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For the first time in 16 months, a powerful former Orange County supervisor watched his daughter in court. But Bruce Nestande was not in the Austin, Texas, courtroom to see his 25-year-old daughter try her first case. Gabrielle Jane Nestande is accused of drinking after being honored for her work with a Lone Star State …
I am a gabacho. While I have many non-gabacho food-shopping habits (markets in Tijuana, an intimate familiarity with my local Northgate, a love for nopales, etc.), when time is of the essence, I resort to the dreaded White Folks Supermarket–you know, Vons, Albertsons, Ralphs, et al. The problem is that I eat tortillas every week, …
Exene Cervenka is a writer, visual artist and punk rock pioneer. The OC transplant is the lead singer for X, the Knitters and Original Sinners. If you want to ask the legendary vocalist for advice–on your love life, politics, your musical career–send an email to as******@******ly.com. DEAR EXENE: I've spent most of my teenage life, …
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If Side Effects, an immensely pleasurable thriller centering on psychotropic drugs, really is Steven Soderbergh's final big-screen film, as the director claims it will be, then he has peaked in the Valley of the Dolls. Scripted by Scott Z. Burns, who also wrote the screenplay for Soderbergh's Contagion (2011), Side Effects shares, at least at …
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Perhaps lost in the manhunt for Christopher Jordan Dorner, who is accused of this week's cold-blooded shooting deaths of a Riverside police officer, Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence, are the results of the slain engaged Irvine couple's autopsies. ] No surprise there: Quan, 28, and Lawrence, 27, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the …
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Michael Kevin Lallana, the Fullerton family man, semen bottler for unknowing co-worker and OC Scariest Person of 2010, is reportedly off to jail. (FINALLY!) Orange County Superior Court Judge Walter Schwarm, who handed the 33-year-old his original 180-day jail sentence for two misdemeanor battery counts in 2011, is reported to have denied the defense's home …
January is arguably the most important month in the hip-hop dance community because it signals the start of competition season. Every year, UC Irvine's own Lambda Theta Delta fraternity holds the biggest SoCal hip-hop dance competition in the Bren Events Center, a four-hour extravaganza known to most as VIBE. Competition as well as exhibition teams …
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Along with its report of its quarterly results yesterday, McDonald's revealed that it will introduce a whole new product come February, in time for Lent. Fish McBites are just what you think: nuggets of fish made from the same species (Alaskan Pollack) that's used for the Filet-O-Fish. ] The bite-sized morsels will come in …
Sriracha water bottles. Sriracha lip balm. Sriracha underwear. Now there's apparently Sriracha stiletto heels for that fashionista who's also a hipster foodie. ] Hourglass Footwear out of Seattle offers these, um, hot heels for somewhere between $40-$200, which are apparently also available in flats, but they're really pieces of art, hand-painted and reportedly “triple sealed” so …
Chris Manderson, the Newport Beach attorney who represents Tyler Hamilton, the disgraced cyclist and former Lance Armstrong teammate, believes Armstrong's apparent doping confession to Oprah Winfrey “brings a day of vindication” to his client and others who suffered blowback after accusing the seven-time Tour de France winner of juicing. Meanwhile, the lawyer tells the Weekly …
Hailing from the land of great things like cheesesteaks, Bill Cosby, and sports teams that may or may not be doing so wonderful this year (OK, they suck. We get it.), comedian Sean Green migrated from Pennsylvania to Cali to showcase his skills on a much higher level and that is exactly what he's been …
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It took so long for Burger King to finally come head-to-head with their arch nemesis, even Wendy's started selling nuggets before they did. With last week's overdue announcement, The King has finally stepped up to face off against those golden arches. It's about damn time. We gave ourselves two consecutive days of deep-fried protein at …