SHOOTINGS: Friends, family try to cope with loss of rampage victims
Aspiring actress Courtney Aoki predicted in a 2010 YouTube video that she would be in the public eye in five years.She didn't live that long.Aoki, 20, was identified by law enforcement as the first of...
View ArticleSan Onofre refunds urged at Costa Mesa meeting
COSTA MESA – Supporters and opponents of a plan to restart a reactor at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant took their concerns to state utility regulators Thursday at a public meeting. About 300...
View ArticleJerry Buss: NBA royalty honor Lakers titan
LOS ANGELES – Magic Johnson asked everyone to stand and hold up their fingers in a "Laker L" shape for the late Jerry Buss, and to no one's surprise, all 3,500 family, friends, players and guests...
View ArticleYorba Linda honors military with red shirts
YORBA LINDA – This city is apparently the first in the state to officially honor veterans and deployed military personnel by wearing red every Friday. The Yorba Linda City Council unanimously agreed...
View ArticleToday's cartoons: Sequester bugs Obama
Also: County budgets in the balance; President's energy policy blows
View ArticleBravo: Newport Dunes' longest married couple
NEWPORT DUNES HONORS 'LONGEST MARRIED COUPLE' Love was in the air – 404 years' worth – as Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort hosted a contest searching for the longest married couple at its onsite Back...
View Article5 Questions With ... Grand Marshal Gala chairwoman Lisa Mulvania
The Queen Mary's Grand Salon will be filled with hundreds from Huntington Harbour on Saturday for the Grand Marshal Gala. It's a huge celebration in honor of the Huntington Harbour Philharmonic...
View Article30th annual Spirit Run set for March 3 to benefit Newport-Mesa schools
The 30th annual Spirit Run, which combines running races for all ages with school fundraising, will take place March 3. But this year's event offers runners more options than ever before, said...
View ArticleEssential apps for Orange County
Guy Selga Jr. doesn't work for Disneyland, but he spends his workdays at the park, smartphone in hand. He stands in line for rides, gathers data and files a steady stream of on-the-ground updates....
View ArticleScience fair gets kids excited for discovery
After two months of hard work and preparation, students from the Anaheim Achieves after-school program showcased their creative science projects at the fourth annual Anaheim Achieves Science Fair. The...
View ArticleReady to celebrate life
The American Cancer Society invites everyone who lives or works in the city of Brea to come to the Relay For Life official kickoff party from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Yard House Restaurant,160 S....
View ArticleGarden community includes kids, crops
The Emmanuel Community Demonstration Garden: A Place to Grow has just finished its third year. We have been blessed beyond our wildest dreams. We are years ahead in our construction projections, all...
View ArticleFullerton to study transit line from downtown to CSUF
FULLERTON – The city is exploring whether to build a transit line connecting the downtown and the area surrounding Cal State Fullerton. Population growth, more housing and the growth of the university...
View ArticleBrea leaders' trip to Asia draws scrutiny
BREA – Some call it a diplomatic mission abroad to strengthen cultural and economic ties. For others, it's a taxpayer-funded vacation. And now, a trip to South Korea and Japan taken by Brea leaders is...
View ArticleCouncil blocks Street Fair expansion
ORANGE – A plan to expand this year's Orange International Street Fair by one block failed to win support from the City Council. Organizers of the fair, now in its 41st year, had proposed transforming...
View ArticleDana Point marketing master helps businesses
When marketing guru Tom Patty asked Jon and Gila Kurtz what their business was about, the owners of Dog Is Good had a ready response: "dog stuff."Wrong answer – and one that derails many young...
View ArticleLULAC prepares for grand opening of foundation center
GARDEN GROVE – The Orange County LULAC Foundation Center is celebrating the grand opening of its office in Garden Grove on Friday, Feb. 22 – the first LULAC office to open on the West Coast.Benny Diaz,...
View ArticleWu: Remember that pension liability? It's still there
Before the very exciting election year that just passed, one of the recurring themes in my writing was Newport Beach's unfunded pension liability and how the city is addressing it. According to a...
View ArticleUC Irvine graduate worked on Oscar-nominated film
Edward Patrick Alva never thought a summer internship would lead to an Oscar nomination. In 2010, the UC Irvine graduate started his internship at Chain Camera Pictures, an independent, Silver...
View ArticleLetters: That chill in the air isn't global warming
DANA POINT, Larry Hamlin, retired Southern California Edison vice president of power production, former state energy construction czar under Gov. Gray Davis (2001): In this Jan. 5, 2012 file photo,...
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