Yorba Linda

Donald Rumsfeld To Hawk New Rules Book Tonight At Nixon Presidential Library

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is scheduled to appear tonight at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda in an effort to hawk his latest contribution to the literary world: Rumsfeld's Rules. Persons eager to see Rumsfeld--who has also worked as a Republican congressman ... More >>

TAPS Craft Beer Festival TOMORROW

Why should Orange and Huntington Beach have all the fun? Brea's brewing something special this weekend, as TAPS Fish House & Brewery launches its Craft Brew Festival tomorrow from noon to 3 p.m.

Last Service for Taco Maria THIS SATURDAY at SoCo Farmers Market

Temporarily sad news: Carlos Salgado has announced that Taco Maria will be parking for good.This Saturday is your last chance to get food from the best luxe lonchera in Orange County; the truck's been sold to an enterprising young couple from San Diego.The final service will be Saturday, April 13, 2 ... More >>

4 Get Prison Time (with More Likely to Come) in Massive Unity Medical Billing Fraud Scheme

An attorney, an accountant, and two medical center administrators walk into a bar . . . oops, that should be behind bars--for their roles in the nation's largest medical fraud prosecution. Four people who should have known better Thursday became the latest Unity Surgical Outpatient Center muckity-mu ... More >>

11th Annual Fall Wine Classic

Nixon Library

Two Men Charged with Possessing Pounds of Ecstasy and Thousands of Steroids

One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you incredibly horny. But if jail time is in the cards for suspects Cody Horn, 29, of Yorba Linda and Troy Olson, 44, of Norco, it's the former pill they'll want to keister. Both  men face multiple charges related to a drug transaction involvin ... More >>

On the Line: Greg Pugliese of Pizza e Vino, Part Three

The second concept in the works was previously written up by Niyaz. Pizzeria Solo in Yorba Linda will feature 10 classic pizzas, plus a full kitchen to accommodate an extended menu of chicken, steak and fish entrees. We're crossing our fingers that both joints will launch by end of the year.Greg inf ... More >>

ATF Busted Yorba Linda Meth Dealer Gets Punished in Federal Court

Not far from the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda in June 2010, federal agents used a confidential informant to trick an Orange County drug dealer into supplying them 111 grams of 99 percent pure methamphetamine for $4,000.This week, Robin Lynn Freiwald learned her punishment fol ... More >>

More of Santa Ana River Trail is Nationally Recognized

Inland bicyclists passing me on my sometimes Saturday rides to the beach on the Santa Ana River Trail will from now on have covered a National Recreation Trial before reaching me.At a Thursday ceremony at Yorba Regional Park in Anaheim, Orange County Parks unveiled a National Recreation Trail sign t ... More >>

Ron Paul Fights Ho Chi Minh in Little Saigon!

Yes, the Paul-bots--the political Juggalos whose obsessive behavior manages to turn off reasonable people who might otherwise agree with their candidate--have certainly been busy. Not content simply to take over a panel at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books or desperately demonstrate their rele ... More >>

[UPDATED with New Not Guilty Plea:] Itzcoatl Ocampo, Serial Killer Suspect, Accused of 6 Fatal Stabbings

​UPDATE, FEB. 21, 11:40 A.M.: To give you the proper visual for this post, picture Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo at right with an al Qaeda beard. That's how he appeared in a Santa Ana courtroom this morning when he pleaded not guilty to the stabbing-murders of a mother, her son and four homeless men sinc ... More >>

[UPDATED with Victim I.D.:] John Berry, OC Homicide No. 2: Itzcoatl Ocampo Held in Fatal Stabbings of Homeless

​UPDATE, JAN. 16, 8:53 A.M.: The homeless man fatally stabbed behind an Anaheim Carl's Jr. Friday night has been identified by friends as 64-year-old John Berry. He's been described as a spiritual man who was so beloved by neighbors and patrons of businesses near where he was murdered at La Palma ... More >>

11 Ucked Fup OC Murder Incidents from 2011

​The body count is piling up in Orange County this last month of 2011, with some slayings so awful they made the following compilation of the 11 most ucked fup murder scenes of the year.Please note that this will also be my last list of 2011 that includes the Salon Meritage massacre. As much as I ... More >>

Hoshang Pormir, Yorba Linda-Based Doctor, Gets Two Years Probation, Gave The Wrong Drugs To Four Elderly Patients

​In the wake of his "gross negligence" when treating elderly patients, the state medical board put a Yorba Linda-based doctor on two years probation, which took effect last week.Dr. Hoshang Pormir can't practice medicine again until he pays for, and completes, a 40-hour clinical training program. ... More >>

[UPDATED with DA Report:] Brea Cop Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Julian "Jules" Collender

​UPDATE, JUNE 29, 4:56 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) today released an 11-page letter based on its investigation of last year's police shooting of the late Julian "Jules" Collender, but it is the final two paragraphs that say it all: "Based on all the evidence presented ... More >>

On the Line: James D'Aquila of the Wild Artichoke, Part Two

Photo by Laila Derakhshanian​We continue our in-person interview with James D'Aquila, tracing his culinary background to the early '80s. He also shares some insight on choosing artichokes as his restaurant's signature ingredient. To read part one, click here. Stay tuned for our final installment, ... More >>

Why Are People Surprised Orange County has Anti-Muslim Loons?

Pauly: Pendeja​Color me jaded, cynical, or wayyyyy too in to be able to see from the outside, but I'm shocked that the anti-Muslim* rally that happened last week in Yorba Linda has made the national news. Write-ups in Salon, Good, and other national publications? Really? Sure, part of it is that t ... More >>

Long-Stalled In-N-Out Opens Friday in Costa Mesa

Edwin Goei​You may have not realized it, but there was a long hard slog to get the In-N-Out that replaces Kaplan's Deli off the Harbor exit of the 405 approved through the proper authorities.  It opens on Friday.As the Daily Pilot reports, "The approval process was lengthy, requiring both the ... More >>

3.7 Quake Shakes North OC and Long Beach

​I was sprinkling a light dusting of blueberries and Trader Joe's Organic Granny's Apple Granola on top of my bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat cereal at 9:06 this morning when it sounded as if something was trotting across the attic over the kitchen cabinets.My wife in bed with a col ... More >>

Elizabeth Cuevas Villanueva and Her Ice Pick May Prove She's Craziest Ex-GF Ever

​Eating, texting or ironing your pants behind the wheel are distracting enough, but can you imagine trying to drive with an ice pick sticking out of your head?The ex-boyfriend of Elizabeth Cuevas Villanueva probably did not have time to think of that shortly after he slid into his Mercedes-Benz in ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Shot Out of the Rough Sparks Quite a Round

​Golfers have been known to burn up the course, but this is ridiculous.Fire officials claim Saturday's 12-acre fire in Irvine was sparked--literally--by a golf club.How that possibly came to be after the jump . . .

[UPDATED:] Yorba Linda Becomes First OC City to Back Arizona's Immigration Law

UPDATE: The Yorba Linda City Council votes 3-0 Tuesday night in favor of a resolution supporting Arizona's SB 1070. ​Let us travel back in time to May 13, 1971, when President of the United States of America--and Yorba Linda favorite son--Richard Nixon was engaged in conversation with John Ehrlich ... More >>

Activist Who Tried to Get Mao Tossed From Nixon Library Now Takes on School

KaiChenForum.comKai Chen and his daughter Alex, then a Yale basketball player, at home in 2005. ​Los Angeles-based, Chinese-American activist Kai Chen, who last September organized demonstrations against the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda for including in its permanen ... More >>

Remembering Yorba Linda's 1st Medical Marijuana Collective, Jan. 2010-Feb. 2010

"We've established a safe access facility for all patients and their medical needs," stated the WeedMaps.com write-up for Salubrious Rx. "We always attempt to add compassion for this industry, and give it a more professional touch." And that the medical marijuana dispensary at 22607 L ... More >>

Your Refrigerator Is Trayf... Or Is It?

A friend of mine sent me a message earlier. They've just bought a house in Yorba Linda and apparently are looking for new kitchen appliances, including a new refrigerator, which means they're doing due diligence on the models they're considering.zen @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-SA 2.0​The IM has been los ... More >>

OC Farmers' Markets: Holiday Closures List

nedraggett @ flickr.com CC BY-ND 2.0​As we head into the holiday season, some markets will be closed or partially closed. Plan ahead: nobody wants to be caught unaware when the chips are down for the Feast of Seven Fishes or the reveillon du Nouvel An.While I contacted every market in Long Beach a ... More >>

Four Local Bands in Top 15 of 98.7's Rockstar Contest

​Of all the ways to make your band's wildest dreams come true, winning a radio station contest might not have the most street cred, but it certainly seems efficient.

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 ... More >>

George McGovern Spreads Peace at the Warring Nixon Library

George McGovern, peacemaker​It took former U.S. Senator George McGovern (D-South Dakota) to bring peace to the library and museum dedicated to the memory of his opponent in the 1972 presidential election, Richard Nixon.  Ten weeks after the private Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Found ... More >>

Richard Nixon Lovers Hate Kids and Christmas!

To demonstrate its displeasure with the federally run Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum having booked an appearance by former Nixon White House counsel [and current Nixonite Watergate fall guy] John Dean, the private Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation last month pulled bac ... More >>

OC Marathoners Are The Wheel Deal

yaaaay / Flickr / Creative CommonsNot the LA Marathon. This report filed by Weekly proofreader/velocity junkie Jack Grimshaw:  Two questions remain from Monday's L.A. Marathon: Where did all these hotshot OC wheelchair racers suddenly come from, and what the hell is in the water in Katherine ... More >>

TONIGHT: Lots of Stuff! Frank Black at Detroit Bar, Venus Infers at eVocal, Steelwells at DiPiazza's

A lot of neat shows going on around town tonight. Let's look at some of them, eh?We told you this week in the Weekly about Grand Duchy, the latest project from Frank Black, y'know, the frontman for the Pixies (I've heard they're good!). Doug Wallen's article is here, and that show is tonight at Detr ... More >>

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 th ... More >>

The Reg-O-Meter©: Interpreting Terry Horne's Tuesday reader letter

Interpreting Register publisher Terry Horne’s Page 2 Tuesday letter to Reg readers, the same day the paper introduced a new slimmed-down format—all pages reduced by a one-inch width to save on the cost of newsprint. (You can just call it shrinkage.) Warning: Horne uses the word “exciting” ... More >>

Reg Takes Multiple Hits on Multiple-Murder Coverage

Well, the good news is the Register finally took down those "Our marriage is great because of M.E.!" click-thru marriage education ads, which have recently tortured anyone attempting to access the paper online. Guess someone found them tasteless, considering. The bad news? In case you hadn't hear ... More >>

Fun With Dick

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Orange County's best damn dining guide

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Toll Road Rage: Ken Ryan and Friends

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