Frank John Tristan
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Anaheim, CA, United States
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Despite Years of Bad Hands, Producer Darren Vegas Is Still in the Game
Huntington Beach's Darren Vegas cut his teeth in the music industry at a time when it could've literally left him bleeding to death in the street. → Read More
UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky No Longer Investing in Semanal LLC, LA Weekly's New Owners
UC Berkeley Law Schoo Dean Erwin Chemerinsky emailed the Weekly today at 4:54 pm saying he will no longer be investing in Semanal Media Group, the company which now owns LA Weekly. After we unveiled the fact LA Weekly is now owned by mostly Republican donors, many people online were... → Read More
Five of the New L.A. Weekly Owners Are Past Republican Donors
For the past 48 hours, journalists and readers have been asking questions regarding who the hell is now running L.A. Weekly since a majority of its... → Read More
OC's Alt-Right Can No Longer Deny They're Associated With White Hate Groups & Neo-Nazis
For a group who hates being labeled as members of white hate groups and constantly attempts to stay in good optics, OC's Alt-right sure does love allying themselves with people who fit the bill. A recent ProPublica piece exposed one of the men who attacked this Weekling and the men... → Read More
Milo Yiannopoulus Event at Cal State University Fullerton Leads to Fist Fights and Several Arrests
Yesterdays Halloween appearance by Milo Yiannopoulus at CSUF succeeded in turning another university into a battleground, resulting in several fights... → Read More
SanTana Band Tozcos Puts It Down for Their City via Mexican Hardcore Punk
Tozcos is the exact type of band you'd think would come out of SanTana; a hardcore punk band raising desmadre in the streets for the past four years... → Read More
Irvine Trumpbro Accused of Harassing A Lesbian Couple in Huntington Beach Over Their Sexuality
A Trump supporter harasses a lesbian couple in Huntington Beach, whose video about the incident goes viral. → Read More
OCDA Prosecutes #MAGAmarch Antifa on Charges Made Up by Neo-Nazis, Unreliable "Victims"
The OCDA doesn't usually out the John Does it fights for in criminal cases. But Tony Rackauckas would be wise to make an exception for Jessica Aguilar. → Read More
Danny Watts' "Black Boy Meets World" Flips Negatives Into Positives Like Jonwayne Flips Samples
Listening to the 29-year-old Danny Watts spit his verses, you can sense a profound rawness you'd think you'd find in a poet rather than a Houston MC.... → Read More
Queer As Punk: The Life and Times of Robert Omlit, OC's Original, Forgotten Music Madman
Robert Omlit's band, the Omlits, emerged alongside fellow Fullertonians the Adolescents, Middle Class and Social Distortion to help birth OC punk. But... → Read More
How Lake Forest's Alt-Right Media Collective the Red Elephants Twists Truth to Make Fake News
The Red Elephants, a collective whose stated mission on Twitter is to pursue "the truth mainstream media ignores," is a conservative's wet dream. The... → Read More
Laguna Vigil For Victims of Illegal Immigrants Never Bothered to Invite Victims, Advocacy Groups
Alt-right loser Juan Cadavid a.k.a. Johnny Benitez is currently making headlines for his August 20, 2017 event America First! Electric Vigil for the Victims of 'illegals' and refugees. Riding off the fumes of last weekends events in Charlottesville, over 500 people are set to protest the vigil with organizers dubbing... → Read More
Spanish Singer Jeanette Came Straight Outta La Habra And Now She's Coming Back To Cali
Listening to the sounds of Jeanette is like digging through stacks of records and finding pure gold. Her music can best be described as love-infused psychedelic pop and even watching performances of her in the '70s will make you fall in love with even just her cooled demeanor as she... → Read More
OC Alt-Right Book-Burning Event Canceled After Organizers Claim Leftists Wanted to Attack Them
Ay yi yi, it seems like every week there's some new shit to write about with OC's alt-right losers. You'd think they'd take a break considering this... → Read More
The OC GOP Rejects Alt-right Figure Johnny Benitez Due To Alleged Antisemitism
It seems like every week the alt-right's Juan Cadavid a.k.a. Johnny Benitez has a new enemy in his own camp. First it was a Proud Girls member who grew... → Read More
Island Reggae Artist Fiji Is Bringin' Them Ocean Vibes To House of Blues July 29
It's been three years since George "Fiji" Feikoso has performed in Orange County. While best known as an island reggae artist & producer because of the... → Read More
"OC Memories" Documents Street History of Orange County, One Picture and Placazo at a Time
Looking for old school pictures of your mom G'd up from the feet up? Have you found a dope photo of your OG uncles you'd like to share? Look no further... → Read More
Body of Orange County Rapper Michael "Dossicc" Ramirez Found On The Kern River
The body of 27-year-old Michael "Dossicc" Ramirez, of Orange County hip-hop group Rebellion Warfare, was found in the Kern River around 6:30 p.m. July... → Read More
Three Years After His Death, Graffiti Artist Chance 'Batle 663' Daily's Legend Looms Larger Than Ever
It's been 3 years since Chance Earl Daily (government name Robert Earl Lavender III) was struck by intoxicated driver Deanna Marie Soto in Fullerton as... → Read More
South OC Punks Keep Buck Llamas Alive By Continuing His Legacy
South county punks received heartbreaking news when they found out Ernesto "Buck" Llamas passed away from natural causes May 7, 2017 just four days... → Read More