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It's the Weekly's weekly roundup of local police calls and assorted mayhem.MONDAY, NOV. 2 “I'm Talking Tina . . . and Things Are Going to Be Different Around Here” A woman called 9-1-1 around 3:45 in the morning to say she heard a baby toy go off downstairs in her…
Sadly, Mrs. Belardes has lost her battle to the deadly disease…
While Rick Warren goes around eating ice cream, the mothership Calvary Chapel campus will host a two-day conference starting Friday on the evils of Charles Darwin. Titled, appropriately enough, “Darwin was Wrong,” a press release promises many lectures on the subject by scientists who “will present overwhelming scientific evidence against…
Some would credit Europe with this thing we call electronic dance music by pointing back to the pioneering work of Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder and Can. They would be half right: Contemporary electronic dance music, like blues, rock and jazz, is a progeny of the interplay between black and white music…
One of the main criticisms Catholic pedo-apologists have against the survivors that dare sue the Church in civil lawsuits boils down to this twisted logic: if the victims just care about exposing the truth, then why are they asking for money? Don't civil suits just show that they're really money-grubbers…
Lisping serial killer Billy Joe Johnson (pictured) walked into Orange County Superior Court today in a seemingly relaxed mood despite the shackles, handcuffs and extra security. An animated, wide-eyed smile appeared on Johnson's prison pale face when he saw his defense lawyer, Michael Molfetta. In court, the 46-year-old white supremacist…
Find yourself all trick-or-treated out? Too tired to bedazzle your buttocks and head out to the mayhem in West Hollywood? Well, get a load of this list of the Halloween hi jinx taking place right here in Orange County before you decide to retire your cleverly constructed Ben Bernanke costume…
Treat Or . . . Trick!CanNt find a costume slutty enough? Let us dress you up as OCNs Scariest People! If youNre like us, youNve been looking through the seemingly endless variety of skimpy, tight, campy Halloween costumes offered in catalogs and superstores, and nothing has really jumped out at…
Yuh oh. A Washington Post poll published last week said that 57% of American support a public option as part of health insurance reform. This has appeared to unnerve U.S. Representative Ed Royce — or at least pique his curiosity. “The Washington Post claims that 57% of all Americans support…
The publisher whose vision defined the Orange County Register for much of this decade will become publisher of The Oregonian.N. Christian Anderson helmed Freedom Orange County Information from 1999 to 2007. During his tenure, the paper grabbed a clutch of Pulitzer nominations, but also saw the launches and eventual shutterings…
Mondays aren't usually known for being full of good news. But if you're a Cold War Kids fan, today is a joyous anomaly. It's come to our attention that the band announced the upcoming release of their new EP, Behave Yourself, out on Jan. 19 (Downtown Records). And they plan to celebrate…
Susan Feniger, what hast thou wrought?After one-half of the Too Hot Tamales, of Border Grill fame, opened the nearly un-Googleable Street in Hollywood as a restaurant specializing in street foods from around the world, it seems like everyone has started jumping on the bandwagon.Edwin reported six weeks ago that K'Ya…