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Courthouse ShockerAn Orange County prosecutor getting frustrated with a jury? Oh, right: The defendant was a cop who Tased a gangbanger suspectINve witnessed strange things in my 14 years of haunting Orange County courtrooms, but the recent case of the People vs. Deputy Christopher David Hibbs held more than its…
It's been highly publicized that Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, 22, was killed in a collision just after midnight Friday. Some reporters have even added that Courtney Frances Stewart, the 20-year-old Diamond Bar resident who was driving the Mitsubishi Eclipse Adenhart rode in, and another passenger, Henry Nigel Pearson, 25,…
Carousel News N Trader–A Sun Valley-based trade mag for the mighty carousel industry–previews a book about Orange County amusement parks that pre-date Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. Early Amusement Parks of Orange County trades on author and former Disney/Knott's ride operator Richard Harris' lifelong fascination with theme parks and attractions…
Downtown Pomona's Fox Theater has not yet reopened for business, but they're already lining up gigs, including this rather high-profile one: perenniel music snob faves (with good reason!) Wilco, playing the 78-year-old former movie house on June 20…
These two complimentary treats might not cure any fiscal woes we may have, but at least they'll give us a sugar rush that'll take our minds off them for an hour or so. Assuming we can track down a nearby location, that is. MaggieMoo's Ice Cream N Treatery is giving away one…
It worked so well for Savannah in Costa Mesa, why not the French 75 in Fashion Island, too?So the same deal you saw at the now defunct restaurant (and other surviving Savannah's) is now also available at the French 75 at Fashion Island.1/2 pound King Crab Legs. Choice Aged Filet…
Research, procrastination and rubber-neck syndrome led your reporter to the website of Gary Watts, the Mission Viejo realtor who became to go-to source for anyone who wanted to justify their impulse to buy-buy-buy real estate in the mid-2000s. The Register quoted the guy in seemingly every real-estate prediction story in…
Capistrano Dispatch reports the lawsuit pitting the Orange Diocese against Native Americans over a memorial garden installed above burial grounds at Mission San Juan Capistrano has been settled.The dispute produced a Weekly news story on the legal spat and a cover story on the lead plaintiff, Chief David Belardes, leader…
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Baracknophobia – Obey comedycentral.com Daily ShowFull Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor Sure, Jon Stewart can mock those courageous Fox News hounds exposing the wussy Socialist tyrannical ways of the 10-week-old Obama administration, but look what the Chosen One's hyper-P.C-anti-freedom-thug…
Venus Infers, a band we've (along with just about everyone else, it seems) been singing the praises of for a while, were the big winners Saturday at the OC Music Awards, picking up the victory in three categories–best indie, best alternative (not sure how those two are defined, but OK)…
Walk by the CityPlace lofts during the night, and you'll quickly reach for your cell phone for illumination. The SanTana development, created by controversial grease-a-palm developer Robert Bisno, is a spectacular disaster; lofts that once went for $700,000 are now going for half that rate, if not more–and still, many…
You may have seen the posters plastered on bus stops throughout the county: There's the Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival this weekend at the Orange County Fairgrounds. First thing you'll ask, just like I did, is: Where the hell is Anatolia? The answer is Turkey. Well, that's part of the answer…