Orange County's Leading Source Of News, Culture And Entertainment
Orange County's Leading Source Of News, Culture And Entertainment
The Oregonian's Tom Hallman Jr. has a touching story about a retired Huntington Beach teacher and one of his former students who wanted to apologize for something that happened nearly four decades ago. Why Oregon? Because that's where James Atteberry retired to after leaving Southern California. Astoria, to be precise. Two years ago, The Oregonian …
UPDATE, APRIL 24, 3:09 P.M.: The good news about the 40-foot gray whale who'd been entangled in a fishing net off Laguna Beach and San Onofre last week is it's headed in the right direction. The nonprofit Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach reports that the whale was spotted today off Gorda on the …
Continue reading “[UPDATED with New Spotting:] Gray Whale Entangled in Fishing Net”
First reported by Michelle, we ended up at South Coast Collection's The Iron Press last week for a friends and family unofficial opening. Beer taps and waffle irons abounding, we took a seat at their counter to check things out. In a building directly across from OC Mart Mix, the windowed, corner shop bustled with …
Continue reading “The Iron Press in Costa Mesa: Toothsome Waffleliciousness!”
It's easy to complain about air travel, especially when TSA agents feel you up like it's prom night and then the guy behind you plops his flaking feet on your arm rest. But typically, the end reward is getting where you want to go in a conceivable amount of time. Not for Stephen Persaud. On …
Continue reading “Irvine Man Wants Off 'No Fly List,' Sues FBI”
Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. ] 1) MLB.tv Premium My lady got me the MLB.tv Premium subscription as an anniversary gift, and while I'm pretty sure it's one of man's greatest …
Continue reading “3hree Things: Must-Haves For Unapologetic Baseball Geeks”
“We want to change the way people think about and choose their seafood” says SLAPFISH co-owners Andrew Gruel and Jethro Naude. “The idea is to get people to eat more seafood, but the right types of seafood, because sustainable tastes better.” When we interviewed Andrew for On the Line last summer, we met in a …
“West Coast Detox and Treatment was created to provide a safe place in which recovery from alcohol and drug addiction could take place,” reads the Huntington Beach rehab's home page. Tell that to Jason Redmer. The San Juan Capistrano 28-year-old was found dead Monday morning at the facility housed in a single-family home on Yale …
It's been nearly three years since Karyl Ketchum battled district administrators in court after football players at Corona Del Mar High threatened to shoot and rape her then-17-year-old daughter, the lead actress in the school's production of “Rent.” Ketchum enlisted the help of the ACLU to file a lawsuit suit “over a sexist and homophobic …
As agent provocateur Marilyn Manson prepares for the May 1 release of his latest album Born Villain, a recently released music video “No Reflection” by the rocker is ghoulish and controversial. The scene is a dinner party and Manson plays host to women clad in white. Something goes terribly awry as everyone toasts and imbibes …
thesilverlakechorus.com Jennifer Daking, Silver Lake Chorus Soprano, clothing designer, Boston Terrier devotee When it comes to Coachella, what's better: 103-degree temperatures or a drizzley, windy, muddy polo field? The latter is what many festival-goers might be facing this Friday: The forecast as of time of publishing is a high of 69-degrees with a 50 percent …
Continue reading “Coachella Rainy Day Fashions: Clothing Designer Jennifer Daking Gives Advice”
Having trouble finding those melodies to capture and transmit a definitive life experience? Constantly scratching out words on a piece of paper here and there on that rabble-rousing political anthem-to-be? No worries. This Saturday in SanTana, Martha González and Quetzal Flores of the East LA band Quetzal will be offering their wisdom for FREE at …
Continue reading “Learn the Art of Songwriting from Members of Quetzal this Saturday”
After yesterday's random heatwave, who isn't screaming for something chilly? Per the Vermont founders, “As a way to thank our customers for their support and to celebrate 34 years of scooping the chunkiest, funkiest ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet, Ben & Jerry's scoop shops are happily giving it away!” ] Festivities are from noon …