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    September 6, 2011

    Playground Disaster: 10 Reasons Why Playground Festival Failed Miserably

    Kevin Lara/OC WeeklyThe only happy attendees at the Playground Fest this weekend?​Check out our photos of the festival acts hereCheck out our photos of the fans herePlayground Festival was doomed before it started. Thirty days before its debut, promoters constantly bragged about the festival becom ... More >>

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    June 23, 2011

    100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

    Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Food Profiling: Strawberry Season At Tanaka Farms

    Ain't that a beaut?​Tanaka Farms' story begins with Takeo Tanaka, who came to the United States by way of Hiroshima, Japan, in the early 1900s. Takeo had a son, George, born and raised in the Northern California city of Dinuba. Not wanting to fight in Pearl Harbor, George fled to Utah, where he me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Free Ticket Tuesdays Wednesday: Dirty Projectors, Surfer Blood and ... Wild Rivers?

    ​Today, Facebook was down for a few minutes. Yesterday, a few other sites were on the mend, which is why Wednesday is (for this week only) the new Tuesday. The good news is we're still giving away tickets! The Dirty Projectors are performing at Pomona's Glass House tomorrow, while Surfer Bloo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Wild Rivers to Finally Close and Become... A Water Park

    ​We missed this item on the LA Times's Funland blog on Monday. Apparently, Irvine water park Wild Rivers, which has spent the better part of its decade proclaiming it would soon shut down but never actually doing so, may finally see its last day in 2010.In its place would be a seemingly identical ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Showgazing: Jack's Fourth Show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

    ​It's easy to forget how big the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine actually is. Most people probably don't spend that much time thinking about it. Probably about as much time as you spend thinking about its water park neighbor, Wild Rivers, in the middle of October. But after a hilly, five m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Orange County Rave Scene History Lesson

    BY DENNIS ROMERO There was a lot of buzz in clubland last month when the organizers of Electric Daisy Carnival claimed that 135,000 people attended its two-day dance music event at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. All the action up there makes it seem like crickets have taken over in Orange County ... More >>

  • Features

    June 12, 2008

    [Summer Guide] The Simple Pleasures of an OC Summer

    BY DENNIS ROMERO There was a lot of buzz in clubland last month when the organizers of Electric Daisy Carnival claimed that 135,000 people attended its two-day dance music event at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. All the action up there makes it seem like crickets have taken over in Orange County ... More >>

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    The Arts and Other Highfalutin' Stuff

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    August 2, 2007

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    Breaking Into the Upper Crust: New York's Upper Crust Pizza

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    May 31, 2001

    Grease-Punk Orgy

    The Hootenanny revs up one more time

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    October 26, 2000
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    July 8, 1999

    Minor Celebrity

    A Poormans wealth turns out to be measured in bikinis

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