Feb. 12 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 slideshow. SEE BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE Celebrities...
View ArticleRemember O.C. housing’s boom and bust?
What if our economic memory was focused for longer than last quarter, last month – or last hour? Can you think back to 2001, financially speaking, when we had a wobbly economy shaken by the terror...
View ArticleHome prices slip in 90% of O.C.
Let's say a final goodbye to 2011 local housing with this thought: Taking sales volume in consideration, home-sale pricing was down last year in ZIP codes representing 90 percent of Orange CountyFor...
View ArticleTripping? Beach injury? Debate heated on frivolous lawsuits
People sue; and for all kinds of reasons. What qualifies as a frivolous lawsuit is a debate that has bounced back and forth between consumer rights advocates and tort reform activists for years, with...
View ArticleO.C. public school pay dips for second year
Nearly 3,200 public school administrators, teachers and other employees in Orange County earned more than $100,000 in 2010-11, and 10 of them crossed the $250,000 mark. Even so, overall compensation at...
View Article'Detectives' for the dead: They solve mysteries left behind
The dead man's cash was stuffed inside the hollowed-out carcass of a lobster, wrapped in foil and stashed in the back of a freezer. Tim Beason has discovered money hidden that way – lobster and all –...
View ArticleWhitney Houston and others who died young
Whitney Houston's death got us thinking about all the celebrities – singers, actors, politicians – who died way too young. So we decided to offer a look at a few. Click through the photos, and tell us...
View Article142 big O.C. buildings are ‘distressed’
Paul Habibi is a lecturer at UCLA’s Ziman Center For Real Estate as well as principal and co-founder of Habibi Properties LLC, one of the largest private apartment owners in the Los Angeles area. We...
View ArticleHow will Whitney Houston's death affect the Grammys?
No one has any further information about how Whitney Houston died Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, other than TMZ's ongoing (and not always entirely accurate) reports that she was apparently found...
View Article12 surprising things made in O.C.
When people think of Orange County, they think of the surfing, Disneyland, Angels baseball and Ducks hockey. They rarely think of manufacturing. Yet manufacturers are among the county's biggest job...
View ArticleMake your own ice pack
My athletic children are always bashing or twisting something, so those commercially produced ice packs get costly really fast--and a bag of ice is hard and crunchy on tender tissues. Try this...
View ArticleIndia.Arie, Javier Colon light up the Roots' pre-Grammy jam
In the wake of Whitney Houston's death Saturday afternoon, all my expectations about the Roots' annual pre-Grammys Jam Session -- held for its eighth edition at House of Blues Sunset Strip the night...
View ArticleGrammy Awards a night of triumph, sorrow
The pall of Whitney Houston’s untimely death hung over the proceedings Sunday evening at Staples Center, and it was addressed more than once. Host LL Cool J led the star-studded assemblage in a prayer...
View ArticleFinal: Ducks 5, Blue Jackets 3
Reigning league MVP Corey Perry had his second hat trick of the season against Columbus as the Ducks beat the Blue Jackets, 5-3, Sunday. Perry scored twice in the first period and added his third at...
View ArticleLakers edge past Toronto, end trip 3-3
TORONTO – The Lakers' attempt to determine who they are on their season-long trip did not produce any easy answers. They barely avoided coming home completely speechless. The Lakers blew an 18-point...
View ArticleEx-Angel Hudler joins K.C. Royals TV booth
Irrepressible Rex Hudler always has been passionate about life and baseball, so it shouldn't be surprising he cried tears of joy after receiving the phone call Friday informing him he had been chosen...
View ArticleWoman moves, cable TV debit continues for 10 years
Colleen Shelton and her husband said ‘so long’ to Irvine a dozen years ago, and moved inland to Corona. Shelton’s mother remained in Irvine — but she had been diagnosed with Parkinson’sDisease, and...
View ArticleFeb. 13 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 slideshow. SEE BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE Celebrities...
View ArticlePlastic surgery reported up despite economy
Anti-aging procedures that don't involve going under the knife drove the growth of cosmetic medicine in 2011, a new report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons says. The plastic surgery market...
View ArticleCalifornia underemployment tops 20% -- Gallup
California tied with four other states for the highest rate of underemployment in the country in 2011, based on the latest Gallup poll. Gallup defines underemployment as people who are unemployed and...
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