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UPDATE, FEB. 21, 11:40 A.M.: To give you the proper visual for this post, picture Itzcoatl “Izzy” Ocampo at right with an al Qaeda beard. That's how he appeared in a Santa Ana courtroom this morning when he pleaded not guilty to the stabbing-murders of a mother, her son and four homeless men since Oct. …
David Bazan February 20, 2012 Living Room Show I had the pleasure of seeing David Bazan and his band at The Constellation Room in December of last year, and my subsequent gushing about how moving and intimate I'd found the show to be was met by a chorus of Bazan fans insisting I get my …
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Here in SoCal, unless you're a huge weather nerd or have family where there's actually weather, our wild guess is that you're not an avid watcher of The Weather Channel. Seems that producers are hoping to change that. In an effort to boost its viewership, the channel has ventured into the great abyss …
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Doctor-patient confidentiality? Not so much at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton and Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach. The two hospitals accidentally made the medical records of more than 21,000 patients publicly searchable on the web. Names, lab results, medications, allergies, body mass indexes and demographics could be found by any weirdo with an internet …
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A jury ruled against an Irvine couple who sued the County of Orange after being placed on the state's child abuse registry for punishing their adopted daughter by cutting her hair. George and Betty McFetridge had sought $28,000 to cover the cost of sending the teenager to a residential program and $1 for each of …
Since the Weekly profiled the Anaheim ethnic enclave unofficially known as 'Little Arabia' in a January cover story, hundreds of folks on Facebook have 'liked' the neighborhood page that has existed since 2010 on the social networking site, sending its total to over 1,100. Rashad Al-Dabbagh, who turned to social media to build momentum for …
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A judge in Northern California has ruled Rodney Alcala, the serial killer sitting on Death Row for killing a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four women in Los Angeles County in the 1970s, can be extradited to New York to stand trial for two murders there. Alcala is currently scheduled to be flown to New …
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Had he not passed away on Feb. 10, 2006, beloved hip-hop producer J Dilla would have turned 38 years young yesterday. In honor of J Dilla's birthday, his passing (Dilla suffered from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, although is official cause of death is cardiac arrest) and his awesomeness, we are going to post one must-hear track …
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Here's to hoping my Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America is hitting the cultural caliente list at the right time–and it is, if you go by recent histories on Mexican food published by mainstream publications. I know Smithsonian Magazine is working on something because they called me for comment about the tamale wagons of …
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After several starts and stops, Catherine Kieu Becker finally entered another not guilty plea today to slicing off her estranged husband's penis as he was waking up, throwing the member into the garbage disposal and turning it on. That means she still could have done it, as she supposedly admitted to police at the time, …
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When one thinks about the phrases “small plates” or “bar snacks”, we visualize some simplistic dishes, like mixed nuts or maybe yakitori skewers. But Lucca Cafe ain't your normal tapas. Located in a strip mall just off the 405, Lucca elevates the utilitarian Quail Hill plaza with an arsenal of cooks led by Cathy Pavlos. …
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UPDATE, JAN. 24, 5:26 P.M.: The support Newport-Mesa Unified School District Superintendent Jeffrey Hubbard enjoyed from his Board of Education disappeared into the paneling separating trustees from the public barred from a secret meeting this afternoon. In other words, the board voted unanimously to can Hubbard, who has been convicted on corruption charges in Los …