Wooden playpens and baby rattles recalled
AOSOM is recalling about 5,000 wooden playpens. “AOSOM has received 69 reports of the wooden playpens breaking, splitting and/or cracking including one report of a child mouthing a piece of the broken...
View ArticleSegerstrom Center unveils 25th season
The Segerstrom Center of the Arts released plans Monday afternoon for its 2011-12 season, which will celebrate the arts institution's 25th anniversary. Special programming and a ticket plan cheap seats...
View ArticleAnaheim soldier killed in Afghanistan 'set the tone'
Spc. Jason M. Weaver was the soldier in the lead when his squad went on foot patrols through the streets of Kandahar, in southeastern Afghanistan. It was a dangerous position in a dangerous place, but...
View ArticleThree Chargers put NFL labor strife on back burner
NATIONAL CITY – Antoine Cason's most recent Saturday morning involved warming a baby bottle, gingerly changing a diaper and dressing his 5 1/2-month-old son, Antoine, in blue and gold Nike sweats...
View ArticleFoothill boys out to continue dominance in lacrosse
Foothill's boys lacrosse team is out to continue its reign atop Orange County and Southern California lacrosse and with an experienced team, the Knights look poised to do so. Foothill has won four...
View ArticlePatton Oswalt, Ray Romano top third April Foolishness bill
Add it to the list of KROQ traditions: For the third time, the modern-rock taste-maker has put together a night of stand-up comedy, a Weenie Roast of laughs dubbed Kevin & Bean's April Foolishness...
View ArticleBMX rider appears at 4-H club meeting
The Orange Acres BackBreakers 4-H Club hosted professional BMX bike rider Ben Snowden during its monthly meeting at Oak Ridge Private School on Tuesday evening.Snowden demonstrated his talents and held...
View ArticleBest, worst fast-food mascots
The troubled El Pollo Loco recently hired a new ad agency to boost its image. I asked the Costa Mesa-based chain, which has made some product slip-ups over the past year, if a new mascot was in its...
View ArticleReally? $50M mansion now going for $16.75M
Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, "Really?" $33 MILLION DISCOUNT: Le Reve, a $50 million mansion in foreclosure, has just had it's price reduced to $16.75 million....
View ArticleMarch 8 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 ArticleLetters Blog: Union 'windfall profits' vs. private sector pensions
-IRVINE, Charles McBride: I am exhausted after reading the March 7 Commentary section. I’ve worked in the private sector for more than 25 years. I’ve worked for a Fortune 50 Corporation, a mid-sized...
View ArticleRealtors: 43% of ‘short sales’ fail to close
California real estate agents say that lenders are unresponsive to efforts to sell under-water homes, killing four out of every 10 “short sale” transactions that go under contract, a state survey...
View ArticleNuclear risk 'socialized,' nuclear profit 'privatized,' report says
If Uncle Sam and co. had bought power on the open market and given it away free, it would have cost less than subsidizing nuclear power plant construction and operation over the last 50 years, says a...
View ArticleCarlsbad's riot of color is a rite of spring
The sky is gun-metal gray when we park the car, clouds looking ominous overhead. From the dirt parking lot we look up at bands of brilliant color lining the hillside as we unpack the stroller and put...
View ArticleFullerton theater belts out a hit with 'Wedding Singer'
Nostalgia for the 1980s has reached a peak in recent years, especially in the world of musical theater. Stories set during that decade feature the period's distinctive fashions while showcasing hit...
View Article'Idol' star Katharine McPhee goes for bigger noise in O.C.
Like many "American Idol" runners-up, Katharine McPhee has had a busier career than some of the show's winners. It's been a whirl of albums, TV roles and concerts for the 26-year-old Sherman Oaks...
View Article‘Wicked’ still draws the crowds in O.C.
Costa Mesa is going green this month. And it has nothing to do with reducing the carbon footprint. "Wicked" has hit town, and fashions are changing accordingly. At the Segerstrom Center on Thursday...
View ArticleMy flights of future fancy have been canceled
One of my favorite books is "Yesterday's Tomorrows," an overview of more than a century's worth of attempts to look into the future. The recurring theme is how wrong we get things when we try to gaze...
View ArticleCartoon/photo Gallery: The high price of gas
Cartoons and photos on the rising oil and gas prices.
View ArticleLetters blog: How to end pain at the pump
-LONG BEACH, Chris Ziolkowski: This oil situation didn't happen overnight. We have to look back to the 1970s and 1980s for the cause. Those of us old enough to remember the first oil embargo, where...
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