Royal fun for Purim
Kings, queens and wise men gathered in classrooms Friday to celebrate Purim at the Merage Jewish Community Center of Orange County in Irvine. Silliness and happiness are encouraged to honor Queen...
View ArticleMR. ANAHEIM: Turn left onto Diron Street?
So, I decided to switch it up a little bit this week and ask a question of you, the readers, to start. Because so many of the questions for this column revolve around Anaheim history and names, I...
View ArticlePrince to perform on Jimmy Fallon's show
Prince at the Grammys earlier this month at Staples Center. Photo: Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images As has been the case pretty much since the year began, the Purple One continues to gear up for ......
View ArticleYes, truckers must do the right thing
Q. When did the law change that lets semi-trucks drive in all the� lanes on the freeway? The 91 freeway is a mess lately with the trucks driving 55 mph in all of the lanes. – Donald Southard, Anaheim...
View ArticleFive questions with ... Eric Ey
The Oak Canyon Nature Center is teeming with nature for residents to explore.The 60-acre park sits across three adjoining canyons. The center offers weekly hour-long hikes at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday....
View ArticleWeezer, ZZ Top, the B-52's join Pacific lineup
Rivers Cuomo at the U.K.'s Reading Festival in August 2010. Photo: Simone Joyner, Getty Images Three more dates on Pacific Amphitheatre's five-week summer schedule have been filled, all by acts who...
View ArticleAdult and Massage Professionals
To add your listing to this directory contact your local advertising rep at 714-796-7097 Business Personals TOKYO MASSAGE 24/7 IN-CALL OUT-CALL ANYTIME 949-307-1871 LEAVE MESSAGE NO BLOCKED PHONE...
View ArticleJohn Quigley: U.S. presence causes extremism to fester
COLUMBUS, Ohio – "When America is absent, especially from unstable environments, there are consequences. Extremism takes root, our interests suffer, our security at home is threatened." So declared...
View ArticleLetters: Curbing the root of violence and its results
ORANGE, Leslie Day-Ebert: Well, now what? It appears that the recent Orange County shooting rampage by Ali Syed was carried out with a shotgun – Joe Biden’s recommended Tustin Police Chief Scott Jordan...
View ArticleFeb. 25 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin is 94. Hall of Fame basketball coach Tex Winter is 91. Country singer Ralph Stanley is 86. Former...
View ArticleOscar fashion: No 'wow' moments
If one word could describe the Oscars red carpet style it would be "expected." Unlike the carpet-changing appearance of Gwyneth Paltrow in a white Tom Ford dress and cape last year, there were no...
View ArticleSurvey reflects optimism of female enterpreneurs
At the January meeting of the local chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, President Loreen Gilbert asked how many of the 100 attendees had outstanding business results in 2012....
View ArticleTrout, Cordero to play today for Angels
Mike Trout is in the lineup for the Angels for today's game against the Mariners at Peoria. Trout had said on Sunday morning that he was told Tuesday would be his debut, but Manager Mike Scioscia,...
View ArticleWith supply short, apartment owners thrive
Why are apartment landlords so buoyant?Well, it seems this band of property owners is seeing more financially fit prospective tenants. At least that's what a rental application metric from CoreLogic...
View ArticleMother consoles driver in crash that took her daughter
It is early Sunday afternoon, Jan. 9, 2011. I am in my office and still hold the telephone in my hand. I have just told a mother and father that their 18-year-old daughter, a freshman at Concordia...
View ArticleToday's cartoons: Sequester cuts both ways
Also: Obama's sequester theatrics; Deficit picture simple as pie
View ArticleEx-spouses convicted in theft of $330,000 from his mother
The son of a woman in assisted living and her former daughter-in-law were convicted Monday of stealing $330,000 from her, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said. Peter Garcia, 70, and...
View ArticleCrime in your Laguna Beach neighborhoods
Here are recent Police Department reports from Laguna Beach:FEB. 24 Disturbance. 5:41 p.m. 700 block South Coast Highway. A caller said three youths inside a store were filming themselves as they...
View ArticleCase-Shiller: L.A.-O.C. home prices up 10.2%
Home prices in Los Angeles and Orange counties ended 2012 up 10.2 percent, according to the latest of four key home price indexes released Tuesday. The S&P/Case Shiller index reported that...
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