George Will: Michigan's watershed moment
Rick Snyder, who is hardly a human cactus, warned Michigan's labor leaders. The state's mild-mannered Republican governor, currently in his first public office, has rarely been accused of being, or...
View ArticleEditorial: The plastic bag crusade
The sincerely well-meaning and the outright meddlesome in cities throughout the nation seek to ban plastic shopping bags to protect the environment, reduce oil consumption and fight litter. Bans, such...
View ArticleEditorial: Right-to-work: A moral and practical imperative
There are precious few silver linings to the storm clouds that have gathered around the American economy during the past several years. One of the few upsides, however, has been the tendency of...
View ArticleDave Roberts: California road funds fall far short
California's infrastructure – once the envy of the nation in the 1950s and '60s – has not kept up with growth and has been allowed to deteriorate. Out of $142 billion in total state funding in the...
View ArticleUniversities with connections win most stem cell money
The panel of scientists reviewing grant requests at California's stem cell funding agency didn't like the proposal submitted by UC Irvine professor Frank LaFerla and his partner, a biotech company....
View ArticleJournal explains lure of trail's challenge
SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS – We dropped the journal and a couple of pens into a plastic freezer bag and tied the bag to the base of the flagpole, then placed a few rocks on top of the bag so it wouldn't blow...
View ArticleWorst travel experiences of 2012
If travel was nothing but hand-in-hand strolls on beaches, tropical sunsets and Parisian cafes, we would never want to go home. If travel was nothing but resort fees, TSA security lines and the drive...
View ArticleForeign shoppers buy into O.C.
Luxury home agent Rex McKown invested $650 this year in a set of Rosetta Stone discs to learn Chinese. Irvine broker Alisha Chen opened an office in Taiwan three years ago to capitalize on the growing...
View ArticleFocus: Dec. 12, the end of the world?
Were the Mayans correct? See today's Focus: End of the world as we know it?
View ArticleMetrolink Toy Express keeps holiday fun on track
Metrolink's Holiday Toy Express rode into the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo train station Saturday evening, bringing more than 50,000 colorful lights, singing reindeer, real snow and Santa and Mrs. Claus...
View ArticleGallery: 55 Rick McKee cartoons
Rick McKee pokes fun at politics over the past two years
View ArticleMorning letters: Gay marriage is none of the government's business
RVINE, David Y. Cantwell: It is inexcusable that the U.S. Supreme Court will now review the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, banning gay marriage [“Supreme Court will review Prop. 8,”...
View ArticleDec. 16 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Actress Joyce Bulifant ("Just Shoot Me," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") is 75. Sportswriter and TV commentator Frank Deford is 74. Actress Liv...
View ArticleTravel editor: My best trips of 2012
Dear Santa Claus: I have been a good little travel editor this year. I love Paris, Rome and Berlin, but this year I passed on the usual suspects and opted instead for Istanbul, Athens and Moscow. My...
View ArticleMMA: Nelson combo buries Mitrione in ‘The Ultimate Fighter 16’ Finale
Matt Mitrione was not ready for Roy Nelson. Nelson (18-7, 5-3 UFC) dispatched the Blackzilians representative with a crushing three-punch combination and follow-up ground strikes in the first round of...
View ArticleAt least 50 shots fired at Fashion Island
NEWPORT BEACH – The suspect from Saturday's Fashion Island shooting was being held by the Sheriff's Department Sunday morning, with his bail is set at $250,000 Garden Grove resident Marcos Gurrola,...
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 ArticleThe 10 worst movies of 2012
Are you giddy yet? The New York and Los Angeles film critics have spoken. The Screen Actors Guild has spoken. The Broadcast Film Critics Association has spoken. The American Film Institute has spoken....
View ArticleKendrick Lamar lights up Cali Christmas
Touted by urban-centric bloggers for weeks as one of the genre’s most impressive lineups of the year, the 2012 installment of Power 106’s Cali Christmas boasted a who’s-who of artists that have...
View ArticleDaughtry delivers, 3 Doors Down dawdles in Anaheim
Nearly everything widely publicized about Daughtry – the full-band moniker of American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry, whose 2006 self-titled debut far outsold the first disc from that fifth season’s...
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