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Over the years I've covered the Catholic Diocese of Orange sex-abuse scandal, I've found few people braver than Joelle Casteix. She's one of Orange County's most prominent sex-abuse survivors (a choir director repeatedly raped Casteix while she was a student at Mater Dei High during the 1980s) and frequently stands outside churches to demand clueless Catholics hear the voices of the Orange dio
Organizers claim the LA Art Show -- a massive, mixed-media event that showcases everything from cutting-edge contemporary installations to works by Renoir and Monet -- is the main reason the Los Angeles City Council declared January "Los Angeles Art Month." What their resolution doesn't mention is how Orange County is cutting into the action.Among the 175 galleries exhibiting are two from Laguna Beach, Redfern Gallery and Sue Greenwood Fine Art, which has shown the artwork depicted here. Redfern
Angels in America, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.One of the most important pieces in American theatre comes to Orange
County. An epic yet intimate look at relationships, religion, politics
and AIDS. Produced by Theatre Out and the Maverick Theater.Maverick Theater, 110 E. Walnut, Anaheim, CA; 714-526-7070
Lecture: Masks Renew the World, Saturday at 1:30 p.m.Dr. Herbert M. Cole, Professor Emeritus, UCSB, discusses how the
diverse human, animal, and composite masks of Africa both
Beth Krom Congress 2010 Facebook pageThe Kroms in 2007 (from left): Hershel, Abby, Noah, Solly and Beth.The Weekly, which has taken jabs over the years at a certain Irvine city councilwoman and announced congressional candidate, expresses its deepest condolences to Beth and Solly Krom, who are mourning the death of their 22-year-old son."It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of our son
Noah Krom in Santa Barbara on Friday night," the couple wrote on Beth's congressional campai
Noah KromWe told you yesterday about the tragic death of 22-year-old Noah Krom, the eldest son of Irvine's Solly Krom and City Councilwoman and announced congressional candidate Beth Krom. Santa Barbara County Sheriff's investigators are now trying to piece together the events that took the UC Santa Barbara senior to the steep cliff he eventually fell off of before plunging to his death on the Isla Vista beach below Friday night or early Saturday morning.
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