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Let Them Eat (a Gay Wedding) Cake: Gay Activists Get Their Valentine's Day on at Orange County Courthouse

2012-02-14 13:41:29

Linda May said it took her a long time to bake the "domestic partnership" cake she displayed Tuesday outside the Orange County Courthouse at 211 W. Santa Ana Blvd. in downtown Santa Ana.She said...

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Cal State Fullerton Sends 20,000 Budget-Cut-Themed Valentine Cards To Gov. Jerry Brown

2012-02-14 12:53:41

"Roses are red, violets are blue. Secure California's future--re-invest in the CSU." The message is being spread by Cal State Fullerton students, employees and other supporters who, on thi...

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World's Greatest Nazi Love Story Born in Southern California in Time for Valentine's Day

2012-02-14 12:14:00

On a planet bombarded with daily stories of horrific violence and cruelty, there is one true Valentine Day's tale that proves once bitter, seemingly eternal enemies can reconcile and fall into ...

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5 Fun Valentine's Day Facts: Cheaters Edition

2012-02-14 11:03:39

It's hard enough planning a Valentine's Day for one lover, how about two? That's a challenge cheaters face every Feb. 14. Of course, the day is really a bitch for the person being stepped out on...

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[UPDATED with NRC Blasts Plant Workers:] Water Leak Shuts Down San Onofre Nuke Unit

2012-02-14 09:55:06

UPDATE, FEB. 14, 9:55 P.M.: Know how it's going to be weeks before toxicology reports are in on Whitney Houston? Perhaps the same type of science-is-hard explanation accounts for the delay betwe...

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OC Register Discovers Ricardo Aldana Was Pervert Before at Hawthorne High--Two Months After Weekly Broke News

2012-02-14 09:45:30

In some ways, I feel bad for the Orange County Register. Their institutional knowledge has been eroded to only a couple of reporters and editors--and many of them plain suck, upholding the angle...

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Five Worst Disney Tattoos... Ever

2012-02-14 09:00:08

A 27-year-old woman from Taichung, Taiwan recently took her love of Snow White to new heights when she covered her entire back in a tattoo of the characters from Snow White and the Seven Dw...

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Atheists Unveil Valentine's Day-Tinged Billboard

2012-02-14 08:19:24

You don't really need an occasion for Backyard Skeptics to unveil a provocative billboard, but the Fountain Valley-based group of atheists and assorted non-believers does have a special Valentin...

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Celebrate Valentine's Day in OC by Getting "Married" to Same-Sex Partner Today

2012-02-14 07:46:46

It's Valentine's Day, and some folks feel couples should go to the Old Orange County Courthouse in downtown Santa Ana this afternoon to get married.That is, they should get hitched to their same...

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2 Teens Held in 2010 Murder of Artists Village Bar Patron Jeffrey Lee Chung

2012-02-13 17:46:59

Police have made arrests in October 2010's murder of Jeffrey Lee Chung, an Irvine 23-year-old who was shot to death outside a bar in the Artists Village area of Santa Ana that civic leaders hav...

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OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Earl G. Glenn, Santa Ana Postman/Record-Breaking Cyclist

2012-02-13 17:00:00

Time was when cycling was viewed as a heroic effort and not the efforts of Irvinites trying to burn off a few pounds on weekends, and Earl G. Glenn was the master of them all in OC. In 1897, he ...

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Huntington Beach Claims SoCal Edison Pockets Millions Set Aside for Street Light Repairs

2012-02-13 15:29:19

Huntington Beach is among eight Southern California cities that have formed the Coalition for Affordable Street Lights, which accuses Southern California Edison of pocketing millions in taxpayer...

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Rex Hudler and Steve Physioc, Former Angels TV Broadcasters, are Kansas City-Bound

2012-02-13 14:16:02

We here at the Weekly--well, me--regularly harped about the old Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles TV broadcasting team. Play-by-play man Steve Physioc was too vanilla even for Orange County, and co...

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Where the Rubbers Meet the Road to Rome: Rick Warren Willing to Go to Jail in Support of Catholic Stance on Obama Mandate

2012-02-13 13:56:10

Rick Warren took a break from humblebragging on his Twitter page last week to say he would go to jail before caving to President Barack Obama's mandate that employers with religious affiliations...

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Ralph Espinoza, Juvenile Hall Officer Harassed by Co-Workers, Due $820,000 County Payout

2012-02-13 13:23:21

Orange County must pay a disabled juvenile hall corrections officer more than $820,000 for disability harassment that included co-workers offering $100 for photos of his deformed hand and bloggi...

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Son of Calvary Chapel Pastor Allegedly Mocks "Retarded Fuck" Congregant

2012-02-13 11:00:07

It appears that another chapter has been written in the ongoing embarrassment that is Calvary Chapel's refusal to intervene in one of its affiliate church's fusterclucks. Alex Grenier, who ...

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Christopher Ryan Smith, Missing Man Said to be Murdered by Business Partner, Subject of Search That May Have Yielded Clues

2012-02-13 10:27:36

Orange County authorities say items found during the search for the body of Christopher Ryan Smith in southern San Diego County over the weekend may be evidence tied to the Laguna Beach 31-year...

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Construction Finally Begins on One Broadway Plaza!

2012-02-13 10:00:01

After years and years of shady dealings, bellowing promises, and more dirty money funneled toward the political process than stars in the sky, construction on the Freudian edifice known as One B...

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Octomom Nadya Suleman Trades Gloves for Pillow for Next Paid Fight

2012-02-13 08:57:57

To raise money during different points of her single motherhood of 14, Octomom Nadya Suleman has boxed fellow "celebrities," starred in a horror movie, passed a hat around bars, hosted an advice...

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Julio Perez, 69th Assembly District Candidate, Demolishes Competition at California Democratic Party Convention

2012-02-13 08:00:16

Over the weekend, California's Dems met to party and go through the always hilarious process of fighting each other to earn the party's endorsement to--depending on the district--get slaughtere...

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