Meet Howard Cole, Dodger Blue Blogger
Submitted by Howard Cole: Dodger fans who've lost your way, living behind enemy lines, surrounded in a sea of Angels Red, consider yourself the target audience. To ponder, to celebrate and to complain...
View ArticleHospital under investigation receives national award
West Anaheim Medical Center has been named a top 100 U.S. hospital, despite an unusually high rate of blood infections that triggered state and federal investigations into possible billing fraud known...
View ArticleVeteran Barkley 'in the zone' for USC
LOS ANGELES – Matt Barkley isn't the kid anymore. Two years ago, the quarterback from Mater Dei High was the freshman phenom of USC spring football camp. Today, he's a seasoned veteran who's mentoring...
View ArticleO.C. players on Opening Day rosters
OCVarsity has put together a list of the former Orange County high school players who are likely to be found this week on Opening Day rosters (or who might soon be called up to the majors). The list...
View ArticleLetters blog: Unions are stifling true fiscal reform
-NEWPORT BEACH, Tom Burnham: I have watched with interest the public-sector, labor-union demonstrations in many states as legislation moves forward to curtail public-sector collective bargaining. In...
View ArticleIrvine realty broker in fraud lawsuit loses by default
A federal court clerk has entered a default civil judgment in favor of a married couple who claimed Irvine real estate investment broker David R. Sparks defrauded them out of at least $1.6 million. The...
View ArticleCelebrity mash-up: Joel backs out
Like countless writers before him, Billy Joel took one look at what he had written and said to himself, "Oh, forget it." The singer is canceling his planned memoir, "The Book of Joel," just months...
View ArticleAngels open season with 4-2 victory over Royals
Torii Hunter and Jeff Mathis homered and Jered Weaver threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings to lead the Angels to a 4-2 Opening Day victory at Kansas City today. Fernando Rodney needed 26 pitches to finish off...
View ArticleSouthern California renaissance festivals
As the weather gets warmer, Renaissance Fair season gets into full swing in Southern California. Resurgence in the popularity of medieval and Renaissance culture after World War II led to the creation...
View ArticleSupervisors could play favorites in redistricting
Orange County's Board of Supervisors could make it easier for their allies to get elected when they draw the new lines for their districts – but some say it would be so obvious that such monkey...
View Article‘Insidious' chills to the core
One of the demons in "Insidious" is wearing what looks like a Darth Maul Halloween mask. And the finale is both a tad too literal and a lot too long and drawn out. But that doesn't spoil what is,...
View Article‘Source Code' gets the formula right
A good science fiction movie will let you forget it's sci-fi, focusing on characters, their humanity and their quest. It doesn't matter if they're hurtling through space or time or what universe...
View ArticlePoll: Which one is Ducks' biggest victory?
Seven wins in eight games. Nine victories in 11. Twelve triumphs in 15. The Ducks, it appears, are riding another serious second-half surge into the Stanley Cup playoffs as they are now in sixth place...
View ArticleFind out who left 'American Idol' on Thursday
The Top 11 on "American Idol" faced their fate for a second straight week, thanks to the judges saving Casey Abrams a week ago. But two singers had to leave, and so we waited. And waited. And finally,...
View ArticleCerritos Center announces new season
The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2011-12 season, which begins in July. It features some familiar names from the worlds of music, dance, theater and Broadway: Tyne Daly,...
View ArticleHome and garden tours and shows 2011
Spring has sprung and you know what that means – time to grab your most comfortable walking shoes for this year's home and garden tours and shows. There is something to see and do here for every kind...
View ArticleAuthor Lisi Harrison to sign ‘Monster High’ in H.B.
Lisi Harrison laughs as she recalls the night when she opened the door of her Laguna Beach home to find Frankie Stein, a character from one of her best-selling young adult novels, standing there before...
View ArticleLetters blog: Congressional assault on women's rights
LAGUNA BEACH, Board chair of Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties Carol Rhoads writes: My Dear Son and Daughter, It’s time to stand up and be counted. Time for me, and time for you....
View ArticleApril 2 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 slide show. SEE CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS...
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