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It’s not hard to see the beauty in Velia de Iuliis’ paintings of animals and nature, but her artistic process adds another layer of awe. Her stunning work examines the symmetry and balance of the natural world, so before she puts paintbrush to canvas de Iuliis first arranges the composition of the painting through geometric …
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It’s not hard to see the beauty in Velia de Iuliis’ paintings of animals and nature, but her artistic process adds another layer of awe. Her stunning work examines the symmetry and balance of the natural world, so before she puts paintbrush to canvas de Iuliis first arranges the composition of the painting through geometric …
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has approved the first-ever Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP). Starting on February 20, the exchange will be held every Saturday for the next two years at the Civic Center in Santa Ana. Needle exchanges are public health programs where people who inject drugs can safely dispose of …
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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has approved the first-ever Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP). Starting on February 20, the exchange will be held every Saturday for the next two years at the Civic Center in Santa Ana. Needle exchanges are public health programs where people who inject drugs can safely dispose of …
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Seventeen times over the past several years, Ric Salinas has been forced to wear long-sleeved shirts, even in the cruel February heat of Southern California. It’s not that Salinas, one of the three pillars that the Chicano comedy troupe Culture Clash is built upon, is afflicted with cold intolerance: he just doesn’t know if his …
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If, for some reason, you ditched Southern California’s palm tree-lined streets and sunny weather for some other part of the world, there’s one thing you inevitably miss: the food. This realization occurs the week before your one-way flight to wherever, where life becomes a Top Chef-esque countdown of eating all of your favorite meals. Whether …
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If, for some reason, you ditched Southern California’s palm tree-lined streets and sunny weather for some other part of the world, there’s one thing you inevitably miss: the food. This realization occurs the week before your one-way flight to wherever, where life becomes a Top Chef-esque countdown of eating all of your favorite meals. Whether …
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Disclaimer: While this is a Top Chef recap, this is also specific to OC. In other words, us Weeklings are rooting for Amar Santana! Disclaimer #2: There are total spoilers in here. Do not read unless you want to know who won what this week, okay? Now, let’s DO this. We’re down to nine! Can you …
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Disclaimer: While this is a Top Chef recap, this is also specific to OC. In other words, us Weeklings are rooting for Amar Santana! Disclaimer #2: There are total spoilers in here. Do not read unless you want to know who won what this week, okay? Now, let’s DO this. We’re down to nine! Can you …
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I continue my R&D for next month’s Fresh Toast brunch event by learning more about Chef Craig Brady. As Chef de Cuisine of Haven Gastropub, he executes one of the best menus in Old Towne Orange. Get to know this chipper fellow below. You’re making breakfast; what are you having?A liter of coffee. You’ve worked …
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“Nicknames are fucking stupid,” says UFC flyweight Ian McCall. “If you gave yourself a nickname, that’s fucking stupid. I say that with all due respect, but you’re a douche.” This is the part in the story—way up here—in which we must disclose that McCall has a nickname, one of the most notorious in MMA: “Uncle …
Perhaps it would be valuable to start the year knowing which Orange County intersections are best avoided. To come up with this list of the 13 most dangerous, OC Weekly worked with Los Angeles-based DataScience, which helps companies such as Belkin, Sonos, JustFab and Dollar Shave Club convert raw data into “actionable insights.” That work …
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