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March 19, 2009
St. Joseph's Day Swallows Train Tour
Mission San Juan Capistrano
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June 4, 2009
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March 24, 2006
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 ... More >>
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July 31, 2008
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, in ... More >>
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August 18, 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 ... More >>
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September 5, 2008
This Week in the OC Weekly
**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 ... More >>
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September 27, 2001
San Juan Capistrano
Before Disneyland, there was the mission
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November 20, 2008
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 ... More >>
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December 1, 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 ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
Paula Poundstone
Coash House
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February 2, 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 ... More >>
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February 12, 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 " ... More >>
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March 31, 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 mov ... More >>
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February 5, 2009
David Belardes, OC's Most Controversial Native American Leader, Draws a Line in the Cemetery
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 mov ... More >>
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February 5, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
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 mov ... More >>
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January 29, 2009
Is a Popular Legal Weapon Ending a South County Gang Rivalry, or Catching Bystanders in Its Net?
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 mov ... More >>
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December 25, 2008
Native American Battle Over a Mission San Juan Capistrano Garden Gets Ugly
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 mov ... More >>
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May 29, 2009
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; Hun ... More >>
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September 4, 2008
In San Juan Capistrano's Schools, White Kids Are Painted Into One Corner, Latino Kids Into Another
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; Hun ... More >>
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May 22, 2008
When San Juan Capistrano Boots Ignacio Lujano From His Orange Groves, OC's Citrus Era Will End
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; Hun ... More >>
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July 19, 2007
Virunga Roots
Samba Mapangala
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April 6, 2006
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Cute cue
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March 2, 2006
This Week in Irish Musical Merriment
Grada
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October 20, 2005
San Juan Capistrano
Grada
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May 5, 2005
El Rancho Much Too Grande
When theyre stuck in traffic, San Juan Capistrano residents should thank Joe Soto
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April 7, 2005
Less Whining By More Wining
Appreciating the ways of the oenophile at Tannins
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January 8, 2004
Shes a Brick . . . Wall
Revisiting a Friendship at LHirondelle
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May 11, 2000
Searching for Swallows
Revisiting a Friendship at LHirondelle
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January 6, 2000
THE MISSION
Re-created Miracles
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May 18, 2009
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 ... More >>
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June 24, 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 h ... More >>
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November 20, 2008
Curiosity Carts
Mission San Juan Capistrano
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September 10, 2009
[Hey, You!] Joy to the World
Mission San Juan Capistrano
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October 15, 2009
Farewell to Swallows
Mission San Juan Capistrano
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April 22, 2010
Brad Gates, Space Cowboy
The ex-sheriff's open-space dealmaking has some in San Juan Capistrano crying foul
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May 21, 2010
Proudly Anti-Illegals ... in San Juan Capistrano?
SJC Americans, a San Juan Capistrano activist group opposed to illegal immigration, is rallying Saturday to rah-rah Arizona's controversial new immigration law.
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July 1, 2010
San Juan Capistrano 4th of July Celebration
The Sports Park
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September 23, 2010
City Plays Favorites With Nonprofits
The environmental group with a connection on the council pays very little rent, the 'controversial' Latino-outreach group pays much more
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October 21, 2010
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 >>
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December 9, 2010
Sol del Sur: Inventive Cuisine Hiding In San Juan Capistrano
Sol del Sur BistroSan Juan Capistrano, you've been holding out on us. About a month and a half ago, I polled the readership to find out what's new down in South Orange County. There were a surprising number of suggestions, but reader 1000steps mentioned a place in San Juan Capistrano called Sol d ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
This Week in Food: Bad Tequila Bottles, Bánh Mì Rip-Offs, and Heather Graham!
Here's another terrible tequila bottle to ponder: the so-phallic-it's-embarrassing Asombroso. I've had their tequila, and it makes gutter water taste downright Cabernet. Bad-looking tequila bottles were on the agenda this week, along with other issues, all after the jump!
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December 21, 2010
Santa Claus vs. the City of San Juan Capistrano
Yes, Virginia, there is a blow-up Santa Claus. A great big one tethered to Buy My Bikes on Camino Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano. Owner Jim Curwood says the holiday display attracts customers.But city Scrooges say, "Bah, humbug." They say the jolly old fat man is an eyesore. They say Curwood i ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Surfs Cities
This week's Orange County Interwebs Horror Show goes from city to city to see what is being said about them on the Interwebs. Mayors, chambers of commerce officials and visitors and convention bureaucrats may want to skip this one. (Especially in Fullerton, Santa Ana, Mission Viejo, Huntington Be ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
OC Can Still Play . . . Until Sunday
Art GuevaraSan Juan Capistrano PianoThose 20 artfully painted pianos that have been donated and spread across our county for the past couple of weeks as part of Pacific Symphony's "OC Can You Play?" project are still around, but not for much longer. Having started on Jan. 16, the series comes to ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
[CORRECTED] Juaneño Indians Again Denied Federal Recognition
Late Juaneño Chief Clarence Lobo*CORRECTION: The number of Juaneño Band members and percentage who the federal government recognized as demonstrating descent from the historical Indian tribe at San Juan Capistrano Mission has been changed since the original version of this post was publishe ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
This Week: San Juan Capistrano Hosts Inaugural Restaurant Week
Photo by JC VeraSol de Sur's Dave Emery Here we go. San Juan Capistrano joins, well, just about every other city on the Restaurant Week bandwagon. But a deal's a deal.Spurred by the city's Chamber of Commerce, this week (from May 16-22) about twenty San Juan Capistrano restaurants will offer a sp ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
[UPDATED with Ban Maintained:] Councilman Wants to Allow Guns in San Juan Capistrano Parks
UPDATE, JULY 20, HIGH NOON: A San Juan Capistrano city councilman's proposal to legalize the carrying of unloaded guns in city parks was . . . wait for it . . . shot down by his colleagues Tuesday night.The City Council voted 3-1 to continue outlawing the firearms, with the lone dissent coming fr ... More >>
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August 25, 2011
Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo
Oaks Blenheim Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park
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September 27, 2011
Capistrano School Program To Teach Kids in Chinese
Ni hao. Recognizing that China is set to become the next global superpower and that Mandarin is the most-spoken language in the world, Capistrano Unified School District trustees approved what will be the county's first Chinese-English language program. Those in the program, which ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Derek Reeve, SJC Councilman in News All Year for Knuckleheadedness and Plagiarism, Scoffs at Integrity of His Middle Eastern Students
Lawyer, educator and San Juan Capistrano City Councilman Derek Reeve has been called out this year for advocating guns in city parks, naming a family dog after the Islamic prophet Muhammad and plagiarizing the writings of others. The last knock cost the freeway flyer instructor a gig at Concordia ... More >>
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