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Music
May 17, 2012
Devendra Banhart Is Back
But will he break out the bird calls at the Observatory?
Music
April 5, 2012
Alyssandra Nighswonger Cycles Onward and Upward
[Locals Only] Long Beach singer/songwriter will tour the West Coast . . . on a bicycle
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Taher Herzallah, "Irvine 11" Defendant, is Unrepentant at UC Santa Barbara
"My people are being killed, my people are being oppressed, I'm going to do everything I can do to stop this. I'm not going to follow a form of protest that fits the status quo that allows my people to be oppressed." --Taher Herzallah, one of the so-called "Irvine 11," speaking at UC Santa Bar ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Chi Cheng, Deftones Bassist, Showing Signs of Emerging From Three Year Coma
Bassist Chi Cheng of the Deftones was involved in a high-speed car accident in Santa Barbara in November 2008. Cheng, who was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, was ejected from his vehicle and consequently fell into a coma. Now, three years and two months later, Cheng is finally s ... More >>
Blogs
February 5, 2011
Photo Emerges of Confirmed Pedo-Priest Gus Krumm and Accused Pedo-Priest Alexander Manville Saying Mass Together
In 2009, a former student at Sst. Simon and Jude in Huntington Beach filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court alleging he suffered molestations at the grubby hands of priests Gus Krumm (at right) and Alexander Manville. Krumm, of course, is a confirmed pedo-priest whom the Diocese of Orang ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2011
The Best Video Games to Burn Off That Holiday Weight Gain
It happens just about every holiday season.You go to Christmas parties with friends, family and co-workers, and you overindulge in all sorts of festive food. Which is fine because we all do it. When the holiday season is finally over, however, the bathroom scale tells you you've gained a ton of w ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2010
The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Gets Sporty
The Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles, the Santa Ana Drags, Huntington Beach surfers, Santa Cruz surfers and OC-bred quarterbacks Matt Leinart, Colt Brennan and Mark Sanchez wind up in this week's especially sporty compilation of things said about or from Orange County on the Interwebs.
Blogs
December 7, 2010
The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show E! News Daily Insider Extra Entertainment Tonight Edition
Went to write this week's collection of things written about and/or from Orange County on the Interwebs, and an episode of Entertainment Tonight broke out. The following batch includes celebrities and TV characters crossing our real estate before ending with La Habra's very own tabloid queen.
Blogs
November 11, 2010
The Habit Sells Good Fries, Are Mensches to College Students
I wasn't too kind to the Habit, the Santa Barbara-area burger icon, when they arrived to Orange County earlier this year. I still think their burgers are overpriced, given their small size--but the flavor is spot-on.Last night, I took a group of students from my class at Cal State Fullerton to ea ... More >>
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
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
June 18, 2010
The Union Line Tour With Local Natives
So we just heard that The Union Line will be touring with their buddies Local Natives this fall. The Local Natives are really blowing up, performing in festivals around the world this summer. This is also the third time the Union Line is going on the road, and the difference is that mos ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Eat, Drink and Gawk at Amazon Women in Two Pieces at AVP Huntington Beach Open
AVP NIVEA Tour/Peter BrouilletThis year's AVP Nivea Tour Huntington Beach Open kicks off Friday, and since there's no better way to start the summer than enjoying the sun and sand of Surf City while watching mostly 6-foot-tall women slam leather-bound balls at each other at high velocities, the $ ... 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.
Music
May 6, 2010
Sublime With Rome With Tour Dates
[Mental Notes] Also: Re-liking the Like, running with Letterman, and much love for Avi Buffalo
Columns
April 15, 2010
Lo Menos Macho
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Your mami doesn't live here
Culture
March 25, 2010
Second City Peeks Behind the Orange Curtain
The troupe find some laughs, thanks to the Real Housewives and Mike Carona, but not much else
Music
March 4, 2010
The Like: Don't Hate
[Mental Notes] Also, Sublime With Rome to Roam, Thom Yorke Makes Peace
Blogs
January 14, 2010
Dueling Dishes: Temecula Sunrise Edition
Living in California and drinking locally, alcohol-wise, is by no means difficult. From the world-famous wine regions in Northern California to the craft beer Mecca of San Diego County and a few other noteworthy sources of wine, beer and booze (SF's Anchor Distilling makes thoroughly interesting and ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2010
This Week in Food
http://connextions.files.wordpress.comStick a Fork In It seems to have hit the ground running this new year and here are the stories to prove it.Dave has been a particular busy guy. This week he gives us an introduction to eating out--Korean style and shares some hilarious quips in response to th ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2009
Q&A: Marko DeSantis of Sugarcult
Ever since forming in Santa Barbara a decade ago, Sugarcult has issued the kind of smart power pop that never really goes out of style. The band became stars of the modern rock scene while playing the main stage of Warped Tour in 2004. Green Day then chose Sugarcult to be the opening act for ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2009
KCRW Returns to Orange County with Summer Nights Dance Party
Is September 12 still summer? Sure, technically, it's before the autumnal equinox, so I guess it's fair play. That's the day the Orange County Performing Arts Center will host the Summer Nights Dance Party, featuring KCRW DJs Jason Bentley (pictured, the host of Morning Becomes Eclectic and the s ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2009
Irvine Spared in Professor's Plan to Close UC Campuses
UCI.orgAll's quiet in the center of campus at "second-tier" UC Irvine.Capitol Weekly reports about a radical proposal to spare the UC system major financial pain amid massive budget cuts: close three campuses.Don't worry: UC Irvine makes the cut. Barely.
Blogs
July 28, 2009
Crime Time: Small Fries, Bad Tenants and the Church Lady
It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--small fry edition . . . MONDAY, JULY 20Artist's rendering of Bank of America robber. He may belong to that notorious street gang, the Lollipop Kids.Watch Those Kids at the Playground A 3-year-old boy was at the playground in Ponderosa Park ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2009
Pedo-Priest Gus Krumm Fighting to Keep His Personnel Files Personal
If you want to fight for the side of truth and justice, join members of SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) this Sunday around 8:30 in the morn as they distribute fliers outside Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Church in Huntington Beach. They'll alert parishioners about what Diocese of ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2009
Talk Talk: KCRW Music Director and 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' Host Jason Bentley (Part 1)
Deadly handsome man.Jason Bentley, pictured, hosted Metropolis on noted Santa Moniac-based public radio station KCRW for 16 years, before taking over on December 1 of last year as both music director and host of the long-running and beloved Morning Becomes Eclectic.He'll be DJing at, of all places, ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2009
Congressional Candidate Krom's Son Dies in Fall
Beth Krom Congress 2010 Facebook pageThe Kroms in 2007 (from left): Hershel, Abby, Noah, Solly and Beth.The Weekly, which has taken jabs over the years at a certain Irvine city councilwoman and announced congressional candidate, expresses its deepest condolences to Beth and Solly Krom, who are mourn ... More >>
Columns
December 11, 2008
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Beth Krom Congress 2010 Facebook pageThe Kroms in 2007 (from left): Hershel, Abby, Noah, Solly and Beth.The Weekly, which has taken jabs over the years at a certain Irvine city councilwoman and announced congressional candidate, expresses its deepest condolences to Beth and Solly Krom, who are mourn ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2008
Last Night: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars at the Irvine Barclay Theatre
Review by Marco Villalobos Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars Irvine Barclay Theatre / Cheng Hall Febuary 13, 2008 Better Than: Heidi Klum giving a goodbye hug to some soon-forgotten designer on a fresh Wednesday night episode of Project Runway. Download: Clips from the documentary or some tunes. ... More >>
News
November 1, 2007
Tooting Our Own Horn
One California Day
Columns
November 24, 2005
Diary of a Mad County
One California Day
Columns
October 6, 2005
So Board With the USA
Seeking low wages and lax environmental laws, OC boardmakers reluctantly find themselves in Asia
Columns
August 11, 2005
Diary of a Mad County
Seeking low wages and lax environmental laws, OC boardmakers reluctantly find themselves in Asia
Columns
May 12, 2005
May 12-19
Seeking low wages and lax environmental laws, OC boardmakers reluctantly find themselves in Asia
Columns
April 22, 2004
Earth Daddy
Denis Hayes organized the first Earth Day, and all he got was this lousy planet
Features
August 14, 2003
Dreaming in Blue
Surfing the Ranch with Dana Brown and "Wingnut" Weaver
Food
May 29, 2003
Vacuuming in the Nude!
Candy sets the summer on fire
Culture
November 21, 2002
Never Cruel
Not trash, not ridicule, but clearly DeBris
Columns
July 19, 2001
If I Were Gordon Dillow
How to write geriatric!
Music
January 18, 2001
Not Merely Bad, But Also Dangerous!
How to write geriatric!
Columns
May 25, 2000
Union Maid
Apathy is sooo 1990s
Music
May 4, 2000
What's Humming Through the Skulls of Orange County?
Apathy is sooo 1990s
Columns
January 20, 2000
Letters
Apathy is sooo 1990s
Features
January 6, 2000
OOOOMPAH!
Re-creating the Old World
News
November 4, 1999
Crystal Method
Irvine Co.s Crystal Cove project raises eco-disaster fears
News
June 3, 1999
Trout Mess Replica
Endangered trout may block toll road
News
March 11, 1999
The Jesus Virus
And other perils of modern life
Features
November 5, 1998
Orange County's Scariest People!
Hey! It really IS the Year of the Woman!
Columns
October 15, 1998
Sexual Heaving
Old flames, penis sheaths and Apaches lifting my dress
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