AltWeeklies Wire
Show Me the Dineronew
Latino students and faculty question how Cal State Long Beach's $2.8 million grant -- meant to help Latinos -- is being spent.
Tags: Education
Just a Random Femalenew
Robbin Brandley's confessed killer sits on death row. So why don't her parents consider the case closed?
OC Weekly |
Nick Schou |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ask a Mexican!new
"Which came first: the Spanish 'gabacho' for the French, or the Mexican 'gabacho' for the gringo?"
Tags: humor & satire
Trendzilla: Sarah Jessica Parker's Good Sidenew
SJP's fairly young and totally affordable line, Bitten, is modeled after the real woman.
Tags: fashion
io Drones Alonenew
Is there a lonelier endeavor than creating ambient music in Orange County -- besides umbrella merchant?
Ask a Mexican!new
What to do when your friends enjoy pulling the "beaner card" out of their back pocket whenever they get criticized.
Tags: humor & satire
She's The (Under) Sheriffnew
Indicted by the Feds, Michael S. Carona slides his most loyal soldier into temporary command at the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
11-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Trendzilla: How to Show Skinnew
The topic may be beaten to death, but more skin doesn't necessarily mean that you look good -- you know this.
Tags: fashion
Louie C.K.: Stand-up Success, Movie Bombnew
The disillusioned filmmaker (he made Pootie Tang) finds success on stage.
OC Weekly |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-06-2007 |
Performance
Tags: performance
The Fathomless Beauty of Blank Bluenew
Blank Blue are still a very young group, but the songs they've completed so far possess a beatific, rococo lushness -- as well as an understated funkiness.
OC Weekly |
Dave Segal |
11-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blank Blue
They Got the Sheriffnew
Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona's reign has been equal parts tragedy and comedy. With his indictment, it enters its final act.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
11-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Fires, Good Newsnew
The Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register websites cover the blazes with innovation, improvisation and a lot of help from their readers.
Tags: disasters
Orange County's Magnum Enforcernew
In an ongoing federal civil trial, it's clear that one of Sheriff Michael S. Carona's more violent deputies enjoys gunplay.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
11-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
