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Fund Collects Assistance for Annette Aoki, Mother of Ali Syed's First Presumed Victim

A reader wondered if an online page he found to donate to Annette Aoki, the mother of Ali Syed'd presumed first murder victim in Ladera Ranch Courtney Aoki, was legitimate, especially in light of the phony money-collecting sites that sprang up after the Sandy Hook tragedy.So the Weekly asked the Ora ... More >>

Todd Spitzer Postpones Violence Forum in Wake of Chris Dorner and Ali Syed Murders

I began the second-to-the-last update on the Feb. 19 freeway shooting rampage by mentioning Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer had hijacked an afternoon press conference by law enforcement. As a Los Angeles television station was cutting away from the live coverage because of this unwelcome intru ... More >>

[PHOTOS:] Sarwat Syed, Mother of Murder-Suicide-Freeway-Rampage Gunman Ali Syed, Goes to Court to Fight Hit-and-Run

Ladera Ranch's Sarwat Syed went to court Monday morning, but her appearance had nothing to do with the crimes tied to her late son, who is alleged to have killed three people and terrorized Orange County freeway drivers before taking his own life last Tuesday.Yet, because of the notoriety of her son ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sharp A.M. Jolt:] Quake Rolls Through Yorba Linda ... to Yawns

See update at the end of this post about a sharp jolt that just hit at 9:33 a.m.ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 8, 8:59 A.M.: So I'm watching the end of a season one Damages episode via Amazon last night--keep an eye out for that Ted Danson kid, he's quite an actor--and what felt like an invisible train rolled ... More >>

KFI's Bill Handel Is Coming To OC For Todd Spitzer's Campaign

You've got to give Todd Spitzer points for determination.The notoriously chatty Orange County supervisor candidate has done the impossible.He's found someone who may love to talk and talk and talk and talk more than he does: KFI's Bill Handel.And the unstoppable Spitzer bandwagon is bringing Handel ... More >>

Todd Spitzer and Asian Massage Parlors Have What in Common?

When you hear of a "grand opening" you might think of an Asian massage parlor ad, but once and future Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer is taking back the phrase if only for one day.Spitzer will celebrate the "grand opening" of his new campaign headquarters tomorrow afternoon.And how do we know ... More >>

Jim Gilchrist Asked Deborah Pauly During Villa Park Council Meeting to Not Speak to CCIR; What did Pauly Do?

​Just got a note from Jim Gilchrist, the longtime anti-illegals guy and persistent thorn in the side of true Know Nothings. Seems that he attended the Villa Park City Council meeting this Tuesday to ask Drunken Deborah Pauly to not address the California Coalition for Immigration Reform meeting th ... More >>

Bruce Gleason Wants Your God to Noexist

Forget Christianity, Judaism, Islam and the rest. It's all about us, says Orange County's most famous atheist

Kogi Creator Roy Choi Gives Love To OC In His Upcoming Memoir

​Kogi BBQ founder Roy Choi may just be the greatest success story in Los Angeles' modern-day food world. By selling Korean tacos out of a Tweet-happy truck, the badass chef set off the luxe lonchera frenzy. He's since opened other acclaimed establishments--Chego, A-Frame and Sunny Spot--and has be ... More >>

Keeping Track: Where Are All The Weekly Clustertrucks?

​UPDATE: Anne Eng informed us that as of now, the Wednesday clustertruck is not occurring every week. They are still coordinating with other luxe loncheras for a steady rotation. Best to follow Panfiniti for updates.ORIGINAL POST: Per our friends at Panfiniti, the newest clustertruck is on Wednesd ... More >>

What We Learned, Jan. 21-Jan. 27

​A random collection of this week's randomness randomly tagged with random observations of what we learned from it.JAN. 21: Orange County's Democratic establishment is thrown into a tizzy as Julio Perez, formerly of the Orange County Labor Federation, handily gets more votes than his 69th Assembly ... More >>

PHOTOS: OC's Wackiest Meet Michelle Bachmann at Tepid Costa Mesa Rally

Ed Carrasco/OC Weekly​Ah, Orange County: the place where Republican candidates have gone to make or break their campaigns forever. Add Tea Party princess Michelle Bachmann to the latter list.A crowd of only a couple hundred greeted Bachmann near the Pacific Ampitheater, and you know you're in trou ... More >>

California Coalition for Immigration Reform Less Tolerant than Ever, Or: How NOT to Infiltrate a CCIR Meeting

​A small but boisterous crowd of protestors stood outside the Garden Grove Women's Club on Wednesday, where the wackjob California Coalition for Immigration Reform hosted the latest in a long line of lunatic lecturers: Villa Park councilwoman Deborah "Sodomy" Pauly. One of her constituents, Villa ... More >>

[UPDATE: OC Democrats Blast Pauly] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function

​UPDATE, MARCH 25, 4:40 P.M.: The Democratic Party of Orange County has weighed in on Villa Park City Councilwoman's Deborah Pauly's harsh remarks at an anti-Muslim rally in Yorba Linda last month. (Welcome to the party, folks!)As you might expect from a party philosophically opposite of a teabagg ... More >>

Why Are People Surprised Orange County has Anti-Muslim Loons?

Pauly: Pendeja​Color me jaded, cynical, or wayyyyy too in to be able to see from the outside, but I'm shocked that the anti-Muslim* rally that happened last week in Yorba Linda has made the national news. Write-ups in Salon, Good, and other national publications? Really? Sure, part of it is that t ... More >>

Sunday News Notes: Reg Slams Loretta Sanchez

​Local news highlights include:Register against Loretta Sanchez but drags out marijuana stanceThe editorial staff of the OC Register has declared itself for congressional candidate Van Tran, a Republican; U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, a Republican; and Whitman, yep, a Republican. "From our ... More >>

Mark Wayne Hewlett, Drunk Off-Duty Deputy Who Crashed Into Supervisor Bill Campbell's Planter, Avoids Jail Sentence

​We told you in March about the DUI charge brought against Orange County sheriff's deputy Mark Wayne Hewlett, who got drunk while off duty, lost control of his personal vehicle and crashed into a planter in the front yard of Orange County Supervisor Bill Campbell's Villa Park home. ... More >>

On "Rule-of-Law" OC Cities and their Laughable Hypocrisies

​Here's something for ustedes to munch on while I finish something fun: ever notice how the cities in Orange County that are tripping over themselves trying to pass resolutions supporting Arizona's SB-1070 anti-illegals bill or standing with Costa Mesa's anti-Mexican efforts are the cities that ha ... More >>

Orange County's Sexiest Cities

[Sex Issue] Our guide to the steamiest-and not so steamy-municipalities

Howard Ahmanson Jr. Only the Second Biggest Hater

Gustavo's pal Howard F. Ahmanson Jr. just missed the top spot on the Dishonor Roll published online by Californians Against Hate. The Knights of Columbus of New Haven, Conn., gave $1.425 million to the campaign for the same-sex-marriage-barring Prop. 8, while Howie only ponied up $1.395 million.Hey, ... More >>

Fullerton Thief with real Modest(o) "Low Expectations"*

Wall Street rogue or just opportunistic, minor-league thief, there’s such a thing as setting your sights too high. There’s also setting them too low. . .like WAY too low. Fullerton police are reporting that a computer hard drive, stolen from Systematic Automation Inc., a local data processing ... More >>

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Thanks for the Work!

An open letter to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, Sheriff Mike Carona, and the police chiefs and mayors of every Orange County city except Laguna Niguel

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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Tasty morsels from OC's best damn dining guide

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Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

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Orange County's best damn dining guide

No Sweat

County officials say no to swimming, but yes to recycling at Irvine Lake

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How OC Are You When It Comes to "S.E.X."?

Our sexy sex quiz

Best of OC

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3BD 3BA Underwater

A Newport Beach builder could put you in something spacious, lovely andif a dam breaksunder 15 feet of water

Earth Mover

Supervisor candidate Jim Potts wants to shake up county, dig tunnel under mountain

Enemies in Our Midst?

For Japanese-Americans, Bushs war on terror is deja vu

Diary of a mad county

Orange County, California: 2001

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Summer Eats

Part Two

Muzzle Puzzle

Why is Animal Control displaying a bunker mentality?

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