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Santa Fe Springs

  • Music

    April 22, 1999

    The All-Age Sage

    How to set off a Chain Reaction

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Who is Down on Measure R (and How Much Are They Down For)?

    Shea and Choi: big anti-R funders Measure R on the Irvine ballot asks residents to approve what a great job the Irvine City Council is doing on planning the Great Park on the old El Toro Marine Corps base (or if the measure loses, one supposes, what a piss-poor job they are doing). The conflict-of- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    AM/PM Hot Dogs in Santa Fe Springs Not That Good, But the Location!

    As a young cabrón, I loved nothing more than to gorge on AM/PM hot dogs, to unwrap each from its foil and pile on onions, relish, chili, mustard, and jalapeños. For nostalgia's sake, I bought two on the way back from Los Angeles last week, at an AM/PM-Arco hybrid off the I-5 Freeway South Carmenit ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 9, 2006

    Commie Girl

    The Game: Carrots

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Tomboy Sexy

    Girls, old guys, argyles and skulls at the Action Sports Retailer bash

  • Columns

    October 6, 2005

    'Showing 95-Year-Old Old Dick Isnt a Pretty Sight'

    Girls, old guys, argyles and skulls at the Action Sports Retailer bash

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Oil for Prophets

    Lost in the controversy over Pat Robertsons call to assassinate a foreign leader is the reverends role in the local oil business

  • Columns

    August 18, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Lost in the controversy over Pat Robertsons call to assassinate a foreign leader is the reverends role in the local oil business

  • Columns

    May 12, 2005

    May 12-19

    Lost in the controversy over Pat Robertsons call to assassinate a foreign leader is the reverends role in the local oil business

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

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    Lost in the controversy over Pat Robertsons call to assassinate a foreign leader is the reverends role in the local oil business

  • Columns

    October 17, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Lost in the controversy over Pat Robertsons call to assassinate a foreign leader is the reverends role in the local oil business

  • Features

    September 27, 2001

    La Palma

    Cypress writ small

  • Music

    January 4, 2001

    How Punk Rock Saved This Puppys Penis

    The year in feel-good music stories

  • News

    November 26, 1998
  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Adventures in Chasing Kogi

    Edwin Goei Saturday, April 25, 2009 -- A day in which I attempt to hunt down the Kogi Korean BBQ taco truck.  Here's how it went down: 12:12 p.m. I get an e-mail tip that Kogi's going to be in Buena Park tonight, at the same location they ended up in last Wednesday night. I am eating car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    This Week In Food

    This Week's highlights from Stick a Fork In It:I wrote about my near-fistfight with a fellow partygoer at the launch of the new Charlie Palmer small plates menu--it must've been the excitement of kicking off our new Twitter account that was getting to me.Talking of Twitter-induced excitement, Edwin' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2009

    Kogi, At Last!

    Saturday, May 2, 2009. This was the night. I could feel it. I was going to finally sink my teeth into something the whole of L.A. had been talking about and enjoying for months. Unless you've been holed up in the Unabomber shack or haven't been reading my entries on this blog, I'm talking, of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    UPDATE: Kogi in OC This Week! Again!

    UPDATE (5/12/09, 8:00 p.m.):  Fellow Weekling Albert Chin has informed me that Kogi won't be able to make it to two of the OC stops this week (Fullerton and Anaheim).  But they will make it to their good ol' Santa Fe Springs spot tonight and tomorrow (keep on their Twitter for up-to-the-minute upd ... More >>

  • Food

    May 14, 2009

    It's Finally Kogi Korean-Barbecue Taco Truck Season in OC

    UPDATE (5/12/09, 8:00 p.m.):  Fellow Weekling Albert Chin has informed me that Kogi won't be able to make it to two of the OC stops this week (Fullerton and Anaheim).  But they will make it to their good ol' Santa Fe Springs spot tonight and tomorrow (keep on their Twitter for up-to-the-minute upd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2009

    Kogi in OC! Kogi in OC! Tonight!!!

    Just got late breaking word about Kogi. Because of troubles with the Lakewood police, they are changing their location to Buena Park tonight: 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Corner of Fresca & Valley View, one block east of Orangethorphe!!!! Also, a reminder: be nice, people! Don't cut, don't fight, and be resp ... More >>

  • Music

    June 10, 2010

    Not the Same Old (Karaoke) Songs

    [Summer Guide] Competitors in Karaoke Fest’s Crème de la Crème tournament face a tough panel of judges

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    An Interview with Aquabats Singer The MC Bat Commander

    ​After a five-year hiatus, the perennially goofy Orange County ska-punk band the Aquabats will be releasing a new album. Unless you've been living under a rock in the interim, you know lead singer MC Bat Commander (aka Christian Jacobs) has been busy creating, writing and directing the hugely succ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Boeing Cuts 900 Jobs in Long Beach, But OC Workers Also Get Bad News

    ​Boeing's announcement that it is eliminating 900 jobs in Long Beach is getting the big headlines today, but the once-mighty aerospace company also dropped some bad employment news for Orange County.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    [UPDATED] Norma Ruth Casini, Live-in Caretaker, Accused of Stealing $610,000 From 85-Year-Old for Trips, New Teeth, Laser Eye Work, Dog Whisperer

    ​UPDATE, FEB. 22, 5:33 P.M.: Prosecutors today charged Leno Casini in the caregiver theft case that has already led to charges against the 56-year-old Laguna Niguel resident's wife. The husband is now charged with two felony counts each of accessory after the fact and receiving stolen property an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    [UPDATED] Caretaker Norma Ruth and Leno Casini's Daughter Anastasia Darlena Mendezkestler Joins Parents in Facing Charges Tied to Thefts from Elderly

    ​UPDATE, MARCH 4, 6:01 P.M.: Are the Casinis a family of gypsies--the thieving kind Borat warned us about?Because now the daughter of alleged sticky-fingered caretaker to the elderly Norma Casini and her husband the accused fence Leno Casini is up on charges related to the caper.Anastasia Darlena ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    [UPDATED with Sentences:] Caretaker Norma Ruth Casini, Husband Leno and Daughter Anastasia Darlena Mendezkestler Guilty of Fleecing the Elderly

    ​UPDATE, MAY 5, 6:52 P.M.: Caretaker Norma Ruth Casini pleaded guilty to stealing more than $642,000 from multiple elderly victims, including taking $610,000 from an 85-year-old woman to spend on shopping, travel and a "dog whisperer." The 51-year-old Laguna Niguel resident was sentenced to 13 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    How To Build Your Own Smoker From A 55-Gallon Drum, Part I

    ProfessorSalt.comAlmost complete, minus paint job and a few fittings​In the world of competition barbecue, there's a saying: "It's not the cooker, it's the cook." That means that in a blind tasting, you can't tell if the end result was cooked in a modern commercial-grade smoker, or in an ad hoc, B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    LISTEN: Protest Songs For Kelly Thomas by Julian Porte and BNF

    R. Scott Moxley / OC Weekly​As more information from the July beating death of Fullerton homeless man Kelly Thomas by six police officers surfaces, two new songs by local singer-songwriter Julian Porte and rapper BNF give their perspective on the subject of police brutality.Singer-songwriter Porte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Michael Stephen Baker, Notorious L.A. Pedophile Priest, In Orange County Jail for Violating Probation

    Baker: Looks like John Wayne Gacy, no?​Michael Stephen Baker was one of the most notorious pedophile priests in Southern California history, a monster who single-handedly showed what a lying sack-o'-shot Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony was in protecting pedo-priests from the law.Baker is now als ... More >>

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