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Is Gabrielle Jane Nestande, a politically connected former Newport Beach debutante, the “Great White Defendant?” That's how a conservative online magazine is characterizing the 25-year-old convicted of criminally negligent homicide and recently sentenced to six months in jail for the hit-and-run slaying of a nanny out for a walk in Texas. ] Nestande attended Baylor …
Gabrielle Jane Nestande, the former Texas capital aide, one-time Newport Beach debutante and daughter of a California GOP power player, will do some jail time connected with her being convicted of criminally negligent homicide for a hit-and-run slaying of a pedestrian after a night of beers, vodka and a shot. Saying her hands were tied …
With a style that's equal parts Iron Maiden and Suicidal Tendencies, the Richmond, Va. crossover thrash outfit Municipal Waste carved out a niche following penning party-themed dystopian concept records, and producing a raucous stage show that incorporates dress-up wizards and shit but doesn't take itself too seriously. Historically, The Waste's relentless thrashings have been fueled …
Dennis Rodman has frequently been dragged through the Orange family court, where he has been ordered and re-ordered to pay a hefty child support tab to the point of being threatened with jail. He and his ex-wife Michelle Moyer of Costa Mesa have also battled over child visitation, but talking about his kids and former …
According to a study just released by the American Association of Clinical Chemistry, chronic pot smokers can test positive for residual levels of THC in blood for up to several weeks after abstaining from smoking marijuana. The study is based on findings from 30 daily pot smokers who smoked ten joints per day and then …
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For his newest, self-titled recording, Huntington Beach troubadour Matt Costa decided early on that he needed a change of scenery—a serious change. For years, he has made an art form out of folding bluesy, downtrodden lyrics into folky, upbeat song formats that you can simultaneously sway to and contemplate. In the search for new inspiration, …
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For a moment, imagine it's the '90s again — the era of Bad Boy Records, grunge and Bill Clinton. You're a kid again, and you're on a road trip with your parents. Maybe it's your mom; maybe it's your dad; or maybe it's both. You've been driving for a while. You're bored, staring at the …
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The American blues sound overtook England in the 1960s like no other. Limey guitar slingers like John Mayall, Peter Green and Jimmy Page worked up their tolerance to whiskey, mastered the blues scale and made more money than every American blues musician that came before them. In the early 1970s, two of those American bluesmen– …
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See the Update No. 3 at the end of page 2 with a friend and lawyer of the victim reportedly saying she had a baby in January and was trying to leave prostitution behind. See Update No. 2 on page 2 with the victim's multiple prostitution arrests and Update No. 1 on the next page …
A tip of the hat to Michael Goldstein, scribe of the Weekly's Toke of the Town newsletter, for this scrap of good news: According to a recent Field Poll, 54 percent of California voters support legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Yay! That's a hefty 11 percentage points more than the 43 percent of respondents who …
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[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer and fellow Weekling Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for us on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places. As …
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This post has been updated at the bottom of page 3 to reflect former federal prosecutor Andrew Stolper's side of the story. Read more about him here: “Andrew Stolper, Former Federal Prosecutor, Fends Off Critics of His Litigation-Finance Firm.” “Something happened,” William J. Ruehle matter-of-factly tells UC Irvine law students, who spent Wednesday's lunch hour …