Paid Dues hip-hop festival impresses more than ever
After years of attending Guerilla Union events such as Rock the Bells and Cypress Hill Smokeout, I’ve learned to expect delays, uncomfortable weather conditions, even occasional cancellations. But...
View ArticleReport: Rolling Stones to tour again
Speaking of old guys … it looks like the Rolling Stones are going to tour again.Guitarist Ronnie Wood said Monday that the Stones will head into the studio later this month “to just throw some ideas...
View ArticlePoll: Who did best on 'Dancing With The Stars'?
"Dancing With The Stars" saw its Top 10 get down to business on Monday with rock 'n' roll the theme of the week. KISS showed up to perform "Rock And Roll All Nite," after which our celebrity couples...
View ArticleCoachella 2012: Winds? Rain? Eminem?
In 13-some years of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, there has never been a rainy day. Hell, there have rarely been many cloudy days. Maybe a lightly misty one, if memory serves. But...
View ArticleApril 10 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 Celebrities...
View ArticleAll the things a mom learns from her child
It’s during these particularly difficult days that sometimes turn into weeks when I’m reminded how blessed I am to parent you, sweet Andrew. It’s these trying times when all seems lost and impossible...
View ArticleAre mom jeans in my future?
As I hurriedly packed up my baby and his diaper bag the other day, I took a cursory glance in the mirror before getting in the car. I took in my outfit, also known as my new mommy uniform: black...
View ArticleTwitter scoreboard: A win for Nick
If you're clever, insightful, funny or irreverent, this is where you belong.Angels fans post comments and photos on twitter during the game, and Angels editor Keith Sharon collects them.He awards a...
View ArticleToday’s cartoons: Health law’s unhealthy spawn
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View ArticleMoms can be hypocrites too
Everything was going great until I got the toothache from hell yesterday. It came on suddenly and without warning; well, unless you count the warning I got from my dentist in 2010, and all of the...
View ArticleSilversun Pickups, Caifanes add O.C. shows
This one's the biggest "get" yet for the newly established Observatory: The night before Silversun Pickups appears along with Coldplay, Incubus and more at KROQ's 20th annual Weenie Roast y Fiesta on...
View ArticleWin tickets to America's Family Pet Expo in Costa Mesa
This week OC Moms is giving away 10 family four-packs of tickets to America's Family Pet Expo at OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa (a $48 value per four-pack). This year the expo is returning...
View ArticleWAR room: Dipoto has brought his love of stats to Angels
It is somehow appropriate that the Angels' 2002 championship plays out as a barely mentioned afterthought in the book "Moneyball" – and as an alternate ending that never even made it to editing for the...
View Article'Survivor' winner Yul Kwon hosts PBS series
Yul Kwon used his smarts, social skills and physical talents to win "Survivor: Cook Islands" in 2006. After a few different jobs, he's returning to television this week to host "America Revealed" on...
View ArticleMore Fab Four for Pacific this summer
Hadn't we already heard that the Fab Four were going to play Pacific Amphitheatre this summer? Or am I just thinking of last year? Or the year before that? In any case, the popular Beatles tribute is...
View ArticleKobe won't play vs. Spurs because of shin
Kobe Bryant will not play Wednesday night in San Antonio, missing his third consecutive game because of an inflamed tendon sheath in his left shin.Lakers coach Mike Brown huddled with athletic trainer...
View ArticleSweden's First Aid Kit helping bring Americana to Coachella
Leave it to a couple of young sisters from Stockholm to capture the beauty and mystery of Americana music with authenticity rarely heard these days even in Nashville. Johanna and Klara Söderberg, the...
View ArticleViewers take a spring break from watching TV
Whether it was the upcoming religious holidays, nice spring weather, school vacations or just plain boredom with their choices, many television viewers took a siesta from their sets last Thursday.CBS'...
View ArticleWoman charged with attempted murder in clerk-beating over beer
COSTA MESA – A woman is facing attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon charges after police say she beat a store clerk who wouldn't sell her a single 12-ounce beer. Teresa Aguayo, 46, was...
View ArticleFamily sues Morningside Recovery after son's death
A Missouri family is suing rehabilitation facilities Morningside Recovery and First House Detox for the wrongful death of its son who died from complications of bulimia in their care, according to a...
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