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November 13, 2006
Hear The Earth Move
Via the excellent BLDGBLOG: German artist Florian Dombois translates the subaudible sound of plate tectonics into something the human ear can hear, revealing unique geological characteristics of brewing earthquakes around the planet. Says Dombois: Usually seismic waves have a frequency spectrum b ... More >>
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May 3, 2006
Foothill-South: "The Wrong Direction To Take"
Don't worry about the Transportation Corridor Agencies getting their lawsuits moved to federal court. Federal regulations may be less stringent than any state restrictions, but it's not all bad news. Today the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 met to discuss, among other matters, a staff reso ... More >>
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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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June 8, 2007
Where be the Bird Man?
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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April 7, 2008
Radiohead's N. American Tour Dates Announced
Closest the British mope-rock kings come to OC is a two-date run at Hollywood Bowl, Aug. 24 and 25. Pre-sale tix are available April 9 and general on-sale April 12. Grizzly Bear support Aug. 3-15, Liars Aug. 19-28. Radiohead have good taste. August 1 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, IL August 3 - Verizo ... More >>
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September 26, 2008
Chapman Journo Professor Defeats Wacky Santa Barbara Publisher
In these days of horrible news, something great: Chapman University School of Journalism professor Susan Paterno successfully defender herself against a libel and defamation suit filed by Wendy McCaw, the controversial owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press and a rag owner that makes Hearst look like ... More >>
Columns
June 10, 1999
The Zine Scene
Highlights from the low life
Blogs
March 12, 2009
"Citizen McCaw" Comes to Chapman. Sue Paterno is Ready
Citizen McCaw, a documentary on the journalistic war (or war on journalism) in Santa Barbara, is heading down coast to Chapman University, which counts one of this war's correspondents among its faculty.McCaw would be Santa Barbara News-Press owner Wendy McCaw, whose bizarre publishing reign came to ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Citizen McCaw,' 'Absurdistan,' More
Citizen McCaw, a documentary on the journalistic war (or war on journalism) in Santa Barbara, is heading down coast to Chapman University, which counts one of this war's correspondents among its faculty.McCaw would be Santa Barbara News-Press owner Wendy McCaw, whose bizarre publishing reign came to ... More >>
Columns
November 14, 2002
Writers on the Storm
Flying around with the Bill Simon press corps
Columns
August 11, 2005
Aug. 11 - Aug. 18
Flying around with the Bill Simon press corps
News
February 15, 2007
The Wrath of Wendy
Chapman University professor fights lawsuit filed by controversial newspaper owner
Columns
March 9, 2006
What I Miss About Drinking
No more Crazy Rita, but a grave, sober scrapbooker
Columns
February 12, 2004
Mission Impossible
No more Crazy Rita, but a grave, sober scrapbooker
Columns
May 2, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
No more Crazy Rita, but a grave, sober scrapbooker
Columns
May 6, 1999
Up in Smoke
My mama said it's good to be natural
Blogs
June 9, 2009
Attention Turns to Hours Before Noah Krom's Death
Noah KromWe told you yesterday about the tragic death of 22-year-old Noah Krom, the eldest son of Irvine's Solly Krom and City Councilwoman and announced congressional candidate Beth Krom. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's investigators are now trying to piece together the events that took& ... More >>
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June 9, 2009
Stars Of Santa Barbara--And Other Upcoming South Coast Plaza Wine Events
Charlie Palmer's monthly 50 for 50 sell-off, with bargains aplenty, has come around again. It's this Saturday, June 13, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, in the Next Vintage Wine Shop.Antonello Ristorante has started a "wine mixer" once a month, featuring eight wines for $30 per person, followed by a sale of w ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
This Week In Food
Starbucks and Subway inexplicably made it to the top of Zagat's latest fast food and chain list.There was news of another OC Restaurant Week in September. Can't wait!More stuff to look forward to: Stars of Santa Barbara--complete with top DJ!--at South Coast Plaza, and SOL Cucina in Newport Beach.An ... More >>
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June 23, 2009
Talk Talk: KCRW Music Director and 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' Host Jason Bentley (Part 2)
KCRW music director Jason Bentley and I chatted for so long, that I was left with little choice but to split the Q&A into two parts. Part one is here, and enjoy, if you will, part the second, where we talk about upcoming Morning Becomes Eclectic guests, the Stars of Santa Barbara benefit event a ... More >>
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June 24, 2009
TONIGHT: Dinner with Dave and We Are the Pilots
Yes, it's time for another twice-monthly installment of Dinner with Dave, where Dave Mau cooks up some free food, a local DJ spins, and a local band plays. Tonight it's two dear Heard Mentality favorites, DJ Oldboy and Anaheim's We Are the Pilots, pictured. WAtP bassist has referred to it as "the fi ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
KCRW's Jason Bentley to Appear at...South Coast Plaza?
Jason Bentley (seen looking very sly in that picture over there) took over as host of Morning Becomes Eclectic--and KCRW music director--on December 1 of last year, but though the taste-making Santa Monica-based public radio station's signal covers Orange County comfortably, Bentley hasn't had the c ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
Wax On, Wax Off: Oil and Water - Surfrider Foundation Defeats Tranquillon Ridge Project
John WileyEver since the State Land Commission shut down the proposed Tranquillon Ridge Oil and Gas Project in a 2-1 vote in January, a battle has raged between its opponents and proponents. On friday, while we were chasing the big swell around, our reps in the California State Assembly scored a ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
'Wicked' Composer Stephen Schwartz Readies First Opera
Kristin Chenoweth in 'Wicked.'You've probably heard his catchy songs from that best friend of yours who loves Wicked, or from the mouth of Amy Adams in Enchanted. And you can't help but sing along, even if you don't like musicals.Stephen Schwartz, the composer of Wicked, as well as the lyricist f ... More >>
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September 24, 2009
The Ataris
Chain Reaction
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January 5, 2010
The Habit Burger Grill Probably Won't Become One
The chica's parents bought me a Barnes & Noble gift card for Christmas, so this cheapskate finally splurged on Mark Kurlansky's The Food of a Younger Land, which collected excerpts from a long-forgotten WPA program that sought to capture America's regional food traditions. It's a great read, ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
Shamrocks and Shenanigans at Sharkeez, TODAY!
Is it just us, or is this what every St. Patrick's Day should look like? Snicker-worthy stereotypes abound on this flier for shamrocks and shenanigans, a St. Patty's celebration full of drunkenness and leprechaun debauchery over at Sharkeez.Aside from the fact that Sean Connery looks really ... More >>
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April 5, 2010
Jack Johnson Announces Tour Dates, 98 Percent of Orange County Celebrates
Christopher VictorioJack Johnson, wearing a Save Trestles T-shirt, performing at the Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on August 29, 2008.Chief mellow music maker Jack Johnson has announced a new slew of tour dates for his upcoming To The Sea Tour, spanning from early July on the East Coast ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2010
Fiddlehead Cellars Sauvignon Blancs
Chris A. Michaels/ / CC BY 2.0Santa Barbara VinesIf there was a moment for California wine--one in which it went from being something that only came from Napa and Sonoma or was just two buck chuck--and became something relevant in pop culture, it was the release of Sideways.
Columns
May 13, 2010
Mexican-Hatin' is Sweeping the Nation!
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And everybody has a different, not-so-endearing nickname for the Brown Menace
Blogs
June 4, 2010
Beware of Bodysurfing Maneaters in the Breaks
What the freak is happening off our beautiful, sin-kissed coast?There was the giant squid invasion this past winter. There was the rare sighting of Orcas earlier this week (with a giant halibut thrown into the cioppino for good measure). And there's the constant threat by that sea monster the egg ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Love It Or Hate It? Six Qualities Of The NorCal Music Fest
www.harmonyfestival.comI've been to music festivals in Southern California, in the Midwest, Northern California and the East Coast, but I had an epiphany at the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa (about an hour north of San Francisco) last weekend. There, I realized that for some reason, NorCal mu ... More >>
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August 9, 2010
Blue Whales Amass Off an Orange Coast
Veteran whale watchers and sports-fishing operators report dense numbers of blue whales--the largest animals ever known to have existed--frolicking off the Southern California coast, from Santa Barbara to southern Orange County.Thank our unseasonably cold weather: chilly water favorable to the sh ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Kent Kelley, Laguna Beach Shopkeeper, Arrested in "Largest" Marijuana Raid in Santa Barbara History
At about 8 a.m. on Aug. 12, more than two dozen Santa Barbara County narcotics detectives raided a 50-acre property just above the 101 Freeway near the Dos Pueblos Ranch. Inside nine large greenhouses they discovered between $40 million and $80 million worth of marijuana plants and anoth ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Jack Marshall Shimko, Cancer Survivor Paddles So Others May Live
Perhaps you've seen stand-up paddlers on boards at local harbors and beaches. Jack Marshall Shimko prefers to use his hands to paddle while kneeling or lying prone on his board. In fact, starting tomorrow, he'll use this method to paddle 150 miles, from Santa Barbara to his native Newport Beach. ... More >>
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October 22, 2010
[UPDATED:] Lucas Ransom, 19, Killed by Shark off Santa Barbara Coast
UPDATE AND CORRECTION: Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown originally identified the victim of this morning's shark attack at Surf Beach as a 20-year-old Cal State Santa Barbara student who hailed from Orange County. The victim has since been identified as chemical engineering major Lucas Ran ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Rohrabacher, Royce, Campbell and Other Doves vs. Pelosi, Waxman and Other Hawks
Before shock and awe, there was just give peace a chance. The call for a surge in Iraq drew a push-back from MoveOn.orgers. Doves bristle at endless warfare.Ah, the good old days. Now, down is up, Simon Cowell is Jennifer Lopez, and hawks who once warned "You-break-it, you-fix-it" are talking pul ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Eddie Vedder Announces Solo Tour With Three SoCal Stops
Jon Gitchoff/Riverfront TimesPearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder today announced a tour to support his soon-to-be-released solo album, Ukulele Songs. He's performing at the Long Beach Terrace Theatre on July 6 and The Wiltern on July 8.
Columns
May 26, 2011
Why Shouldn't Mexicans Speak Proper Spanish?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Is Spanglish something to celebrate?
Blogs
July 6, 2011
KFC Celebrates National Fried Chicken Day With SoCal Special
KFC websiteHave you gotten your fill of All-American fare yet? Hot dogs, hamburgers, apple pie, indigestion, etc.? If you haven't, well, this deep-fried bargain has your name all over it.TODAY is National Fried Chicken Day, and the Kentucky Fried family is looking to draw your artery-clogged self ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
[UPDATED With Criminal Charges, Another Incident:] Boat Carrying Mexican Nationals Capsizes Near Crystal Cove State Park
UPDATE, JULY 15, 4:17: Four of the fourteen Mexican nationals who were onboard the panga boat that capsized near Newport Tuesday have been charged as criminals -- three for "conspiring to bring illegal aliens to the United States" and the other for illegal entry. The three alleged consp ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Drink of the Week: Ventura Limoncello
Dave LiebermanVentura County produces more lemons than any other county in the United States. A drive inland along Highway 150 from Santa Barbara to Santa Paula goes past thousands of acres of lemon trees, but limoncello, the lemon liqueur that's on every bar shelf in Italy, was never produced lo ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
[UPDATED with Murder in OC Confirmed:] Douglas Brian Galvin, OC Homicide No. 36: Nephew Held for Killing and Burning Uncle
UPDATE, AUG. 8, 12:10 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) just confirmed that Kirk Michael Galvin has been charged with murdering his 58-year-old uncle, Douglas Brian Galvin of Buena Park, in the La Palma apartment of the 23-year-old's father (and the victim's brother). Kirk ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Baja Culinary Fest to Take Place Oct. 5-9
A huge column of smoke rises from a charcoal grill set into a counter; the air fills with the scent of beef grilling and the sound of fat spattering onto the fire below. It takes just a minute or two, and I'm fascinated. My rapt gaze is lost on the taquero, for whom this is not new. He hacks the ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Battle Feel-Good Gabacho Burritos
ProfessorSalt.comFreebirds burrito wrapped in cayenne tortillaEarlier this year, Freebirds World Burritos opened its first location in Orange. In case you haven't heard about this Santa Barbara-by-way-of-Texas chain, it competes in a very specific niche of the fresh-Mex quick-serve restaurant in ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Toad the Wet Sprocket
The Coach House
Blogs
November 21, 2011
In Huntington Beach, Officials Find 2,600 Pounds Of Pot On One Smuggling Boat And 18 Life Vests On Another
It's fair to say there are probably quite a few pissed-off potheads in Huntington Beach.Why? Well, because a ton -- 2,600 pounds, to be exact -- of fresh Mexican weed will never make into their pipes.On Nov. 12, law enforcement officials found a boat filled with about $1 million worth of weed alo ... More >>
News
January 5, 2012
Bobby Martinez's Rebel Cry
Can the enfant terrible's harsh words and crisp moves reform the corporatized surf scene dominated by Orange County's action-sports industry?
Food
January 12, 2012
Berkeley Dogs Hot-Dogs It
[Hole In the Wall] The East Bay transplant brings its luscious wieners as part of our wave of outside regional chains
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Telemarketer Who Scammed Job Seekers Ordered to Give Up His Surf City Condo
An executive with a sales company that scammed job applicants out of money through online want ads, has been forced by the Federal Trade Commission to relinquish his half-million-dollar Huntington Beach condominium.Technically, the FTC imposed a $13 million judgment against Santa Barbara-based te ... More >>
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