Why do so many rich men want to buy it? And how did it get to this point anyway?
Updated below with Tribune clarifying it's not really an auction, reactions from top Los Angeles Times journalists and potential buyer Austin Beutner. Additional reporting by Hillel Aron. CNBC is reporting that Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to sell off its newspaper unit, which includes ... More >>
Former Olympic runner Suzy Favor Hamilton might have worked as an "escort" on a summer trip to Southern California during which she was appear on behalf of the Disneyland Half Marathon, according to The Smoking Gun. That revelation appears to have inspired Disney officials to un-invite her to next ... More >>
Former Olympic runner Suzy Favor Hamilton might have worked as an "escort" on a summer trip to Southern California during which she was appear on behalf of the Disneyland Half Marathon, according to The Smoking Gun. That revelation appears to have inspired Disney officials to un-invite her to next ... More >>
Update at 1:53 p.m Sunday: The suspect shot by cops is dead. Get his ID and more video from our sister publication, OC Weekly (click this sentence), which is all over it. First posted at 11:28 p.m. Saturday. Cops shot non-lethal rounds toward men, women and children and unleashed a dog who charged ... More >>
With the wide availability of medical marijuana in Southern California, we have wondered aloud what the appeal of synthetic, "Spice" pot was. Perhaps it's that it seems to make you completely, utterly insane. The DEA had already essentially outlawed what was once an over-the-counter drug. Cops in ... More >>
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Marijuana advocates have been whining a lot lately about federal crackdowns on California pot businesses. A Southern California company called Dispense Labs might have just come up with a solution: A cannabis vending machine:
Chris Carlson/APUpdated at the bottom: The suspect has been identified in reports. First posted at 3:29 p.m. A man opened fire at a beauty salon on Seal Beach this afternoon, killing eight six and wounding one three others, authorities said. Police first received calls of shots fired about ... More >>
OC RegisterLSD victim Lewis LeeThe drug-fueled death of young Cypress man Lewis Lee on September 6 has ignited a familiar debate on the Orange County Register's comment board: Should acid, that peace-loving Burning Man staple borne of the 1960s flower-child movement, be considered as dangero ... More >>
Oh, the memories at 1935 Lake Street.Unsurprisingly, Robert Rizzo, the slimy Bell politician who was (allegedly; LOL) paying himself $800,000 per year with a $1 million pension, didn't think it wise to live among his duped constituents. So he settled for a $1.13 million mansion in Huntington ... More >>
Flickr/dubh 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), it's where most of ... More >>
Jon ShafferA surfer at Huntington Beach.Surfers have a certain reputation. Let's just say that, in California, they often enjoy the right to partake of legal medicine. But in-the-water delivery? That's ridiculous. Authorities say they stopped a small fishing boat after those inside had tried ... More >>
Watch it, buddy.If only we'd known, through the many excruciating grind seshes of youth, that we had the power to send those randy 17-year-olds -- boners pressed painfully into our backsides -- straight to juvie for one long, cold weekend of regret. Alas. At least now we can live vicariously ... More >>
Flickr user thomashawk​ Irvine-based In-N-Out Burger opened their first two Texas stores this week, to much fanfare and long lines. How long was the line? Youtube user armenw estimated 150 cars parked outside the Allen, Texas, location five minutes before the doors opened. Youtuber kylycorey shot ... More >>
Cafe Miss Cutie / FacebookGo Lakers (next season).Update: Bummer gentlemen. The Garden Grove City Council passed the stricter rules for bikini coffee shops last night in a 4-0 vote. The Orange County Register. This is a travesty, and we want all red-blooded men to protest. We speak, of cour ... More >>
Los Angeles County Sheriff's DepartmentSuspected friend-killer Kevin Pochter: On the loose in the San Gabriel MountainsThis guy's good. After allegedly murdering "lifelong friend" Dean Ron Albert, 53, deep in the Angeles National Forest on Thursday, Huntington Beach resident Kevin Wolfe Pocht ... More >>
Orange County RegisterOsama love?Not everyone in the Southland was popping champagne, flying flags out the sunroof and swapping Obama's the Man memes following last night's triumphant news from Washington -- that al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden had officially been eradicated from the face ... More >>
The beginning of a horror movie.OK -- is it just us, or is there something majorly fishy about this story? The Santa Ana Police Department reported a theft yesterday from the shoulder of West Barbette Avenue, where a couple of women had allegedly just been stripped of thousands of dollars in ... More >>
Anaheim Police DepartmentKim Rebar Henry probably hates youHoly freakshow. We didn't give the January spree of nine highly offensive tags in Orange County much of a thought, back at the time of their inception -- probably just some young punk trying to get back at the world for not giving a ... More >>
Satan's little helpersWe're pretty sure we had a nightmare about this. But for quadriplegic Jose Martinez, who made the mistake of taking a nice, relaxing trip to Disneyland in November 2009, there was no waking up from the terror: Due to a computer glitch, his "It's a Small World" boat got ... More >>
Joe."America's Sheriff" Joe Arpaio was in the area this week to speak at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, and he didn't waste too much time insulting Southern Californians. The Maricopa County, Ariz. lawman known for his support of Arizona's controversial immigration law and for hous ... More >>
Santa Ana Police DepartmentWell, this is creepy. Santa Ana makes national headlines this morning as the host of two separate death threats on brand-new California Governor Jerry Brown. (And the OC Weekly had it first!) At West Alton Avenue and South Greenville Street, someone spray-pa ... More >>
Welcome to California, Oklahomans.If you agree that California knows how to party, perhaps you're not alone. America's major moving van lines, United, Atlas and Allied, report that the Golden State, despite its subprime-housing crisis, a state government that's billions underwater and a rece ... More >>
themadpotheadWhen it comes to pot shops, Orange County isn't exactly green with envy over the city of L.A's title as marijuana dispensary capital of the nation. In fact, the county's staff has recommended that O.C. outlaw pot shops in unincorporated areas of the county. The O.C. Board of Sup ... More >>
Orange County RegisterPoor Prius.It's customary in news stories, even casual, bloggy ones, to assume that one is innocent until proven guilty. It's a good way to go because a) it could be true and b) we could be sued. But here's one guy who's testing the limits of journalistic convention. E ... More >>
Via OC RegisterVia the mayorsam blog via the Fresno Bee, that super-upbeat, super-flashy guy, gloomy Gray Davis, is saying that California Governor Jerry Brown, um, probable governor, will immediately set a Special Election to ask Californians to raise taxes. God, which is worse? Another spe ... More >>
OC RegisterColin Stewart has some advice for Meg Whitman​We have seen the future of journalism, and it involves the guy on the right giving out plastic surgery advice to politicians. Today's installment finds Colin Stewart, the Orange County Register's "innovation columnist," surveying plastic sur ... More >>
L.A.'s fraud king is back and taking the media for another ride
Michael Torres via TwitpicA co-founder of the Imperial Stars is glad they did this.While folks caught in the nightmare created by the Imperial Stars' traffic-stopping stunt Tuesday were not too happy, a co-founder of the band said this week he was "glad" the act did it. "We know there are go ... More >>
The Huntington Beach City Council is slated to vote on Monday whether or not it should annex the neighboring community of Sunset Beach. The move would expect to bring Huntington Beach about $624,000 in property, sales and occupancy taxes.
One of Disneyland's oldest rides, "Alice in Wonderland," has been temporarily closed after a inspector pointed out that it lacked handrails for maintenance crews. According to The Orange County Register, Disney and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health were alerted abou ... More >>
A man who paid for a woman he contacted via Craigslist to come over and perform a "sexy dance" had second thoughts after he said she appeared older than her ad indicated: He asked for his $200 back and ultimately called police when she didn't give up the refund, according to the Orange County ... More >>
Pensions for public employees in California are growing at an unsustainable rate, adding to the deficit problems for the state ($20 billion-plus) and cities like Los Angeles (which would face a nearly $700 million deficit in July if the council doesn't make some serious moves soon). The Orang ... More >>
The senior-living community of Laguna Woods in South Orange County has been a must-stop location for Republicans raising money and running for office. It's a conservative enclave in a conservative part of a traditionally red county. But sprouts of green have been cropping up as some of its re ... More >>
campbellforcongress.comTom and Catherine Campbell.Southern California-based U.S. Rep. John Campbell was the subject of a digital prank as a link on his website actually directed visitors to his challenger's site. And it appears the link went unnoticed by the Republican or his campaign staff ( ... More >>
Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Does culinary school matter? [The Atlantic] -- Sci Fi foods we wish actually existed. [io9] -- Escapees from England's wild boar farms create local havoc. [Reuters] -- Simon Majumdar's Big Fat ... More >>
Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: --Jonathan Gold, Eric Alperin, Mark Peel and more on the best dining neighborhoods of 2009. [EaterLA] --Early '90s flashback for the LA Times Test Kitchen. [Daily Dish] --Anthony Bourdain pays tri ... More >>
KTLA NewsWe'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 >>
Avenged Sevenfold drummer James Owen Sullivan, better known by his stage name "The Rev," was found dead in his Huntington Beach home earlier today on December 28 at approximately 1 p.m., according to the Orange County Register and Blabbermouth. He was 28 years old. The Orange County Coroner' ... More >>
Pink's hot dog stand, as venerable an LA hot spot as Grauman's and the Santa Monica pier (and arguably the same caliber, foodwise), has opened a location at Knott's Berry Farm. This is cool, not least because it happily coincides with Halloween, and your kids' inevitable need to go to the Knott's Sc ... More >>
In an effort to regain customers who are shopping at discount stores and watching their ever-tightening budgets, supermarket chains are lowering prices, sometimes dramatically. Today Vons dropped the prices on 15% of its products in the chain's 274 stores. Ralph's also announced that it's reducing p ... More >>
The O.C. Register reports that hundreds of Vietnamese openly gamble in Little Saigon during the Lunar New Year, in "unofficial, makeshift casinos started operating in parking lots surrounding the Asian Garden Mall." The dice game of choice is Bao Cua Cao Cop -- and speaking of cops, they've been bus ... More >>
Dead Letter Economy Seven hundred jobs could leave the San Gabriel Valley if Industry's mail sorting hub closes, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.Starbucks Kills Decaf Non-buzz The L.A. Times reports that the java behemoth, wounded by the recession, will cut brewing decaffeinated coffee a ... More >>
Forget King-Drew Medical Center, the inner city hospital long regarded as the sick man of California's health care facilities. A recent spate of news reports shows that even the most suburban hospitals are rife with health-threatening incidents or financial difficulties. Today's L.A. Times reports t ... More >>
Forget King-Drew Medical Center, the inner city hospital long regarded as the sick man of California's health care facilities. A recent spate of news reports shows that even the most suburban hospitals are rife with health-threatening incidents or financial difficulties. Today's L.A. Times reports t ... More >>
Forget King-Drew Medical Center, the inner city hospital long regarded as the sick man of California's health care facilities. A recent spate of news reports shows that even the most suburban hospitals are rife with health-threatening incidents or financial difficulties. Today's L.A. Times reports t ... More >>
Forget King-Drew Medical Center, the inner city hospital long regarded as the sick man of California's health care facilities. A recent spate of news reports shows that even the most suburban hospitals are rife with health-threatening incidents or financial difficulties. Today's L.A. Times reports t ... More >>
Forget King-Drew Medical Center, the inner city hospital long regarded as the sick man of California's health care facilities. A recent spate of news reports shows that even the most suburban hospitals are rife with health-threatening incidents or financial difficulties. Today's L.A. Times reports t ... More >>
Forget King-Drew Medical Center, the inner city hospital long regarded as the sick man of California's health care facilities. A recent spate of news reports shows that even the most suburban hospitals are rife with health-threatening incidents or financial difficulties. Today's L.A. Times reports t ... More >>
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