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Derek Johnson, Orange County Judge, Admonished For "Technical Rape" Comments by Judicial Board After OC Weekly Report

By R. Scott MoxleyOne of my Moxley Confidential columns resulted this week in a unanimous decision by the California Commission on Judicial Ethics to publicly admonish Orange County Superior Court Judge Derek Johnson for opining that if a victim's vagina hadn't been "shredded" during a sexual assaul ... More >>

Derek Johnson, Orange County Judge, Admonished For "Technical Rape" Comments by Judicial Board After OC Weekly Report

One of my Moxley Confidential columns resulted this week in a unanimous decision by the California Commission on Judicial Ethics to publicly admonish Orange County Superior Court Judge Derek Johnson for opining that if a victim's vagina hadn't been "shredded" during a s ... More >>

Mark McDonald of Old Vine Cafe Wowing Them in Turkey!

Mark McDonald of Old Vine Cafe in Costa Mesa is a man of many talents, but one I never figured in him was taking an interest in Turkish food--not because he turns up his food at ethnic food (he doesn't, as fans of his restaurant can attest to), but because Turkish food is seemingly light years away ... More >>

Mark Basseley Nakoula Gets Year in Prison (But Not for Inflaming the Muslim World)

Mark Basseley Nakoula, the Cerritos conman who lived in Orange County and has gone by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, Sam Bacile and several other aliases, was sentenced to a year in prison today for violating his probation.What's the big whoop? Well, he should be punished for crimes against humanit for m ... More >>

Long Beach Lunch: Dave's World Famous Burgers

For far too long, the 1950s-era face clock attached to the Dave's Burgers sign on Atlantic Avenue has sat looming over the roadway with no hands, mocking me. "Time To Eat!" the face of the clock declared. And yet, it never actually told me the time. But last month, a new replica of the weathered, ... More >>

Syrian American OC Resident Brings Medical Supplies To Syria

As geopolitical gridlock stymies international aid in Syria, expatriates and Americans of Syrian descent are taking it upon themselves to travel to the region and medically assist refugees on border towns and residents inside Syria. One of them is Omar Chamma, who resides in Fountain Valley with hi ... More >>

'Trojan Barbie,' or: Bella of Troy

Long Beach's Garage Theater hosts Christine Evans bold, contemporary take on the Euripides classic

The OCeeker: St. Marina Coptic Orthodox Church and the Kiss That Missed

Something kinda holy just happened. If only the OCeeker could make sense of it. But that's the risk one takes when a sanctified savage lolligags into a liturgy where even the Almighty his own self can't break through the language barrier.   That said, a man will take a blessing in any tongu ... More >>

Accused Orange County Terrorism Suspect: FBI is Using Secrecy to Mask a Bad Case

A lawyer representing an Orange County CVS pharmacist accused in 2011 of lying to the FBI about her role in funding international terrorism claims the government's case is weak and that prosecutors are abusing foreign intelligence secrecy rules.Defending Oytun Ayse Mihalik against the charge when th ... More >>

Geoffery Shively, Newport Beach Occupier, Praised (and Not) for Syria Livestreaming

​A Newport Beach man and another Occupy movement member out of San Francisco are being credited by the Guardian and sites like Gawker with entering Syria on three occasions to capture 10 to 15 hours of footage about life there. Geoffrey Shivley, who spent most of his adult life working in comput ... More >>

[UPDATED with Syria Convoy News] Violent Repression in Syria Claims Relative of Anaheim Businessman Bill Dalati

Bill Dalati​UPDATE JAN 17, 3:38 P.M.: Anaheim Businessman Bill Dalati returned back to OC yesterday from the Liberty Convoy for Syria. As Reuters, Al Jazeera, and other news agencies reported on Thursday, the group of about 150 expatriate activists were unable to deliver food and medical supplies ... More >>

Ergun Kirlikovali, Coto de Caza Armenian Genocide Denier Supreme, Threatening Legal Action Against UC Davis Professor

​Earlier this year, for some bizarre (or telling?) reason, the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) allowed Ergun Kirlikovali to become its president. You remember Ergun--the whackjob Coto de Caza resident who's perhaps this country's most notorious denier of the Armenian genocide, a h ... More >>

Vela Scarves Blends Western Fashion With Islamic Tradition

Vela's signature piece, the ruffled "Mademoiselle"​"Victorian Lace," "Black Ruffle Prima Ballerina" and "Cat's Meow" are names of the top-selling products at Vela Scarves, a Fountain Valley-based online fashion company that produces high quality hijabs, or headscarves, for Muslim women."Vela is a ... More >>

Cannes Outdoes Itself

Best of the best: Our picks from the strongest festival in years

Reza Abedi's Greatest Escape

A local high-school-wrestling coach gave up his Olympic dreams to flee Khomeini's Iran

How to Smoke Turkey Legs

Flickr user tribbles1971 ​It's that time of year for ye olde Ren Faire in Irwindale. I'm as much a fan of smoked turkey legs as the next period-garb-wearing faire-goer, but it's not worth wearing 60 pounds of ethnically-correct samurai-warrior armor so I can gnaw on a turkey drumstick.This week: a ... More >>

Snakebit Drifters at La Cave Saturday Night

Kim Conlan​Snakebit Drifter with Alejandro Pareja April 9th, 2011 La Cave, Costa Mesa After circumventing the D.U.I. checkpoint on Newport Blvd. and 17th St., I pulled into a parking space at La Cave. As I walked in, I expected to see the dinner crowd making their exit, but every last table in ... More >>

Imam Muzammil Siddiqi of Islamic Society of Orange County Condemns Holocaust Deniers

Muzammil Siddiqi​So often when it comes to Islam and the Holocaust, we hear from deniers such as Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Palestinian National Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the Jordanian Association Against Zionism and Racism ... More >>

Armenians Beginning to Protest Kobe Bryant Over Endorsement Deal with Turkish Airlines

​A couple of weeks ago, the Los Angeles sports radio airwaves burned with anger as Southern California's massive Armenian-American community expressed their anger with a hero: Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant. Seemed that Bryant had signed an endorsement deal with Turkish Airlines, a company p ... More >>

As the Crystal Cathedral Teeters on its Last Lifeline, Sheila Schuller Coleman Goes on 11-Day Cruise in Greece

​Here's one way to deal with the fact that your iconic megachurch is facing the biggest crisis in its history: Take a vacation. While the Crystal Cathedral has filed for bankruptcy, senior pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman is off on a 11-day cruise to Greece.

OC's Broken School Lunches

Flickr user bookgrlAs sad as this is, it's better than CUSD's high school lunch.​Earlier this year, the Conseil régional de Bourgogne (Regional Council of Burgundy, France) released a four-year charter called "Qualité de la restauration scolaire"--the quality of school food. It states that at ... More >>

Buy Me Some Sushi and Cracker Jack

[Summer Guide] A rundown of the best non-chain eats at the Big A

[UPDATED:] Eamon Daniel Higgins GUILTY in Foreign Student Visa Fraud

UPDATE: Defendant pleads guilty (details below) . . . Courtesy of ICEAn ICE officer escorts a student visa fraud suspect into custody today.​Eamon Daniel Higgins, 46, of Laguna Niguel, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiracy for allegedly orchestrating a visa fraud scheme involving doz ... More >>

What You Missed: Cycle Zombies, Mickey Avalon, Insane Clown Posse, the Get Up Kids

Seriously, what's scarier than an Insane Clown Posse fan? An entire venue of Insane Clown Posse fans. Observe:Chris VictorioWe're scared.​On Sunday night, 9/27, Insane Clown Posse visited the Grove of Anaheim. And it was uh, insane. A Faygo massacre. The photos, they scare us. Click here for a ... More >>

With Bauhaus Once Again Buried, Peter Murphy's Solo Career Rises From the Dead

[Trendzilla] A Gaggle of Summertime Haggles

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America the (Not Always) Beautiful Chugs Through Small-Town Romania in 'California Dreamin''

Do OC Weekly Food Critics Practice Payola?

Last month, I took issue with The Filling Station in Orange because I felt they overcharged for merely good food. Over the weekend, owner John Hughes (not the same genius behind all those Brat Pack films) left this humdinger of a comment:I always found it funny that OCweekly [sic] gives great review ... More >>

Local Armenian Genocide Denier Demands Apology...From Armenians

*Updated, with new information on the bottom...In the Department of WTF comes this: local Armenian genocide denier Ergun Kirlikovali is circulating an online petition demanding an apology from, amongst other groups, the Armenians that the Ottoman Empire genocided in the early 1900s!In his most recen ... More >>

[This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] Coming Attractions: Anaheim's Doner G

Letters

'Save the music, y'all'

Snap to It

WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Comeback kids, rhymin Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

Heavy Weather

Intimate Turkish drama chronicles a rocky relationship

Environment & Sports

Doing the Afghan Shuffle

Middle Eastern dance with Reza Zargari

Dangerous Games

Bahman Ghobadis Turtles Can Fly

Blowback

Stages We Bombed In New Haven

What Are We Doing There?

How to fight the war from home

Diary of a Mad County

Conspiracy Theories

Weapons of Mass Discussion

Chomsky fires his rocket launcher from the hip

Look Back in Anguish

Egoyans dizzying, exhausting Ararat

Sexpert Advice

Dr. Tina tells you what to put in your mouth

Retrospective Fatigue

Is it still too early to say something smart about Sept. 11?

Falling Up

Ubiquity Recordings at 100

Bushwa

Does the Times have the courage to call the president a hypocrite?

Edisons Con Game

Ratepayers will pay for new anti-ratepayer advertising campaign

Poor Edison

Now broke, the power company uses taxpayer cash to fund a global business empire

Holy War