When this infernal rag spotlighted the splendors of Santa Barbara as part of last month’s travel issue, we encouraged local readers to take in a little wine tasting and horseback riding while central coasting. Orange County bodyguard Christopher Michael Bair, 34, must have missed our pro-tips. Authorities arrested him on Thursday for brandishing a firearm and …
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Before and After: Cosplay Transformations at San Diego Comic-Con
More Cosplay. More Fans. Comic-Con still attract old and new Sci-Fi fans
The Psychedelic Furrs X The Fixx at Pacific Amphitheater
The China Hustle—an engrossing documentary that exposes, as Vanity Fair put it, “the biggest financial scandal you’ve never heard of”—begins with images of high rises and bustling downtowns against the conciliatory words of President Richard Nixon toward America’s then-enemy, the People’s Republic of China. Great, I thought to myself while taking this in, right from …
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Chief White Lightning , Devil Season and more at The Wayfarer
Dirtybird BBQ at LA Memorial Coliseum
Primus and Mastodon Rock the Greek
The Best Cosplay at Anime Expo 2018
As Liam Blume just reported in the Weekly, Orange County’s most controversial road remains the proposed extension of the 241 toll road into San Clemente–but gaining fast is the proposed $39 million expansion and extension of the 133, a.k.a. Laguna Canyon Road. CalTrans is proposing widening the 133 at El Toro Road, extending the second …
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Agenda Festival Featuring Brockhampton, Lil Yachty, Billie Eilish
Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper at The Hollywood Bowl