Wild Rivers to Finally Close and Become… A Water Park

We missed this item on the LA Times's Funland blog on Monday. Apparently, Irvine water park Wild Rivers, which has spent the better part of its decade proclaiming it would soon shut down but never actually doing so, may finally see its last day in 2010.In its place would be…

3 OC Schools Escape No Child Left Behind Sanctions, CTA Crows

California Teachers Association (CTA) is taking credit for three elementary schools in Orange County improving enough academically to escape vulnerability to sanctions or forced conversion to charter schools under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.Melrose Elementary School in Placentia, Martin Elementary School in Santa Ana and Kinoshita Elementary School…

Haunted House Review: Sinister Pointe in Brea

Location: Sinister Pointe; 453 S. Associated Road, Brea. (In the Brea Plaza Center, also home to a relatively rare strip mall Borders. An attraction year-round!)Low Down: Two “terrifying” mazes: the “interactive” Fear and Silent Hill, based on the popular series of video games (and, to surely a much lesser extent,…

Gettin' Made: As Seen on TV

If you haven't made the journey from Orange County to Sherman Oaks to visit indie craft uber-gift-shop Handmade Galleries LA, I'll put it simply: You. Are. Missing. Out. This mecca of handmade awesomeness sells everything from Crafty Chica to Gama Go to Bungalow 360 and more. Couple that with almost…

Pelosi Coming to OC, Maybe Celebrates Her Disapproval Spike

It'll only cost ya $150 to see Nancy Pelosi in Orange County. The Democratic Party of OC's 15th annual Harry S. Truman Awards Dinner on Dec. 4 will feature the House Majority Leader as keynote speaker. Santa Ana State Assemblyman Jose Solorio will take home the Truman, while Florice Hoffman will…

Free Moral Agents Announce Tour, No California Dates Yet

Yesterday, it was announced that Long Beach psych-rock jam artists Free Moral Agents (pictured) are hitting the road with their El Paso compadres Zechs Marquise. Their tour, which starts November 7 in ZM's hometown, is set to run for about three weeks at this point, with dates to be added…