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As all things in the Valle de Guadalupe, progress has been slow–the kind of slow that makes food taste great, that refines Port and Highland Scotch, the kind of slow that makes a ballad sung by Ron Isley flow like honey dripping from each carefully placed syllable just behind the beat–laid back. There are a …
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Just days before the opening of the 2013 California Pacific Triennial at Orange County Museum of Art, the Yost Theater will be hosting a discussion panel with exhibiting artists Adriana Salazar, Adan Valencillo, Sebastian Preece, Yoshua Okon, Hugo Crosthwaite, and Dario Escobar TONIGHT at 7pm. The panel will be an early glimpse into the work …
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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a report identifying three California beaches with “Superstar” ratings, meaning they are among the cleanest of the clean nationwide. All three are in Orange County. The NRDC also listed three California beaches that may have you slipping into a hazmat suit before venturing into their surf. Two are …
You may have seen it making rounds on social media. You may have even tried to avert your eyes. But there's no escaping the fact that it's heading this way. Yup, the Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe is coming to the OC Fair on July 12. ] The diabetes-inducing spectacle, created by the deep-fry gods at …
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See Update No. 2 on page 2 about a proposal from the mayors of Santa Ana and Newport Beach to reduce the number of fire rings in the beach city and convert some remaining into cleaner-burning pits. Update No. 1 on the next page is about air-quality regulators softening their hardline stance before this afternoon's …
We like reading quotations just as much as we like quoting musicians. So we illustrated our favorite five quotations from Beck. If you haven't been following Beck's career closely, here is where's it's at (couldn't help ourselves): He is currently on a small U.S. tour and will release TWO new albums; one is acoustic and …
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Diego's Downtown's got a cool logo, a “D” that's half calligraphy, half block letter. It is, perhaps, a hint that the new restaurant by a chef named Richard Espinachio is going to have one foot in Santa Ana's hipster scene, the other reveling in tacos. ] Looking at the menu, that's exactly what it is. …
Dear Sweet Readers, It's about time that you know we love you. We couldn't do it without you (oh, and our many “colorful” ads) and that's why we plan events like this year's Summer Fest at Newport Dunes. We appreciate food and alcohol as much as you do and want to share the experience together. …
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Irony is a staple of theater, so consider the irony of an indispensable member of Orange County's playrighting community, Stephen Ludwig, traveling to France for a writing vacation,only to die in the place that inspired him so much. Yet, there is also something romantic about both dying in the place you love, and to do …
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The Kids were punk stormers of the highest order, blowing through their native Belgium in the late '70s with high-speed, high-intensity songs that owed more to wreckers like the Ramones, the Damned, and Rose Tattoo than (for example) the comparatively more sedate Sex Pistols. Their two must-have major label LPs (and the associated singles, two …
Fresh from an appearance at MesAmerica, Mexico's most prestigious international chef conference founded by Chef Enrique Olvera of the legendary Pujol, our own Sabina Bandera of La Guerrerense has been given the honor of representing Mexico at the 1st annual World Street Food Congress in Singapore. Sabina and her daughter Mariana Oviedo arrived a few days …
Tuesday, May 28 Insane Clown Posse City National Grove of Anaheim A rap duo that dons elaborate clown face paint, Insane Clown Posse boast obsessively about drinking an obscure soda called Faygo and having a legion of fans who refer to themselves as Juggalos. Why wouldn't you go see them? Whether or not you can …