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) believes a Caucasian woman is getting off too easy for yelling "I fucking hate you beaners!" and profanities at a Latino worker emptying trashcans on Main Street in Huntington Beach earlier this month before punchin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2011

    The Hexxers

    Galaxy Theater

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2011
  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Discoveries at the San Diego Music Thing: Nico Vega, Developing a Social Media Plan and Flavors of East Africa

    This year's San Diego Music Thing, held last weekend, was again an impressive gathering of trade music folks, industry experts and up-and-coming musicians. Held again at the Lafayette Hotel in North Park, there were some changes from last year's event (then called the North Park Music Thing) that we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    BREAKING: Power's Out, Terror Threat's On

    ​(EDITOR'S NOTE: Sorry for the confusion with the tweet, guys--the terror threat and power outage are indeed not correlated.)Communities in San Diego up to South Orange County are experiencing power outages right now, NBC reports.Hope to God it's the heat and not tied to what the Associated Press ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    [UPDATED with Stunning New Development:] Kobe Bryant Accused of Injuring Man's Wrist at Church

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 17, 9:19 A.M.: The most important new wrinkle in the San Diego battery case against Newport Coast's Kobe Bryant is not that his attorney Mark Campbell is calling 21-year-old Thomas Hagos' accusations baseless and that they will be fully defended. Nor is it the fact that churchgoers a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011
  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Cattle Decapitation

    Chain Reaction

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    What's Odd Future Doing in Indio in June?

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Odd Future just announced a few more California dates on their Tumblr, squeezing in a stint at the Indio Performing Arts Center  and San Diego in between stops at Spain, Australia and Belgium.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    [BREAKING:] Jared Lee Loughner Ruled Incompetent to Stand Trial in Giffords Shooting

    ​UPDATE, MAY 25, 1:02 P.M.: A federal judge just ruled Jared Lee Loughner is incompetent to stand trial for January's shooting spree in Tuscon that killed six and injured 12, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona).Loughner will be sent to a federal facility for up to four months in a b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011
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    April 14, 2011

    Jason Damigo

    Viento Y Agua

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    San Diego's Next Legendary Burrito: the 2-in-1. Two Taquitos inside a Burrito. DAMN...

    From Lolita's Facebook page...​I was in San Diego recently to conduct further research on my book on the history of Mexican food in the United States (out May 2012!), and to try and figure out two mysteries: how did the phenomenon of the -berto's-suffixed restaurants (Alberto's, Alerto's, Filibert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2011

    Jared Lee Loughner Trial to Move to San Diego

    ​The Washington Post, quoting federal law-enforcement officials, reports the trial of Tuscon mass-shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner will be moved to San Diego due to extensive pretrial publicity in Arizona.San Diego would take the case because it is the closest federal judicial district to Arizo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2010

    Unwritten Law

    Galaxy Theatre

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    American Third Position Party Laughably Tries to Enter San Diego

    ​If there is one area of Southern California more prone to white supremacism than OC, it's San Diego, better know as Klan Diego. It's from our dumber neighbors to the south that legendary white supremacist Pete Wilson--err, Tom Metzger--created White Aryan Resistance, where the San Diego Minutemen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    FREE! Crocodiles' Instrumental EP 'Fires of Comparison'

    Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​  Here it is: Fires of Comparison, a free 4-track download. Preview this before the San Diego's full length, Sleep Forever, comes out out Sept. 14. Incidentally, Fires of Comparison was a project made up of ideas produced after Sleep Forever recording sessions in Jos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Five Reasons Why Comic-Con Shouldn't Move to Anaheim or LA

    Flickr user Official Star Wars blogWill San Diego have to say good-bye to this?​If you've been to Comic-Con International in San Diego any time recently, you know the score: it's crowded. Way, way crowded, crowded to the extent that it's not even really fun to walk around the exhibit hall because ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Gettin' Made: Craft Shows Galore This Weekend!

    This is like the perfect storm of craft show weekends, a veritable blizzard of mall-free holiday shopping! No matter where you're at in Orange County or beyond, there is sure to be an indie crafting event happening near you. Feliz Navidad Soap by Soap Rehab​ After the jump, details on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    State Fines Laguna Beach $70,680 for October '08 Sewage Spill

    "Howdy ho!"​Some day, an enterprising reporter is going to find out what costs a city more: fixing the pipes, pumps and stations that break down and cause raw sewage to spill all over town, or paying the fines levied when the shit really hits the land.Of course, since taxpayers get stuck with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Lady Gaga Announces Tour, Skips Orange County

    ​OK, so we all know by now that the Kanye West/Lady Gaga show at the Honda Center, once scheduled for November 15, isn't happening. Heck, the whole "Fame Kills" tour isn't happening. But even though Kanye is dealing with his own post-Taylor Swift issues, the hope still remained that the seemingly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Proposed LA to San Diego High Speed Train Would Avoid OC

    ​A Los Angeles to San Diego high-speed train proposal that's picking up steam (sorry) would bypass the traditional Amtrak Surfliner route down the coast through Orange County and instead head eastward from LA through the Inland Empire.The state plans new tracks for 220 mile-per-hour trains from Lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Defunct Blue Fish in Santa Ana to Be Replaced By: Another Fish Restaurant

    ​This is the sign currently atop the premises at 3611 S Bristol Street. Suite C, to be precise.It may sound like a bad idea to open up a "seafood grill" on the site of Blue Fish, a sushi place that went belly-up within just a few short months, but, as Edwin pointed out back in May, that may have s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Street Scene Favorites This Weekend....Any Thoughts?

    ​It's not much, but consider this meager post the first preemptive stitch to our coverage of the Street Scene '09 festival happening in Sand Diego this weekend, Aug. 28-29. Before you say anything, we know that San Diego is not in Orange County. Though it could be argued that some cities at the as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    North Park Music Thing Next Weekend in San Diego

    Ben Goetting​You've got to love the refreshing straight-forwardness that comes with calling your event a "thing." Like the North Park Music Thing, a music and media conference next weekend at the Lafayette Hotel & Suites in San Diego. There's an opening night concert Friday, August 7 at the Ca ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2009

    Personal Kingdoms

    Hibbleton Gallery

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    May 7, 2009
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    April 30, 2009

    B-Side Players

    House of Blues

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Club Pick: Scooter and Levelle at Sutra Nov. 22

    Fans of house music culture are in store for a demonstration true DJ dexterity tomorrow night as Sutra Lounge hosts the innovative turntable duo Scooter and Levelle. Considered local heroes of the San Diego club scene where they first emerged, their sound relies on a basic mantra: two DJs, with a lu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    Local Surfer Dane Williams Found Dead

    Dane Chandler Williams, also known as "Downtown Dane" for his ubiquitous presence in downtown Huntington Beach, was found dead in San Diego. He was in town on a company trip, having worked as an intern for Hurley since October. His body was found wrapped in a blanket in an alley in Chollas Creek. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2007

    They know their audience...

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here, what with all the DVDs I get in the mail every day for awards voting. But this isn't a post about them. It's about another very big box that arrived without warning, bearing a large "World of Warcraft" logo. Now, I am the imagined target audi ... More >>

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    Walk Until They Don't Drop

    Walk to Stop Executions

  • Culture

    September 13, 2007

    Not in Too Deep

    The shallow shores of San Diego disappoint

  • Culture

    August 30, 2007

    Where in the World Is San Diego?

    David Greig’s script is all over the place, which makes the potential for this Rude Guerrilla production so exciting

  • Features

    August 9, 2007

    Confessions of a Comic-Con Virgin

    A non-geek follows the king of geekdom into the heart of dorkness

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    Times reporter attacked at Comic-Con

    Well that sucks. Los Angeles Times pop culture reporter Geoff Bouche was covering the con when he got jumped on a sidewalk in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. He writes: "In the 15 years I have been writing for The Times, I have covered wildfires, riots, gang murders and plenty of other mayhem. I never ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    Comic-Con 2007: The Lionsgate Party

    LYT crashed (OK, was invited to) last night's Lionsgate party on the roof of San Diego's Ivy hotel. He got pictures of a host of celebs, including Jessica Alba, Vinnie Jones and SAW director Darren Lynn Bousman (below). Click the photo to see those and more.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2006

    San Diego: Screw Trestles

    San Diego has no business in San Diego County. At least, that's what their City Council seems to think. In our Best "Best of OC" Issue yet, Dave Wielenga eloquently described one of the major problems with the Save Trestles campaign: apathy. Surfers and the surf industry pay lip service to their be ... More >>

  • Music

    June 22, 2006

    Get Out!

    Special Summer Festival Edition: You are the star!

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Ask Not for Whom the Toll Blows

    San Diego wakes up, finds an Orange County freeway in its yard

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2006

    Got a Minute for a State Park?

    10News San Diego is my hero of the day. On April 9-10 they aired an editorial on the proposed Foothill-South (241) toll road extension. The station's vice president and general manager Derek Dalton speaks for just over sixty seconds on the Transportation Corridor Agencies' plan, the Attorney Genera ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Wave New World

    10News San Diego is my hero of the day. On April 9-10 they aired an editorial on the proposed Foothill-South (241) toll road extension. The station's vice president and general manager Derek Dalton speaks for just over sixty seconds on the Transportation Corridor Agencies' plan, the Attorney Genera ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 24, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    10News San Diego is my hero of the day. On April 9-10 they aired an editorial on the proposed Foothill-South (241) toll road extension. The station's vice president and general manager Derek Dalton speaks for just over sixty seconds on the Transportation Corridor Agencies' plan, the Attorney Genera ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 26, 1998

    Between the Generations

    Sexual politics and moral ambiguity take the stage

  • Culture

    September 17, 1998

    We Couldn't Find 10

    Our Top 8 list of the upcoming theater season

  • Culture

    March 5, 1998

    Go Fourth

    Or, how I learned to stop worrying and hate the wall

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