Yorba Linda

OC's African-American Problem: Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW!

People who have read this infernal rag long enough know that I feel OC's most embarrassing fact of life is our embarrassingly low African-American community, and all the juvenile incidents that come with growing up sans blacks, whether it's offering fried chicken on MLK Day or having a 50% off black ... More >>

Free Breakfast at Yorba Linda Chick-Fil-A Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday* Until June 22

How desperate are you for a free breakfast? Enough to drive to Yorba Linda? If the answer is yes, then you're quite desperate indeed. Read on and thank me later.The Chick-Fil-A in Yorba Linda, at 22450 Old Canal Road, near the 91 Freeway at Savi Ranch is apparently giving out free breakfast every Tu ... More >>

Black Family's Plight Prompts Church and OC Human Relations to Host "Listening Session"

Had an interesting email exchange this morning with Rusty Kennedy, executive director of OC Human Relations. He'd shared an email about a "Listening Session" being held at an African American church in Yorba Linda Sunday in light of November's revelation about racism a black family says drove them o ... More >>

[UPDATED with BET Analyst Weighs In:] Were Rossmoor Bottle Bombs a Prank or Hate Crime?

See the update at the end of this post where a BET commentator wonders about links between the Roosmoor incident, a black family leaving Yorba Linda and OC skinheads.ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 5, 6:06 A.M.: Are the bombs of Rossmoor pranks, racist messages or prank racist messages?Inquiring minds want to k ... More >>

Is Hurricane Isaac and Quake Swarm God's Wrath for Not Nominating Rick Santorum?

Before we get to the shakers, if no one else has yet, may I be the first to blame Southern California's earthquake swarms and Hurricane Isaac on God's wrath for the Republicans nominating Mitt Romney over Rick Santorum?Or, perhaps the King of Kings is an Obama man and he's just pissed at the GOP for ... More >>

Yorba Linda Business Owner Punished For Cheating Cisco Systems

A federal judge in Santa Ana has sentenced a Yorba Linda businessman to a term of probation for three years and ordered him to pay a $4,000 fine for conspiracy to commit mail fraud.Following his arrest in February, Richard Alan Glavis--the owner of Superior Computer Gear (SCG)--acknowledged his guil ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sharp A.M. Jolt:] Quake Rolls Through Yorba Linda ... to Yawns

See update at the end of this post about a sharp jolt that just hit at 9:33 a.m.ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 8, 8:59 A.M.: So I'm watching the end of a season one Damages episode via Amazon last night--keep an eye out for that Ted Danson kid, he's quite an actor--and what felt like an invisible train rolled ... More >>

[UPDATED with $70 mil Award:] Yorba Linda Water District Settles Suit Over '08 Freeway Complex Fire

See update at the end of this post about an arbitrator awarding homeowners an additional $70 million.ORIGINAL POST, JULY 16, 5:10 P.M.: Homes were rebuilt, new sage scrub grew in and everyone seems to have gotten on with their lives.Indeed, all that was pretty much left from the Freeway Complex Fire ... More >>

Richard Nixon Reacts to Obamacare Ruling

When something big breaks in the news--take an eagerly awaited U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare, puhleeeez--it's not unusual for newspapers to be bombarded with emails reacting to the same, from all sides.Since it says "newspaper" on the business license, OC Weekly is not immune to folks fishi ... More >>

Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, Accused Serial Killer of Orange Countians, to Face Death Penalty

The death penalty will be sought against Yorba Linda 24-year-old Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, the accused serial killer of four homeless men and a mother and grown son fatally stabbed etween October 25 and January 13, prosecutors announced today.Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas convened a ... More >>

Wanted: Richard Nixon Library Director

​Tim Naftali left last month as the first director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum since the National Archives in 2005-06 took over the tapes, documents and most of the facilities from the private foundation that dedicated the Yorba Linda tourist trap 15 years before. You'll n ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sentence for Deborah Pauly Threats:] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function

Paul Dean Andrews​UPDATE, MAY 25, 3:46 P.M.: A San Pedro man was sentenced today to 97 days in jail, three years probation and an order to stay away from Deborah Pauly for threatening violence against the Villa Park city councilwoman via a Facebook message. Paul Dean Andrews, 28, was slapped with ... More >>

[UPDATED with New Anti-Muslim Rally Plans:] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function

Muzammil Siddiqi​Here we go again.Organizers of February's controversial and much-blasted anti-Muslim rally in Yorba Linda have issued an ultimatum to the Orange County Human Relations Commission: rescind the Community Leader award it is presenting to Islamic Society of Orange County Imam Muzammil ... More >>

Ajit, Nisha and Runjhun Bhargava, Yorba Linda Family, Busted for Allegedly Arranging Sham Marriages

​A Yorba Linda family was scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Santa Ana Wednesday on charges of arranging sham marriages so more than 20 foreigners could stay in the country legally.Ajit Bhargava, his 56-year-old wife Nisha Bhargava and their daughter Runjhun Bhargava, 30, are facing cha ... More >>

[UPDATE: OC Democrats Blast Pauly] Video Captures Protesters, Politicians Berating Muslims at Yorba Linda Charity Function

​UPDATE, MARCH 25, 4:40 P.M.: The Democratic Party of Orange County has weighed in on Villa Park City Councilwoman's Deborah Pauly's harsh remarks at an anti-Muslim rally in Yorba Linda last month. (Welcome to the party, folks!)As you might expect from a party philosophically opposite of a teabagg ... More >>

Julian "Jules" Stanley Collender's Family and Friends Loudly Protest His Slaying by Police

​As advertised, family, friends and supporters filled the Yorba Linda City Council chambers Tuesday night to loudly demand answers about June's police slaying of 25-year-old resident Julian "Jules" Stanley Collender. "Shame on you for hiding behind a veil of silence," Michele Collender, the victim ... More >>

"Justice For Julian" Collender Takes Brea PD War to Streets, Facebook, Yorba Linda City Hall

​UPDATE: Julian "Jules" Stanley Collender's Family and Friends Loudly Protest His Slaying by PoliceIt's been 2 1/2 months since the life of Julian "Jules" Stanley Collender was cut short by a single police gunshot, but the Yorba Linda 25-year-old's family and friends have maintained their pressure ... More >>

Fundraiser for Amber Pangan

OC Chili's Restaurants

Julian "Jules" Stanley Collender, Killed by a Cop, Remembered at Tribute Show Tonight

​A tribute show will be held in Fullerton tonight for Julian "Jules" Stanley Collender, the skater and former record label owner who was gunned down by Brea Police in front of his parents' Yorba Linda home in June.The Big's Grill show begins at 9 p.m.After the jump, see the flier and find out why ... More >>

Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Yorba Linda to vote on Arizona immigration law thocpersonality wrote: Mexicans add nothing to this country other than prison cells.. Fine- You can crank out some tasty hot sauces, but the way you ransack [and extort] your own communities and neighborhoods should leave you all in s ... More >>

Busy Days Ahead at the Nixon Library

​A birthday celebration, the arrival of important records and some good old fashioned revisionism: yep, busy days are ahead at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda. (Which is where you'll also find the creepy bust above.)

The Steelwells

House of Blues

[Hey, You!] Nice One, Sparky

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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- ... More >>

[Locals Only] Steel Yourself

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, ... More >>

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 Gil ... More >>

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 snac ... More >>

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 Cor ... More >>

Pierogi Pressure

Dozynki Harvest Festival

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 onl ... More >>

It's Your Money

But the government spends it

Restaurants for Cheating Lovers

Where to take your mistress to eat

Diary of Mad County

July 12 - July 18

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 Mone ... More >>

The CPCs Hidden Empire

Where might you get ticketed by the Citation Processing Center

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 st ... More >>

Grub Guide

This Week in Belated Happy Lunar New Year!

Yorba Linda

Release the Hounds

Dick's Picks

Five spots to chow down at after visiting the Nixon Library

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Yorba Linda

Richard Nixon was bored here

Tustin

Not full of hot air

Sellouts

Dick Nixons Orange County

A Guided Tour

Knock 'Em Down

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