Readers weigh in: Smart meter 'choice' a fallacy
We've been talking about the smart meter system that monitors electricity use: A recent study questions whether customers will actually receive the benefits Southern California Edison promised when it...
View ArticleRestaurant closures not a total surprise
Lots to talk about this week, and we'll start with Todai. The 8,000-square-foot seafood buffet restaurant has long been a fixture on Beach Boulevard. Went last year with the family and wondered how...
View ArticleVideo: Dog, cat parody "Somebody That I Used To Know"
After listening to the mad news of the world on public radio this morning and this weekend's news of Richard Dawson dying (sniffle, sniffle), this dog and cat parady of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To...
View ArticleHow Trout stacks up against the greats
OK, one more fishing metaphor and we're done: Mike Trout is a keeper; we don't want to throw him back. Trout is having such a good rookie season, and such an impact on the once-bumbling Angels, that we...
View ArticleMorning letters: The Great Park: 10 years of broken promises
MISSION VIEJO, F. Stephen Masek: The Great Park is mainly a construction project [“Park funding denied,” Front Page, June 1]. Just think how much more construction could be accomplished if they did not...
View Article50 uninsured qualify for $500,000 in surgeries
ANAHEIM – A health fair co-sponsored by the city on Sunday attracted the largest crowd in its six-year history and, for the first time, qualified 50 patients to receive free outpatient surgeries the...
View ArticleBaldwin sues Costner, trial begins
The trial of actor Kevin Costner, sued by actor Stephen Baldwin, got underway Monday in New Orleans.It seems that Mr. Baldwin feels Mr. Costner duped him out of millions of dollars. Mr. Baldwin sued...
View ArticlePlayboy's Kendra Wilkinson back on reality TV
Kendra� comes on the phone and tells us she’s getting her nails done and laying out and ho-hum we think because what else is a� Playboy� model-turned- serial-reality-TV- star going to be doing on a...
View ArticleBeing a 'Housewife' pays big bucks
We know you've all been wondering, how much do "The Real Housewives of Orange County" make? Well, now we have some answers, and they may surprise you! Vicki Gunvalson of Coto de Caza, the most senior...
View Article'Hatfields & McCoys' wins its feud with network shows
The record-setting three-part miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys" swept the top three spots in the weekly prime-time television ratings and enabled History to become the week's most-watched network, in...
View ArticleFullerton recalls 3 councilmen
FULLERTON A recall campaign aimed at ousting three councilmen in the wake of the Kelly Thomas death cruised to success Tuesday night. All three council members easily lost their seats, according to...
View ArticleKopitar puts father at ease, Kings close to Cup
EL SEGUNDO – He remembered the day his 16-year-old son, Anze, left Slovenia for Sweden, to test his hockey limits. "Other than the day my mother died," Matjaz Kopitar said, "it was the worst day of my...
View ArticleTrumbo's big night powers Angels to victory
ANAHEIM – June gloom was starting to be more than a Southern California weather pattern for Mark Trumbo. The Angels' young slugger led their offense in May with a .367 average and 18 extra-base hits...
View ArticleWalter Williams: Forced charity is legal plunder
Benjamin Franklin, statesman and signer of our Declaration of Independence, said: "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."...
View ArticlePerfect harmony: Gary Bryan's K-Earth visit with Beach Boys
"What a thrill for all of us. It's one of the great things about working at K-Earth, meeting your childhood heroes," said Gary Bryan, moments after the K-Earth 101 Morning Show spent an hour with the...
View ArticleSix teens honored at National Charity League Mother-Daughter Tea
The National Charity League of Orange and Villa Park recently hosted its 6th Annual Mother-Daughter Tea at Red Hill Lutheran Church and School in Tustin, where members celebrated a year of...
View ArticleBusting myths about health
An apple a day (preferably organic) won't keep the doctor away. Maybe your mother swears otherwise, but you really can go swimming after lunch. No need to drink eight glasses of water a day. Chalk...
View ArticleJune 6 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 slideshow. Also, see notable deaths of 2012 SEE...
View ArticleThomas Sowell: Politicians are top-of-the-line cons
Would anyone work to support themselves or their families – and then turn over a chunk of that hard-earned money to somebody else, just because of the words used by that somebody else? A few people may...
View ArticleJon Coupal: Politicians feel a pinch familiar to many others
A longtime political observer remarked to me recently that all politicians should be required to shop at Walmart. This is neither an endorsement nor condemnation of the world's largest retailer, but...
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