Of Boys and Men

A genially despised genre appealing to a constant and constantly expanding demographic, the high school movie has for years provided ambitious or oddball filmmakers with a measure of cover: It allowed for Gus Van Sant’s fragmented, kinetic Paranoid Park and provided the framework for Antonio Campos's cyber-thriller, Afterschool. The upcoming Myth of the American Sleepover …

[UPDATED with Victims Sought:] Dr. Sim Carlisle Hoffman Slapped with 833 Fraud Counts for Being Alleged “Medical Mill Mastermind”

UPDATE, JUNE 21, 1:48 P.M.: Orange County Supervising District Attorney Investigator Dina Mauger is asking members of the public to call her office if they believe they were victims of a $17 million workers' compensation insurance overbilling scheme. Newport Beach radiologist Dr. Sim Carlisle Hoffman, owner of Advanced Professional Imaging (API), Advanced Management Services (AMS), …

[UPDATED with No New Boozing Counts:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills

UPDATE, JUNE 14, 1:18 P.M.: Former Orange County sheriff's deputy Allan James Waters will not face additional counts after authorities suspected him of being drunk at his scheduled sentencing on charges of causing an injury accident while driving under the influence of prescription drugs. Though the bailiff says he smelled alcohol on Waters' breath Friday …

[UPDATED with No New Boozing Counts:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills

UPDATE, JUNE 14, 1:18 P.M.: Former Orange County sheriff's deputy Allan James Waters will not face additional counts after authorities suspected him of being drunk at his scheduled sentencing on charges of causing an injury accident while driving under the influence of prescription drugs. Though the bailiff says he smelled alcohol on Waters' breath Friday …

[UPDATED with Suspect Speaking, Service Parking:] Austin Jeffrey Farley Charged With Murder in DUI Death of Ashton Sweet

UPDATE, JUNE 6, 12:33 P.M.: The Irvine Police Department has released parking details for the throng of media and mourners expected at this evening's memorial service for Ashton Sweet, who was killed in a Memorial Day weekend DUI crash. Meanwhile, the accused murderer of the 14-year-old Irvine freshmen cheerleader says in a published interview that …

[UPDATED] Flogging Molly's Dave King On His New Record and the Collapsing Economy

UPDATE: June 3, 3:37 p.m.:  Fingerprints Music is giving away eight tickets to a secret Flogging Molly show (in LA somewhere) to give away with the purchase of the new album, Speed of Darkness. Original Post: June 2, 11:23 a.m.:Irish punk band Flogging Molly originally formed in the mid-90s in LA, but since 2006, singer …

[UPDATED with Booking Photo:] Memorial Day Weekend DUI Enforcement Countywide

CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED POST UPDATE, MAY 31, 6:39 P.M.: The Irvine Police Department this evening released the booking photo at right of Austin Jeffrey Farley, the alleged drunken driver with a past DUI conviction blamed for causing the crash that killed 14-year-old Ashton Sweet. The Northwood High School freshman cheerleader and three other girls …

Jennifer Veary, HIV Positive Nurse and Christian AIDS Activist, Seriously Injured When Van Clips Her Bike

Jennifer Veary, a nurse who is HIV positive and has been described as a Christian HIV/AIDS activist “with a heart for Vietnam,” was seriously injured Saturday when her head hit the pavement after her bike was clipped by a van near her Huntington Beach home. After being thrown over her handlebars, Veary reportedly suffered a …