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  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Irvine 11 Plead Not Guilty to Misdemeanors; No Ruling on Defense Motion to Remove OCDA

    ​Dressed in formal suits, button-up shirts and neat ties, the young men dubbed the "Irvine 11" appeared in court today, pleading not guilty to misdemeanor charges of both interrupting and conspiring to interrupt a lecture held last year on the UC Irvine campus, in which Israeli Ambassador to the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    [UPDATED] Irvine 11 Charged With Misdemeanors, Face Jail, Probation, Community Service if Convicted

    Photos by Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklySeven of the Irvine 11​UPDATE, MARCH 11, 4:08 P.M.: The arraignment of the Irvine 11 was continued this morning until April 15 so the court can consider defense motions to seal grand jury documents, remove the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) from the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    [UPDATED] Irvine 11 Charged With Misdemeanors, Face Jail, Probation, Community Service if Convicted

    ​UPDATED, FEB. 28, 8:33 A.M.: The Islamic Institute of Orange County hosts "Stand With the Irvine 11: Community Town Hall and Action" at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the IIOC Multipurpose Room, 1220 N. State College Blvd., Irvine.The event flier follows after the jump. (Also, scroll down a couple posts i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    One Era Ends and Another Begins at South Coast Repertory

    Scr.orgMartin Benson and David Emmes​It's not exactly a seismic shift, but whenever two main forces behind a major artistic institution decide to step down, it's a very big deal.  And that's what's happening at South Coast Repertory, a theater that (sorry, Will Ferrell and Jenna Haze) is, ha ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Mexican Macroeconomics

    Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Santa Ana College Quad Less Crowded

    ​UPDATE: Little did I know while posting this morning that Rancho Santiago College District, which oversees Santa Ana College, would be announcing sharp enrollment declines, although they are fewer than indicated in the student newspaper (see end of post) . . . With the tuition fee hikes, dwindlin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    U.S. Senate Candidate Accused of Closing Santa Ana Plant and Sending Its Jobs to Mexico

    Binnie​A former Santa Ana plastics company is being dragged into the U.S. Senate Republican primary race in New Hampshire.William Harrison "Bill" Binnie is self-funding his campaign for the seat held by Republican incumbent Judd Gregg, who is retiring from the upper house. Binnie currently serves ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Bicycling: So Hot Right Now

    ​Bikes are sooooo hot!In Long Beach, they are hot in the stolen property sense. More on that in a bit. First, we turn more positively to Orange County's LB.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    UCI Muslim Student Union Strikes Back

    Oren​Current and former members of UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union, which has been suspended for a year in connection with the repeated disruptions of Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren's campus speech in February, say the university disciplinary action was too harsh.They further add the suspension- ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    Animal Research Protesters Face Terrorism Charges

    A Long Beach couple could do five years in federal prison for aggressively protesting animal research at UC schools up north

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Loretta Sanchez Cancels UC Riverside Commencement Speech at Behest of Union Masters

    Sanchez: Laughing all the way to the bank...​Yesterday's announcement by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Won't Co-Sponsor DREAM Act) took about as much political courage as affixing a flag pin to her outfit. She is honoring a request by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Empl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    UC Workers Union Ask Commencement Speakers to Boycott Their Own Speeches--Time to Call Gustavo a Scab!

    ​A couple of weeks ago, I was at a backyard party in SanTana (no, not that type of party) when a gentleman sat down with me and talked for about 20 minutes. I had met him before but found out then that he was a representative for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    ADL Opposes Jewish Boycott of UCI, Gently Admonishes Chancellor Drake

    ​Not all organizations fighting anti-Semitism are the same. Take the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which announced opposition today to calls by "some in the Jewish community" to boycott UC Irvine over perceived anti-Israel activity on campus.Who would that "some" be? How about the Zionist Organiz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    UCI Professor's Budget-Cut Dispatch Splits Audience

    Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom​Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, a history professor at UC Irvine, has written a thoughtful piece for The Chronicle of Higher Education titled, "U. of California Cuts: A Faculty Member's Dispatch From the Front Lines." In the piece, Wasserstrom bemoans how the state budget crisis cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    From "Acknowledged Leader" to Convicted Felon for Reed Diehl

    Reed Diehl, during better days at Cal.UPDATED WITH THE TWO CENTS OF THE FBI...With the guilty plea in a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme entered by Reed Diehl, the standout Mater Dei High School center who went on to an impressive college football career at the University of California and a brief ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Ward Connerly: Protector of High Asian Admissions at UC Irvine

    Connerly: Asian fetishWard Connerly, the African American crusader who has never met a government set-aside based on race that he's liked, believes the University of California is hellbent on reducing Asian-American admissions--and Asian-American rights groups are not doing enough to stop them.Writi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    UC Irvine Professor and the "Sham of Sexual Harassment Seminars"

    We've all had to sit through some hour-long, mind-numbing sexual harassment training seminars before—what, asking if the carpet match the drapes is offensive?—but we've all done it. Because we have to. And, you know, chances are, some of us are actually pervy creeps that need to be told what is ... More >>

  • Features

    January 24, 2008

    Moneyopoly

    Who are the OC players who contributed to the 2008 presidential candidates?

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    Haunted OC Hotspots

    In honor of Halloween the OC Weekly has compiled a list of haunted Orange County locations courtesy the database of haunted places on Shadowlands.net. So take some time and have a read. Even if you don't believe in ghosts, at least you can learn about some local legends and scare yourself silly! M ... More >>

  • Features

    July 19, 2007

    Soil to Soul

    Orange County’s freshest farmers, farmers markets, food purveyors—and the chefs who love them

  • Web

    December 7, 2006

    Yellow Fever Web Feedback

    The hits keeping comin'

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2006

    Management Theory

    If you notice that the California section of the Los Angeles Times seems a little brighter, a little more giddy (or giddy up?), there's a reason for that. Times managing editor Doug Franz has been reaching out to the drones of that section, and spreading happiness all around. As he announced in an ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Bomb Voyage

    Cops say wannabe doctor faces charges in UCI bomb hoax

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Down With George Bush The Usurper

    OC man files largest civil-rights lawsuit in U.S. history

  • Music

    August 26, 2004

    Live Reviews

    OC man files largest civil-rights lawsuit in U.S. history

  • Features

    May 29, 2003

    Things We Love About Summer

    OC man files largest civil-rights lawsuit in U.S. history

  • Features

    January 2, 2003

    2002: Diary of a Mad Year

    OC man files largest civil-rights lawsuit in U.S. history

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    Landslide 2002

    What we saw on election night

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Bring Yer Own Blues

    Big Time fest goes small time

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    The Year in Rebuke

    Big Time fest goes small time

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Bandwidth on the Run

    Is Net speed or censorship behind Napster spat?

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Proposition Me

    Our modest take on the tuesday ballot

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Small, Fuzzy Justice

    Lies, corruption and a sock-stealing house pet

  • Culture

    September 2, 1999

    Just Crap

    New Salinger bio cant get at the man who doesnt want to be gotten

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    The Silent Treatment, Part II

    Whats next for Ward Valley? Dont ask the governor

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    DWUS

    Driving While a UCI Student

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