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December 15, 2005
A Very Special Introduction
Welcome to the new ocweekly.com
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July 1, 2004
This Buds for You
Marijuana: The Band fights for your right to party
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April 18, 2002
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Marijuana: The Band fights for your right to party
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February 25, 1999
Constitutional Cuisinart
OC congressmen try to chop U.S. birthright out of the 14th Amendment
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June 8, 2009
Royce, Sanchez Blast North Korea's Harsh Sentencing of Journos
Two Orange County representatives in the U.S. Congress came out strongly today against North Korea's harsh sentencing of 12 years hard labor for two U.S. journalists charged with "hostile acts." The other four Members of Congress were silent.Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) emailed the Weekly t ... More >>
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June 8, 2009
Royce, Sanchez Blast North Korea's Harsh Sentencing of Journos
Two Orange County representatives in the U.S. Congress came out strongly today against North Korea's harsh sentencing of 12 years hard labor for two U.S. journalists charged with "hostile acts." The other four Members of Congress were silent.Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) emailed the Weekly t ... More >>
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August 6, 2009
Arianna Huffington
Sheraton Park Hotel
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January 26, 2010
Imaginary U.S. Map Leaves OC Intact
Democrats around the nation are feeling a lot of ire at America's electoral system lately. Even though Dems have still got a 59-41 majority in the U.S. Senate, the election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown means they won't be able to get health-care reform--which was crazy-close to being p ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Carly, Tommy, Chuckie and the Demon Sheep
The Interwebs are all a-Twitter over the new campaign ad by California Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina featuring--DUNT-DUNT DUNNNNN!!!--demon sheep.Actually, for the rest of this post to make any sense at all, you should first check out the spot, which cannot be embedded here only ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Phil Zuckerman Lecture: Society Without God
Irvine Ranch Water District
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March 24, 2010
Wiley Drake Prays for 219 Congress Members to Die
Gustavo ArellanoWiley Drake, saint coachBuena Park radio pastor Wiley Drake grabbed headlines last year for calling on his supporters to pray for Barack Obama to die. Now he has extended that Christianly action to the 219 members of the House of Representatives who voted for the health-care ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Behold Animal Liberation, Veneration at Long Beach State, Chapman University
Animal Liberation FrontAnimals: They're so hot right now.Mere days before the start of "World Week for Animals in Laboratories," Cease Animal Torture (CAT) kicks off its second annual four-day conference at Cal State Long Beach Thursday, while Interreligious Voices for Animal Compassion (IVAC) pr ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
It's The Fiorina-DeVore-Campbell Debate Drinking Game!
MS Paint photo illustration by Spencer Kornhaber, you can give me my Pulitzer now.Fiorina's ready to play.Sometimes, campaign flacks are kinda useful!Case in point: the drinking game directions we received from Julie Soderlund from the Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate campaign. Fiorina is debating Repu ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
UPDATE: Palin Endorses Fiorina, Adding to Chuck DeVore's Endorsement Blues
Therealbs2002 / Wikimedia / Creative CommonsBackstab DeVore? You betcha.Originally posted May 6, 12:41 p.m. Updated May 7, 8:22 a.m.: DeVore really is sad! See bottom of post.Half-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin has endorsed ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina's run to dethrone Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Sen ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Our Shortlist of Superintendents for Capistrano Unified
Illustration by Evan YarboroughFormer CUSD Supt. Woodrow Carter, presumably resting in retirement.The beleaguered Capistrano Unified School District has been through about, oh, 732 different superintendents in the past, say, four years. Following the firing of facial-loving supe Woodrow Carter la ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
[UPDATED:] Today's Important Unimportant Election, From My TV Screen to Your Computer/Phone Screen
11:15 p.m.: Don't be surprised if KOCE is accused of turning over its election coverage to that rare Orange County bird known as the "Democrat." The "live, election night edition of Real Orange" came from the Artists Village in Santa Ana, OC's version of Havana. Their election expert was the Voic ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
She's Still the Sheriff
On the night declared the start of 'the year of the woman,' Sheriff Sandra Hutchens wins big enough to avoid a run-off with either the tea-party guy or the OC Republican-establishment guy
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June 17, 2010
Chuck DeVore's New Career: Blogger
John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyWe should have seen this coming from the California Republican party's greatest geek politician, the man who posed with an iPhone on the cover of the Weekly and who, as we long ago predicted he would, ran the most Snakes On a Plane-like campaign (plenty of hype, laughed ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
The Truth Is Like a Mexican
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Facts and stats always win
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August 27, 2010
Disneyland Resort District Goes to Pot
The Happiest Place on Earth, meet The Highest Place on Earth.What is supposedly Orange County's first large-scale marijuana expo opens Saturday morning at the Anaheim Convention Center, which is, of course, directly across Katella Avenue from Disney's California Adventure theme park and the main ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Duane Roberts, Green Party Candidate for Senate, Endorses Prop 19
As election day nears, we'll be running more and more coverage of what will likely be the most contentious ballot initiative this November: Proposition 19, which would legalize recreational possession and cultivation of marijuana for residents over the age of 21. Or at least that's what supporter ... More >>
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September 26, 2010
Sunday News Notes
News highlights include:Meg Whitman's cash is buying her second placeCathleen Decker of the LA Times reports that new polling shows Jerry Brown gaining a "slight edge" over Meg Whitman and that Barbara Boxer has "opened a wider margin over GOP nominee Carly Fiorina in the race for U.S. Senate. ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Carly Fiorina Bus Pandering to Latinos is in Santa Ana (or is It?)
A bus that represents Republican U.S. Senate nominee Carly Fiorina's outreach to Latinos was scheduled to park right now at the Santa Ana intersection of Main and 17th streets--home of Norm's, bus stops and the Weekly's former world HQ. But, as a wag over at the Orange Juice blog has noted, it's ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Gay Rights Groups Again Link Carly Fiorina to Latino Outreach Bus That Breezed Through OC
We began Monday morning by noting the "Vota Tus Valores" ("Vote your values") bus filled with conservative Hispanics and marriage inequality proponents was in Santa Ana, following up with the news that a demonstrator against the Latino outreach effort there claimed he had been roughed up by someo ... More >>
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October 11, 2010
Carly Fiorina Gets the Worm at Tequila Summit
When it comes to the four major party candidates for California's highest state offices this November--Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman for governor and Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer and Republican Carly Fiorina for U.S. Senate--it is Fiorina who has so established herself as ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Elvira Casts Spell Over 2010 Election
Photo by Kevin ScanlonElvira, out recent cover ghoul, has thrown her two . . . erm . . . cents into the 2010 mid-term election.Elvira's World: Casandra Peterson is pushing 60 and still Mistress of the DarkThe midnight Movie Macabre maven, who for years was the face and . . . uh . . . form of Knot ... More >>
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October 24, 2010
Sunday News Notes: Reg Slams Loretta Sanchez
Local news highlights include:Register against Loretta Sanchez but drags out marijuana stanceThe editorial staff of the OC Register has declared itself for congressional candidate Van Tran, a Republican; U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, a Republican; and Whitman, yep, a Republican. "From our ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
New York Times Data: OC Elections Aren't Really Contests
Ed Royce: Shoo-in elections are fun.Do we have real congressional election contests in the Orange County/Long Beach area or, despite all the hullabaloo, is the whole affair preordained?Data from The New York Times, based on FiveThirtyEight Forecasts, shows the answer isn't necessarily uplifting. ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Carly Fiorina Goes From a Hospital Bed to a Retirement Village
Fresh from a hospital bed, where she was being treated for an infection tied to her reconstructive breast surgery after cancer, Carly Fiorina brings her U.S. Senate campaign to Laguna Woods this afternoon.The Republican nominee for the seat held by Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is scheduled to ap ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Bowers Museum
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November 3, 2010
[UPDATED:] Election 2010: Coker is Spun, Polled, Teabagged
1:28 p.m.: Orange County agreed with state voters on most ballot initiatives, although more of us did want to keep choking on polluted air until the unemployment rate drops and most like the state budget approval process to remain fucked-up, thank you very much (probably because many are philosop ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Latino Voters Influence Felt Beyond Brown and Boxer in California, Claim Advocates
Should we credit/blame Latino voters for Jerry Brown returning to the governor's office, Barbara Boxer remaining in the U.S. Senate and Democrats not only holding the nation's upper house but picking up a seat in the California Assembly? Latino advocacy groups think so.
News
December 2, 2010
Mexican Macroeconomics
Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?
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December 2, 2010
Dana Rohrabacher Wants to Take His Loony Act to Bigger Stage
Glassy-eyed DanaDana Rohrabacher, a man whose notoriously poor judgment caused him to associate with a long list of people who became convicted felons, wants to become chairman of the Science Committee in the House of Representatives.According to a Nov. 30 profile in Politico, the Costa Mesa cong ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
[UPDATE:] DREAM Act Passes in the House, Stalls in the Senate
Update, December 9, 6:11 p.m.: The esteemed Surf City GOP Congressdude, Dana Rohrabacher, said on the House floor that the DREAM Act is unfair to "non-minorities."Oh no he diiiiiiiin't?!?Oh, yes. Yes he did. See the video and a passage from his debate after the jump . . .
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December 9, 2010
[BREAKING:] Sorry, Lt. Dan Choi: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal Fails
Repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that would have allowed gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military just failed in a 57-40 procedural vote in the U.S. Senate. Despite two-thirds of Americans and most in the mlitary supporting the repeal, the setback seemingly doom ... More >>
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December 18, 2010
DREAM Act Dies in Senate, Maybe Forever
The dream is over, possibly forever, possibly until some time after the 2012 election--if and when the political climate changes in Washington.Once again, the DREAM Act that would provide a path to citizenship for young people who were brought into the country by the undocumented failed to break ... More >>
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December 18, 2010
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Overturned in Senate
Godspeed, Lt. Choi.This morning will be known as the day the DREAM Act died in the U.S. Senate but "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was overturned there.By a bipartisan vote of 63 to 33, the Senate voted to end the debate on a bill that will allow President Barack Obama to overturn the Pentagon's ban on g ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Can We Please Stop Freaking Out About S.510 (the Food Safety Modernization Act) Now?
Flickr user paullewThe large food safety overhaul has passed the U.S. Senate after a clerical error and a deal between the Democrats and the Republicans to keep it out of the continuing resolution that will keep the government running, and is now headed back to the House for final passage (and, u ... More >>
News
December 23, 2010
Return to Sender
What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?
Blogs
February 21, 2011
OC Planned Parenthood Funding in Crisis
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget resolution that eliminates Title X, a program that gives low-income women access to family-planning services. Taking the biggest hit is Planned Parenthood--the nation's largest reproductive health services provider--which would lose a ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Rohrabacher, Royce, Campbell and Other Doves vs. Pelosi, Waxman and Other Hawks
Before shock and awe, there was just give peace a chance. The call for a surge in Iraq drew a push-back from MoveOn.orgers. Doves bristle at endless warfare.Ah, the good old days. Now, down is up, Simon Cowell is Jennifer Lopez, and hawks who once warned "You-break-it, you-fix-it" are talking pul ... More >>
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April 10, 2011
Help Feed Dana Rohrabacher's Family Today
Dana: Fighting for his own free lunch and having fun!In the last 32 days of 2010, Dana Rohrabacher's congressional campaign committee raised $3,400 and his wife, Rhonda, took $5,387 from it for the family under the theory that she is her husband's campaign manager, according to the Federal Electi ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
California DREAM Act Passes State Assembly
It's a little confusing, but no less a victory for illegal immigrant college students. While the national DREAM Act, an immigration bill aimed at providing a path to citizenship for young people, died in the U.S. Senate--and possibly forever--last year, the California DREAM Act is very much alive ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Gabrielle Jane Nestande, Ex-OC Assemblyman and Supervisor Bruce's Daughter, Held in Fatal Hit-and-Run
The apple really doesn't fall far from the tree: former Orange County Supervisor and state Assemblyman Bruce Nestande served six months of house arrest and three years probation after pleading guilty in 2007 to driving drunk the wrong way on a one-way street and hitting a parked car. Now his 23-y ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Jerry Brown Signs Half of California DREAM Act; Illegal Immigrants Now Eligible For Private College Scholarships
Having made a campaign pledge to do so, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California DREAM Act yesterday. Well, half of it.During a town hall meeting at Los Angeles City College, Brown signed AB 130, the part of the two-bill package that gives illegal immigrants who live in California and at ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Admits He's a "Coward"
Rohrabacher calls himself "chickenshit;" public nodsThe Hill newspaper is reporting today that Costa Mesa Congressman Dana Rohrabacher switched a budget vote this week because he feared the political consequences of not voting in lockstep with Orange County's other Republicans in the House of Rep ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Village Voice Media Asks for Your Support of Senate Bill 596
Rohrabacher calls himself "chickenshit;" public nodsThe Hill newspaper is reporting today that Costa Mesa Congressman Dana Rohrabacher switched a budget vote this week because he feared the political consequences of not voting in lockstep with Orange County's other Republicans in the House of Rep ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Anaheim's Access Celebrates its Work in the Arab/Muslim Community With Congressman Keith Ellison
The Anaheim-based Access California Services, which has its office nestled on Brookhurst Street in Little Arabia--a neighborhood profiled in the Weekly's current cover story--has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1998. The agency that provides assistance to the county's Arab and Musl ... More >>
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