First O.C. McDonald's operator dies
Gene Widdicombe, the first woman in Orange County to operate a McDonald's restaurant, has died. She was 93. In 1957, Gene and Roland Widdicombe opened a McDonald's at 12542 Harbor Blvd., near...
View ArticleBetty Talbert: Easter's divine mystery revealed
The first Easter sunrise brought an overpowering sense of divine mystery revealed. Though the mystery was yet to entirely unfold, awe arose as the realization dawned that the laws of nature had been...
View ArticleKyoto mixes modern and ancient with success
The videos fill up space on YouTube, the photos running for page after page on Google Images. Japan as a place of death and destruction, massive brown-blue waves, shaking high-rises, collapsed cities....
View ArticleApril 8 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 ArticleA closer look at Cambodia
Editor’s note: Tom Gordon and his wife Cris Peterson are frequent visitors to Cambodia as part of their not-for-profit Pepper Project. They sell pepper from Kampot Province as well as other Cambodian...
View ArticleReaching the homeless, one ticket at a time
SANTA ANA – Officer Darren Zroka points his flashlight at the sleeping woman. "You getting up, Linda?" It's 5:15 a.m. – wake-up call for roughly two dozen men and women camping out on a recent...
View ArticleBullets and ballerinas: First they dance, then they shoot
The art of ballet and breaking clay birds with a shotgun might not seem to have much in common, but Cindi Hubbard doesn't see it that way. Hubbard, 54, of Yorba Linda, has been studying ballet for 22...
View ArticleOCVarsity Hot Shots: The week in pictures
Slideshow: Check out all of OCVarsity's photos from the past week of the spring sports action. There were great games in baseball, softball, swimming, boys volleyball as well as football.
View ArticleMike Wallace, `60 Minutes' star interviewer, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Wallace didn't interview people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he eviscerated them. His reputation was so fearsome that it was often said that the...
View ArticleApril Foolishness leaves ’em howling at Gibson
Come Monday (if not sooner) there will be a proper review in this space of Kevin & Bean's annual April Foolishness, the most consistently and at times riotously funny lineup that KROQhas assembled...
View ArticleSalton Sea struggles to survive
The Salton Sea is a unique and curious place. Don't go looking for crystal clear water, pristine beaches and lush green trees. But if you're interested in geology, evolution, bird watching or natural...
View ArticleTwitter scoreboard: Can't win 'em all
If you're clever, insightful, funny or irreverent, this is where you belong.Angels fans post comments and photos on twitter during the game, and Angels editor Keith Sharon collects them.He awards a...
View ArticleFrank Castillo signs copies of new book
Longtime Santa Ana resident Frank R. Castillo signed copies of his new book “The Teachings of Betty Whipple: A Spiritual Journey” on Wednesday night at Libreria Martinez Books & Art Gallery in...
View ArticleMorning letters: Economic battles rage on
MISSION VIEJO, Jack Groendal: It seems Democrats have declared a war on certain profits, and oil companies seem to be the target. Yes, oil companies, through hard work, make profits. And they should....
View ArticleWrong-way driver crashes in Newport Beach
NEWPORT BEACH – One person was taken to the hospital this morning after a traffic collision involving a wrong-way driver. Three cars were involved in the crash at Newport Boulevard and Hospital Road...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: Disrespectful conservative outrage
LAKE FOREST, Bob Mueller: Conservative outrage never ceases to amaze me. Which party has a presidential candidate who advocated that U.S. marshals arrest judges and force them to testify before...
View ArticleHotter housing: Seal Beach or Los Alamitos?
Hotter housing: Seal Beach or Los Alamitos? Homes for sale in Seal Beach looks mixed as the traditional homebuying season started to get in gear in early February. For the 22 business days ending March...
View ArticleSanta Ana church thrives after fire
SANTA ANA – Parishioners at Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the county's oldest Catholic churches, celebrated Easter Sunday with lots of prayer, families and good food. The Spanish-language church on...
View ArticleAfterWork: Wildfish in Newport Beach
When you write a happy hour column, people make assumptions. The first assumption they make is that you know what you're doing. Silly people. The second assumption is that you know inside stuff, like...
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