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Adam Harrison Hall Gets 17 Years for Murder of Pedestrian He Drove into Blazing on Meds

A driver found guilty in February of murder, DUI and forging prescriptions was sentenced today to 17 years to life in state prison.Asked in January if a murder count for the DUI-related slaying of a pedestrian was proper, Weekly readers engaged in a lively debate in our comments section.

Jose Fuentes Guilty of Murder in Beating Death of Much Older Gay Lover with Decorative Rock

A 23-year-old Santa Ana man was convicted today of murdering a male lover who was more than twice his age by beating him with a ceramic rock.Jose Fuentes now faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison without parole at a scheduled Friday hearing.

Meet The World's Most Unapologetic DUI Driver: Angel Herrera Leal of Los Angeles

On Dec. 27, 2008--three months after graduating from his second DUI offender program, Angel Herrera Leal of Los Angeles decided to party by himself.Leal, who was convicted of DUI in 2005 and 2007, watched television at home and began drinking shots of tequila supplemented with lime sucking.He kept d ... More >>

Kia and Hyundai Go to War in Santa Ana Court

When Kia and Hyundai were forced to recalculate their gas-mileage claims after a government audit, the top two South Korean automakers may have believed regulatory fines and a consumer compensation plan would have ended the financial bleeding.Think again, unless Kia and Hyundai can fight court chall ... More >>

Cambodian Weed

How a small village outside Houston influences the Asian restaurants of Little Saigon, Long Beach and beyond

Main Place Mall Bank Robber Foiled By Tracking Device

If FBI agents are right, Fernando Vera Santamaria didn't know that a Bank of America teller gave him a tracking device as well as $2,369 after he handed her a demand note and then fled on July 24, 2012.Santa Ana Police Department officers quickly tracked Santamaria to a white Toyota Corolla driving ... More >>

Jarvis Cocker's Lovers: Pulp's Best Songs Written For Women

Take all the lovers you've been with your whole life. Now put them in a top ten list from worst to best just like John Cusack did on High Fidelity. Now, how you rate them is solely up to you. Be it from a performance standpoint, to impact, importance, length of time spent together, whatever it may b ... More >>

[UPDATED with Arraignment Now Thursday. Maybe:] Kyung Namgoong, OC Homicide No. 5: Ruben Gurrola, Wrong-Way Driver, Held for Murder

​UPDATE, FEB. 8, 2:12 P.M.: The Orange County Jail's Adult Correctional Health Services put another medical hold on Ruben Gurrola, so the Orange County District Attorney's office now estimates the 23-year-old will be arraigned Thursday at 10 a.m.UPDATE, FEB. 6, 4:41 P.M.: It's difficult to fathom ... More >>

What We Learned, Jan. 28-Feb. 3

​It's the week that wuz and what we learned from it all . . .JAN. 28: Under a bright blue sky and appreciating warm temperatures despite occasional gusty winds, more than 1,000 line Bolsa Avenue in Little Saigon for the Tet Parade celebrating the Lunar New Year. Based on the number of South Vietna ... More >>

Paying It Backward

[Hey, You!] Acknowledging a kind, drive-thru act

Talking Yelp App Now Available on Some BMWs

​Over the past few years, car navigation systems featuring Zagat has been made available on some luxury car models like Mercedez-Benz and Lexus. Meanwhile, Toyota's new Entune system partnered up with OpenTable.com to offer restaurant ratings and reservations on the go.

Douglas Nissan Part Owner Frank Ignacio Urbano and 2 Desk Managers Get Jail and Probation in Huge Loan Fraud Case

​Marwan Abdellatif, a former Douglas Nissan desk manager accused of stealing the identities of unsuspecting customers and defrauding banks in the sale of used cars, remains a fugitive from justice. But his whereabouts being unknown did not stop the Orange dealership's part owner and two other de ... More >>

Nissan Markets New Van To Food Truck Entrepreneurs

​ You know this food truck fad isn't quite done yet when one of the big automakers actually targets food vendors as a growth opportunity. At the LA Auto Show, which is happening as we speak, Nissan partnered with the Grilled Cheese Truck and the Coolhaus truck to show off the company's new NV comm ... More >>

Scott Evans DeKraai, Mass Killer Suspect, is a Darling of the Tea Party and Divorced Dads Rights Groups

​Scott Evans Dekraai, the 41-year-old Huntington Beach man held without bail for last week's mass killing spree in a Seal Beach salon, is a teabagger. This license-plate frame at right was on Dekraai's Toyota SUV, proving that he was a proud member of the gun-lovin', tax-hatin', gubment-despisin' ... More >>

[UPDATED With $10,000 Award Offer:] Philip Victor Williamson, Long Beach Murder Victim, Killed Over Medical Marijuana?

​. UPDATED, AUG. 1, 1 P.M.: The Long Beach Police Department is offering $10,000 to anyone with information that leads to the arrest of whoever is responsible for the murder of Philip Victory Wiliamson. According to LBPost.com, the award was proposed by LA County Supervisor Don Knabe, and that inv ... More >>

[UPDATED with No New Boozing Counts:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills

​UPDATE, JUNE 14, 1:18 P.M.: Former Orange County sheriff's deputy Allan James Waters will not face additional counts after authorities suspected him of being drunk at his scheduled sentencing on charges of causing an injury accident while driving under the influence of prescription drugs.Thou ... More >>

Symposium Plugs in to Hybrid Automobile Future

​Hot on the tire tracks of announcements that Volvo is road testing its V60 Plug-in Hybrid, Volkswagen will soon have plug-in Golf and Jetta hybrids and Toyota will offer plug-in options for all Priuses by 2014 comes an all-day symposium in Irvine today dedicated to the hottest automobile market.C ... More >>

Tito Ortiz Can't Drive: Hits Wall and Movie Star's Car During Celebrity Race Practice Run

Was a custom helmet necessary for Ortiz's giant dome?​Tito Ortiz can't do much right, these days. In the Octagon, he's a shadow of the championship-caliber fighter he once was. He can't keep the problems of his marriage to adult entertainment legend Jenna Jameson out of the public eye (the pair ha ... More >>

[UPDATED] Donald Monroe Greene Arrested at Hospital After Allegedly Trying to Kill Himself, His Sons and Cops by Driving Pickup Head on into Police Car

​UPDATE, MARCH 10, 1:59 P.M.: A resident in the 1900 block of Monrovia Avenue, which is behind Continental Avenue in Costa Mesa, heard the commotion and saw the lights from a police helicopter shining the scene of today's bloody family dispute."I walked my dog early this morning and talked to one ... More >>

Allan James Waters, Deputy in Hot Water Over Drugged-Up Crashes, Faces New Charges

​Additional charges have been filed against an Orange County sheriff's deputy who was off-duty and allegedly drugged-up when he crashed his Mercedes into a Toyota in Laguna Niguel, injuring a 78-year-old woman--just a half hour after he plowed into a Lexus outside Dana Point City Hall.Allan Jam ... More >>

The Crucifixion of Juarez

On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

Toyota Prius Critic Turns a New LEAF

An electrifying ride​Electric-car advocate/Toyota Prius critic Doug Korthof of Seal Beach is bullish on the hybrid Nissan LEAF.

Drunk at Dinner: Paso Robles White Wines

Willy BlackmoreStephanie Anglim at Anglim Winery ​White wine is certainly worth drinking year round, but with the heat making its way back to Orange County, a cold, crisp bottle has become evermore tempting in the past weeks. We've tasted some wines from nearby Temecula in previous editions of Due ... More >>

Taco Bell Crime of the Week!

​I do believe this is the first time this column has addressed a crime in la naranja...from the Register! Police have arrested a Yorba Linda parolee in connection with a knifepoint mugging in a Taco Bell parking lot. Police found Corey Andrew Schoenkopf, 21, at 12:30 a.m. Thursday sleeping in his ... More >>

Cara Lee, OC Homicide No. 6: Killed by Alleged Drunken Driver

View Larger MapThe vehicular collision that claimed the life of Cara Lee is first mentioned here, but with the Orange County District Attorney confirming this morning that murder charges will be brought against the driver of the pickup that hit the sedan the 20-year-old Santa Ana woman was riding in ... More >>

3 Hurt, 2 Killed, 1 Murder Charge in DUI-Crash Weekend

​As previously blogged, Anaheim Police conducted a DUI checkpoint and saturation patrols Friday evening through the wee hours Saturday, while the Orange County Sheriff's Department also stepped up patrols aimed at getting drunk drivers off the streets of Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills an ... More >>

Brett Simpson Gets Ready For ASP World Championship Tour

SimplySimpo.com​Local Huntington Beach surfer Brett Simpson, 25, made a historical win at the 2009 Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing last year, in Huntington Beach. With waves reaching 10-12 feet, Simpson triumphed over former ASP World Champion Mike Fanning, winning surfing's biggest victory purse of $ ... More >>

[UPDATED WITH ARRESTS:] Just Another Orange County Murder: Anh Tuan Nguyen

Courtesy of Garden Grove Police DepartmentMurder suspect Khanh Van Le​A social gathering at Saigon Towing, 13921 West St., Garden Grove, turned ugly around 8 p.m. Sunday, when an agitated man who'd twice been asked to leave stabbed another man to death, according to the Garden Grove Police Departm ... More >>

Sounds Like Orange County Could Use a "Red Asphalt" Screening

It sounds as if Orange County drivers could use a Red Asphalt refresher. The District Attorney's Office is going hard after two drivers accused of causing separate crashes that killed a man and a toddler and injured another man and an infant. Wilma Harriet Moerke, 72, of Mission Viejo, has been char ... More >>

Crime Time: Ninja! Gang-y! Homeless! Unappreciative! Dead!

Friday: Paging Chuck Norris!​It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more unappreciative homeless men, alleged Ecstasy pushers and Ninjas, Ninjas, Ninjas! MONDAY, AUG. 3Wrong-Way Minivan After clocking a green minivan at 80 mph south on Beach Boulevard near the 405 freewa ... More >>

Crime Time: No Incidents at Home Plate Before Angel Game

Photos by Professional Services Responder George Ridley Olszynski, Lewellyn, Palmer and Hutchens play hardball.This week's Weekly round-up of local police calls is illustrated with a photo of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Anaheim Police Sgt. Greg Palmer, who is president of the Anaheim Pol ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

[Special Screenings] Festival Mania!

Last Night: What Made Milwaukee Famous @ The Glass House

What Made Milwaukee Famous, Ra Ra Riot, The Little Ones @ The Glass House on 5/16 Usually, walking into a venue to find it almost empty is a bit of a downer. I guess most people train themselves to believe that a concert is not worth going to unless it’s in a room full of people sweating all over ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!®] Edición Escocés Especial

Aural Reports

Quiet Storms: Jeff Perez Had to Head South to Make Northern Rise

Trendzilla

Slut Magnet

Crime Wave

A sampling of OCs recent lapses in judgment

'Hell, Yeah, I'm Angry'

Arthur Carmona looks down the barrel of a gun again

Church du Soleil

The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule

Church du Soleil

The Rev. Schuller's daughter puts on a show. Very cool puppets rule

We Respond to Register Letters

Dude, Wheres My Electric Car!?!

Can one activist fight off Detroit, Japan, Big Oil and the Bush administration to keep EVs alive?

The Year in Girl

Congressman Rohrabacher? Meet Jan from the Vandals!

Stalking Josefina Lopez

Fourteen years ago, the creator of Real Women Have Curves dumped my ass

We Love You Just the Way You Arent

New Years resolutions for the rest of yall!

Hell on Wheels

Driving in OC, in your own words

Searching for Swallows

Fa Fa Fashion

Protest Chic

Namesnakes

Whos been sleeping in your Web domain?