O.C. Restaurant Week: Four more meals left
Four more meals left for Orange County Restaurant Week, which runs through Saturday night. That's two lunches; two dinners. Where have you eaten so far and what restaurant are you dying to try? The...
View ArticleBeckman baseball team gets off to a winning start
Beckman's baseball team, the defending CIF-SS Division 3 champion, started what it hopes to be another special year with a victory Thursday afternoon. The Patriots used a solid pitching performance by...
View Article10 reasons why Lakers will beat the Heat
The Lakers have not defeated the Miami Heat in more than two years. Four games, four losses; it's enough to make any team mad. Then throw in a broken nose, a healthy knee and a few other key factors...
View ArticleGreek Theatre, Gibson Amphitheatre unveil season lineups
Some of these gigs, chiefly a chunk of the classic rock stuff at the Greek, we already knew: In the past couple weeks, everything from the triptych of REO Speedwagon, Styx and Ted Nugent and the...
View ArticleFamily of slain Marine plans to sue county
SAN CLEMENTE – The shooting death of a Camp Pendleton Marine by a sheriff's deputy appears to be headed to court as family members consider filing a federal law suit against the department. Sheriff's...
View ArticleJWA passenger traffic flat in January
Passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport in January was virtually unchanged from January 2011 after travel at the facility declined year-over-year every month last year. A total of 636,573 travelers...
View ArticleARE YOU RUNNING THE BOSTON MARATHON?
On the morning of April 16, the 116th Boston Marathon will start. It's the race many runners yearn to do at least once. But you have to qualify; it's not for the weekend jogger. If you are an Orange...
View ArticleMotorcyclist struck by 2 cars, killed
A 30-year-old man riding a motorcycle was killed when he lost control of his bike and was struck by at least two vehicles on the southbound 57 Thursday night, the California Highway Patrol said. The...
View ArticleWhat does Dr. Seuss have to do with autism?
Today is Dr. Seuss's birthday and when I used to teach Kindergarten I spent a great deal of time celebrating this unique author for his off-beat rhymes and unforgettable characters. I never met a...
View ArticleMy family’s morals are better than yours
At some point, every parent draws a line in the sand: My kid will be allowed to do this. My kid will not be allowed to do that.Life would be unbearably dull if we all were raised exactly the same....
View ArticleJoyce Yang shines in Rachmaninoff Third
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 has enough of a popular reputation that you can sell tickets with it. Long known to musicians as one of the most difficult to play (for pianists) it became widely...
View ArticleO.C.’s Aquabats go from stage to screen
The MC Bat Commander is in trouble. The BattleTram is haunted by a ghost that has captured him, leaving his fellow Aquabats – Crash McLarson, Ricky Fitness, Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk and Jimmy the Robot...
View ArticleMorning letters: Flaws in nuclear power storage, systems
SAN CLEMENTE, Jeff Steinmetz: I recommend that letter-writer Charles McCarthy read the Fukushima Daiichi transcripts [“Nuclear power reactions,” Feb. 27]. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is so...
View ArticleLove brings couple back to Africa
Part 1 MOUNT KILIMANJARO, Tanzania – People tackle Africa's highest mountain for a bunch of reasons. But Bridget Callanan's is unique. She is here because of love. Specifically, Callanan is in Africa...
View ArticleMarch 3 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 ArticleJay Ambrose: Campaign substance lost in media melodrama
You've got to have an "able, disinterested, public-spirited press" if popular government is to be something more than "a sham and mockery," Joseph Pulitzer once said. Is there hope? Well, yes, there's...
View ArticleLibrary renamed for Mendez plaintiff Lorenzo Ramirez
Dozens of family members, neighbors and supporters of a plaintiff in a 1945 school desegregation case gathered in the El Modena High Schoollibrary Friday for a ceremony renaming the building in his...
View ArticleIrvine senior center news: Explore Thailand
FRESH FOOD GARDENINGFree monthly workshops cover everything from the ground up. "Gardening Basics for Adults: Growing Edibles" is a monthly, six-part series that will cover the basics of how to grow...
View ArticleIs there a sales tax on real estate in 2013?
Just when I thought the hubbub had died down, twice this week I received the same email from two different acquaintances threatening a 3.8 percent sales tax on any real estate property sold beginning...
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