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May 24, 2012
Burying Tom Fuentes' Secrets
[Moxley Confidential] The longtime chairman of the OC Republican Party passes away and takes some great dirt with him
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Will Swaim Joins Steven Greenhut To Expose Government Waste, Fraud and Abuse
Can two past journalism enemies join together in common cause?The answer is yes based on the relatively new union between Will Swaim, OC Weekly's founding editor, and Steven Greenhut, the longtime lead editorial writer and columnist for crosstown rival Orange County Register.Greenhut is nowadays vic ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2011
Ronald Reagan Day in Larry Agran Land?
It's unclear why this wasn't proposed a few weeks ago, but the Irvine City Council tonight will consider proclaiming Feb. 6 "Ronald Reagan Day," in honor of 40th president's birthday.The proclamation is not being foisted on the panel that leans Democratic because Reagan was once a member of the p ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2010
Defunct District Weekly Owes Former Staffers $70,000, State Labor Board Rules
A state commission found the former publishers of the now defunct District Weekly, a Long Beach alternative newspaper launched in April 2007 by ex-OC Weekly staffers, owes six employees nearly $70,000 in unpaid salary and vacation pay.Still to come is a Long Beach Superior Court hearing in a laws ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2008
Small World
As Clockwork sits in deliberations as an Orange County Superior Court alternate juror, speaking as this is being banged out is our foreman, Stephen Mensinger. When Mensinger is not being paid $15-a-day to fulfill his civic duty, he earns bukoo bucks to preside over Irvine-based developer SunCal's mu ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2008
Art Pedroza: An Appreciation
For those of you Luddites who still rely solely on dead trees for news, the top three political blogs (in no order) are OC Blog, The Liberal OC, and Orange Juice!. Each roughly correspond to a local newspaper--OC Blog is conservative like the Orange County Register (except much more hackingly so), t ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2008
Register "Didn't Have The Goods" On Carona
This past Wednesday, the stage was set for an ultimate face-off: Our own R. Scott Moxley, the finest reporter in these here parts, and Register reporter Tony Saavedra, both staring down Mike Schroeder, local GOP king-maker (former Sheriff-maker, soon-to-be felon-maker), in front of the assembled mem ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2007
Scenes from the Mexican Madness
With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations from my first book signing at Librería Martínez last Thursday: *Fliers for the event promised free tequila for adults courtesy of SanTana-based La Tequilera, but some pendeja called t ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2007
Schou Mug Shot Hits LA Times
Yes, OC Weekly investigative reporter Nick Schou got his mug shot in today's Los Angeles Times. No, he wasn't participating again in a riot, peeking inside an undercover DEA 18-wheeler or even driving solo in the HOV lane. A year or so ago, Schou thought it'd be fun to perform his normal work duti ... More >>
Food
March 15, 2007
The New Times
Leatherbys Cafe Rouge a Grand Place to Watch the World Spin
Columns
February 15, 2007
Letters
'Bosomy? Not only is that irrelevant, it sails dangerously close to the ingrained misogyny of tabloid coveragesomething I would have thought your paper would want to avoid.'
Columns
February 8, 2007
Letters
'Will Swaim and his paper have been one giant pain in the ass to a county that was in desperate need of one. Godspeed, my friend.'
Columns
February 1, 2007
See You, Suckers!
This time, she means it
Blogs
January 26, 2007
In Brief: The Official Will Swaim Playlist
I'm sure by now that most of you who read this are aware our editor-in-chief, Will Swaim, has resigned. What you may not be aware of, however, is our boss's penchant for singing—constantly. Seriously. Dude sings more than Rebecca Schoenkopf does. Which is A LOT. Anyway. In memorium, I'm posti ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2007
Will Swaim--Gone :-(
Yes, naranjeros: OC Weekly founder/editor/publisher/soul Will Swaim has resigned. Coverage in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Business Journal, Orange County Register. Our paper? Wait until Thursday...until then, por favor post all thoughts/rants/valentines about our dearly departed Herr below! ... More >>
Columns
December 14, 2006
Letters
'Theres a joke in Puerto Rico that says the only reason Hitler ordered that the Jews be killed is because he didnt know Cubans existed'
Features
October 19, 2006
Robot Eats OC
About that cover image and the guy behind it
Columns
July 6, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
June 28 - July 4
Blogs
June 7, 2006
Dem Bones
First there was yesterday's Election Day lunch--the GOP-heavy shindig where Weekly editor Will Swaim only got halfway through the hilarious speech I wrote for him because he was shuffling back and forth between pages and so lost my text and thus never got to the payoff, "Thank you, ladies and gentle ... More >>
Web
April 6, 2006
Our Buddy
The Weekly remembers Buddy Seigal, 1957-2006
Culture
April 6, 2006
Trendzilla
Hobo purses vs. satchels
Columns
March 2, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
Feb. 22 - Feb. 28
Columns
January 19, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
Jan. 11 - Jan. 17
Blogs
January 18, 2006
Give Us This Day Our Daily Hoax(es)
Your favorite Too Lazy to Bother With Confirmin' Timekeeper passed along two, count 'em, two hoaxes to our dear reader, er, readers in yesterday's Clockwork. But first, introductions are in order: GOP Jay meet Victor Infante. Victor, Jaybird. Victor, as longtime readers know, is our dearly departed ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2005
About A Clockwork Orange
After having successfully ripped off the "I, Anonymous" column in The Stranger of Seattle and renaming it "Hey, You!", OC Weekly editor Will Swaim set about pilfering The Stranger's week-in-review column, "Last Days." Matt Coker drew the short straw to compile the thing, and "A Clockwork Orange" was ... More >>
Features
September 8, 2005
Staff Infection
Every now and then, a Weekling steps up
Features
September 8, 2005
The Arab Who Lives Down the Street
Every now and then, a Weekling steps up
Food
July 14, 2005
The Asian Persuasion
Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them
Features
December 30, 2004
Diary of A Mad Year
2004 regurgitated
Columns
May 6, 2004
Letters
2004 regurgitated
Columns
April 1, 2004
Diary of a Mad County
2004 regurgitated
Columns
March 4, 2004
The Times They Are A-Changin . . . Back!
The GOP gets funky, by which of course we mean they smell
Features
January 15, 2004
Meat Me in Hell
A guide to great food
Columns
January 15, 2004
Letters
A guide to great food
Columns
June 5, 2003
Letters
A guide to great food
Columns
September 5, 2002
Letters
A guide to great food
Features
September 6, 2001
Its a Living
You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach
Culture
January 4, 2001
Blurb-O-Matic: The Answers
You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach
Features
October 26, 2000
7: Peculiar Achievement in All Things Egghead
You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach
Features
October 26, 2000
1: Shall We Begin?
You think your jobs tough? Try being the Ty-D-Bowl Man for Huntington Beach
Features
October 26, 2000
6: Achievement in Music and Throbbing Goat Love
...Wait. Strike that Last One.
Features
October 26, 2000
9: Obsequiotic Achievement in Getting Jiggy as All Hell
...Wait. Strike that Last One.
Columns
October 12, 2000
'Stray Not From Righteousness'
And other lessons for the countys poor
Supplement
September 14, 2000
A Truly Sacred Place
And other lessons for the countys poor
Features
September 14, 2000
We Are Five!
A Brief History of the Orange County (Calif.) Weekly Tribune and Times-Dispatch
Features
September 14, 2000
I will wear a suit
A Brief History of the Orange County (Calif.) Weekly Tribune and Times-Dispatch
Supplement
June 29, 2000
Where Famous People Eat!
A Brief History of the Orange County (Calif.) Weekly Tribune and Times-Dispatch
Columns
August 26, 1999
Letters
A Brief History of the Orange County (Calif.) Weekly Tribune and Times-Dispatch
News
September 17, 1998
45 rides. 16 hours. One man. Disneyland in a day!
Consider your origins: you were not made that you might live as brutes, but so as to follow virtue and knowledge.
---Dante
News
February 12, 1998
Poof!
Consider your origins: you were not made that you might live as brutes, but so as to follow virtue and knowledge.
---Dante
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