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July 15, 2007
Sunday's Headlines & Surprises
John Wayne and the Grey, er, Wild Goose: Greg Aragon reports that John Wayne's 1942 yacht, Wild Goose, remains a work horse tour boat for Hornblower Cruises & Events in the area and that the long dead actor's spiritual presence is aboard. (If dying doesn't change bad habits, I presume he's still in ... More >>
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May 19, 2008
Idiotic "Will of the People" Arguments, Past and Present
It's been quite the guilty pleasure the last week seeing the local Right foaming about the California Superior Court's decision to allow homosexual marriage (hey, State Assemblywoman Mimi Walters: are you sure you want to be immortalized in the pantheon of OC GOP wackjobs like James "Barefoot Africa ... More >>
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July 15, 1999
The Few, the Proud, the Spies
Spying on civilians was part of El Toros mission
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January 6, 2000
DIVE!
Re-creating the Cold War
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June 7, 2001
Bombs Away!
Revising history in Pearl Harbor
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October 16, 2008
"B-1 Bob" vs. Maverick
Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain allege Maverick was a lousy pilot who lost five U.S. Navy aircraft, four in accidents and one in combat. Who the hell does this McCain guy think he is, Bob Dornan? As the Weekly's R. Scott Moxley so colorfully illustrated in his 1996 expose “The Secret Lives ... More >>
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January 2, 2003
The Year in Killing El Toro
Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain allege Maverick was a lousy pilot who lost five U.S. Navy aircraft, four in accidents and one in combat. Who the hell does this McCain guy think he is, Bob Dornan? As the Weekly's R. Scott Moxley so colorfully illustrated in his 1996 expose “The Secret Lives ... More >>
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November 11, 2008
Irvine City Councilwoman Beth Krom: Liar?
Krom: DON'T read my lips At the Oct. 21 Irvine City Council candidates forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Councilwoman Christina Shea, in the middle of an unsuccessful campaign for mayor, said that Lennar Corp., which is building homes ringing the future Great Park, would be allowed to ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
Alleged Fraud Within Irvine City Limits Keeps SEC, Whistleblower Busy
Two corporations doing business in Irvine that are the subjects of a noteworthy/notorious whistleblower's fraud investigations have now apparently drawn the attention of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The SEC is reviewing whether James Peterson, CEO of Irvine-based defense industry comp ... More >>
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February 10, 2009
Irvine City Manager Says Drinking Water Critics Are All Wet
Groups that are purporting to be concerned about high concentrations of toxins in Irvine's drinking water today received a strong rebuke from City Manager Sean Joyce.Marsha Taylor of El Toro Now!, the group of mostly John Wayne Airport-impacted Newport Beach residents clinging to the idea of a comme ... More >>
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May 15, 2008
The Weekly's Head Count of the 48 New Faces Who Want to Be Your Next Sheriff
Groups that are purporting to be concerned about high concentrations of toxins in Irvine's drinking water today received a strong rebuke from City Manager Sean Joyce.Marsha Taylor of El Toro Now!, the group of mostly John Wayne Airport-impacted Newport Beach residents clinging to the idea of a comme ... More >>
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April 3, 2008
[Moxley Confidential] Chi Mak, an OC-Based Spy for Communist China, Looked Like a Bumbling Nerd
Groups that are purporting to be concerned about high concentrations of toxins in Irvine's drinking water today received a strong rebuke from City Manager Sean Joyce.Marsha Taylor of El Toro Now!, the group of mostly John Wayne Airport-impacted Newport Beach residents clinging to the idea of a comme ... More >>
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March 27, 2008
Was Phuc Van Tran Sane When He Put On a Darth Vader Mask and Shot a Man?
Groups that are purporting to be concerned about high concentrations of toxins in Irvine's drinking water today received a strong rebuke from City Manager Sean Joyce.Marsha Taylor of El Toro Now!, the group of mostly John Wayne Airport-impacted Newport Beach residents clinging to the idea of a comme ... More >>
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October 25, 2007
Playing the Game
From the director of Better Luck Tomorrow comes...a comedy about Bruce Lee?
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July 19, 2007
Letters
You could run Ask an Asian From Garden Grove. Tee-hee. Or Ask an African-American Who Hates Watermelon
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June 20, 2002
Ashcroft Hypes a Dirty Bomber
You could run Ask an Asian From Garden Grove. Tee-hee. Or Ask an African-American Who Hates Watermelon
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November 7, 2002
Proposition This
Vote NO! mostly
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April 16, 2009
Maersk Email Shows Tense Standoff, Resourceful Crew, "Desperate" Pirates
Can't get enough high-seas drama? Check out this post from Running Scared, the news blog of our NYC sister paper, The Village Voice: The crew of the M/V Maersk Alabama acted quickly to take control of key areas of the vessel after Somali pirates attacked on April 8, according to a crewmember's accou ... More >>
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April 1, 2004
A Brief History of the T-Shirt
Can't get enough high-seas drama? Check out this post from Running Scared, the news blog of our NYC sister paper, The Village Voice: The crew of the M/V Maersk Alabama acted quickly to take control of key areas of the vessel after Somali pirates attacked on April 8, according to a crewmember's accou ... More >>
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January 29, 2004
Crude Attitude
Residents pressure city to test for contamination at former Chevron site
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June 26, 2003
This Just In
El Toro Airport still dead
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December 26, 2002
Truth or Consequences
Washingtons Antwone Fisher and Lees The 25th Hour
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December 19, 2002
Hillside Strangers
Trabuco Canyon monks brace for major changes to their quiet lives
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November 21, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
Trabuco Canyon monks brace for major changes to their quiet lives
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October 24, 2002
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Trabuco Canyon monks brace for major changes to their quiet lives
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September 26, 2002
Reality Check
Trabuco Canyon monks brace for major changes to their quiet lives
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May 30, 2002
Giving People What They Love
The Girl ranks OCs least annoying beaches
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April 18, 2002
Diagnosis: Asian Babe Syndrome
Occupying Japanese territory in Far East
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April 4, 2002
Manila Enveloped in Oklahoma Bombing Case
Occupying Japanese territory in Far East
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March 21, 2002
Measure WHY?
Is Measure W already dead? Was it ever supposed to succeed?
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December 27, 2001
Letters
Is Measure W already dead? Was it ever supposed to succeed?
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September 27, 2001
Tustin
Not full of hot air
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July 12, 2001
Shrubs Man In Madrid
Lets send someone with lots of money and no experience to Spain
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May 31, 2001
Damn Dirty Remakes
Summer flicks 2001
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January 28, 1999
Never Die
The Weekly's incomplete guide to an almost eternal life
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June 9, 2009
As Rep. Calvert Beams Over Gipper Statue, Many Fume
Courtesy U.S. Capitol"Ladies and gentlemen, the statue of Ronald Reagan," the announcer inside the Capitol Rotunda said last Wednesday before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi helped 87-year-old Nancy Reagan to her feet so she could tug back the blue drape cloaking Chas Fagan's 7-foot bronze statue of the ... More >>
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July 24, 2009
OCC Actor-Turned-Filmmaker's "Patriotic Anti-War Mystery" Debuts
Still the Drums, "a patriotic anti-war mystery" from Orange Coast College theater actor-turned-North Hollywood-based-film-stage-television actor and now filmmaker Talbot Perry Simons, makes its world premiere Saturday, Aug. 1, at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
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 >>
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March 11, 2010
Mister Roberts
Bowers Museum
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September 3, 2010
Phong Huu Nguyen, Navy Petty Officer Behind Anthrax Scare, Has Charges Quietly Dropped
I'd nearly forgotten having blogged on the July 2009 arrest of Phong Huu Nguyen, who was charged with making criminal threats after a Newport Beach apartment he was evicted from was discovered to have threatening messages painted on the walls and powder-filled jars left behind labeled "anthrax."T ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
[BREAKING] Pentagon: Former Newport Beach Couple Killed Aboard Yacht By Somali Pirates
The AdamsUPDATE, FEB. 22, 6:51 A.M.: The Pentagon reports all four passengers aboard a yacht that was hijacked by Somali pirates are dead, including the former Newport Beach couple that owned the S/V Quest.A Navy warship was following the S/V Quest and U.S. officials were negotiating with t ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
Ex-Newport Beach Firefighter Sues Over Alleged Anti-Latino Bias
Who is getting hosed here?Based on his resume, it's difficult to imagine that Christian Benard is lazy. He graduated from the University of Southern California and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before deciding on a career as a firefighter in Newport Beach.But fire department officials fir ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Memorial Day Madness
Pike Bar
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June 9, 2011
[UPDATED with UCI Promising Meeting:] Dr. Hazem Chehabi Urged to Cut Ties With Syria's Brutal Regime or Step Down From UC Irvine Foundation Board
UPDATE, JUNE 9, 4:31 P.M.: This morning's rally at UC Irvine targeting Dr. Hazem H. Chehabi--the UCI Foundation's president-elect, Syria's honorary consul general in Newport Beach and a prominent Orange County philanthropist and nuclear medicine specialist--went "smooth," according to an organize ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
[UPDATED with UCI Nixing Meeting:] Dr. Hazem Chehabi Urged to Cut Ties With Syria's Brutal Regime or Step Down From UC Irvine Foundation Board
UPDATE, JULY 8, 5:25 P.M.: Syrian freedom activists say that when they protested at UC Irvine the morning of June 9, a campus official promised a future meeting with an associate chancellor to discuss what they consider a troubling relationship between Syria's brutal regime and Dr. Hazem Chehabi, ... More >>
Culture
October 13, 2011
WINNER'S CIRCLE: Rin Tanaka
[BEST OF 2011: GAME ON!] Author and photographer
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November 14, 2011
Brett Schrauben: Confessed Hit Man with Vocabulary Woes
Schrauben: Speak slowly and use only one syllable words in his presence"I don't know what that [word] means."That was today's answer by admitted hit man Brett Schrauben when asked by veteran public defender Derek Bercher if he'd been "altruistic" in confessing his role in the 1998 Rambo knife mur ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
T.J. Garrick Arrested in 13-Year-Old Jack Jessee Murder Conspiracy
Prosecutor Mike MurrayThe final piece in Orange County law enforcement's relentless determination to solve a 13-year-old Placentia murder fell into place this afternoon when sheriff's homicide detectives arrested Thomas Joseph Garrick of Laguna Hills.Garrick is now locked inside the Orange County ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
[UPDATED with Paddle Out Details:] Sean Collins, Surfline Founder, Dies
UPDATE, DEC. 28, 5:38 P.M.: A paddle out in memory of Surfline founder, president and chief forecaster Sean Collins is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Jan. 7 on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier. If Collins were still here to give a prediction, he'd tell surfers to brace for the possibili ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Charlie Murphy
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