Irvine's all-stars contribute to South victory (pictures)
Football players from Irvine contributed to the South's 32-21 victory over the North in the 53rd Brea Lions Orange County North-South All-star Game Friday night at Orange Coast College.. Rick Gibson...
View ArticleAngels' Bobby Wilson hangs out at the zoo
ORANGE – When catcher Bobby Wilson first appeared in front of Angels fans at the OC Zoo, the audience was quiet and respectful. But as soon as Wilson began to interact with some quirky animals like...
View ArticleLadera Ranch home sales up, prices down
Real estate for sale in Ladera Ranch appeared mixed as the traditional spring homebuying seasonneared its end in mid-June. It's been a hot spring for the overall Orange County housing market! For the...
View ArticleMorning letters: A slow economic death for America
SAN CLEMENTE, Mike McCoy: Speaking at a rally shortly before taking office, President Barack Obama said, “We are five days away from fundamentally changing the United States of America.” Obama walked...
View ArticleJuly 8 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 ArticleCosta Mesa man describes fight with burglar, chase
COSTA MESA A man suspected of burglarizing several houses was chased by residents early Sunday, hit with a stick and then detained before his arrest, police said. At 3:45 a.m. residents in the 2000...
View ArticleFederer wins seventh Wimbledon title
WIMBLEDON, England – Once the Centre Court roof was closed, nothing could stop Roger Federer from winning his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title. The 30-year-old Federer finally equaled Pete Sampras'...
View ArticleAngels Hot Corner: Fans from Sunday's game
See a slideshow of fans before the Angels' game against Baltimore on Sunday.
View ArticleWonderettes' evening of '50s and '60s hits debuts in Laguna
The love affair between Laguna Beach and the Marvelous Wonderettes shows no signs of waning. The four perky singers first unleashed their winning combination of close-harmony hits from the 1950s and...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: U.S. finally up to date on health care
ORANGE, Sue Guilford: All industrialized nations, other than the United States, recognize that it is good policy to make health care available to all residents. Taiwan began a national health care...
View ArticleOscar-winning star Ernest Borgnine dies at 95
LOS ANGELES – Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died...
View ArticleCrowds celebrate 84 years of Santa Ana's Santora Arts Building
SANTA ANA – The gals dressed in flapper styles, the guys like like gangsters – or newsboys. And the Santora Arts Building was crammed with well-wishers Saturday night who gathered for the 84th birthday...
View ArticleFelines sneak a peek at new Seal Beach digs
SEAL BEACH – Salty, Wilma and Daiquiri, along with dozens of other felines living in the Seal Beach Animal Care Center, are just a few weeks away from moving next door to their new home – the Helen...
View ArticleDodgers lose to Arizona; remain in 1st at All-Star Break
Trevor Bauer scattered two hits over six scoreless innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-1 on Sunday. Paul Goldschmidt homered, doubled and drove in a career-high four...
View ArticleFamily throws 100th birthday party for La Palma woman
LA PALMA Connie Lucero has outlived her husband and two of her children, was born the same year the traffic signal and Lifesaver candies were invented, and just turned 100 years old. On Saturday she...
View ArticleFill-in Mills boosts Angels to 6-0 victory
ANAHEIM – There might be some water left in the Angels' shallow pool of starting pitchers after all. Fill-in starter Brad Mills combined with four relievers on a five-hit shutout Sunday afternoon as...
View ArticleAsk Your Neighbor
Dear Neighbors: Does anyone have a recipe for green curry that can be made with easily obtained ingredients?– R. Johnson, Laguna WoodsDear Neighbors: The April 21 recipe for Lemon Ice Box Pie should...
View ArticleAsk Your Neighbor
Dear Neighbors: I received the following recipe from P. Frangente of Huntington Beach in response to a request for Lemon Icebox Pie.Lemon Icebox Pie1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk1 16-ounce can...
View ArticleAsk Your Neighbor
Dear Neighbors: Does anyone have the recipe for the house salad dressing at Café Rio in Lake Forest? – P. Gardner, Laguna Niguel Have a request or response for a recipe? Write: Ask Your Neighbor, The...
View ArticleLove birds? Don't shoo them off inadvertently
Unless you're channeling Tippi Hedren in an Alfred Hitchcock movie, you are probably like most people in believing life would be for the proverbial birds without our feathered friends flying about....
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