Xanax

Free Syrian Army: How to Not Help

An OC refugee thought he had found a way to end his country's civil war. Then the FBI found his laptop computer

Louis Richard Wood, Heroin Dealer, to be Arraigned for Murder in Woman's O.D. Death

An drug dealer is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges of murdering a 21-year-old user by providing her with lethal doses of heroin and methadone and refusing to take her to the hospital when she was unconscious and in need of medical care. Louis Richard Wood, 35, of Mission Viejo, could ... More >>

Dr. Alvin Yee, Who Saw Young "Patients" at Starbucks, Prescribed Drugs and Had One Die from O.D., to Plead Guilty to Federal Counts

Dr. Alvin Ming-Czech Yee, who lived in a Mission Viejo residence but used Starbucks locations as his office, will plead guilty April 17 to charges brought by federal authorities who first accused him in October 2011 of using the coffee lounge as "a front for drug dealing."A 21-year-old patient from ... More >>

Adam Harrison Hall Gets 17 Years for Murder of Pedestrian He Drove into Blazing on Meds

A driver found guilty in February of murder, DUI and forging prescriptions was sentenced today to 17 years to life in state prison.Asked in January if a murder count for the DUI-related slaying of a pedestrian was proper, Weekly readers engaged in a lively debate in our comments section.

Fare Thee Well Sweet, Sweet Bahooka

Every second and fourth Wednesday night of the month, legendary bartender/chef/restaurant insider Dave Mau hosts Dinner with Dave at Memphis at the Santora, where he treats drinkers to a free meal and live music as the evening progresses. To remind ustedes of this great night, Dave treats us ev ... More >>

[UPDATED with Appeal Withdrawn:] Dr. Lisa Tseng's Over-Prescription Cloud Hangs Over Surf City's Now-Closed Pacifica Pharmacy

See the update at the end of this post about the former Pacifica Pharmacy owner withdrawing his appeal of his pharmacy license revocation.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 25, 7:30 A.M.: As you've probably seen or read, former Rowland Heights physician Lisa Tseng has pleaded not guilty to three counts of second- ... More >>

Nadya Suleman, a.k.a. Octo-Mom, Reportedly Scores Medical Pot Card

TMZ is reporting that Nadya Suleman, the infamous Octomom, is a medical marijuana patient. Apparently, the mother of 14 children, former pay-per-chat phone entrepreneur and pornstar just checked out of a treatment center for addiction to Xanax and promptly purchased herself a medical marijuana card ... More >>

Adam Harrison Hall, Twice Convicted of DUI and Accused of Blazing on Meds in Fatal Crash, Faces Murder Count; Is That Right?

Trial began last week for a 29-year-old Placentia man facing a murder count for allegedly raging on methamphetamine, Diazepam, Nordiazepam, Alprazolam, Hydroxyalprazolam, Oxazepam, Temazepam, amphetamine, Morphine, and 11-nor-9-carboxy-delta-9-tetrahyrocannabinol (THCA) before causing a car crash ... More >>

Octomom Nadya Suleman's Former Volunteer Babysitter Fires Back Over Restraining Order

It was a busy weekend at Octomom Nadya Suleman's pipe organ (a.k.a. TMZ), where a statement was released from the former La Habra resident/current Orange rehab guest stating Michael Lohan had nothing to do with her treatment, that her father has also entered Chapman House for alcohol addiction and t ... More >>

Michael Lohan Claims He Got Octomom Nadya Suleman into Drug Rehab in Orange

Michael Lohan famously failed recently to stage and intervention that would end with his daughter Lindsay Lohan entering a rehab. Now he's claiming he convinced Nadya Suleman to undergo residential treatment at Chapman House Drug Rehabilitation Center in Orange.

Octomom Nadya Suleman Enters Orange Rehab After Her Father's DUI Concerns Surface

What seemed like hours after the news that Nadya Suleman's father had expressed concern for his 14 grandchildren because, he claimed, his daughter could be driving under the influence with some of them aboard, Octomom checked herself into an Orange rehab for Xanax addiction. "Sometimes she starts dr ... More >>

Christopher John Aragon Gets 25 Years for Leading Sophisticated Credit Card Crime Ring

Christopher John Aragon, who pleaded guilty in March to leading a crime ring that stole thousands of personal identities for counterfeit credit cards used to buy high-end goods that were re-sold online, has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison. The Capistrano Beach 52-year-old is the final of ... More >>

Doctor Stands Trial For Overdose Deaths of Three Young Men; One From OC

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered Dr. Hsui-Ying "Lisa" Tseng to stand trial for second degree murder in the deaths of three young men, one of whom was Vu Nguyen, 28, from Lake Forest. The decision came after a preliminary hearing that lasted three weeks. The osteopathic medicine doctor alle ... More >>

William Wesley Jackson, Placentia Doctor, Has Medical License Revoked After Prescribing Drugs to Himself

The Medical Board of California (MBC) revoked a Placentia doctor's license after discovering that he was prescribing prescription drugs to himself under false names, and to other patients without examining them for four years. It started in 2007, when the then-45-year-old anesthesiologist, William W ... More >>

Christopher John Aragon Guilty of Leading Crime Ring That Stole I.D.'s, Made Fake Credit Cards and Bought Goods Resold on Web

​Way back in January 2010, then-Weekling Spencer Kornhaber shared a video where a Newport Beach Police detective displayed the machinery hacker Christopher John Aragon used to forge credit cards based on real names and account numbers stolen off the interwebs. Aragon, 51, of Capistrano Beach, ple ... More >>

Whitney Houston's Cause of Death Revealed: Drowning, Heart Disease and Cocaine

​ According to USA Today, the Los Angeles County coroner's office has declared Whitney Houston's official cause of death: It's "drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use." The coroner's office ruled her manner of death as an accident, but the toxicology report said "co ... More >>

12th Planet, Flinch at Dubtroit's 3 Year Anniversary at the Constellation Room, Feb. 28, 2012

​Dubtroit's 3rd AnniversaryConstellation Room, Santa AnaFeb. 28, 2012Dubtroit celebrated its third birthday last night at the Constellation Room with The End is Near Tour, featuring local favorite 12th Planet plus guests. Filled with (mostly) a bro-type demographic, the event was predictably high ... More >>

[UPDATED With Cause of Death:] Whitney Houston Dead at 48

​UPDATE: Feb. 13, 12:27 p.m.: TMZ says the L.A. County Coroner told Whitney Houston's family that the singer d"id not die from drowning, but rather from what appears to be a combination of Xanax and other prescription drugs mixed with alcohol."Sources also told TMZ that the family was told there ... More >>

Airport Shuttle Owner Reportedly Settles Cyclist's Lawsuit for $6 Million

​A Santa Ana law firm representing a 32-year-old cyclist who was injured in a collision with a shuttle bus near John Wayne Airport announced "a large multi-national corporation" has agreed to pay its client $6 million to settle a lawsuit. Callahan & Blaine adds that the identities of the cycli ... More >>

How to Mess With a Plagiarist: A Lesson for Troy Holm from Doug Stanhope

​ I am pretty sure a lesson that was drilled into our heads as kids is that it's bad to steal. Whether you are stealing a car, some money, or heaven forbid someone's school work, it's just wrong. Actually, stealing has been frowned upon since biblical times as it is even listed as one of the Ten C ... More >>

Hyeon Ju, Sung Park, Hojoon Lee and 17-Year-Old Held for Halloween Rapes Near Knott's Scary Farm

​Just down the street from Knott's Scary Farm, something more frightening happened on Halloween.Two females were raped by three young men and a juvenile at Crescent Motel, according to Buena Park police.

Dr. Alvin Yee Met 'Patients' At OC Starbucks, Allegedly Wrote Prescriptions For $600

flickr user Yosuke Hasegawa​​An Irvine-based doctor who allegedly did his shady business transactions at Starbucks was arrested last night after a year-long investigation.Alvin Ming-Czech Yee, 43, allegedly met with more than 10 "patients" a night -- usually at a Starbucks -- and wrote them pres ... More >>

Guns N' Grunge

[Mental Notes] Guns N' Roses' original bassist, Duff McKagan, wrote a great book

Ashton Kutcher's Apparent One-Night Stand-in Sara Leal said to be Spotted in Newport Beach

​According to Nik Ritchie, who broke the bit of gossip about Ashton Kutcher supposedly having sex with Sara Leal in a San Diego Hard Rock Hotel suite's balcony hot tub on his sixth anniversary with wife Demi Moore, the previously unknown one-night stand-in "has been hiding out in a 3 million dolla ... More >>

Deverick Deshawn "Dog" Mathis of La Habra Accused of Heading Notorious Crips Pot Ring in Compton

​A La Habra man headed a notorious Crips street gang drug ring that sold marijuana across the country and held meetings on the same Compton block where a second Crips operation sold pot and moved prescription drugs to Louisiana, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles.Deverick Desha ... More >>

Debt Ceiling, Schmebt Ceiling: Let's Eliminate Money

​While the debt-ceiling crisis was averted today, even President Barack Obama indicated that much more work needs to be done in a Washington, D.C., that's split between those who do not want to tax the super rich and those who do not want to cut services to the very poor.Perhaps everyone is focuse ... More >>

The Mountain Goats

Detroit Bar

Jeffrey Francis Woods Loses Appeal to Bar Druggy Texts He Sent Before Crash That Killed Teen

The late Danny Oates​Jeffrey Francis Woods was high on Xanax and Hydrocodone/Vicodin the summer afternoon of 2007 he plowed his speeding Ford F150 truck into Danny Oates, who was riding his bicycle in a Huntington Beach bicycle lane. The 14-year-old, who was going to school with a friend to get ... More >>

[UPDATED with Autopsy Results] Two Teens in Huntington Beach Found Dead Alongside Empty Can of Four Loko

​UPDATE, MAY 17, 3:49 A.M.: Autopsy and toxicological reports reveal that the two teens found dead in a Huntington Beach apartment in January overdosed on prescription drugs, with alcohol contributing to one of the deaths, The Orange County Register reports. Aaron Saenz, 15, died from t ... More >>

Former Alice in Chains Bassist Mike Starr Dies

​Former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr, 44, was found dead in Salt Lake City earlier today. The cause of death hasn't been reported yet, but cops say they were called to the house at 1:42 p.m. According to TMZ, "Starr was arrested last month for felony possession of a controlled substance. Sal ... More >>

Punk Rock Karaoke at Alex's Bar Last Night

Ryan Ritchie​Punk Rock Karaoke December 9, 2010 Alex's Bar Punk rock is supposed to be cool. Karaoke, while often barrels of fun, is not. So imagine the conundrum the members of Punk Rock Karaoke--drummer Derek O'Brien (Social Distortion, the Adolescents), bassist Steve Soto (the Adolescents, ... More >>

Mark Wayne Hewlett, Drunk Off-Duty Deputy Who Crashed Into Supervisor Bill Campbell's Planter, Avoids Jail Sentence

​We told you in March about the DUI charge brought against Orange County sheriff's deputy Mark Wayne Hewlett, who got drunk while off duty, lost control of his personal vehicle and crashed into a planter in the front yard of Orange County Supervisor Bill Campbell's Villa Park home. ... More >>

Pink Martini's Cocktail of Styles

The group brings their throwback pop sounds from around the world to the Orange County Performing Arts Center

Kevin Noel Schlueter and Mark Wayne Hewlett, Both Cops, Face Jail for DUIs

​Anaheim police officer Kevin Noel Schlueter was charged today with driving under the influence of drugs after crashing into four parked cars. It's the 37-year-old Costa Mesa resident's third DUI, and not to be confused with the DUI charge brought against Orange County sheriff's deputy Mark Wayn ... More >>

Vladae the Russian Dog Trainer Cited for His Work With Pit Bull Puppy Who Was Repeatedly Stabbed

​Vladae the Russian Dog Trainer's volunteer services on behalf of a pit bull who was stabbed in Mission Viejo earlier this year has been recognized by Best Friends Animal Society.

On Blast Reps Long Beach This Weekend in Mexico City

​On Saturday, the Goliath Festival takes place in Mexico City. The massive show includes performances by the Black Eyed Peas, Thievery Corporation, Pitbull, Crystal Castles, the Faint, Fischerspooner and lots more. You know who else is included in that "lots more?" Long Beach's On Blast. Now, you ... More >>

With 'Extract,' Mike Judge Goes Back to Work

Crime Time: A Weekly Round-Up of OC Police Calls

The "Clean-Cut Bandit": Coming to a bank near you?MONDAY, JUNE 1Shroomin' in Lagoonan: Laguna Beach Police arrested three people at a La Mirada Street property for alleged possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms, heroin, Xanax, Levitra, Alprazolam and "numerous other unknown pills." Steven Christophe ... More >>

A Strange, Hot Trip to See Tom Waits Live in Phoenix

Al Gore III - What a dope

Al Gore's 24-year-old son graced our fair county with his presence earlier today - allegedly with an ounce of marijuana and other controlled substances (Vicodin, Valium, Xanax and Adderall) he didn't have a prescription for. He was stopped by the OC sheriff's department when they caught him going 10 ... More >>

The Best of the Rest

A few more summer releases you might be interested in

OC Doggie Style: With Teeth

As we raise our children, so we raise our pets. Today's Register contains a Greg Hardesty piece on National Dog Bite Prevention Week. Profiled is Klaudia Estrada, an Anaheim Hills mail carrier who has been twice bitten, one attack piercing the "tanned, smooth skin" of her right leg. Sounds like Hard ... More >>

The History of O

Jonathan Margolis Observes the Orgasm

Son of Scary

Evil spawn of OCs Scariest People

Natural Causes

The naked life and veiled death of a Playboy Playmate

Diary of a Mad County

Buck Up

Notes from the West Coast Puke-Haters Convention

Especially Italic-Heavy Edition!

Schindlers List of Art Exhibits

Minus the Saccahrine ending

Play ''Lost Souls''!

How to heckle the unheckleable Dirty Dozen Brass Band