So just how much is $250 million?
Albert Pujols' new 10-year contract today is worth either $250 million or $254 million, depending on whom you believe. Honestly, though, what difference does 4 million make once you've passed the...
View ArticleCrean Lutheran falls in debut at IWN Gary Raya Classic
North Torrance ruined Crean Lutheran's debut in the Irvine World News Gary Raya Boys Basketball Classic, rolling to a 104-68 opening round victory Monday night at University. Crean Lutheran (4-2) was...
View Article‘White Christmas’ musical smartly parts ways with film
Anybody who wants to stage "White Christmas" has to deal with two formidable ghosts: Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Their complementary talents were perfectly suited to the 1954 film about a...
View ArticleBritney Spears engaged! Photos through the years
Remember when Britney Spears shaved off all her hair at that L.A. salon? She's come a long way since that wild night in February 2007, and she's finally settled down. All it took was a...
View ArticleIsland Cinema brings luxury theater to Newport Beach
There's a new movie house in town, and its name is Island Cinema. The high-end, luxury theater, which opened Friday, is located at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. It's in the same second-level area...
View ArticleGallery: Cartoons of Christmas past and present
Cartoonist mix politics and Christmas 2010, 2011
View ArticlePunk legends dig up the past at first GV30 bash
Really? Social Distortion again?!? Didn’t we just review them last week at Almost Acoustic Christmas? Haven’t we reviewed them at least a half-dozen other times this year? Well, yes and yes, and...
View ArticleFans get wild at surprise-filled Cali Christmas
Cali Christmas, Power 106's annual winter hip-hop bash at Gibson Amphitheatre, was full of surprises Friday night. Surprise guests, that is: Aside from the three breakout names already confirmed for...
View ArticleChristmas comes early for O.C. Zoo denizens
ORANGE – Bold black bears and clever cats clawed and chomped their way through wrapped gifts Saturday as Christmas came early to the denizens of the Orange County Zoo at Irvine Regional Park....
View ArticleHanukkah- What’s the real story?
Starting on Tuesday night, Jews begin to celebrate the festival of Hanukkah. This is the beginning of the 25th day of the month of Kislev on the Jewish calendar. Tradition requires us to "publicize the...
View ArticleYoung Trojans come up short
LOS ANGELES – Kevin O'Neill believes some day his USC Trojans will look back and understand what games like this one meant. Saturday, however, wasn't the day. It's still too early. For understanding...
View ArticleMelendez remains on top of his game
SAN DIEGO – Gilbert Melendez continued to offer proof he is one of the top 155-pound fighters in the world with a five-round unanimous decision over Jorge Masvidal to retain his Strikeforce lightweight...
View ArticleMark Landsbaum: To Obama, fair means you pay the fare
President Barack Obama's reelection campaign will be all about fairness. He will frame the debate as his personal quest to achieve fairness versus a cold-hearted Republican candidate portrayed as the...
View ArticleEditorial: An energy crisis created by government
Government's death grip on energy production prevents use of plentiful, affordable resources. Instead, Washington dictates use of hard-to-harness, expensive "alternative" fuels, inadequate to meet...
View ArticleHousing’s silver lining
Was November really that bad? Headline numbers from DataQuick on last month's Orange County homebuying looked grim. Overall, sales were up just 1.8 percent in a year even as the median selling price...
View ArticleForest Lawn Memorial & Museum tour slated
FOREST LAWN & MUSEUM OUTING Self-guided tour at Forest Lawn Memorial & Museum, lunch at the Tam O'Shanter. Round-trip deluxe motorcoach transportation. Cost is $79 per person. March 15. For...
View ArticleEditorial: An invitation to vote fraud
More dead people could be voting if U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has his way. Speaking last week at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, Mr. Holder decried new laws in...
View ArticleMorning letters: Here's to a season of tolerance
IRVINE, Katherine Brown: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, Happy Eid al-Adha, Happy Festivus and Happy to any one I forgot. Now that wasn’t so bad. December is the month of most “winter...
View ArticleStanley Rothstein: Hard times for so many
Nothing frightens and unnerves the spirit as a casual reading of our contemporary news media. Recently I thumbed my way through the liberal press and for hours read reports of a second Great...
View ArticleClasses teach foster kids life skills
When Veronica Ceferino heads to work at the Dollar Tree, she'll pack her lunch to save a few bucks. She buys generic brands when she shops. And she's putting aside money to take her 4-year-old daughter...
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