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It's the most common question I'm asked: what are your top five restaurants? I was asked in my 20 Qs on Greer's OC earlier this year, and I punted on the question because every year we're told to make this list up, and it's hard enough to pick just five. I wish I had more …
Summer is the season most of us associate with surfing because when we stick our toes in the water any other time the water is too dang cold. But hardcore surfers kill the waves any time of year, as witnessed by those hanging ten . . . er . . . hanging fin in the …
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Just in time for the Christmas holidays, the Orange County District Attorney has released a pair of reports that clear Orange County cops in two more officer-involved shootings. Nothing unusual there, of course. So far, not a single cop in Orange County has been charged with wrongful homicide in connection with any shooting that occurred while …
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C4mula should not be alive right now. The list of near-death experiences he has racked up at the ripe old age of 29 is pretty astounding. Flipping over in cars in two separate accidents, the victim in a malicious hit and run outside of Malone's in Santa Ana, having multiple guns pulled in his face, …
Cal State Fullerton graduate Tim Carpenter–a longtime, popular liberal activist in Orange County before moving to Massachusetts–is calling on Democrats to resist Republican attempts to shortchange middle class and low income Americans in advance of the federal government's so-called looming “fiscal cliff.” Carpenter, who is nowadays the national director of Progressive Democrats of America, recently …
See Update No. 3 at the end of page 3 of this post on leaders of UCI's Associated Students signing the resolution urging the university to divest from named companies for human rights abuses in Palestine. See Update Nos. 1-2 on ASUCI's legislative council unanimously passing the resolution urging divestment, and UCI's administration refusing the …
Sometimes, it does take an outsider to truly appreciate the beauty in an area, and that's what happened this past weekend, when Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne did a masterful essay on OC's Harbor Boulevard, from its start in the middle of La Habra nothingness through Sunny Hills, past Disneyland, past Joe's Italian …
Sure, talk shit on his weight if you want. But in an EDM landscape filled with stoic, overly-polished, stereotypical Euro types, Bristol-born DJ Eats Everything is a big man who knows to move. Should you be one of the fortunate revelers to watch him spin his pulsing, percussive mish-mash of house, hardcore jungle, U.K. bass …
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Just in case you took our largest wild and scenic area for granted, here is an incomplete list of the severe threats to the Santa Ana Mountains: 1) The Irvine Company wants to build 4,000 homes on historic ranch from Jamboree Road to Limestone Canyon. More information here 2) Rutter Development wants to build 65 …
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Friday, November 23 Donald GlaudeYost Theater Thank Glaude it's Friday. Tonight, the House music legend brings rocks the decks in Santa Ana for House music marathon at the Yost. The Washington-bred selector might be a frequent visitor to OC, but few venues offer as much room to stretch out his signature DJ chops. Holding down …
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Monday, November 19 Enrique Bunbury City National Grove of Anaheim Hailing from Spain, Enrique Bunbury, bursts with pop swarthiness. His name was lifted from an Oscar Wilde play, and his voice has a slightly reedy tone, which compliments lush arrangements and impassioned rhythms. After leaving the landmark Hispanic rock group Héroes del Silencio in 1996, …
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Friday night's excellent literary wing-ding at UC Irvine brought out a big crowd. Following the nifty plastic traffic signs with their unlikely message, “Tribute to Don Heiney” led a couple hundred literati (and the people who love them) to the University Club, full-up with tweed and tight dresses, SRO in fact, free wine and snacks, and decorated …