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Our Best of Orange County is coming out in just a couple of months; in the meantime, here are 100 dishes that we think make dining in OC the happy experience it is. ] The first post I ever made on Stick a Fork In It was titled “The Best Dessert You've Never Heard Of”, …
Lost amid our blanket coverage of the U.S. Open of Surfing this past weekend were the results from another battle waged on boards. This one's strictly dry land, however. Skateboarder Chris Cole, who needed a score of 93 going into his final run Sunday, put up at 97 to win his third consecutive Maloof's Money …
“Rampage Jackson is an Orange County 'HOUSE WIFE'. I'm from the streets champ, I mean chump!!! Lose lips sink ships……. #checkyaself 10:01 AM Aug 4th via web.” That was a tweet rapper Game directed at Irvine Ultimate Fighting Championship brawler and Orange County roadway demolition derby driver Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Apparently the two have been …
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The views are exhilarating: That much you should already know about Raya, the new restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel. To get a more expansive vantage point of the Pacific Ocean, you’d have to be on a cruise ship. The wide windows are as tall as masts. Off in the distance, you see the glassy …
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For our final day of this On The Line profile, Jason Quinn of The Lime Truck shares a recipe for short ribs. He adds that he does a different version of it every Sunday when they stop at The Bruery. If you missed the first or second part, click here and here. Otherwise read …
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California voters overwhelmingly support reproductive rights and, if they were to cast ballots tomorrow, a majority would support same-sex marriage, according to separate polls out today. But those findings are not nearly as surprising as the one concerning American attitudes toward nude sunbathing. ] First, a Field Poll conducted on behalf of the Riverside Press-Enterprise …
Finky the Blogger told us how for months and months, something smelled really bad in Mission Viejo, and the same source of the funk–think rotten eggs, high school locker rooms, Taco Bell kitchens–has been blamed for stinking up Rancho Santa Margarita. No, that's not a reference to the RSM City Council passing a resolution supporting …
Oh, Mel Gibson. Every day this week, we've been treated to snippets of your terrible temper and your sick and twisted thoughts via your ex-girlfriend's recordings of your phone conversations. Even a New York Times columnist weighed in, saying your “guttural sounds burst out like hammer blows…pummel[ing] (ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva's) honor, her intelligence, her womanhood, …
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CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE ON KAMRAVA LOSING MEDICAL LICENSE The fertility doctor who treated “Octomom” Nadya Suleman of La Habra faces new state medical board accusations. As was alleged in the Suleman case, Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred too many embryos into an unnamed woman and failed to recommend that she see a mental health professional, …
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Since the recipe yesterday involved fresh squash blossoms, it seemed like a good time to explore the ins and outs of the bright yellow or orange flowers. ] Edible blossoms form on all squashes, both summer and winter, so they are typically available fresh from April until well into December. Plants produce both male and …
I was recently searching for something on Etsy (possibly fabulous goodies to share with you fine folks!), and found an interesting acronym in the title of a few items. Upon clicking the mysterious PIF items, I discovered a whole grouping of indie arts and crafts I hadn't seen before. A selection of items priced so …
Henry T. Nicholas—Orange County’s most controversial billionaire—wants his scandal-loaded divorce records permanently sealed only to protect information about the daily routines of his children, he says, and not to bury alleged details of his illicit drug abuse. Never mind that the information about the kids is probably stale—the divorce was finalized in 2008, and a …
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