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Throwback: When This Anaheim Brewery Stopped Its Operations

The Brewers Association’s Bart Watson highlighted craft beer business trends at a recent talk on the condition of the US brewery industry. One of those trends was brewery openings as opposed to closings. The data showed that there was a slowing of the openings, but closings were at a low throughout the nation in...

Story About Monitoring Of Client-Attorney Calls Termed Impossible

Orange County’s police faced a hurdle to solving a crime from 1998 when they were attempting to accuse teen Arthur Carmona of an American juice bar robbery. The hurdle was that there were no useful witnesses. The cops noted that the robber wore an LA Lakers cap at the time, and that Carmona lacked...

Throwback: When Reverend Sheldon Admitted TVC Was A Mess

Reverend Lou P. Sheldon angrily fought gays, feminists, progressives and immigrants at a national level through a scaremongering mail strategy that possibly got millions of US dollars into his financial accounts. Sheldon is also Washington DC’s Traditional Values Coalition founder. The octogenarian man from Anaheim was at loggerheads with Andrea Lafferty, his bigoted daughter whom...

Why Allies Visit Immigrants In Orange County Detention Centers

Undocumented immigrants living in detention centers have always been afraid of getting forgotten. ICE does well in that isolation, with cold floors of cell blocks and walls with no windows for sunlight to pierce through to force those immigrants into agreeing to early voluntary deportations. Confronting a relative, neighbor or friend in those kinds...

Throwback: When Cops Raided Cannabis Dispensaries In Santa Ana

In May 2015, Santa Ana’s cops raided medical marijuana dispensary Sky High Holistics. The cops were caught on camera playing darts, consuming edible products, and abusing a disabled woman. OC Weekly, which covered the matter back then, found that the raid did not result in any major repercussions for those police officers. Raids from...

When SACA Celebrated The First Anniversary Of Legalized Marijuana

The term SACA refers to a Santa Ana-based cannabis business association that partnered with community leaders and policymakers to spread awareness in the marijuana industry. It aimed to empower local business enterprises as well as promote education and safety through not only cooperation with businesses, residents and consumers but also community programs. People generally spent...

Throwback: When Reality TV Star Tamra Judge Entered CBD World

Tamra Judge is best known for her role in the reality TV program entitled ‘Real Housewives of Orange County’. Now, do you know that she has also launched a line of CBD-based wellness goods in the recent past? Back then, Tamra and her hubby Eddie Judge forayed into the world of cannabis with that line...

How An Odd Friendship Made OC An Amusement Park Destination

Until the year 1940, the berry farm of Walter Knott was a mere roadside attraction. Then, it was converted into the US’s first amusement park. Walter Elias Disney was among Knott’s biggest supporters. They quickly started a friendship as they took their wives antiquing and swing dancing. The two were part of a Children's...

How OC Musician Dean Torrence Made Huntington Beach Famous

Dean Ormsby Torrence’s and William Jan Berry’s music collaboration produced a song regarding a once-fictional place called ‘Surf City’. Their 1963 song, which they wrote with Brian Douglas Wilson, is the first-ever surf genre track to become number one on the music charts. Around 3 decades later, it became a real city as Torrence...

Lawyer Chris Glew About Challenges For Cannabis Dispensaries

In 2019, OC Weekly interviewed cannabis lawyer Chris Glew about the challenges in front of the dispensaries. Shared below are the excerpts from the interview. Puerto Rico, DC, And Over 50% Of US States Have Somewhat Legalized Cannabis’s Use. Do Retailers Still Face The Same Banking-Related Problems? The retailers find it difficult to discover legitimate and...