Fountain Valley pictures: Where in the World? St. Thomas
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View ArticleIrvine Pony Baseball opening day ceremonies rained out
Opening day ceremonies for Irvine Pony Baseball,scheduled for Saturday morning, have been rained out because of wet conditions at Harvard Park. The event was scheduled to start at 10:15 a.m. but the...
View ArticleWhale-tail sculpture finds home in Dana Point
A 6-foot-tall whale tail is coming to the home of the Festival of Whales. Two years ago, Dana Point's annual festival featured a community art project in which children plastered mosaic tiles on a...
View ArticleSan Clemente considers new tire center for El Camino Real
The San Clemente City Council invites public comment on a proposal to re-establish a tire center on the site of a vacated tire store downtown. A public hearing is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday on a plan to...
View ArticleCold storm rakes O.C.; flood watch
A powerful and cold winter storm raked across Orange County early Saturday, dropping more than an inch of rain and whipping winds into the 30 to 40 mph range. Daytime temperatures should be cooler in...
View ArticleNo early reports of storm damage
Today's overnight storm brought plenty of rain and wind, but there are no early reports of damage. "We came through the storm OK last night and we have no issues reported so far," said Orange County...
View ArticleSan Clemente, HB surfers battle at T-Street
A Pacific storm is producing messy surf along the Orange County coast, making San Clemente High School and Edison High of Huntington Beach glad they got their surf contest in Friday before the storm....
View ArticleOCVarsity Hot Shots from Friday's playoff games
Slide Show: Check out Orange County's teams in action Friday in the boys basketball and boys soccer playoffs.
View ArticleCar spins out on Ortega Highway
A car spun out on Ortega Highway and an Orange County Fire Authority helicopter is assisting in treating the persons involved. At 8:46 a.m. a passerby called the California Highway Patrol and said a...
View ArticleA girl with O.C. roots helped solidify 'Rock of Ages'
There's something very personal about the jukebox musical "Rock of Ages" for Kristin Hanggi, a stage and film director and writer who grew up in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley dreaming about a...
View ArticleThrice, Circa Survive ramp up second night of Musink
Tattoo aficionados and music lovers alike flocked to see the second of three lineups at this year's Musink festival, Saturday night at the OC Fair & Event Center, capped by sets from Orange County...
View ArticleWhy Natalie Portman enraged (some) feminists
Natalie Portman committed the cardinal sin of feminism. At the height of her career and upon receiving the Best Actress award last week, she dared to thank her fiancé for giving her “my most important...
View ArticleMarch 7 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...
View ArticleAfterWork: Geisha House in Santa Ana
The first time I heard the words "naked sushi" mentioned at Geisha House in Santa Ana, I assumed that someone was recommending a tuna roll with no sauce. It turns out that they were talking about naked...
View ArticleRoad trip to Tempe with Angelswin.com
What a weekend it was! Starting Friday, March 4th, more than 80 fans from AngelsWin.com arrived in Tempe, Arizona to catch a weekend of baseball and to kick off the season with their 6th annual Spring...
View ArticleToday's cartoons: Obama starting to face the music
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View ArticleUSC's Simmons earns Pac-10 honor
The Pac-10 recognized the top stopper on the conference's best defensive team by naming USC's Marcus Simmons its Defensive Player of the Year. Simmons' teammate, Nikola Vucevic, made first-team...
View ArticleMumford & Sons bringing railroad tour to San Pedro
Now here's something different: Just after they appear at the next Coachella festival, Mumford & Sons will embark on a week-long tour from Oakland to New Orleans that will find the British breakout...
View ArticleAvenged Sevenfold added to Golden Gods lineup
Over the weekend Avenged Sevenfold took home two OC Music Awards, for best metal and best album, and soon enough the Huntington Beach-based band may add several more prizes to its trophy case, as the...
View ArticleDucks can't tighten up as standings continue to
The Ducks benefited Sunday from a Vancouver Canuck penalty for "closing the hand on the puck." That got us thinking: As tight as the race is for the final few playoff spots in the Western Conference,...
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