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I’ve been to a Taco Mesa and Taco Rosa over the years, but the Tortilleria Organica and Cafe in Orange taught me there’s always room to grow and improve upon an already lasting concept. Chef Ivan was kind enough to show me around the busy kitchen, explaining all the updates he’s made to the brand. …
Alex Rivera’s science-fiction flick Sleep Dealer was released nearly a decade ago, but it remains relevant for its radical vision of a future world we now live in, with increased border patrol, digital culture, natural-resource containment and drone warfare. It’s an amazingly prophetic film, especially when you recognize the concept was developed in the mid-’90s. …
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CHAPTER ONE Undercover Canadian police couldn’t believe their eyes at the Tycoon Club in Vancouver. Oblivious to the surveillance, law-enforcement colleagues, including two cops from Southern California, partied inside a hangout for the Big Circle Boys, a violent, Asian, organized-crime family. The Guangzhou-spawned syndicate specialized in extortion, home-invasion robberies and narcotics trade—particularly heroin, international human …
“He tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge at 14.” Dr. Vincent Valenzuela is reading a hospital report regarding a young patient he saw two years ago at Kaiser Permanente’s Santa Ana medical offices. The pediatrician’s eyes skim through the report in disbelief. “At his last physical, there weren’t any red flags, but …
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A food line six years ago at Boysen Park in Anaheim made all the difference in the world to the Soledad family. “I saw my mother crying because we had just been eating canned foods,” recalls Sergio Soledad, a 17-year-old Loara High School student at the time. The son of Mexican immigrant parents from Guadalajara, Soledad …
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The chalkboard menu at Newport Beach Corner Cafe said the sandwiches were strictly a DIY affair. There were no specials to save me—I had to pick the ingredients myself. And so I froze. “Are you ready to order?” the kind cashier asked at least three times as I stood silently, mind lost in exponential possibilities. …
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On August 22, 2014, Tehama County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle heading south from California’s Emerald Triangle, the marijuana heartland of America. They seized 250 pounds of ready-for-market marijuana, four sample bags, a live marijuana plant, 11.7 grams of weed for personal use, several cell phones and a laptop, a pair of walkie-talkies, and a …
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The origin stories of bands usually have familiar ingredients. So and so started jamming with so and so, and then later on, so and so joined up after so and so didn’t work out, etc. The music, itself, is usually the product of the members’ mutual affection for a particular genre, such as blues, metal, …
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Bob Baker, the owner and operator of Grandma Baker’s Edibles, had his first experience making edibles at the age of 14 with the help from a retired veteran. At the time, his inexperience showed in the finished product. “The first time we ever did it we put so much in there it was crazy,” …
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Back in 2014, Business Insider published the results of a study that purports to prove why women want to enter the bone zone with musicians. The article summarizes research from the University of Sussex, and there are a few glaring omissions that make it useless to the general population. Aside from basically stating that it’s “some …
Twenty-one doctors, two pharmacists, two business owners and a physician assistant have been charged in an alleged $40 million kickback scheme that affected 13,000 patients and rattled California’s workers compensation insurance system, the state’s Insurance Commissioner and Orange County’s district attorney jointly announced Thursday. Among those charged are: Tanya Moreland King, 37, and her 38-year-old husband Christopher …
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I’m a queer girl living with a male partner. This weekend, we found ourselves in an after-hours club, made some new friends, and ended up at a house with two other guys and a girl. Things were pretty playful with everyone except for one of the guys. We all wanted him gone, but he wouldn’t …