Cartoon/photo gallery: Japan disaster cartoons
A gallery of cartoons and pictures of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan.
View ArticleLetters blog: After Japan, all eyes on San Onofre
-ANAHEIM, Amy Davis: I read that the land in Japan dropped 20 feet during the 9.0 quake. This movement allowed the tsunami to travel far further onto land than anticipated. The seawalls built as...
View ArticleNathan Gunn, opera's sexiest star, comes to Costa Mesa
Nathan Gunn is a rarity in the opera world: he has made the pages of People Magazine. It had nothing to do with the famous baritone's fondness for new work or his celebrated appearances with the...
View ArticleMarch 19 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...
View ArticleAuthor C.J. Box coming to Orange
Novelist C.J. Box says he didn't start out to write a series of thrillers about a Wyoming game warden. It was more that the issue he wanted to explore in his first book – the endangered species laws –...
View ArticleSanta Ana's Ramos remains undefeated
Luis Ramos Jr. kept his perfect record intact, but it took a fight to do it.Ramos, who is from Santa Ana, spent eight rounds going toe-to-toe with Jose Hernandez in a lightweight fight, before pulling...
View ArticleLetters blog: Pakistan's oppressed minorities
IRVINE, Anila Ali, Southern California chair, International Leadership Foundation: Of the many issues Pakistan grapples with is the grave issue of the abuse of women’s rights, and more recently,...
View Article'The Weir' gives O.C. theater veteran the role of a lifetime
Among theater's many pleasures, one of the greatest is watching an actor tackle the right role at the perfect moment. The result can seem like magic as the line between performer and character...
View ArticleO.C. football: Updated top recruits for 2012
Slide show: OCVarsity's Dan Albano updates his rankings of the top Orange County football recruits for the Class of 2012, including new information on the prospects' latest scholarship offers from...
View ArticleFree family movie in Mission Viejo
Want to see a free movie in Mission Viejo council chambers Sunday, March 20, 2011? Check out this family freebie I found on the city website! From the City of Mission Viejo website: The public is...
View ArticleStay off the waves during tsunami
This week is going to be one of those columns when you will need to bear with me as I am sort of combining a few subjects that all have something to do with each other yet are different. It all...
View ArticleNCAA Tournament: Florida 73, UCLA 65
Florida crushed UCLA's hopes of revenge with a 73-65 victory in the NCAA Tournament Southeast Regional's third round Saturday at the St. Pete Times Forum. The Bruins continued to struggle at the foul...
View ArticleBeloved polar bear Knut has died
BERLIN — Berlin's beloved polar bear Knut, who rose to stardom when he was hand-raised by zoo keepers after being rejected by his mother rejected at birth, died on Saturday, a zoo official said. The...
View ArticleFullerton police arrest 3 in fatal alley shooting
FULLERTON – Police arrested three people Friday believed to be connected to Thursday's fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in an alley. Fullerton police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said Larry Ruiz, 24, and...
View ArticleCelebrants flock to Mission to see swallows return
Sun and swallows greeted visitors to this year's St. Joseph's Day and Return of the Swallows Celebration at Mission San Juan Capistrano on Saturday. Mariachi bands played and every class from the...
View ArticleBoaters break West Coast record
The Corsair, Seagate and Huntington Harbor Yacht clubs joined forces to break the West Coast record for the number of boats anchored in a circle at Newport Anchorage in Newport Beach on Saturday. They...
View ArticleKids wade into tough issues for History Day
COSTA MESA – Anyone who thinks the hot-button political issues of the day should only be discussed by grown-ups would have been blown away by the breadth of knowledge and creativity on display at...
View Article1,000 cranes carry many wishes for Japan victims
Japanese legend says 1,000 folded paper cranes strung together will lead to a wish granted by a crane, a holy creature. Rinko Yuki, 16, of the Thousand Paper Cranes, a multi-national student group of...
View ArticleAngels’ Trumbo sees window of opportunity opening
Mark Trumbo sees. He reads. The Angels' top power prospect knows Kendrys Morales isn't ready to play in games yet. He knows the Angels have set Sunday as the target for Morales to get into game action...
View ArticleWoman dies after falling out of moving vehicle
GARDEN GROVE – Police are investigating the death of a woman who reportedly fell out of a moving vehicle on the 22 Freeway early Saturday. The driver of the vehicle told police the victim had either...
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