EXCLUSIVE: We Spent 4/20 With Damian Marley Talking About Injustice, Consciousness And The Power Of Herb

It was the wee hours of Wednesday morning, April 18, and the sun had yet to rise. I was adrift in my subconscious, scrolling through the feelings and disjointed thoughts that never make it to the surface. I hardly remember anything I dreamt about, except that I was in Jamaica and watching a young, short-haired …

The Reserve is Back With A Product Line Designed for Healthy Living & Wellness

What separates the cannabis industry from the rest is the number of women executives. According to a 2017 Marijuana Business Daily reader survey, women hold 27 percent of executive-level roles in the cannabis industry. That’s a healthy edge over U.S. businesses as a whole, where women comprise 23 percent of executive positions. Orange County isn’t …

OC (and Long Beach!) Grub Guide 4/5-4/11: Burgers, Beer and Buchanan

GRAZE burger combo

So much to eat and drink; so little time. We spend some quality time across county lines this week, indulging in some fro-yo, beer and culinary education in Long Beach. Then back to Orange County for some special events. Spontaneous and well-planned activities are equally represented this week. Be sure to factor in naps.   …

Dominant Santa Ana Landlord Michael Harrah Trips in Original Mike’s Restaurant Lawsuit

Admirers and critics alike consider Michael Harrah, the Newport Beach real-estate developer who owns Original Mike’s Restaurant, one of Southern California’s most daring, colorful entrepreneurs. Harrah bought The Orange County Register headquarters in 2014 and this year attempted to lure Jeff Bezos’ $5 billion Amazon plant to Santa Ana. The 6-foot-6, thrill-seeking, white-bearded, Whittier native …

OC Crime-Lab Boss Dodges Inquiry About Forensic-Science Flip-Flops in Murder Cases

Having come under fire for his Orange County Crime Lab rendering conflicting, pro-prosecution forensic-science testimony that separate murder trial juries unwittingly accepted, director Bruce Houlihan launched a two-prong strategy: deny any wrongdoing to a news reporter, then dodge questions from the attorney who discovered the scandal. But Houlihan’s unforced errors aren’t sitting well with Superior …

Our Inaugural Guide to Orange County’s World-Class Breweries

Orange County’s brewing history goes back as far as the 1850s, when Anaheim was founded as a German colony and its residents quickly turned the city into one of Southern California’s main beer hubs. Brewing thrived in this vast agricultural region despite homegrown temperance movements until the national ban on alcohol wiped out whatever was …

CSULB Play Shows That The Past is Present–And Both Are Pretty Hard to Figure Out

The first thing you notice about the latest play at California State University, Long Beach, which is running through this weekend, is the title. To be precise, the number of words in that title: 27 or so, depending on if years are words. The full name: We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero …

This Film is Cursed: Zak Bagans Conjures Up a Spooky Doc with ‘Demon House’

It was like something out of a horror movie: a series of strange, unexplainable occurrences began happening to a family living in a small Indiana town, and the results of those happenings became their own supernatural legend. Back in 2014, Latoya Ammons and her three youngchildren started experiencing abnormal signs in their Gary, Indiana home …