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As close readers know, South County attorney/dentist/real estate saleslady Orly Taitz has proven to be pretty flippin' nuts when it comes to her quixotic legal quest to remove Barack Obama as president on grounds he was not born in the United States. But she has now managed to top (lower?) herself, suing a funeral home …
2013 ends as another great year for OC cooking, with our chefs continuing to push themselves to bigger and better heights. You can find most of the young guns represents in the lists of Edwin, Dave, Shuji, Anne Marie, Niyaz, and Charles. I, as always, mostly eat at the holes-in-the-wall, but agree with the general …
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An Orange divorce lawyer who needed a criminal attorney for a murder trial in Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona may now be shopping for an expert in appeals, as he was convicted Thursday of killing his stepdaughter's husband and making it appear as a suicide. Robert Douglas Fischer was convicted of the second-degree murder …
As awards season draws nearer and best-of-the-year lists keep rolling in, there's only one thing left to do: get excited about what comes next. Here're 10 films you won't want to miss in 2014. ADIEU AU LANGUAGEJean-Luc Godard, former master of the French nouvelle vague, proved with 2010's extraordinary Film Socialisme that he …
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Except the cronut. We love the cronut. (Photo: Tejal Rao) Here are thirteen food trends that have become ubiquitous and shed the sheen of novelty — now they're just dull and sometimes annoying, in spite of an exciting debut. (To keep things interesting, we've included a few food trends we hope continue into 2014 and …
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“'Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice, 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing I've ever seen in my life!'” -Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland That's the quote that keeps running through my head. I've been to dozens of dinners with cocktails paired to the menu, but …
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It was fitting that the first two chairlift riders of the 2013-14 ski season at June Mountain Friday morning were children. After being closed for 364 days to reassess where the ski area in the Eastern Sierras belongs in the multi-billion-dollar snow sports industry, Mammoth powers that be decided the focus needs to be on …
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ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 16, 11:45 A.M.: A jury in Santa Ana this morning recommended the death penalty for Iftekhar Murtaza, the sick fuck who wiped out a young woman and her father because he did not want the Van Nuys 29-year-old dating his other daughter. Murtaza had hatched a plan that would have his ex-girlfriend …
Usually when a band reintroduces a former member into the equation, the results aren't as good as it seemed on paper. But fortunately that isn't the case for Dead Meadow, which brought original drummer Mark Laughlin back into the fold. Though it took two and a half years to complete, which included dry spells due …
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Featuring threesome seekers, cokehead judges, hockey dads from hell and, quite naturally, Wells Fargo. ] All illustrations by Kevin Cannon 20. Ron Nielson Ron Nielson wanted to do something extra scary for the kids on Halloween. He decided it would be totally spooky – not to mention hilarious – to burn a cross at his …
While Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas makes his case in the Kelly Thomas murder trial against two former Fullerton policemen, his office continues to crank out investigative letters. The latest, released yesterday, details an incident in which Jose Rodriguez, 14, was gunned down by Santa Ana police on September 27, 2012. Coming more than …
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First, let's get this out of the way: There is no Santa Claus. Now, on to a perhaps even harsher truth: There are certain indications that Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, whose 17th-century paintings—including Girl With a Pearl Earring and The Music Lesson—show an extraordinarily delicate touch and a finely attuned understanding of light, color and …