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A group of fishermen may face charges for illegally catching and killing a “prohibited” young great white shark over the weekend on the Huntington Beach pier. Fortunately for officials, the video of the illegal incident was posted to YouTube on Aug. 23 (which can be viewed after the jump). In it a man holding the …
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UPDATE, AUG. 24, 5:15 P.M.: We heard from Bill Lobdell, the man responsible for the efforts to increase Costa Mesa's transparency. He didn't agree with the Weekly's statement that the city “Gives Itself an A+ Grade in Transparency.” (You can read his response after the jump.) The Daily Pilot has also commented on the story, posting …
What do pickles, cheese and red velvet cupcakes have to do with Chef Louie Joscon? Only one way to find out in our continuing interview with Red Table. If you haven't already checked out Part One, here's your chance. Stay tuned for something meaty tomorrow. Hardest lesson you've learned:At a time of need, the people …
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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has restored a whistle-blower lawsuit that accuses Santa Ana-based Corinthian Colleges of violating federal law by paying bonuses to recruiters based on how many students they enrolled into the for-profit vocational schools. ] Federal law was enacted to outlaw such commissions out of fears that …
UPDATE, AUG. 23, 8:06 A.M.: Just want to give our morning readers a heads up to the debate going on in the comments section to this post from yesterday afternoon, featuring Mr. James “Jesus Glasses” Corbett himself (or someone identifying him/herself as the history teacher at the center of the case). ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 22, …
UPDATE, AUG. 23, 9:38 A.M.: Man, Octomom's boxing world is just as confusing as her parenting world (or lack thereof). Last we'd heard, unmarried and unemployed La Habra mother of 14 Nadya Suleman's next Celebrity Boxing match was against three chicks in Springfield, Mass., on Sept. 16. But she just won a bout over the …
Doesn't sound as if Daniel Cantill was subjected to the same corporate workplace sexual harassment workshops they rest of us have been. According to a lawsuit filed Aug. 19 in Orange County Superior Court, the co-owner of American Weight Loss Centers told office manager Deanna Gibson that: he wanted to “make out” with her “pussy” …
Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . Ah, croissants. The French pastry that is oh-so-flaky and buttery. It trumps bagels and English muffins any day of the week. Of course, it gets a …
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The employees in the United Food and Commercial Workers locals across Southern California have voted to authorize a strike. While they're not off the job quite yet, they've voted to reject the latest proposal submitted by Albertsons, Vons and Ralphs. Sound familiar? The contract negotiated after the last strike in 2003-2004 expired in March and …
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As the first full week in the trial of the bloodiest jailhouse murder in Orange County history draws to a close, one thing is clear: of all the five defendants charged in the Oct. 5, 2006 murder of John Chamberlain, the Rancho Santa Margarita man the suspects believed was a child molester, none should be …
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UPDATE, AUG. 17, 5:21 P.M.: In federal court in Santa Ana today, Judge David O. Carter ordered Mattel to post a $315 million bond while the El Segundo-based toy manufacturing giant fights a $310 million award to MGA Entertainment. It's the latest twist in the trade secrets legal battle the makers of Barbie and …
You could tell that Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Chapluk was nervous. Okay, maybe not as nervous as he was on that security footage from the night of Oct. 5, 2006 when he and fellow Theo Lacy Jail guard Kevin Taylor were bouncing around the guard tower inside F-West barracks, trying to figure out how …
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