OC man marries a Filippina he met online, raising ire & eyebrows; new online incarnation of LA-based Cracked Magazine; a Grilled Cheese Invitational judge prepares
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Off-Ramp commentator Jon Regardie says you don’t have to make your own fun downtown. There’s a lot for kids, as long as you don’t expect it to be a bubble-wrapped suburban playground.
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The body is still warm - there are still a couple exhibits ongoing - but Pacific Standard Time wrapped up at the end of March, so Off-Ramp host John Rabe chats with the Getty's Deborah Marrow about whether it worked.
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In the 90s, he was your neighbor in Orange County - a white guy with a wife and 2 kids. Now, he has a Filipino wife more than thirty years his junior. How did it happen?
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Cracked magazine used to be what people bought after MAD sold out. But now the brand has ballooned, scoring about 300 million page views.
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Gooey and greasy is good: Grilled Cheese Invitational judge Claudia Peschiutta loves cheese, gives hints how to win her vote.
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New book and exhibit give aspiring time travelers do’s and don’ts in any era they might wind up in. Reporter Raghu Manavalan spoke with co-authors Phil Hornshaw and Nick Hurwitch.
“Aside from not salting our roads, California doesn’t often do much for automobile enthusiasts.” Assemblyman Mike Gatto sponsors bill to let us have legal vintage plates to fit our vintage cars.
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Senators jumped to question Titanic survivors days after the cruise liner sank. Interviewees revealed details about the escape, the water and the terror.
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Last year, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez visited a high school English class and gave the students a surprising writing exercise.
The O'Jay's, the Ohio Players, and Frank ... Music on this week's Off-Ramp.