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Santa Ana Police Seek Radio Shack and Home Depot Gunman Who Claims Wife is Sick

Earlier we had the Santa Ana Police Department releasing images from surveillance video of three men stealing a church safe. Someone's got the photo bug over at the PD because they have also publicized shots of a reluctant robber of a Home Depot and Radio Shack in town.

Newport Coast Chinese Furniture Importer Gets Prison For Bilking Banks

A Newport Coast importer of Chinese furniture for stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, Costco and TJMaxx has been punished by a federal judge for cheating in a scheme to defraud banks involving a $130 million loan deal.This week inside Orange County's Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse, U.S. District Court ... More >>

Orange County Congressional Candidates Took Contributions of $2.3 Million In Recent Weeks

All of Orange County's major congressional campaigns recently filed mandatory financial disclosure reports with the Federal Election Commission in Washington, D.C. and there are interesting nuggets of information about the candidates and the notable interests that support them.For example: Which OC ... More >>

Diatribe With Dave: 6 Stupid Things White People Do to Food

Every second and fourth Wednesday night of the month, legendary bartender/chef/restaurant insider Dave Mau hosts Dinner with Dave at Memphis at the Santora, where he treats drinkers to a free meal and live music as the evening progresses. To remind ustedes of this great night, Dave treats us ev ... More >>

Day Laborer Faces Deportation After Anaheim Employer Who Hired Him Filed False Police Report

Jose Ucelo Gonzalez sought an honest day's work and compensation as many do outside the Home Depot on Brookhurst Street and Crescent Avenue in Anaheim back in March. The day laborer was hired by Michael Tebb, an Anaheim employer who used "Nick" as an alias, for a job in Garden Grove that unfortunate ... More >>

Long Beach Lunch: Long Beach Vegan Eatery

 Long Beach Vegan Eatery is all about taking vegan food mainstream with flavors that you didn't know could exist without animal byproducts --how many times have you heard that one before? But here's the real, tasteful deal. Want macaroni and cheese minus the dairy? Done. Want a me ... More >>

A Taste of Childhood Found: A Dirty Water Hot Dog in Orange

A hot dog, to me, is a tube steak in a soft bun with brown mustard and sauerkraut on top. (We won't get into the sweet red onion sauce, because that's unobtainium west of the Delaware River.) It's a simple thing, really, sold all over New York from street carts lovingly known as "dirty water hot dog ... More >>

The Delorean's Orange County Roots

Back when a 56 year-old entrepreneur named John Z. Delorean first introduced drivers to his avian-emulating automotive creation, the world was a different place. The year was 1981 and Coke was it. In the absence of YouTube and reality television, primitive audiences were thrilled by MTV and the soun ... More >>

Douglas and the Furs Bring Fuzz Rock to a Rooftop Near You

[Locals Only] The band's recent stunt outside a Jack White show probably earned them a few fans

People Are Dumb. What's New?

[3hree Things] Riley Breckenridge's column drops in on the print edition every month from now on!

James Harry Fluch Accused of Embezzling $822,000 From Buddy's Business to Fund Lavish Lifestyle

​A former Rancho Santa Margarita accounting consultant is scheduled to be arraigned in Santa Ana today for allegedly embezzling $822,000 from a longtime friend's company, using the ill-gotten money to pay off seven credit cards that racked up charges for gasoline, bar tabs, restaurant bills, cable ... More >>

Dengue Fever's Zac Holtzman on Their Latest Set, 'Cannibal Courtship'

​ From the beginning, the concept was simple. It was 2001, and the brothers Zac and Ethan Holtzman wanted to find a Cambodian singer and start making their own version of pre-war Cambodian pop. The whole thing, says guitarist/singer Zac Holtzman, was supposed to be just for fun but it ended up bec ... More >>

Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Rob a Bank, Grab a Taco, Get Nabbed!

​There's an opening line bandied around by reporters as one of the best openers in history, something along the line of "[Some criminal] died hungry," a story that dealt with a robber getting killed in the process of robbing a restaurant--or something like that. The following story is the opposite ... More >>

Mychael Darwin Is the Genie of Jeans

[Trendzilla] Find some of America's finest pair of denims at his La Habra store

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Most Wanted: Man Molested Pregnant WomenComment by HADENOUGH2010: Another anchor baby?Comment by SANITYNOW: Love the photos. They say a picture says a thousand words. What do these photos tell you??Anyone but me see a pattern here??

What You Missed: Warped Tour, The Slam Skate Competition, Psychedelic Furs

Doug Neill​So the weekend's over, the US is out of the World Cup, and yeah, you're back in the office. Already. But let's relive the weekend. Just for a bit. What'd you miss? We were all over the place again, dropping in on the Warped Tour in Carson, the Slam OC Skate Competition in Costa Mesa and ... More >>

Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Handling Hard Times: Want to Take an Immigrant's Job? Comment by Warren: What about the jobs all the anchor babies take from real citizens?

Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Residents Leave California--And Their CarsComment by johnnydilznik: Don't worry there will stil be plenty of "undocumented Californians" to take the place of tax paying, money making, law abiding folkds fleeing the state. Si se puede. Maybe after CA is destroyed and the parasite moves o ... More >>

Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Disney Workers Declare One-Day StrikeComment by muley: I would bet that most of these workers are illegal mexicans. Dont give them a raise, contract, concessions, nothing. Give them a map back to their toilet of a country.

Jason Russell Richardson Convicted of Killing Tustin Home Depot Manager

Courtesy of Orange County District AttorneyJason Russell Richardson could get death.​Jason Russell Richardson, 39, of Oceanside, was convicted today in the 2007 killing of the manager of a Home Depot in Tustin.The jury found the 39-year-old Oceanside resident guilty of one felony count of special ... More >>

Jason Russell Richardson's Death Penalty Trial Begins Today

Jason Russell Richardson​The death penalty trial for a man accused of the 2007 killing of the manager of a Home Depot in Tustin is scheduled to begin in less than an hour.Opening statements are to be heard beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, where Jason Russell Richa ... More >>

'OsCene': Half-Empty or Half-Full?

The Laguna Art Museum exhibit doesn't live up to its billing, but its best works are worth a good, long look

Crime Time: Creepy Toys, Slick Bank Robbers, Egged On Victims, Dog-Beating Dipshits and At Least [Alleged] Criminals Still Read Newspapers

It's the Weekly's weekly roundup of local police calls and assorted mayhem.MONDAY, NOV. 2". . . and I don't like you!" ​"I'm Talking Tina . . . and Things Are Going to Be Different Around Here" A woman called 9-1-1 around 3:45 in the morning to say she heard a baby toy go off downstairs in her hom ... More >>

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Crime Time: Stabbings, Curfews, Drunk Marines, Drunk Councilman and Van's a-Rockin'

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more stabbings and [alleged] drunken-driving politicians . . . Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentKnew those Trader Joe's bags were good for something . . .​MONDAY, JULY 27Cash and Carry A man walked up with a Trader Joe's b ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!®] Is It Racist to Call a Mexican Working at a Coffee Shop a 'Beaner'?

The Reg-O-Meter©—Week Ending April 5

SUNDAY, MARCH 30 •Gordon Dillow totally calls us out in his column. The graph in question, with translations: “And then there were the blog comments from a certain Orange County ‘alternative’ weekly newspaper . . .” [Translation: OC Weekly, though if I have to actually say/write their n ... More >>

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Scrounging for jewels at the Peter Blake Gallery

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More woes for toll lovers

Apparently building a six lane, 16 mile long toll road right down the middle of an environmentally protected state park would break some hippy-dippy law from way back in the 70s, according to the eco-nazis at the California Coastal Commission via the Los Angeles Times. The commission released a 23 ... More >>

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