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Mike from Rancho Santa Margarita: Slag Off!

A couple of weeks ago in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre, the Los Angeles Times published a great article about how minorities fret that one of their own is the guilty party whenever a violent tragedy occurs. Shameful apprehension is exactly what I feel whenever I read stories involving the c ... More >>

More Mexican Pooping Conspiracies

If there's one thing the Anti-Immigrant All-Stars are good at, it's at spinning wild, wacky conspiracies about Mexicans. The latest going around, as I reported last week, was a supposed Mexican shit epidemic plaguing the streets of Dana Point. As the article points out, none of the day laborers inte ... More >>

Va Tech Murders Give OC Sheriff Pal Excuse

At the insistence of John Barnett, OC 's legendary defense lawyer, a San Bernardino County judge refused to allow opening statements Monday in the jury trial of Raymond K. Yi, a former OC reserve deputy who faces six felony charges for a 2005 gun-related temper tantrum on a golf course. Barnett, fa ... More >>

Disturbia

A man using crutches but holding a gun still failed at carjacking. A motorist threw hot coffee on a bicyclist. Before he lost his wig and shoes, a man tried to steal a Nintendo game from a Laguna Beach hotel room. A man sitting in a restaurant issued death threats. A burglar stole only syringes from ... More >>

The Conservative Pundit's Nightmare

Shock! Rapper Common links public and private issues with thoughtfulness!

From Hunter to Hunted

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar

Letters

'There is no life left in the paper. No humor, no edge, no spank. You are plain and boring. I dont know what you did to all these good people to run away, but I can guess. I wont pick up OC Weekly Scarlet Letters

Chapman U. dean under scrutiny for scolding outcast fraternity

Angry Asian Rap Stalls Case

VA Tech murders give OC Sheriff pal excuse

Calamity Mike

Road Ready

Smelling fresh and clean with Death By Stereo

'Boxing Gym' Packs a Punch

The beauty and rhythm of the fight in Frederick Wisemano's knockout doc

Paging Samuel L. Jackson! Flying Snakes Invade Long Beach Convention Center!

​ The heart of the matter on the Long Beach Convention Center Grand Ballroom B stage was Chrysopelea paradisi. And what are Chrysopelea paradisi, you ask? They're freakin' flying snakes, that's what they are.With visions of flying snakes launching themselves from the stage and onto the academics w ... More >>

Author Tracks Pterodactyls Among Us

​We told you last month about an academic in Long Beach warning about flying predators: snakes formally known as Chrysopelea paradisi to be exact. Now, another academic in Long Beach is illuminating the world about a different, much larger flying predator--and this one not only glows in the dark, ... More >>

How 'Glee' and Lady Gaga are Making Losers Cool

​Remember your first day as a freshman in high school? The unbearable weight of what seemed like countless eyes on you like a ton of fleshy bricks (ew)? That helpless feeling almost always accompanied by an urgent rush to the nearest restroom, where you strategically planned your day to avoid unc ... More >>