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Blogs
March 6, 2012
Orange County Register Eyed by Publisher South of the Border
Someone south of the border may buy the Orange County Register.Clean up in whichever aisles old coot heads just exploded in.That's south of the Orange County border, not the Mexican one.
Blogs
June 16, 2011
[UPDATED with Tribune Talks Back On:] Sale Could Lead to One Company Owning All SoCal Dailies
UPDATE, JUNE 16, 9:22 A.M.: Now that merger talks with MediaNews have broken down, Irvine-based owner of the Orange County Register Freedom Communications has revived negotiations with that other Southern California newspaper publisher.No, not the Los Angeles investment company that bought ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2011
LA Times Pulitzer: Happy Ending to the Paper's Sad Saga of Decline
Yesterday, the LA Times won the much coveted Putlizer prize for public service reporting thanks to its expose of a web of public-sector corruption in the city of Bell. The award marks what many observers hope will be a reversal of fortune for the newspaper, which has seen a staggering decline in ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2011
Register Sale Could Lead to One Company Owning All SoCal Dailies: Media Expert
A newspaper journalist-turned-Silicon Valley media mogul sets up the dominoes which, once tipped over, could lead "a single entity" to "publish all the dailies from the Tehachapi Mountains at the north end of metro L.A. to the Mexican border."At the middle of it all is the pending sale of the Ora ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
Owners of Los Angeles Times and Other SoCal Papers Expected to Bid on The Orange County Register
Like vultures hovering over roadkill, media companies and private-equity firms are expected to pick at what remains of Irvine's Freedom Communications--parent company of The Orange County Register of Santa Ana--at auction Thursday.Among those likely placing bids will be Chicago-based Tribune, whi ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Chapman Constitutional Scholar Rebuffs Orly Taitz's Overtures
Professor Ronald Rotunda of Orange's Chapman University School of Law scored some publicity at the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan when he showed up while wearing a natty bow tie and jacket. He may seem to be of another era, but he's definitely plugged into new technologies--so mu ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2010
Hermosa Beach Discovers Nefarious OC Surfing Takeover Plot
Couldn't outsmart Hermosa despite our costume.Face it, Orange County: You can't fool all of the people all of the time. At least not people in Hermosa Beach, where resident/activist Geoff Hirsch yesterday revealed a once top secret Orange County nefarious plot to takeover his city' ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2010
LA Times Nails Mike Carona Pension Story--9 Days After the OC Register Did
When Clockwork was but a wee wind-up at a local daily, we used to bemoan a certain tactic the Los Angeles "By God" Times employed when we beat them. The Times would sit on the story a couple weeks and then publish their own version without acknowledging who originally broke the news--as if the pr ... More >>
Music
May 20, 2010
SoCo Announces Fall Tour
[Mental Notes] Also: Obey vs. the Feds, lackluster Lilith, Coachella's broken record, new No Doubt?
Blogs
May 14, 2010
Festival Overcrowding: It's a Trend
Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyThere was barely room for sombreros at Coachella.About 225,000 people attended the Coachella Arts & Music Festival over the course of its three days last month, Billboard reports. That represented a huge jump from the festival's previous record of 186,636 atend ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2010
Muhammad Ali's Daughter Hails Laguna Beach
Knockout for Laguna BeachIn a profile published today, the Chicago Tribune reports that Laila Ali--the second youngest daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali's nine children--loves Orange County's premier oceanfront community, Laguna Beach."I live in Los Angeles, and one of my favorite getaways i ... More >>
News
June 18, 2009
Meet Orly Taitz, Queen Bee of People Obsessed With Barack Obama's Birth Certificate
Knockout for Laguna BeachIn a profile published today, the Chicago Tribune reports that Laila Ali--the second youngest daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali's nine children--loves Orange County's premier oceanfront community, Laguna Beach."I live in Los Angeles, and one of my favorite getaways i ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2008
Zack and Miri Lose a Title
You can understand ABC Family, Radio Disney and the Christian Science Monitor lopping off the second half of the title to Kevin Smith's new dramatic comedy or comedic drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It doesn't make it any more right, but you can understand it. But for it to be done by Comedy Cent ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2008
Times and Register Anti-Trust or Bust Lust in the Dust
As merger mania sweeps through the ownership suites of the L.A. Times and Orange County Register, some may find it odd that the fierce competitors: 1) are even considering joining forces, and B) would even be allowed to merge After all, it was not that long ago that those U.S. Department of Just ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2008
Goodbye Tony D. ... and the Pilot, too?
Sad news about a really good guy, Tony Dodero: the former editor-in-chief of the Newport Beach/Costa Mesa Daily Pilot is being let go as the director of news and online for L.A. Times Community News publications, which include the Pilot, Huntington Beach Independent and Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot ... More >>
News
May 15, 2008
The Weekly's Head Count of the 48 New Faces Who Want to Be Your Next Sheriff
Sad news about a really good guy, Tony Dodero: the former editor-in-chief of the Newport Beach/Costa Mesa Daily Pilot is being let go as the director of news and online for L.A. Times Community News publications, which include the Pilot, Huntington Beach Independent and Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2008
Times editorial goes straight to Zell
The Los Angeles Times today on its editorial page gave Tribune Co. Grandmaster and indelicate asshole Sam Zell the finger when it criticized Prop. 98 and asked readers for a big No vote. The Times sent out a press release mentioning how they weren't going to bend to the pressure. While noble, it r ... More >>
Film
April 3, 2008
'Leatherheads,' George Clooney's Ode to Screwball Comedies of Yore Is Sooooo Close. But Yet . . .
The Los Angeles Times today on its editorial page gave Tribune Co. Grandmaster and indelicate asshole Sam Zell the finger when it criticized Prop. 98 and asked readers for a big No vote. The Times sent out a press release mentioning how they weren't going to bend to the pressure. While noble, it r ... More >>
News
March 20, 2008
The Content-Sharing Deal Between the OC Register and MediaNews Hasn't Led to Cuts at the Reg (Yet)
The Los Angeles Times today on its editorial page gave Tribune Co. Grandmaster and indelicate asshole Sam Zell the finger when it criticized Prop. 98 and asked readers for a big No vote. The Times sent out a press release mentioning how they weren't going to bend to the pressure. While noble, it r ... More >>
Blogs
February 29, 2008
Avalon Bar Owner Mike Conley Found Dead
The Weekly has received reports and the Chicago Tribune has confirmed that Avalon Bar owner Mike Conley was found dead early Thursday in a hotel parking lot in Leyden Township, Illinois. From the Tribune: Michael Conley, of Costa Mesa, Calif., was found unresponsive at 5:40 a.m. by a person stayi ... More >>
Blogs
February 26, 2008
Sam Zell's gonna cut you, man
Joseph Pulitzer, famed newspaper magnate and founder of the Pulitzer Prize once said, "Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together." Sam Zell, billionaire and CEO of the Los Angeles Times parent Tribune Co. once said, "Everyone likes pussy. It’s un-American not to like pussy." With such ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2008
The future of journalism is now! And the future is sexy, illiterate and cost-cutting.
Today came the announcement of two major developments in the world of Southland journalism. One announcement is superbad and the other superfresh awesome. So which do you want first? Well, the good's so good, you'll probably forget the bad so long as you hear the good last, so here's the bad. Deep b ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2008
Sam Zell: He's as American as liking pussy
Sniff, Sniff, ohh America, you smell like lilacs and tenderness. Billionaire private equity mogul and, since last year, chairman and chief executive of Los Angeles Times parent company Tribune Co. is an unabashed patriot. He loves America, mmm hmm, yes he does. He wants to stick his face right ... More >>
Columns
March 22, 2007
Letters
'Kate Carraway... You obviously wouldn't know good music if it slapped you in the face. Idiot.'
Features
December 28, 2006
Diary of a Mad Year
Jan. 1-Dec. 13
Columns
December 7, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
Nov. 29 - Dec. 5
Columns
November 2, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
Oct. 25 - Oct. 31
Features
May 11, 2006
Forever Young
Man vs. man-baby
Blogs
April 13, 2006
Messiah news: Real Estate and Sushi Edition
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Ana Performing Arts and Event Center building may soon leave behind the things of this world, and take on the fight against the evil alien power from beyond the stars that's keeping you from fulfilling your potential and living like Tom Cruise. In other ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2006
Hair of the Dog: Not just for hangovers or hot dogs anymore
When it comes to the Bush administration, it's not so much that rules are made to be broken, it's that rules are made so laws can be broken. The administration issues rules on "interrogations" of "detainees" that violate international law and various treaty obligations. And rules on wiretapping that ... More >>
Film
December 29, 2005
Is Moviegoing on the Bubble?
The diversions fate may rest on Steven Soderberghs shoulders
News
September 9, 2004
Swift Bloat
Vets for Truth change tactics
News
May 13, 2004
Jailhouse Iraq
Brutalizing inmates is a proud American tradition
News
December 11, 2003
Lord of the Lumpen Proles
A self-serving interview with Nathan Callahan, author of a book about candidate Robert K. Dornan
News
July 3, 2003
The Tonys!
The DAs enemies list? Its an honor!
Film
July 3, 2003
Sex, Lies and Anime DVDs
Charlotte Sometimes puts a new, Asian face on a tired genre
Columns
October 10, 2002
Mightier Than the Sword
Bill Mauldins enduring war cartoons
News
September 12, 2002
William Millionaire Plaschke
While pounding millionaire baseball players, the Times columnist cashed checks from MLB owners
Features
August 15, 2002
A Times Obituary
When did the Times OC become the Times DOA?
Columns
August 8, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
When did the Times OC become the Times DOA?
News
June 13, 2002
Ashcroft to Mueller to Anybody Else
When did the Times OC become the Times DOA?
Features
November 8, 2001
This is Where We Pray
As earthmovers move in, local Indians move to save their sacred land
News
April 5, 2001
Goodbye, Gurza
Plus, the powers out! The Times bites! Let Freedom wring!
Unknown
February 22, 2001
Cashed Out
Plus, the powers out! The Times bites! Let Freedom wring!
Unknown
September 21, 2000
Cox Tales
GOP congressman still has boosters at the Reg
Columns
September 21, 2000
Screaming Bedlam
Horrifying stories ripped from the pages of todays newspapers
News
April 20, 2000
The Irvine Co.s Manchurian Supervisor
Wilsons flip-flop on CEO proves the specter of outside interests controls Orange County government
News
March 23, 2000
The Times Trials
Trib buys Timesbut for how long?
News
November 19, 1998
Cox and Bull
Trib buys Timesbut for how long?

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