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Click. Click. Click. But for that sharp rasp, it's completely silent in the inner sanctum of Serious Pimp Studios in Lake Forest. The teal couches are sprinkled with entourage and hip-hop types, mouths hemmed from the tension and tedium of recording except to expel the occasional sigh or pungent gust of chalk-white blunt smoke that …
About a year ago, I wrote about a mysterious bourbon pirate who was going around our office and stealing swigs of Kentucky hooch from our private stashes. Bastard polished off a bottle of Elmer T. Lee, went through half a jug of Woodford Reserve, and even broke into the cheap-ass Jim Beam. And while everyone …
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Oh, Seal Beach. What are you doing? Just a few days ago the Seal Beach City Council announced it's placing a 45-day freeze on e-cigarette shops in the area. The board voted unanimously that those darn vape pens are just still too mysterious, and that they need more time to study the issue. One board …
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See Update No. 2 at the end of this post with the I.D.'s of the dead women. Update No. 1 has a sheriff's official saying autopsies on the mother and daughter were inconclusive as to cause of death. ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 28, 10:26 A.M.: Imagine the “Crime-iny” category above with a question mark after it …
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As another summer movie season characterized by cynicism and excess draws to a close, there are few activities less valuable or interesting than complaining about it. The blockbusters arrived, flattened cities, vomited effects, deafened with explosions, made money, didn’t make enough money, pleased populist critics, displeased elitist critics, and finally receded, with a promise to …
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So flipping the channels Friday evening, I stopped on my beloved Raiders, noticed the score was 17-0 in the first quarter and assumed it must've been a repeat of a game from last season. Nope, the Silver and Yeech were just on their way to a 34-26 exhibition thumping by Da Bearz. One thing that …
We've never seen canned tuna like this before. Canstruction is a national charity contest for which teams of architects, engineers, designers and students build structures made entirely of canned foods donated by members of the community. The results can be mindblowing–masterpieces have included the Mona Lisa, a shark and, right here in OC, a giant …
You can't blame U.S. District Judge James Selna for wanting an end to the long, complicated unintended acceleration class-action litigation against Toyota, the Japanese automaker that landed in the federal courthouse in Santa Ana due to its U.S. headquarters being in Torrance. Selna, who last month agreed with Toyota to sign off on a $1.8 …
Theater is only as relevant and contemporary as the new plays it produces, which may be one reason why Orange County theater suffers from bipolar disorder. On the manic end of the spectrum is South Coast Repertory, an internationally acclaimed foundry of new plays and play development. On the depressing side is nearly everything else. …
You know how there's a crazy contraption at Home Depot that can scan any item—a piece of fabric, a flower, a box from Tiffany & Co.—and computerize the color measurements to produce the exact shade of paint? Ladies, that technology now exists for your face. Sephora has teamed up with Pantone, the world's color authority, …
David Lynch: director, actor, musician, now…coffee maker? Yep, the visionary multimedia artist and filmmaker behind mega-iconic art house films such as Eraserhead, Inland Empire and Blue Velvet is teaming up with Whole Foods Market to release his own blend of signature roasts–only to be available in select Whole Foods stores in SoCal. Titled “The David …
See Update No. 3 on Page 2 with results from the first weekend of the “Avoid the 38” campaign against drunken driving through Labor Day, plus Costa Mesa's checkpoint plans. Update Nos. 1 and 2 were on past sobriety stops in Irvine and Seal Beach. ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 16, 8 A.M.: There was a brief …
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