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Media Matters for America Savages OC Register's New College Section, Alleging Pay-for-Play
April 18, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Awesome Mexicans-Are-Missing-in-OC-History Quote of the Week!
April 18, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Guess Where I Ate; Win a Prize!
April 16, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
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Paperback Edition of Taco USA Out TODAY!
April 16, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
This is really cool: The paperback edition of my Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America is out TODAY!Do I need to write anything more? Okay, I will!The paperback will...
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Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: On The Failing, Debt-Ridden 241 and 73 Toll Roads
April 16, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Insane but true: I do everything possible to avoid the 73 and 241 toll roads. For the former, I'll go down PCH or the 405 if I ever have to...
Geeta Bansal Interviews Martin Berasategui, Legendary Basque Chef!
April 15, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
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Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Drunk Man Crashes Into Taco Bell!
April 15, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
I will say this about the drunk fans of Taco Bell: although I am strenuously opposed to driving while blotto, most lushes comport themselves well when having a hankering for...
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Rick Bayless Insults Yet Another California City's Mexican Food Traditions
April 15, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
My lord, does Rick Bayless want all Mexicans in the United States to hate him or something? Back in 2010, the celebrity chef of Mexican food notoriously said Los Angeles...
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Tasha Tells All...On Why South County Princesses Should Leave Their Bubble
April 15, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Every Monday, adult superstar/OC girl Tasha Reign gives us her thought on life, sex, politics, and everything else in-between. Today, Tasha weighs in on the South County bubble that formed...
Pilar Marrero, Legendary La Opinin Columnist, to Visit Fullerton Library April 25 for "Gustavo's Awesome Lecture Series!"
April 15, 2013 in Navel Gazing
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John Galardi, Wienerschnitzel Founder, Passes Away
April 14, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
GalardiThe Weekly has learned that Wienerschnitzel founder John Galardi passed away yesterday after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 75. Galardi started Wienerschnitzel in 1961 in Wilmington, after getting an idea...
How a New York Times Story About Mexicans Shows that the Orange County Register Will Always Suck
April 13, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Lineup for SoCal Restaurant Show THIS SATURDAY on KLAA-AM 830: Little India, Zov's and More
April 12, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
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How I Found Out About the Lost Mexicans of the Bastanchury Ranch
April 12, 2013 in Navel Gazing
If you don't already know, I'll just say it here: we at the Weekly love to tell the hidden history of Orange County, those stories that never made it into...
Eat This Now: Beans, Rice, Salsa, and Fried Cheese at El Fortin
April 11, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
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Mother Jones: Arte Moreno One of the Least-Asshole Owners in Baseball!
Your Anaheim Angels of Anaheim
April 11, 2013 in Navel Gazing
While your Anaheim Angels underachieve through yet another season of overpriced, over-the-hill free agents (what the hell is this: the early 1990s of Von Hays and Hubie Brooks), Halos fans...
El Corazn de Costa Mesa, Mexican Restaurant Helmed by Rick Bayless-Trained Chef, To Open April 20
April 09, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
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[W/VIDEO] AQMD Chairman Compares Huntington Beach Fire Pit Smoke to "Carpet Bombing" Devastation of Vietnam War
April 09, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Burke: BARF...South Coast Air Quality Management District chairman William Burke isn't an OC resident, but methinks he's already on the short list for this year's Scariest People issue. He probably...
Chris Epting, HB Independent Columnist, Freaks Out AQMD Officials Over Awesome Journalism on Proposed Beach Fire Pits Ban
April 09, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Kenton Beshore, Mariners Church Pastor, Tells His Wealthy Congregation to Be Sympathetic to Illegal Immigrants; Congregants Largely Refuse
April 09, 2013 in Navel Gazing
Guess Where I Ate; Win a Prize!
April 09, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
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Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: On OC's Love Affair with Mello-Roos Taxes!
April 09, 2013 in Navel Gazing
As everyone knows, I live in a P.O. Box in Anaheim. If I ever buy a shack, it'll probably be in some rundown barrio or other--can't exactly afford much making...
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SRO Crowd Hails Tom Leykis' One-Year Anniversary at Laugh Factory Long Beach
April 09, 2013 in Navel Gazing
I knew that the one-year anniversary party for The Tom Leykis Show that happened yesterday at the Laugh Factory Long Beach would be packed, but I still wondered how many...
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Man Sells Marijuana So He Could Go Eat at Taco Bell!
April 08, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
Geeta Bansal Interviews Jean-Luc Rabanel, the Gypsy King of Cuisine in Provence
April 08, 2013 in Stick a Fork In It
