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May 10, 2013
Orange County Register Wildfire Coverage Has a Huge Hole in It: Media Watchdog
Orange County fire officials recently held a press conference to go over their strategies and, more importantly, warn the public about an ever-earlier fire season. The Orange County Register covered this, as it did Southern California's recent wildfires, but a media watchdog saw a huge hole in the c ... More >>
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March 27, 2013
The Big Mistake Bands Are Making With Facebook
By: Jessica HopperAre you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is ... More >>
News
February 21, 2013
Ace Hoffman Is Tilting at 'Nofre
The anti-nuke activist has spent years fighting the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Now, the impossible is on his horizon: its permanent shutdown
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January 7, 2013
Orange County Register Flambéed for Fawning Over Frickin' Fracking
A media watchdog is barking about a recent Orange County Register editorial on an industry-friendly study boosting fracking, the controversial oil drilling technique critics fear causes earthquakes and groundwater contamination.
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October 16, 2012
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is Race Ready
One in an occasional series reviewing consumer vehicles that are powered by water, natural gas, electricity, hybrid motors, high-efficiency gasoline engines or some other alternative source.Late last month, Hyundai announced that after the current 2012 Formula Drift and Global RallyCross Championsh ... More >>
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August 20, 2012
Cal State Long Beach Gets a Charge Out of Donations Made in Honor of Late EV Activist
You can be the late Doug Korthof, who inspired this very "Ride Me" category, hopes Cal State Long Beach students get a charge out of the donations made to his alma mater in his name.It's two 240-volt electric vehicle chargers that belonged to the Seal Beach activist, who envisioned a world full of ... More >>
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August 8, 2012
Swarm's Up at Boeing's Surf City Drone Maker
Boeing Huntington Beach and Johns Hopkins University are hailing technology they have developed that will allow operators with very little training to sic swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones, as they are more commonly called) on the unsuspecting.With a laptop and a military radio, the ... More >>
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July 10, 2012
If You Think It's Hot in Santa Ana and Long Beach Now, Just Wait Until 2050
It's getting hot in here, so take off all your non-essential items of clothing.According to a new UCLA climate study, average temperatures are going to rise in Santa Ana and Long Beach by nearly four degrees.But you still have time to stock up on sunscreen.
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April 18, 2012
VidCon Brings Online Video Stars to Anaheim
Smosh, iJustine, Meekakitty, Wheezy Waiter and Mystery Guitar Man will be together in one place in Anaheim in early summer. The third annual VidCon at the Anaheim Convention Center June 28-30 is also expected to allow 6,000 devotees of online videos to meet and mingle with Alex Day, Charlie McDonnel ... More >>
Food
April 5, 2012
One Nation, Under Tacos
An excerpt from 'Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America'
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February 27, 2012
Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention: Inside the World of Wank-Craft
Most conventions are pants-mandatory kinds of affairs -- even those of the adult nature. For the world's first virtual porn convention, however, I'm not wearing any (relax...I'm in my PJs). This past weekend, XBiz and Red Light Center hosted the Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention, porn's first ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
[UPDATED with Plug-In Memorial:] Doug Korthof, Enviro and Electric-Car Activist, Loses Battle with Lung Cancer
UPDATE, FEB. 14, 2:31 P.M.: What a wonderful way to mark Valentine's Day: Adopt a Charger ("Accelerating the adoption of plug-in vehicles via fee-free electric car chargers") has established the Doug Korthof Memorial Charger Fund. Money raised will be used to install and maintain a charging stati ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Bed Intruder Antoine Dodson is Back, Resurrecting the Slow Jam
Yup, Antoine Dodson of ye olde "Bed Intruder Song" fame is back, and he's out to reclaim the lost art form of the slow jam on his song, "Lovesick Lullabye." Featuring another guy big on the Internet, Brent Morgan, it's slick ultra-autotuned fodder, but it's pleasing to the ear and really makes yo ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Katy Perry, Now On a Sims Game
Electronic Arts today announced its collaboration with Katy Perry for The Sims. The life-simulation game will feature Perry-themed content and virtual goods such as clothing, hairstyles, props and furniture. The Collector's Edition expansion pack for The Sims 3 Showtime will be out in March.Ste ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Bolsa Chica Mesa Landowner Fined $430,000 for Damaging Ancient Native American Village
A near-unanimous California Coastal Commission and the Goodell Family Trust have agreed on a settlement that will have the property owner paying a $430,000 fine for unearthing artifacts at the Cogged Stone Site, the 9,000-year-old Native American village on the mesa overlooking the Bolsa Chica w ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Psychopaths Are Misunderstood: UC Irvine Psychologist
Could Hannibal Lecter maybe have not attacked nine people and eaten their flesh if he went through intensive treatment? Quite possibly, according to new research from a UC Irvine forensic psychologist. Psychopaths don't just make for great movie characters that cause the sales of fava ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
[UPDATED with Correction:] Revenge of the Electric Car ALREADY ROLLED Into Long Beach
CORRECTION, DEC. 12, 9:50 A.M.: No, it was not a bank of dead batteries that prevented filmmaker Chris Paine and his new documentary Revenge of the Electric Car from showing up as advertised (by . . . gulp . . . me) at the Art Theatre in Long Beach Sunday. As it turns out, that event was Dec. 4. ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Scott Samuelsen, UCI Engineering Professor, Honored At White House Today
UCI.eduScott SamuelsenA UCI professor got a White House nod today. Scott Samuelsen, who teaches mechanical, aerospace and environmental engineering, was honored as a "Champion of Change" in D.C for his innovations in hydrogen power and smog reduction. The honor comes after Samuelsen and ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Cal State Fullerton Gets a Queer Studies Minor--And Its First Haters
Cal State Fullerton recently approved a queer studies minor, and starting this fall, students will examine the culture of gender and sexuality in courses such as Queer Theory, Sexual Orientations and American Culture and The Psychological Study of LGB Experiences. The program was pushed for ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Regency San Juan Capistrano
Blogs
September 2, 2011
[UPDATED with Victims Speak:] Luis Mijangos, Sextortion Hacker, Gets 6 Years
UPDATE, SEPT. 2, 11:04 A.M.: Two victims of Luis Mijangos hacking into dozens of computers to obtain personal data--and in some cases demanding sexually explicit videos from female victims in exchange for not distributing other images--spoke at the undocumented immigrant's sentencing."During to ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Is Your Car a Piece of Crap? Fight Back with a Poop-Powered Ride
Put the key in the ignition, press it forward, hear that click, then the bronchial "ruhr-ruhr-ruhr," then the mechanical whimper and finally this lament screamed into the overhead lamp: "This car is a piece of crap."Been there.Ironically, a piece of crap may soon power your car.
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August 2, 2011
[UPDATED with Stellar Author, Contributors:] Kids of Stressed-Out Moms Age Faster: UCI Research
UPDATE, AUG. 2, 5:24 P.M.: Dr. Pathik D. Wadhwa (pictured here) was lead author of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper describing UCI's research into stressed-out moms and their faster-aging children. It's a wonder Wadhwa has time to write anything given all he specializes i ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Farewell, Space Shuttle Program: Five Classic Space Travel Songs
The Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off today in the final mission of NASA's shuttle program. The mission: run supplies to the International Space Station, and bring home as much trash as can fit in the shuttle. Exciting stuff. To lively up this otherwise dull swan song, here are five tracks t ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Kenneth Joseph Lucas II Gets 13 Years for Running International Phishing Scam and Indoor Pot Farm
UPDATE, JUNE 28, 2 P.M.: Sentences totaling 13 years for convictions in two cases have been given to Kenneth Joseph Lucas II, the "kingpin" of an international "phishing" operation that used spam e-mails and bogus websites to collect personal information used to defraud American banks. The 27- ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2011
Antoine Dodson Gets Arrested for Marijuana Possession
According to TMZ, our favorite YouTube sensation Antoine Dodson was arrested in Alabama on Saturday for possessing weed. That's right--weed. He was also arrested for failing to appear on a traffic charge, failing to have insurance and speeding.
Blogs
April 5, 2011
The Path to Transparency: Costa Mesa Discovers Social Media
Costa Mesa is finally onboard. One week into its top-dollar investment in a communications director and the city of Costa Mesa now has its own (active) Twitter and Facebook accounts. Congratulations, you're now where most of America was in 2008.Okay, that may have been a bit harsh a critique ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Amazon.com Buries Another OC Bookstore
Autopsy result? Death by KindleInside the Borders bookstore at The District in Tustin on Sunday afternoon, the excited middle-aged customer pointed at what he wanted to buy.But it wasn't a best-seller or a magazine or DVDs.The man told a store clerk he wanted to purchase two rows of massive ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
[UPDATED] Luis Mijangos Guilty of Being Sextortion Hacker
UPDATE, MARCH 22, 4:46 P.M.: Santa Ana's Luis Mijangos, who had previously pleaded not guilty to 16 federal charges, pleaded guilty Monday to two federal counts related to his tricking about 230 people into downloading a virus that allowed him to hack into their computers, and then extort from th ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
Census 2010: Orange County African-American Community Increases in Size, Still Embarrassingly Low
The figures from the 2010 Census that are freaking the Know Nothings out is news that the gabacho population shrank in size in Orange County, while wabs increased (as always) and Asians increased even more as a percentage. But the only figure that truly interested me was the number of people iden ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2011
Check Out A Nook Color, Get Free Starbucks Coffee This Saturday!
Now that Borders Bookstore is shutting down its locations, Barnes & Noble is the undisputed king of big-chain bookstores. But even Barnes isn't resting on its new position--they're giving out a free cup of Starbucks coffee this Saturday.Of course, there's a small catch: Spend a few minutes ch ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
The Inconvenient Truth Underlying Al Gore's Snowball Fight With Matt Drudge and Bill O'Reilly
The killer snowstorms socking much of the country are providing pundits on the right all the ammunition they need to mow down poor ol' Al Gore. Mr. Inconvenient Truth was called out last week by Bill O'Reilly, who wanted to know, if global warming exists, "Why has southern New York turned into t ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2011
UCI Scientists Shake Up History Channel's Megaquake 10.0, But Is 'Big One' Threat Real?
USGSTwo UC Irvine scientists are among the experts featured in tonight's world-premiere showing of Megaquake 10.0 on the History Channel. The two-hour special is set to shake up your flat-screen at 9 p.m., but, as Fritz and Fred always say, check local listings to confirm the time.The UCI academi ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
U.S. Senator Names UCI's World of Warcraft Research One of the Worst Wastes of Taxpayer Dollars in 2010
In Tom Coburn's just-released "Wastebook 2010," an 85-page tirade on what the U.S. senator believes are the year's 100 most outrageous uses of tax dollars, UC Irvine's $3 million research of World of Warcraft and other games comes in at No. 6. "Most people have to work for a l ... More >>
Culture
December 9, 2010
UC Irvine's New Computer-Games Major Gets Its Game On
The school is banking big on computer games as an emerging discipline
Blogs
December 1, 2010
Obama Administration Announces Ban On New Offshore Drilling; Thank The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Hopefully not for at least another 7 years.In direct conflict with its previous proclamations, the Obama administration today announced that there will not be any further new offshore oil drilling along the Atlantic Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico or the Pacific Coast. At least, not for th ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2010
¡Ask a Comida Critic!: Who are Your Favorite OC Food Bloggers?
Seems like a shameless attempt at promoting oneself, but Sherri from Fullerton swears she's not a food blogger:I love you guys, remember when you first printed Shuji as Professor Salt, and have been a groupie of Edwin and Das Ubergeek since they were on the original Chowhound. I'm so glad you got ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
OC Cities Ranked for Use of Social Networks, But the Public Only Gets to Peek at the Best
An Irvine technology and accounting services firm recently examined the Internet strategies employed by Orange County's 34 cities and singled out eight for such criteria as best embracing social media, offering greater transparency and increasing citizen access to their government.And the virtual ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Inaugural CleanTech OC Conference Should Have Been Better Attended
If attendees took anything other than swag away from the inaugural CleanTech OC Conference & Expo in Irvine Monday, it was this: the green revolution is back, baby. After a red hot 2008, the clean technology industry was battered for a spell by the recession, but banks are back to lending, ve ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Sierra Club Appeals Ruling Limiting Public Access to Orange County Parcel Map System
After losing a ruling in Orange County Superior Court, the Sierra Club is turning to the California Court of Appeal in an attempt to win no- or low-cost access to the County of Orange's Landbase parcel map system, which the public must currently pay thousands of dollars to get to.The lower court ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Hunter S. Thompson to Blame for Orange County's Texting Behind the Wheel Obsession
An Automobile Club of Southern California sampling of 4,000 vehicles in Orange County found 2.7 percent of the drivers were texting--which is twice the rate that was observed in January 2009, when the state texting-while-driving ban went into effect.Of course, it's common knowledge that we cont ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2010
If Your Kids Won't Listen, Blame Their iPods
A new study out of two Boston hospitals shows those ages 12 to 19 are suffering hearing loss, and a UC Irvine expert who has conducted his own research believes he knows why: the use of MP3 players like iPods.That is, Dr. Hamid Djalilian, director of Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at UCI Medi ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
Hella This, NorCal: OC Beats You in Creation of Green Businesses
When it comes to the creation of green businesses, those BART-riding, granola-gnawing, patchouli-oiling earth muffins in Northern California have nothing on Orange Countians.According to the Environmental Defense Fund's map of California's Green Economy, Orange County's 275 green companies ar ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
You Weren't Imagining It: This July Was One of the Coldest
If you feel like Orange County's June gloom only turned into July gloomier, you're right. The OC Register reported that, according to the National Weather Service, last July "was one of the coldest on record for coastal California." Fullerton's high temperature, for example, averaged around 79 de ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2010
Reasons Why You Shouldn't Buy the iPhone 4
Now that all the hype and excitement surrounding the recently announced iPhone 4 has died down a bit, let's take a step back and consider if the new smartphone is worth your time and money. Is it worth it to upgrade from last summer's 3GS model? Is this a good time for first-time users? Here are ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2010
Food Blogger Starts Filipino Food Truck
Burnt LumpiaFood bloggers and food trucks form a symbiotic relationship. You'll likely hear about a new food truck from a food blogger before anyone else. Nastassia Johnson and Marvin Gapultos are food bloggers. But they're not content on just writing about food trucks anymore--so they're s ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
Laguna Hills Company Says Its App Ends Deadly Texting-While-Driving Practice
A Laguna Hills company that creates applications for mobile and stationary telecommunications, claims to have come up with an app to solve "the deadly texting-while-driving social epidemic."
Blogs
May 14, 2010
Dana Rohrabacher's Latest Jewel
Drill Dana DrillReducing oil company offshore drilling will increase the number of offshore oil drill spills.--Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) expressing his logic this week to The Orange County Register's Dena Bunis in an article outlining efforts by California Democrat senator ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Poll: Californians Bullish on Green Technologies Despite Recession
A recent statewide poll shows a majority of California voters support the state's landmark 2006 law that requires reducing greenhouse gas emissions and imposing fees on companies that emit these gases if most of the money collected is returned to state residents.The breakdown in the poll conducte ... More >>
News
April 1, 2010
Meet the Star Men
Thanks in part to Orange County Astronomers and its desert clubhouse, Southern California is amateur-stargazer heaven
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