Email AuthorGustavo Arellano
Cortina's Italian Market, Legendary Anaheim Spot, Suffers Damaging Fire :-(
May 24, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
Jeffs, Pols and Coeds At the New Paul's in Orange!
May 23, 2013 in Heard Mentality
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OC Weekly Gets Nominated for a Hell of a Lot of Awards for LA Press Club, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies!
May 23, 2013 in Navel Gazing
As editor of this infernal rag, I have a hard policy about awards: screw' em. I'm convinced that most national judges will always pass us over and not even bother...
Emigdio Vasquez, Legendary Chicano Artist, to Be Honored This Weekend in Santa Ana with Prestigious Award
May 23, 2013 in Navel Gazing
UCLA Professor Otto Santa Ana at Fullerton Library NEXT THURSDAY for Latest "Gustavo's Awesome Lecture Series!"
May 22, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Carla "Kaya" Lewis, Sister of TapouT's Mask, Faces Lawsuit for Winning a Lawsuit
May 21, 2013 in Navel Gazing
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Gustavo's Latest Commentary for KCRW: On the Brilliance of Arrested Development!
May 21, 2013 in Navel Gazing
This coming Thursday, make sure to pick up the dead-tree edition of your favorite infernal rag--scratch that. EVERY Thursday, make sure to pick up the dead-tree edition of your favorite...
Tasha Tells All...on Porn Conventions!
May 20, 2013 in Navel Gazing
When Will Orange County Name a School After Legendary Olympic Diver/Civil Rights Hero Sammy Lee?
May 20, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Gustavo on The Tom Leykis Show NEXT WEDNESDAY for Monthly Ask a Mexican! Hour!
May 20, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Preview for SoCal Restaurant Show on KLAA-AM 830: Marcus Samuelsson, Montage Eating, and Our Own Bill Esparza!
May 17, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
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OC Register to Begin Weekly Paper Covering Santa Ana
Notes from the Banana Republic
May 16, 2013 in Navel Gazing
You young'uns don't remember this, but the Orange County Register began life as the Santa Ana Register, and was named that until about the 1960s. Its focus was on SanTana,...
Phuong's in Little Saigon, Mother-in-Law Kimchi from Little Seoul Get the Good Food Treatment
May 16, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
Tasha Tells All...on the Love Affair Between Comedians and the Adult Industry!
May 14, 2013 in Navel Gazing
City of Orange Code Enforcement Targeting House with All-Native Plants Front Yard--Again
May 14, 2013 in Navel Gazing
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Republican Senator: Make Border Security More Like Disneyland!
May 14, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Currently on Capitol Hill, there's a raging debate over what kind of amnesty will America get shoved down its throat (or, conversely, up its tucchus). But you know you're starting...
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OC's African-American Problem: Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW!
May 14, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Blackface merriment at UC IrvinePeople who have read this infernal rag long enough know that I feel OC's most embarrassing fact of life is our embarrassingly low African-American community, and...
Lawsuit Settled in Case of TapouT Founder Charles "Mask" Lewis' Desecrated Ashes
May 14, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Titus Young, Former Detroit Lions Receiver, Probably Sets NFL Record By Being Arrested Thrice in a Week
May 13, 2013 in Navel Gazing
We're #1 in Twitter Hate! Report Says OC is Region With Highest Number of Racist/Homophobic Tweets in America
May 13, 2013 in Navel Gazing
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Huntington Beach Teens Beat Man with Skateboards--But Was it Self-Defense or Attempted Murder?
May 13, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Ever see the movie Kids? Remember that scene where a group of idiots nearly beat a man to death with their skateboards? That's what happened Friday night at Mundy Park...
Lineup for SoCal Restaurant Show THIS SATURDAY on KLAA-AM 830: OC Register's Kedric Francis, Arepas, and More!
May 10, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
Navy Grog at Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar, Our Drink of the Week!
May 10, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
Wet Seal Settles Multimillion-Dollar Suit Alleging it Discriminated Against African-American Employees
May 10, 2013 in Navel Gazing
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"Boner Jesus," Infamous Mural of St. Joseph's Church in Santa Ana, Finally Painted Over
May 09, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Boner JesusOne of the first stories I ever did on the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal was about a scandalous mural on the back of St. Joseph's in SanTana that its...
