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California union leaders’ opinion of James Martin Righeimer, a wealthy, 52-year-old, Newport Beach real-estate developer and one of the state’s most vociferously anti-labor union activists, is pretty much what you’d expect. “Jim Righeimer is a right-wing nut,” says a high-ranking Orange County union official who asked to remain anonymous. “He’s against fair wages, he’s against …
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I know not why the Fatburger franchise is in trouble or what set of wrong-headed decisions or circumstances led them to file for bankruptcy protection a few years ago. In this writer's humble opinion, Fatburger is still one of the best fast-food burger joints we have. Now that the few stores OC has (Buena Park, …
In Bourne Ultimatum screenwriter George Nolfi’s directorial debut (an extremely loose adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1954 short story “Adjustment Team”), Matt Damon plays David Norris, a Brooklyn-born, bar-fight-prone congressman rocketing to the front of a Senate race apparently on the strength of his charisma and the idealism of his young supporters: “Come November, I …
Tuesday came and went, possibly taking the Cal State Fullerton wrestling program with it. The university in September informed Titans grapplers they would have to raise $450,000 by March 1 if they wanted their sport to remain on campus. “It doesn't look like we're going to make it,” head coach Dan Hicks tells the Daily …
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It's not exactly a seismic shift, but whenever two main forces behind a major artistic institution decide to step down, it's a very big deal. And that's what's happening at South Coast Repertory, a theater that (sorry, Will Ferrell and Jenna Haze) is, hands-down, Orange County's greatest artistic contribution to the world. The announcement …
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CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE ON STUDENT CONDUCT OFFICE RULING AGAINST JESSE CHENG UPDATE, FEB. 21, 12:07 P.M.: As promised, UC student regent and UC Irvine campus leader Jesse Cheng has issued a statement regarding his sexual-battery arrest, the lack of criminal charges filed against him and the motivations of his accuser going public with …
As part of a misdemeanor case of filing a false vehicle registration, Fernando Manuel Ruiz of Los Angeles agreed to submit a sample of his DNA to cops. The 38-year-old may not have known at the time that the submission would lead to his arrest for a cold case armed robbery of a Buena …
UPDATE: APRIL 1, 4:20 P.M.: Click here to see toxicology test results. UPDATE: FEB. 18, 11:23 A.M.: A memorial will take place for Alan Lin tomorrow, Sat., Feb. 19, at Crystal Cathedral (12141 Lewis St, Garden Grove). The memorial starts at 9:30 a.m. and will be open to the public. UPDATE: FEB. 15, 9:20 A.M.: …
There are two possible results when a decades-old band go on tour but play no new material and haven't even bothered with reinvention for years. One is the dreaded zombie show best personified by the Beach Boys and doo-wop groups with no original members, the kind of shows at which the average concertgoer is on …
Restaurateurs and reinvention may go together like a burrito and a flour tortilla, but I really don’t understand the phenomenon. I can’t comprehend why a cook, after pouring so much of him- or herself into an eatery, suddenly decides to up and start another place almost exactly like what they had created. It happened with …
LED lights have been marketed as environmentally preferable alternatives to traditional light bulbs, but many contain lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially hazardous substances, according to new research out of UC Irvine. “LEDs are touted as the next generation of lighting,” says Oladele Ogunseitan, chairman of UCI's Department of Population Health & Disease …
Luckily for OC, James Fletcher is not too sexy for Detroit Bar–or just about anywhere else, he insists. The jet-setting drummer last fall self-released his first solo CD, The Booze & Clocks, after 10 years of constant touring and gigging in support of others' lyrical prowess. Fletcher has banged sticks for local bands including The …
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