Dining out with special dietary needs
No gluten, please. No meat, no dairy, no salt. No onions, no garlic. No kidding. More than ever before, restaurant guests are making special menu requests. They want dishes that are gluten-free or...
View ArticleStars turn out for People’s Choice Awards
The People' s Choice Awards kicked off awards show season on Wednesday, filling the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles with celebrities there to reap the benefits of their popularity, a big chunk of plastic...
View ArticleFinal: Lakers 90, Jazz 87 (OT)
The less romantic side of the Lakers’ winning story these days is the defense Kobe Bryant said after his monster game Tuesday night is meant to be there every game to give the team at least a chance to...
View ArticleThousands celebrate 12-year-old’s life
LAKE FOREST – More than 3,400 people flocked to Saddleback Church on Wednesday night to celebrate the life of seventh-grader Jessica Joy Rees with tears, song and praise. It was an emotional service,...
View ArticleThe 40 best biopics of all time
If driving past billboards and watching television lately have given you the idea that Margaret Thatcher has a new movie coming out, it's not your fault. You have fallen victim to Meryl Streep, the...
View ArticleWhat’s your favorite Girl Scout cookie?
As football season comes down to its final few weeks, we look forward to the kickoff of Cookie Season. The Girl Scouts, that army of adorable little entrepreneurs, are getting ready to fill our...
View ArticleWill Ryan Seacrest leave ‘American Idol’?
Channel surfing with the Watcher ... "American Idol" arrives next week with surprisingly little fanfare, thanks to a quiet off-season and Simon Cowell's "The X Factor" stealing much of the attention...
View ArticleReally? Bernanke didn't foresee housing bust
Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, "Really?" Little Alarm Shown at Fed At Dawn of Housing Bust – New York Times Homeowner returns from vacation to find his apartment and...
View ArticleFormer USC phenom Miner was an original
Twenty years later, they all agree: Harold Miner loved everything about the game but the name. "He hated that 'Baby Jordan,' " George Raveling, Miner's USC coach, remembered. "It put a lot of pressure...
View ArticleThe worst biopics … ever
My boss cheated on me. While I was on vacation, he ran somebody else's movie list in my space. I've never felt so betrayed. But we both learned something from the experience. We learned that the...
View ArticleSix agencies asked if they want to patrol Yorba Linda
YORBA LINDA – In an effort to cut costs, the city has formally asked five cities and the Sheriff's Department to bid if they want in on policing Yorba Linda's streets.The requests come after the City...
View ArticleReview: CTS Coupe is a coup for Cadillac
So you're pining for a Camaro but are over age 30? Or perhaps you like the idea of a powerful coupe but desire one with the kind of sophistication that suits your lifestyle – and happens to be made in...
View ArticleEditorial: An $11 billion California water bond? Dry up
The last thing California needs now is more state bonds, with the interest and principal paid from the general fund. The state already can't pay its current bills, including debt service on past bonds....
View ArticleEditorial: No special favors for California bullet train
Despite a huge state budget deficit, Gov. Jerry Brown said last week that he not only intends to increase spending, he also plans to move ahead with California's questionable high-speed rail project,...
View ArticleAmy Alkon: TSA molesting civil liberties
Our founding fathers were a bunch of obnoxious jerks – and I mean that in the most reverent way. They were fiercely opposed to blind obedience to authority and risked their lives to flip it the bird....
View ArticleMorning letters: Shrapnel spews from Gingrich's loose cannon
IRVINE, Michael Hall: I have always been impressed by GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s intellect, political accomplishments and persuasive political presence (if not his personal integrity)....
View Article10 best celebrity stories of the week
Do you ever feel swamped, like it's just one thing after another? "Stop the world, we want to get off" -- that type of thing? Well, we've discovered the solution. Waste more time. Click here to see the...
View ArticleKrauthammer: Ron Paul: Out from the fringe
There are two stories coming out of New Hampshire. The big story is Mitt Romney. The bigger one is Ron Paul. Romney won a major victory with nearly 40 percent of the vote, 16 points ahead of No. 2. The...
View ArticleLansner: Moving to Calif. is chic again
California, here we come? Few demographic topics draw more emotion than the movement of folks in and out of the state. Try to simply dissect regional population trends and it's soon a heated debate...
View ArticleA century of celebrities: Stars born in 1912
Pop culture of the present can be so hard to judge. Will Lea Michele and Jennifer Lawrence still be stars to future generations? Maybe. Will Neil Patrick Harris and Jesse Tyler Ferguson be remembered...
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