Kid and family events this weekend in O.C. (Dec. 7-9)
Here is a selection of kid-friendly things to do and family-friendly events in and around Orange County this weekend. Please check with the venues for updated prices. Do you want to tell us about an...
View ArticleChild molester sentenced to life
SANTA ANA – An Orange County judge told a convicted child molester Thursday that he should die in prison, and then did everything he could to make that happen.Superior Court Judge Richard King told...
View ArticleMom describes watching daughter, 7, get hit by car
SANTA ANA – Melitza Jimenez can barely describe the pain she felt as she watched an SUV hit her 7-year-old daughter. But more than anything, she doesn't understand why the driver fled. "It was an...
View ArticlePrivate reports show more U.S. jobs
Private U.S. employers added 118,000 jobs in November, but were significantly hurt by Superstorm Sandy's rampage along the East Coast, according to a report by Automatic Data Processing, based on...
View ArticleLev: How media muffed the Jovan Belcher story
When Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend and himself last Saturday, it created a challenging task for network NFL coverage the following day: how to handle a tragic,...
View ArticleWhicker: Angels lose gatekeeper, valuable experience
In 1990 Tom Kotchman became the gatekeeper, the Sgt. Carter figure who greeted the raw Angels, just off the bus. He was given just one four-word guide by farm director Bill Bavasi: "Assume they know...
View ArticleMinnelli concert is a milestone in MenAlive's short but active history
Next week's concerts with Liza Minnelli at the Segerstom Center for the Arts are a milestone in the short but meteoric career of Orange County's premiere gay men's chorus. Founded in September 2001,...
View ArticleLiza Minnelli performs O.C. Christmas concert with gay men's chorus
Liza Minnelli sings two concerts with Orange County's premiere gay men's chorus, MenAlive, Dec. 13 and 14 at Costa Mesa's Segerstrom Hall. The legendary performer is the winner of four Tony Awards, an...
View ArticleDec. 6 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Country singer Helen Cornelius is 71. Former major league shortstop, manager and coach Larry Bowa is 67. Actor James Naughton ("Gossip...
View ArticleGet creative to add flavor, texture to chicken
Ahhh ... The boneless, skinless chicken breast. It is the blank canvas of the dinner menu.It is ubiquitous to the point that you would think cooking it is a breeze. But it is deceptively temperamental,...
View ArticleSpringsteen's fitness: Reason to believe
If you've ever attended a Bruce Springsteen concert, several bewildering thoughts run through your mind, faster than the tears that flow down the cheeks of grown men's faces when The Boss performs...
View ArticleWarriors rolling in South Coast Classic
Woodbridge's girls basketball team made it look easy Tuesday night in the second round of the South Coast Classic at Woodbridge. The Warriors raced out to a 48-21 lead at halftime and coasted to a...
View ArticleDipoto: Angels 'prepared to' move on without Greinke
Zack Greinke is going to have to be pulling on another team's jersey before Jerry Dipoto is willing to publicly say that the Angels are out of the race to retain his services, but the Angels general...
View ArticleLengthy Social Distortion run starts strong in Anaheim
Mike Ness is happy to be home. Taking the stage Wednesday night at House of Blues Anaheim, he was playful and grinning from ear to ear as his venerable O.C. band Social Distortion launched a sold-out...
View ArticleDodgers lose Silverio in Rule 5 draft
A year ago, outfielder Alfredo Silverio was considered one of the better prospects in the Dodgers' system. Now he's a Florida Marlin. Silverio, 24, was taken by the Marlins in the first round of the...
View ArticleChef Jamie Gwen in a holiday mood for Newport radio show
Jamie Gwen is an Orange County chef who cooks up delicious meals and offers the best culinary advice on radio and TV. She travels to locales such as New York and Florida, but her heart and soul – and...
View ArticleMike Brown: 'No hard feelings' toward Lakers
HUNTINGTON BEACH – While the Lakers were pummeling the Hornets in New Orleans, 1,893 miles to the west, former coach Mike Brown slipped into a high school gym unnoticed. He paid the admission and took...
View ArticleUCLA, Texas set to meet in Houston
LOS ANGELES — Both UCLA coach Ben Howland and Texas coach Rick Barnes know their respective seasons haven't gone as well as they may have planned. For the Bruins, it was an early-season upset loss to...
View ArticleRedneck TV rules the airwaves
We have long heard that the South will rise again, but who thought that return would be led by a 7-year-old girl and a band of brothers with ZZ Top beards and a fondness for frog hunting? Yet here we...
View ArticleState says federal immigration-hold requests aren't mandatory
The Orange County Sheriff's Department will continue to place immigration holds in county jails, despite a new assessment by the state's Attorney General of a federal deportation program. The Attorney...
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