Marketing firm buys fan photo website
Brand Affinity Technologies Inc., an Irvine celebrity marketing company, has bought the fan photography business and intellectual property of Printroom Inc., a Santa Clara photography website. In...
View ArticleDeath comes slowly, very slowly, in Bill Cain's play at SCR
A playwright has to be at the top of his or her game to keep our attention for two hours or more when the subject is death. If we have to watch someone slowly fade into the sunset for that entire,...
View ArticleGreen upgrades that pay for themselves
Jan Shomaker doesn't have to look far to find the benefits of going green. She remodeled her three-bedroom, two-bathroom Mission Viejo house to add energy-efficient lighting and appliances and natural...
View ArticleSan Francisco baseball bar a hit during Series
When it comes to picking a spot to watch the World Series, San Francisco has bigger sports bars and louder sports bars. Sports bars with more wide-screen, high-definition TVs and with more recent...
View ArticleCleveland's Richardson runs over San Diego
CLEVELAND — Trent Richardson broke one tackle, then another and was gone. The San Diego Chargers couldn't stop the rookie running back who might be the one to make Cleveland relevant once more. On a...
View ArticleNotre Dame moves past Oregeon in BCS standings
Now Notre Dame is an ahead of Oregon in the BCS standings. The Fighting Irish became the latest team to move past Oregon on Sunday, taking third place behind Alabama and Kansas State. The Ducks...
View ArticleSmith: Stern leaves behind an enormous legacy
The 2012-13 NBA regular season opens Tuesday with its over-the-top regalia and matching acrobatics just days after Commissioner David Stern called his game-ending shot. The entertainment mogul has a...
View ArticleGiants sweep Tigers to win World Series
DETROIT — Finally pressed in the World Series, the San Francisco Giants finished off a most unexpected and stunning sweep. Marco Scutaro delivered one more key hit this October, hitting a go-ahead...
View ArticleMora warns about over-reacting
UCLA has easy travels ahead. Except for Arizona State, the team the Bruins defeated Saturday, UCLA hasn't visited any teams with a winning record. Rice, Colorado and Cal are a combined 7-19 overall....
View ArticleTroy Senik: Prop. 39 a de facto tax on doing business in California
Although tax hikes are on many Californians' minds as Election Day approaches, a low-key tax initiative near the bottom of the crowded ballot, cloaked in nearly incomprehensible language, has largely...
View ArticleRobert Samuelson: New realities push pollsters to day of reckoning
As the election approaches, it's not only candidates who face a reckoning. Pollsters, too, confront a moment of truth. The close election could leave many calling the wrong winner. On a recent day, six...
View ArticleOn Campus: District promotes successful leaders
El Dorado High Principal Cary Johnson was chosen recently by the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District board as the new director of secondary education. In this capacity, Johnson will oversee...
View ArticleO.C.'s 13 charter schools growing, filling niches
The O.C. School of the Arts in Santa Ana is consistently ranked as one of Orange County's top 10 public high schools, and regularly clinches state and national recognitions. Mission Viejo's Oxford...
View ArticleNicholas Eberstadt: We've become a nation of takers
The American republic has endured for well over two centuries, but over the past 50 years, the apparatus of American governance has undergone a radical transformation. In some basic respects – its...
View ArticleI'm still scared of airport security
I'm heading to Peru on vacation soon, and I'm afraid of nothing on the trip more than encounters with the fine people of airport security. Standing in line to go through security checkpoints, I turn...
View ArticleHealthy eating nets $1,500 for 2 Santa Ana schools
SANTA ANA Saddleback and Valley high schools learned at an assembly last week they are each receiving $1,500 for student activities, thanks to a breakfast competition sponsored by the California Milk...
View ArticleGloria Romero: Parents demanding more charter schools
Even while Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Teachers Association barnstormed the state, urging voters to raise taxes with Proposition 30 to support public education and predicting doomsday if the...
View ArticleAnother view: Yes on Prop. 30
Whether it is the high school graduate who enters the California State University or the University of California as a freshman seeking a four-year degree, or the California Community College student...
View ArticleToday at the Disneyland Resort, Mon., Oct. 29
Disneyland hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Disney California Adventure hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Attraction/restaurant closures: Indiana Jones Adventure, Storybook Land Canal Boats, Casey Jr. Circus Train and...
View ArticleLetters: Break the two-party stranglehold
TUSTIN, Ray Mills: In Thomas Friedman’s Oct. 25 article, “We need daring leadership,” he writes, “We have a very special country, but we have to take care of it, not kick it around like it’s a...
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