Lakers vs. Nuggets: regular-season results, lessons
GAME 1, Dec. 31, Staples CenterLakers 92, Nuggets 89In his season debut after his NBA suspension, Andrew Bynum showed his scoring potential with 29 points, as the Lakers barely overcame one of their...
View ArticleNBA: Top 10 biggest disappointments
For every highlight this NBA season, there was an equal number of lowlights, whether it was an individual player, a team or coaching decision. Yet, which scenario was the biggest disappointment of the...
View ArticleDr. Huey strikes again
So everything in the garden is going splendidly. The annuals couldn't be happier with our weather so far, the early perennials are up and blooming and the irises are going gangbusters. But while you're...
View ArticleCSUF strike vote concludes today
The 24,000 members of the California Faculty Association have until today to vote on whether to authorize the union to declare a strike. Union leaders said today they will announce the results of the...
View ArticleVictims’ march, rally kicks off in Santa Ana
SANTA ANA – District Attorney Tony Rackauckas led hundreds of crime victims and supporters and law-enforcement officials along Civic Center Drive as the 4th Annual Victims' March & Rally began. He...
View Article$300K house remodel for new CSU Fullerton president
Our colleagues at California Watch report that: incoming CSU Fullerton President Mildred Garcia got the highest pay raise possible under a new executive compensation cap approved by trustees in January...
View ArticleHighlights from KROQ's annual Weenie Roasts
With KROQ 106.7 FM’s sold-out 20th Annual Weenie Roast y Fiesta just a week away – featuring headliners Coldplay, Incubus, the Offspring, Silversun Pickups and Garbage at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater...
View ArticleI-5 shut after woman jumps from overpass, officials said
DANA POINT – Officials shut down both sides of the I-5 freeway after a woman jumped from an overpass Friday morning, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol and the Orange County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleDeroy Murdock: Fuel-economy standards will boost car prices, death rates
As Washington keeps yanking money from Americans' wallets, car prices are set to rise beyond the reach of low-income drivers. And from there, things grow deadly. Blame a regulatory regime called...
View ArticleClassical music travel experiences
European centers of culture are often associated with figures from the history of music. Whether they were born there, studied there or worked there, visitors flock to their shrines. Here's some...
View ArticleMMA: Saunders ready to face Sicilia tonight on 'The Ultimate Fighter'
Team Faber’s Chris Saunders of Long Beach will be representing So Cal when he takes on Team Cruz’s Sam Sicilia on “The Ultimate Fighter 15″ tonight at 10 on FX. Saunders comes in as a huge underdog...
View ArticleTed Nugent insulted by concert cancellation
Ted Nugent – always reliable column fodder; thanks, Ted, for being you – says he’s insulted by the cancellation of his concert at an Army post after his widely quoted remarks about President...
View ArticleJimmy the Shoe Shine Guy: opinionated and gone
SANTA ANA – It's a mystery. For decades, the Shoe Shine Guy has been polishing the shoes of people who are in and out of Orange County Courthouse across Civic Center Drive from the ramshackle stand....
View ArticleAngels add Trout; release Abreu
CLEVELAND – Two days ago, Angels manager Mike Scioscia was asked if top prospect Mike Trout might be the spark the Angels needed to turn around their sluggish start. Trout's promotion was not...
View ArticleStagecoach 2012: Eli Young Band impresses, Brett Eldredge doesn't, Sara Evans...
Stagecoach 2012 arrived on time Friday afternoon with the Eli Young Band more than ready to kick off the three-day event with a wonderful 40-minute set that spotlighted the quintet's winning mix of...
View ArticleStanford not fooled by UCLA's ace
LOS ANGELES – Friday night's game between No. 12 UCLA and No. 13 Stanford looked like a potential pitcher's duel as two of the top aces in the Pac-12 took the mound. Stanford offense had other ideas....
View ArticleThurman strikes out six to lead UC Irvine past Riverside
Andrew Thurman put in another stellar performance on the mound and Tommy Reyes had a perfect day at the plate as UC Irvine snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-2 Big West victory against UC...
View ArticleGallery: Obama and Romney cartoons
It's official! Romney and Obama go head to head ... in 100 cartoons.
View ArticleSteven Greenhut: California to middle class: drop dead
SACRAMENTO – The new USC study pointing to a much-slower rate of population growth in California has been greeted by demographers and urban planners as good news, in that it supposedly gives our...
View ArticleJames Gattuso: Time to deliver on post office closings
It's no secret that the U.S. Postal Service is in financial trouble. Its business is shrinking, with first-class mail revenue dropping 25 percent since 2006. It has lost $25 billion in the last five...
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