Wild N Crazy Taco Night This Thursday

The 16th Annual Wild N Crazy Taco Night will be held this Thursday. 1550 Superior Avenue, Costa Mesa 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM VIP Party 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM $60 – advance registration onlyVIP Party $150 – advance registration only There's limited availability, No tickets sold at the door…

Navel Gazing: The Avis of Journalistic Blogs in the West

Dear readers, prepare to withstand some navel gazing about Navel Gazing, the OC Weekly staff news blog: It has won second-place honors from Best of the West, which was founded in 1987 to promote freedom of information and reward journalistic excellence, mainly through its contest for newspapers and newspaper-run websites…

The Man, The Myth William J. Bennett Coming to OC

Conservative pundit William J. Bennett is coming to the Richard Nixon Library and Museum Sunday to hawk the book he cowrote with John Cribb, The American Patriot's Alamanc. Bennett has written so many books that it's fun to contrast the titles with his own notoriety. For instance:The Book of Virtues:…

Getting Ripped Off By Bland Food at Geisha House

I've eaten at restaurants where the bill came to more than $300 for two (the late, great Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel). Where the buffet cost $100 for two (Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel again). Over $100 for omakase for one (Hanamori). Many other places too expensive and too superfluous…

Yup, Henley Sues DeVore

Chuck DeVore, assemblyman from Irvine, has been right all along. He predicted that Eagles founder Don Henley would sue him for using “The Boys of Summer” in an anti-Obama parody video. He predicted that this would become a national story. This weekend, CNN validated the guy by breaking the news…

It's a Quick Read 36: HOT! Weekend and Monday Edition

Orange County Register: The current heatwave broke 51-year-old records in Orange County. . . . The CHP needs your help nabbing whoever took a potshot at an officer responding to a freeway overpass suicide attempt last week. . . . Two of the 10 worst charities in America are based…

Yoo in Clear or Not So Fast?

World events are moving so fast and furious, one wonders how participants in the Saturday and Tuesday Chapman University School of Law debates featuring visiting professor and Bush White House torture enabler John Yoo at the center of each are keeping up with their talking points.CBSNews.com Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen:…

Nixon Library Museum Store is Green With Ennui

The private Richard Nixon Library N Birthplace Foundation (not to be confused with the public Richard Nixon Library and Museum) has really gotten into the spirit of Earth Day. The foundation is directing shoppers to its cash cow, the museum store, with an email blast that states:Celebrate Earth Day Keep…