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Legendary LGBT Activist Cleve Jones to Speak at Cal State Fullerton TONIGHT!!

By LP Hastings Thu., May 23 2013 at 1:30 PM
Categories: Events

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Gil Goldstein
Work it, Cleve!
Oh, hell yes! Cleve Jones, the legendary LGBT activist is coming to speak at Cal State Fullerton's Titan Student Union tonight. Sometimes, Orange County, sometimes we're not sleeping under the rock of social unawareness! The location is even sort of a tip of the hat to his mentor, Harvey Milk, who debated the former OC Supervisor, John Briggs in Fullerton in 1978. The talk is being thrown by the Orange County Harvey Milk Day Planning Committee who have Jones speaking from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

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Politics

Donald Rumsfeld to Hawk New Rules Book Tonight at Nixon Presidential Library

By R. Scott Moxley Mon., May 20 2013 at 11:00 AM
Categories: Events, Politics

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Rumsfeld to world: Learn to say, "I don't know!"
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is scheduled to appear tonight at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda in an effort to hawk his latest contribution to the literary world: Rumsfeld's Rules.

Persons eager to see Rumsfeld--who has also worked as a Republican congressman, airline executive, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, RAND Corporation director, White House chief of staff and a chief architect of the Iraq War--can pay the $48 admission fee, plus the book's full listing price, $27.99, at the 7 p.m. event.

Orange County liberals--who remain unhappy with George W. Bush administration lies that led to the Iraq invasion--are planning to protest Rumsfeld's appearance beginning at 6:30 p.m. outside the library.

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Wax On, Wax Off

Rare Boards (and an Even Rarer Book) Auction Raises $680k for Surfing Heritage Spot: Update

By Matt Coker Wed., May 15 2013 at 1:33 PM
Categories: Events, Sports, Wax On, Wax Off

See the update at the end of page 2 on last weekend's Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction raising $680,000 and other event details.

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ORIGINAL POST, MAY 9, 2 P.M.: The Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center in San Clemente is putting "some of the world's most rare and iconic surf memorabilia" up for auction on Saturday, with bidding allowed online or in person at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Officials expect some surfboards to fetch $10,000-plus, but the "crown jewel of the auction" is believed to be a copy of The Surf Riders of Hawaii, which author A.R. Gurrey Jr. made by hand between 1911-15 and is considered the first book to showcase surfing.

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TV

Petition Drive Launched to Bring Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand to Newport Beach

By Matt Coker Wed., May 15 2013 at 10:38 AM
Categories: Events, TV

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As a guest food blogger brilliantly reported on the Weekly's Stick a Fork In It, NetFlix is promoting new Arrested Development episodes by taking Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand to London, New York and Los Angeles. That's sparked a petition drive to bring the stand to the wacky family's "hometown," Newport Beach.

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Ben Hansen, Fact or Faked Host/Investigator, Sees UFO over Huntington Beach

By Matt Coker Thu., May 9 2013 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Events, TV, What You Missed, Where you from?

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Ben Hansen saw a UFO over Huntington Beach Friday.

He may be more in tune to see such things, as he's the host and lead investigator on the SyFy channel's Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files.

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Sports

Irvine Lake is First Orange County Pond to Host Drag Boat Racing in 20 Years, Claim Promoters

By Matt Coker Fri., May 3 2013 at 8:30 AM
Categories: Events, Sports

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For the first time in 20 years, Orange County is hosting a professional drag boat racing event--at Irvine Lake starting today and through the weekend, proving yet again that the only thing better than dragging Irvine Lake for bodies is a drag boat race on it.

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[UPDATED with Costa Mesa Arrests:] Can You Say Carmasobrietycheckpointfilmfestmarchfor-
babiesgeddon? Get Ready to Friday Night

By Matt Coker Mon., Apr. 29 2013 at 8:59 AM
Categories: DUI-yi-yi, Events, Film

See the update on page 2 with stats from Costa Mesa's DUI checkpoint.

ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 26, 2:29 P.M.: While they may not pack as extreme a nightmare as, say, playing an Angel game at the Big A at the same time Rihanna is singing in the Honda Center and the last remnants of the evening rush hour are just trying to get home, events are conspiring to potentially cause Costa Mesa-Newport Beach motoring headaches through the weekend. Sobriety checkpoints in both cities are only partly to blame and--oh yeah--Huntington Beach and Mission Viejo have DUI stops of their own.

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TV

Arrested Development Fans Can Rejoice "I Just Blue Myself" at Santa Ana Art Gallery Exhibit

By Matt Coker Tue., Apr. 23 2013 at 7:30 AM
Categories: Events, TV

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You know it takes mucho to tickle us cynical bastards at the Weekly, but we see late May as Christmas with the Netflix release of new Arrested Development episodes.

See, to us, Arrested Development is far realer than any "the real Orange County" reality show, except for the ones about our former neighbors in jail. So you can magine our delight in learning "I Just Blue Myself" is opening in Santa Ana.

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2013 Homicides

OC Deputies Union Gives to Boston Victims, Reward Funds and Lobbies Sanchez to Boost Homeland Security Dollars for Local Agencies

By Matt Coker Tue., Apr. 16 2013 at 5:12 PM
Categories: 2013 Homicides, Events, Politics, Sports
The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) has contributed to a fund for victims of the Boston terror attacks and to the reward for the capture of whoever planted the bombs. But the Santa Ana-based AOCDS wants to loosen up even more funding, calling on Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove), a senior member of the Homeland Security Committee, to ensure the federal government's homeland security dollars continue to flow to local law enforcement.

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OC Chicana All-Stars to Plant 'Seeds of Resistance' During Panel in SanTana!

By Gabriel San Roman Fri., Apr. 12 2013 at 2:00 PM
Categories: Events
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Zuleica Zepeda
A panel of OC's Chicana All-Stars will be convening this weekend in SanTana. Organized by the Seeds of Resistance woman of color collective, the dialogue brings together the voices of mujeres committed to the arts and social justice. It all takes place at--where else?--El Centro Cultural de Mexico in the city's downtown.

Joining the local women is special guest Mare Advertencia Lirika. The Zapotec feminist 'Xip-Xop' rapper from Oaxaca, Mexico was profiled in the pages of the Weekly last year when she performed a number of shows in SanTana and Long Beach.

If you missed her last time around, no excuses: she's back!

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DJ Michelle, El Centro Cultural de Mexico, Feminism, Mare, Marilynn Montano, Santa Ana, Seeds of Resistance, Zuleica Zepeda
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