Letters blog: Don't put Libyan no-fly zone on U.S. charge card
-LA MIRADA, Steve Benke: It sounds as if letter-writer Andy Perez is afflicted with a classic case of American Butting-in when he refers to a no-fly zone over Libya “without the help of the United...
View ArticleMarch 13 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 ArticleWhy this $13.8 million mansion is luring crowds
If you're one of those people who goes to open houses to pick up decorating ideas, you'll find plenty at this place.A 10,800-square foot, ocean-view house for sale in Crystal Cove is also the 2011...
View ArticleWhat’s with 4-property limit?
Randy Johnson, president of Independence Mortgage Co. in Newport Beach, author of "How to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Home Mortgage" and a mortgage broker since 1983, answers questions from...
View ArticleO.C. house shoppers spring into action
It's not spring yet -- but to the housing market, the season has turned.From many indications -- statistical and anecdotal -- house shopper is in its seasonal upswing.Whether this growing interest in...
View ArticleNewport resort getting busy
Irvine Co. Chairman Don Bren wanted to create a Tuscan seaside village in Orange County and built Pelican Hill Resort. Giuseppe Lama, Pelican Hill's managing director, grew up on the Tuscan border in...
View ArticleForeclosure of the week
A look at some of the homes beyond the statisticsAsking price: $841,500Details: 4 beds, 2.5 baths Square feet: 2,680 Price per square foot: $314 Lot Size: 7,100 square feet Style: 2 level, contemporary...
View Article32% of CA. borrowers are under water
California had the nation's fifth-highest percentage of property owners who owe more on their homes than they're worth during the fourth quarter of 2010.According to the Santa Ana-based property...
View ArticleHome with pride, Bynum seeks even better
DALLAS – Phil Jackson used the words "full strength." No ambiguity about the context, either. "He's at full strength now," the Lakers' coach said about Andrew Bynum. That's throwing out quite a bone...
View ArticleKobe optimistic ankle will be "fine"
DALLAS -- Kobe Bryant managed to walk slowly out of American Airlines Center, his sprained left ankle taped tightly with what Bryant described as “a baseball” growing on the outside of it from the...
View ArticleUSC makes NCAA Tournament, will face VCU
USC has made the NCAA Tournament and will face Virginia Commonwealth in one of the "First Four" games in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday. The winner will face Southwest Region No. 6 seed Georgetown on...
View ArticleUCLA to meet Michigan State in NCAAs
UCLA will meet Michigan State in the first round of NCAA Tournament's Southeast region in Tampa on Thursday. The Bruins are a No. 7 seed. The winner of the UCLA-Michigan State game will meet the winner...
View ArticleGirl Scouts celebrate 99th birthday
More than a 3,000 Girl Scouts took part in the 99th Birthday celebration of the Girl Scouts organization at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda Sunday. The event also...
View ArticleAngels' final bullpen spots up for grabs
For the Angels, it's a good problem. For the odd men out, not so much. The competition for the final bullpen spots is fairly obvious, but what isn't decided is who is going to pull away and when he's...
View ArticleBody of Anaheim soldier to return on Monday
The body of a 22-year-old Anaheim soldier killed in the blast of an improvised explosive earlier this month will return to Orange County on Monday. Spc. Jason M. Weaver was on a foot patrol in...
View ArticleUCI professor tries to reach family in Sendai
IRVINE – An earthquake and a tsunami in Japan have exposed a certain powerlessness, Kei Akagi says. Growing up in Sendai, perhaps the hardest-hit area, tremors were part of life, he notes. Yet...
View ArticleAfterWork: Your guide to happy hours in O.C.
Find a place near you for drinks and appetizers.
View ArticleO.C.'s Rebecca Black talks about 'Friday'
In her wildest dreams – or her worst nightmares, for that matter – Rebecca Black never imagined that any of this would happen: ...
View ArticleAfterWork: St. Paddy’s Day at Muldoon's
I don't know when you started celebrating St. Paddy's Day on Thursday, but I'll bet Jack McCullough was way ahead of you. Even though Muldoon's in Newport Beach doesn't open until 10 a.m. on the Irish...
View ArticleAngels put (radar) gun on Kazmir
After three months of work at the Angels’ complex in Tempe before spring training even began, Angels left-hander Scott Kazmir admits he went through “a little bit” of a "dead arm" recently — a...
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