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The sun finally reappeared today and I decided to play tourist. I've been promising my family pictures of where I live for the past two weeks. I'm from Florida. My parents have never been to California. Only one of my three younger siblings has visited the state. So, I got on…
Like Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future, Rep. John Campbell (R-Newport Beach) is about to host some seasonal visitors.Singing traditional Christmas carols set to new lyrics, members of UC Irvine's chapter of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) plan to serenade Campbell's Newport Center office Tuesday…
You can order this year's official White House Christmas Ornament direct for $23.The same ornament is available from the Richard Nixon Foundation for $26.95.The latter is the best deal…
The last Crime Time ended with sketchy details about Monday's armed invasion of the Newport Coast home of Daniel Sadek, the Redline movie producer-writer and former sub-prime mortgage king September's Vanity Fair ranked No. 86 on a list of institutions and people most to blame for the nation's economic problems. The…
According to a story by Al Rudis in today's Press-Telegram (a paper I worked at for three years), Long Beach Junior Concert Band founder/leader Marvin Marker passed away Sunday at a Denver airport. He was 74.Sure, the Stones have been around for what feels like forever, but Marker had them…
New Cat Power album will feature Chan Marshall (pictured) all alone again.Weezer cancels remaining 2009 tour dates following bus crash.Sigur Rós singer with super high voice to drop debut solo album. Indie rock supergroup Sweet Apple features members of Dinosaur Jr., Cobra Verde and Witch.Eddie Vedder and others pay tribute…
Alt-rockers Something Corporate, one of the biggest band to come out of Orange County in past decade, has confirmed they will reunite following a five-year hiatus to headline Bamboozle California 2010. The festival takes place March 27-28 at Angels Stadium of Anaheim. No offical word yet on what date Something…
This is like the perfect storm of craft show weekends, a veritable blizzard of mall-free holiday shopping! No matter where you're at in Orange County or beyond, there is sure to be an indie crafting event happening near you. After the jump, details on the indie crafting events happening this weekend…
Remember our recent post about Ready-to-Wear Breasts? The Costa Mesa cosmetic surgeon who performs the quickest boob job in the West now wants to blog for the Weekly…
TINCUP More Than Half-Empty?Grizzled watchdog Shirley Grindle runneth out of patience with the committee responsible for reforming the countyNs campaign-finance lawFor a few hours nearly every month this past year, you could go to the Orange County Hall of Administration in Santa Ana, take the elevator to the third floor…
It's been a good week for Huntington Beach attorney Allen Baylis…
While frontman Julian Casablancas serenaded the good people of Southern California this past month via his residency at the Downtown Palace Theater, it appears other members of his band the Strokes were making plan to regroup, return to stage and studio.She N Him to release Volume Two! And my irrational…