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Top dogs are still the same as of 9 p.m. and only 106 of 2076 precincts are accounted for. It's gonna be a loooong night! Democrats: Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Vote Count: 52,854 Vote Count: 25,543 58.5% 28.3% Republicans: John McCain Mitt Romney Vote Count: 56,800 Vote Count: 38778 42.1% 28.7% More here.
Slowly moving. But CNN's already called California for Clinton. Democrats: Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Vote Count: 53,881 Vote Count: 26,297 58.5% 28.5% Republicans: John McCain Mitt Romney Vote Count: 57,378 Vote Count: 39,481 42.0% 28.9%
Chris Prevatt stands inside Pangea in SanTana with a smile and a hand-free cell phone. He's one of the guys behind The Liberal OC, the lefty component to Orange County's political blogosphere. Pangea is hosting a poll-viewing party for Democrats tonight, and Prevatt is going to report live from here while others file across the …
“Ah, shit!” Phil Bacerra exclaims as he sees the early results for SanTana's Measure D term-limit extension. Measure D (D is for Developers) is currently winning by a nearly 60-40 margin, and the No on Measure D troops–Orange Juice bloggers Tish Leon and Thomas Anthony Gordon, and others–have arrived at Pangea and look glum. Leon …
Continue reading “Measure D Folks Cringe as Initiative of Satan is Winning”
Ron Paul supporters watch the results come in. Not looking too good, but that doesn't mean give up!
It's easy to get confused when searching for the Irvine office of Dr. William Kessler-if you're looking for anything resembling a conventional doctor's office, that is. One might not expect to find it in the back of a gigantic fighting gym labeled NO LIMITS. To see the doctor, you must first walk by a wall …
PEÑA'S RESTAURANT in Santa Ana has a large menu with all the Mexican food a native Southern Californian ever needs—tacos, enchiladas, burritos, carne asada. I've never tasted these platters at Peña's, nor do I plan to. Every time I visit this recently renovated dive, I always order the same dish: cochinita pibil. Of Mexico's various …
Continue reading “[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] The Best Pork Since Bacon”
Two irrefutable facts about music critics: they have opinions about the shit they've heard over the course of a year and they're ever so lovable. Okay, maybe one irrefutable fact. Anyway, music blog Idolator has tabulated the results of nearly 500 music scribes for its second annual critics poll, and the outcome may be of …
CLOVERFIELD Since many people are asking what exactly “Cloverfield” means in the context of the movie, let's deal with that right of the bat – it doesn't mean anything. It wasn't even supposed to be the film's real title initially, just a red herring to throw people off track named after one of the streets …
The accident happened not long after Brian West left the parking lot of Beverages and More. He missed his exit, and his car hit another on Interstate 80, just north of Sacramento. It was July 30, 2000, a warm Saturday. A CHP officer took notes. Blood was drawn; West's blood-alcohol level registered at 0.19 percent, …
Somehow Wynton Marsalis became the official spokesperson for all things jazz. Like his rock counterpart Bono, this gets really annoying. Any time a filmmaker, biographer or reporter needs a quote about the genre, there's Marsalis hyperbolizing about someone most people have never heard of. The New Orleans-born musician even appeared twice on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood …
The call for fans to bring forth their own Wally George archives continues to be heeded, this time by an enterprising YouTube user named Billybopper1, who has compiled thirteen montages of Wally getting prank calls live on the air. Long before Howard Stern's penis and Baba Booey became call-in catchphrases, the best recurring phone pranks …