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[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 …

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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 …

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Did OC's Luxe Loncheras Make It to The Great Food Truck Race Finale? (SPOILERS!)

This weekend, contestants on the second season of The Great Food Truck Race finished up their last stop before the finale. The show won't air until August, but as we've been reporting, fans, local news and bloggers have been revealing the progress of the competition via Tweets, articles and posts. There's not much the Food …

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Regenerist Allows You to Regenerist Your Face–and Wallet

So between the news that Sarah Jessica Parker told Marie Claire's U.K. edition she's pondering the possibility of a third fucking Sex and the City film, that “pajazzling” exists (you know what “vajazzling” is? Yeah, well, now your boyfriend can experience it for himself), and the revelation of  “junderpants” (denim hotpants-printed undies), I think I've …

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UCI Muslim Student Union Event's Name was Less Threatening, But Critics Charge It Was Still Extreme

Perhaps it was the UC Irvine-imposed suspension or the negative publicity over the disruption of Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren's February 2010 speech on campus or just plain old growing up, but the embattled Muslim Student Union just presented a kinder- and gentler-sounding program seeking divestment from and boycotts of Israel. At least …

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[UPDATED:] OC High School and College Coaches Received “Slush Account” Kickbacks From Athletic Retailer, PBS SoCal Report Says

UPDATE, MAY 10, 1:35 P.M.: As the details of the Slush Fund controversy continue to develop, with a second report due out from PBS SoCal, the Weekly decided to follow up with the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD), which had stressed the fact it had been investigating this issue for some time. When we spoke …

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Study: Using Refillable Soap Dispensers to Wash Hands INCREASES Chance of Contracting Diseases

Is there nothing safe in this world anymore? The refillable soap dispenser to wash hands, a hallmark of restroom and kitchen sinks everywhere, our defense against the bacteria we may contract from handling food or, um, yeah, is actually a cesspool of dangerous bacteria that can get you sick. ] That's the conclusion of a …

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[UPDATED With Correction] Michael Kevin Lallana Guilty of Twice Slipping Semen Into Co-Worker's Water Bottle

UPDATE, APRIL 25, 2:49 P.M.: It was horrible what Tiffany G. went through thanks to her former co-worker Michael Kevin Lallana (and to get a sense of that, read her victim impact statement to the court in the previous update). To have an erroneous account of the way she figured out she had been victimized published online …

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