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BEST CRAFT COCKTAILS Pizzeria Ortica Pizzeria Ortica has always attracted eaters for its great pizzas, but the entrance of Joel Caruso and his man Friday, Aristotle Alstaetter, transformed the place into Orange County's ultimate booze factory. Caruso is a Caravaggio of cocktails, each sip detailed, dramatic, dark, thoughtful and brilliant. Alstaetter, meanwhile, is already at …
Product: Banana Cookies by W Vapes Price: $40.00 Dispensary: 420 Central; 420 W. Central Ave, Santa Ana, Ca. When it comes to ingesting cannabis I’m pretty old school. Whether using devices like glass pipes, bubblers or papers, smoking the crystalized flower is my preference. But now there are millions of different oils and waxes for …
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Product: Banana Cookies by W Vapes Price: $40.00 Dispensary: 420 Central; 420 W. Central Ave, Santa Ana, Ca. When it comes to ingesting cannabis I'm pretty old school. Whether using devices like glass pipes, bubblers or papers, smoking the crystalized flower is my preference. But now there are millions of different oils and waxes for …
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Product: Banana Cookies by W Vapes Price: $40.00 Dispensary: 420 Central; 420 W. Central Ave, Santa Ana, Ca. When it comes to ingesting cannabis I’m pretty old school. Whether using devices like glass pipes, bubblers or papers, smoking the crystalized flower is my preference. But now there are millions of different oils and waxes for …
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Inside C30, a courtroom designated for major felony trials at Orange County’s Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, public seats are firm, half-century-old wooden chairs. After about an hour of use, they cause pain and prompt widespread squirming that results in an annoying, continual symphony of creaks. Unlike the majestic Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse a …
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Certain dishes will always defy translation, no matter how multicultural our country gets. Americans, for instance, can't possibly appreciate the Mexican love for putting chile powder on sweets; durian will forever remain a Southeast Asian obsession as the rest of the world retches. And while most people don't blink at eating lamb or veal, the …
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A onetime high-ranking Orange County Crime Lab official is being accused of doctoring key DNA analysis by giving conflicting testimony that aided prosecutors win two homicide trials. At issue are divergent, sworn statements Senior Forensic Scientist Mary Hong made in People v. Lynn Dean Johnson in 2008 and People v. Wendell Patrick Lemond the following year, according to records filed …
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When Edwin mentioned Cross Roast in his Now Open column, I was dying to check it out. While James Leung follows a quick service model that's become tried and true, his personal twist fits right in to our county's diverse ethnic backgrounds. Even more cool: crossing paths with someone who graduated from the same college …
Only 18 months ago, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens hailed a formal survey of rank-and-file deputies who graded the department’s top managers on seven characteristics, including integrity, caring, innovation, communication, pro-action, trustworthiness and collaboration. Hutchens mentioned minor quibbles but praised the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) for conducting a “professional and fair” rating …
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On paper, Jack Garratt is really tough to define. He deftly mixes pop, electo, jazz, R&B and a slew of other genres, he writes in a completely unorthodox way and produces and records every note on his albums and recreates it all by himself on stage. But as I came to learn talking to the …
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If you've ever really believed in something, then you know how we're feeling. From the spirits to the head distiller to the founders, we firmly support the Blinking Owl. Conceptualized in the minds of Brian and Robin Christenson roughly four years ago and brought to life by Ryan Friesen, they are putting the final touches on their …
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On paper, Jack Garratt is really tough to define. He deftly mixes pop, electo, jazz, R&B and a slew of other genres, he writes in a completely unorthodox way and produces and records every note on his albums and recreates it all by himself on stage. But as I came to learn talking to the …
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