U.S. Navy SEALs

Local Films Get Their Due at NBFF

Works by Cherie Kerr, Joseph Armario, Doug Penikas, among others, make appearances alongside Jon Carnoy and Michael Horelick's skateboard doc

Groping for 'A Dark Truth'

Damian Lee's movie keeps getting distracted with conspiracies, marriage, talk radio

Darkness on the Edge of Town in 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling manhunt

The King of Cool, Don Winslow

How the SoCal transplant became a best-selling author by delving into Laguna Beach's legends

[VIDEO:] Newport Beach Police Recruitment Video Goes Viral ... in Mocking Fashion

A human resources department would normally rejoice if one of its recruitment videos went viral.But in the case of the latest online tool from the Newport Beach Police Department, "rejoice" isn't quite the right word.Recruitment videos for Navy SEALs are less, as one horrified clip viewer put it, "f ... More >>

Insert [You Sunk My 'Battleship'] Joke Here

Because every generation needs an 'Armageddon'

Mysteries of Costa Mesa: Armalite and the Creator of the M16, a Walking Tour

​For reasons not entirely clear, Orange County isn't out loud and proud when it comes to its connection to one of the most famous battle implements of all time. In my efforts to discover the one-time Costa Mesa location of ArmaLite, developer of the M16, I was met with blank stares and should ... More >>

'Act of Valor' Wants You

Navy SEALs: Honor, courage, commitment

In Fred Karger's Presidential Run, GOP Stands for Gay Old Party

The OC resident and onetime Republican hatchet man hopes his quixotic campaign can push his party to become more gay-friendly

Disney Looks to Trademark "SEAL Team 6": Five Ideas for Disneyland

​Yes, as odd as it may sound, just two days after Osama bin Laden was killed the Walt Disney Company submitted an application to trademark the term "SEAL Team 6." (Learn more details about the story here.) For what? No one is 100 percent sure, but rumor is that it's for a new It's a Small World ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden Was Just Another Lonely Dude With a Penchant for Porn: 10 (Possible) Titles From His Collection

​​After all these years of searching, a team of U.S. Navy Seals located and eliminated Osama Bin Laden. Finally, numero uno on the FBI's Most Wanted list was given the long-awaited "deceased" credit. We can move on to other threatening targets.But where was Bin Laden and how did he manage to kee ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden's Death Praised by Mother of Fallen Navy SEAL

​Debbie Lee and Danny Gonzalez of Cypress are the spokespeople for Sacramento-based pro-troops organization Move America Forward. To reach Lee, a Gold Star mother who tours the country on behalf of the group, you go through Gonzalez.Late last night, the mother of Marc A. Lee, a Navy SEAL who was k ... More >>

Edina Lekovic, SoCal Muslim Official, Relieved and Grateful Osama Bin Laden was Taken Out

​Edina Lekovich, director of policy and programming with the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Los Angeles, is married to an Egyptian-American who grew up in Orange County.While she agrees with Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) leaders who say their faith forbids them from "dancing on t ... More >>

Who Will Save Charlie Sheen? A List of Possible Saviors

It doesn't have to end like this​Charlie Sheen now admits that he's losing his mind, but since his public downward spiral began, the meth-tastic actor has been thumbing his nose at offers of help from family, friends, Dr. Drew, and traditional rehab programs. Who will save Charlie Sheen? And can h ... More >>

OC Register Racist Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: 17-year-old shot in head in Santa AnaComment by irvinknight: I wonder why Santa Ana has so many problems...It must be something in the air. Or maybe if they never gave that city a Spanish name, a certain group of people wouldn't have decided to move there and we would never have had t ... More >>

Dana Rohrabacher Wasn't Brave Enough For Vietnam But Is Ready For Combat Now That He's Too Old To Fight

Dana: If I only had a heart, a brain, some courage...​"Our government is taking the word of terrorists . . . "--Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher--who cowardly evaded military service during the Vietnam War and absurdly lobbied on behalf of the Osama bin Laden terrorist loving Taliban dur ... More >>

New York Times Accused of "Journalistic Sleight-of-Hand" in Citing Local Fallen Navy Hero

U.S. NavyThe late Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael Mansoor of Long Beach.​Conservatives accuse a New York Times reporter of employing "a journalistic sleight-of-hand" when it came to including a dead Catholic Navy hero who grew up in Garden Grove in a piece about complications facing Musl ... More >>

Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: My New Slogan For The Deputies!

Back the Badge, Support the Star, Empty your Wallet: Peggy Lowe at the Register watched “dozens of black-shirted deputies march through Civic Center Tuesday as the union went on a public offensive to rally support for their fight to preserve” an incredibly generous pay, perk and pension package ... More >>

From Hunter to Hunted

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar

Only Pawns in Their Game

Orange County lawyer seeks justice for families of slain U.S. security contractors in Iraq

Dr. Death Revisited

In French TV documentary, ex-CIA official admits ties to CIA-cocaine scandal character

Diary of a Mad County

More Dance Clubs!

The boss bellows, Commie Girl delivers