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John Rodriguez, tried for stroking his penis at girls walking to school and grabbing one of them, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges today and was sentenced to a year in jail, five years of probation and lifetime registration as a sex offender. The 6-foot-1, 350-pound, 20-year-old dental assistant copped to four misdemeanor counts of child …
Police agencies across the nation are once again participating in the third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, which is scheduled to run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event allows people to rid their homes of expired or unwanted prescription drugs–for free and with no questions asked. ] Among those that have advertised drop-off …
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Timothy Naftali, the George H.W. Bush biographer and respected historian the National Archives chose to run the Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda after the disgraced 37th president's loyalists from a private foundation first built and operated the sprawling facility, is leaving. Naftali, who will be remembered for bringing what Stephen Colbert calls …
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There's a real threat here, folks, and it's just been validated by the FBI, who call Juggalos “a loosely-organized hybrid gang” in the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. Previous to this report, we were only afraid of Juggalos' bad taste in music, aesthetic sense and Faygo-spraying ways. Now that they're likened to murderous street gangs …
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The second of Spectrum's four new eateries is days away from unlocking its doors. Wood Ranch BBQ led the charge at the beginning of the month next door to Ruby's. Remaining are Paul Martin's American Bistro and CUCINA Enoteca, both working to welcome guests as early as Thanksgiving weekend. We anticipate a photo finish. With …
The Huntington Beach home of disgraced former Bell city administrator Robert Rizzo has sold for $939,000. That's $40,000 less than the asking price when the two-story home was first listed in June, $10,000 less than a later discounted price–and $139,000 more than the bloated bureaucrat earned in annual salary for Bell–population 35,000 and change–before he …
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Never has a four-sentence announcement instilled so much joy in our hearts. Today we got word that Dinosaur Jr. are performing The Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Dec. 12, performing their classic album Bug front to back. Not only that, Henry Rollins will be interviewing the band live from the stage before the …
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The Orange County District Attorney's office announced today it will seek the death penalty for two men: Navy deserter Pasqual Raul Loera, who allegedly slayed a Westminster couple under the pretense of buying their car on Valentine's Day 2010, and Camp Pendleton serial killer Andrew Urdiales, who is accused of murdering five women between 1986 …
Of all cities in Orange County (even California!), an East Coast-dominating dessert chain is days away from launching on a sleepy corner at Main Street and Newport Avenue. Featured on episodes of The Apprentice and Sex and the City, Tasti D-Lite touts their frozen treat as a healthy alternative to soft serve. In a region …
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Yay! Our favorite metafictive show, Portlandia, is back in January. And because we've already shown you a list of the five best cameos in the comedy series created by and starring Fred Armisen (SNL) and Carrie Brownstein (vocalist/guitarist, WILD FLAG, Sleater-Kinney), we'll just go ahead and show you the clip after the jump. ]
The new federal crackdown on medical marijuana announced on Oct. 7 by the four California U.S. Attorneys sent chills throughout the industry. It was a stunning reversal by the Obama administration. Only two years ago, Deputy U.S. Attorney General David Ogden wrote his infamous “Ogden Memo,” announcing the feds wouldn't bother businesses in compliance with …
Nearly a year after a state appeals court dropped charges against him, James Fleming is suing Capistrano Unified School District for in attorney fees and lost wages–which one of Fleming's attorneys once estimated at more than $1.6 million. The former superintendent filed a complaint in Orange County Superior Court on Sept. 21, claiming that the …