Pacific takes the Fifth, of Tchaikovsky
If Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony is your kind of thing (results vary) then the Pacific Symphony's concerts this weekend should please, possibly more. Tchaikovsky's Fifth is certainly music director Carl...
View ArticleNorthwood holds on for PCL victory over Woodbridge
Northwood's girls water polo team held off a late charge by Woodbridge to capture a 7-5 victory in a Pacific Coast League match at Northwood Thursday afternoon. The Timberwolves held a 6-2 lead going...
View ArticleNational parks in our own back yard
National Park Service sites will be open for free Saturday through Monday to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Here is a sample of local park service locations to explore in our own back...
View ArticleFire-troubled Highway 18 reopens in San Bernardino National Forest
Traffic is flowing again in both directions along the 10-mile stretch of Highway 18 between San Bernardino and the mountaintop town of Crestline where crews continue to battle a 15-acre wildfire...
View ArticleCirque du Soleil’s ‘Ovo’ looks at the icky-cool world of bugs
Fans of Cirque du Soleil could be forgiven for getting a little confused about what exactly the Quebec-based entertainment conglomerate is these days. Cirque has come a long, long way since its first...
View ArticleHeather Locklear in hospital after 911 call
Actress Heather Locklear was medically stable in an intensive care unit Friday following an emergency call that brought paramedics to her home, a hospital spokeswoman said. “She is still with us, she's...
View ArticleSLIDE SHOW: Peter the Anteater leads the charge for UCI
UC Irvine students packed the student section Thursday night hoping to cheer their team on to victory at the Bren Center. The students and the rest of the UCI fans came away disappointed as UCI lost to...
View ArticleBill seeks to limit raises for CSU, UC executives
A new state Senate bill aims to prohibit pay raises for top University of California and California State University executives in years of state budget cuts or when tuition and student fees are...
View ArticleWhat time is it? It’s Tebow Time
It's Tebow Time again. Five reasons Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos have a snowball's chance in Foxboro to upset the New England Patriots: 5. They just beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, who boasted the...
View ArticleUSC’s Dedmon copes with being center of attention
LOS ANGELES – USC's Dewayne Dedmon has had to deal with a lot in his young life. Then, last year, something new came along for the unassuming 7-footer:Skyscraper-sized expectations.No one would...
View ArticleAuthorities expand search for killer of homeless men
YORBA LINDA – Authorities continued their search for a serial killer suspected in the slayings of three homeless men, with police and FBI officials Friday staging a roadblock near the scene of the...
View ArticleOCVarsity’s winter sports dream team
Slide show: Winter sports are in full swing, so it's time to take a look at the athletes who are doing something special for their teams. Who would we want if we were to compile an OCVarsity dream team...
View ArticleFinal: Ducks 5, Oilers 0
Jonas Hiller shut out the Oilers and Ryan Getzlaf had four assists as the Ducks won, 5-0, Friday in Edmonton. The victory was the team's eighth in a row inside the Oilers' home arena and the Ducks'...
View ArticleWoodbridge’s girls coach misses game for ‘personal reasons’
First year Woodbridge girls basketball coach Dave Yates did not coach the Warriors in their Pacific Coast League game with Northwood tonight at Northwood.Pete Belanto, an assistant to former coach Eric...
View ArticleGallery: 85 Mitt Romney cartoons
Months on the campaign trail with Romney against the not-Romney's.
View ArticleHome of suspect in homeless slayings searched
ANAHEIM – Investigators searched a Yorba Linda home Saturday morning of a 23-year-old man suspected of stabbing and killing a homeless man Friday night. The owner of the five-acre property said he was...
View ArticleM83 impressive at Club Nokia closer
A few songs into M83's momentous gig at Club Nokia on Friday, the second and final sold-out show at the intimate L.A. Live venue, I was sure: This was going to set the bar mighty high for 2012. Yes,...
View ArticleJan. 15 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 slide show. Also see notable deaths of 2011. SEE...
View ArticleMorning letters: U.S. security concerns take a back seat
SAN CLEMENTE, Sean-Patrick Lane: Throughout the Cold War, U.S. military doctrine was designed to enable the country to fight two major conflicts simultaneously. It was calculated based on the World War...
View ArticleBrian Calle: Romney’s rivals grasping at flaws
So much for Ronald Reagan's 11tth Commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican." Most Republican presidential hopefuls, in desperation, are pulling out all the stops to derail...
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