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Sometimes the human brain finds patterns in seemingly unrelated phenomena. Sometimes random coincidences pile up and suddenly seem not coincidental at all. Just ask Dr. Michael Fitzgibbons. On July 21, his wife's right front tire suddenly went flat; she replaced the tire. At about 8 p.m. that evening, the couple's 23-year-old daughter was driving Fitzgibbons' 1996 …
Oliver Stone and Paramount have been intent on getting out the message that World Trade Center doesn't traffic in fringey speculations about the 9/11 attacks—since the unabashedly liberal director's JFK (1991) stands as the most mainstream movie elaboration of conspiracy theory to date. Paramount retained Creative Response Concepts—the same marketing firm responsible for the Swift Boat …
30. The place once known as Gustav’s Jagerhaus switched owners last year and now goes by Anton Schwaiger’s Jagerhaus, but the new guys knew better than to mess with Gusto’s legendary pancakes, chock-a-block with fresh fruit. The German apple pancake is for those who like to start their day with a dash of tartness; the Austrian …
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, “School-age children from Spanish-speaking households in San Diego County and throughout California are gaining English fluency at record rates”. While this is excellent news, the news for adults is a little dimmer. Meanwhile, English fluency among adult Spanish speakers dropped …
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Having recently considered some of OC's dirtiest coastal waters, let's turn our attention to freshwater– specifically the Santa Ana River, where even the good news is sometimes bad news. Take this nugget of good-ish sounding news about how things have changed since the '80's found in this morning's Reg story on the United States Geological …
Visit the rest of Orange County's best damn dining guide at ocweekly.com/food, where it says “Where to Eat Now” on the right side of the screen. If there are any bugs with it, e-mail Gustavo at ga*******@******ly.com with your complaints! DINNER FOR TWO: ¢ . . . . . . . . . . . …
KRS-One continues to help shape hip-hop music as we know it today, which, if he had his choice, would be a lot more like we knew it yesterday—more elemental in sound and more socially conscious in content. No less a street authority than Wikipedia reminds us that hip-hop is actually a four-pronged culture—rap, breakdance, deejaying …
The El Toro Shuffle? The Great Park Gavotte? The Irvine Ranch Water District Toxic Waltz? We should come up a name for the little dance. It's a simple four step dance, and very familiar one. Scientists point out a looming environmental threat and call for government action. The Bush administration, refusing to act and attempting …
Continue reading “Dancing around a great problem at The Great Park”
Visit the rest of Orange County's best damn dining guide at ocweekly.com/food, where it says “Where to Eat Now” on the right side of the screen. If there are any bugs with it, e-mail Gustavo at ga*******@******ly.com with your complaints! DINNER FOR TWO: ¢ . . . . . . . . . . . …
Dear Mexican: The Mexican presidential elections have been a freaking mess. I voted for the conservative candidate, Felipe Calderón, who almost everyone agrees won the election. But the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador is making a mess out of this by claiming electoral fraud. Does the Mexican have an opinion of Mexican politics? Or do …
In “The Red Bow,” the crown in George Saunders' new collection of short fictions, In Persuasion Nation, and a contemporary fable to rival Shirley Jackson's classic story “The Lottery,” a little girl named Emily is mauled to death in a schoolyard by some dogs, one or more of which might be rabid. The father of the …