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We once could have imagined The New York Times sending a future reporter to a completed Orange County Great Park in Irvine for an awe-inspiring article in the paper’s “Great Homes & Destinations” section. Don’t laugh. There’s no shame in being fooled a decade ago. That’s when Irvine political boss Larry Agran promised OC that …
In a quiet Irvine shopping center, Sticky Fingers peddles some seriously good Hawaiian shaved ice out of its old-timey candy shop. Ice falls from the shaving machine the way Park City snow drifts, forming an impossibly fluffy dome in the flower-shaped serving cup. You're allowed three flavoring syrups, the best being the refreshingly floral passion …
The big news: In its first half, before it bottoms out with the rankest feel-goodery, Theodore Melfi's too-familiar ain't-he-irascible comedy-drama St. Vincent features scene after scene of Bill Murray actually trying to make you laugh. How long has it been? He plays Vincent, a drunk-driving Brooklynite whose look suggests science figured out how to grow …
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Karen Elaine Hanover was ordered detained by a federal magistrate judge Monday afternoon for allegedly violating the terms of her release on fraud charges by soliciting money via crowdfunding for a company hawking veterinarian-implanted microchips to track lost pets. The Weekly reported Sept. 30, the day the Kickstarter campaign for the Escape Alert devices began, …
See also: OC Register Employee: 30,000+ Complaint Calls This Weekend Over Delivery Screwups SECOND UPDATE, OCT. 5, 8:30 A.M.: So yesterday was one giant clusterfuck for the Register, their new carriers, and their new press time to appease said carriers, so much so that the paper had to run an unsigned story on their website …
By: Mike Seely Shitting on the Eagles is basically a national pastime for hard-core Americana fans. In fact, while there are several brilliant artists that alt-country loyalists are apt to bond over, dislike of the Eagles may be the single most prevalent and unifying force. Yet while there is ample cause to loathe the Eagles, …
Sly humor and marketing genius are the most compelling ideas behind curator David Michael Lee and his “RIBBA|500” exhibition at Coastline Art Gallery. Using Ikea's cheap RIBBA picture frames—specifically the 20.25-by-28.25 version—as his theme, Lee pokes fun at the idea that fine art hangs in gilded frames, while simultaneously setting up his gallery for potential …
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The thousands who have turned out at every turn to oppose the Michael Myers of Orange County road projects–the alive/dead/undead extension of the 241 toll road through San Onofre State Beach and perilously close to Trestles beach–can now find solidarity with many others. They are otherwise known as 78 percent of registered voters in Orange …
Earlier this year, I was invited by data wizard Nate Silver to participate in their search for the best burrito in America in his epic Burrito Bracket. Silver, of course, has his own ESPN vertical over at FiveThirtyEight, where they crunch data to delightful results, and I was flown into a secret room in New …
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The Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) yelled 'Clear!' last week in a report on an inmate's heart attack death. This week, they're back with a legal look into another gone con's behind-bars cardiac arrest. Getting to the heart of the matter, the OCDA concluded its investigation into the death of John Thomas Sawyer last summer …
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Arcade Fire's Funeral celebrates its 10th anniversary next week. If you think this is a big deal, you are wrong. Don't worry, it's not your fault. It's something we've come to expect now: making a big to do about an album turning a nice, round number. That's because, given the pace at which media now …
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has released its 2014 Civil Rights Report, and the results aren't exactly shocking: Orange County leads the state of California in the reporting of hate crime incidents during the past year. CAIR has four offices in California: San Diego, the Greater Los Angeles Area (known as Anaheim to us …
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