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On Jan. 5, the first day of the 2017-18 Legislative Session in Sacramento, Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra introduces Assembly Bill 39, which would establish the California Hate Crimes Registry. Listing every hate crime and criminal who perpetrates one for public inspection is necessary, the San Fernando Valley Democrat explains, because “we have witnessed an alarming spike in hate crimes in the days and weeks following the presidential election and a double-digit increase in hate crimes reported to California law enforcement in 2015.” The bill comes a month after an “alarming spike in hate crimes” in Orange County prompted the OC Human Relations Commission to launch the #HateFreeOC campaign. . . . We report on Jan. 16—Martin Luther King Jr. Day—that the Laguna Beach Police Department and Laguna Beach Unified School District confirm they are investigating a suspected hate crime that happened over the winter break. Five boys who attend Laguna Beach High School are accused of verbally taunting a 17-year-old classmate who was born

in Africa as they threw watermelon at his home. . . . At a Jan. 21 rally in downtown Santa Ana, Muslim women hand out 200 hijabs, with the message that the demonstration is “not a moment,” but “a movement.” . . . The January issue of Orange County Lawyer comes out with a column by incoming Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) President Michael Baroni, who in his piece bashes immigrants, a supposed “war on cops” and apocryphal anti-American demonstrations. The day after publication, the OCBA board of directors issues an apology for Baroni’s screed. But that does not stop protesters from converging outside the association’s Jan. 26 Judges Night & Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach. Some lawyers inside leave when they first learn about Baroni’s column, and as he is being installed, dozens stand up and walk out while others unfurl a banner reading, “We Stand with ALL Immigrant Communities.” Baroni’s only acknowledgement of the controversy during his acceptance speech is when he whines that his crowning ceremony is not a “forum.”

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In solidarity with World Hijab Day, more than 520 people attend an I Stand With Hijabs (a.k.a. #IStandWithHijabs) event Feb. 1 at the Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Grove. . . . Raymond Herrera, a 60-year-old Mexican-American, Victorville resident and—you’re about to read this right—Minuteman Project activist, frequently haunted Huntington Beach during the days of Barbara Coe, the late, not-great immigrant-hate spreader who resided there. Herrera is back on Feb. 20 to counterprotest a rally against Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) and call a U.S.-born Weekly staff writer an “illegal-alien reporter.” The next day, he goes to a Huntington Beach Police Department town hall to accuse Police Chief Robert Handy of being a traitor for failing to deport Mexicans. The day after that, Herrera goes before the Huntington Beach City Council to accuse it and Handy of creating a sanctuary city, something they had not done before or since.

Herrera also accuses Councilman Erik Peterson of being nice to the Oak View barrio. . . . The Merage Jewish Community Center and Tarbut V’Torah school in Irvine are evacuated by police on Feb. 27 after someone calls in a bomb threat. About 1,000 people exit safely and without injury, and a search of the premises by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s (OCSD) bomb-sniffing dogs turns up nothing suspicious. The local JCC is among several around the country receiving bomb threats within days of one another. . . . On Feb. 28, Newsweek publishes “Golden State of Hate: Extremism’s Long History in California.” Author Gabriel Thompson connects the resurgent white supremacy of today to previous campaigns in the past, including Orange County’s role in it all, from Proposition 187 to last year’s Ku Klux Klan melee in Anaheim to the Minuteman Project of the past decade. Included is this charming tidbit: “The city of Orange, for example, only allowed children of Mexican descent to use the pool on Mondays until the late 1940s.

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Two women, including one wearing a hijab, leave a Target store in Irvine around 8 p.m. on March 1 when a silver Toyota Camry pulls up alongside them and the driver yells religious slurs.

Moments later, after the women drive away from the store, they hear clanking noises from coins being thrown out the driver-side window of the same Camry. One passenger is struck but not injured, and both get a partial plate number. . . . A suspended Orange Coast College student who was also the subject of a restraining order obtained by the Coast Community College District is arrested March 13 for allegedly slashing the tires of two Campus Safety vehicles and carving a swastika and “fuck the nigger” into the hood of one unit. Robert McDougal, 21, of Costa Mesa, is released on bail after being booked for suspected vandalism and hate crime

charges. He’d been arrested twice before on campus for alleged battery on a peace officer and a college employee, according to Campus Safety officials.

McDougal, whose nickname for himself is “McDeplorable,” frequently uses social media to promote Trump, white nationalism, the alt-right movement and anti-Semitism. . . . Two OC Weekly photographers and an intern are assaulted while covering #MAGAmarch, a March 26 pro-Trump rally at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach. While the mainstream-media reports erroneously make victims out of Trump supporters, who far outnumber the assembled media and counterprotesters combined, white supremacists worldwide hail the beat-down of the press and people of color as a huge victory. . . . Jennifer Sterling, who co-organized #MAGAmarch and twice helped Weekly intern Frank John Tristan from further harm by proTrump goons, goes on KFI-AM 640’s The John and Ken Show on March 27 to falsely claim thugs from the left stirred up the most shit.

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Orange County’s Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon, who was arrested in December 2016 for allegedly stabbing and beating a man at a North Carolina Klan gathering, is convicted April 7 for assault with a deadly weapon for a 2015 attack on a homeless man in Orange. William Ernest Hagen, who also goes by “Billy Quigg” and “William Quigg,” was previously convicted in 1988 for assault with a deadly weapon, robbery and attempted robbery in Orange County. Readers may recall the California Grand Dragon West Coast King Kleagle of the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was roughed up by counterprotesters during the February 2016 Klan rally in Anaheim, where Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino, intervened to save the Orange resident from further harm. . . . An African-American woman files a lawsuit against Albertsons in Orange County Superior Court on April 10 because, she claims, a store clerk in Irvine assumed she was going to pay with food stamps. Deidre Harris, 42, grew up in Hun-

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tington Beach, works as a fashion brand consultant and has lived in Irvine for 22 years. . . . Newport Beach Harbor Commission Chairman Paul Blank serves controversial City Councilman Scott Peotter with recall papers at the April 11 City Council meeting. Blank, who resides within Peotter’s Corona del Mar district, accuses the councilman of failing to address the needs of constituents. In 2015, Peotter sent out a newsletter to constituents stating that gays stole rainbow symbology from God, earning condemnation from his council colleagues because he used the city seal on the mailer. Peotter was unapologetic, claiming he was the victim of political correctness. . . . During a violent face-off between antifa and alt-right supporters in Berkeley on April 15, 21 people are arrested. At least two of them come from Orange County: Robert Rundo, 26, of San Clemente (for battery on and resisting/obstructing a police officer), and Dennis Luke, 36, of Huntington Beach (for assault with a deadly weapon).

Luke could also go by #BasedSkywalker, who was filming the crowd at last month’s #MAGAmarch in Huntington Beach.

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A Cinco de Mayo promotion at Hennessey’s Tavern backfires. Anyone who can scale an inflatable “wall” outside the Dana Point watering hole wins a “green card,” which entitles the holder to one free drink for every purchased beverage of equal or lesser value. The stunt receives mucho condemnation, particularly from the Latino community, but tavern owner Paul Hennessey swears in a follow-up Facebook message that the promotion was aimed at showing “how ridiculous that it is to spend tens of millions of dollars to build a wall and even infer that Mexico foot some or the entire bill and have their citizens build it.” . . . A 25-year-old Irvine man pleads guilty May 12 to a racially charged attack on a black teen and his older brother. Christopher Qu accepts a plea deal that has him copping to assault with a deadly weapon, a felony, and a misdemeanor hate crime count. He is sentenced to 180 days in jail, which is waived because of time already served in custody, three years’ probation and placement in the custody of the Public Guardian’s Office to

receive mental-health treatment. The teen was waiting for his brother to pick him up outside Irvine High School on March 30, 2016, when Qu approached while holding a pipe, yelled racial slurs and made threatening gestures with his weapon. That’s about when the boy’s 24-year-old brother rolled up, intervened and was head butted

by Qu, who also slammed the pipe against the man’s arm several times. The victim suffered bruises and a broken nose. . . . Two anti-LGBT holy rollers arrive on the corner of Main and 10th Street in Santa Ana around 11:35 a.m. May 30 to berate Orange County School of the Arts students on their Tuesday lunch break. One man holds a sign reading, “Repent! Turn from your sin to Jesus,” while another blares, “Homos will go to hell!” on a bull horn. But the youth aren’t having it as they exercise their freedom-of-speech rights to the demonstrators, who are soon sorely outnumbered and surrounded. “Gays okay!” chant the students before a school bell rings, they return to class, and the Christian bigots are left alone with no one to harass.

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In a July 8 Los Angeles Daily News interview, LA Chargers nose tackle Brandon Mebane alleges he and his black teammates are discriminated against in Orange County. The NFL team’s offices are in Costa Mesa, and the Chargers held preseason practices at UC Irvine. Mebane tells reporter Ryan Kartje that he and other teammates faced housing discrimination in Irvine and Newport Beach, even after offering to put down advance rents of up to a year. “But you can’t tell a person they can’t come in your neighborhood because they’re black; that’s against the law,” Mebane says. “They don’t actually say those types of things. But they’ll point out things. . . .The neighborhood was brandnew. There were no black families there.”

The veteran added that he and his wife were not-so-subtly followed by a security guard at a Louis Vutton store. “People tell me it’s not true,” Mebane concludes, “but they don’t understand what it’s like to be black in America. The only way we can move on and hear each other is by talking about this.” . . .

Actor James Woods uses Twitter on July 9 to say of two parents who took their gendercreative child to OC Pride in Santa Ana: “This is sweet. Wait until this poor kid grows up, realizes what you’ve done, and stuffs both of you dismembered into a freezer in the garage.” Woods includes a link to a photo of the child pulled from a previous tweet by the boy’s mother, Lori Duron, the author of the 2013 book Raising My Rainbow. . . . Attorney General Jeff Sessions catches heat for speaking at the private, closed-door Summit On Religious Liberty that the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) holds at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel on July 11. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) says the ADF “specializes in supporting the recriminalization of homosexuality abroad, ending samesex marriage, and generally making life as difficult as possible for LGBT communities in the U.S. and internationally.” The ADF responds by framing the SPLC as “ultra-partisan.” . . . Brandon Ricardo Pascual is booked at the Irvine Police Department on July 26 following a months-long investigation that concludes the 35-year-old committed the hate crime against the two women outside a Target store on March 1. The partial plate number the women jotted down helped to uncover Pascual’s identity, police say.

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Buzzfeed News on June 6 reports that a white middle-schooler told a black classmate in Brea that with Trump’s presidential victory, she must return to Africa. Asked by the Weekly for more details, Buzzfeed criminal-justice reporter Albert Samaha shares the original tip: “My daughter, a 13-year-old we adopted from Mozambique, was told by her 8th-grade classmate: ‘Now that Trump won, you’re going to have to go back to Africa—where you belong.’ We, as her parents, have spoken with the school authorities, as well as members of the school board, and received a supportive response. We hope eventually to meet with the family of the boy who said this.” . . . Iraqi-American Shi’ite Imam Moustafa al-Qazwini of the Islamic Educational Center of Orange County (IECOC) in Costa Mesa delivers a June 23 sermon titled “Islamic Shari’ah Means Tolerance and Goodness to Others.” It sounds benign enough, but al-Qazwini testifies that ISIS is a product of Israeli intelligence.

That results in a social-media storm that produced an IECOC statement in which al-Qazwini says he based his information on what he had received from “government and military sources” during a 2014 visit to Iraq, adding that his comments should not be viewed as criticism of “adherents of the Jewish faith.” . . . Jeff LeTourneau, a legendary gay activist and Democratic Party of Orange County North OC vice chairman, yells at gay Republicans outside a Fullerton Wal-Mart because he believes they are misinforming potential voters about the campaign to recall state Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton). Video of the clash goes viral, conservative media go wild, and Orange County GOP Chairman Fred Whitaker on June 27 demands that LeTourneau step down.

LeTourneau fires back, “As you are the chairman of the OC Republican Party, a party that has waged a decades-long vicious attack on the OC LGBTQ community at virtually every level, I suggest that you get your own house in order before interfering in the affairs of the Democratic Party.”

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The Republican Party of Orange County bars alt-right activist Juan Cadavid (a.k.a.

Johnny Benitez) from joining former Villa Park city councilwoman and GOP Central Committee member Deborah Pauly at an informational table set up Aug. 4 at the OC Fair. This is thanks to a video OC GOP Chairman Fred Whitaker deems anti-Semitic because Cadavid speaks of “Jewish problems” and “organized groups of Jews” showing up to counterprotest his alt-right events. Pauly chastises the OC GOP “for shutting down free speech,” and Cadavid live streams that “Fred Whitaker is a GOP cuckservative. Fred Whitaker is essentially what you get if you find a weasel and cut off its balls. He’s a worthless human being; he’s a blight on the conservative and rightwing political body.” Cadavid also calls out Whitaker for supporting Israel and the GOP for being a “disgusting party” that “is dead and needs to die.” . . . Representative Dana Rohrabacher on Aug. 7 retweets a notorious white nationalist’s defense of the so-called Google Manifesto.

Supreme Dark Lord, a.k.a. Vox Day, a.k.a.

Theodore Robert Beale, swears he is not a white supremacist, but the writer, editor, video-game designer, blogger and alt-right activist reportedly called Barack Obama a “bad black man” and an African-American sci-fi author a “half savage” (as part of Beale’s own defense that he is not a white supremacist). He has also been credited

with saying, “The answer for those who support Western civilization, regardless of sex, color or religion, is to embrace white tribalism, white separatism and especially white Christian masculine rule.” His Voxiversity—which aims to teach about war, history, religion, philosophy, immigration and male-female relations—is funded through the crowdfunding website of altright blogger Charles C. Johnson, who has been accused of being a Holocaust minimizer and white supremacist. . . .

Rohrabacher crows about spending Aug. 17 with Julian Assange in London, where the Huntington Beach Republican claims to have received “explosive” proof from the Wikileaks founder absolving Russia from having meddled in the last U.S. presidential election. But Rohrabacher is later blasted when it is revealed the trip was arranged by the aforementioned Johnson, who is working to bring Assange to the U.S. Johnson soon after donated the maximum amount he legally could to Rohrabacher’s reelection campaign. . . . No police are present at the start of the lateafternoon Aug. 20 America First! Electric Vigil on Main Beach in Laguna Beach, but shouting TrumpBros and counterprotesters are most certainly there. As an America First! activist is speaking to the crowd around 8:40 p.m., Richard Daniel Losey swoops in and sucker-punches the dude, keeps hitting him, and later tackles him from behind. It’s all captured on video posted on YouTube. Losey, 20, of Lancaster, Ohio, is arrested after seeking a ride home at the Laguna Beach police station, where cops recognize him from the video.

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Losey pleads guilty Sept. 1 to misdemeanor battery and is sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of probation. . . . Tyson Theodore Mayfield, who sports a swastika tattoo on his right shoulder, approaches a stranger in a Fullerton parking lot on Sept. 4—Labor Day—and asks to borrow a lighter. When the fellow informs he has no light, Mayfield blows up, yells racial slurs at the Filipino and Turkish guy, then punches him multiple times in the face.

Mayfield, 41, of Fullerton, is arrested and later charged with assault with a sentencing enhancement for a 2008 Orange County mayhem conviction. . . . In a Sept.

14 San Francisco Chronicle interview titled “The Pro-Russia, Pro-Weed, Pro-Assange GOP Congressman Who Will Be Tough to Beat,” Rohrabacher claims Democrats were behind August’s white nationalist riots in Charlottesville. Without producing any proof, Rohrabacher claims a former Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporter enlisted Civil War re-enactors

to gather under the guise of protecting a Robert E. Lee statue. “It was left-wingers who were manipulating them in order to have this confrontation,” Rohrabacher says, and put “our president on the spot.” . . . Around 9 p.m. on Sept. 15, Andrew Alan Carruthers saunters into BluFig Hookah Lounge in Lake Forest and starts acting aggressively toward patrons, most of whom are of Persian descent. He is repeatedly asked to leave, but the Lake Forest 29-year-old keeps coming back.

After Carruthers threatens to kill customers and employees, a 9-1-1 call is made.

He is arrested, his booking photo exposes his “Fuck ISIS” T-shirt, and his Facebook page shows off his many tattoos, including the one with “Hate Boy” across his chest. . . . In the wake of a Change.org petition to rename William E. Fanning Elementary School because its namesake was outed in the 1920s as a verified member of the Ku Klux Klan, a formal request is made at the Brea Olinda Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Sept. 25.

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Shayan Mazroei, then fatally stabbed him in the heart. . . . The Committee to Recall Scott Peotter announces 11,000 signatures were turned in on Oct. 27 seeking a recall election for the Newport Beach city councilman representing Corona del Mar. Eight years ago, we reported on thenIrvine Values Coalition president Peotter supporting the ultimately successful state Assembly campaign of Don Wagner, who is now Irvine’s mayor. “You can’t relocate, rent an apartment in a new area only nine months prior to an election, and expect to understand your new community and the people you are elected to represent,” reads the Peotter recall announcement. . . . Five protesters led by a member of We the People and LA County for Trump essentially take over the Garden Grove Unified School District’s informational meeting Oct. 28 on Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The infiltrators question the legal status of parents who’d come to Clinton Elementary School and harass district employees until the meeting ends with nothing getting accomplished. . . . An Orange County civil jury awards $6 million to the parents of Mazroei on Oct. 31. They let Patsy’s Irish Pub and its security guards off the hook for any blame, finding that killer Tanber is 90 percent responsible for the wrongful death and Mazroei was 10 percent responsible. That is because the victim ignored a security guard’s warning to stay away from Tanber and his girlfriend before the attack. . . . A Halloween appearance by Milo Yiannopoulus, who arrives an hour late to Cal State Fullerton, features several fights, as white supremacists square off against riot-gear-wearing antifa. Campus police, serving as referees, make eight arrests.

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Carruthers pleads guilty Oct. 6 to felony criminal threats and misdemeanor resisting and obstructing an officer and violation of civil rights, with a sentencing enhancement of hate crime, and is sentenced to 60 days in jail. . . . Mayfield pleads guilty on Oct 19 to a misdemeanor violating a victim’s civil rights and causing a violent injury and is sentenced to a year in jail. . . . Lovers Jessica Lundquist and Tiffany Steinberg hold hands while walking on Huntington Beach Pier Oct. 15 when one takes out her cellphone to video chat and the other is approached from behind by man who violates her personal space. He informs the couple they are “unnatural” and “going to hell.” They try to get away—while still recording—and he keeps getting uglier and uglier before he tells them, “This is the Trump era, and you’re going to see a whole lot of things changing.” The couple posts the video the same night, and internet sleuths identify the man as Anthony Allan Miskulin, an outspoken Christian. The women decline to file a police complaint against the 38-year-old Irvine resident, but their video goes viral and support pours in, as so do apologies from Christians. . . .

Local Proud Boys crash an Oct. 22 Benghazi rally in Laguna Beach organized by Cadavid. As counterprotesters look on, the two alt-right groups exchange angry words and glares, exposing a widening rift within the local movement. . . . A wrongful-death trial in Orange County opens Oct. 24 with the jury viewing surveillance video from inside Patsy’s Irish Pub in Laguna Niguel early one morning in September 2015, when drunk, white supremacist parolee Craig Tanber suckerpunched 22-year-old Iranian-American

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Remember the January item on the Laguna Beach High School hate crime?

The Laguna Beach Unified School District on Nov. 3 appeals a court ruling that allows one of the five students accused of terrorizing a black classmate to have his suspension struck from his record. The high school senior fears the suspension negatively effects his college applications. . . . A gay couple walking through a beachfront parking lot in Seal Beach the evening of Nov. 3 is approached by four men who hurl derogatory comments. The boyfriends are then threatened with harm before one in the foursome takes the cellphone of a victim trying to call police. The thief shows off the phone to his pals, walks it back to the couple and warns against calling the police again. As the pair gets in a car to leave, the man who took the phone shoves one of them into the passenger seat, slams the car door on the victim’s arm, and yells at them to hurry up and drive off. . . .

Erol Kozoglu, owner of the newly opened Marash Ice Cream parlor in Santa Ana, is working his booth at the OC Halal Food Festival at the Islamic Society of Orange County mosque in Garden Grove on Nov. 5 when a local group supportive of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks up.

They accuse Kozoglu of being a terrorist, loud enough that potential customers can

hear. Kozoglu’s crime, in the Erdoganistas’ minds, is supporting exiled Turkish imam Fetullah Gulen, an ally-turned-rival of Erdogan. . . . We report Nov. 20 on delays in the criminal trial of Public Enemy Number One (PEN1) white supremacist gang member Tanber because, once again, the OCSD is being accused of misusing informants. This time, deputies allegedly enticed a confidential informant to supply illegal narcotics to Tanber while he was a fugitive in the murder of Mazroei.

The hope was the suspect would become semi-comatose, making him easier to apprehend. Before a conviction that would likely see Tanber spending the rest of his life in prison can be won, Judge Thomas M. Goethals must first deal with the informant matter on Jan. 5.

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Following a Seal Beach Police Department investigation, Wade James Rutledge is arrested Dec. 3 for allegedly being the man who took a cellphone away from a gay man and slammed a car door on that victim’s boyfriend. Rutledge is charged Dec. 5 with felony assault/hate crime causing violet injury and dissuading a witness by force or threat, with a hate crime sentencing enhancement that, with a conviction, could send the 27-year-old Seal Beach resident to state prison for seven years, according to prosecutors. . . . Police make a second arrest in the incident on Dec. 10. The Orange County district attorney’s office goes on to charge Samuel Blake Wickwire, BOD

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member of Vanguard America when he allegedly drove his Dodge Charger over Charlottesville protesters, killing Heather Heyer. Cadavid is used to neo-Nazi company, as Rise Above Movement and Hammerskin followers have dotted the crowds of previous local demonstrations he organized. . . . The Laguna Beach Unified School District expunges from the record the suspension of the student from the racism and watermelon-throwing incident is still in the record; a Dec. 18 contempt hearing before Orange County Superior Court Judge Ronald L. Bauer is canceled.

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If your journey isn’t netting enough of the strange stuff, then head to the Frida Cinema for this one-night showing of critically acclaimed more director David online Lynch’s first OCWEEKLY.COM feature film, Eraserhead, in honor of its 40th anniversary. If you’ve never seen Lynch’s intense, nightmarish masterpiece, the big screen is best! And if you have seen it, then you know the macabre web this dark exploration of mundane existence casts upon your soul. Why not get tangled up in it all over again?

Eraserhead at the Frida Cinema, 305 E. Fourth St., Santa Ana, (714) 285-9422; www.thefridacinema.org. 11 p.m. $7-$10.

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Crash in the new Year If you were looking for a way to live this next year dangerously, OC Roller Derby has the answer. Back for its eighth year, fearless roller skaters of any gender are invited to compete against one another in created-on-the-spot teams. Volunteers must register ahead of time and bring both black and white shirts to the Rinks in Huntington Beach, where two tracks will be set up for scrimmages. From there, it’s hell on four wheels! Not a skater?

Cheer on your friends and support these intrepid skaters as they earn their derby kisses (a.k.a. bruises) in the most extreme NewYear’s celebration yet.

Crash In the NewYear at the Rinks at Huntington Beach, 5555 W. McFadden Ave., Huntington Beach; www. ocrollerderby.com. Check in, 10 a.m.; scrimmages, 11 a.m. $20. Must be 18+ to compete. —AIMEE MURILLO

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Santa Ana Noise Fest IX While noise remains underappreciated and little-understood in the general music scene, its communities continue to celebrate the avant-garde genre with the Santa Ana Noise Fest. Almost a decade old, this event gathers enthusiasts, musicians, producers and artists for a full evening of experimental performances in an intimate setting.

Performers themselves will be conducting sounds through a myriad of analog, digital, found and handmade devices and instruments, expanding on the delivery and types of noises produced by past pioneers. Don’t miss this mind-blowing sonic experience.

Santa Ana Noise Fest IX at Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 117 N. Sycamore St., Santa Ana, (714) 667-1517; www.occca.org. 4 p.m. Free with RSVP; $10 at the door. —AIMEE MURILLO

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In 1969, Motown singer Edwin Starr wanted to know what war was good for.

That same year, Lonnie Jordan provided one answer by co-founding WAR, a Long Beach funk band that used musical instruments as weapons. It’s been nearly 50 years since music producer Jerry Goldstein first saw the band, then called Nightshift, playing in Los Angeles and decided to pair them with singer Eric Burdon, the bluesy Brit behind the Animals. WAR’s catalog of timeless classics blending funk, Latin, jazz, rock and reggae only grew after the singer’s departure, adding songs such as “The World Is a Ghetto,” “Lowrider” and “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”Tap into your inner “hippie cholo” when the band brings their crusade for peace to Anaheim!

WAR at City National Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, (714) 712-2700; www.citynationalgroveofanaheim.com.

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Ten years after Laguna Beach’s famed LGBT bar the Boom Boom Room closed its doors, they’re being kicked back open again for this special event. Thanks to local restaurateur Mark DePalma (owner of Mark’s), the Boom revisits its glory days, cranking up the lights and house music and adding trays of passed hors

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Everything new is old again at Don the Beachcomber’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza. Hula girls? Champagne? Hawaiian buffet? Three stages of tiki-compatible roots & roll with the masterful Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys presiding over the Longboard room, James Intveld and the Honky Tonk Palominos commanding the

dance floor in the Tiki Ballroom, AND Orange’s own Abby Girl and her raucous Real Deal performing live? Yes, absolutely and even more—including Don’s blasting roster of high-test tiki cocktails and tempting appetizers (tiki chicken and waffles!).

NYE Tiki Party at Don the Beachcomber, 16728 Pacific Coast Hwy., Huntington Beach, (562) 592-1321; www.donthebeachcomber.com. 8:15 p.m. $48-$349. —CHRIS ZIEGLER

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Dinosaur Time Trek: Shark Edition at Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W. Katella Ave., Anaheim, (714) 765-8950; www.dinosaurtimetrek.com. 9 a.m. $14-$19. —AIMEE MURILLO

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For women out there who view themselves as a “single awkward female,” Debra DiGiovanni is your kind of comedian. The Toronto native crystallizes the many attributes and scenarios women often share. DiGiovanni’s funny bone and energy have landed her numerous guest spots and appearances on television (Last Comic Standing, Match Game) and on the comedy festival circuit. See the so-called “Best Comedian to See After a Messy Break Up” live.

Debra DiGiovanni at Irvine Improv, 527 Spectrum Center Dr., Irvine, (949) 8545455; irvine.improv.com. 8 p.m. $15.

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The Hurricanes Would it be too cliché to say that Santa Ana band the Hurricanes cook up a storm during their performances? Perhaps, but those who have seen the group live know they bring a dynamic energy reminiscent of the proto-punk bands of Latin America during the 1960s, with the raw sound to match.

The youngsters started out performing for high-school Battles of the Bands and pub shows, and now, they are sharing bills with rock & roll luminaries such as the Reverend Horton Heat and Wanda Jackson. Best of all, they’ve become a huge draw for many SanTana-based youngsters who live for fast music they can bop to. See them play another thrilling set with vinylspinning DJs at Gallagher’s Pub. The Hurricanes at Gallagher’s Pub, 300 Pacific Coast Hwy., Huntington Beach, (714) 536-2422; www.facebook.com/ gallagherspubhb. 8 p.m. Free. 21+.

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There’s only two things you need to know about this bimonthly comedy club at Que Sera in Long Beach. One, there’s a different lineup of talented working comedians and comedy writers every time; tonight’s roster includes Brandie Posey (MTV, Comedy Central), Jason Cheny (Laughs on Fox) and more, with promises of surprise guests.Two, there’s free pizza for guests (who says no to that?). No actual bears are involved, but you and your friends are invited to chow down for an epic evening of barbs and quips to get this new year rolling. Live, laugh, eat, then get ready to do it all over again in two weeks.

Bear City Free Comedy, 1923 E. Seventh St., Long Beach, (562) 599-6170; www.bearcity.eventbrite.com. 7 p.m. Free; RSVP required. 21+. —AIMEE MURILLO

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Romancing the Bard Shakespeare In Love

The Frida Cinema finds yet another way to affirm its reputation as the county’s premier art-film house, this week as good cultural neighbor. Anticipating South Coast Repertory’s upcoming production of the stage-play version of the now-classic film romp Shakespeare In Love, the cozy, classy downtown Santa Ana theater screens the Academy Award-winning, Tom Stoppard-written original about a fictionalized, idealized Bard’s struggle to reconcile his creative and romantic lives, succeeding in both via a gorgeous muse and the happy correspondence of Elizabethan farce and tragedy. A date movie for smart people, and if you purchase SCR tickets for the play, tell ’em Frida sent you.

Shakespeare In Love at the Frida Cinema, 305 E. Fourth St., Santa Ana, (714) 2859422; www.thefridacinema.org. 7:30 p.m. $7-$10. —ANDREW TONKOVICH

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The last handful of years have been very kind to 2 Chainz. The Atlanta-bred rapper once known as Tity Boi has soared up the charts and into the minds of mainstream music fans. His debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story, was a commercial hit, and appearances on tracks with Drake, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Pusha T and many more only cemented the street cred that first made him popular. This June, 2 Chainz dropped Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, considered one of his most enjoyable efforts. Witness this vibrant live performer at the Observatory, an intimate venue for an undoubtedly arena-quality performance.

2 Chainz at the Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600; www.observatoryoc.com. 8 p.m. $29.50.

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ORANGE ORANGE COUNTY GIANT NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY Spectaculareventz.com • 714.622.4977 100 The City Dr., Orange 12/31 – Over 400 attended last year!

Ring in the New Year at the luxurious DoubleTree by Hilton!

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avana, ooh na-na.” As it had been all morning, Camila Cabello’s earworm was stuck in my brain as I walked toward the new Habana in Irvine Spectrum. But as soon as I entered the restaurant, it was as though I went through a wormhole. I wasn’t in 2017 Irvine anymore; I was in 1950s Havana—those halcyon days before Castro’s revolution took over the island state.

I passed by a restored Predicta tube TV that had a Carmen Miranda film on a loop, her tall headdress full of fruit. Above me, an ornate Baroque chandelier soared.

Below that, bartenders swirled mojitos.

They wore Ricky Ricardo straw hats behind a bar painted a bright Art Deco blue. This was what the Havana high life might have been like back then—the Cuba of fables, of film, of Desi Arnaz singing “Cuban Pete & Sally Sweet” with Lucille Ball in his arms.

More than the original Habana in Costa Mesa, this incarnation of OC’s most beloved Cuban restaurant is, to put it simply, a Cuba theme park. If it’s not the most detailed re-creation of a bygone time and place in Orange County since Disneyland’s Main Street, it’s certainly the bestlooking restaurant in Irvine Spectrum by far. There’s even a cute side room that functions as a bakery and coffee shop, a mini Porto’s without the lines.

The restaurant is also on its own island, so to speak, separated from the rest of Donald Bren’s mall mainland. Its perimeter is actually bordered by tropical banana plants whose fan-like leaves swayed softly in the breeze as I ate outside on the patio.

It was out there, eating al fresco on a ’50s-diner Formica table, that I most felt as if I were sunning at a chic outdoor café on Miami’s South Beach. As salmon-pink umbrellas fluttered over my head, I sipped water from an antique glass chalice more appropriate for absinthe. And when I ate my meal, it was off patterned china that could’ve come from grandma’s cupboard.

Ordering from the lunch menu was easy. It’s the same roster of dishes that Costa Mesa’s Habana has been offering for more than two decades. There was a list of appetizers that included pork croquettas and ceviche, a salad section, sandwiches, and rice-anchored main plates I’d seen before. But somehow, sitting there on the patio, it all felt as fresh as it did familiar.

My meal started with a complimentary bag of three kinds of chips: taro, cassava and sweet potato—each tuber sliced inhouse, fried, then served hot with just enough oil left on the surface to remind

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me they weren’t store-bought. If I knew they wouldn’t throw me out for loitering, I would’ve sat there all afternoon, asking for refills of those chips, then dipping them into the sauces they came with.

These included an addictive roasted-redpepper-and-garlic salsa; a brash green chimichurri; and a bean purée that was so thick and rich it could’ve been a meal unto itself.

For an appetizer, my server steered me toward the empanadas—three chickenfilled half-moons enveloped in pie crust so tender I was able to pick up every crumb by mashing it with my fork tines.

Besides the great pastry shell and white meat minced to the consistency of snow, there was a vibrant mango slaw, a sharp jalapeño crema, and a banana-habanero ketchup that actually did taste like banana and habanero.

For a sandwich, I ignored the burger and focused on what really mattered: the media noche and the Cubano. One uses a softer sweet bread roll, the other a baguette. Both are layered with the usual hallmarks of slow-roasted pork shoulder, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, mayo and

mustard, all compacted under a hot press until each strata fused with the next. I chose the media noche at my server’s suggestion, and it was as good a rendition as I’ve ever had. Each bite was rich in pork, but undercut by the pickles and mustard—a formula that has always distinguished Cuban sandwiches as one of the world’s greatest.

I would’ve eaten the whole cheesy thing if I didn’t also order the ropa vieja, the classic Cuban dish of braised beef torn to shreds resembling rags. It’s served over rice and accompanied by a tall cup of spicy sofrito black beans and three pieces of fried plantain I saved for dessert. And as I ate it, getting more and more nostalgic for a time and place I’ve only seen in movies and I Love Lucy reruns, the conga beats of salsa music from the restaurant’s unseen speakers finally drowned out that Camila Cabello song in my head.

HABANA 708 Spectrum Center Dr., Irvine, (949) 4190100; www.restauranthabana.com. Open daily, 7 a.m.-midnight. Lunch entrées, $13$23; dinner, $20-$31. Full bar.

he cheeseburger is a tried-and-true, all-American classic that we keep coming back to, and lucky for us, Orange County has a great selection of steamed hams from joints including TK Burgers, Brea’s Best and Choice Burgers. Now, we can add the BurgerStop in SanTana to that list.

The unassuming burger shack stands alone on Warner for all to see, offering everything we want in a non-gourmet burger. The meat is grilled on a well-seasoned flat-top, then dressed with melted American singles, onions, tomato, dill pickles and cold shredded iceberg lettuce. It all comes together with secret house-made sauce (à la Thousand Island dressing) on a toasted bun.

You can gussy up your juicy burger with bacon, avocado, chili, Swiss, mushrooms or another patty—heck, you could even eat healthier by ordering a turkey burger! But the old-school char cheeseburger is the one to get.

And it’s best enjoyed with crispy, golden fries; fried zucchini; gooey chilicheese fries; onion rings; or waffle fries that never get soggy and are made better by ranch dressing.

BurgerStop also serves sandwiches and melts, the best of the bunch being the pastrami, the spicy chicken sandwich and the tuna melt. For the kiddos, there are junior burgers, grilled-cheese sandwiches and chicken nuggets—all served with fries and a juice box. And for a reasonable price, you can get a breakfast of pancakes or French toast paired with various meat options. You’ll also find breakfast burritos (served with hashbrowns, eggs, shredded cheese, salsa and your choice of meat), egg combos and breakfast sandwiches.

Whatever you order, save room for a hand-blended shake. We recommend the banana—creamy, rich and not too sweet!

Thanks to nearby businesses and schools, this place is popping at lunchtime, but the great team behind the counter fills orders quickly. BurgerStop is a no-frills, classic burger joint that proves you don’t always need to put an egg on it.

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Ten Mile Brewing did its research, uses the same malts and mash as were used then to brew this hearty beer that’s refreshing and full of flavor. Saddle up to Ten Mile’s bar to enjoy a Hidden Hollow Kentucky Common (5.2 percent ABV).

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4. C IS FOR COOKIE STOUT

I got to enjoy this limited-edition collaboration beer between Chapman Crafted Beer and Brewery Rex at the recent Brew Ho Ho. The C Is for Cookie Stout (8.2 percent ABV) was akin to drinking a chocolate candy bar; thick and rich, with plenty of vanilla and toffee, it was pure deliciousness. 123 N. Cypress St., Orange, (844) 8552337; www.chapmancrafted.beer.

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One of the best hazy IPAs I had all year, Dig My Earth (8 percent ABV) is extremely smooth, bursting with juice.

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by Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. Founded in 2010 in Buellton by father and son Jim and Jaime Dietenhofer, Figueroa Mountain has grown to six tap rooms, none of which are close to OC. So instead of heading up the 101, stop in at Dear Lacy!

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ing on Rotten Tomatoes can’t be wrong; Get Out is a fine-tuned film, with meaning and subtext inserted within the minutest details, yet still enjoyable for the average movie-goer. If this isn’t the satirical horror film of our times, what is?

Funeral Parade of Roses. This long-forgotten 1969 film needs inclusion in the canon of queer art-house cinema for its experi-

We Are the Flesh. This little-seen Mexican horror flick is a gripping indictment of the country’s sex, violence and drug trades, only told with the grimy, foreboding vibe of an acid trip. The plot involves a brother and sister exploring the ruins of an old building where they meet a mysterious stranger, who then enables their descent into madness and perversion.

COKER’S LIST The Salesman. Master writer/director

Asghar Farhadi miraculously pulls off using Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman as a play within a movie, as well as its 1949 plot devices as touchstones in this compelling drama about a violent incident driving a marriage off the rails in modernday Iran.

I Don’t Feel at Home In This World Anymore.

Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood carry this dark comedy about a depressed woman and her quirky neighbor getting way more than they bargained for when they confront burglars. Macon Blair, who wrote the screenplay, is now one to watch, thanks to his directorial debut.

Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story. The white harmonica player from

Chicago’s South Side was more about the music and overindulging in between shows than he was about calculating a rising career. That explains why the highly influential bluesman is missing from most retrospectives on the 1960s, which makes John Anderson’s documentary so vital.

When I Was 6, I Killed a Dragon. French filmmaker Bruno Romy, who normally dabbles in fiction, used his camera as a diversion while his daughter Mika battled leukemia. The result is the most effective and personal documentary about dealing with a deadly disease I have ever seen.

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Endless Poetry. Chilean surrealist Alejandro Jodorowsky’s maturity as a storyteller, “psychomagic” guru and human being is evident in what is part autobiography, part polemic against fascism and part homage to his 1970 international breakout acid western, El Topo. Here we see Alejandro (played by Jeremias Herskovits as a teen and the writer/director’s youngest son, Adan, as an adult) break away from his ball-busting dad and out-of-touch mom and fall in with a ragtag collection of artists and assorted freaks.

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mental techniques, meta interviews, and open depiction of gay and trans spaces in Japan during a period of intense political and social upheaval. It’s breathtaking, inspired and, most of all, affecting with its crisp black-and-white imagery.

The Little Hours. Jeff Baena’s hilarious nunsploitation romp took a cadre of comedic stars (including producer/reallife partner Aubrey Plaza), set them in a 16th-century monastery, and informed them to let loose semi-improvising dialogue, throwing F-bombs and speaking in Valley Girl accents. While some critics felt the contrasting dialect and setting was a tired gag, I haven’t gasped for air laughing that hard in a long time.

Vagabond. It was quite a treat to view this portrait of a young transient woman roaming the French countryside with director Agnes Varda in person at American Cinematheque. The 89-year-old auteur shared her inspiration for the 1985 film was her belief that society can’t stand a person with really bad B.O. (she articulated this more thoughtfully, of course). The film begins with the death of its main protagonist, and the last days of her life are told through the various people she meets in her travels.

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e are in the end days . . . of the year, when everyone and their ticket taker unveil lists of the best films from 2017. That seems outdated, as the number of movie-making sources expands along with the places to screen these works (theaters, sides of buildings, televisions, PC monitors, pads, laptops, cellphones, wrist watches, VR goggles, etc.). Then there are the films from years past that audiences are only now seeing, thanks mostly to streaming.

Weeklings Aimee Murillo and Matt Coker reveal five favorites they saw anywhere, created during any year, so long as they saw it for the first time during 2017.

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OC Weekly’s guide to the 10 best art shows of the worst year ever

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t’s early in the morning. Everyone else is asleep.

I’m drinking my coffee and contemplating the explosion of great art this past year in Orange County. The beauty of corpses, the poetry of abstraction, social conscience, mentorship, celebrities, new looks at the places where we live and the things we throw away: 2017 was a rich time whether you’re an art nerd or just appreciate the solace and inspiration it can bring during chaotic times.

Women artists and curators ruled the roost during the past messy months, far outnumbering the few male artists and curators worthy of extra attention. This “Top 10” list below is far from complete, covers only shows that I saw in their entirety, and is in no particular order.

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he moto lifestyle is year-round, but January is when AMA Supercross returns to Angel Stadium. As proof of how strong the rider community is here (and how well-dressed they are), I’m highlighting some underrated Southern Calforniabased brands that design specifically for racers and motorcyclists.

Hells On Wheels. This shop loves vintage motorcycling culture so much its apparel—including jerseys, brand tees, sweat shirts and hats—bears a striking resemblance to that of the speedway racers of yesteryear. 2701 S. Main St., Santa Ana, (714)-873-0338; www.hellonwheelsmc.com.

Rolands Sands Design. Fine materials, functional design and aesthetics are thoughtfully integrated together in slick racing gear for both men and women!

10571 Los Alamitos Blvd., Los Alamitos, (562) 493-5297; www.rolandsands.com.

Rebel Soul Collective. This Long Beachbased apparel company honors women riders as the badasses they are with tees and tanks emblazoned with bold slogans such as “Don’t Fucking Touch Me,” “Be Fucking Polite” and “Strong Women Intimidate Boys . . . And Excite Men.” rebelsoulco.com.

Brat Style Motorcycle. First popularized

by Japanese bike builder Go Takamine, Brat Style has now expanded to the U.S—with its only dealer in Long Beach.

You can flex your love for the bikes with colorful long-sleeved jerseys and tees with amazing Japanese-inspired logos.

1340 W. Cowles St., Long Beach, (562) 5905849; www.bratstyle.com.

Loser Machine. While not solely devoted to the moto life—there’s love for skate and BMX cultures, too—Loser Machine offers rad gloves, vests, beanies and jerseys, as well as patches, jackets and more. Don’t forget to scope the Pabst Blue Ribbon collection! 17462 Von Karman Ave., Irvine, (949) 596-8401; www.losermachine.com.

“The Dead: The Photography of Jack Burman.” Curated by Jacqueline Ann Bunge

“Painting In the Abstract: Women Inspired by the Masters.” Curated by Suzanne

Walsh and the staff at the Great Park Gallery. Six local women artists presenting work that demands viewers puzzle the work out for themselves and make their own judgements, without explanation or apology. A stroke of inspiration.

“You Have No Sound” by Kim Kei. Curated

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by Yevgeniya Mikhailik at the Irvine Fine Arts Center. Mikhailik’s idiosyncratic taste scores another win with Kei’s individualistic talent, molding the stuff we pitch in the trash to look equally like intestines, flowers or sea creatures. Kei’s solo show moved, caressed and danced with us.

“William Wray: New Work.” Curated by Sue Greenwood at Sue Greenwood Fine Art. Wray’s deft use of pinks, purples and oranges in his cityscapes had me admiring his palette, as well as his exceptional skill at catching the wounded visages of our skyscrapers, downtown boulevards and alleyways.

“Doorway to Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman.”

Curated by Sara Fortson and Mike McGee at the Nicholas and Lee Begovich Gallery.

The brilliance of painter Joe Coleman’s abrasive vision is that he knows you have to pick at the scab for the wound to get enough light and air to heal. It’s a bloody process, and Coleman’s enthusiastic dive into his subject matter—sexual abuse, serial killing and dead celebrities, just to name a few—reveals an artist looking for a better world than the one he’s faced with every day.

“War Wounds” by Trinh Mai and “Permanent Change of Station, Leave No Traces”

by Gosia Herc-Balaszek. Curated by John

Spiak at Grand Central Art Center. Under Spiak’s lyrical eye, these two installations perfectly bookended each other’s themes about war and military service with a cohesive effortlessness. The end result was an experience bordering on the meditative.

“The Golden Decade: Photography at the California School of Fine Arts, 1945-55.”

Curated by Dr. Malcolm Warner, John Upton, Ken Ball and Victoria Whyte Ball at Laguna Art Museum. A 10-year overview of images from the school wise enough to give gigs to Ansel Adams, Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn, Imogen Cunningham, Dorothea Lange, Minor White and Edward Weston, among others. That assembled talent was on display in this flawless show, as well as the work of the students fortunate enough to have so briefly studied under them.

“Stark Beauty: The Photography of Edward Weston.” Curated by the Capital Group

at the Bowers Museum. It seems that Weston or one of his peers has been a yearly presence at the Bowers—last year it was Imogen Cunningham; in 2015, a show with Adams and Edward S. Curtis—but the chance to take in his photographs yet again is welcome any time.

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at the Nicholas and Lee Begovich Gallery. Rotting bodies and amputated limbs never looked so good—or led to so many existential ponderings—as this sumptuous, graphic memento mori. Sensitive and painterly choices abound in Burman’s staging of his stunning photographs.

Kudos to Bunge’s brave and intelligent choice of subject matter.

“2017 California-Pacific Triennial.” Curated

by Cassandra Coblentz and Alyssa Cordova at the Orange County Museum of Art. This easily ranks as one of the best group shows I’ve seen over the past decade. Coblentz and Cordova introduced Orange County to artists worthy of the title, laying the diverse work out with a seamless Zen simplicity. Others planning even more modest shows would do well to make their curation here a case study.

“All Media 2017.” Curated by Kim Abeles at the Irvine Fine Arts Center. Previous “All Media” shows have been far too welcoming of amateurs less deserving of exhibition, resulting in exhibits cramped enough that you’d get black lung searching through the coal to find the occasional diamond. Not so this year. Artists such as Carlos Grasso, Irin Mahaparn, Kira Vollmann and Samuelle Richardson looked as if they all belonged to the same fever dream, despite being miles apart in theme and execution.

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The local scene remembers the people and places we lost in 2017 COMPILED BY NATE JACKSON

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t won’t be hard for us to say goodbye to this crazy, upside-down year we’ve had in Orange County’s music world (or just the world in general).

However, we’d be remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the important people and places in the local scene that are sadly not making the trip with us into the new year.

The past 12 months have taken a great many things from us, often unexpectedly and in heartbreaking fashion. In honor of the legendary musicians, beloved fans and once-popular venues now gone, we reflect on 2017 while remaining hopeful for 2018, though it certainly won’t be the same without them around.

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THE PEOPLE Gabby Gaborno. Years from now, when

fans of the Cadillac Tramps look back on the band’s legacy, they’ll remember loud guitars and a rumbling rhythm section that created chaos in the pit and bent genres to their will. They’ll remember late nights and wild shows that defined the Golden Era of the Orange County music scene in the early ’90s. They’ll remember the highlights that earned them a shot at the big time, and the lowlights that nearly tore them apart. But most important, they’ll remember Mike “Gabby” Gaborno, the front man who laughed in the face of death. (He was also the lead singer for Manic Hispanic and Santos Y Sinners.)

Gaborno sadly succumbed to liver cancer on Jan. 4. He was 51. (Nate Jackson) John Carrillo. The beloved open-mic host died of a massive heart attack on Feb. 9 at age 48. It was a startlingly abrupt end to the life of someone who was a constant presence at open mics and anywhere musicians gathered in Orange County the past 25 years. Carrillo, who recorded with such luminaries as legendary bass player Carol Kaye and appeared at bars and clubs and hosted open mics from the Gypsy Den and Alta Coffee to the Pint House and Pepperland Music, leaves behind three recorded albums; a wife, BJ Carrillo; and a flood of memories for those who knew him well, as well as for those who just made his acquaintance.

(Joel Beers) MoDJ. Known for his energetic punk and hip-hop DJ sets at 2nd Floor in Huntington Beach, weddings, school dances and just about anywhere he was invited, MoDJ always had a smile on his face and a fresh mix ready to go. On June 19, Mohamed “Mo” Dandan was killed in a fatal motorcycle accident on the 405, just three weeks after the birth of his twin daughters. In addition to being one hell of a DJ, with a successful career

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Gabe Griffin’s songs and knew they had to be funneled through a Ramones, Black Flag, Descendents and Dangerhouse Records perspective. Guarino passed away in September. (Ryan Ritchie) Andrea Castilla. The county, particularly the local country music scene, was heartbroken to hear about the loss of 28-year-old Castilla, of Orange, who was fatally shot during Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas on Oct. 1. In addition to working at Sephora and as a dental hygienist, Castilla was the sister of Adam Castilla, singer and guitarist of breakout local band the Colourist, who posted a tearful goodbye on Facebook.

(Nate Jackson) Carter Ankeny. The Orange County ska community lost its tiniest warrior Oct. 8.

Ankeny, 6, of Fountain Valley, was a beacon of light and innocence at ska shows throughout the county—but mostly at Suburban Legends shows at Disneyland’s Tomorrowland Terrace—before he could walk, let alone dance. His life changed two years ago when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He leaves behind parents Jamie and Tim Ankeny, as well as younger sister Taylor.

(Brittany Woolsey) Cory Case. At approximately 7:10 p.m. on Dec. 7, Case was struck by a blue, lifted Chevy pickup while crossing the street in Anaheim, minutes after getting off the phone with his wife, Jessica. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

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(Nate Jackson) THE PLACES Pierce St. Annex. Current owner Mario

Marovic decided to shut down the 41-year-old Costa Mesa bar in January to completely renovate the venue, which would reopen as the Country Club.

Marovic told the Daily Pilot the new place would have a more upscale aesthetic, with a look and feel that wouldn’t be out of place in The Great Gatsby. While the Country Club would still offer music and dancing, Marovic said, those will be secondary to food and drinks. (Angel Grady) Pete’s Music. After 39 years of supplying instruments and gear to Orange County musicians, the Anaheim music shop closed in February, thanks to rising rent and better business at its Riverside County locations. It’s an unfortunate sign in an era in which mom-and-pop shops are harder to come by. (Frank John Tristan) Diego’s Rock-n-Roll Bar & Eats. This is the second time in equally as many years that we’ve reported on the death of Diego’s.

Organizers Scott Tucker and Vanessa Turbay of Sellout Productions, which leased the Santa Ana building and rebranded the former Mexican restaurant as a rock & roll bar, announced in November they were moving out of the prime spot on Third Street. (Nate Jackson)

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On Saturday, you can find a plethora of acts worthy of your time and money at the House of Blues at Anaheim GardenWalk.

Headliners Caught a Ghost are an LAbased, indie electro soul project founded by singer and producer Jesse Nolan and childhood friend Stephen Edelstein. The band’s name derives from an old expression referring to a kind of musical possession.

“It’s a producer project masquerading as a band,” Nolan says. “I got into the songwriting canon of Western music.

For me, I’m always trying to weave those sensibilities—rock & roll and indie—with classic soul music, taking elements of hiphop production.”

Though their debut album, Human Nature, was released in 2014, the single “Time Go” is featured in this year’s Kate Winslet-starring film The Mountain Between Us. Caught a Ghost’s second album, Smoke, is due in early 2018; the songs have the band’s signature soulfulness, but with a grittier, more bass-driven sound. The new tracks are more expansive and cinematic, showcasing Nolan’s beat-scene influences.

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By Michael Silver popped up in such popular TV shows as Suits, The Blacklist, Boardwalk Empire, Vampire Diaries and Grey’s Anatomy. “We have a good rep, and the music-supervisor community has embraced us, which is awesome,” Nolan says of the band’s exposure. “There are not a lot of bands like us that evoke a classic vibe, but still sound like the production is really modern.”

Caught a Ghost’s newest single, “Right & Wrong,” has a blues vibe reminiscent of the Stax Records era. In it, Nolan croons, “You light me up/Giving me something to believe/When you wind me up/Making a meal out of me/When you tie me up/I don’t want to be set free.”

According to Nolan, the band appreciate the opportunity to showcase their sounds and share the stage with other talented bands. “Any time you can get a group of likeminded musicians together, it’s an exciting vibe, and I think you end up sharing fans and a community,” he says. “That’s really important in the music business, being very saturated—there are so many artists out there, and everyone is hungry to do their thing.”

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Anderson admits that noise music is not for everyone, but, he says, it still should be appreciated for its artistic value. “It’s an acquired taste that’s not for all, and that’s part of the charm—its pure passion and a cathartic release,” he says.

“It’s an art form to be experienced live.”

This year’s festival will feature bands from throughout California, including Phog Masheeen (with Noise Fest co-organizer Mark Soden Jr.), Igor Amokian, Small Forest, Enriched White, Nu Sire and Hexpressionist, among many others.

A new additon to the event, according to Anderson, will be a Drone Room. “It will be in the front gallery for other acts to play during that downtime, instead of playing prerecorded music, but more of an ambient, drone style of music,” he says.

While he is very much looking forward to this year’s lineup, Anderson is also thinking ahead to the future and how to mark a decade of Noise Fests. “It’s hard to believe that next year is the 10th anniversary,” he says. “My dream would be for Xiu Xiu to play—not only are they one of my favorite bands, but also [their name] plays into the Roman numeral X for 10.”

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“Having a space available really allowed me to put together concerts,” says the festival’s organizer and current OCCCA director, Stephen Anderson. “And since it wasn’t about packing the place or to make money, it was more of a way to utilize the space to bring a new crowd to see the art on exhibition and connect with the community.

To make things run smoothly, organizers have adopted an efficient format. “We will have three bands set up side-by-side, playing one after the other in 20-minute sets,” Anderson says. “After that group of three, we have a break for tear down, and the next three acts set up.”

For those unfamiliar with noise music, Anderson explains, “There are no beats, no power chords, and no lyrics. It’s stream-of-conscious vocals/screaming/chanting; there won’t be singalongs.” It is, simply, nonlinear and very abstract.

The art form relies mostly on nontraditional sounds. “It’s like jazz, but no one needs to know how to play instruments,” Anderson says. “For the

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Can’t Unicorn Man Up? If that’s the only thing he won’t do—if every toy on the market is on the table, along with threesomes, foursomes, BDSM, etc.—then he’s pretty adventurous.

But if kissing after you’ve swallowed is the only mildly kinky thing you’ve attempted with him and it was a no, he may not be adventurous enough to deserve unicorn status. But I will say this in his defense . . .

Kissing someone who has just swallowed your load (or snowballing with someone who wants you to swallow your own load) presents a challenge for many men. Some silly straight men worry that tasting their own come will turn them gay or make them look gay—I’ve gotten letters from girlfriends who thought their boyfriends were gay because they were too willing to kiss them after a blowjob. But there are gay men out there who don’t want to deep-kiss the guy who just blew them—and they’re obviously not worried about turning gay (already are) or seeming gay (ditto).

So what gives? Blame what’s known as the “refractory period,” CUMU. Immediately after a man ejaculates, his dick starts to go soft and he loses all interest in sex—hormones have been released into his bloodstream that short-circuit sexual arousal. Bodily fluids and orifices a man was happily lapping up or at a minute ago are suddenly repulsive, not because the dude is necessarily inhibited or insecure, CUMU, but because he’s having his period—his refractory period.

I’ve been seeing this guy who keeps making D/sish jokes and moves—he smacks my butt a lot, for example. When I let him know I like it, he’s suddenly not into it. He says it’s “disturbing” that I like what he’s been doing. Two questions: (1) Smacking my butt is okay so long as I don’t want it? (2) Enjoying what he’s doing makes me a freak?

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Although I found the article somewhat interesting, I would have preferred that a woman who was an actual lesbian was rendering advice to other lesbians. As a man, you are not qualified to deal out sex advice to women—especially to lesbians.

Stating This Obvious Point Take it away, Free Dictionary: “ad•vice: opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem.” The only qualification you need to give someone your opinion? Someone asked you for it. Full stop, STOP. So I’m going to continue giving advice to straight people despite not being straight, to lesbians despite not being a lesbian, to bisexuals despite not being bi, to trans people despite not being trans, to monogamous people despite not being monogamous. Hell, I sometimes give advice to Republicans despite not being a heartless idiot.

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Californians overwhelming approved Proposition 64 last November legalizing the sale of cannabis to anyone 21 and over starting on January 1, 2018. California was the first state to approve medical marijuana in 1996. Since passage of Proposition 64, state officials have worked diligently to further regulate the medical marijuana program as well. Those new rules also take effect January 1st.

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Before you rush out to your nearest dispensary to ring in the new year with a legal cannabis purchase, there are a few things everyone should know.

If you are over the age of 21 you may use, possess, share and grow cannabis legally under state law. You may walk around with up to one ounce of flowers or eight grams of concentrate without worry. And you can grow up to six plants in your home.

What’s not allowed? Smoking, consuming, eating or vaping weed in public places, which also includes federal lands such as parks— even if they are in California. You cannot bring cannabis across state lines, and there are also regulations in place that prohibit the consumption of edibles with too high a dose. Also, you can only buy cannabis at a licensed or permitted dispensary if you have a doctor’s recommendation.

For recreational users, it is okay to possess pot, but you can’t legally buy it until dispensaries are properly licensed to sell it to people 21 and over, even without a doctor’s recommendation.

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Santa Ana city officials continue to assure licensed dispensaries that it will issue licenses in time for January 1 sales, but it is uncertain. Most expect the licenses to be issued close to January 1.

The bigger news is that California is about legalize weed and move us the country that much closer to the end of Prohibition, which has devastated communities by jailing people for small amount of pot, especially men of color. We are confident that the initial confusion will dissipate and 2018 will prove to be a pivotal year for cannabis legalization.

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She lead me through an intense journaling exercise in her quaint RV, named the “Cheese Biscuit,” and told me to write down experiences I wanted to let go of on separate index cards. We then exited the RV and sat down in the dust, lighting each card on fire.

“Release what no longer serves you,” she said as she grabbed my hand. “For now you can experience a true metamorphosis.”

Watching a catalog of experiences that pained me disintegrate into ash began a healing process for me. And that’s exactly what needs to happen with 2017: Reflect on the torturous events, then watch them burn in Dante’s rings of hell for the sake of catharsis. Here’s an incomplete list of what made the past 12 months horrible, as well as what I plan to burn into the past forever.

2. Less than a week after the inauguration, Trump issued a statement that was accompanied by a high-school-level PowerPoint document listing the new administration’s

priority list of 50 Emergency MAIL BOMB and National Security projects (you can read more at ocweekly.com.). Included was Poseidon’s proposed, longcontroversial Huntington Beach Desalination Plant and the Cadiz Inc. water project.

It’s not shocking Trump would want to propel these projects forward considering he’s a pro-corporation and anti-environment zealot. But it feels like a knife wound to the gut because these projects are happening in our back yards and have potentially cataclysmic repercussions.

What was comical about the statement, however, was how factually incorrect Trump and his team of nimrods were in regards to the Poseidon project. They described it as a “cost-effective [costing a total of $350 million to build], environmentally sensitive solution to provide a safe and reliable water supply to Orange County residents and has the potential to bring significant economic benefits for the city of the Dog, Audioslave and Soundgarden— of Huntington Beach and the region.” was found hanging in his hotel bathroom.

Anyone who has kept up with the Less than a handful of months later, Chester Poseidon saga knows the project isn’t cost Bennington—the lead singer of Linkin Park effective by any stretch of the imagination and later Stone Temple Pilots—commitand will actually cost $1 billion to build— ted suicide. The suicide epidemic, even and that’s a conservative estimate that among those who we’d commonly believe assumes nothing goes wrong. As a result, are living their best lives, is one of America’s the cost of water in the areas receiving worst ongoing crises, and it doesn’t get the Poseidon’s desalinated H2O—Costa Mesa, attention it needs in order for real change to Newport Beach and Huntington Beach— occur. According to the American Foundawill increase by 20 percent for the next 15 tion for Suicide Prevention, 44,965 people years. It has potentially devastating reperdie by suicide annually. cussions for local marine and oceanic life, and the blueprints show the plant will be built in an earthquake and tsunami zone, so 5. Charles Bradley, the “Screaming Eagle it’s actually the opposite of an environmen- of Soul,” died from liver cancer on Sept.

23. They don’t make soulful front men like tally sensitive solution. Trump and his gang of dingbats don’t know what they’re him anymore. He was the closest we got to James Brown, even though Bradley never talking about—which, again, I guess, isn’t once felt like a revived version of the ’60s that shocking. soul king. Another gut punch occurred three weeks later when Tom Petty died. He played 3. I could go on and on about the environmental woes of 2017: The pipeline at Stand- at the Hollywood Bowl just a week before ing Rock already broke, a chunk of ice three he passed away, and I will forever regret not times the size of Manhattan broke off an going to that show. iceberg in the Arctic, all of California caught 6. The same week Tom Petty died, Stephen on fire and other parts of the country faced Paddock opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest near-apocalyptic hurricanes. This year’s music festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 people events proved climate change is real, and and injuring 546. Legions of Orange County it’s happening. residents attended the event, and unfor4. Chris Cornell—the lead singer of Temple tunately several didn’t make it, including

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Huntington Beach’s Andrea Castilla. The devastating massacre will change the nature of music festivals forever.

7. Three Santa Ana cops who were caught on camera eating what looked like cannabis edibles, insulting a paraplegic woman and throwing darts in the infamous 2015 Sky High Holistic Collective Raid were rehired this year. The criminal cops were fined less than $1,000 cumulatively and required to complete community service as a part of their punishment. I have more faith in karma than our criminal-justice system, so although I’m angry as hell that these douchebags got their jobs back, I know they have a world of hurt eventually coming their way.

To put the cherry on the cake of a godawful year, our favorite congressman, Dana Rohrabacher, sent a holiday post card to everyone in his district, including me, that reads, “Merry Christmas.” He’s a dimwit to assume everyone in District 48 celebrates Christmas. The nerve!

It’s never felt so good to leave something behind as it does to be kicking 2017 to the curb. Although it’s likely 2018 will also be riddled with chaos, at least there’ll be legal pot to smoke. We’ll need it.

MCARREON@OCWEEKLY.COM

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1. The year started with a kick to the teeth when Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20.

People not only demonstrated in Washington, D.C. (where six people were arrested, prosecuted and just recently acquitted), but they also protested everywhere. They’d actually been protesting since the Nov. 8 election. A Latina UC Irvine student organized an anti-Trump march in Santa Ana, where nearly 350 people showed their disapproval of our newly appointed dictator. It was emotional and powerful, but also horrifying because, well, you know, Trump is the antiChrist. (Read Gabriel San Román’s coverage of the event at ocweekly.com.)

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