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September 7, 2006
Not the Missionary Position
Some people visit California's old Spanish missions for spiritual reasons. Some visit just because the old places are beautiful. And then there's Alfred Thomas Steven of Huntington Beach. KSBY, the NBC affiliate in for Santa Barbara [added: and San Luis Obispo], reports: Santa Barbara County sher ... More >>
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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 >>
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September 14, 2007
Diocese of Fresno Lies to OC Weekly, Spins for Brown
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 >>
Columns
January 22, 2004
Numb at NAMM 2004
The Music Industry Descends on Anaheim and Gives it a Hickey
Music
August 24, 2006
The Costa Fame
A year ago, he was just Matt Costa. Now hes a singing sensation. Can a mere man survive having his dreams come true?
Film
April 1, 2004
Sk8er Bois
Get a chance to howl at the Dogtown casting call
Web
August 4, 2005
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Get a chance to howl at the Dogtown casting call
Features
July 7, 2005
Lords of Acid
How the Brotherhood of Eternal Love Became OCs Hippie Mafia
Music
September 23, 2004
Another Man Done Gone
Guitar string pioneer Ernie Ball, RIP
Columns
September 12, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
Guitar string pioneer Ernie Ball, RIP
Columns
August 8, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
Guitar string pioneer Ernie Ball, RIP
Food
June 20, 2002
How Delicious
Veggies, cocktails and cow tongue with DJ Wanda
News
September 9, 1999
Namesnakes
Whos been sleeping in your Web domain?
Culture
April 22, 1999
Chicks Rule
Or at least hold their own in Vegas
News
February 4, 1999
Prescription for Disaster
If San Onofre is so safe, why are federal officials pushing anti-radiation pills on its neighbors?
News
December 31, 1998
Laguna on Acid
The Great Hippie Christmas Invasion of 1970
News
December 15, 2005
The Damning Documents
The Great Hippie Christmas Invasion of 1970
News
September 17, 2009
How the Brotherhood of Eternal Love Is Connected to the Weather Underground Via the Black Panthers
The Great Hippie Christmas Invasion of 1970
Blogs
October 1, 2009
The T-Plan Diet: Skip A Meal Today And Donate The Savings
Started earlier this year by San Luis Obispo resident Tim Blair, the monthly "Twitter For Food" appeal is gaining momentum, thanks to the mega social networking site.Blair's request is simple: That we each skip a meal on the first of each month, and donate the cash we save to a worthy food-relate ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
May 6, 2010
The Dirty Heads Officially Have a No.1 Hit On The Radio
The Dirty Heads announced their summer tour dates with Sublime with Rome, but because of logical deduction, we already knew that. What we didn't know is that they now (officially) have a No. 1 hit.
News
July 8, 2010
What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?
It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship
Blogs
July 27, 2010
Freeze, Punk! It's OC's Crime-y State Beaches
Crime sceneFour 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 >>
Blogs
August 4, 2010
Isaac Robert Longo, the Face of Marijuana Manslaughter?
Don't be surprised if Isaac Robert Longo becomes a poster child for the evils of driving while high by forces girding to defeat marijuana legalization in California this November.After all, the 33-year-old Placentia man smoked pot before causing a five-car pileup on the 55 freeway in November 200 ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2010
Reel Big Fish to Tour with Goldfinger and Aquabats!
The press release called the event an "all-out bash of the ska punk titans," and we'd have to agree. In a previous interview with OC Weekly, Reel Big Fish front man Aaron Barrett said they'd performed in Brazil with Goldfinger earlier this year; it was so much fun they decided to set out and do ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2010
Prescription Drug Take Back Hauls in 2,700 Pounds of Meds in OC
We previously reported Nadya Suleman hauled in $2,600 at her Saturday garage sale in La Habra.The same day, local law enforcement agencies collected prescription drugs voluntarily given up residents. If cops got a dollar for each pound of medicine they took in, they would have beat Octomom.
Blogs
November 1, 2010
Election Monitor Named for People's Republic of Orange County
An election monitor has been appointed for the People's Republic of Orange County. No, Jimmy Carter isn't coming Tuesday. Assistant United States Attorney Dennis Mitchell, as he has done before, will serve as the District Election Officer for the Central District of California, which includ ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2011
New Josh Freese Album to Be Released on April Fool's, Sends Out Best Press Release Ever
Drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, DEVO, A Perfect Circle, the Vandals, etc.) made headlines last year with his ingenious marketing scheme promoting his solo record Since 1972. And now he's back for more: His next solo project, titled My New Friends, is set for an April 1 release date. Memora ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2011
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Drunk Teens and Elmo!
A lot of bad crimes happened this week at Taco Bells: robberies, extortion, etc. Wish that I had more info than the following...
Blogs
March 17, 2011
San Onofre Nuke Plant Needs Inspection Now, Say Senators Boxer and Feinstein
One of the terrible ironies of the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan is that two of the reactors that are overheating weren't even turned on when the earthquake and tsunami occurred. What sparked their meltdowns weren't the reactors, which were cool, but rather the toxic waste being stored next t ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2011
[UPDATED with Charges, Drunk-Ass Claims:] John Hines, Long Beach Fire Captain, Arrested for Felony Hit and Run
UPDATE, APRIL 27, 10:08 A.M.: Long Beach Fire Department Capt. John Hines began drinking April Fools Day morning at Schooner or Later bar in Long Beach, became heavily intoxicated and early that afternoon climbed behind the wheel of his Chevy pick-up, swerved into a bicyclist who was thrown 70 fe ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
[UPDATED with Arraignment:] John Hines, Long Beach Fire Captain, Arrested for Felony Hit and Run
UPDATE, MAY 3, 9:36 A.M.: Long Beach Fire Department Capt. John Hines turned himself in to an Orange County court this morning on a $250,000 arrest warrant and was to be arraigned immediately on felony drunken driving and hit-and-run charges that could keep him in state prison for nearly seven ye ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2011
Christopher Michael Sheehan, Accused of Killing Partner in Armed Robbery, Parole Opposed by DA
Ed DeuelUPDATE, MAY 4, 4:21 P.M.: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations' Board of Parole Hearings today denied parole for Christopher Michael Sheehan, who has been rotting in a San Luis Obispo cell for the 1985 murder of his partner in armed robbery and attempted murder of ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Gregory Coates, Who Raped and Murdered Stepmother and Friend's Mom in 1975, Denied Parole
Today, the district attorney offices of Orange and Riverside counties tag-teamed to help stop a 54-year-old man from being paroled for the rapes and murders of his stepmother and a friend's mother when he was 17. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Board of Parole Hearings ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Five Ways French Quarter's Stephen Steinbrink Keeps Busy During the Recession
Stephen Steinbrink and his band French Quarter are frequent guests of Irvine's Acrobatics Everyday, and that's usually where they feel within their element. The singer-songwriter hails from South Phoenix, Arizona, where he eschews traditional venues in favor of basements, warehouses and living rooms ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
French Quarter at U.C. Irvine Last Night
French Quarter, The Teeets, Hollow Sunshine & Kevin GreensponMay 23, 2011Cross Cultural Center, U.C. Irvine Fresh out of recording his latest record, French Quarter frontman Stephen Steinbrink returned to Irvine with a backing band and new set of songs, shifting gears from previous sol ... More >>
Music
May 26, 2011
Harry Shum: The 'Glee' Actor/Dancer Is On the Good Foot
The show's poppin'-and'-lockin' 'Other Asian' steps out of the shadows
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Stakes Raised in Re-Licensing San Onofre Nuke Plant
The folks who run the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)--and by "folks" I mean "Southern California Edison," or simply "SCE"--can't be happy with what's happening at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant up the coast near San Luis Obispo. Both plants were built in active earthquake zo ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Was James "Whitey" Bulger an Active Senior in Orange County Before His Capture?
Before James "Whitey" Bulger was captured in Santa Monica Wednesday night, the 81-year-old South Boston mobster may have spent some of his 16 years on the run in Orange County.Before last night, the only FBI-acknowledged, California sightings of Bulger and his companion Catherine Greig, 60, were ... More >>
News
July 21, 2011
Tales From the Surf Ghetto
Meet the ragtag band of craftsmen, entrepreneurs and weirdos at the heart of OC's surf industry
Blogs
September 6, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] John Hines, Long Beach Fire Captain, Guilty of DUI Hit and Run of Cyclist
UPDATE, SEPT. 6, 2:59 P.M.: Long Beach Fire Department Capt. John Hines pleaded guilty today to severely injuring a cyclist in a mid-day hit-and-run crash while driving with a blood alcohol level of .24 percent, three times the legal limit. The 38-year-old Huntington Beach resident accepted a co ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Ivan Von Staich, Convicted Murderer Who Scored Win in Parole Bid, Has Menaced Courts for Years
The state parole board Wednesday found suitable for parole a two-time jail escapee convicted of bludgeoning a former girlfriend with a claw hammer and fatally shooting her husband in 1983. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas opposed Ivan Von Staich's parole bid, but if the 55-year-old is ultimately ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2011
[UPDATED: Tentative Agreement Reached] UFCW Cancels Grocery Contract, Removes Final Barrier To Strike
UPDATE, SEPT. 19, 11:50 A.M.: After an lengthy session that extended well past the end of the union's declared cutoff time, negotiators have announced that they have reached a preliminary agreement with the grocery stores; it looks like the strike is off for now, pending a vote by the union members. ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2011
Leticia Garcia, Fontana School Board Member, Hid Marriage to Gang Murderer of 2 Santa Ana Men
A Fontana Unified School District trustee is embroiled in controversy over failing to disclose to voters, parents and school officials her secret marriage to a former Los Angeles gang member who was convicted of murdering two 21-year-old men in Santa Ana in 1984. Leticia Garcia said she decided i ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Kurt Duncan Naegele, Accused of Fatal Crash Near Hearst Castle, Claims His Body was Switched
A Newport Beach man who is accused of causing a fatal 2009 car crash on the Hearst Ranch airstrip in San Luis Obispo already won a mistrial earlier this month after his attorney to the stars offered a new defense theory: that the real driver switched places with passed-out defendant Kurt Duncan N ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Denials:] Luis Carlos Escobar, Fleeing Coke Parolee Who Killed Motorist, and Alberto Aguilera, Bar Fight Murderer, Seek Paroles Today
UPDATE, NOV. 29, 5:50 P.M.: The Board of Parole Hearings, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation meeting at California State Prison in Corcoran denied parole today for Luis Carlos Escobar, 51, who murdered a motorist in a crash while fleeing from agents busting him in an underc ... More >>

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