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Most brewery collaborations come together out of the love for a certain brewing process or a fondness for a certain ingredient, or even the admiration for one another. Chef collaborations are no different, but the results are bound to be more culinary-driven. One chef who loves a collaboration as much as the average brewery does …
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Once that big light goes off and we move on to wherever, or don’t, the best most of us can hope for is a kindly remembrance or two. Rare are those who inspire others after they’re gone. Count Peggy Hesketh among the latter. A writer, journalist, educator and all-round funny, fierce and fearless person (she …
Continue reading “A Woman Inspiring Women Leads to County’s First All-Female Playwrighting Festival”
Uh oh: a 60,000-gallon sewage spill originating from a sewer main blockage in Stanton has prompted the Orange County Health Care Agency to close a huge part of the harbor area near Surfside and Sunset Beach, the county announced today. “The County of Orange Health Care Agency’s Environmental Health division has closed the harbor water area encompassing Anaheim …
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This is the second of two parts. Click here for part one. Loveline was a hit show from the moment I created, hosted and first aired it in 1982. For nine years, it was on late on Sunday nights and was consistently No. 1 in the ratings. A year after the show began, I realized …
Continue reading “Poorman’s Radio Days: Fired From KROQ! The Real Story (Part 2)”
There’s something about restaurants and bars in Orange County that depresses me every time I find myself with a free day to go out, relax, and have a drink on a patio and bask in the summer sun. For some reason our restaurant scene seems to think that drinking is only an indoor activity unless …
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Five days before Real 92.3 FM’s first annual Real Street Festival, the grounds of the Honda Center were transformed into an outdoor arena that included two giant stages for R&B and hip hop performers, but the Anaheim venue’s staff also welcomed several artists to paint murals for an added special touch to last weekend’s event. More …
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Evolution may still be a hotly contested idea depending on the person you’re talking to, but around the world we see examples of certain species adapting and evolving as we speak. The rock-climbing goby fish, which is native to the Hawaiian Islands, uses suckers in its mouth to literally scale entire waterfalls and swim upstream …
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I’m a 42-year-old single, straight female who recently started dating a 36-year-old man in a somewhat-exclusive, long-distance relationship. We have known each other for a short time, but we have clocked hours upon hours on the phone. I have specifically stated many times I don’t want kids of my own (he does), am extremely safety-conscious …
I spend a lot of my free time canvassing the streets of Orange County in search of the ultimate ganja-fueled adventure. Sometimes I come up shorter than a high schooler’s dime bag, and other times I strike pure gold. This past week I was able to get my hands on an extremely limited edition of …
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By 2003, my radio career had taken somewhat of a bizarre turn. I had become firmly entrenched as the street reporter, stunt guy and all-around sidekick on Rick Dees In the Morning on KIIS-FM 102.7 in Los Angeles. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be working with this peachy, clean, all-American, family …
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It’s 2016, and Cal State Long Beach art instructor and Orange resident Carolin Peters is thinking about the results of the election. She is watching the country begin to divide, with everyone in their own little camp, not talking to one another. She decides to do something about it. If you’re a creative and your …
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A name from the distant past popped up recently and really gave us a good chuckle. Did I say chuckle? Actually, it was more like we fell onto the floor laughing so hard tears ran down our cheeks. Deputy District Attorney Kelly Ernby, who is running to replace Assembly Member Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-74th District), sent out …
Continue reading “Jim Silva Endorses Kelly Ernby in 74th Assembly Race”