Email AuthorGustavo Arellano
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Steve Chavez Lodge, Anaheim Council Candidate, Gets Sued Over Reclaiming Latino Surname That He's Never Used Before
Anaheim Police Shooting Desmadre
August 22, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Esteban ChavezPeople should've been suspicious of Anaheim City Council candidate Steve Lodge long before he decided to rebrand himself as Steve Chavez Lodge in a callous bid for disenfranchised Mexi...
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Diatribe With Dave: Five Moves That'll Piss Off Your Bartender
August 22, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Every second and fourth Wednesday night of the month, legendary bartender/chef/restaurant insider Dave Mau hosts Dinner with Dave at Memphis at the Santora, where he treats drinkers to a free...
Guess Where I Ate; Win Tickets to OC Weekly's Decadence Party THIS FRIDAY!
August 21, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Tortilla Tuesday: Flour Tortillas at Rubalcava's Market AKA Best Flour Tortillas in Southern California
August 21, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Rubalcava's wondersIn the borderlands, a flour tortilla is sacramental, holy, filling, the true daily bread: fluffy, filling, thick, pliable, toothsome love. In Southern California? Universally, shit.I've eaten tortillas my entire...
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Orange County Well-Represented in The Advocate's List of 45 Worst Homophobes in Past 45 Years
August 21, 2012 in Navel Gazing
You knew he'd be here, right?Orange County is a haven of haters, from Armenian genocide deniers to Mexican-bashers, Holocaust deniers to the cesspool that is the OC GOP. But we've...
OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Jo Lowell, Santa Ana Rancher, Namesake of Street
August 20, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Diane Harkey, Dana Point Assemblywoman, Helps Kill Bill That Would've Banned Lobbyist Gifts of Tickets to Politicos
August 20, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: DWI in the Drive-Thru
August 20, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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[UPDATE: Now Hiring a Movie Critic?] Orange County Register Reporter on New Owner's Print-First Strategy to Reshape Paper: "Lunacy"
August 20, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Kushner: Can you send us a better publicity shot than this one?Updated, with new info on the bottom...After the sale of the Orange County Register to Boston businessman Aaron Kushner...
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Anaheim Hotel Developer: $100 Million-Plus Public Subsidies to Him Will Keep City from "Civil Unrest"
Anaheim Police Shooting Desmadre
August 20, 2012 in Navel Gazing
If you need any further proof of how deluded the lords of Anaheim are, look no further than Bill O'Connell. He's one of the developers who successfully lobbied the Anaheim...
Sky High Manhattan at Stubrik's, Our Drink of the Week!
August 17, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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A Gay Republican Elected Official Finally Comes Out to OC!
August 17, 2012 in Navel Gazing
One of the great parlour games in Orange County politico circles is trying to figure out which local Republican bigwigs are closeted homosexuals, which ones have a beard, which ones...
[UPDATED, W/SPECIALS!] Next OC Weekly-KCRW Good Food Happy Hour Scheduled for NEXT WEEK TONIGHT in Long Beach!
August 16, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Did Placentia Mayor Jeremy Yamaguchi Get His Girlfriend a City Commission Slot?
August 15, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Yamaguchi: Almost fills out his big-boy suit!Placentia Mayor Jeremy Yamaguchi has received more positive press than any mayor of a small Orange County city ever should, namely because the 23-year-old...
Fordham University Sex-Abuse Scandal Has Orange County Connection
August 15, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Guess Where I Ate; Win A Prize!
August 14, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Horchata, Salsa El Yucateco Now Available in Central Kentucky, or: The Mexican Food Conquest of America Continues
August 14, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Is Calvary Chapel Preparing Camp Pendleton Marines to Fight for the End Times?
August 14, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Calvary Chapel has more than a few critics--scratch that, Calvary Chapel has a hell of a lot of critics, from folks who don't like its child-molester protecting ways to former...
OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: A. Verd Napier and James E. Rymer, OC Newspapermen
August 13, 2012 in Navel Gazing
VIDEO: Travis Allen, 72nd Assembly District Candidate, Believes Israel Has a "Divine Right" to the West Bank
August 13, 2012 in Navel Gazing
KAPPA Pisco, Our Drink of the Week!
August 11, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Chris Epting, Author of Awesome New Book Baseball in Orange County to Read, Sign Books TOMORROW in Orange
August 10, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Anaheim City Council Didn't Approve Ward Elections Last Night--And That's a Good Thing
Anaheim Police Shooting Desmadre
August 09, 2012 in Navel Gazing
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[W/CRAPPY SONG] Wade Michael Page, Sikh Temple Mass Murderer, Got His Racist Start in Orange County's White-Power Music Scene
August 07, 2012 in Navel Gazing
The world is collectively retching at the mass murder at a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple committed by one Wade Michael Page (left, at right), a loser white supremacist. Media is reporting...
The OC Restaurant Where Customers Got Sick With E.Coli in April--And That OC Health Care Officials Don't Want You to Know About
August 02, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
