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Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Manuel Levi “Manny” Loggins Jr., who was fatally shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at San Clemente High School Feb. 7, was laid to rest today in his home state of Illinois. Earlier this morning, the Loggins family held a private funeral at the Refuge Mission United Holy Church in …
No restaurant in Orange County deserves an upgrade in location more than Mick's Karma Bar. From this former juice stand come some of the best burgers in Orange County, squat wonders with the bun crispy, the sirloin patty ground to order (and thus gushing juices), with the tomato cooling and lettuce crispy—and any other ingredients …
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Occupy Santa Ana activists plan a Tuesday afternoon action in hopes of demonstrating the alarming lack of available shelter space for Orange County's homeless population. The plan, which is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. and is called Shelter Tel-a-Thon, involves activists calling emergency county shelters, determining how much space is available and then providing …
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A jury has found a 27-year-old Santa Ana man guilty of plotting the robbery and murder of an elderly jewelry salesman whose body was never found. After being convicted on one felony count of murder, Ricardo Dagoberto Diaz-Nivarez faces the same since his momma received in April 2011: 25 years to life in state prison. …
I didn't get shot. Not once, not at all. As silly as that sounds, after all of the travel warnings I've read and horror stories I've been told, a tiny part of me kinda thought the moment I arrived in Tijuana I would be stopped by the cartels and taken out. I admit I'm not …
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Richard Lee “Dick” Baney remembers the excitement he felt in 1963 as a fireballing freshman at Anaheim High School. Scouts such as Los Angeles Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda already had their eyes on him. “I was told that I’d be the first Mexican signed out of Orange County,” he says. He was drafted by the …
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Have you been thinking of starting a food truck but just don't have the capital? Tyler Florence wants you for The Great Food Truck Race! The casting call was put out today for new teams to compete in the third season of the show and the producers aren't exactly interested whether you even have a …
UPDATE, MARCH 12, 3:21 P.M.: As promised, the trailer for the upcoming documentary on Charles “Mask” Lewis, the late Huntington Beach co-founder of the TapouT MMA clothing brand, was released Sunday. Check after the jump to get a peek. ] The film is due out in early 2013: ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 9, 8:40 A.M.: Sunday …
The media have totally ignored what Itzcoatl “Izzy” Ocampo is accused of doing–fatally stabbing four white men; forget the Latina mom and her son for the purposes of this twisted logic–instead spinning Orange County's latest serial killer as “a good kid,” “patriotic,” “a war hero,” a recipient of “metals” (sic), “a good role model” and …
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Whenever I read a best-of list in the national media, I wince internally. They're usually either cobbled together by looking at the Internet and seeing which ones are mentioned most often–which results in a kind of small-scale Zagat guide, prone to the hype machine–or they're put together by people who have not visited very many …
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Once again, it's fish sandwich season at the nation's fast food burger joints, a.k.a. Lent. It is said that 23% of Filet-O-Fish consumption happens during this period. But how do the others measure against what's arguably the nation's most popular fishwich, which McDonald's now offers in a double-dose with its Double Filet-O-Fish (seen above)? Although …
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The Internet has gone nutso over this Chicagoist post featuring a recipe for DIY Thin Mints. And for good reason. Thin Mints all year round? Yes, please. But the cookies, while surely delicious, look like they take some time to make. I've got an even easier recipe. It's the cheaters' way, but the results are …