Description: Published since September 1995 OC Weekly is the first alternative newsweekly in Orange County and Long Beach to provide readers award winning editorial coverage excellent arts entertainment information and a provocative look at our community With a circulation of 45000 OC Weekly reaches more than 224000 of young active educated and affluent readers each week who look to the Weekly to guide their lifestyle and entertainment choices Our readers rely on the Weeklys innovative and interesting look at the region in which they live It has quickly become a necessary and integral part of their lives The OC Weekly publishes thoughtful and insightful journalism providing readers with a vibrant new perspective on their community with subject matter ranging from local social issues politics culture and lifestyle to arts entertainment and recreation The staff news blog Navel Gazing blogsocweeklycomnavelgazing is awardwinning OC Weekly also publishes Orange Countys most comprehensive calendar section It offers complete listings of all the interesting happenings in Orange County in one place altweekliescom