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  • Blogs

    September 12, 2006

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2006

    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 >>

  • Food

    June 15, 2000

    Barbecouscous

    Tulsa meats tabouli in Orange

  • Features

    February 22, 2001

    The Taxi Driver

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

  • Film

    August 23, 2001

    Prince of Darkness

    Filmmaker John Carpenter

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    September 27, 2007

    Hurrah for Jara

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

  • Features

    September 27, 2007

    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

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Bird of a Feather

    Getting to know Miranda July

  • Music

    December 4, 2003

    Road Ready

    Smelling fresh and clean with Death By Stereo

  • Columns

    September 27, 2001

    It Slices, It Dices, It Hijacks

    Smelling fresh and clean with Death By Stereo

  • Features

    March 22, 2001

    How to Become the Worlds Greatest Skateboarder

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

  • Supplement

    February 15, 2001

    How My Affair With Porn Was Born

    Confessions of an adult-bookstore clerk

  • Music

    February 24, 2000

    Hippos Not Extinct

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

  • Columns

    December 31, 1998

    Good God, Y'all!

    Just another day for you and me in paradise

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    War is Hell, But It Needn't Be Smelly

    ​Have you ever wanted to smell like a Marine?

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    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

  • Music

    November 11, 2010

    Just Like Starting Over

    Pilar Diaz's solo stint has been a helluva ride

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    [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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    [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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    [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 >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2011

    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'

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    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 >>

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