Brown lays out conservative vision for California
SACRAMENTO – In a State of the State address befitting a Republican, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday laid out a largely conservative vision for California, calling for fiscal restraint, streamlined...
View ArticleFreezing tuition to 'give students relief'
Governor Brown recently released his budget proposal to the Legislature for the next fiscal year, and he rightly makes education a top priority. Republicans agree with him. In fact, the entire...
View ArticleShops renamed as The OC Mix
The OC Mart Mix, a group of more than 25 style- and food-related small shops within South Coast Collection in Costa Mesa, has been renamed The OC Mix. "The idea is to eliminate confusion among...
View ArticleLetters: Millionaires are fleeing the ‘Golden State’
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Greg Groh: Golfer Phil Mickelson went public about possibly leaving California due to Proposition 30 and other tax increases [“How is an American golfer like a French movie star?”...
View ArticleVoices: Tripling down on the Bolsa Chica
Visit any nature reserve, preserve or sensitive area in the United States, and there's likely a nonprofit group of volunteers who pitch in to help run the area and/or restore it, give guided tours or...
View ArticleMichael Chiklis: Nice guy playing bad
If Michael Chiklis scares you, blame his wife. Seriously, if the intensity of his Emmy-winning portrayal of Detective Vic Mackey on the long-running TV series "The Shield" was too much to bear, it's...
View ArticleJan. 24 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Actor Jerry Maren (a Munchkin in "The Wizard of Oz") is 93. Ballerina Maria Tallchief is 87. Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw is 77. Singer Ray...
View ArticleUltravox vocalist Midge Ure returns
Midge Ure has toured the world with high-profile bands (Ultravox, Visage, Thin Lizzy) and helped organize the most prosperous charity events in music history (Band Aid, Live Aid, The Prince's Trust,...
View ArticleGenet's once-banned 1956 text flimsy support for 'The Balcony'
Jean Genet's "The Balcony" is exactly the kind of theme-rich play Dave Barton of Rude Guerrilla Theater Company and Monkey Wrench Collective has always feasted upon: a meditation on illusion versus...
View ArticleQ&A: Councilman Allan Bernstein
In December, Allan Bernstein joined the Tustin City Council. The local podiatric physician and surgeon is the group's only newcomer. Bernstein, an author, father, cancer survivor and 23-year resident...
View ArticleReview: 'War Horse' offers an evening of theatrical wizardry
Sometimes Steven Spielberg just doesn't get it. His 2011 film adaptation of "War Horse" was full of spectacle and drama. But it lacked the essential element that makes the live theatrical version so...
View ArticleKiffin cuts loose USC assistant Sanders
The shakeup on USC's defensive coaching staff continued Thursday with the firing of secondary coach Marvin Sanders, who spent less than a year on the staff. Clancy Pendergast, hired last week as USC's...
View ArticleFans turn out for L.A. radio legend Dave Hull book signing
When more than 125 people show up at a restaurant to celebrate the life of one of the best known local radio personalities from the '60s, you know you are in for a real "Hullabaloo." On a recent...
View ArticleFleetwood Mac adds Staples Center show
It was bound to happen. Excitement over Fleetwood Mac's latest reunion tour was already so rampant that the legendary group's Hollywood Bowl appearance on May 25 sold out in a hurry and most of the...
View ArticleCat Power bounces back at the Observatory
"Forty forever … last year, next year, this year …" That was just about all anyone could audibly understand from Chan Marshall, the musician known as Cat Power, among her intermittent mumblings during...
View ArticleBritish newcomer Jessie Ware impresses at El Rey
At L.A.'s El Rey Theatre Wednesday night, Jessie Ware, the latest British soul sensation to arrive stateside, kept pulling off her clothes. She took off her jacket about 15 minutes into her hour-long...
View ArticleReal superheroes ride horses
For Michael Spinello, Superman does not wear a red cape nor is he a reporter for the Daily Bugle. Rather he is an optimistic and indomitable 7-year-old boy named Cade. When he was 4-years-old, Cade...
View ArticleHoward's shoulder is fine, he's cleared to play
Dwight Howard did not suffer any additional damage to his right shoulder during Wednesday's loss at Memphis and has been cleared to play, the team announced Thursday. Howard aggravated his right...
View ArticleDucks hoping to duplicate early road success at home
ANAHEIM – Home is where the Ducks hope the victories will be, and they must if the playoffs are an attainable goal. Fresh off two road victories to open the season, the Ducks will see if they can...
View ArticleToday's cartoons: Hillary tackles grave issues
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