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March 20, 2012
Cal State Can't Afford New Students Next Spring
In the wake of draconian statewide budget cuts, California State University is taking one of its most drastic measures to date. It is closing the door on spring 2013 enrollment at most of its campuses, officials announced on Monday. That means about 16,000 students who would have appeared in clas ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2012
Parade of Cross-Dressing Brides To Invade Long Beach
Now who says we don't provide you with news you can use? If you've always secretly wished you could dress--or cross-dress--in a tacky wedding gown and parade around the streets of Long Beach to demystify the wedding as a manufactured fairytale, this party is for you. Brides of March is happening ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2012
The Five Most Influential Cities in the Development of Mexican Food in the United States
SO...my much-promised book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America finally hits the bookstores next month (April 10), and review copies are slowly making their way around the nation's newsrooms. So I might as well start giving out bits and pieces to entice ustedes to preorder the damn thing ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2012
SoCal Has Its Own Pho Challenge
I've heard of people making the trek to San Francisco's Pho Garden to see if they can devour a 4-pound bowl within an hour, but now, there's no longer a need for that journey. D'lite Pho Lee in Rowland Heights has its own pho challenge. Finish its XXL Pho Ribeye--a 4-pound beast--and the restaura ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2011
Freeway Pollution Linked to Brain Damage, Autism
Robert Lee Hotz of the Wall Street Journal, of all places, put it best: "Congested cities are fast becoming test tubes for scientists studying the impact of traffic fumes on the brain."And what are these researchers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Boston, New York, North Carolina, Beij ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2011
Seal Beach Salon Stylists Should Have Been Packing More Than Hair Dryers, Says Open-Carry Advocate
"What you will see if you restrict people's gun rights is more of what happened in Seal Beach last week, where people don't have the right to defend themselves." --Jeff Dunhill, an open-carry advocate who is incensed by Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this month signing a ban prohibiting the spectacle ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Was Gavin Newsom Booed During Orange County Trip?
Newsom: Bridging the nasty divide between NoCal and SoCal?There are certain scenarios that, at least on the surface, don't make sense.For example, you wouldn't expect that retired Orange County Republican Party chairman Tom Fuentes--a rabid right-winger and determined anti-gay advocate close to C ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Gay Days Anaheim
Disneyland
Blogs
August 2, 2011
Rory Gallagher's Notes from San Francisco
The back story: in the fall of 1977, at the end of a six-month world tour behind Calling Card, the Irish blues-rocker Rory Gallagher flew his band to San Francisco. The intention was to record a new album but within months the project was scrapped and the band dismantled. Gallagher, it is said, ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Top 5 Defining MTV Moments (If You Were A Teen In The '90s)
Most people who grew up in the early '80s were lucky enough to witness MTV's revolutionary images but for many of us, who were just in grade school at the time, the cutting-edge visuals that appeared before us were too conceptual for us to comprehend. It wasn't until the early '90s (when we ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
[UPDATED With Comment From Anaheim Convention Center] WonderCon Moving To Anaheim
UPDATE: July 29, 2011, 7:50 p.m.: In a phone conversation today, Mindy Abel, the Senior Vice President of Convention Sales at the Anaheim Convention Center, clarified that nothing was confirmed regarding the change of venue for WonderCon. "We have been in discussion with Comic-Con International ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2011
[UPDATED with Ruling:] A Ban on a Circumcision Ban in California?
UPDATE, JULY 28, 4:04 P.M.: Snip away. A Superior Court judge has ruled that the measure to criminalize circumcision in San Francisco violates both the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom, and a California law that makes regulating medical procedures solely a state matter, not a fu ... More >>
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June 8, 2011
San Francisco Health Officials Ban Restaurant from Selling Grasshopper Tacos
Flickr user christine zeninoSan Francisco is going to play quite a role in my coming book on the history of Mexican food in the United States--and that's all I'm going to say about that right now. But Baghdad by the Bay is in the Mexi-food news right now, because pendejo health inspectors have as ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2011
Health Officials Pooh-Pooh Cicada Ice Cream
Earlier today Gustavo shared a story about a San Francisco taco purveyor forbidden by the authorities from serving grasshopper tacos. Meanwhile, CNN reports on a similar story with the video above, essentially the same deal: an ice cream shop owner in Missouri thought that his customers might en ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
The Slow Poisoner
The Pike Bar
Blogs
March 9, 2011
California Proposes to Ban Shark's Fin Soup--Is it Anti-Chinese?
A Hong Kong ad calling for people to stop consuming shark's fin. Bus ads in San Francisco urge the same.A bill recently introduced in the California Legislature may strip shark's fin soup from Chinese restaurant menus for good. The move shouldn't come as a shock--environmentalists have long fough ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Japanese Kids Go Crazy for SpongeBob SquarePants Happy Meal Toys, Or: Why Happy Meals Should Be Banned Everywhere
Last November, the city of San Francisco banned toys from fast-food kids' meals unless they met certain nutritional requirements, effectively banishing the Happy Meal as we now know it. It's clear from this Japanese McDonald's commercial the real reason why. Turn down the volume on your speakers. Yo ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2010
Teal Wicks, UC Irvine Alum To Star As Elphaba In Broadway's Wicked
Teal Wicks is going green for the role of Elphaba in the Broadway company of Wicked. The UC Irvine alum previously played the emerald-skinned witch in the Los Angeles and San Francisco productions. Video of a Wicked Wicks after the jump.
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September 2, 2010
Chris Mata
Irvine Improv
Blogs
July 23, 2010
The New Limb Tour Diaries: Days 1 & 2
(Alt-pop four-piece the New Limb went on tour for the first time EVER this week, so they're sending Heard Mentality missives from the road. They're going to take turns guest blogging; first up is lead singer/guitarist Joey Chavez about Santa Cruz and San Francisco--Ed.)These past two days have be ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2010
Train at the OC Fair Over The Weekend
Mark Stouffer TrainJuly 18, 2010OC Fair It's hard to feel sorry for Pat Monahan, lead singer for the San Francisco-based Train. Sure, the band may have peaked 10 years ago, when its Drops of Jupiter--fueled in large part by the inescapable titular song--sold more than three million copies ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
State Bill Would Knock Possession of Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana to an Infraction
While all eyes, red and otherwise, are on November's vote on marijuana legalization in California, the state Senate narrowly voted this week to reclassify possession of less than an ounce of weed as an infraction with a penalty of $100 rather than its current status as a misdemeanor with the s ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Arizona Boycott Won't Affect VVM. Because We're Special
Flickr user KaCey97007No quarter for ArizonaArizona has gone all apeshit crazy for documentation to prove an immigrant's legal status, and San Francisco is laying down the law with SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera calling for a total boycott of the state. You hear that, Arizona? You're on San Fran ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
En La Noche
Museum of Latin American Art
Blogs
February 4, 2010
The Ferry Building and Costa Mesa "Mix"
FerryBuildingMarketplace.comFrom San Francisco to Costa Mesa.To get a flavor of San Francisco while in Costa Mesa, locals go to the Boudin Sourdough Bakery Cafe at Metro Pointe or the Yard House at Triangle Square for an Anchor Steam or their favorite local supermarket for Rice-A-Roni. But that a ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Weathering the Storm
Laguna Art Museum
Blogs
November 2, 2009
Recently Added: RX Bandits Join Mini Tour with Glassjaw
We recently got word RX Bandits (whose members are hail from Long Beach, Seal Beach and Santa Rosa) have been invited by Glassjaw to join their long-awaited mini tour. The outings include just three shows at The Mayan Theater in L.A., the Glass House in Pomona an ... More >>
Blogs
October 30, 2009
Gavin Newsom Drops Out of Governor Race
Not OC news, but we are in California: San Fransisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the race to be governor.It now looks like Attorney General Jerry Brown--you know, the crusty guy who used to be governor--faces very little Democratic primary opposition. Meanwhile, the Republican nominatio ... More >>
News
September 17, 2009
An Investigation Into a SF Cop Killing Leads to a Chicago Professor Who Helped Launch Obama's Career
Not OC news, but we are in California: San Fransisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the race to be governor.It now looks like Attorney General Jerry Brown--you know, the crusty guy who used to be governor--faces very little Democratic primary opposition. Meanwhile, the Republican nominatio ... More >>
Music
August 27, 2009
[CD Review] Third Eye Blind, 'Ursa Major' (Mega Collider)
Not OC news, but we are in California: San Fransisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has dropped out of the race to be governor.It now looks like Attorney General Jerry Brown--you know, the crusty guy who used to be governor--faces very little Democratic primary opposition. Meanwhile, the Republican nominatio ... 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 17, 2009
Gettin' Made: Head North This Weekend!
Folks, I don't know if you realize, but it's summer out there. Aw, but times are too tight to fly somewhere for a little weekend vacation. Time to hit the streets for a crafty road trip to Northern California! Julia McCabe of JnJ Designs will be taking part in Saturday's Design Downtown block party ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2009
TOMORROW: Local Natives and The Union Line at The Gypsy Lounge
Okay, I guess we all saw this coming. Local Natives have officially changed their origin to Silver Lake on their Myspace page....sigh, okay guys. Well, hopefully you and the OC can still be friends. For those of you who have followed the harmaonizing echoes, rumbling rhythms and spangly guitar chord ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2009
Incoming: Sum 41, Deerhoof, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien at the Glass House (Separately)
Do you want to waste your time? And, perhaps, become another casualty of society? Well, then you're probably not interested in seeing Sum 41 at the Glass House on March 29. But those of you who are fans would probably be psyched to hear that tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday) at noon, and are only ... More >>
Film
January 29, 2009
Not a Coveted Demo, the Young African-American Hipster Gets a Movie With 'Medicine for Melancholy'
Do you want to waste your time? And, perhaps, become another casualty of society? Well, then you're probably not interested in seeing Sum 41 at the Glass House on March 29. But those of you who are fans would probably be psyched to hear that tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday) at noon, and are only ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2008
LowBallVideoChatter: The Band, "Don't Do It"
The Time: Thanksgiving, 1976. The Place: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco. The Occasion: The final concert by the original lineup of the Band, with a jaw-dropping number of guests (Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, ... More >>
Calendar
June 19, 2008
Acid Test
‘In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor’
Calendar
January 10, 2008
Bouncy, Trouncy, Flouncy, Pouncy
‘Tigers—Tracking a Legend’
Blogs
August 14, 2007
Mike Relm, Detroit Bar, August 10, 2007
Mike Relm looks like Central Casting's idea of an IT geek. But in reality he's a San Francisco-based laptop disc/video jockey who rocks parties with a rather shocking ferocity. Relm’s like a West Coast Girl Talk, but with shit-hot scratching and graphic skills. The Relm m.o. is to take familiar ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2007
Costa Mesa Fashion Hits Haight-Ashbury
Apparel News has an interesting story on Costa Mesa-based RVCA's first retail store which will open in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in July. Deborah Belgum, senior editor at the publication, writes that "up until now, the company's line of vintage-wash T-shirts, jeans, shorts, fleece hoo ... More >>
Music
April 26, 2007
Punk for Life
TKO Records stays in the ring
Music
March 22, 2007
CD Review
The Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Ekranoplan, Tee Pee Records
Blogs
December 6, 2006
Roughed Up on the Waterfront
Never in a million years would we have thought that our August cover boy and esteemed UC Irvine professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o would suffer indignities and racial profiling in that ethnic melting pot San Francisco, but our pal Rick Reiff—the EE at Orange County Business Journal and host of his ow ... More >>
Features
April 20, 2006
'I've Had So Much Fun With Cops'
NOT showing at NBFF: Pray for Me: The Jason Jessee Movie
Columns
March 1, 2001
The Good, the Bad and the Osprey
Jim goes bi-polar
Columns
November 16, 2000
Throw the Baum!
This weeks featured NFL matchup: Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers
News
June 29, 2000
Get soft on Crime
National group lauds OCs youth-crime prevention program
Culture
May 4, 2000
Let the Bastards Burn!
Wait a minute: Thats us in Birks war between the Californias
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