San Clemente

5 California Spring Beers to Drink Now

Stylistically, spring can be an awkward time for beer. In a different era of beer-loving -- like Lower Saxony in the 16th century -- we'd be readying ourselves for Lent by testing Bock beers that had been lagering through the winter. As weather and religion scarcely dictate what we drink now, our mo ... More >>

California Dominates America's Happiest Twitter Cities

Los Angeles might not have made this list of happy cities, but three Southern California towns did. (Are we then, happy by association?). And the University of Vermont found that California was a top 13 happy state and that Napa was the nation's happiest city. They did so by analyzing 10 million ge ... More >>

How Debt Collectors Get Away With Terrorizing Consumers -- With the Blessing of Public Officials

Thanks to a congressional loophole, local prosecutors actually hire private firms to harass citizens

Melvin Walker: L.A. Marijuana Dispensary Operator, 11 Others, Arrested By Feds

The federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in Southern California continued today as the U.S. Attorney's Office announced the arrests of 12 people associated with a chain of pot shops. John Melvin Walker operated 9 dispensaries in L.A. and Orange counties, feds say, and he topped the l ... More >>

Beachwood BBQ Medals Twice at the 2012 GABF

DENVER -- On Saturday morning, Oct. 13, thousands of brewers, media and festival volunteers watched as Long Beach-based Beachwood BBQ and Brewing accepted two medals at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival. Winning gold and bronze for L.A. County, they were in good company with California brewers, ... More >>

Bernard Parks Responds to Our Coliseum Story -- Plus, Los Lobos

Secret Service Attracted Prostitutes Way Back in Nixon's SoCal Days

The U.S. Secret Service got serviced by prostitutes ahead of President Obama's visit to Columbia last month, it is alleged. And much has been said about how this happened on Obama's watch. It's positively Clintonian, if you ask some in the Republican party. What's with these horny Democratic admini ... More >>

Biggest Wave Ever Surfed: Garrett McNamara Takes Crown From SoCal's Mike Parsons

Up until this week the biggest wave ever surfed was right here in Southern California, believe it or not. While SoCal beaches don't exactly comprise a big-wave Mecca, sometimes the spot known as Cortes Bank, 105 miles from San Diego, produces monsters. San Clemente's Mike Parsons set the biggest-wa ... More >>

The Growlers Have a Shot at the Big Time, but It Makes Them Feel a Bit Uneasy

Bob Simmons, Pioneer of the Modern Surfboard, Gets a New Exhibit

Bobby Martinez's Rebel Cry

Surfing's elite Latino star questions the soul of the World Tour

Nixon Was Gay?!

Richard Nixon might have been the LAest of American presidents, with a political career launched by late Los Angeles Times publisher Norman Chandler, a Western White House in San Clemente, and a presidential library in Yorba Linda. So this news comes with particular interest to us tabloid hounds in ... More >>

Southern California Blackouts in San Diego, South Orange County During Heatwave

​Updated at the bottom: As power seems to be coming back on, California electricity officials issue a "flex-alert" for the entire state. A power outage affecting all of San Diego County has been reported today, and now we're seeing tweets that the lights have gone out in Dana Point, Laguna Ni ... More >>

'Everything I Do Is Wrong' Rally in Hollywood: Men Protest PMS, Having to Deal With It

​Wondering what's up with the group of disenfranchised-looking dudes (and some non-dudes) at Selma and Vine in the heart of Hollywood, waving signs and standing beneath a giant new billboard, re: the hardships of being a "man living with PMS"? Well, as with most things this outrageous, the ra ... More >>

Deschutes Brewery's "Base Camp" Campaign Hits L.A. Next Week

productmobiles.blogspot"Woody"​Among the ingestible injustices of the world, high on the annoyance scale is being reminded -- as we will be next week when Deschutes brewers will be in town from Oregon for their week-long "Base Camp" (really?) marketing campaign at local bars and restaurants -- ... More >>

Michael Snyder, Children's Book Author Who Calls Himself 'Mr. Mike', Arrested for Child Sex

Orange County Sheriff's Department43-year-old Michael Snyder of Orange County​Updated after the jump: Neighbors say Snyder's two children were recently adopted from China. San Clemente children's book writer Michael Snyder is in possibly the worst situation imaginable for a children's book wr ... More >>

Paz Lenchantin, Psychedelic Goddess

The Entrance Band's bassist discusses her inspirations and their Satellite residency

President's Day: Who is Modern History's 'Most L.A.' U.S. President?

The Oval Office.​Ah, President's Day. A time to celebrate our favorite dead guys (at least the ones we can remember), bask in the glow of our empty mailboxes, and congratulate our overpaid, federal-job-having relatives for finagling yet another day without work at our expense. But what it's ... More >>

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Former Marines Alleged To Have Sold Assault Weapons To 'Florencia 13' Gangsters In The San Fernando Valley

Guns like this, sold to gangsters -- allegedly.​Three former marines suspected of selling assault weapons to members of L.A.'s notorious Florencia 13 gang have been arrested in Southern California, federal officials announced Tuesday. The arrests by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firear ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

Former NASCAR Driver Nabbed After High-Speed Chase Now Suspected Of Attempted Rape

​This is the story of a guy who really could get arrested. A couple weeks ago we told you the how a former NASCAR driver, despite getting away from authorities in a high-speed chase, got caught when the Corvette he was lead-footing croaked in an engine FAIL that would make BP proud. James Ed ... More >>

Former NACAR Driver Still Caught After Successfully Speeding Away From Authorities

KTLA News/O.C. Sheriff's DepartmentDeputies' on-board footage of the chase.​What we like about this story is that the guy actually got away. Authorities called off the chase after he sped south on the 5 freeway at a reported 140 miles an hour in a C5 Corvette. Forget it, the cops said, it's no ... More >>

Today In WTF: Craigslist Ad Sends Peeping Toms To O.C. Home

​You're at home making dinner and you notice someone looking in your window. Scary. Then you get knocks on the door. Couples are kicking the dirt in your front yard. The phone rings off the hook. WTF? This actually happened when someone posted a fake Craigslist ad putting up a couple's 2,800 ... More >>

Crepe Truck Wars: Crepe'n Around vs. La Galette Creperie

They say Paris is gorgeous in spring. But if you can't make it all the way to France, two new crepe trucks are doing their best to bring a bit of Paris to Los Angeles. The real question: is this town big enough for two crepe trucks? Crepe'n Around (Twitter: @crepenaround), launched by sisters Eile ... More >>

Brooklyn Boys Food Truck Brings Deli Fare to O.C.

Brooklyn BoysThe Brooklyn Boys food truck​Orange County isn't known for its abundance of New York and Jewish-style delis, but the Brooklyn Boys food truck, launched on Feb. 1, hopes to change that. Roaming from Fullerton and Placentia on the northern tip to Santa Ana and Irvine and all the w ... More >>

Man Attacks Dog -- Seriously

American Kennel ClubAn illustration of a miniature schnauzer.​A man who appeared to be crazed on drugs choked and body slammed a small dog several times, leading to the miniature schnauzer's death, authorities said. The incident happened Wednesday morning in San Clemente when the suspect walk ... More >>

Teens Find New Way To Recycle Christmas Trees -- Surf On Them

KTLA News​We're glad a new generation of Southern Californians has discovered fresh ways of going green. In Orange County, a group of teens has been spotted surfing discarded Christmas trees -- tying them up to the back of a vehicle while one of the brave ones sits or stand on it as the driver ... More >>

Southern Californian Wins Big-Wave Contest

QuiksilverSan Clemente's Greg Long goes big.​The same storm that brought rain and waves to Southern California this week pumped up the surf on the North Shore of Oahu, allowing organizers of the occasional, conditions-dependent Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau contest to give the invitation ... More >>

Chef Family Recipes: Warren Schwartz's Mom On The Westside Tavern Chef Her Coconut Cake Recipe

Your mom's spaghetti recipe is the best, right? Well, maybe second to your own pasta alla bolognese. But what about chefs? Do they really dig their mom's meatloaf and apple pie? We thought we would ask around to find out. Enter a new series, Chef Family Recipes. Honest answers required. Up first, W ... More >>

Jon Stewart, Jim Cramer and Frost/Nixon at the Ahmanson

See Dick run

Blue Whale Requiem

Mystery reigns as sonar tests pit military training against beloved Southland pods

O.C. Confidential

Rian Johnson’s suburban noir

Kitty Litter

Giant Drag is the real poop

Time to Get Rad

How Brant Bjork got his groove back

Green to the Core? — Part 1

How I tried to stop worrying and love nuclear power

Split Over Atoms

Who will pay for San Onofre’s rehab?

Brown Dirt Cowboys

Meet Esteban Hills and crew, your gardeners

Zen and the Art of Sheriffing

Lee Baca’s Khaki Revolution

Shake Your Coconuts

Last Stand at San Onofre

Visit one of Southern California’s wildest and most famous surf spots — before it gets bulldozed for a toll road

Ocean of Money

Gray Davis’ role in the Coastal Commission shakeup

Letters

Report From the Holiday Front

Letters

Twiddling Turbine

State faces huge energy bill because of San Onofre shutdown

Mood Indigo

The LAPD’s big test

Dances With Ants

City of Angels beats the scientific method