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April 23, 2012
Ten Great Mexican-American Combo Plates In Orange County
Sometimes we want regional Mexican food--corundas and pozole from Las Brisas de Apatzingán or thick, rich moles from El Moctezuma--and sometimes we just want the familiar old combination plate with its orangey rice and its goopy beans and its two enchiladas where the sauce runs into the other parts ... More >>
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April 20, 2012
Akeem Jelani Johnson Gets 8 Years for Raping Drunk Aussie and Dumping Her Behind Bar
Akeem Jelani Johnson, the Tustin 28-year-old who raped a drunken Australian tourist in the back of a car before dumping her in an alley behind Godfather's Bar, was sentenced today to eight years in state prison and mandatory lifetime registration as a sex offender.A jury last month convicted Johns ... More >>
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February 23, 2012
Kathleen Madigan on the Presidential Candidates, Going Overseas, and Getting Good Parking.
Kathleen Madigan has been in the business for over 20 years and if there is one thing that she knows, it's how to make a crowd laugh. Honestly, real talk, and top notch delivery is what she's bringing and when Kathleen blows through town on February 24 for one night only at The City National Grov ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Top 5 Hip Hop Releases of 2011
Although it may feel like it when tuning into the radio, hip-hop is far from being dead. Keeping the culture alive and vibrant, a plethora of creative and conceptual albums from all over the globe were released in 2011. Narrowing down a list of the five best offerings from them is a painstaking ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Restaurant Roll Call for November 2011
What the heck happened? One night I was handing out candies to adorable ghouls and ghosts, the next thing I know, we're a week past Thanksgiving with tomorrow the first day of December! This means of course, another installment of our monthly restaurant roll call, a summary of restaurants and eat ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Six Songs to Work Off the Extra Helping of Grandma's Stuffing and Those Seven Beers You Drank Thursday Night
Look, you ate too damned much during the four-day Thanksgiving break. But it's cool. We've all been there. The good news is there's this little thing called exercise that's going to get you back to who you were last Wednesday. As an avid gym member (the girl at the front desk knows my name), I kn ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Lupe Fiasco: 'These Ain't Bars, This is Barbarity!'
When I first downloaded Lupe Fiasco's free Friend of the People mixtape on Thanksgiving, I had no clue what to expect. Like many fans of the rapper these days, everything new that he does comes with the preoccupation as to whether the music industry will clamp down and restrain his genius. The i ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Dana Rohrabacher: Newt Gingrich is a Poseur
The broken clock syndrome that saves Congressman Dana T. Rohrabacher from a continual series of embarrassing, boneheaded decisions has struck again. Rohrabacher didn't use his Thanksgiving Twitter soapbox to take his usual foaming-at-the-mouth-but-ultimately-limp swings at journalists who long ag ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Takeru Kobayashi Gobbles 7.5 Pounds of Turkey in 10 Minutes, Devours Record
In honor of day of the year when gluttony is not only accepted, but celebrated here in America (yeah, that would be all days that end in "y"), we'd only expect Takeru Kobayashi to show us how it's done. On Thanksgiving eve, the competitive eating superstar gobbled 7.5 pounds of turkey in 10 ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Five Songs to Help Defeat the Leftover Blues
Although Black Friday is known for shopping, it is also known as the beginning of the leftover parade. If you want to make room for non-gravy doused foods in your fridge, you'll need all the help you can get. Here are five golden oldies that can help lessen the blow of a week's worth of leftovers ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Turkey On The Grill or Smoker
Thanksgiving turkey is one of those traditions you don't mess with - somebody in your family will cut you out of their will if you change the way you cook it. They'll expect the same, oven-roasted bird that's been the done the exact same way in your family since they landed on the Mayflower. Bu ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Support Your Local Independent Record Shops: Black Friday Record Store Day Sales Roundup
Like it or not, the holiday season is upon us. As we all know, the big kick-off is Black Friday, when everyone shakes off the inevitable Thanksgiving food coma and hits the streets to forage for the best deals on gifts for friends and family. Rather than heading to the nearest mall to wait in hel ... More >>
Food
November 17, 2011
Indo Ranch's Java to Go
This Lake Forest market isn't a restaurant, but it still celebrates the dishes of Indonesia in to-go containers
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November 11, 2011
Japanese Curry CoCo Ichibanya to Open in Irvine Nov. 25
ProfessorSalt.comCoCo Ichibanya's Pork Katsu CurryDo you love Japanese curry but long for more heat in the otherwise-mild-mannered dish? The Japanese chain restaurant CoCo Ichibanya offers spice levels you can customize to your taste, all the way to a brow-sweating, nose-running level 10. "Comin ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Disneyland Rings in the Holidays on November 14
Halloween Time may officially be over at Disneyland (other than the Haunted Mansion's The Nightmare Before Christmas makeover that runs through the rest of the year), but all of the pumpkins will soon be replaced by tinsel when the park's holiday season officially bows on November 14.Learn what p ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
David Alan Grier: On Where the Fly Girls are Now, Serious Cooking and Voicing Kobe Bryant
David Alan Grier has certainly come a long way from his In Living Color days. He's done tons of movies, he kills in Poker, he's a two time Tony nominee, the author of the book "Barack Like Me," and he was even on Dancing With The Stars! The one thing that shines the brightest amongst his many ta ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Seal Beach Hair Salon Shooting: 5 Ways to Help
Much attention has been focused on why the gunman killed eight people and wounded another in the worst mass shooting in Orange County history. Much less attention has been focused on the victims who were left behind. These are the hair stylists, other staffers and clients inside Salon Meritage in ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
On the Line: Erin Whitcomb of Front Porch Pops, Part Two
Front Porch Pops' Erin Whitcomb gets technical in part two of our weekly series. She discusses expansion, her efforts in giving back to the community, and what flavors we can look forward to. We even learn how walking her dog inspired the company's name. Want more? Did you start with part one? Yo ... More >>
Film
September 15, 2011
'I Don't Know How She Does It' Sacrifices Nothing
In the fantasy adaptation, working moms can have it all
Food
August 18, 2011
Belly Up to Slater's 50/50
There's nothing halfway about the Huntington Beach eatery's embrace of America's bacon crush
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July 29, 2011
Rep. David Wu To Resign Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct With OC Teen
Rep. David Wu (D-Oregon) announced this week that he will resign from Congress, post-debt ceiling vote, after an allegation that he had an unwanted sexual encounter with his friend's 18-year-old daughter. According to The Oregonian, which broke the news of the scandal last week, Wu was visi ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Rodney Alcala, Convicted Serial Killer, Demanded Payback for Candy and Playboys in OC Jail
Larry Welborn has a fascinating piece on The Orange County Register site about the 26 claims serial killer Rodney Alcala filed against his Orange County jailers while he was holed up in Santa Ana defending himself in his third (and hopefully final) death-penalty trial.Among the items the jailhous ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Book Review: Are You Gonna Eat That*? A Collection Of Crazy Culinary Concoctions
With a cover like this, does one really need to read the introduction? I didn't: I just jumped right in and came to three conclusions:1. The author must have an issue with combining sweet and salty flavors.2. He clearly consulted with pregnant women.3. What's the big deal? Some of the ... More >>
Food
February 24, 2011
Gendershe Has Bur, Baby, Bur!
[Hole In the Wall] Orange County's first Somali restaurant impresses with its fried bread and other specialties
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February 9, 2011
Roasted Catfish at #1 Restaurant in Westminster
Michelle WooOne Vietnamese dish that incites more whoas than a Thanksgiving turkey is ca nuong, roasted catfish. And one place that gets it right is #1 Restaurant in Westminster. (Yes, let it be known, #1 Restaurant wins the award for the most un-Googlable establishment of all time ... More >>
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January 17, 2011
[UPDATED] Rachel Ann Hicks Busted for Allegedly Raping Maryland Boy She Met in X-Box Chat Room
Update, Jan. 17, 3:14 p.m.: Lake Forest resident Rachel Ann Hicks, 36, signed a court waiver last week allowing her to be extradited to Maryland to answer to charges she had sex with a 13-year-old boy in his bedroom around Thanksgiving 2010.Hicks was being held without bail in Orange County for t ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2010
Doesn't Make Spidey Sense: What Happened to Legitimate Theater?
WikipediaThis week's edition of Orange Curtains has nothing to do with Orange County theater. Which is why it has everything to do with Orange County theater... It will be several years before Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark AKA "steaming pile of actor crippling shit," will debut on an Orange Count ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
X's Exene Cervenka: Beyond X-Mas
Ali SmithToday's Weekly features an interview with X singer-songwriter Exene Cervenka in advance of Friday night's KROQ Presents X-Mas With X at the Anaheim House of Blues, where a 25th anniversary screening of W.T. Morgan's excellent "rockumentary" X: The Unheard Music will be followed by a l ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
New Hip-Hop Album Says Leonard Peltier Got a Bad Rap
While many of us were helping ourselves to servings of turkey, stuffing and other offerings of the annual feast last Thursday, jailed American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier continued to serve time on consecutive life sentences. Peltier has spent more than three decades imprisoned fo ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
This Week in Food: Controversial Tamale Fundraisers, Great Office Park Eats, and Charlie Palmer!
Flickr user ilovemypitGiven this was Turkey Week, the blogging 'round here was at a more-relaxed pace, but that doesn't mean there weren't goodies in the mix (sorry for the double negative, a no-no in English, but I'm still asleep from the racks of ribs we ate last night). After the jump, some hi ... More >>
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November 25, 2010
There's "Snow" Stopping Restaurateur Bruno Serato's Generosity Toward Needy Children
Ten tons of snow were piled on the font lawn of the Anaheim White House restaurant this week.No, our freaky weather hasn't gotten freakier.Restaurateur with a heart Bruno Serato had the white stuff trucked in so local motel kids could enjoy a fairy-tale winter wonderland.
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November 24, 2010
Five Reasons to be Thankful for a 'Buffy' Reboot
I'm a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan from back in the day. I admit that I didn't jump on the bandwagon from the beginning, but I was watching when the show was originally airing and fell in love with creator Joss Whedon's seminal series. In fact, I fell in love with Joss, too. Well, his work. (No o ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Special Anaheim Farmers' Market Wednesday
All Thursday farmers' markets will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving this week, but the Downtown Anaheim farmers' market will have a special session on Wednesday, November 24 from noon to 7 p.m.
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November 19, 2010
Disneyland Stops Housing POTUS-Pardoned Turkey
Wikipedia CommonsObama pardons last year's lucky bird, "Courage." They've got a mouse and a duck. Starting this year, Disneyland no longer needs a turkey. The theme park will stop putting out the welcome mat for the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its understudy, the two lucky birds se ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Put Down The Damn Cool Whip. Do It Now.
Flickr user roadsidepicturesYou're not fooling anyone, you know.Last week was a very stressful week, and when I get stressed out, I cook. The concentration required to work in a kitchen, a place with knives, boiling water or oil, fire, and slippery floors, takes my mind off whatever's gone wrong. ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
¡Ask a Comida Critic! A Good Mexican-American Restaurant in Anaheim?
Someone asked this weeks ago; I just got to this today, too late to help the lady. Sorry, Hiromi :-(My boss wants to eat at a good Mexican-American restaurant in Anaheim. Any recommendations?Little-known secret about Anaheim, our county's finest dining town: it's the county's best place for Mexic ... More >>
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October 24, 2010
Sunday News Notes: Reg Slams Loretta Sanchez
Local news highlights include:Register against Loretta Sanchez but drags out marijuana stanceThe editorial staff of the OC Register has declared itself for congressional candidate Van Tran, a Republican; U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, a Republican; and Whitman, yep, a Republican. "From our ... More >>
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October 10, 2010
Sunday News Notes
Happy 10-10-10 to you.Weekend news highlights from various media sources include:Fred Phelps thinks he knows whyYou can thank UC Irvine researchers for this good news: The future "Big One" earthquake along the San Andreas fault will be much worse and much sooner than previously expected, accordin ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
What to Expect from Disneyland's New ElecTRONica Spectacle
As we mentioned earlier today, tonight marks the opening of Disney's California Adventure's "ElecTRONica" attraction, which ties in with the forthcoming release of TRON: Legacy in theaters on Dec. 17.What, exactly, is ElecTRONica? We're gonna say "PG version of the Electric Daisy Carnival." And d ... More >>
Blogs
October 3, 2010
Sunday News Notes
Highlights include:The Latest Grocery Store Scam KCBS Channel 2 in LA is promoting its Monday investigative look into an area grocery store that pretends to honor product coupons but actually credits the shopper $0.00. No word on the identity of the alleged offender. The report is scheduled to ... More >>
Food
August 12, 2010
The Feast Days of Summer
And Winter and Fall and Spring! Where to eat, drink and be merry during the most important holidays
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July 8, 2010
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June 21, 2010
What You Missed: The Anti-"Ex-Gay" Conference
Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyExodus founder and critic Michael Bussee.A small but impassioned group of gay-rights supporters convened in Irvine on Saturday in response to the upcoming Exodus International Freedom Conference. Exodus' notoriety for "praying the gay away" has effectively prayed ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Gettin' Made: Stop--Turkeytime!
The big bowl of leftover Halloween candy is still sitting on your counter, yet there's Christmas decorations every which way you turn. Did we all forget about Thanksgiving? Turkey fused art pendant by Jochris12 Thank goodness for these fab turkey finds--after the jump, some more ta ... More >>
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November 27, 2008
Sweat it Out
The Barstow Boyz
Food
October 25, 2007
Sashimi Surrender
Let Ikko Kobayashi have his way with you
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November 7, 2002
Looking for Love in All the Right Pastas
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