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With the death toll rising above 10,000 people, 88,000 people reported missing and the threat of numerous nuclear meltdowns, Japan is facing its worst national catastrophe since World War II. There is no doubt this tragedy will affect the video-gaming industry as well. Japan is home to some of the world's most recognized names in …
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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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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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You knew it was going to happen: Wannabe model Alexandra Wallace, now infamous as the UCLA girl who posted a racist rant against Asian students on YouTube, is not only all over the news, but she's also gotten her rant remixed. More than once. And her video was first posted over the WEEKEND. (Watch them …
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The Place: Morton's The Steakhouse, locations in Santa Ana and Anaheim. The Hours: Mon.-Fri., 4:30-6:30 p.m. & 9 p.m. to close. Santa Ana also has the same hours on Sunday. The Deal: $5 beers; $6.50 wines; $7.50 Mortinis and cocktails. Bar bites ranging from $6 to $7. Anaheim lists bar bite deals only. ] The …
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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 …
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 …
The Mexican earlier riffed on the 2010 U.S. Census and African Americans in Orange County. As he mentioned, the number of white people is down here, but the number of people overall is up. The number of brown people is up countywide but down in Santa Ana (which would still have enough Latinos to …
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Lupe Fiasco's Lasers, one of the most embattled albums in recent hip-hop history, finally finds its way to shelves and digital downloads today. It took a fan-organized protest dubbed “Fiasco Friday” back in October to force Atlantic Records to preemptively announce a release date for the rapper's third studio album. Without it, the 12-track collection …
UPDATE: Today is the last day of voting! Give our local boys some love before midnight! The editors at Rolling Stone picked 16 bands to compete in a contest for Best Unsigned Artist. The prize includes one of the biggest honors any musician can garner: the chance to grace the cover of Rolling Stone. Our own Fullerton-based …
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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 …
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 …