| | | Lazy-Deputy Cases Keep Stalling BY R. SCOTT MOXLEY  In January 2006, bandits robbed a 14-year-old high-school student outside a Stanton store and fled. The student, Chris Gonzales, called the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) for help. Gonzales provided deputies with two key facts: descriptions of his assailants and the getaway vehicle's license-plate number. By department standards, it was a "priority 1" case—meaning a serious felony that warranted swift pursuit of leads. But eight months later, a detective oddly closed the case after deeming it unsolvable because all leads had been "exhausted." In fact, Janet Virginia Strong, the investigator assigned to catch the crooks in Gonzales' case, hadn't exhausted anything. Among ot... more >>
| | | | | | | | Commonwealth Lounge and Grill Bring Fullerton Flavor BY EDWIN GOEI  The two-story property at 2406 Newport Blvd. should be a sure-fire customer magnet. It's on the Peninsula, right on the water's edge, bordered by a view of put-putting Duffy boats and across the street from the tourist-trafficked pier. But with its recent track record, the building is a proverbial revolving door of restaurants, seeing no less than three concepts folding during the past decade, on... more >> | | | | | | | | 'Your Highness' Is Stoned and Throned BY NICK PINKERTON  Your Highness plays like a dirty-joke blooper reel made by the cast of a junky sword-and-sorcery epic, streaked with carelessly contemporary-sounding blue humor, blunt profanity replacing the naughty-naughty, tankard-sloshing, heaving-bosom ribaldry that goes with the period setting. The scene: a generic medieval realm from an EverQuest or Forgotten Realms module. In a kingdom beneath two moons,... more >> | | | | | | | | Heard Mentality Random Ninjas may have gotten their start putting a metal twist onto anime classics, but their new incarnation is chock-full of original rock song-goodness that needs to be recorded for posterity ... Navel Gazing UPDATE, APRIL 7, 3:15 P.M.: Orange County sheriff's deputy Allan James Waters, 37, of Laguna Niguel, pleaded guilty today to driving under the influence of prescription drugs while off-duty ... Stick a Fork In It It's stories like the following that make me hate that I care about great eating in OC, that make me think no one actually cares about the recommendations we offer: Wadiya, the only Sri Lankan r... | | | | |
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