An x-ray of Olive, a 7-month-old female Labradoodle out of Laguna Niguel, shows that dogs and dinosaurs lived among (and inside of) each other.VeterinaryPracticeNews.com Can you make out the little guy?
"A documented gang member with a significant criminal history," and who should be considered armed and dangerous, is being sought for the stabbing murder of a 22-year-old Laguna Niguel man Monday, according to Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Lt. Jeff Hallock. How significant? Suspect Craig Tanber was previously arrested for the murder of an OC man in 2004.Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's Department You can't see Craig Tanber's PEN1 tattoo in this shot.
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Members of the Civic Center Roundtable, a self-organized group of homeless people living in Santa Ana, say police have increased confiscation of the homeless' belongings. They claim that, before, the police used to check their belongings a couple times a week. Now, they are now checking every day. According to Roundtable member Lorenzo Benitez, the police received complaints from county employees about the homeless' belongings and are confiscating those they consider "hazardous materials."
More »Courtesy of Monte Livingston One of South County's premier fine art tattooers.
The walls of Monte Livingston's Living Art Gallery Tattoo Lounge are decorated not with tattoo flash, but fine art and paintings. The tranquil waiting area is sectioned off from the drawing/painting/tattooing area by a set of large glass doors; the whole thing looks like a more appropriate place for paint brushes than tattoo needles. That's just how Livingston wants it, and exactly why he's hosting a an art show there this Saturday.
This weekender you are updatered on a deadly texting driver who turned down a year in jail getting six in prison, and that year in lockup going instead to a tax evading chief doctor at Hoag Hospital and a father and son who sold counterfeit iPhones, iPads and other name brand electronics in Fountain Valley.OCDA Jorene Ypanto Nicholas gets a sixer.
UPDATE, SEPT. 4, 6:13 P.M.: Add a third man placed behind bars today for alleged sex crimes with a minor, and this one is a teacher at Santa Ana High School. DMV (left); Santa Ana Police Department Something of a before and after look at teacher Alvar Albert Gonzalez.
Anaheim continues to be a doggy dogg world! Josue Rivas / OC Weekly Homeless at La Palma Park before Fido and friends took over
At Tuesday's city council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Lucille Kring spoke candidly about the benefits of dog parks. She championed hooch hangouts as a great recreational boost to the city that also drive away those pesky homeless folks. The Voice of OC jotted down her priceless "dogs first" parks policy. "It's wonderful for the dogs. It's wonderful for the owners, and it really keeps the homeless out," says Kring!
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Ping Li, the San Clemente massage parlor owner convicted of sexual battery of four women, was sentenced Thursday to a year and five days in jail, three years formal probation, restitution, a $500 payment to the Victim Witness Emergency Fund and the kicker: mandatory lifetime sex offender registration.Orange County District Attorney's office Ping Li was the owner of Massage Clover in San Clemente.
The thrust of the Mexican-in-Chief's 2006--and, if memory serves--award-winning--cover story "Gunkist Oranges" was that few had heard of the historic Citrus War on 1936 in Orange County. A Labor Day celebration and memorial unveiling in Costa Mesa aims to keep us and future generations from forgetting.Illustration by Bob Aul/OC Weekly This means citrus war!
Sasha Azoqa/OC Weekly Cherie shreds
By Sasha Azoqa
Cherie the French Bulldog has had an adventurous journey. She grew up in a home that didn't treat her with the love she deserved and found her way into the open arms of the French Bulldog Rescue. She soon discovered her forever home with Amy and Dan Nykolayko in Newport Beach and after visiting the beach a few times, she couldn't stay out of the water.
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