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Folks, it's with a heavy heart that I share with you that after a year at its location in Santa Ana, The Craft Kitchen is closing its doors. I'll give you a moment to let that sink in–after the jump, more on what to expect in the craft class/gift boutique's final days…
Though Fullerton's Audacity called Orange County's music scene “a joke” in a recent interview with the District, we still heart them and their sloppy poppy ways. So it's cool to see them about to embark on a 15-date national tour, starting this Thursday in Tucson, AZ, and joined by a…
Though word was spread far via Twitter, this evening's planned flash mob “freeze” protest at Disneyland Plaza in support of the continued controversy over the Iran election managed to draw, by our count, no more than 10 total participants. Organized by Twitter user @greenthumbnails, the planned flash mob was announced, as we reported…
Echo Beach tells the story of the Newport Beach surf scene in the eighties. Originally a reference to the steep, fast breaks between 52nd and 54th Streets, the name “Echo Beach” came to signify an entire era of Southern California surf culture. A group of innovative, extra-rebellious local surfers rose…
More Comic-Con photos, from Saturday and Sunday, as the musky smell and convention madness begins to sink in. (Check our previous bunch of photos out here.)…
I spent most of my time at Comic-Con International in San Diego holed up in extremely specific comic book-centric panels that only the most dedicated geeks could possibly care about, and sometimes not even then. (I know you guys are all so psyched that Power Girl is going to be…
Azhak Hussam is positioning himself to be something like the Willy Wonka of Muslims. The Garden Grove cosmetics company owner (with a background in pharmacy, according to this article in Anaheim-based, InFocus, a Muslim newspaper) has invented what he calls, the Ramadan Fasting Tablet, which, if it works, will be…
This past weekend, our coast was bombarded with the biggest waves we've had in a year. Rumors raged across the county of freak triple overhead closeouts, broken leashes and far worse. We all shuddered and thought of our own near-death surfing moments when we heard that Monte Kevin Valentin, a…
Home for the summer with way too much free time on my hands after a long and miserable year at Chico State in Northern California, I quickly discovered that pretty much everyone I knew in Orange County had either moved away or moved on. I needed a hobby I could…
The myyyysterious Club 33. Though most have heard of it–creepy obsessive Disney fanatic or not–not many have ever seen it. And at the rate the wait list is crawling along? You'll probably never see it. The latest D23 FANfare e-mail blast reports: “Ever since Club 33 opened on June 15,…
Last Night: Azure Ray, Tim Kasher, Janu and the Whalesharks at the Glass House, Pomona; July 18, 2009.Better than: The quesadilla at nearby Juan Pollo (seriously, it's not very good).Snubbed song: “New Resolution,” from Azure Ray's 2003 record Hold On Love.Brought back to life after nearly six years of multiple…
The dates to remember are August 8 and 9, when the Blond One–who has four food shows on TV right now (a record, apparently)–will be on stage, working the crowd and being an all-round nice guy. He might not be everyone's cup of tea, with his shades-of-Billy-Mays (GRHS) delivery, but…