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A final inspection report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the steam generator tube wear that has kept both reactors offline at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) since January blames computer model errors for the design flaws. ] The 100-page report also says plant operator Southern California Edison (SCE) followed all necessary procedures …
Tracy Flick is apparently alive and well at Troy High School. Brought to life deliciously by Reese Witherspoon, Tracy Enid Flick is a central character in Alexander Payne's 1999 film Election, which is based on Tom Perrotta's novel of the same title. The plot involves a high school student body election tainted by a faculty …
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See update at the end of this post clarifying that Gary Kreep won the judge's race outright. Batshit birthers Gary Kreep and Orly Taitz famously split like Dick and Liz while trying to prove Barack Obama was born outside the U.S. While South County's birfer queen went on to lose her recent bid for a …
Roland Rubalcava has been doing great meals over at his family's market in Placentia, playing around with Mexican favorites while ensuring they do what Mexican food does best: comfort you like an abuelita while enticing you for more like a mujer from Los Altos de Jalisco. It's all great, but what remains his crowning achievement …
Fuck Taco Bell. This is what Don Winslow is probably thinking as he stands in line at the Taco Bell at 699 S. Coast Hwy. in Laguna Beach. It's a Tuesday morning in late June, and there's a photographer nearby snapping pictures of Winslow. The fat guy working the cash register is giving him the …
A man surfers found floating in the waters off Bolsa Chica State Beach on June 9 and who died despite their life-saving efforts has been identified. He was Wilfredo Escobar, 34, of Henderson, Nevada, according to the Orange County Coroner's division. ] After Escobar died at Huntington Beach Hospital following his being pulled from the …
Since the days of Cleopatra, eyelashes have been a woman's secret weapon in glamour, youthfulness and seduction. Which sucks because mine are pretty much nonexistent. Like many Asians, I've been cursed with lashes that are fine and stick-straight. I've tried giving them a boost with mascaras that have names such as Colossal Volume, Lash Injection, …
Orange County's Ultimate DJ Competition Detroit Bar 07/10/12 White Rabbit Group's premier of Orange County's Ultimate DJ Competition began last night at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa with turntable-ist Terrorista scribbling against Menikmati for a shot at being crowned the winner of night one. ] A total of 16 battle-hungry DJs of various styles were chosen …
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We here in one of the least-respected professions in America talk often about the “news hook” when kicking around story ideas. It's a term pregnant with high-minded concern for the readers and why a story matters. Or, it's a way to justify writing about crap we personally find interesting. But the Church of Scientology and …
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See Update No. 2 at the end of this post identifying murder victim Daniel Rowlett, 67, and disclosing suspect Felipe Jesus Delgado is also wanted for murder in Santa Cruz County. See Update No. 1 on next page about the murder arrest of Anaheim 21-year-old Delgado, who police initially identified by his alias, “Rojas.” ORIGINAL …
Ever heard of Querétaro? It has next-to-no name recognition in Orange County, unlike so many of the other Mexican states: no mass migration to these parts à la Zacatecas and Michoacán, no transcendent reputation à la Guanajuato and Oaxaca, not a tourist hub such as Baja or Mexico City. Ask me to name a distinguishing …
Modern art is tricky. Interpretations of any single piece can range from judging it as “the shit” to just plain “shitty.” In Yasmina Reza’s 1998 Tony Award-winning Best Play Art, three long time friends contemplate an outrageously expensive modern painting with three wildly different results. Spoiler alert: turns out the “painting” is actually just a …