Yorba Linda

On The Line: Hiro Noguchi Of Sushi Noguchi, Part One

Hiro Noguchi may have required a translator to answer our questionnaire, but we shared a rapport over his omakase menu one afternoon. While skittish about dining on fresh coronet (pictured), it quickly became apparent that Noguchi would be our sushi hero, saving us from Americanized rolls and introd ... More >>

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 >>

The Week in Forgetfulness: Books by Crooks, the Cold War and a Writer to Remember

My kind editor, The Mexican, offered to reimburse me for purchase of the ex-governor of California's memoirs. I considered reading and reviewing the provocatively titled Total Recall:  My Unbelievably True Life Storybut I felt so uncomfortable at even the thought of walking into a bookstor ... More >>

Lying on a U.S. Passport Application Earns How Much Prison Time?

Orange County's Chrisstian Pax Joseph Manshack lied on his U.S. passport application so he could flee the country for Asia in the hopes of outrunning domestic violence charges.But any relief Manshack felt when he first landed in Thailand evaporated while in China.Communist agents arrested him for ov ... More >>

Gore Vidal Behind the Orange Curtain: 5 Great Lines from Author's Nixon Library Visit (WTF?)

Perhaps one of Orange County's most incongruous moments happened the evening of Aug. 26, 2009, when George McGovern and the now-late Gore Vidal entertained a packed house at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda--yes, that Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum ... More >>

Nixon Lovers Tried to Get Yorba Linda Library Chief Fired Before Watergate Exhibit Went Up

Scholars might point to the vast video collection of interviews with Richard Nixon White House officials as the crowning glory of Timothy Naftali's five-year reign as executive director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda.For the rest of us, Naftali will be remembered ... More >>

On the Line: Mike Dimmitt of Garlic Scapes, Part One

Mike Dimmitt was difficult. And by difficult we mean next to impossible to get a hold of. We'll let the fact that he was in the process of moving be an excuse, but c'mon! He's lucky we share a favorite chef and infatuation with dim sum and (San Diego) breweries. A purveyor of this stinking rose, the ... More >>

Pizza e Vino Owner Planning New Restaurant in North County

​When Steve Dickus opened Pizza e Vino a few years ago on Rancho Santa Margarita Lake, I wondered how he would stay in business. His Neapolitan pizzas are the best in South County, but opening a high-end pizzeria in the middle of a recession in one of O.C.'s most remote locales seemed crazy (Ortic ... More >>

Cops, Church, Advocates and Crisis Counselors to Meet with Public About Homeless Killings

​With more murders expected to bring more charges against a Yorba Linda man accused to preying on homeless men in North County (see this post), the multi-agency Homeless Homicide Task Force is joining forces with the Community Service Programs (CSP) Crisis Response Team, the Orange County Rescue M ... More >>

Veterans Day Food Freebies: Hooters Wings, Subway Sandwiches, BJ's Pizza and More

Free food! Woo! ​This Friday, restaurants everywhere are rolling Veterans Day freebies and deals for our fine servicemen and women. If you're a veteran or active-duty service member, get in on the free-grub action with the list below. And thank you for serving our country!  Fine print:&n ... More >>

Karl Rove Comes to Nixon Library; Will the Glitteratti Follow?

​Those attending tonight's Karl Rove blab-a-thon at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda may detect twinkles in the eye or from the teeth of the guest of honor. But the source may not be his happy demeanor or extra-white choppers. It could be leftover residue from Rove ... More >>

Fruit Flies Back in OC to Bedevil Jerry Brown

​The bane of Jerry Brown's first go-round as governor is back.It's a teeny-weeny, eensy-weensy fruit fly. Actually, it's two of them, found in Westminster earlier this month. They join two more trapped in the Anaheim-Yorba Linda area near the end of June and start of July.How can four fruit flies ... More >>

Profiles In OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: James W. Newell, Fullerton-Area Miner/Mason

​That old-time racism that once marked Fullerton is rearing its ugly head right now over at the Friends for Fullerton's Future blog, in the comments section in a simple post about the future of the Chicano murals near the Lemon Street overpass. Of course! As we've noted before on this blog, Fuller ... More >>

Boycott Disney's Aladdin: 'The Biggest Threat to the Youth of Our Country'

Boycott Aladdin​​"We don't want a whole new world!" reads the Facebook page for Boycott Aladdin, a fight against the guy Tea Party Youth LA calls "the biggest terrorist of all." Yes, Aladdin. That Aladdin. The one with an aerodynamic carpet and a genie friend. Armed with a clipboard an ... More >>

[UPDATED] Irvine 11 Charged With Misdemeanors, Face Jail, Probation, Community Service if Convicted

Photos by Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklySeven of the Irvine 11​UPDATE, MARCH 11, 4:08 P.M.: The arraignment of the Irvine 11 was continued this morning until April 15 so the court can consider defense motions to seal grand jury documents, remove the Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) from the ... More >>

Laguna Beach, The Hills Star Audrina Patridge Gets Her Own Show

Audrina has reason to smile​There's more great news for 24-year-old Yorba Linda (or Placentia, depending on the source) native Audrina Patridge.Patridge, who appeared on MTV's Laguna Beach and The Hills, is being called a "breakout star" by heavyweight television producer Mark Burnett and thus is ... More >>

Feds See a Red Door, Want to Paint It Black

​When Mick Jagger saw a red door, he wanted to paint it black, as is widely acknowledged (by me) in the greatest Rolling Stones song of all time (any girl who claims otherwise gets cut!).So, the federal investigation of the San Gabriel Valley-based Red Door gang--which just ... More >>

Robert Shorter, Ex-Guard Held in String of Trinity Broadcasting Network Burglaries

​Robert Shorter was a security guard at the worldwide headquarters for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) in Costa Mesa before being fired several years ago.So, it was unusual that the 39-year-old Yorba Linda resident would be walking out of the opulent eyesore across from South Coast Plaza after ... More >>

Local Music News Links: Local Natives, MGMT, Henry Clay People, Hindu Pirates

The golden boys of Local Natives​It's been a short week, so we have a short list for you of items on OC-music related items from other publications. Read on...

Orange Coast Magazine Pulls All Punches in Article on OC Diocese's Most-Prominent Sex-Abuse Survivor

Orange Coast story...​I'm glad that Joelle Casteix--sex-abuse survivor from the Diocese of Orange's grubby employees and its most-prominent critic--is getting more and more attention, even if Orange Coast's profile of her in this month's issue is a blatant rip-off of my two-year-old Casteix profil ... More >>

¡Ask a Comida Critic! Anything Good in the Anaheim Hills Area?

​Asked via Facebook, but I'm paraphrasing:So, I have a dear friend whom I'm taking out to dinner. It has to be around Anaheim Hills, though. Any recommendations? Can't be too expensive!

Taco Bell Crime of the Week!

​I do believe this is the first time this column has addressed a crime in la naranja...from the Register! Police have arrested a Yorba Linda parolee in connection with a knifepoint mugging in a Taco Bell parking lot. Police found Corey Andrew Schoenkopf, 21, at 12:30 a.m. Thursday sleeping in his ... More >>

National Pancake (and Dog Biscuit) Day

Despite the fact that Shrove Tuesday was last week, just a reminder that today is National Pancake Day. Go to IHOP and get your free short stack of pancakes. Contribute generously to charity. Expect lines.Now that that has been dispensed with, on to more important discoveries: today is also National ... More >>

Why Food Trucks Are Not Evil

desserttruck.comPlease, please, PLEASE come to OC, Dessert Truck!​Nancy Luna (the Fast Food Maven) is someone whose writing I admire, and she scoops absolutely everything about fast food in OC. I know that when the Buttermilk Truck or the Grilled Cheese Truck or any of the other, suddenly-fashiona ... More >>

[Sound Guy] Irvine's Entice Have 10,000 Reasons to Be Happy

Ned Beatty to Play Mike Duvall on Screen

Ned Beatty (left) and Mike Duvall. Or is it the other way around?Ned Beatty is set to play Mike Duvall in the upcoming movie on the now-ex-state assemblyman's political flame-out. Actually, no one has signed the Deliverance pig squealer to such a project, and there may not even be o ... More >>

Gore Vidal and George McGovern Are the Stars, But Spirit of Ted Kennedy Also Fills Nixon Library

Photo by Christopher Victorio George McGovern (left) listens to Gore Vidal's introduction at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda.Legends of liberalism Gore Vidal and George McGovern were the honored guests at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Y ... More >>

Ike Ticketmate Nixon Turns Up in Laguna Beach Historical Photos

Courtesy of Laguna Beach Historical Society Richard Nixon whips up the crowd in front of Laguna Beach City Hall.San Clemente, Yorba Linda and even San Juan Capistrano get mentioned most when discussing places Richard Nixon haunted while in Orange County, but at least Laguna Beach has ph ... More >>

And Speaking of John Dean in Orange County . . .

UPDATED WITH CORRECTED GENDER FOR ONE MAN, JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ANOTHER (THANK YOU, REV. TAYLOR). Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean, whose June appearance drew 300 people to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum and the wrath of the private Richard Nixon Library & Birth ... More >>

Got Any Good Richard Nixon Toilet Paper Jokes?

Presented without comment: Ok, actually, we'll comment...

Nixon, Watchmen, Queerty, Archie Bunker and Tobias Funke

Frost/Nixon may have gotten skunked at the Oscars, but it did win "Best Picture for Grown-ups" in AARP the Magazine's awards for movies those over 50 enjoy. Otherwise, the media's fixation with Opie's flick is waning, but not with Richard Nixon himself, who is rolled into the plot line of ... More >>

John Taylor Describes His Last Day on the Job at Nixon Library

John H. Taylor, who left his longtime gig as the executive director of the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation to lead St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church and School as the Rancho Santa Margarita church's vicar, describes the events of his last day on the job in Yorba Linda here.It wa ... More >>

Wholesome Choice to Open New Store in Anaheim Hills

We have great tipsters*. Jerry de Vera is no exception. He sent me these pictures of his sighting, and it's a big one: A new location of Wholesome Choice, that Persian-market-cum-Whole-Foods-cum-International-Food-Court. He writes: "I noticed construction at this former Albertson's on my way to ... More >>

Cracking Open a Miller

Congressman Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) has jack-assed his way back into the news. Seems he owns $20,000 in toll road bonds. What's the big deal? Miller is a big-time toll-road supporter, putting his signature on letters of support to the project as well as garnering earmark after earmark of pork-ba ... More >>

Cal State Fullerton student: American Gladiator?

Car keys, check. Protein bar, check. Sleeveless workout shirt, check. Reebok Classics laced up tight, check. Short-shorts, neon green...double check. There comes a time in every man’s life when he must answer the call to greatness. For my friend Garret and I, that call rang loud and clear with on ... More >>

Wake Up and Suck the Orange 2.1.08

Rabbits rabbits, y'all. Rabbits to the motha-effin' rabbits. Happy February. Don't forget there's 29 days in this one. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE: LA Times - Who knew it took dozens of officers and over $25,000 taxpayer dollars just to send one girl to the mental hospital? Wait, she's not a girl. No, she ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 01/24

OC'S MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR, 7:00 p.m. Bachelors gone wild for the single and ready to mingle. Newport Lexus Showroom 3901 MacArthur Blvd Newport Beach, Ca. PETER BJORN AND JOHN, 8:00 p.m. If you never have before, now's the time to hear their song "Young Folks" live. Orange County Performing Ar ... More >>

Diary of a Mad County

Nov. 22 - Nov. 28

Memories (wiretapping edition)

There was something very familiar about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony before the Senate Judicary Committee yesterday. As Think Progress summarizes yesterday morning's highlight: Earlier this year, the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), which is charged ... More >>

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