Email AuthorGustavo Arellano
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Meet Your Favorite/Most-Loathed Weeklings THIS SATURDAY at Dia de los Muertos in Santa Ana!
November 01, 2012 in Navel Gazing
About 50,000 people are expected to flock to downtown SanTana this Saturday for Noche de Altares, the annual Da de los Muertos festival co-held by the chingones at Cafe Calacas...
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Dear Anaheim Cholos: Stop Shooting Each Other And Screwing It Up for the Rest of the City's Mexicans
Anaheim Police Shooting Desmadre
October 29, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Dear Anaheim cholos:You don't know me since few of you read the Weekly (for some bizarre reason, most of you read the Orange County Register as evidenced by your many...
Gringo Bandito Announces Their 2012 Private Reserve!
October 29, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Drunk Customer Starts High-Speed Pursuit!
October 29, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Mike Hawari, Co-Owner of Kareem's Restaurant/Make of the Best Falafels Ever, Passes Away :-(
October 29, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Food Frenzy, Orange County Register's Food Blog, Kaput :-(
October 26, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Political Candidates Now Using Pho to Pander to Vietnamese Voters in Little Saigon
October 25, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
How long until Pho 79 becomes our Versailles?It's the height of election season, and us Mexis have grown accustomed to politicians going to a popular local Mexican restaurant (King Taco...
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State Assembly Candidate Troy Edgar Calls Mike Schroeder a "Used-to-Be", Can Now Expect A Light Saber to His Campaign
October 25, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Wowee, wowee, wowee: if you're a politicians in Orange County, the last person you want to piss off is Mike "Vader" Schroeder, the dark lord of OC politics, the man...
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2012 Bob Dornan Scary OC Hall of Fame Inductee: Orange County Register Readers!
October 25, 2012 in Navel Gazing
To coincide with our annual Scariest People issue, behold the 2012 entry into the Bob Dornan Scary OC Hall of fame...the readers of the Orange County Register!If our archives were...
Eat This Now: Kickin' Ketchup
October 24, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Ayn Rand Institute Bigwigs Piss on Libertarianism, Libertarians Fight Back!
October 24, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Funny but true: recently on Facebook, a "friend" tried to insult me by calling me a libertarian and a Randian--a follower of bad novelist Ayn Rand. While I don't mind...
Diatribe with Dave: A Soliloquy on Salsa Roja, and Where to Find the Best in OC!
October 24, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
OC Weekly Needs an Editorial Assistant!
October 24, 2012 in Navel Gazing
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A Mexican in the South: Notes, Quotes, and Observations from the Southern Foodways Alliance's Annual Symposium
October 23, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Imagine my surprise earlier this year when I received an email from John T. Edge, one of the best food writers in America and head of the Southern Foodways Alliance,...
OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Burton Y. Neal, Yorba Linda Pastor
October 22, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Now There's a "Sexy" Dia de Los Muertos Costume, and Its Name is "Sugar Skull Beauty"
October 22, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Man Tries to Steal Car in Drive-Thru!
October 22, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Did Santa Ana Unified Serve Students Peanut Butter Sandwiches Possibly Contaminated With Salmonella Despite Company Recall?
October 22, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Coming on the heels of a Weekly expos documenting how officials at the Santa Ana Unified School District let lettuce rot, then threw it away comes rumors that workers served...
Death's Door Gin, Our Drink of the Week!
October 19, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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[UPDATED W/DISTRICT RESPONSE W/PHOTOS] Sources: Santa Ana Unified School District Letting Food Rot, Throwing Out Pallets of Lettuce
October 18, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Updated, with new info on the bottom...ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 16, 11 A.M.: One glorious day--when I'm done with all my Taco USA shilling (have you bought your copy yet?), when...
[UPDATED: Cunningham Already Censoring!] Save Anaheim, OC Weekly's Best Blog for 2012, Inspiring Scorched-Earth Campaign From the Curt Pringle Machine
Anaheim Police Shooting Desmadre
October 16, 2012 in Navel Gazing
OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Eugene Edmund French and Harry E. Byerrum, Huntington Beach Mayor and Fullerton Parks Superindentent with Parks Named After Them
October 15, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Restaurant That Served E. Coli and Was Protected by OC Health Care Agency Finally Named
October 15, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
OC Weekly 2012 Election Guide: Anaheim!
October 15, 2012 in Navel Gazing
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Newport Beach School Officials Try to Suspend Student for Bringing Kombucha to School
October 15, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Wikimedia CommonsI am not a fan of kombucha, the fermented drink that health nuts swear by, but that doesn't mean I'm going to impose my beliefs on others. If people...
