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Ask a Mexican!new

"Is 'manito' the diminutive form of hand?"
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  03-25-2008  |  Comedy

Trendzilla: Everything Old Navy is New Againnew

In the late '90s, stores like Old Navy were mobbed by throngs of the old and young. But that was when visor-wearing twentysomethings still had strands of puka shells permanently knotted around their necks.
OC Weekly  |  Vickie Chang  |  03-18-2008  |  Fashion

Ask a Mexican!new

Sticking to stats.
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  03-18-2008  |  Comedy

Working the Swing Shiftnew

Meet the Orange County entrepreneurs who help nice, professional couples have sex with one another.
OC Weekly  |  Daffodil J. Altan  |  03-18-2008  |  Culture

If DNA Evidence Doesn't Fit in Orange County, Alter It?new

In the wake of a November 2005 OC Weekly article detailing how a 20-year-old Buena Park man faced prison for a robbery/carjacking he didn't commit, prosecutors asked the Orange County Sheriff's Department crime lab to alter key exculpatory evidence.
OC Weekly  |  R. Scott Moxley  |  03-18-2008  |  Crime & Justice

California Prosecutors Asked Crime Lab to Doctor DNA Resultsnew

In a controversial robbery case that sent an innocent 20-year-old California man to prison in 2005, prosecutors told a forensic specialist in a sheriff's crime lab to claim falsely that the man's DNA had been found at the crime scene.
OC Weekly  |  R. Scott Moxley  |  03-14-2008  |  Crime & Justice

He's a Solar Mannew

Now Magic Lantern guitarist Cameron Stallones has struck out on his own with a solo album under the moniker Sun Araw.
OC Weekly  |  Dave Segal  |  03-04-2008  |  Reviews

A Gentler Autechrenew

On Quaristice, they occasionally veer into a more classically "beautiful" melodic mode; overall, the album's less rhythmically manic than their more recent releases.
OC Weekly  |  Dave Segal  |  03-04-2008  |  Reviews

Ask a Mexican! Special Election Edicionnew

"Why won't Mexicans vote for a black man?"
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  03-04-2008  |  Comedy

Trendzilla: Former Parochial School Girl Still Rockin' Chanel's Black Satinnew

Black and red nail polish were once reserved exclusively for Chinese royalty. But it was sometime after the color appeared on the nails of Bowie, Mercury and Bolan in the mid-'70s that the negative connotations arose.
OC Weekly  |  Vickie Chang  |  03-04-2008  |  Fashion

Double Featurenew

How the Holechek Brothers' 305 went from hit YouTube short to full-length film.
OC Weekly  |  Luke Y. Thompson  |  03-04-2008  |  Movies

These Colors Don't Wash Feetnew

Little Saigon's Nguoi Viet Daily News earns anti-commie wrath -- again.
OC Weekly  |  Nick Schou  |  03-04-2008  |  Media

Ask a Mexican!new

"Why does Mexico have such a hard time getting its act together?"
OC Weekly  |  Gustavo Arellano  |  02-26-2008  |  Comedy

Did Crimes Kamran Mashayekhi Witnessed Put His Life in Danger?new

Some law-enforcement officials aren't so sure.
OC Weekly  |  Derek Olson  |  02-26-2008  |  Crime & Justice

The Gross Ambition of Wayne Grossnew

The federal prosecutor recused himself from the Mike Carona probe. But it seems he couldn't stay away from Carona.
OC Weekly  |  R. Scott Moxley  |  02-26-2008  |  Politics

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