Subject: San Juan Capistrano

• Lasting Impressions

  January 22, 2009

• St. Joseph's Day Swallows Train Tour

  March 19, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  June 4, 2009

• This Saturday in Migrating Bird Chic

  Watch the skies. For on St. Joseph's Day, March 19, the swallows were to return to Mission San Juan Capistrano. What? Not yet? Well, let's hope they have the common courtesy to make an appearance at tomorow's Swallows Day Parade in SJC. Yes, that's right, everyone, their grandparents and their kids will scurry down in hopes of glimpsing the as-yet absent birdies return to their seasonal digs. Be the first on your block to catch the bird flu! But even if the swallows don't show, we've still got

  March 24, 2006

• Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Dirty Cop Sting

  Catch a crooked cop: Nope. Sorry. Not here in the USA. No way. But in Mexico, authorities want a no corruption zone for the the five-mile road from the Tijuana border south to the beach. Officials are “installing cameras to catch extortion attempts, publicizing that people can pay tickets with credit cards and transferring corrupt cops,” writes Richard Marosi of the LA Times. “They've deployed a squad of female traffic officers to offer courteous help to tourists. They've even declared th

  July 26, 2007

• Tuesday's Headlines. No Surprises: Rudy's Piggy Bank

  Piggy Bank time! Rudy Giuliani will be in San Juan Capistrano this afternoon for private fund raiser (which his people tell us will be closed to the press). The Washington Post reports that Giuliani's OC trips have been happy ones thus far. He's picked up $98,250 from Newport Coast, $273,388 from Newport Beach, $109,277 from Irvine, $62,450 from Laguna Beach, $41,350 from Orange and then some. Sick Fuck: Both the Times and Register have the worst story of the day: Woman in her 20s crawls out of

  December 11, 2007

• Say Adios to Ignacio Lujano This Saturday

  We failed, Orange County, to keep 84-year-old Ignacio Lujano in the San Juan Capistrano orange groves he's tended to for the past 38 years. His son Alex texted me today that his papi is having a big yard sale this weekend before moving in the next couple of weeks to Lake Elsinore. City officials, instead of listening to the dozens of county residents who expressed their outrage at bureaucrats booting an old man from his livelihood, painted Lujano as a welfare case--cold bastards. If you want to

  July 31, 2008

• Racist Reductio ad Absurdum: Ahistoric Minutemen

  **Originally posted August 6; moved up because of a funny update, which follows original post! Last week, the Campo Minutemen sent out a mass email railing about the mural shown to the left at Marco F. Foster Middle School in San Juan Capistrano. The message sent by one Cheryl Burns is so priceless it warrants a full excerpt: Please share this email with everyone on your email list. This is going on in more than San Juan Capistrano, California, a sanctuary city. One of the documents attache

  August 18, 2008

• To Do Tonight 8/6

  PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS, 8:30 p.m. I miss Arrested Development. Sigh. Laguna Beach Festival of Arts 650 Laguna Canyon Rd. Laguna Beach CA 92651 949-494-1145 COMIX ART, until 9 p.m. Featuring the work of R. Crumb, Bob Kane, Will Koffman, Jack Kirby, Rick Griffin and more! WORLD GALLERY OF FINE ART 1980 Placentia Ave. Costa Mesa CA 92628 949-646-6612 SUGARLIGHT GIRLS, 9 p.m. Sweet 'n Low Sisters Alex's Bar 2913 E. Anaheim St. Long Beach CA 90804 562-434-8292 2 FOR 1 DAY, every Wednesday San Juan

  August 6, 2008

• This Week in the OC Weekly

  September 5, 2008

• San Juan Capistrano

  September 27, 2001

• Tonight: Army Navy, The Shys at The Coach House

  Army Navy—an excellent power-pop band from LA, returns to Orange County tonight with a show at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. It's a surprisingly hip show for that venue; not trying to talk out of class or anything, but their next two shows after this are the Bacon Brothers and Stephen Pearcy of Ratt. If you've heard the soundtrack to modest hit fall comedy Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, you've heard Army Navy; their tune "Silvery Sleds" shares space on that record with indie

  November 20, 2008

• To Do Tonight 12/1

  Rock Band Monday,  9 p.m.The video game that pays. Best band wins $50.Chronic Cantina,  1870 Harbor Blvd. Costa Mesa, CAPortrayal/Betrayal, until December 18Going beyond the superficial and trivial reading of a portrait.Long Beach City College, 4901 E Carson St., Long Beach, CA 562-938-4313 High Class Low Life, 10 p.m.The title of many an autobiography describing drunk times with friends.The Crosby, 400 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA Native American basket w

  December 1, 2008

• This Week in the OC Weekly

  Find out what film critics, Scott Foundas, J. Hoberman, Jim Ridley, Ella Taylor and Robert Wilonsky agreed were the 12 best movies of the year. Also: Jeffrey Katzenberg in 3D and the state of indie filmmaking.And news has Matt Coker explaining why the Native American battle over the possible disturbance of an Indian burial site at a Mission San Juan Capistrano garden is getting ugly in "Grave Situation." Plus... • The Weekly's standing columns, ¡Ask a Mexican!, Hey You! and Savage L

  December 24, 2008

• Paula Poundstone

  June 4, 2009

• To Do Tonight 2/2

  Immigrant Lives in the OC & Beyond Exhibit, until May 1 The UCI Langson Library presents a photo exhibit examining the lives of those who have taken that giant leap, legally or not, and showing how they have contributed throughout history to the development of our region. University of California, Irvine, University Dr. and Campus Dr., Irvine, CA Alternative Winter Market Opening, until Feb. 6 Featuring handmade creations, ceramics, paper, paintings and more by artists with intellec

  February 2, 2009

• TONIGHT: Donavon Frankenreiter and Gary Jules at The Coach House

  Laguna Beach's masterfully mellow Donavon Frankenreiter is poised to chill folks out for two consecutive nights at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, tonight and tomorrow. Check out our review of his latest release here. Opening up is Gary Jules, known best for his totally depressing cover of "Mad World" by Tears for Fears, made famous by Donnie Darko and Gears of War commercials, two things that you wouldn't necessarily would have a ton to do with each other. Sadly, both shows are sold out

  February 12, 2009

• South Coast Farms Finds Fame In Documentary

  Spring may have sprung, and Michelle Obama may be receiving bountiful media coverage for her new White House kitchen garden, but Orange County has its very healthy-food hero in the form of local movie producer and director Carrie Gallison.Gallison recently completed Orange County Treasures: The People's Farm, a 23-minute documentary that chronicles the history of South Coast Farms (the oldest working farm in OC) and the people of San Juan Capistrano, who helped stop it from becoming "another str

  March 24, 2009

• Long Beach Couple Shocked (Shocked!) At SJC 'Debauchery'

  Stephen Glauser / Flickr / Creative CommonsThe Capistrano Insider posted last week an entertaining, slightly depressing exchange between Capistrano Dispatch editor Jonathan Volzke and a Long Beach husband and wife who were considering moving to San Juan Capistrano. That is, they were considering moving there until they came down to Camino Capistrano on the night of the Swallows Day parade and saw some awful stuff. Just awful. They sent the Dispatch an email to carp:As we made our way through dow

  March 31, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  February 19, 2009

• David Belardes, OC's Most Controversial Native American Leader, Draws a Line in the Cemetery

  February 5, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  February 5, 2009

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

  January 29, 2009

• Native American Battle Over a Mission San Juan Capistrano Garden Gets Ugly

  December 25, 2008

• Long Beach Museum Express Bus Seems Pretty Magic

  Mission San Juan CapistranoYeah yeah yeah, it's a Long Beach thing, but look where the Museum Express bus, which starts running June 2, goes this year: the Bowers Museum; California Science Center; Museum of Natural History; Getty Museum; Getty Villa; Griffith Park Observatory; Hollywood Museum; Huntington Library and Gardens; Descanso Gardens; Laguna Art Museum and Festival of the Arts; Los Angeles County Arboretum; Mission San Juan Capistrano; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Norton Simon Mus

  May 29, 2009

• In San Juan Capistrano's Schools, White Kids Are Painted Into One Corner, Latino Kids Into Another

  September 4, 2008

• When San Juan Capistrano Boots Ignacio Lujano From His Orange Groves, OC's Citrus Era Will End

  May 22, 2008

• Virunga Roots

  Samba Mapangala

  July 19, 2007

• Grub Guide

  December 21, 2006

• Grub Guide

  May 18, 2006

• This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

  April 6, 2006

• This Week in Irish Musical Merriment

  March 2, 2006

• This Week in Tuvan Uvulas

  February 16, 2006

• San Juan Capistrano

  October 20, 2005

• El Rancho Much Too Grande

  May 5, 2005

• Less Whining By More Wining

  April 7, 2005

• The Mission

  March 17, 2005

• Eight Days

  October 28, 2004

• Shes a Brick . . . Wall

  January 8, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  June 5, 2003

• I Went to My Kids Soccer Game and an English Soccer Game Broke Out

  July 12, 2001

• Searching for Swallows

  May 11, 2000

• THE MISSION

  January 6, 2000

• Knock 'Em Down

  October 1, 1998

• Reminder: Pedo-Priest Apologists to be Honored This Friday at Mission SJC

  Just a reminder to folks that this Friday evening, at Mission San Juan Capistrano's Basilica, Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown will bestow some of his nearest and dearest pedo-priest apologists with papal honors, a ceremony that proves Pope Benedict XVI is still clueless about too much and that Brown and his lackeys have no shame. Why don't those idiot Catholics who protested President Barack Obama's appearance at Notre Dame University protest that? Because it's the fault of the victims and liberals,

  May 18, 2009

• Incoming: Iron Butterfly at the Coach House

  Veteran southern California psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, best known for their massive 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," is coming to the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, July 3. $15 tickets are already on sale. This isn't normally the type of show we'd dedicate too much space on here to, but any excuse to post this video is a good one. I had totally forgotten that this scene was the origin of "rock and/or roll." (Though why it's inverted, I dunno. Maybe whoever put it up thoug

  June 24, 2009

• Mission San Juan Capistrano Garden Tours

  December 11, 2008

• Curiosity Carts

  November 20, 2008

• [Hey, You!] Joy to the World

  September 10, 2009

• Farewell to Swallows

  October 15, 2009