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The “Vicente Fox Welcoming Committee at UCI” won't be bearing flowers, fruit baskets or a key to the university when Mexico's former president visits the campus Wednesday. Fox, who is being hosted by the university's Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD), gives a public lecture 4 p.m. Wednesday in…
‘INm the Sheriff First and a Politician SecondNLess than a year since she was appointed OCNs top cop, Sandra Hutchens has already made some powerful enemies INm sitting in the lounge area of an oversized, second-story, executive office in Santa Ana, sipping freshly made coffee and chatting—civilly and on-the-record, no…
Mixed ResultsDJ KaskadeNs latest takes his music to a lighter place, but donNt call it ‘tranceN If the DJ is a god to some, the mix CD is his communion. Sometime between the personal mixtape compilations of the 1970s and the omnipresent podcasts of today, the DJ mix became an…
A big hole is ripping through the safety net, according to the Orange County Funders Roundtable, a coalition of local foundations that today released results of a countywide study that found 58 percent of responding nonprofits are facing declining revenues in 2009 and more than 66 percent are seeing a…
In Your FacialFormer Capistrano Unified Schools Superintendent A. Woodrow Carter didnNt report that he went on a swanky spa retreat—then later tapped one of the retreatNs sponsors for a lucrative contractDays after the Weekly published a story online about embattled Capistrano Unified School District Superintendent A. Woodrow CarterNs romp through…
If Google Earth, warrantless wiretaps and constantly buzzing ghetto birds didn't already give you the impression Big Brother is watching you, now comes word that every public street and highway in unincorporated Orange County and its 34 incorporated cities will be added to a database of high-density, 360-degree, street-level images.Blue…
As he faces a possible recall election, city councilman and former Foothill/Eastern TCA chairman Lance MacLean has learned that Mission ViejoNs political players always . . .Go for the Throat Out of all of Lance Robert MacLeanNs many public-relations problems, the most important may be the widely held perception that…
The Temecula Creek Inn–with its views of miles of verdant, vine-covered hills, a golf course, sumptuous spa treatments and nearby wine tastings–is a splendid spot for a decadent weekend getaway. In late 2007, about a month after beginning his post as Capistrano Unified School District's newest superintendent, A. Woodrow Carter…
Yep. Both of the Orange County folks in the top 36–Mishavonna Henson and Kai Kalama–were eliminated last night during the American Idol results show. Not really surprising, given the thoroughly lukewarm responses to their performances last night, but still, a bit of a letdown, no? They do have a chance…
Oh boy. Both of our remaining local American Idol hopefuls–Mishavonna Henson and Kai Kalama–performed on the shizow last night.Videos and surely insightful commentary after the jump, yep…
Hive and SeekSaving OCNs bees—and possibly breaking the odd city code and state law in the process—with the Backyard Beekeepers Super Bowl Sunday morning, and while about a third of America prepares to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play the Arizona Cardinals, Janet Andrews is concerned about her outfits. “We donNt…
Shiksa v. JewBut nobody wins in James GrayNs ridiculous Two LoversIf Joaquin Phoenix, who plays a lovelorn bachelor in James GrayNs Two Lovers, were 12 years old, the movie might make a touching, if not noticeably fresh, romantic drama for tweens. Not that adults donNt nurse unhealthy crushes and regress…