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Today I'm going to play the enabler here for all you knit and crochet yarnophiles out there: Have you seen the book AwareKnits by crafty superstar Vickie Howell and equally crafty cowriter Adrienne Armstrong? (You may have heard of Adrienne's husband Billy Joe Armstrong from a little band called Green Day.) The awesome folks at …
It's interesting to see how the campaigns of the leading contenders for the U.S. Senate seat held by Barbara Boxer are reacting to a new Field Poll. For the sake of argument (and parochialism), we're including Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) among the leading contenders. The poll certainly isn't. It found that DeVore had support from …
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After interviewing Herbert Siguenza last week at UC Irvine, one question leapt to mind: How does this guy have time to do interviews? As one-third of the politically infused Latino comedy troupe Culture Clash, he and his two cohorts just closed a three-week run of Culture Clash In AmeriCCa at San Diego Repertory, which will …
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So, last week we talked cheap spa treatments available year-round. This week? Not-so-cheap spa treatments that will be cheap for a limited time. During the twice-a-year National Spa Week, more than 800 spas across the country participate in inexpensive specials. All treatments—including facials, massages, gooey body wraps, schmancy pedicures and manicures, eco-friendly offerings—are just $50 …
Jose Roberto Ramirez says he was just the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. An inmate at the Orange County Men’s Jail who is currently awaiting sentencing for attempted robbery, Ramirez has a shaved head, stubbly goatee and arms covered with elaborate prison tattoos. He has spent almost all of the …
Dear Mexican: When I was in high school, everyone called Mexican students like myself “cheddars.” I’m not sure where this originated from or what it has to do with Mexican culture. When I have asked other Mexicans what this means, they are not sure, either. “Cheddar-packing” is a term used to describe a car full …
Surfrider Foundation has for years been trying to “sink the Breakwater,” that World War II-era, jetty-like, 2.5-mile-long contraption that was installed off the Long Beach shore to calm harbor waters but in the process kill ride-able waves. Shame, meetings, protests, education and cool t-shirts and posters have been employed in the past. The latest weapon: …
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Self-made pop star Little Boots, the musical guise of 25-year-old Victoria Hesketh, has gone from typically fleeting YouTube fame to serious chart success in her native United Kingdom. She signed to a major label largely on the strength of posting web-cam originals as well as covers of songs by Annie Lennox, Kate Bush and Cyndi …
If Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez hoped to enjoy watching a wildly bloody primary to determine her November Republican general election opponent, that scenario has become less likely this morning. Quang Pham–the well-spoken, first-time candidate who has been vying for the GOP nomination against Assemblyman Van Tran, Tan Nguyen and Kathy Smith–announced today that he's no longer …
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The Orange County Register's Kimberly Edds has a fascinating post today about California Highway Patrol officers determining an Orange County Sheriff's deputy was drunk Monday when he crashed his Mercedes into a Toyota, causing it and the elderly couple inside to collide with a tree in Laguna Niguel–just a half hour after the same deputy …
These seem to be unprovoked attack times, at least based on the activity in Santa Ana's Orange County Superior Court. A Garden Grove gang banger who shot a father of five moving his car was convicted Thursday. A 19 year prison sentence was handed down today to a third-strike transient who stabbed a 14-year-old girl …
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He told them from the start they were hiring a witch. Milo Shiff had to tell them. He had to make sure they wouldn’t require him to cut his curly, gray-white hair. He had to tell them he couldn’t mutilate the flesh of mammals or birds—which didn’t turn out to be a problem, since they …
Continue reading “Milo the Witch Finds Toil and Trouble at Ralphs”