[Sound Guy] The Indio Index: Coachella By the Numbers
The Indio IndexDigesting three days of Coachella by the numbersAround 150,000 people were at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio this year, according to estimates from show producers—150,000 people who are all kinda nuts.ThatNs 150,000 people who willingly subjected themselves to desert temperatures at the exact time…
Weekly Index
0 Number of Republicans who took us up on our offer from two weeks ago to shoot them in the arm to prove John Kerry was a pussy for accepting a Purple Heart after taking a hunk of metal in his shoulder while serving in Vietnam. 0 Number of days served in Vietnam by George …
The Lowballasschatter Quickie Index
Number of times Axl Rose has been on the cover of Spin Magazine in the past five years: 2 Number of new studio albums released by Axl or variations of Guns N' Roses in the same period of time: 0 Number of minutes it took after word got out about the death of Drowning Pool …
Windex Rocks!
My sister got there first. I was busy sitting on the lawn out front, telling my woes to Victor, a beautiful, gay, Russian friend I hadn't seen in some time. He was busy telling me I was gorgeous. And skinny. Gay men are a tonic when you need a boost. But then my sister called, …
Part 14: Index-O-Rama!
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DA’s Office Worked to Frame Newport Beach Doctor as Serial Rapist
What prompted journalists around the globe to preposterously report in September 2018 that a Newport Beach doctor and his girlfriend had drugged, then videotaped themselves raping 1,000 women? In July, Susan Kang Schroeder—the media flack for Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas until his defeat in the 2018 election—sat for a sworn Irvine deposition in …
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Rabid Bat Found in Seal Beach
Another rabid bat has been found in Orange County, OC Health Care Agency officials announced on Oct. 10. The bat, found alive at the Kohl’s in Seal Beach on Oct. 6, tested positive for the rabies virus. Last month, a bat found in Anaheim tested positive for rabies. “The rabies virus is found in an …
Don McLean at 73 Rivals Justin Bieber for Coverage by Gossip Rags
Of all the bands and solo musicians coming to Orange County clubs this weekend, the last you’d expect to see in the scandal sheets is Don McLean. But in recent years it has been happening in waves for the 73-year-old singer-songwriter, who is best known for his 1971 soft rock hit “American Pie” that he’ll …
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Lawsuit: Cal State Fullerton, Church Negligent in 2018 Stabbing
Daniela Sanchez, a student at Cal State Fullerton, is suing both that school and the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, alleging both institutions were negligent when she was stabbed in a vicious attack a year ago. Then, Sanchez was a 20-year-old linguistics student who had just parked her car in the church parking structure …
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HRC: 2018 Hate Crimes & Incidents in OC Highest on Record
The year 2018 had the highest combined number of hate crimes and hate incidents in Orange County than in any year on record. That’s according to the latest OC Human Relations Commission (HRC) Hate Crimes Report, released to the public on Sept. 26, and the Weekly’s own dive into all past Hate Crime Reports dating …
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OCHCA: Rabies-Infected Bat Found in Anaheim
Holy communicable diseases–a bat infected with rabies has been found in Anaheim, the Orange County Health Care Agency announced today. Specifically, the bat was found “at the north entrance of a commercial building located at 4332 E. La Palma Ave. in the City of Anaheim on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at around 4 p.m.,” according …
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