Email AuthorGustavo Arellano
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Gustavo's Top 5 Restaurants of 2011!
December 30, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Cruising into the future...?And I'll end our year-end write-up of lists with this! If it skews a bit toward the Latino side, it's because that's where some of the most...
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The Guardian on TBN's Holy Land Experience Theme Park in Orlando
December 29, 2011 in Navel Gazing
?We're all working past the fifteenth tamale here, so excuse us if we're almost a week late to the hilarious write-up that the British paper The Guardian did on the...
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The Stinger at Memphis at the Santora, Our Drink of the Week!
December 29, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
?I basically live at Memphis at the Santora, the grand dame of downtown SanTana's food scene, swimming through a sea of Manhattans and climbing mountains of bread pudding every week,...
Evan Kleiman, SoCal Food Goddess and Amiga of OC Weekly, to Close Iconic Angeli Caffe :-(
December 29, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Ergun Kirlikovali, Coto de Caza Armenian Genocide Denier Supreme, Threatening Legal Action Against UC Davis Professor
December 28, 2011 in Navel Gazing
?Earlier this year, for some bizarre (or telling?) reason, the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) allowed Ergun Kirlikovali to become its president. You remember Ergun--the whackjob Coto de Caza...
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Time to Occupy Mike Harrah?
Notes from the Banana Republic
December 27, 2011 in Navel Gazing
Not Santa Claus?Cranes and heavy machinery are finally moving at the massive lot on the corner of Broadway and 10th Street in SanTana owned by Mike Harrah, the mega-developer intent...
Give the Gift of the Weekly...to the Weekly!
December 26, 2011 in Navel Gazing
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Methed Out in the Drive-Thru
December 26, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Merry Christmas/Happy Hannukah/Kwazy Kwanzaa/Tip-Top Tet/Solemn, Dignified Ramadan from OC Weekly
December 24, 2011 in Navel Gazing
OC Weekly Personnel Moves: Nick Schou Promoted to Managing Editor :-)/Web Editor Vickie Chang Leaving :-(
December 22, 2011 in Navel Gazing
Scientists: The More Water a Chile Pepper Gets, the Spicier it Becomes
December 22, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Another Medical Malpractice Suit Filed Against Jerry Steven Garcia, Anaheim Doctor with Bad Habit of Delivering Dead Babies
December 21, 2011 in Navel Gazing
?Early this year, I wrote about the travails of one Jerry Steven Garcia, an Anaheim-based obstetrician with a nasty habit of delivering dead babies. The story profiled a couple who...
Irvine Forces City Contractors to Pay their Workers a Living Wage--Unless They're Mexican Crop Pickers
December 20, 2011 in Navel Gazing
Guess Where I Ate, Win a Prize!
December 20, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Frederick Bastady, Buena Park Citrus Rancher/School Board Member
December 19, 2011 in Navel Gazing
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iTunes, Wired Love Our 'Best of . . .' App, They Really Do!
December 19, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Have you downloaded it yet??You know how we're doing all these Ten Great lists of different local faves (pizza, tacos, etc.) under the "Best of Best of Best of!" category?...
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Teens Use $5 Bill Forged to Look Like $100 Bill at Drive-Thru!
December 18, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Bee's Kiss at Bamb Lounge at the Fairmont Newport Beach, Our Drink of the Week!
December 16, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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[UPDATED: Victim's Mother Speaks] Ricardo Aldana, JSerra High School Teacher and Volleyball Coach, Arrested on Charges of Molesting Student
December 16, 2011 in Navel Gazing
?UPDATE: The Weekly has just spoken to the victim's mother, who claims she warned school officials as early as the fall that something was amiss between her daughter and Aldana.The...
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Sources: Ricardo Aldana, Accused JSerra High Pervert, Accused of Same at Previous Employer Hawthorne High
December 16, 2011 in Navel Gazing
Aldana?As the Weekly first reported yesterday, former JSerra High teacher and coach Ricardo Aldana was fired yesterday after getting arrested for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl. His apologists...
Jury Trial Set for Civil Suit Against TBN and Ex-Pastor Stephen Galiher, Who DWI'd a Man to His Death
December 14, 2011 in Navel Gazing
Lalo Alcaraz, Legendary Cartoonista, at Calacas NEXT THIS FRIDAY
December 14, 2011 in Navel Gazing
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Where to Buy Tamales in Orange County this Christmas
December 14, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
?Because nothing exists on the Internet before three days ago, I'm reprinting a 2009 article I did on the best tamales in Orange County for the holidays--and I'm also ripping...
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Drink This Now: Taco Mara's Almond Horchata
December 13, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Nectar of the gods...?"Is horchata good?" the cute gabacha asked me on Sunday as we waited for our respective orders from Taco Mara. Before I could answer, she followed up...
[PHOTO] The Virgin of Guadalupe Appears Inside the Big A!
December 13, 2011 in Navel Gazing
