U.S. Army

Kwang Choi "K.C." Joy was Possibly in Love with Maribel Manriquez Ramos, Says DA: Update

See Update No. 3 on Page 2 about unrequited love being a possible motive in the case and other details that emerged from today's court hearing. See Update Nos. 1-2 on the next page about the charges against Kwang Choi "K.C." Joy and allegations of past violence in Tennessee.ORIGINAL POST, MAY 20, NO ... More >>

Kat Secor and Her Paintball Team Destiny are Locked and Loaded for Huntington Beach Meet

Kat Secor is one of the bestest people in Orange County. It says so in our Best of 2012 issue. She was featured because she's hella nice and sweet and will blow your head off if you get on the wrong side of her paintball gun when she captains Team Destiny, an all-female squad out of Huntington Beach ... More >>

Anaheim Family Wins Eviction Stay and Loan Modification for Their Wrongfully Foreclosed Home!

As gazes were fixated on the space shuttle Endeavour flight in the skies above, the Gutierrez-Perez family and their Occupy allies announced a key victory this morning in the struggle to keep their Anaheim home. Earlier this month, an eviction notice was served effective September 2 on their residen ... More >>

Anaheim Family Defends Their Home From Impending Eviction

An eviction notice has been served effective September 2 for the house on the corner of North Ralston Street and Romneya in Anaheim that the Gutierrez-Perez family has called home since 1989. The property could be turned over at any minute, but on this day, belongings aren't being packed up. The fam ... More >>

[UPDATED with OCSD comments:] Are Deputies Covering Up The Laguna Hills Murder of a 25-Year-Old U.S. Army Veteran?

[Update at end] ORIGINAL POST, JULY 11, 9:00 A.M.: The mother of a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran found dead at an affluent Laguna Hills neighborhood playground on Jan. 6 claims her son was murdered and Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) investigators didn't just wrongly rule the case a suicid ... More >>

Your Inbox is Totally Stressing You Out, Says UC Irvine Study

It's probably lurking somewhere on your computer screen right this moment, taunting, "Psssst, you haven't checked me in three whole minutes. Stop that very important thing you are working on and pay attention to me now!" Damn email. Can't function with it, definitely can't function without it.& ... More >>

'Act of Valor' Wants You

Navy SEALs: Honor, courage, commitment

Joshua Evans, Homeless Family Man-Turned- Army Sergeant, Pays It Forward

​Despite today's blog posts from yours truly, not all stories from the long holiday layover involved homeless men being fatally stabbed, Christmastime murder-suicides or New Year's Eve party stabbings. Take the inspiring tale of U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Evans. Six years ago, the Long Beach man was jo ... More >>

George Okamoto Recalls Santa Ana Ugliness Before Congressional Gold Medal Trip

​George Okamoto was getting a newspaper in Santa Ana on Dec. 7, 1941, when "I ran into a couple of people who said 'Get the hell out of here, you Jap.' My parents told us after that we have to be very careful." If Okamoto was picking up a Santa Ana Register, he would have had his hands on one of t ... More >>

Pedro Pimental Rios, Accused in Guatemalan Massacre, To Be Deported

​A maintenance worker from Santa Ana must leave the country, according to a ruling issued yesterday by Judge Lorraine J. Munoz at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. Pedro Pimental, 54, will likely be flown to Guatemala to stand trial in one of the most brutal mass slayings in Guatemala's long c ... More >>

Dead Sara at Slidebar on Friday Night

Brandon Ferguson​Dead SaraMay 6, 2011Slidebar, FullertonIn an April interview with the Wall Street Journal online, Jefferson Airplane singer and counter- culture legend Grace Slick mentioned that her favorite new female singer was  Emily Armstrong of Los Angeles band Dead Sara. After see ... More >>

Is It Crazy to Shop in Juarez?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Plus, is the chupacabra Mexican?

Bloody Streets, Neo-Con Jobs and Smog-Eating Tiles Make the Orange County Interwebs Horror Show

Courtesy of Newport Beach Police DepartmentDanae Marie Miller is accused of killing bicyclist.​It's our weekly look at things said about or from Orange County on the Interwebs:Pedal Power Outage in Newport Beach An urban bicycling enthusiast sees a disconnect between Newport Beach shutting down th ... More >>

[UPDATED] Marques Murray, OC Homicide No. 5: Shot Watching Hoops in Motel

Steven Matthew LeClaire, Jr.​UPDATE, FEB. 28, 5:19 P.M.: U.S. Army Specialist Steven Matthew LeClaire, Jr. was AWOL when he opened fire without provocation on three men Thursday night, according to prosecutors.After allegedly killing his friend Marques Murray, 24, and wounding his father, Steven F ... More >>

Tales From the Brea Oil Field: What Are They Doing Up There?

Brandon Ferguson​Night drivers motoring past the affluent housing tracts and well-kept strip malls of north Brea, not paying attention to the road in front of them, will notice an odd site: a solitary, house-shaped structure perched above the city, surrounded by pitch-black rolling hills and illum ... More >>

Acclaim Technical Services of Huntington Beach Must Shell Out More Than $230,000 to Fort Irwin Workers

​Following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation, a Huntington Beach company and two government contractors must pay $1,060,554 in back wages to about 885 employees at Fort Irwin, near Death Valley National Park.The share for Acclaim Technical Services is $234,311 to 177 employees.

UC Irvine's New Computer-Games Major Gets Its Game On

The school is banking big on computer games as an emerging discipline

Adrian Arroyo Gets 34 Years to Life for Shooting War Vet Caught in Gang Crossfire

​When a 25-year-old man identified only as Armando E. by prosecutors was serving with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, he was used to the sound of bullets whizzing by his ears and the feeling of being shot. At home in Garden Grove, not so much. But while he was playing in the front yard with his 10-y ... More >>

American Soldiers

'Restrepo' captures military life in Afghanistan

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Crossing the Pond Instead of the Rio Grande

Is Latest UCI Virtual World Study Grant 'Waste' or Boon for Business?

Here we go again. The 49-page report "2008: Worst Waste of the Year," which U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) compiled to expose examples of "outrageous federal spending," included the National Science Foundation (NSF) having given UC Irvine a $100,000 grant t ... More >>

To Do Tonight 11/12

Kelly Boyz country dance lessons and Kelly Rae Live, 7:30 p.m. A shit-kickin' good time. $5 OC Tavern 2369 S. El Camino Real San Clemente, CA 949-542-8877 Disney Animation Exhibition, until December 18 Ah, the magic of Disney. It all started with a little mouse on a steamboat, and over the years, W ... More >>

OC Deputy Zapped In Excessive Force Indictment

An already-bad PR week for Sheriff Sandra Hutchens got worse this morning when Superior Court Judge Richard King unsealed a grand-jury indictment against a veteran Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy who is accused of using excessive force on a handcuffed suspect. Deputy Christopher Hibbs ( ... More >>

More Details on Post-War Crime

Various news agencies have identified the 25-year-old suspect in the beating death of his 19-year-old girlfriend and aspiring model as a distinguished U.S. Army Iraq war veteran who earned a Purple Heart, an Army Commendation Medal and a Combat Infantry Badge. Now, the retired infantryman sits in O ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Blazing Saddles,' 'Command Decision'

Army Tackles Toll Road

When supporters of the 241 (Foothill-South) toll road and its builder, the Transportation Corridor Agencies, hear opponents claim they'll stop the project, the reply is usually along the lines of, "You and what army?" The United States Army, assholes. That's right, the Army is finally providing the ... More >>

Saturday's Headlines & Surprises

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: The Dirty Dozen

Threat-level: Killer Tadpole

Korean box-office monster emerges from the Han River to slime us stateside in The Host

Cocaine Airways

A former CIA pilot says secret flights to El Toro could explain a Marine officers suicide

We Respond to Register Letters!

Was the Haditha massacre too little, too late?

Diary of a Mad County

April 19 - April 25

A Third Anniversary Gift for Iraq

Who knew that our political and military leaders were such a bunch of ol' sentimental softies? As a gift for the Iraqi people to mark the third invasion of their country, our leaders got them a miniature version of the invasion, Operation Swarmer. The mini-invasion has all feature that made that ful ... More >>

Commie Girl

Something About Mexicans
Its time we had a conversation with Gustavo Arellano

Rancho Santa Margarita

Bring Em On

We go a-visiting with the president

My Sweet Satan

100 artists, 16 bands, 1 Dark Lord

Pass the Sheep!

Beyond the Valley of the Dance Disaster Movement Video

Spy the Friendly Skies

Triumph of Mediocrity

'We Will Not Resolve This With Cannons

Hardened Vietnam hero says hes anti-war

The Future Is Loud

Facing the music at NAMM

Victory Through Tote Bags

Terror Threads

Does al-Qaida shop at REI?

My Friend Chris

Hes in the Army now

Behind Behind the Music

Bold As Love

Beating on the Gooks Not All Bad

The Weeklys I Wanna Be a Register Columnist Competition

Spooks

Earth & Mirth

Earth & Mirth