What's that lurking in your roses?
So everything in the garden is going splendidly. The annuals couldn't be happier with our weather so far, the early perennials are up and blooming and the irises are going gangbusters. But while you're...
View ArticleArtists plan fight to keep Santora a haven for art
SANTA ANA – Santa Ana artists are launching a campaign to ensure that the historic Santora Arts Building remains, as its slogan says, "A place for art." They question whether a potential buyer of the...
View ArticleVictim gets standing ovations at rally
SANTA ANA – The walk from the District Attorney's Office to the Old Orange County Courthouse is short, but for many participants in Friday's fourth-annual Victims' March & Rally, the journey has...
View ArticleHighlights from KROQ's annual Weenie Roasts
With KROQ 106.7 FM’s sold-out 20th Annual Weenie Roast y Fiesta just a week away – featuring headliners Coldplay, Incubus, the Offspring, Silversun Pickups and Garbage at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater...
View Article200-plus yachts set sail from Newport to Ensenada
NEWPORT BEACH The wind was up and large swells were rolling as hundreds of sailboats vied for a place at the starting line for the 65th annual Lexus Newport to Ensenada yacht race on Friday. White...
View ArticleDolphin stuck in wetland could make own exit
A dolphin that appeared to be temporarily stranded Friday at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve was in good health, and wildlife officials on the scene said they hoped the animal would find its way out...
View ArticleBell and the Academy take Beethoven by storm
Joshua Bell made quite an impression Thursday night. The celebrated violinist from Indiana, recently named music director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in London, brought his chamber...
View ArticleO.C. franchisor survives by serving business
Franchise Services Inc. in Mission Viejo owns Sir Speedy, PIP, MultiCopy and Signal Graphics, all brands known for their printing services. But FSI is not a printing company. FSI in 2008 started...
View ArticleAirport drug arrest led to TSA screeners' indictment
LOS ANGELES Duane Eleby was all set to sneak 10 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport last February with the help of a former Transportation Security...
View ArticleWilliam and Kate: the first year
LONDON — With her first wedding anniversary approaching, the former Kate Middleton's transformation into a highly regarded member of the royal family is nearly complete. She is now the Duchess of...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: U.S. on track to Third World status
ANAHEIM HILLS, Bob Elliott: Charles Krauthammer’s column, “Farewell, new frontier” [Opinion, April 20], was spot on. His insight and clarity of presentation is always beneficial to his readers. It is...
View ArticleNew scoreboard coming to Ryan Lemmon Stadium
There is some great news for local high school baseball fans. A new scoreboard is coming to Ryan Lemmon Stadium. "Thanks to Guy Lemmon and the Ryan Lemmon Foundation a new scoreboard will become a...
View ArticleHow to: Kate Winslet Titanic 3D red carpet makeup
Red carpet makeup is a creature unto its own. Here is a gorgeous look that makeup guru Lisa Eldridge did on Kate Winslet for the recent world premiere of Titanic 3D in London. They decided to do a...
View ArticleMMA: Saunders ready to face Sicilia tonight on 'The Ultimate Fighter'
Team Faber’s Chris Saunders of Long Beach will be representing So Cal when he takes on Team Cruz’s Sam Sicilia on “The Ultimate Fighter 15″ tonight at 10 on FX. Saunders comes in as a huge underdog...
View Article169 Irvine luxury homes open for sale today
Irvine will get a major new-home development this weekend – one that's not tied to the Irvine Co. Saturday, The New Home Co. – headed by former executives and John Laing and the Irvine Co. – will...
View ArticleBob Dylan to get Medal of Freedom
Bob Dylan will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the White House announced.Among the other honorees will be Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni...
View ArticleLouis Armstrong's last recording released
Louis Armstrong’s final recording was released to the public for the first time Friday and was selling well.The live recording, made on Jan. 29, 1971, just months before Armstrong’s death, captures the...
View ArticleMan killed, boy hurt in Santa Ana shootings
SANTA ANA – A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured and a 21-year-old man was killed in a pair of apparently unrelated shootings Friday afternoon.The first shooting took place about 3 p.m. when a...
View ArticleAngels' Walden out as closer; Downs in
After giving up a walkoff home run to Brandon Allen in Tampa Bay Thursday afternoon, Angels right-hander Jordan Walden had blown 11 of 44 save chances in just over a year as the team's closer. He won't...
View ArticleUggie the dog to pen memoir
Every dog has a tale. (Well, OK, some have stumps, but …)Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier who appeared in the Oscar-winning “The Artist,” has inked a book deal with Simon & Schuster. The memoir,...
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