Angels fan picked from 22,000 for dream job
Ricardo Marquez — the plump, hilarious and wacky Angels fan with dark-framed eyeglasses and bushy black hair, beard and goatee — has been one of nine winners selected to move into the 2012 MLB Fan...
View ArticleAiley’s new director mixes tradition, fresh ideas in O.C. concert
Ever since the redoubtable Judith Jamison stepped down last July as artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, fans and critics have been watching and waiting to see if her replacement,...
View ArticleWho will leave ‘American Idol’ tonight?
Now the competition on "American Idol" settles down a bit. The Top 13 sang on Wednesday, and tonight just one -- one! -- singer will go home. Finally we get a chance to get to know Jessica Sanchez,...
View ArticleDeputy who shot, killed Marine back on job
SAN CLEMENTE – The deputy who shot and killed a Marine last month is back on the job, though he is not on patrol at the moment. Deputy Darren Sandberg was identified as the deputy involved shooting of...
View ArticleFind out who left 'American Idol' on Thursday
The Top 13 on "American Idol" got their first taste of individual elimination night on Thursday when one singer earned the dubious distinction of being the first of this year's finalists to get sent...
View Article‘John Carter' has too much ‘fi' with its ‘sci'
"John Carter" is a bloated sci-fi epic made watchable by swell effects, passable performances and those little dashes of humor that reassure us that the filmmakers know this is all a lark – no matter...
View ArticleDucks waste another opportunity
ST. LOUIS – The scores coming in around the league gave the Ducks all the help they needed Thursday night. The problem was they didn't help themselves. A playoff push that was once valiant is losing...
View ArticleDefense lifts UCI men to Big West tourney win
UC Irvine's men's basketball team knew what it had to do in order to advance in the Big West Conference Tournament at Honda Center Thursday night.Defense was the emphasis and the No. 7 Anteaters...
View ArticleGreen Day musical ‘American Idiot’ grew from unlikely friendship
Michael Mayer is a huge Green Day fan – not surprising, since he is credited with co-writing as well as helming the musical built on their multi-platinum-selling album, "American Idiot." After a...
View ArticleEditorial: Gov. Brown’s taxes costly, less popular
The huge tax increases proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown are becoming much less popular as voters learn more about them. At the rate of decline in popularity over just the past two months, there may be no...
View ArticleOutrageous celebrity antics of the week
Chances are that if you've read our Outrageous celebrity antics of the week before and are reading these words now, you've found the latest installment of Outrageous celebrity antics of the week again....
View ArticleWoodbury Elementary stages annual musical
Woodbury Elementary recently held its annual musical to a sold-out crowd for three nights in a row.This year's selections included Rodger's and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" and a revised version of...
View Article‘Robin Hood’ in Fullerton is a cerebral take on a familiar tale
Robin Hood, that heroic outlaw of English folklore, has been the focus of so many retellings, primarily in film, that we're likely to feel we've seen them all. So, Robin Hood fans, hold onto your...
View ArticleTimothy Spangler: Children dying for relatives' superstitions
A witchcraft trial has captured the attention of the British public, not for what it reveals about the supernatural world, but for what it says about superstitions that have followed certain African...
View ArticleEditorial: O.C. board says ‘bye, bye’ to Obamacare bucks
The Orange County Board of Supervisors, or at least three of the five, should be commended for voting to reject federal grant money available through Obamacare to the county's health care agency. It...
View ArticleWish you bought Apple stock at $7? He did!
Ascension of Apple to the global corporate stratosphere -- both in terms of technological finesse and marketplace value – has spawned many "I should have known" thoughts. As Apple share prices broke...
View ArticleJazz concert raises funds for ministry in Africa
Empower International Ministries is holding a St. Patrick's Day jazz concert featuring the Scott Bartchy Quartet. The fundraiser, An Evening of Great Jazz, starts at 7 p.m. March 17 in the Fellowship...
View ArticleMarch 9 celebrity birthdays
See some of the people celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities of the past who were born on this date can be found at the end of this slideshow. SEE BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE...
View ArticleJames Doti: Bob Gray was all about quality
Robert Gray, a world-class entrepreneur from Southern California, has passed away. It would have been easy to miss this news, since it hardly caused a stir in the local media. Sadly, that's not...
View ArticleMorning letters: Obama energy policy is political fantasy
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Matt Van Gorden: When President Barack Obama suggests that new, unproven technologies can solve our energy problems, his analysis is strictly political, not scientific at all. While...
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