Subject: Yorba Linda

• Yorba Linda: So Dense!

  We're getting close to that June 6th election day, guys. I trust you've all calculated the shortest possible route to your nearest polling station? I slay myself. Aside from gubernatorial primaries and local elections, we've also got a coupla educatorial-type propositions: 81, which would let the state borrow money for library support; and 82, the so-called Reiner Initiative, which would provide voluntary half-day preschool to all children in California. It only costs the rich 1.7 percent of the

  May 31, 2006

• OC: We're Number ... nevermind

  According to Money Magazine, Orange County is one of the best places in the country to live, if you happen to be, say, sheetrock or a nice kitchen countertop. Because if you are, then you could be part of some of the most expensive homes in the country. But if you're not building material, then Money can't really recommend that you settle down in OC. Money's just published its annual list of the Best Places to Live, and no corner of OC made the top 25. Or the top 50. Or, well... anywhere on the

  July 17, 2006

• Rich Nixon

  Yorba Linda is now the richest city in the United States according to a newly released 2006 U.S. Census Bureau Report. The ultra-chic YL, famous for being the birthplace of Richard Nixon, boasts an impressive median household income of $121,075. That's almost $18,000 above Newport Beach, which only placed third. Guess now they're gonna have to change their name to Old-and-broke-port Beach. Bangdon.

  August 28, 2007

• More Quotes from Louie Perez of Los Lobos

  January 18, 2008

• Dick's Picks

  April 3, 2003

• Dont Be That Guy

  May 8, 2003

• Thai Bistro Cuisine

  September 15, 2005

• Grub Guide

  June 15, 2006

• Up In Smoke: Orange County Edition

  If you’ve stepped outside of your house today, chances are you’ve smelled the faint scent of burning. But don’t go calling the FBI on your stoner neighbors just yet. The reason behind that smell lingering in the air is wildfire, and it’s right in your back yard—in Brea, Yorba Linda and Corona, to be precise. Because we here at the Weekly aren’t exactly big on fire chasing—we’re much more into the pessimistic analysis part of news media—we’ve decided it would be fitting to c

  November 15, 2008

• Freeway Complex Fire Questions Answered Here!

  Ladies and germs, allow Navel Gazing to field all your questions and concerns about ... You thought "the Freeway Complex Fire" was going to come next, didn't you? Because of the headline? Sorry, Navel Gazing don't know jack about Yorba Linda. But Linda Yorba? Oh, sure, she's had it coming since snack time in the third grade, when her rapid-fire delivery of Helen Keller jokes made milk shoot out of the noses of everyone at the lunch table. But Yorba Linda? Not so much.Fortunately, the Orange Coun

  November 25, 2008

• Freeway Complex Fire Legal Claim! Ding-Ding-Ding! Freeway Complex Fire Legal Claim!

  You just knew this had to be coming: a legal claim filed against the city of Yorba Linda by a couple who lost their home in Hidden Hills Estates during last month's Freeway Complex Fire. Under the advice of their attorneys, cities generally reject such claims and then a lawsuit is filed.Paul and Gillian Johnson's claim, which seeks "special damages in excess of $1.8 million" in addition to general damages to be determined, alleges the city and Yorba Linda Water District, which is also named in t

  December 5, 2008

• Howard Ahmanson Jr. Only the Second Biggest Hater

  Gustavo's pal Howard F. Ahmanson Jr. just missed the top spot on the Dishonor Roll published online by Californians Against Hate. The Knights of Columbus of New Haven, Conn., gave $1.425 million to the campaign for the same-sex-marriage-barring Prop. 8, while Howie only ponied up $1.395 million.Hey, it was a tough year.Other Orange County haters of note include former state Sen. Rob Hurtt, who owns Container Supply Co. in Garden Grove and gave $550,000, just edging out repellant James Dobson's F

  February 3, 2009

• [Locals Only] Steel Yourself

  March 12, 2009

• See Dick Wakesurf

  Being cold below ground in Yorba Linda does not stop our favorite disgraced son Richard Nixon from finding himself in the news. The hits just keep coming, don't they? But far more fascinating than Dick being blamed for the Cambodian genocide, joined in the hereafter by Watergate-era foe Jerome Waldie and better liked by Democrats than Barack Obama is by Republicans at this point in their respective presidencies is the footage above from Slaysh!blog ("a pla

  April 7, 2009

• Pierogi Pressure

  September 18, 2008

• Sellouts

  October 14, 1999

• Grub Guide

  August 2, 2007

• Soil to Soul

  July 19, 2007

• It's Your Money

  But the government spends it

  July 5, 2007

• Dick Nixons Orange County

  August 12, 1999

• in the Mouth of a Desert

  Where the Henry Clay People exude orange-ness

  February 8, 2007

• Restaurants for Cheating Lovers

  Where to take your mistress to eat
  

  February 8, 2007

• Diary of Mad County

  July 20, 2006

• The CPCs Hidden Empire

  June 8, 2006

• Grub Guide

  May 11, 2006

• Grub Guide

  February 2, 2006

• Best of OC

  October 20, 2005

• Yorba Linda

  October 20, 2005

• 4 Hiking Trails, Both Lovely and Lethal . . .

  May 19, 2005

• Tricky Dicks

  March 17, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 3, 2005

• Release the Hounds

  March 11, 2004

• Frozen Assets

  October 23, 2003

• Y

  October 24, 2002

• The Visible Invisible Man

  November 15, 2001

• Yorba Linda

  September 27, 2001

• Tustin

  September 27, 2001

• Ken Kesey Kultur Kampf

  September 6, 2001

• Knock 'Em Down

  October 1, 1998

• WTF Alert!?! John Dean Coming to Nixon Library!

  John Dean, shown last year, is coming to the Nixon Library.Over the years, the Richard Nixon Library, Birthplace, Museum, Taqueria & Polo Grounds in Yorba Linda has hosted such speakers as Ann Coulter, Hugh Hewitt, Bill O'Reilly, William J. Bennett, Dick Cheney and probably even more repulsive folks--if that's even possible--that I'm forgetting.After the partisan Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation that had been running the place turned over the keys to the National Archives--w

  June 10, 2009

• Just Another Orange County Weekend, Part II

  Photo by Ted SoquiThe view from last November.The view from the quiet backyard multi-million dollar home high in the hills of Yorba Linda was gorgeous Saturday night. The lights of Orange County's flats twinkled below. Headlights snaked along the 91 freeway. You could barely make out the outline of the Newport Coast hills in the distance due to low cloud cover. but the most striking eye-catcher was the barren hill right in front of the onlooker's face. That same hill was ablaze&nb

  June 15, 2009

• The Steelwells; The Delta Mirror; The New Limb; We Are The Pilots

  August 20, 2009

• VIDEO: The Steelwells Recording at ArtiSans Label

  I've written lovingly in the past both about Yorba Linda's excellent five-piece the Steelwells and Fullerton's "wedding planners of music"/recording studio ArtiSans Label (don't believe me? click here and here!). So what a splendid happenstance that the Steelwells happen to be currently recording at ArtiSans! They've even released a video documenting the early part of that process, please to enjoy: Just because they're recording doesn't mean they aren't gigging, though. Oh gosh no! They're playi

  June 10, 2009

• Ex-ASSemblyman Mike Duvall's New Spin

  The man who put the "ASS" in Assemblyman, now former California Assemblyman Mike Duvall (R-Yorba Linda), has come up with a new spin on the sordid, adultrous affair with a lobbyist with business before a committee he vice-chaired. According to the new statement on his website, he was not divulging details of his trysts into the hot mic in an Assembly chamber but "engaging in inappropriate story-telling." And like any good Republican who believes in taking personal responsibility f

  September 10, 2009

• Henry Clay People Rule LA With a Sound Made Possible by Yorba Linda

  September 10, 2009

• [Hey, You!] Nice One, Sparky

  September 24, 2009

• The Shys, Steelwells, More Set for House of Blues Anaheim

  Andrew Steven​Playing the House of Blues in Anaheim is a big deal for a national touring act, but for a local band, the opportunity to gig at one of Orange County's premier venues--nestled in Downtown Disney, no less--has to be even more of a treat.

  October 6, 2009

• The Steelwells

  October 29, 2009

• The Next Big Thing: Zhu Zhu Pets

  ​If you're wondering why we haven't yet heard about this holiday season's it-toy, rest assured. Presenting: Zhu Zhu Pets.Fuzzy, squirmy "pet" hamster dolls that zoom around tracks, chase balls, run in wheels and even cars (apparently, even a hamster "garage" is available)--but without all that nasty potential rodent cannibalism, death and poop stuff. And don't think you're way ahead of the game, either: A buddy of ours in Yorba Linda has already paid her motherly duty and stood in a long line

  October 29, 2009

• Attention North-County Voters! Register to Replace The Dripper!

  Dearly disgraced Mike "The Dripper" Duvall​Monday is your last day to register to vote in the Assembly District 72 special primary. Info on registration is at the OC Registrar of Voter's site.If you're unsure of whether you're an AD72 constituent, you can use the State Assembly's ghetto website to figure it out. If you live in Brea, Fullerton or Placentia, you're in. If you live in Anaheim, La Habra, Orange or Yorba Linda... you might be in. Better check.Why's it a "special" election?1. It's n

  October 30, 2009