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  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    [UPDATED with More Killings Alleged:] David Cruz Ponce and Max Eliseo Rafael, Convicted Felons, Busted for Homeless-Camp Massacre

    ​UPDATE, JAN. 19, 1:30 P.M.: From the Los Angeles Times: "Long Beach police said they believe that Ponce is responsible for other killings, including two in the Long Beach area. Authorities did not release details on those two cases but said the slaying occurred in the downtown Long Beach area ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    The Spell: Long Beach's Hard Partiers Have Fun Stories to Tell

    ​The last time I saw the members of The Spell, they were drinking tequila and bowling on a Thursday night. That was before the party celebrating Spell guitarist Andy Kiddoo's birthday moved to Fern's, the Long Beach dive where Spell singer Josh Brown was nearly escorted out of the bar for harassin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    This Week in Food: Banned Grasshopper Tacos, The Greatest 'Cue in Texas, and Acceptable Pantry Items!

    Flickr user uberculture​Another great week wrapped up in the wackiest food blog this side of Fast Food Maven. Legitimate highlights after the jump!

  • Food

    June 9, 2011

    Delius Restaurant Is the Real Deal

    Getting to know the ambitious Signal Hill restaurant beyond the first crush

  • Columns

    November 4, 2010

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Getting to know the ambitious Signal Hill restaurant beyond the first crush

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Compound Studios Is Tops, Barn None

    Producer Marc Ford and engineer Anthony Arvizu lay down tracks for bands from near and far

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Getting Over Bitter in Little Phnom Penh

    Bitter is not a flavor generally loved by the American palate. Bitter is a flavor we cover up--with cream and sugar in our coffee, with sweeter, baby bitter greens in our salads. Elsewhere around the globe--and in many an ethnic restaurant in Orange County--bitter is a flavored loved and enjoyed alo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Ice Cream Man Matt Allen Okay--Baby Ice Cream Truck Not So Much

    icecreamman.comThe Ice Cream Man: Matt Allen.​Since 2004, Long Beach's Ice Cream Man Matt Allen has made a career of giving away ice cream for free at music events nationwide. But news of a possible Ice Cream Man benefit this April at Alex's Bar suggested an emergency meaning it's time to give som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    On Blast Pic from Mexico City

    ​Yes, this weekend the big event went down. Long Beach (technically Signal Hill but who's keeping score?) band On Blast played the Goliath Festival in Mexico City and yours truly was there every step of the way. I can't tell you what happened because that's coming later, but I figured a picture of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Tonight: Pop Noir and On Blast at Detroit Bar

    ​Tonight is week No. 2 of LA/Costa Mesa trio Pop Noir's Monday night November residency (aptly titled Noirvember) at Detroit Bar. If I wasn't busy washing my hair tonight, I'd be there for sure because the best band to ever come outta Signal Hill, On Blast, is opening. Also on the bill is Little R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2009

    Five Questions with On Blast

    ​Long Beach (OK, technically they live in Signal Hill) quartet On Blast--multi-instrumentalist Andy Kiddoo, singer Josh Brown, guitarist Travis Raab and producer/bassist Tone Blair -- play Thursday night at Alex's Bar with Free Moral Agents and Mode and Friday night...at a bar mitzvah. After runni ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2009

    [Sound Guy] Long Beach's Greater California Warms Things Up

    ​Long Beach (OK, technically they live in Signal Hill) quartet On Blast--multi-instrumentalist Andy Kiddoo, singer Josh Brown, guitarist Travis Raab and producer/bassist Tone Blair -- play Thursday night at Alex's Bar with Free Moral Agents and Mode and Friday night...at a bar mitzvah. After runni ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 12, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    ​Long Beach (OK, technically they live in Signal Hill) quartet On Blast--multi-instrumentalist Andy Kiddoo, singer Josh Brown, guitarist Travis Raab and producer/bassist Tone Blair -- play Thursday night at Alex's Bar with Free Moral Agents and Mode and Friday night...at a bar mitzvah. After runni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Urine, You're Out, You're Back In Again

    News item: A Huntington Beach man who co-owns the company that makes the "Whizzinator" that allows workers, job-seekers and parolees to fake drug tests pleaded guilty in a Pittsburgh, Pa., federal court Monday to conspiracy to defraud the government and conspiracy to sell drug parapherna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2008

    The Mexican invades . . . Signal Hill?

    News item: A Huntington Beach man who co-owns the company that makes the "Whizzinator" that allows workers, job-seekers and parolees to fake drug tests pleaded guilty in a Pittsburgh, Pa., federal court Monday to conspiracy to defraud the government and conspiracy to sell drug parapherna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Babies, Porn Stars and Mixed-Martial Artists

    New York Post Page 6 columnist Richard Johnson reports today that retired porn star Jenna Jameson is having “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz's love child. Well, at least we think it's Tito's. Pity the fool who is the father if it is not. By the by, our image of Ortiz was shot by former W ... More >>

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    White Jam Band Plays World Beat, Doesn't Suck

    Delta Nove mash genres with panache

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Environment and Sports

    Delta Nove mash genres with panache

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Environment & Sports

    Delta Nove mash genres with panache

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Long Beach

    Delta Nove mash genres with panache

  • Music

    April 28, 2005

    Teen-Age Cruisers

    Xalos tries to jumpstart the roots-rock/hot rod/kustom kar kraze

  • Culture

    April 21, 2005

    Sport Kilts

    The red-blooded alternative to pants!

  • Music

    August 19, 2004

    Cheese Lounge

    More Lovingkindness than you can stand

  • Music

    July 1, 2004

    The Birth, the Death, the Ghost

    At this years Hootenanny, rockabilly will eat itself

  • Culture

    June 17, 2004

    Voltaire Surfed

    Mark Axelrods Borges Travel

  • Food

    May 27, 2004

    The Omelet Files

    Rockford meets an informant, thugs with pipes at Egg Heaven

  • Music

    March 4, 2004

    Hater of Love

    The joy and pain of discovering Grandaddy

  • Culture

    January 22, 2004

    Poison in the Sugar Pill

    A little ugly beneath the beauty of Cities of Promise

  • Culture

    November 20, 2003

    Meditative Like That

    Alan Rifkins Signal Hill

  • Music

    September 4, 2003

    Clubbed!

    Alan Rifkins Signal Hill

  • Music

    June 5, 2003

    For the Love of Dewey

    Alan Rifkins Signal Hill

  • Columns

    February 6, 2003

    Letters

    Alan Rifkins Signal Hill

  • Food

    October 10, 2002

    No More Juice for You

    Secret Spots cuisine is da kine

  • Music

    June 13, 2002

    Blowtorch Your Ears Off!

    Secret Spots cuisine is da kine

  • Unknown

    February 21, 2002

    Zepeda Zaps Zelf

    Secret Spots cuisine is da kine

  • Features

    August 30, 2001
  • Music

    June 21, 2001

    Global Apocalypse Nigh!

    Who dude teams with turgid prog. rockers for Beatles tribute band!

  • Unknown

    January 25, 2001

    Coachella Rumblings

    Who dude teams with turgid prog. rockers for Beatles tribute band!

  • Culture

    September 28, 2000

    Running With Scissors

    Long Beach's dangerous but gentle performance art

  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Righteous Riffage

    Everybody loves Half Pint

  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Farewell, Foothill

    Everybody loves Half Pint

  • Columns

    June 29, 2000

    Letters

    Everybody loves Half Pint

  • Music

    May 18, 2000

    Its a Miracle!

    Willie G.s tuff vibe survives smack, Jesus

  • Music

    December 23, 1999

    Making Memories

    Willie G.s tuff vibe survives smack, Jesus

  • Music

    October 7, 1999

    Pass the Mic!

    Willie G.s tuff vibe survives smack, Jesus

  • Columns

    September 30, 1999

    Letters

    Willie G.s tuff vibe survives smack, Jesus

  • Columns

    May 20, 1999

    Extreme Madness

    Wasting away again in Margaritaville

  • Music

    January 21, 1999

    'I Do a Mixed Bag'

    The Foothill's Steve Zepeda books 'a very David Lynch kind of place'

  • Features

    September 10, 1998

    Back-to-School Band Sale!

    Local music you need to hear or you're not cool-and you wanna be cool, don't you?

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