Missing woman’s body found in L.A.
The body of a missing woman from Orange has been found in Los Angeles, officials said. Arlet Hernandez Contreras, 31, and her two sons, ages 2 and 4 months old, have been missing for the past couple...
View ArticleUC Irvine sweeps USC for NCAA volleyball title
LOS ANGELES -- The ball landed just inside the back line, and the celebration began.Dan McDonnell's ace gave UC Irvine its third NCAA men's volleyball championship, ending a tight, emotional three-set...
View ArticleAngels victory complete success
ANAHEIM – The Angels went without slumping Albert Pujols in the starting lineup for the first time this season and played arguably their most complete game, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-2, on...
View ArticleUC Irvine seniors lead way to title
LOS ANGELES – The trophy sat in front of Carson Clark, like the second bookend to a college volleyball career. It was the only one in his line of sight, all night, that he didn't demolish. He was there...
View ArticleWill multigenerational sell in Irvine?
If multigenerational living is more than a short-lived byproduct of a weak economic cycle, a new housing project in Irvine is a peek at what that life could look like.Let's be honest. Multigenerational...
View ArticleMark Landsbaum: Should taxes take bigger bite of Apple?
Unlike the government (and unlike the New York Times), we come to celebrate Apple, not to bury it. The Times' recent headline about the Cupertino-based computer company was, "How Apple Sidesteps...
View ArticleTeen musician from Irvine wins $5,000 scholarship
Phoebe Pan, an award-winning student at Pacific Academy in Irvine, has been named a grand prize winner in the classical instrument category at the prestigious Music Center Spotlight Program.The finale...
View ArticleAnalyst: Local hiring spree to boost housing
Veteran Southern California real estate analyst G.U. Krueger adds his commentary on the housing market to this blog in a spot we call "Thursday Morning Quarterback." Here's his latest installment....
View ArticleMorning letters: Presidential campaigns move forward
PLACENTIA, Jim Jezowski: President Barack Obama replaced his “hope and change” slogan with one simple word: “forward.” On the surface one might deduce this is further proof our president aligns himself...
View ArticleSteel & Correa: Give Californians a single tax agency
"The state's current organizational structure lacks sense and cohesion," Gov. Jerry Brown said in his January budget plan. "Similar functions are scattered throughout several agencies, and some...
View ArticleHome sales dollars up $58 million in 2012
The total amount paid for Orange County homes rose slightly during the first quarter of the year, generating the second-highest amount of revenue for home sellers and their agents since home prices...
View ArticleMay 6 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 ArticleEditorial: Thomas case cast unflattering light on councilmen
Recalls of elected officials should not be taken lightly; they are drastic political measures. They have serious consequences and ought to be utilized where particularly egregious conduct or nefarious...
View ArticleThere’s spring in homebuyers’ steps
It looks like there's spring in the spring homebuying season.Ponder that Newport Beach-based Surterre Properties says it recorded a company-record $376 million in residential real estate sales in the...
View ArticleTeaching credentials denied, revoked for 1,475 in state
Garden Grove elementary teacher Christopher Micah Brazelton, 40, was sentenced to eight years in prison for rubbing a girl's thighs and crotch area as he sat next to her in his classroom, and for...
View ArticleBus crash? Coma? Her Olympic dream beats both
ANAHEIM – Maybe she reaches for it to steady herself. In the year since U.S. volleyball player Stacy Sykora emerged from the wreckage of a near-fatal bus crash in Brazil that left her in a coma and...
View ArticleMultiple offers to buy homes are back
Cameron Merage is the founder and CEO of First Team Real Estate, an Orange County-based chain with more than 1,800 agents in 40 offices across Southern California. We thought we’d check in with him for...
View ArticleMultiple offers to buy homes are back
Cameron Merage is the founder and CEO of First Team Real Estate, an Orange County-based chain with more than 1,800 agents in 40 offices across Southern California. We thought we’d check in with him for...
View ArticleMother's Day tributes: Readers share their stories
We asked readers to share stories of their moms - memories, anecdotes, funny tales. Thanks to everyone who wrote in. Here are a few of the submissions. My mom, the mother of 12, would always find a...
View ArticleGroup seeks historic listing for Santa Ana orchard
SANTA ANA – A group that advocates historic designation for a nearly century-old Craftsman-style bungalow and five acres of citrus trees is taking its case to the Santa Ana City Council on Monday. Save...
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