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  • News

    May 3, 2012

    Chris McAmis' Chilling Confession of Lynsie Ekelund's Murder

    Tapes reveal a portrait of a cowardly killer

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    BREAKING: Chris McAmis Pleads Guilt, Officially a Murderer

    At what was expected to be a preliminary hearing, the accused murderer of Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund pled guilty today. Christopher Michael McAmis, 31, will serve a sentence of 15 years to life for murdering 20-year-old Ekelund in 2001 at his Whittier apartment.Ekelund disappeared ... More >>

  • News

    December 29, 2011

    What We Learned

    The Year on Navel Gazing and Beyond!

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    OC's Scariest People 2011

    Celebrating the Day of the Dead with some of the county's worst offenders

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Farrell's to Host Ice-Cream Eating Challenge as Charity Event Next Month

    ​Oh, Farrell's! Massive, glorious, gluttonous, grandiose Farrell'!. Its take on ice-cream culture is to add as many scoops as possible, then add a bucket of more and an oil drum of butterscotch and chocolate--and that's the kid's size. So it only makes sense that to give back to the community, Far ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    [UPDATED] Chris McAmis Enters Not Guilty Plea in Lynsie Ekelund Killing

    ​UPDATE, MARCH 22, 12:44 P.M.: Today, after months of delays, 32-year-old Christopher McAmis entered a plea of not guilty to allegedly murdering and attempting to rape Placentia woman Lynsie Ekelund a decade ago. This was McAmis' fourth appearance at the Superior Court in uptown Whittier since his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Chris McAmis' Arraignment on Murder Charge Delayed

    ​Accused murderer Chris McAmis requested a new arraignment date today via his public defender, Leslie Gordon, at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Whittier. Commissioner Armando Moreno granted the request and set a new date for March 22, though he warned there would be no further continuances.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2010

    Lynsie Ekelund Remembered at Moving Service

    ​Almost two months after  Los Angeles County Coroner's officials removed the bones of missing Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund from a shallow grave in Santa Clarita, a memorial service was held today for the 20-year-old Placentia woman. Ekelund left her mother's Placentia home on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Chris McAmis, Accused of Murdering Lynsie Ekelund, Has New Arraignment Date

    Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's Department​Chris McAmis, accused of murdering Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund in 2001, this morning waived his right to a speedy arraignment at the Whittier Superior Courthouse. His arraignment was rescheduled for Jan. 20. Police say McAmis, now 31, str ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Lynsie Ekelund's Accused Killer Awaits Arraignment

    Chris McAmis confessed to murdering the Fullerton College student in 2001. Their families now try to come to grips with the news

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Welcome to Agrestic, errrrr, Orange County

     When did Showtime's Weeds, which is set in Valencia or Calabasas or Santa Clarita or Stevenson Ranch or Gorman or wherever the hell it is, spring up in Orange County? It's sure seeming very Agrestic-like based on two police incidents mere hours apart Wednesday.First, cops started going door-to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    On-Sale Friday: Smile Empty Soul, Super Diamond, More

    Tyler ClintonThis Saturday is July 4, which is Independence Day, natch, the celebration of the birth of this great and good nation of ours. It's also a holiday, which is why tickets for these House of Blues Anaheim shows are going on sale on Friday, July 3 (tomorrow!) this week. All on sale at 10 a. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    We'll Return Missing Menorah Once We Figure Out Where It Is

    The Orange County Register reports that thieves have stolen a 6-foot-tall menorah from Orange's famous traffic circle, and city officials surmise it was lifted for its recycling value. Not quite, Columbo.Through this Police-Issue Timepiece's extraordinary powers of sleuthing, we have concluded peev ... More >>

  • Features

    May 29, 2008

    How New Developments in Laguna Beach Will (and Won't) Deal With the Pollution in Aliso Creek

    The Orange County Register reports that thieves have stolen a 6-foot-tall menorah from Orange's famous traffic circle, and city officials surmise it was lifted for its recycling value. Not quite, Columbo.Through this Police-Issue Timepiece's extraordinary powers of sleuthing, we have concluded peev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2006

    This Newsrack Will Self- Destruct in Five Seconds...

    Color us crazy, but we'd have thought someone would have raised an ethical concern or three after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's arson squad blew up an LA Times newsrack in Santa Clarita on Friday. The concern we refer to is not whether deputies were under orders from the Sheriff Lee Baca to get b ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    No Justice, No Peace of Mind

    Parents have dim hopes sons killer will be brought to trialeven though cops know where alleged murderer is

  • Features

    January 2, 2003

    2002: Diary of a Mad Year

    Parents have dim hopes sons killer will be brought to trialeven though cops know where alleged murderer is

  • Columns

    December 26, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Parents have dim hopes sons killer will be brought to trialeven though cops know where alleged murderer is

  • Columns

    December 12, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Parents have dim hopes sons killer will be brought to trialeven though cops know where alleged murderer is

  • Columns

    December 5, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Parents have dim hopes sons killer will be brought to trialeven though cops know where alleged murderer is

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Down These Mean Equestrian Trails

    Middle-aged rage kills more kids than student gunners

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