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Mayors of Newport Beach and Santa Ana Devise Plan to Keep Some Fire Pits in Newps: Update

See Update No. 2 on page 2 about a proposal from the mayors of Santa Ana and Newport Beach to reduce the number of fire rings in the beach city and convert some remaining into cleaner-burning pits. Update No. 1 on the next page is about air-quality regulators softening their hardline stance before t ... More >>

Newport Beach and Huntington Beach React Differently to Fire Pit Pollution Findings

Call it "A Tale of Two City Takeaways:" Newport Beach and Huntington Beach's mayors, at opposite ends on whether to remove fire rings along their beaches, heard--and reacted differently to--state data indicating what's emitted from a pit over one evening equals the pollution spewed by a heavy duty d ... More >>

[UPDATED with Rescuers Put in Harm's Way:] Kyndall Jack and Nicholas Cendoya Saved

See Update No. 7 on page 3 about a recently concluded press conference giving a complete overview of the latest events in Trabuco Canyon.See Update Nos. 3-6 on page 2 about the man being found alive, the search resuming for the woman, Kyndall Jack being found and airlifted out and how it all happene ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Urged to Add Tustin Lawyer David Wohl to Her Criminal Defense Team

The hottest of hot messes, Lindsay Lohan, is reportedly being swayed to add an Orange County lawyer to her defense team by the controversial New York attorney representing the actress fighting charges she lied to cops about a Pacific Coast Highway crash. E! News watcher's surely know that a Los Ange ... More >>

Richard Gustav Forsberg Guilty of Wife's Decapitation and Dismemberment Murder

Richard Gustavo Forsberg, the Rancho Santa Margarita man whose ever-changing stories about the whereabouts of his wife of nearly 40 years led to a homicide investigation, was convicted this morning in Orange County Superior Court. The jury found the 63-year-old guilty of second-degree murder in the ... More >>

The Five Most Influential Cities in the Development of Mexican Food in the United States

​SO...my much-promised book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America finally hits the bookstores next month (April 10), and review copies are slowly making their way around the nation's newsrooms. So I might as well start giving out bits and pieces to entice ustedes to preorder the damn thing ... More >>

Gary Samuel Cochran, Who Filmed Video of 8-year-old Girl Having Sex, Gets 26 Years

​Gary Samuel Cochran, a registered sex offender who was among 55 men nabbed after a multi-agency probe into child pornography exchanged via peer-to-peer networks like Limewire, was sentenced Monday to 26 years in federal prison. The 53-year-old had agreed in September to a plea deal after federal ... More >>

You May Not Know Your Future, But Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Does

​Roy Reynolds is a Fountain Valley-based pollster with a bug up his ass about the Southern California Association of Governments.Thank God.For those who have never heard of SCAG, it is, as Reynolds puts it, "an unelected, unrepresentative pseudo-government-like group" that "we must tolerate in our ... More >>

Gary Samuel Cochran, Child Porn Convict Swept Up in Peer-to-Peer Network Probe, Cuts Deal with Feds

​Gary Samuel Cochran, a 53-year-old registered sex offender who was among 55 men nabbed after a multi-agency probe into child pornography exchanged via peer-to-peer networks like Limewire, agreed Thursday to plea guilty to making kiddie porn, federal prosecutors say.How kiddie? A search of Cochr ... More >>

[UPDATED with Criminal Charges:] Michael T. Pines, Attorney Who Advised Client to Break Into Foreclosured Newport Coast Home, Has Law License Suspended

​UPDATE, MAY 31, 2:40 P.M.: San Diego attorney Michael T. Pines, who advised a 72-year-old client to break into a Newport Coast home he had been foreclosed out of--and invited the media and the bank trustee to watch the spectacle-- faces charges that could have him spending a year behind bars.The ... More >>

Soka University of America Is a School On a Hill

The Aliso Viejo college was founded by a Buddhist sect that preaches peace—so why are so many former professors alleging the opposite?

KOCE To Become PBS SoCal, Will No Longer Focus On Orange County

​Say goodbye to KOCE. Beginning in January, the Orange County public television station will become PBS SoCal.  The name change was announced in a telephone press conference today as KOCE takes over as the flagship PBS station for Southern California, replacing Los Angeles' KCET, which will ... More >>

Fear and Longing In Karaoke

The contestants in KaraokeFest battle stage fright, self-doubt and one another

What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship

Not the Same Old (Karaoke) Songs

[Summer Guide] Competitors in Karaoke Fest’s Crème de la Crème tournament face a tough panel of judges

Last Night: Morrissey at the Fox Theater, Pomona

Andrew YoussefMorrissey in the first of two shirts he wore Monday night in Pomona.​Last Night: Morrissey, Doll & the Kicks at the Fox Theater, Pomona; December 7, 2009.Better Than: Arguably: Friday's Las Vegas show, which was cut short without an encore. Unarguably: Saturday's Indio show, whic ... More >>

Why Do More Latinos Settle in OC Than Closer to the Border?

You'd think San Diego County's closeness to the Mexican border would make it a natural place for Latinos to call home, but according to the U.S. Census Bureau, San Diego County continues to have the lowest concentration of Latinos among Southern California counties. That's because, immigration tr ... More >>

Warped Tour to Launch in Pomona This Year, Lineup Announced

For the third straight year, the Vans Warped Tour--46 dates in 2009-will be kicking off at the Pomona Fairplex, this time on June 26. Pre-sales for tickets start April 1 (not a prank), with the "regular" on-sale date being April 18. They've also announced the list of bands performing, though we don' ... More >>

Hedonistic Hardcore Band Annihilation Time Coming to Pound Pomona

Hit List

WEB EXCLUSIVE! The top movies of 2007

Commie Girl

Sex on a school desk, the Governors health care plan and Susan Kang Schroeders actual age (38!)

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Playtime

Open-Air Cinema

Watch movies outside? Where?

Felt So Good

Murs and Lisa Bonet make for some real Atmosphere

Girls Trouble

Happy New Year: now youll pay for the sheriffs alleged sex romps

"Fags Die"

The case against Gregory Michael Pisarcik

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

The Lemons of Orange

The Pacific Symphonys vanity fair

Next Stop: Immobility

An A to Z Guide to Surviving the Death/Pause/Sunshine of the CenterLine

The Great Pretenders

Everyone borrows, especially the Platters

Voltaire Surfed

Mark Axelrods Borges Travel

High Prices, Safe Bet

Rachel Ashwells soporific new sleepwear line

Cry Baby Beach

Looking for the most polluted water in OC? Look for a baby beach

Going Ballistic

Headlines from around America

Gettin Shig-ee With It

Shigetoshi Hasegawa pursues baseball, golf balls and the American dream

'Noise and Chaos'

Relish on the road with Warped

Heal the SUV

Ford's partnership with Heal the Bay not as weird as it sounds

We're a Nostalgia Act. We Do Oldies

X guitarist Billy Zoom on the past, present and future of punk rock

Is David Woodard's Life His Art?

Or is his art his life?
Or is he just scamming us?

The Weekly Guide to Doing Time

Bottom of the Mailbag

The Kid Is Gone

As the battle over his future escalates, Arthur Carmona is sent north

That 70s Week

White-trash fever heats up as the millennium approaches

Knock 'Em Down

Our 15 favorite places OC developers have missed