How USC’s Marqise Lee beat the odds
LOS ANGELES – After the third death, the one he never saw coming, Marqise Lee wanted to give up. "I just didn't care anymore," he says. "I was ditching school a lot. I didn't really care about things."...
View ArticleAdenhart crash survivor remembers
The survivor took off his shoes and walked barefoot in the sand at Manhattan Beach on Monday, the third anniversary of the worst day of his life. Jon Wilhite lives. He breathes. He walks. He runs. He...
View ArticleLiterary Orange grows, bringing authors and readers together
When Literary Orange first started in 2007, it was held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Garden Grove. About 26 authors sat on eight panels, and between 150 and 200 people attended. Authors Lisa See and...
View ArticleTeen struggles with her mom’s adultery in new musical
Octavio Solis is always looking for a challenge. "I like to try new things to keep myself creative," said the San Francisco-based playwright. That's why he applied to attend the 2005 New Dramatists...
View Article5 tips for parents who need help with time-outs
When Ian was a toddler my husband and I began implementing time-outs as a way of dealing with our son's emerging defiance, maximizing our authority as his parental units by having him sit out of a...
View ArticleConfirmed: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie engaged
It looks like Brad Pitt has decided to make an honest woman of Angelina Jolie. Rumors that the couple were engaged were confirmed to the Associated Press on Friday by Pitt's manager. Indications that...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: Don't be confused by smart-meter lingo
SANTA ANA, Eric Kinast: So long a journalists insist on using nonsense phrases such as "kilowatts per hour," when they mean something entirely different, there is no hope of the general public ever...
View ArticleEcology Center to celebrate Earth Day Saturday
Whether Mother Nature rains or shines Saturday, The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano plans an early Earth Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 32701 Alipaz St. You can learn about ecological...
View ArticleJudge: Ex-Capo chief’s $1.6 million lawsuit can proceed to trial
SANTA ANA – An Orange County judge has ruled that a $1.6 million breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by former Capistrano Unified Superintendent James Fleming against the school district can proceed to...
View ArticleArt exhibit shows life of motel kids
IRVINE – The lawyer in the Brooks Brothers suit sits at the foot of the bed in the cramped, cluttered room. The tiny space is just like the one she remembers from childhood --- a home no one knew about...
View ArticleLeonard Cohen's manager convicted
A jury convicted Leonard Cohen's former business manager Thursday of harassing the singer-songwriter and repeatedly violating a court order to stop contacting him. The jury reached its verdict within...
View ArticleMan lives it up in Sean Combs' home
A New York man has been arrested for a second time on charges he broke into Sean “Diddy” Combs' East Hampton mansion, where he apparently ate food, drank liquor and slept in one of the rap mogul's...
View ArticleMuppets named New York City ambassadors
Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and other Muppets were officially dubbed “Family Ambassadors” of New York City on Friday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is not a Muppet despite appearances.The Muppets...
View ArticleOutrageous celebrity antics of the week
In the entire history of Outrageous Celebrity Antics of the Week, there has never been another like the current edition you're looking at now. What makes it different, you ask? A couple of things. All...
View ArticleAngels’ sluggish start continues with loss to Yankees
NEW YORK – Heralded as one of the best rotations in baseball before the season began, the Angels starters have looked like a blockbuster movie that doesn't live up to the hype of its preview trailer....
View ArticleWarrior coach John Halagan hospitalized; will miss game
Woodbridge boys basketball coach John Halagan has been preparing his South all-stars for Saturday's North-South game for the past three weeks. But Friday, Halagan learned that he will not be able to...
View ArticleO.C. music fans make pilgrimage to Coachella
The wind kicked up mid-afternoon at the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, sending cardboard garbage cans tumbling across the polo grounds as a few fat raindrops fell tentatively from the black...
View ArticleIrvine inventory levels sink even lower
In an article I wrote last month, I talked about the unusually low inventory levels for this time of year in Irvine. Since that time, the number of homes on the market has actually dropped even further...
View ArticleGallery: 80 Kelley and McKee cartoons
Gut-busting cartoons by Steve Kelley, The Times-Picayune and Rick McKee, The Augusta Chronicle
View ArticleMorning letters: What were Zimmerman lawyers thinking?
ORANGE, Shelly Aronson: Regarding recent events relating to the case of Trayvon Martin’s shooting: George Zimmerman’s former lawyers should be harshly disciplined for their unethical conduct for...
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