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“Bookmark that Thought”: Karen Joy Fowler and Telling the Story (of the Story)

Something Happened. It's the title of one of my favorite-ever novels, by Joseph “Catch-22” Heller, and a book too often overlooked. It's a terrifically and purposefully and necessarily digressive work, not to mention a tragic mea culpa, but the two-word under-overstatement is simultaneously one of the best titles, jacket blurbs and plot summaries in one. …

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Christopher Jordan Dorner: Revolutionary Hero or Proletarian Foe?

Just about everyone has weighed in on Christopher Jordan Dorner, the rogue ex-LAPD cop said to have taken himself out as fiery Big Bear walls collapsed around him on Feb. 12, the same day he committed his fourth alleged murder. Count Marxists among those chiming in, asking whether Dorner was a “revolutionary role model.” The …

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Did Water District Director Roger Faubel Violate Conflict-of-Interest Laws?

Ask Roger Faubel, and he'll tell you the answer is no. He'll tell you this despite the fact that between 2006 and April of this year, he served as both a publicly elected representative of the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD) and as a paid consultant to Poseidon Resources Inc., the company interested in selling …

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Could Gerrie Schipske Be Long Beach's First LGBT Mayor?

“My dad and mom met at the Pike,” Gerrie Schipske began. For the broadly accomplished, 62-year-old, Long Beach City Councilwoman, that was the beginning—the chance interaction of a couple of teenagers on the bright, bustling midway of a classic old amusement park in 1948. Of course, even without such a personal connection, mentioning the Pike …

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Study Shows Stoners Are Skinnier Than You Thought

It's a known fact that marijuana gives you the munchies, which is why it's a great medication for AIDS patients and people experiencing loss of appetite because of chemotherapy. In the eyes of critics, like Joel Hay, who penned an anti-marijuana editorial in yesterday's OC Register, “Pipe Dreams and quack pot medicine,” however, marijuana's munchies-inducing …

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Rare Boards (and an Even Rarer Book) Auction Raises $680k for Surfing Heritage Spot: Update

See the update at the end of page 2 on last weekend's Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction raising $680,000 and other event details. ORIGINAL POST, MAY 9, 2 P.M.: The Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center in San Clemente is putting “some of the world's most rare and iconic surf memorabilia” up for auction on Saturday, …

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Michael Delgadillo, Off-Duty Cop Who Died in Crash, Had Been Drinking and Texting: Police

They say drinking and driving don't mix, but for the late Michael Delgadillo drinking, driving and texting didn't mix either. The Newport Beach Police Department, which is investigating the Costa Mesa Police detective's fatal, single-car crash on March 5, has disclosed that besides driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.14 percent, Delgadillo was texting and …

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Sriracha-Flavored Lay's Loses To Cheesy-Garlic Bread Flavor in Potato Chip Contest

In an upset victory, Cheesy Garlic Bread has triumphed over Sriracha in Lay's Potato Chips “Do Us A Flavor” contest. Short of saying that this might indicate that the Sriracha craze has finally ebbed, we actually never got to taste any of the three finalists…so Cheesy Garlic Bread might have actually tasted better than Sriracha. …

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