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Mitsuwa Marketplace Offers 20-Percent Off Everything Today!

For one day only, Mitsuwa Marketplace in Costa Mesa is offering 20-percent off everything in the market–yes, that includes ready-made sushi, bento boxes, meat and seafood–and yes, the place is a fucking madhouse. ] A few restrictions apply, but there really aren't many. Yours truly made out like bandit with five bags of groceries that …

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3hree Things: On Holiday Shopping And Retail Zombies I Hope To Avoid This Season

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. Tis the season to be an asshole jolly. A caveat: I love giving gifts, and love that the holiday season is, amongst other things, a great opportunity …

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Bloodsuckers Star in This Week's Orange County Interwebs Horror Show

This week's look at things said from or about Orange County on the Interwebs features maggots, leeches, intestinal worms, ornamental surgeons, greedy lenders, Cal State Fullerton Titans, San Francisco State Gators and Oakland Raiders. ] Through the Worm Hole “Ex-infectious infection expert” Ronald Sherman is on to some unusual (or, at least, old-timey) research at …

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Are Medical Marijuana Dispensaries a Convenient Target Now That Prop 19 Failed?

Yes, short-term memory is challenging for many of you. But try extra hard thinking back to the not-so-distant past when marijuana legalization in California seemed to be a lock. Alas, Prop 19 was smoked in the statewide election earlier this month. Is it possible that the public's sudden lack of, um, taste for the herb …

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UNESCO Names Traditional Mexican Food a World Cultural Treasure, Or: Michoacán Cuisine Finally Gets its Due

Much is being made of the recent report that UNESCO has deemed “traditional Mexican cuisine”–whatever the hell that means–as an intangible cultural heritage worthy of saving. But a close reading of the documents prepared for its nomination shows that most of the agency's praise is actually on the food traditions of Michoacán–and it's about damn …

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What Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Said: Interviews from the Past vs. Present

A few weeks ago, Weezer's frontman Rivers Cuomo got on the phone with us to talk about the band's  Memories Tour, the collection of B-sides, Death to False Metal, the Pinkerton reissue and their latest set, Hurley. During the interview, he talked about their reissues, why they all of a sudden are playing Pinkerton songs …

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