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San Pedro

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    One Battleship Opens on OC Screens While Another Heads for Waters Off Seal Beach

    Peter Berg's $200 million alien action movie Battleship, which has already earned back $215 million internationally, opens nationwide today.But you can see a real battleship off Seal Beach.Without the aliens. Presumably.Oh, and that's three miles off Seal Beach.

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2012

    Dum Dum Girls

    Constellation Room

  • Calendar

    March 15, 2012

    Mike Watt

    DiPiazza's

  • Music

    March 8, 2012

    Avi Buffalo, Older and Wiser

    [Checking In On . . .] Post-debut success, Long Beach's band of teenagers have had some time to reflect—and write more music

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    3hree Things: My 12 Favorite Albums Of 2011, Vol. 2 of 4

    Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. Read the archives here. ​ Last week, I said I'd probably rearrange this list every time I took a look a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Mark Wahlberg and Taco Bell Foundation Open 'Graduate to Go Studios'

    ​Taco Bell Foundation for Teens and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation this week opened one of four "Graduate to Go Studios," a project built at Boys & Girls Clubs that will encourage teens to use the new, multi-media recording studios if they stay in school and graduate. The "Graduate to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Free Moral Agents Release Two New Videos From 'Control This'

    Mary Bell​While Free Moral Agents are getting ready to release a new EP in September, they've been keeping busy with video shoots. The result? Two new pieces for your viewing pleasure (both from Control This). "Sound at Sea" was recorded at the Sunken City in San Pedro. Directed by Jeremey von S ... More >>

  • Food

    June 16, 2011

    The Family Business: Mark and Sam Lewis

    The son tried to stay away from 'the fish thing' for a while, but now he's the main man at Dry Dock Fish Co.

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    [UPDATED with Sentence for Deborah Pauly Threats:] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function

    Paul Dean Andrews​UPDATE, MAY 25, 3:46 P.M.: A San Pedro man was sentenced today to 97 days in jail, three years probation and an order to stay away from Deborah Pauly for threatening violence against the Villa Park city councilwoman via a Facebook message. Paul Dean Andrews, 28, was slapped with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    What You Missed: Big 4, Railroad Revial Tour, Paw Pawty, Robert Plant

    ​What'd you miss this weekend? It was a long one for us: We headed out to Indio (again!) for the Big 4 Festival with Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer; then we checked out the Railroad Revival Tour, which stopped in San Pedro with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Mumford & Sons. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    [UPDATE: OC Democrats Blast Pauly] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function

    ​UPDATE, MARCH 25, 4:40 P.M.: The Democratic Party of Orange County has weighed in on Villa Park City Councilwoman's Deborah Pauly's harsh remarks at an anti-Muslim rally in Yorba Linda last month. (Welcome to the party, folks!)As you might expect from a party philosophically opposite of a teabagg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show to Go On 'Railroad Revival Tour'

    ​Q: What's better than Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and the Old Crow Medicine Show touring together? A: Touring together in vintage railroad cars, natch.Sounds like a stretch of the imagination, but the three bands are going on the road in April to do just that.

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    TGIF: The Wonder Years, Social Distortion, Jandek, Three Bad Jacks and Many More!

    Michael MinichielloThe Wonder Years​On Friday, the Wonder Years play at Chain Reaction in Anaheim--and yes, we feel your eyes rolling a bit at the name. We still haven't quite gotten over Crystal Castles and Final Fantasy ourselves, to name just two. But the Philadelphia-based band, who look more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Top Five OC Artists to Follow on Twitter

    These days, you can't go online without reading about Kanye West letting fans know about his latest drama, or 50 Cent on either how lonely he is or his hilarous racist rants--all on Twitter. And while no local artist is as candid as Kanye or Fitty, here are some of the best OC acts to follow on Twit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    So Many Wizards, CMG, Titans of Industry at Alex's Bar Last Night

    Brandon Ferguson/OC Weekly​So Many WizardsOctober 25, 2010Alex's BarThe Show: Sunday night at Alex's Bar proved to be a nice end-of-the weekend diversion. Best of all, the evening's performances were presented free: the price was right. Headlining the show was Long Beach band So Many Wizards. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    OsCene 2010

    Laguna Art Museum

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    TKO Records' Top 10 Selling Records From Past Week

    TKO Records in Fountain Valley is mainly known as the record label that has launched punk bands such as Cock Sparrer, Nazi Dogs, and the Crumbs. However, in October 2007 they decided to open their own shop that specializes in rare and collectable punk-rock vinyl. The store doesn't only stock their s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    To Do This Weekend 5/22 - 5/24

    Singing Jailbirds: The Musical, Fri., May 22 thru Sun., May 31, 8 p.m.The new production titled, Upton Sinclair's Singing Jailbirds: The Musical, will feature a large cast of performers. The story is set in 1920's San Pedro, the Port Town of Los Angeles amid the demonstrations of union activists du ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009

    Shakespeare by the Sea

    Warner Grand Theater

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Ben Weasel at the Knitting Factory

    I know this has nothing to do with Orange County, but once I overheard people mention they came from Salt Lake City to see this show, I figured I was in the clear. Anyway...Ben Weasel, frontman for pop-punk bands Screeching Weasel and the Riverdales (and now a solo artist), played his first two show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    OC Music Awards Nominees Announced

    I'll have some more thoughts on the more, uh, interesting choices made by the academy (which I am not a part of, despite what their Web site says) a little later, but for now here's the full list of nominees, unedited from the OC Music Awards press release.

  • Columns

    January 22, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    I'll have some more thoughts on the more, uh, interesting choices made by the academy (which I am not a part of, despite what their Web site says) a little later, but for now here's the full list of nominees, unedited from the OC Music Awards press release.

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Urine, You're Out, You're Back In Again

    News item: A Huntington Beach man who co-owns the company that makes the "Whizzinator" that allows workers, job-seekers and parolees to fake drug tests pleaded guilty in a Pittsburgh, Pa., federal court Monday to conspiracy to defraud the government and conspiracy to sell drug parapherna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2008

    Last Night: Savage Republic at The Press

    By Waleed Rashidi Savage Republic January 12, 2008 The Press Better than: Savage Garden fronted by Fred Savage, that's for damned sure. Download: A live version of "Jamahiriya." Some bands get back together because the money's too good. Others reunite simply 'cause it's supposedly the honorable ... More >>

  • Music

    November 29, 2007

    Locals Only

    Seatbelt & the Pecking Order

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2007

    Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Ass Slapping Fun!

    Worm Attack in Dana Point? TMZ reports that Orange County police are investigating former Los Angeles Laker/Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman for allegedly committing a “crime” inside the Hennessy's Tavern near PCH in Dana Point. The celebrity website says Rodman was accused of slapping a female custo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2007

    Yacht 'Cha!

    Not-too-early morning brought the start of the TransPacific yacht race to Honolulu, complete with free continental breakfast and pretty girls wearing leather knee-high riding boots (to a yacht race? I think we’re mixing our upper-class leisure events here, aren’t we?). Throw in Long Beach Mayo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    Tuesday's Headlines

    Apologetic at gunpoint: The Oxford-shirt-and-khaki-pants-donning man known as the "Irreconcilable Bandit" held up his 16th bank Monday—a California National Bank in Newport Beach. He repeatedly apologized to the teller, saying he was going through "hard times" and needed the mon ... More >>

  • Film

    September 7, 2006

    Special Screenings

    Movie of the week: The Deer Hunter

  • Music

    June 15, 2006

    Obsession, He Calls It

    Soft Hands soft sell

  • Columns

    February 9, 2006

    Letters

    'Nice Job Crapping All Over the Drummer, Bung-hole'

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Art

    'Nice Job Crapping All Over the Drummer, Bung-hole'

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Orange

    'Nice Job Crapping All Over the Drummer, Bung-hole'

  • Music

    June 23, 2005

    We Have the Van

    Wives live sweat, dream light years

  • Features

    June 17, 2004

    Feedback

    Are You Too Late for the Trend?
    28 Local Greats

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    Built This City On Dislocated Shoulders

    Surrender to Toys That Kill unless hung-over

  • Columns

    May 27, 2004

    My Duet With Lucinda Williams!

    And My Quick Exit

  • Columns

    May 20, 2004

    Eight Days

    And My Quick Exit

  • Film

    May 13, 2004

    Chewing the Scenery

    Extras claw their way to second place on the Lords of Dogtown set

  • Culture

    March 11, 2004

    Gap Kids

    Glass House lets art/music cross-pollinate

  • Features

    October 30, 2003

    Death and the Sale Woman

    Glass House lets art/music cross-pollinate

  • Music

    March 6, 2003

    Ears Shall Bleed!

    Glass House lets art/music cross-pollinate

  • Music

    January 23, 2003

    Yes, Depression

    Daniel Ahearns electro-country road songs

  • Music

    July 18, 2002

    I Am Totally Insane

    And its because of the rolling blackouts

  • Music

    September 13, 2001

    Mega Watt

    Mike Watt comes to town with a new band and an old sound

  • Features

    August 9, 2001

    Pompeii Dog

    Irvine agitators stuff selves at San Pedros Elias Cafe

  • Columns

    July 1, 1999

    Letters

    Irvine agitators stuff selves at San Pedros Elias Cafe

  • Music

    July 1, 1999

    We Glimpse Krishna!

    Irvine agitators stuff selves at San Pedros Elias Cafe

  • Columns

    June 10, 1999

    Letters

    Irvine agitators stuff selves at San Pedros Elias Cafe

  • Film

    April 1, 1999

    Beyond Politics

    Asian fest films get personal

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