Housing recovery becoming a rally, CEO says
CoreLogic broke away from Santa Ana-based First American Financial Corp. until 2 ½ years ago. First American spent decades building the real estate data and business services arm that would become...
View ArticleLetters: So you want to be a 'grunt'?
FULLERTON, Annette Sarah Abajian-Rosenow, mother of two Marines, wife of another: The issue of women in combat will soon be put to the San Francisco federal court and then surely it will be taken up on...
View ArticleFrumpy Mom: My garage reminds me of a slasher film
So I've been drinking heavily this week in an attempt not to think about the tragic occurrence in my garage. At one time it was so organized, with everything neatly labeled in color-coded plastic bins....
View ArticleDec. 2 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Actress Julie Harris is 87. Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese is 81. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is 73. Hall of Fame cornerback...
View ArticleO.C. football: Mater Dei pounded in Pac-5 final
ANAHEIM – Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson had meticulously reviewed tape of Long Beach Poly's previous game. He had seen what Poly used to beat St. John Bosco of Bellflower in the semifinals. "An...
View ArticleOCVarsity Hot Shots: Mater Dei vs. LB Poly
Slideshow: Check out all of OCVarsity's photos from Saturday's Pac-5 Division championship football game between Mater Dei and Long Beach Poly on Saturday night at Angel Stadium.
View ArticleNotable deaths of 2012
See personalities from the worlds of entertainment, sports, politics, business, literature and world affairs who departed this year. Related: Celebrities we lost in 2011 Celebrities we lost in 2010...
View ArticleProdigy cellist arrives in O.C. on success wave
Alisa Weilerstein thought the email was spam. It came from an address she didn't recognize. It said that the sender had some very good news for her, please call. "I thought it was one of those, you...
View ArticleSecond time's the charm for KROQ pageant winner
A little rain didn't stop hordes of fans of KROQ's Kevin & Bean morning show from turning out at the Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen in Fullerton at 5 a.m. on Friday for the Miss Double D-cember 2013...
View ArticleTaylor Swift is the belle of Jingle Ball
Taylor Swift knows a lot of things, she told us midway through her headlining set Saturday at the first night of KIIS-FM’s first-ever expanded Jingle Ball – and not all of those things have to do with...
View ArticleToday's Cartoons: Congress/president earn naughty nod
Also: Walk like an Egyptian and the "Snap, Cackle and Pops" of politics
View ArticleFamily relationships: 'I'm a jerk!'
"I can’t play the violin anymore!" my 5-year-old, Lizzy, wailed. We didn’t take the violin with us on the Thanksgiving trip to the mountains, and we were now paying the price. "Lizzy, of course you...
View Article91 lanes clear after jackknifed semi snarled traffic
A double-trailer semi truck jackknifed on the 91 freeway at the 57 on Monday morning, spilling its cargo of gravel across the roadway, overturning its back trailer and closing three westbound lanes....
View ArticleDec. 3 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Director Jean-Luc Godard is 82. Singer Jaye P. Morgan ("The Gong Show") is 81. Actor Nicolas Coster ("As the World Turns," "The...
View ArticleHow much house can you get for $455,000?
Orange County's median home price reached a four-year peak in October of $455,000. So how much house does that buy? That was enough for a four-bedroom home with a swimming pool on a 7,350-square lot...
View ArticleDing: Dwight must learn to be more like Kobe
LOS ANGELES – Perhaps it was the last time there was true clarity in the Lakers' front office this season. I asked Lakers executive vice president of player personnel Jim Buss a month and a half ago –...
View ArticleDeparting San Juan councilwoman proud of downtown master plan
San Juan Capistrano Councilwoman Laura Freese is leaving the City Council on Tuesday, to be replaced by the newly elected Roy Byrnes, a frequent critic of Freese and others on the council. Freese...
View ArticleNovember's best sports quotes
Slideshow: Click through the slideshows to read the best sports quotes of November. "We still have fans? I thought everyone jumped off the bandwagon." – Pat Haden, USC athletic director, after the...
View ArticleChristmas play examines cultural conflict in 1930s Brooklyn
Playwright Donald Margulies has secured some prime real estate in American theater's Serious Issues neighborhood. His plays often revolve around success and its costs: unhealthy obsession ("Time Stands...
View ArticleHoliday 'Plaid' rings true in Laguna
Considering the huge popularity of "Forever Plaid," a Christmas version of the show was all but inevitable. Like "The Marvelous Wonderettes," "Late Night Catechism" and other similar theater...
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