Subject: Wildfires

• Times reporter attacked at Comic-Con

  Well that sucks. Los Angeles Times pop culture reporter Geoff Bouche was covering the con when he got jumped on a sidewalk in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. He writes: "In the 15 years I have been writing for The Times, I have covered wildfires, riots, gang murders and plenty of other mayhem. I never got hurt. This weekend I covered a comic book convention in San Diego and I'm going home with staples in my head." Yipes! Read the rest here. Via LA Observed.

  July 30, 2007

• Matt Costa, Unfamiliar Faces

  Huntington Beach's Matt Costa may just be the most marketable, popular act out of Orange County since... well, No Doubt. And that's not a bad thing, either. Signed to Brushfire Records, Costa's latest full-length, Familiar Faces, is set to be released on October 2nd. Check out the teaser EPK released just today, featuring a snippet of one of the album's catchiest tracks, "Mr. Pitiful." Costa's also set to appear at San Diego's Street Scene September 22-23, in addition to Elvis Perkins, Dios

  August 10, 2007

• A chat with the Battalion Chief

  Tonight the Weekly drove past roadblocks on Santiago Canyon Road to see the destruction left by the blaze firsthand. What we saw was depressing, but the planes spewing fire retardant overhead were a hopeful sight. Photos will be up before the night's over, we promise are up. Before visiting the scene, we dropped in on Orange County Fire Authority Batallion Chief Kris Concepcion, who was running on two hours of sleep. Were the firefighters getting enough downtime beneath shifts, we wondered alou

  October 23, 2007

• Fire Update: Almost out of the woods?

  The Orange County Fire Authority reports that the Santiago blaze is now 75 percent contained. Though firefighters are hoping to kill the beast by Friday (before the nasty Santa Ana winds whip it up over the weekend), the OCFA website lists Sunday as D-Day for full containment. Approximately 28,445 acres have been burned thus far. The fire had some 2,000 firefighters on the job at its peak, but an estimated 1,800 are out there now, Battalion Chief Kris Concepcion told the Weekly over the phone

  October 30, 2007

• Wildfires Just a Sneak Preview?

  Ted Soqui shot this in Yorba Linda the weekend past. See his amazing slideshow here. Now that the fires have been contained, heroes have been identified, firefighting techniques have been blasted, causes have been zeroed in on, and our Last Action Hero Governor has likened the disaster to one of the crappiest action movies ever (Armageddon, which he didn’t even star in), some sobering news: Worse wildfires are likely a-comin’. So says a report released last week by UC Berkeley researchers

  November 19, 2008

• Reality TV Turns Its Steamy Cameras on OC Fire Hunks

  Reality television has exploited our hot teens, our hot MILFs and . . . um . . . well, it has exploited a whole bunch of our hot teens and hot MILFs. Now their steamy cameras are set to record our hot fire hunks. Fox Reality Channel announced it has begun production on the third season of its original series The Academy, but the action has shifted from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, whose recruits were followed the first two seasons, to the Orange Country Fire Authority (OCFA), whi

  March 18, 2009

• Ecologically Friendly

  October 16, 2008

• Out of Shadows

  May 15, 2008

• High Water Mark

  Rogue Wave roar to a new peak with Heaven's Gate

  January 17, 2008

• The Fire of the Century . . . of the Year

  Hellish fires now, Sahara Desert later, says UCI doom prophet Mike Davis

  November 1, 2007

• An Apocalypse of Our Own Making

  November 13, 2003

• Dog Day Afternoon

  June 17, 2004

• The Blame Game

  November 13, 2003

• The Plight of Dwight

  November 6, 2003

• Steven Hatfill's Big Idea

  September 5, 2002

• State Beaches May Not Be Ashtrays Much Longer

  California could become the first state in the nation to ban smoking at state parks and beaches after the state Senate today passed legislation it says protects the marine environment and reduces fire danger. Introduced by Sen. Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach), Senate Bill 4 now moves to the Assembly, where no hearing has been scheduled. In its current form, the bill would establish a $100 fine for smoking at parks or beaches.Already in Orange County, Seal Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Hunting

  May 14, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: First Glimpses of Fall Conditions

  By Nolan HallOffshore Conditions in Baja​The Santa Ana Winds and the hottest weather of the year are already showing up this year, even as early as late August. It brings back memories of last year, coughing and surfing ash-covered waves under dark, smoky skies. Early Santa Anas bring that haunted dryness that feels like fire waiting to ignite. But they also might mean some great surfing to close out the summer. The various contest promoters, as well as Surline.com, are predicting good conditi

  August 28, 2009

• Incoming: Matt Costa at Detroit, Morrissey at the Fox Pomona

  ​It may be late Friday afternoon, but there's still some stuff to talk about. Like a couple of big new shows coming our way.

  September 18, 2009

• News and New Material from Matt Costa

  A few things have happened since we last checked in with Brushfire artist and Huntington Beach resident Matt Costa. Though he's been MIA for the last few months, it seems like he's back, but not without a few new developments. His Facebook page just posted this semi-new (recorded in August, it seems) YouTube vid of a live performance of some new material, a song titled "Miracle Drug" that he has performed live. Appearing with him? His new wife, Casey. Aw. Costa also seems to be starting fres

  October 14, 2009