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April 3, 2012
A "Pink Slime"-Using Beef Producer Files For Bankruptcy
The Wall Street Journal reports that AFA Foods, which contributes to about 2% of total U.S. beef production has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company's products are sold by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Burger King Holdings Inc., Jack in the Box Inc., Carl Karcher Enterprises Inc., Wendy' ... More >>
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March 22, 2012
Vons, Albertsons, and Walmart To Stop Selling "Pink Slime" Beef
What Louis Braindeis once said about sunlight being the best disinfectant can probably apply here. After being "pink"-listed by The Daily as sellers of "pink slime" beef, several supermarket chains have announced that they will stop offering beef that contains the filler previously known as ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Is Kula Becoming The Walmart of Sushi?
Some may remember that before it sold $2 sushi on moving belts, Kula's previous incarnation was as a high-priced, made-to-order sushi bar in Century City. When it failed to catch on after about one year, the restaurant made the move to the then still unproven Diamond Jamboree in Irvine. It was he ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Christopher Micah Brazelton, Teacher in Garden Grove, Gets 8 Years for Molesting Girls
A male teacher who fondled little girls at his Garden Grove elementary school and a Santa Ana Walmart was sentenced Monday to eight years in state prison and the burden of having to register as a sex offender for life.A jury in October had found Christopher Micah Brazelton, 36, of Irvine, guilty ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Occupy Flash Mob Hits Santa Ana Walmart
At 5 P.M., a "flash mob" of about 20 activists from Occupy Santa Ana quietly filed into the Walmart on Harbor Blvd. and McFadden in Santa Ana to tell employees not to come to work on Black Friday--the busiest shopping day of the year. Within minutes, they were standing shoulder to shoulder b ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
2011's Best Black Friday Video Game Deals
Hey, we all know that video gaming is one heck of an expensive hobby. Considering the daunting amount of great games that are have been released within the past three months, your wallet is going to be begging for mercy if you decide to purchase all of your games at retail price. Luckily for game ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2011
Hip-hop to Walmart: Stay Out of Our Community!
Flickr user Daisey.SueIn addition to being one of the major corporate donors behind the "frozen in carbonite" Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial D.C., retail behemoth Walmart has been aggressively targeting urban black communities. As part of that effort, the company is airing a commercial this year ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Employees, Various Support Groups Protest Outside Wal-Mart In Wake Of The Company's Recent Health Care Benefit Changes
flickr user Daisy.SueWal-Mart's employees aren't nearly as happy as its logo.Employees are miffed with the company's decision to scale back health benefits for part-time employees and hike premiums for some full-time employees.As a result, a couple of Orange County groups are waging support campa ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Walmart to Start Stocking More Craft Beers, To Allow Hipster Employees to Pick Brands for Individual Stores
Late-night hipster beer run! Flickr user matteson.normanI'm absolutely clueless about Walmart culture (among other things, natch), so I didn't even know they carried beer except at the monstrous Supercenters, of which I believe we don't have one within OC boundaries. But those of you who can't ge ... More >>
Columns
August 4, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Late-night hipster beer run! Flickr user matteson.normanI'm absolutely clueless about Walmart culture (among other things, natch), so I didn't even know they carried beer except at the monstrous Supercenters, of which I believe we don't have one within OC boundaries. But those of you who can't ge ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2010
Ugly Police Mug Shot of the Week: Verne Strong
This week's ugly police mug of the week belongs to someone whose arrest, conviction and sentencing you've already read about.
News
December 2, 2010
Always a Cover-Up at Wal-Mart. Always
Kathrine Shimaji, the whistleblower who caught Foothill Ranch Wal-Mart employees illegally dumping hazardous waste, wants to know why the Orange County district attorney's office didn't prosecute the higher-ups
Blogs
June 21, 2010
More Targets Being Remodeled To Offer Groceries
Edwin GoeiIf you've recently stopped in at the Target at The District in Tustin, you might have seen the not-so-subtle signage: They're closing it from July 12-16 to do a store makeover, reopening July 17th. Now you might think to yourself, "This Target's barely a few years old and already ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
Wal-Mart's Toxic Waste Dumping in Foothill Ranch Cited in Settlement
Something's rotten in Denmark and Foothill Ranch.Toxic fertilizer dumped behind the Foothill Ranch Wal-Mart store was cited in today's announcement that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. agreed to a $20 million-plus settlement with 20 prosecutorial agencies, including the Orange County District Attorney's O ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
RV Parks and Campgrounds Association Favors Regulation ... of Other Businesses
Not Debbie SipeThe California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, which represents owners of recreational parks and campgrounds, has come out in favor of government regulation.That is, government regulation of the businesses that sell certain products used at RV parks and campgrounds, not th ... More >>
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November 23, 2009
Five Great Places to Eat on Black Friday
eliya @ flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0This week contains one of the most ancient and cherished traditions in America, where families get up at shockingly early hours to fight traffic just to be together for a day. Thanksgiving, you say? No, Black Friday, the day by which all retail business for the enti ... More >>
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May 6, 2009
Taylor Hicks Fans Are No Fans of Mine. Sadface.
I feel like I should make something clear: I don't hate Taylor Hicks. I don't know how that rumor got started. I was probably more of a Katharine McPhee fan that season of American Idol, sure, but I thought it was actually kind of cool, at least from a novelty standpoint, when he won.And sure, I mad ... More >>
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May 5, 2009
Taylor Hicks is Signing at the Wal-Mart in Orange. Apparently.
As music editor, I'm trained to be on the lookout for HOT SCOOPS wherever they may be. Like a couple days ago when I was at the Wal-Mart at the Village at Orange, and made this enticing discovery: that American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks will be signing CDs at that store this Thursday, May ... More >>
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January 29, 2009
Jeezy Chrizzy
Jesus Hates Me
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January 15, 2009
[Trendzilla] Necklush Life
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October 30, 2008
[Trendzilla] Accent Pieces
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February 25, 2008
What you missed over the weekend: Part XI
Dave Segal moved into Detroit Bar on both Friday and Saturday nights: "Free the Robots' thrilling [Friday] live show blew away Afrika Bambaataa's moldy DJ set. Local upstarts overshadowed a legend!" And on Sat, "DJs Josh One, Hyder, James Pants and Peanut Butter Wolf spun loads of great hip-hop cuts ... More >>
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September 19, 2007
Snap Judgment: A Stone Cold career. Or not.
One would think sitting at an Anaheim Wal-Mart and signing copies of The Condemned would be a career low for former WWE champ Stone Cold Steve Austin. But the line winding through the store aisles and the chaos that was the Wal-Mart parking lot yesterday evening indicate otherwise. A friend and I ha ... More >>
News
May 17, 2007
Man-On-Tree Action
Third Annual Tree Huggers Ball
Columns
June 8, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
May 30 - June 6
Blogs
May 15, 2006
A Darker Green
Wal-Mart has announced it wants to do for organic food what it's done for the rest of the economy. Alexander Cockburn explains what this means. (scroll down to second item)
Features
May 11, 2006
Why Won't George Obey?
Righting fashion wrongs with RVCA and Shepard Fairey
Blogs
December 28, 2005
Hey There, Hi There, Ho There, You're As Incarcerated As You Can Be ...
A "preacher" dropped us a line to say that he and his 30 red-robed gospel singers spent Christmas day in that most inhospitable of jails. Not French Guiana or Abu Ghraib or even the severly overcrowded, abusively run Orange County Jail. No, this was the most frightening pokey of 'em all: the Disneyl ... More >>
News
December 8, 2005
The Low Cost of High Wages
American Apparel wants to follow Wal-Mart to Chinafor all the right reasons
News
November 10, 2005
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
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Columns
September 1, 2005
!Ask a Mexican!
Local screenings
Culture
April 21, 2005
Clothing That Fits
What you wear is who you areso who exactly are you, anyway?
Columns
November 18, 2004
Eight Days
What you wear is who you areso who exactly are you, anyway?
Columns
September 30, 2004
Diary of a Mad County
What you wear is who you areso who exactly are you, anyway?
Columns
August 5, 2004
Diary of a Mad County
What you wear is who you areso who exactly are you, anyway?
Columns
May 27, 2004
Boob-Lift
What you wear is who you areso who exactly are you, anyway?
Columns
February 19, 2004
Letters
What you wear is who you areso who exactly are you, anyway?
Columns
February 12, 2004
Letters
What you wear is who you areso who exactly are you, anyway?
Columns
January 29, 2004
I Faded Glory
The Wall-to-Wal-Martization of American Life
Music
June 19, 2003
Scoring the Fair Bands
The Wall-to-Wal-Martization of American Life
Columns
August 22, 2002
Letters
The Wall-to-Wal-Martization of American Life
News
January 24, 2002
Bad Company
Six of Americas worst corporations are your neighbors!
Features
August 9, 2001
Active Eats
And its one, two, threewhat are we dining for?
News
March 30, 2000
Compromising Positions
Is the DAs office too partisan to be trusted to investigate HB Republicans?
News
March 16, 2000
You Are Surrounded by Idjits, Mostly
Our cruel but insightful wrap-up of OC Elections
News
January 27, 2000
Which Side Are You On?
Political consultant Tom Shepard puts himself on both sides of Argyros
News
December 16, 1999
HBs Secret Santa
Ed Lairdplanning commissioner, paint maker, bank investor, political bankroller
Columns
December 16, 1999
Letters
Ed Lairdplanning commissioner, paint maker, bank investor, political bankroller
Columns
December 9, 1999
Letters
Ed Lairdplanning commissioner, paint maker, bank investor, political bankroller
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November 25, 1999
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