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  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Club Fed

    A brief history of two bad ideas

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2006

    TCA Sued Not Once, Not Twice, but THRICE!

    Today, Attorney General Bill Lockyer sued the Transportation Corridor Agencies. Read the complaint HERE. Lockyer is none too keen on their plan to build a toll road through San Onofre State Beach, impacting surfing resources, the San Mateo Campground, Native American sites, and engandered species. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2006

    Dana Point: Not As Disgusting As It Used To Be

    Santa Monica's Heal the Bay has issued its 16th annual Beach Report Card, documenting the water quality at Southern California's beaches-- though "quality" may not be exactly the right word, since the report card lists SoCal's top ten beaches in terms of water pollution. This year, Los Angeles Count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    Check Out My Package

    It's pretty well-known that I'll go almost anywhere I'm invited if there's free food and booze, but some invites make more sense than others. Movie premieres, I understand. Art gallery openings, sure. But a meeting held by a package tour company to pitch their getaways to local travel agents? I mean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Gustavo KPFK Show, Part III--Preview and Review

    Part I at 4 p.m.: Downtown Los Angeles walking tour of lynch spots! Interview with the man behind this ultimate tourist trap, Scripps College Professor Ken Gonzales-Day.Part II at 4:20 p.m.: Southern California ethnic news aggregator LA Beez.Part II at 4:40 p.m.: Your calls regarding your favorite S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    National Trails Day

    Crystal Cove State Park

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Imagine Amusement Parks Before Knott's and Disneyland

    Carousel News & Trader--A Sun Valley-based trade mag for the mighty carousel industry--previews a book about Orange County amusement parks that pre-date Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. Early Amusement Parks of Orange County trades on author and former Disney/Knott's ride operator Richard Harr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Historic District Walk

    Crystal Cove State Park

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Leaving Iowa

    Laguna Playhouse

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Clownzilla

    Clownzilla

  • Calendar

    July 31, 2008

    Bike and Hike

    Bike Ride to Shipley Nature Center

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    Goodwill Mission

    Day Trip to the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Tobin's Spirit Guide

    Haunted Fullerton Walking Tour

  • Columns

    March 1, 2007

    Letters

    'Give us all a breakthe Mexican wetback has become the majority.'

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    An Inconvenient Slope

    Big Bears ski resorts are covered in snow despite a chronic lack of natural snowfall. So where are the crowds? Dont blame global warmingblame the media

  • Culture

    August 18, 2005

    Good Bones

    Careful restoration and decoration revived designer David-Michael Madigans historic Federal-style home

  • Columns

    February 3, 2005

    Eight Days

    Careful restoration and decoration revived designer David-Michael Madigans historic Federal-style home

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Burning Bush

    The presidents conservative critics

  • Culture

    September 4, 2003

    Surely, This Is Grace

    Amazing good stuff in a hotel

  • Columns

    August 29, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Amazing good stuff in a hotel

  • Features

    July 25, 2002

    Summer Eats (Drinks)

    Amazing good stuff in a hotel

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    To Do Tonight - 4/21

    Chapman Dialogue Debate with John Yoo, 11 a.m.Okay, so this isn't technically going on tonight. It's actually going on right now. But if you're not too busy this morning, we suggest heading over to give this debate a listen. Yoo is currently a visiting professor at Chapman Law, and during his time ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    Earthquakes in Southern California

    Crystal Cove State Park

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Villa Rockledge: Historic Treasure or Overhyped Dump--You Decide! [UPDATED WITH ASKING PRICE]

    Villa Rockledge, a six villa compound with a main house and private beach in Laguna Beach, is up for sale. The asking price is undisclosed $26,500,000 (see here), but it's been renting for $15,000 a week. That must mean they want at least $200,000 for it--even in this depressed market! Described as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    We've Got a Price on Villa Rockledge

    Turns out we were waaaay off in our guestimate as to the asking price for Villa Rockledge in Laguna Beach. Like, $26,250,000 waaaay off. Here's the price according to Unique Homes: The World of Luxury Real Estate:$26,500,000Laguna Beach, CARockledge By The Sea. Boasing 190 feet of oceanfront with se ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2009

    Morning Tidepool Exploration

    Crystal Cove State Park

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Bummer Summer for San Onofre's Nude Sunbathers

    Photo by Tim MelidoNaturist attorney Allen Baylis loses latest round in court but vows to press on. As last summer was winding down, the Naturist Action Committee scored a legal victory in their fight to retain the right for nude sunbathers to go au natural on San Onofre State Beach's traditionally ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    More Choosing "Staycations" (and Hating It)

    Chairman of the bored.With wages stagnant, travel costs soaring and the economy as shitty as it is, many are chosing to spend their summer vacations at home. Fortunately, Orange County is a tourist destination so blending in with the black-socks-and-sandals crowd is no problem. However, despit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Feds Deem Bolsa Chica Sacred Site Historic After Development Rings It

    Not too many sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places have new home sale kiosks, banners and trailers full of an ancient American Indian remains, but whoever said Bolsa Chica is like anyplace else? The Orange County Register's Cindy Carcamo reports that feder ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2007

    Coming Sooner or Later: When Will the City Fix the Bixby Park Bandshell?

    On February 19, 2005, after a heavy rainstorm, a massive tree fell on the historic, art deco-era bandshell in Long Beach's Bixby Park, the pride of the city's Alamitos Beach neighborhood since 1927, and more recently, a home to the homeless and weekly pottery classes. The tree crushed the building, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2007

    77 Drummers Drumming on 07/07/07

    Japanese psychedelic samurais Boredoms have arranged an amazing spectacle for what some amateur numerologists think will the luckiest day of the century, July 7, 2007. The concert happens at 5 p.m. in the Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, and is free, but you need to RSVP; it's probably a moot point n ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2009

    Chapman 5K Walk/Run

    Chapman University

  • Music

    October 8, 2009
  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Flickr Photo of the Week!: Crystal Cove State Park

    Flickr user CTNelson"This park is a must see if you are in the Neport/Laguna Beach Area. The twelve-acre Crystal Cove Historic District is an enclave of 48 historic wood-framed cottages built between the late 1920s and the late 1930s. The District is listed on the National Register for its significa ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 11, 2010

    Spa Week Wonders

    [Trendzilla] Take the low road to high-end treatments, for a limited time only

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    The AIG Effect Be Damned! St. Regis Monarch Beach Has New Owner

    ​The infamous Dana Point resort where American International Group (AIG) sponsored a luxury retreat just days after accepting a federal bailout reportedly has a new owner.

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2010

    Willie Nelson

    Grove of Anaheim

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Visit A Bar, Catch A Lobster... Maybe

    Courtesy of CA Lobster Zone​"Have you ever played the lobster game?" "The lobster game?" "Yeah, the kind with the claw." "Is this some kind of sick pick-up line? If it is, you need more help than I can give you."

  • Culture

    June 10, 2010

    Hitting the Dusty Trail

    [Summer Guide] Get your stomp on over hill, dale and canyon with these highly recommended hikes

  • Culture

    June 24, 2010

    Handy Facials at Clarins Skin Spa

    [Trendzilla] Getting in your face at Nordstrom South Coast Plaza

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010
  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    Paws for a Cause

    Mile Square Park

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Bicycling: So Hot Right Now

    ​Bikes are sooooo hot!In Long Beach, they are hot in the stolen property sense. More on that in a bit. First, we turn more positively to Orange County's LB.

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    San Clemente Seafest

    San Clemente Pier

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Snow Summit Opens Saturday

    Today's opening of Mtn. High in Wrightwood may have lit a fire under Snow Summit in Big Bear, which is opening Saturday after previously indicating the public would not get to the slopes until Thanksgiving.However, there is still no announced opening date for Summit's sister resort, Bear Mountai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Bear Mountain Opens Today, Completing SoCal Ski and Snowboard Pre-Thanksgiving Trifecta

    ​Bear Mountain in Big Bear opens today, joining sister resort Snow Summit and Mtn. High in Wrightwood in welcoming skiers and snowboarders before Thanksgiving.Well, paying skiers and snowboarders anyway. Snow Valley outside Running Springs also opens today. Mammoth Mountain near Bishop got the sno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    [UPDATED: Body ID'd as Joe Le] Joe Le, GWC Student, Missing After Being Swept Away in the San Gabriel River

    Joe Le (Anaheim)​UPDATE: APRIL 4, 9:11 A.M. The OC Register now reports that the Los Angeles County Coroner's office has confirmed that the body found in the Angeles National Forest near the San Gabriel River was that of Joe Le. His body was found on Sunday.UPDATE: APRIL 3, 7:30 P.M. The OC Regist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Long Beach Cinematheque Invites You to Movies on the Beach

    ​What's better than going to the movies in the summertime? Going to the movies at the BEACH in the summertime! Non-profit Long Beach Cinematheque has announced its series of summer movies, which will play Monday through Thursday in Long Beach. The Monday night shows are dubbed Mondo Mondays, thro ... 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

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2011

    Pawnshop Kings

    Commonwealth Lounge & Grill

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