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Ozomatli Takes Part in NCLR's 'Pledge to Respect' Campaign

The timing couldn't be better for Los Angeles-based multicultural-fusion band Ozomatli, currently helping out with the National Council of La Raza's “Pledge to Respect” campaign. Officially kicking off last Thursday, the organized effort asks members of Congress to sign a pledge to respect the Latino community and jettison dehumanizing rhetoric.  As if on cue, Virgil Peck, a …

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[UPDATED:] Japan Quake Disaster Raises Fears and Charity in OC

UPDATE: Find more local ways to support earthquake victims at a location near you! (see end of post) Photo by Airman John D. Partlow/U.S. Air Force Displaced commercial airline passengers take shelter inside Taiyo Community Center on Friday. ​ Those following the epic horrors playing out across the Pacific are aware that the 8.9 magnitude …

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[UPDATED] Irvine 11 Charged With Misdemeanors and Face Jail, Probation, Community Service if Convicted

Photos by Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly Seven of the Irvine 11 ​ *Corrected version UPDATE, MARCH 11, 4:08 P.M.: The arraignment of the Irvine 11 was continued this morning until April 15 so the court can consider defense motions to seal grand-jury documents, remove the Orange County district attorney (OCDA) from the misdemeanor criminal case and …

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[UPDATED] Rodney Alcala Tied to 1977 Murder of Bay Area Teen Whose Mother Long Ago Forgave the Killer

​ UPDATE, MARCH 9, 10:58 A.M.: While the Marin County Sheriff's Department is convinced Rodney Alcala is responsible for the death of Pamela Jean Lambson, the 19-year-old whose body was found near a trail in 1977, the case was closed without trying the notorious serial killer. The DNA samples from the case have degraded too …

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We Were Feared, Film on '70s Costa Mesa Punk Club Cuckoo's Nest, Tours Colleges Before DVD Release

​ We Were Feared, the documentary that premiered at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival about the dearly departed Cuckoo's Nest punk rock club in Costa Mesa, is making a curtain call around the country. Ivan Correa, the president of Endurance Pictures and co-producer of the film, says We Were Feared is currently touring 25 …

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[UPDATED] Irvine 11 Charged With Misdemeanors, Face Jail, Probation, Community Service if Convicted

CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE ON ARRAIGNMENT OF THE IRVINE 11 ​ UPDATED, FEB. 28, 8:33 A.M.: The Islamic Institute of Orange County (IIOC) hosts “Stand With the Irvine 11: Community Town Hall and Action” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the IIOC Multipurpose Room, 1220 N. State College Blvd., Irvine. The event flier follows after the …

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