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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 …
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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 …
Continue reading “This Film is Cursed: Zak Bagans Conjures Up a Spooky Doc with ‘Demon House’”
Things are tough all over when a guy in La Habra rushes at cops while holding an ax with “pigs” written on the handle on the Fourth of July, or when a cop in Fullerton comes up on a fellow in a crosswalk, pushes him from behind and then files a phony police report claiming …
A 73-year-old man who died of liver cancer in 2012 is identified by the Medical Board of California as “G.N.” Those are also the initials for “gross neglience,” which is what the board accuses a Newport Beach gastroenterologist of committing when it came to G.N.’s care. The board on Jan. 26 filed an accusation against the …
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The Los Angeles Police Board of Police Commissioners held a closed session discussion today on Kevin Ferguson’s actions when he fired a single shot into the ground in an after-school scuffle with Anaheim teens last year. The off-duty Los Angeles Police Department cop detained 13-year-old Christian Dorscht, kicked him in the groin and put him …
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The SIP Awards puts you, the spirit enthusiast, in the judging seat. After all, as the ultimate tastemakers for the fine spirit industry your voice deserves to be heard. Bring your friends and family to enjoy an afternoon tasting and evaluating spirits from all over the world in the gorgeous Newport Beach! Purchase Tickets for …
CLARIFICATION, JAN. 29, 6 A.M.: The original post below has been clarified to reflect Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy’s public reprimand from the Medical Board of California over record keeping. In the Stipulated Settlement and Disciplinary Order, under the heading “Culpability,” it states: “Respondent [Connealy] understands that the charges and allegations in Accusation No. …
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Zhavia had every reason to be a nervous wreck. Stepping on a massive stage at Fox Studios for only the second time in her young career, she was about to sing not only in front of a roaring audience, but a panel of A-list star makers and millions of viewers across America on one of …
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Igor Yuzov’s background is as varied and eclectic as the music that he plays with his Russian-themed rockabilly-ish band the Red Elvises. The self-effacing, quite hilarious singer and guitarist was born in Germany, and raised in the Ukraine, before eventually studying in Russia. Yuzov grew up in the former Soviet Union, having some interest in …
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UPDATE, JAN. 22, 1:48 P.M.: We now know how the parents of the late Alex Smick feel about the “discipline” the Medical Board of California imposed on Dr. Daniel Joseph Headrick for the 22-year-old’s overdose death while in the physician’s care. The Smicks hate it. They hate that it took four years for the board to …
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As OC Weekly‘s Viva Los Tacos event draws closer, I wanted to take this opportunity to get to know a few of the people participating. This week, I go vegan with Loreta Ruiz and her creative tamales. Best culinary tip for the home cook:I think that cooking at home when vegan can be a difficult …
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If you add the numbers in the year 2018, you get 11, which means, as all the savvy kids know, that 11 is the magic number of this new year. Bet it all on 11! Buy 11 Hot Pockets for the price of 10! Vote Nov. 6 against your local Republican congressman 11 times! And …