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Jasmine Mediterranean Restaurant in Anaheim is far from the confines of Little Arabia, in a section of the city I remember more for the K-Mart and no-tell motel just down Lincoln Avenue than its eateries. The restaurant's clientele does include some Arabs, but consists mostly of the neighborhood's residents—Filipinos, Latinos, Samoans and plain ol' gabachos. …
Three generations of fine actresses are squandered in Bruce Beresford's Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, an incompetently structured film that pits hippies against squares with the usual wearying results. This head-hammering, clash-of-values family-healing dramedy makes sure to literalize all of its uplifting messages; gentle admonitions about “letting go” are immediately followed by a bright-yellow balloon's release …
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Recently, the esteemed Café Calacas introduced a breakfast menu to join their list of Chicano-fied sandwiches, salads, and smoothies. The breakfast burritos are delicious; the breakfast sandwiches, fine. But it's with the humble waffle where husband-wife owners Rudy and Jackie Cordova are beginning to stretch their gourmet muscles–and considering neither of them had prior culinary …
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UPDATE, JUNE 6, 3:12 P.M.: “[T]he numbers are suspiciously off all 4 polls taken from March 7 until June 3rd.” Yup, that's Orly Taitz, in an update to her earlier OrlyTaitzEsq post titled “What Did We Learn From Observing Corrupt Party Bosses, Rigged Elections and Members of the Lap Dog Media?,” winding up to suggest voter …
The federal judge in Santa Ana assigned to Toyota's nationwide sudden-acceleration trial issued a tentative sanction against the automaker for an inspection of a crashed 2008 Toyota Camry. Judge James V. Selna writes that the inspection casts “a cloud of suspicion” over Toyota Motor Sales USA's behavior and that he will warn jurors to regard …
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Popular notions of youth apathy will have to take a back seat this weekend. An all-day conference on Saturday in Santa Ana shows that young people not only care about issues affecting their community, but are also motivated enough to do something about them. The effort arises from RAIZ, whose Spanish acronym translates into resistance, …
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The state appellate court has upheld the conviction of Jeffrey David Kirby, the Costa Mesa drunken driver who plowed his Porsche into a Ferrari driven by Charles “Mask” Lewis Jr. in Newport Beach in 2009, killing the Huntington Beach co-founder of the Tapout MMA clothing brand. Kirby argued in his appeal that the trial court …
Le Pain Quotidien has been around since 1990, but took its own sweet time arriving in Orange County. They transplanted Jonathan Eng from New York's Bleecker Street bakery to helm the daily breadmaking last autumn. Hungry to explore his dining options beyond Fashion Island, we meet up to recharge over Korean barbeque one Friday afternoon. …
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The wife of Oceanside's police chief (and Cypress' former mayor) is scheduled to face a trial–heck, right now–for calling 9-1-1 and initiating an armed stand-off with Cypress police in December 2010. Brinda Sue McCoy, 49, of Cypress, is charged with six felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm on a peace officer and one …
UPDATE, MAY 21, 5:23 P.M.: The energy director of a Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group calls Gregory Jaczko's resignation as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) “a terrifying example of industries trying to wreak havoc on those who regulate them-and winning.” “Jaczko sought to create tougher rules for the nuclear industry in the wake …
New York-based rapper Cazwell performed at the Velvet Lounge in Santa Ana for about 300 fans Friday night, unzipping a bundle of up-tempo, electro club beats and sex-laden lyrics dripping with demands for us to to suck it, lick it, jerk it it…you get the idea. The club rapper's unabashed sassiness provided patrons with an …
The death penalty will be sought against Yorba Linda 24-year-old Itzcoatl “Izzy” Ocampo, the accused serial killer of four homeless men and a mother and grown son fatally stabbed between October 25 and January 13, prosecutors announced today. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas convened a panel of senior staff and veteran homicide prosecutors to …