Van Nuys

A Question of Identity

Which accused LA crime figure is a friend of a friend of ex-Los Angeles DA Steve Cooley?

Doc al-Qaeda

Judge to punish Cypress resident and former CVS pharmacist tied to terrorism plot against U.S. soldiers

Kings of the Stone Age

Dave Grohl and other rockers toast LA's Sound City

Ed Wood: Cremated in Brea!

When it comes to pop culture and things that are cool, Orange County is a lot like an oyster: you have to put some effort into finding the pearls. I stumbled across a nifty little nugget of local cultural relevance one day while scanning the celebrity directory at findadeath.com, which meticulously ... More >>

Charles Anthony Murphy Jr. Found Guilty in Third Re-Trial in Burned Bodies Murder Case

Charles Anthony Murphy Jr. was found guilty today of murdering a father and daughter, trying to murder the man's wife and conspiring to murder the parents in a grisly 2007 case that included the bodies of the dead being set afire in an abandoned van. The Mission Hills 27-year-old could get life in s ... More >>

Niko Black Won't Surrender

A dying woman is determined to return to the Garden Grove home from which she was evicted

Vitaliy Krasnoperov Gets Life Without Parole for Role in Burned Bodies Murder Case

Vitaliy Krasnoperov was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the 2007 murders of an Anaheim Hills man and his daughter and the attempted murder of her mother.The bodies of the deceased were set aflame in an attempt to cover-up the crimes, and H ... More >>

Prince Edward Maryland Is Sorry

He nearly beat his wife to death, but the Ironwood State Prison resident wants you to donate to his anti-domestic-violence charity

Accused Orange County Terrorism Suspect: FBI is Using Secrecy to Mask a Bad Case

A lawyer representing an Orange County CVS pharmacist accused in 2011 of lying to the FBI about her role in funding international terrorism claims the government's case is weak and that prosecutors are abusing foreign intelligence secrecy rules.Defending Oytun Ayse Mihalik against the charge when th ... More >>

[UPDATED with 2nd Mistrial:] Charles Anthony Murphy Jr. Accused in Grisly Family Murders

​UPDATE, MARCH 26, 4:21 P.M.: Charles Anthony Murphy Jr. is now 2-for-2 in murder trials against him ending in mistrial. His first was declared in December, and today Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals declared a second to give the defense more time to examine evidence the prosecut ... More >>

$310 Million from Mattel Enough for Bratz Doll Maker MGA That Wants $1 Billion: Judge

​Winning $310 million of Mattel's money was not enough for Bratz maker MGA Entertainment, which extended the long legal battle in Santa Ana's federal courthouse by seeking $1 billion in total damages from the Barbie manufacturer.But Judge David O. Carter dismissed MGA's antitrust complaint last we ... More >>

Vagan Adzhemyan, Former Champion Armenia Wrestler, Gets 30 Years for Violent Kidnapping

​A former Armenia wrestling champion living in Costa Mesa was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping a business associate who was accidentally shot during the abduction before being beaten, tased and denied medical attention while his captor negotiated a $1 million ransom."No one d ... More >>

Vitaliy Krasnoperov Found Guilty at Second Revenge-Murder Trial; Jury Deadlocks on Co-Defendant Charles Anthony Murphy Jr.

Vitaliy Krasnoperov​The first murder trial of  Vitaliy Krasnoperov ended in mistrial in May. Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals merged the Hollywood resident's tr-trial with the murder trial of co-defendant Charles Anthony Murphy Jr. Today, a jury in Santa Ana convicted 26-year-old Krasnop ... More >>

Thrice Are Family Guys

After nearly two years of both tragedy and triumph on the home front, Irvine's favorite post-hardcore band work it all out with their new album, 'Major/Minor'

[UPDATED with $315 Mil Bond for Mattel:] Bratz Maker MGA's Total Take From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel? $310 Million

​UPDATE, AUG. 17, 5:21 P.M.: In federal court in Santa Ana today, Judge David O. Carter ordered Mattel to post a $315 million bond while the El Segundo-based toy manufacturing giant fights a $310 million award to MGA Entertainment.It's the latest twist in the trade secrets legal battle the makers ... More >>

[UPDATED with New Trial:] Vitaliy Krasnoperov Accused of Murder in Plot with 2 Burned Bodies

Vitaliy Krasnoperov​UPDATE, JUNE 7, 11:52 A.M.: 25-year-old Hollywood resident Vitaliy Krasnoperov is accused of conspiring with childhood friend Iftekhar Murtaza via online instant messages to plan and carry out the kidnapping, murder and setting ablaze of the sister and father of Murtaza's ex-gi ... More >>

[UPDATED with Award Proposal:] Bratz Maker MGA Wants $339 Million From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel

​UPDATE, MAY 25, 9:30 A.M.: Analysts agree that in the seven years since Barbie-maker Mattel first went after Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment in court, the smaller company's fortune dwindled while Mattel remained a toy industry giant. MGA is hoping to retrieve $339 million of that fortune in ... More >>

Los Abandoned to Reunite for One Night Only!

​Call them Los Disbanded no more! Lady P, Don Verde, Vira Lata, and Dulce will reunite as Los Abandoned for a special one-time only concert at the Echoplex. It will mark the first time the Los Angeles-based Latin Alternative band has taken the stage since their farewell performance at the Tar Fest ... More >>

Contestants for The Great Food Truck Race Season 2 Revealed

SeabirdsTruck.comThe Seabirds girls in Vegas​We already know The Lime Truck and Seabirds are in the midst of competing in the second season of The Great Food Truck Race at this very moment. Seabirds' website has a picture of Stephanie Morgan and her two gal pals pre-race, along with this not-so-cr ... More >>

Octomom Nadya Suleman Returns Porn King's Check, Porn King Says He's Done Having His Way With Her

​Octomom Nadya Suleman said Tuesday she refused Vivid Entertainment's offers to pay her February mortgage and pick up the complete $450,000 note on the La Habra home the single mother shares with her 14 kids.Today, the chief of the Van Nuys-based porn company revealed he has gotten the hint.Steven ... More >>

Hello Seahorse! Ready to Greet Detroit Bar

​Formed in Mexico City back in 2005, Hello Seahorse! has matured into an experimental indie-rock outfit. Their 2009 effort, Bestia, netted them numerous accolades, including a Latin Grammy nomination, and Best Rock Album distinctions at Mexico's Indie-O Awards. Fronted by singer Denise "Lo Blondo" ... More >>

Just Like Starting Over

Pilar Diaz's solo stint has been a helluva ride

Know Fearless Records

The OC label that first signed Plain White T's has a plan for keeping the next big thing from bolting to the majors

TONIGHT: The Expanders at Commonwealth Lounge

The Expanders​Even though most local venues don't host too many old school rock steady or dub groups, we've been shown time and time again that when clubs like Commonwealth slam our ears with island sound, it's usually in the biggest way possible. Or, at least with the biggest groups possible. Ent ... More >>

War is Hell, But It Needn't Be Smelly

​Have you ever wanted to smell like a Marine?

Citizen of the Week!

The sadomasochistic onetime X-Files actor (1), who shoved a hot crack cocaine pipe inside a south Orange County woman's vagina because he believed she worked for the devil, recently placed an ad in LA Weekly:"Busy businessman/producer needs immediate project assistance . . . Experience not necessar ... More >>

Last Night: Jenny Lewis, Beachwood Sparks, Pierre de Reeder at the Orpheum Theatre

Last Night: Jenny Lewis, Beachwood Sparks, Pierre de Reeder at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, Oct. 30, 2008. Better Than: Staying home and watching the season premiere of "30 Rock." Which isn't a dis of "30 Rock," because that show is fantastic, it's a testament to how great this show was. ( ... More >>

Hurrah for Jara

Los Abandonded's Pilar Diaz pays tribute to a revolutionary Chilean icon

Bad Moves

The bishop broke his covenant. The former chancellor broke down. But the truth about the Diocese of Orange's sex-abuse scandal is emerging in court anyway

Bad Medicine

Fullerton is certainly full of something these days. Last month the Fullerton Planning Commission approved a resolution to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in their city. In fact, all the resolution woul accomplish is a violation of California law; that and a major buzz-kill to Jay's Paradise, the ... More >>

Mossimo part Indian?

Remember those high-flying days in the mid-'90s when Orange County action-sportswear god Mossimo Giannulli was the IT guy? And how he soon made a splashy leap into high-end fashion? And how he said at the time his brand would never wind up in stores like Target? And how, facing bankruptcy in 2000, h ... More >>

Bird of a Feather

Getting to know Miranda July

Road Ready

Smelling fresh and clean with Death By Stereo

It Slices, It Dices, It Hijacks

Prince of Darkness

Filmmaker John Carpenter

How to Become the Worlds Greatest Skateboarder

From Indiana to Orange County by air: The life of Brian Patch

The Taxi Driver

Military sales to Latin American dictators, CIA contacts, and the strange odyssey of OC cabby Richard Schorling

How My Affair With Porn Was Born

Confessions of an adult-bookstore clerk

Barbecouscous

Tulsa meats tabouli in Orange

Hippos Not Extinct

Even as third-wave ska tumbles to a close, the Hippos stomp

Good God, Y'all!

Just another day for you and me in paradise