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Stanton

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Orange County Journo Writes for Huffington Post About Growing Up With "Cholo" as a Last Name

    ​It's one thing to be a cholo, but quite another to be a Cholo--someone whose surname is the word denoted to mean a gang member in Southern California, and a mixed-race mongrel virtually everywhere else in Latin America. And that's the apellido that Orange County resident Ana Beatriz Cholo grew up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    29-year-old Woman, OC Homicide No. 8: Sex Offender Charles Patrick Drew Held in Murder by Brutal Sex Assault

    ​Before we move on to a truly ugly crime, I believe we can all agree that unless Moxley comes up with a better "winner," we have this week's Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week.Transient, two-striker and registered sex offender Charles Patrick Drew, 62, is accused of murdering a 29-year-old woman dur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Rulin Hernandez Loaeza Guilty of Getting Oral at the Tip of a Weapon

    ​A Garden Grove man was convicted today of threatening two women with a weapon to receive oral and of assaulting a third woman. Rulin Hernandez Loaeza could get 15-to-life at his May 4 sentencing in Santa Ana. That's courtesy of the jury finding the 24-year-old guilty of two felony counts each o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    It's No Secret Why Crowds Flock to Gomen For Lunch

    Dave Lieberman​Stanton: once a stretch of cheap motels catering to theme park tourists before the advent of the 5 freeway, then an industrial-looking, dingy gangland with no "there" there, and now increasingly a city on the vanguard of Orange County's gastronomic revolution. Hyperbole? Perhaps... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Juana Perez Valencia: Accused Baby Killer Blocked From Testifying in English

    ​How's this for a rare dilemma: A Mexico City native facing charges she murdered her infant baby in 2009 and tossed the girl's body in a Stanton trash can was told she could testify in her own defense today only if she spoke in Spanish and used an interpreter.Speaking softly in elementary English ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Oscar Raul Medina-Perez Gets Jail, Probation and Probably Deportation for Single-Punch Killing Outside Club

    ​When a man died weeks after Oscar Raul Medina-Perez dropped him with a single punch outside La Barca Night Club in Stanton last year, it was not outside the realm of possibility that the hitter would be looking at a murder count. After pleading guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter, Huntingt ... More >>

  • Food

    December 22, 2011

    Tepache at El Chilango

    [Hole In the Wall] The Mexico City-style mini-chain serves the rare fermented-pineapple drink—yum!

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Cesar Sotelo Pleads Guilty to Climbing into Bed with 10-Year-Old Girl; Gets 2 Years in Prison Cell Bunk

    ​In exchange for a two-year prison sentence, a Stanton man pleaded guilty today to climbing through the bedroom window of a former neighbor and into the bed of a 10-year-old girl. Cesar Sotelo, 22, was looking at up to six years in the big house without the plea deal.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Garden Grove, Stanton and Villa Park Start Anti-Booze Patrols Tonight

    ​Garden Grove Police Department's DUI Enforcement Team is deploying officers for special saturation patrols tonight and Saturday night to crack down on drunken drivers. The Orange County Sheriff's Department is also holding the patrols tonight in Stanton and Villa Park.With saturation patrols, pol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    On the Line: Kevin Nagano of Sage Cafe, Part Two

    Photo by Meranda Carter​Part Two of On the Line focuses some more on Kevin Nagano. Possessing firsthand experience of running a dining room provides an invaluable perspective of the customer service necessary to run Sage Cafe. Learn how this shapes his point-of-view, as well as who the person is i ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

    Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Hilbert Pineil Thomas Faces Death Penalty in Double Murder at Stanton Sales Office

    ​Hilbert Pineil Thomas, a 39-year-old Garden Grove resident accused of killing a mobile home salesman and his secretary in Stanton in 2009, will face the death penalty, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announced today.Thomas, who is being held without bail on two felony counts of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Eat Here, Not There: Buffalo Wings

    ProfessorSalt.comTwo, uh, small orders of wings​​Chicken wings are the consummate beer snack. In pubs the world over, you'll find fried chicken wings, but today, we're talking specifically about Buffalo wings. The problem with most Buffalo wings? They're puny, overcooked, and dipped in a red, fl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    3.7 Quake Shakes North OC and Long Beach

    ​I was sprinkling a light dusting of blueberries and Trader Joe's Organic Granny's Apple Granola on top of my bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat cereal at 9:06 this morning when it sounded as if something was trotting across the attic over the kitchen cabinets.My wife in bed with a col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    El Pollo Loco to Offer Carne Asada Plate--Why?

    ​I remember El Pollo Loco when it existed only in Mexican neighborhoods, decades before it became the conglomerate-owned chain it is. And its quality, surprisingly, hasn't gone down much over the years: you can still order the same basic, charbroiled chicken drenched in lime juice, skin blackened ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Imperial Stars: Arrested for Disturbing the Peace, Now Out of Jail and Seeking Dinner Dates Tonight in Hollywood

    www.imperialstars.comWhen you're an aging and desperate wannabe hip-hop star, you, too, can pull ridiculous stunts and act like you came out of Zoolander!​According to their Twitter feed, yesterday's traffic blockers and self-declared hardcore hip-hoppers from Garden Grove​ are now out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras' Charges in Child Porn/Annoyance Case Infuriate DA's Office

    ​Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras, the 24-year-old Stanton resident who pleaded guilty last month to possessing child pornography and annoying a 12-year-old girl at the Stanton Public Library, was sentenced today to a year in jail and three years of probation. He must also register as a sex offender. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Mark Aime Brosseau Literally Caught With Pants Down in Truck With Boy: Police

    ​It must be disconcerting to roll through a shopping mall parking structure, notice something screwy going on in a parked truck, knock on the window and discover a 54-year-old man with his pants around his ankles and a 14-year-old boy he met on Craigslist inside. That happened to a Huntington Beac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras Guilty of Having Child Porn, Annoying Girl at Library

    ​A 24-year-old Stanton man was convicted Monday of possessing child pornography and annoying a 12-year-old girl while at the public library in his town. Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras copped a plea to one misdemeanor count of possession of child pornography and one misdemeanor count of child annoya ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2010

    A Stunner From Sheriff Hutchens

    [Moxley Confidential] Documents reveal she found a deputy Taser incident to be absolutely shocking

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Will Trains or Lanes Connect Santa Ana to LA County?

    Choo choo​Orange County residents who love public transit--yes, some of these people do exist--talk fondly of Southern California's train-taking heritage. There was a time when the Pacific Electric "Red Car" rail system connected OC to LA to the Inland Empire and beyond; getting around without a h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Harvey Romero Jr., OC Homicide No. 24: Shot in the Face

    ​Harvey Romero Jr., a 20-year-old from Garden Grove, left a graduation and birthday party in a car with four other people inside Friday night. At about 10 p.m., the car stopped on Santa Catalina Avenue in Stanton and the people inside started looking for a friend in the area. They talked to a gro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Ethnic Eating 101: Korean, Part 1

    phy @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Korean restaurants have Seoul... get it?​Welcome to the new year of Ethnic Eating 101! Sorry for the unannounced hiatus; I was hung over--tequila is a delicious but cruel potion.While the wonders of Vietnamese cooking could fill up half a year's posts, the Vietnames ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    On the Line: Wanida Sreewarom of Thai Nakorn

    ​When Thai Nakorn burned down in January 2007, lovers of Thai food the county over were cast adrift. The family opened a branch in Stanton to feed the demand for their amazing food, and finally, after months of delays and haggling with the city, Thai Nakorn returned to Garden Grove this August. If ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Cops to Be Out in Force Throughout OC This Weekend, "Black Friday"

    ​Various Orange County communities are going to be crawling with extra cops this weekend as pre-Thanksgiving pushes are made to get drunks, druggies, the unlicensed and unsafe motorcyclists off the road and to ensure everyone is buckling up.R. Scott Moxley blogged earlier today about the Orange Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2009

    On the Line: David Slay, Chef at Park Ave

    ​Stanton may be an unlikely place to open a destination restaurant, but, with Park Ave, chef and managing partner David Slay has made it work. OK, you may find a burger on the menu, but it'll be sitting alongside the likes of scallops and filet mignon. And those 'fresh-clipped greens (which, as yo ... More >>

  • Food

    June 4, 2009

    [Hole in the Wall] An Acid Trip Through the Ocean of OC Ceviche

    ​Stanton may be an unlikely place to open a destination restaurant, but, with Park Ave, chef and managing partner David Slay has made it work. OK, you may find a burger on the menu, but it'll be sitting alongside the likes of scallops and filet mignon. And those 'fresh-clipped greens (which, as yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    It's a Quick Read Three-Three

    Orange County Register: An Adventure City security guard shot and killed an Inland Empire man who'd roughed him up around 11 p.m. Tuesday, long after closing time. Ed Gomez, a 14-year employee of the Stanton amusement park, was taken to a hospital and treated for a gash on his head. . . . ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Thai Nakorn's Garden Grove Store Reopening

    O.C.'s Thai food-enthusiasts know the story already: Thai Nakorn was originally in Buena Park, blocks away from Knott's when it got kicked out by its landlords to make way for condos. But they moved to Garden Grove soon after, and all was well.  That's when the fire happened.When things looked bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Protest Prop 8 tonight and Sunday

    Is your activist streak feeling unloved after watching footage of yesterday's protests in LA against the passage of Proposition 8? Well, here's your chance to vent (peacefully, people, peacefully...). Tonight (Friday), the Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Center is organizing a protest march down Broadway, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    OC Deputy Zapped In Excessive Force Indictment

    An already-bad PR week for Sheriff Sandra Hutchens got worse this morning when Superior Court Judge Richard King unsealed a grand-jury indictment against a veteran Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy who is accused of using excessive force on a handcuffed suspect. Deputy Christopher Hibbs ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2008

    The Reg-O-Meter©: Interpreting Terry Horne's Tuesday reader letter

    Interpreting Register publisher Terry Horne’s Page 2 Tuesday letter to Reg readers, the same day the paper introduced a new slimmed-down format—all pages reduced by a one-inch width to save on the cost of newsprint. (You can just call it shrinkage.) Warning: Horne uses the word “exciting” ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XXV

    My goodness, what a weekend. Friday night Dave Segal saw New York hipster/mashup DJ supreme Ayres of the Rub at Detroit Bar, Nate Jackson watched some disco dancin' at Sutra's first annual Dirty Disco Party, and Fever Dragon shot LA punk group X at the House of Blues. While most of the OC Weekly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2008

    OC Councilmembers: Don't Say Stupid Things to Times Reporters

    Remember last year, when San Clemente councilmemer Wayne Eggleston made a crack about Stanton to the Los Angeles Times, claimed the reporter made up the quote, went on OC Blog to spear the Times, then curiously took back his campaign and apologized? No? Read about it here. Back to the point of this ... More >>

  • Food

    April 5, 2007

    Grub Guide

    Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Eggleston All Over His Face

    A San Clemente councilmember and his history of Foot-in-Mouth Disease

  • Unknown

    October 27, 2005

    Halloween 2015

    Everyone's a star! So here's your script!

  • Columns

    September 15, 2005

    Eight Days

    Everyone's a star! So here's your script!

  • Unknown

    June 23, 2005

    LOWBALLASSCHATTER

    Everyone's a star! So here's your script!

  • Features

    December 30, 2004

    Diary of A Mad Year

    2004 regurgitated

  • Columns

    December 2, 2004

    !Ask a Mexican!

    2004 regurgitated

  • Columns

    July 29, 2004

    Diary Of A Mad County

    2004 regurgitated

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    To Protect and Swerve

    Whats the deal with Sheriffs Deputy Joe Balicki and Latinos in cars?

  • Features

    September 26, 2002

    Crank Yankers

    Where to score porn

  • Features

    January 31, 2002

    Nice Dish!

    100 things you should put in your mouth

  • Culture

    December 20, 2001
  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    The Punk Meets the Funk

    Shopping the museums

  • Columns

    June 8, 2000

    Scrubbing Bubbles

    Shopping the museums

  • Music

    April 6, 2000

    Send in the Clowns

    Stanton stalwarts raise a delicious stink

  • Columns

    April 8, 1999

    Red Menace

    Stanton stalwarts raise a delicious stink

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