Steven Greenhut: Has California been saved?
SACRAMENTO – Ever since California's voters approved in November the Proposition 30 increases in sales taxes and income taxes, many left-of-center commentators have been gloating about the resurgence...
View ArticleJoel Hay: Singapore's affordable health model
Critics of Obamacare should offer a more affordable way to provide Americans with universal health coverage. Here is my suggestion. States should be given the flexibility to try different approaches,...
View ArticleLocals have their favorite Angel – so does Mr. Anaheim
With the start of the Angels season, and the home opener this week, I had posed this question: Who is your favorite Angels player from the past or present? I hit the streets recently to hear your...
View ArticleMatchmaker earns an A+
One of the first matches Julia Bendis made when she was starting her business involved her son's third-grade teacher. It led to marriage.Gina Reney says that before she met her husband, Kevin, through...
View ArticleBeautiful Hunter Pointe Home
Beautiful Hunter Pointe Home, Anaheim Hills 4 bd, 2.5 ba, 4th bedroom is a huge bonus room! Can be divided into 2 bedrooms. Formal living and dining room w/ hardwood flooring....
View ArticleTeemu Selanne restaurant opens in July
It looks like Teemu Selanne is spending the NHL lockout thinking about steak. The Anaheim Ducks hockey player and a group of investors are taking over the space where French 75 operated in Laguna...
View ArticleEdison requests San Onofre license change
Southern California Edison has requested an amendment to its operating license for the San Onofre nuclear plant, a follow-up to an earlier draft request.The utility company filed the license amendment...
View ArticleOn deck: Angels vs. Athletics
When: Tuesday, 7 p.m. Where: Angel Stadium TV: Fox Sports West Did you know: The eight calendar days between the Angels first game and their first home game is tied for the third longest gap in...
View ArticleSmith: Nine things Angels fans need to know
Tuesday is opening day at Angel Stadium, the beginning of another hugely hyped, All-Star-studded, high-payroll and high-expectations season for the hometown Angels. Angels fans are thinking World...
View ArticleGwynne Dyer: Thatcher's dynamic, divisive legacy
Margaret Thatcher began the political shift to the right that has affected almost all the countries of the West in the past three decades. She died in London on Monday, at the age of 87, 34 years after...
View ArticleMidweek warming, then cool again for O.C.
Sunnier skies are in the forecast for the next two days, with inland temperatures reaching as high as 86 on Wednesday, the National Weather Service says. Then the highs should relax again through the...
View ArticleToday's cartoons: Big shoes to fill
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View ArticleBrea/La Habra Hot Shots
For high school teams around the county, there is no such thing as a Spring break.While local athletes may have some time off from the classroom, there is hardly ever time away from the playing...
View ArticleHilton Anaheim state's top hotel sale in 2012
The Hilton Anaheim, which sold for about $216.1 million in August, was the most expensive hotel sale in Orange County last year and the largest hotel property sold in California in 2012, reports...
View ArticleLaguna Canyon Road closed 4 hours today for crash probe
LAGUNA BEACH – Investigators will be back at the scene of a fatal collision Tuesday morning, trying to determine how the deadly crash occurred last week and the role a third vehicle played. Laguna...
View ArticleFocus on Baseball: Welcoming the opposition
Brian "Bubba" Harkins has been on the Angels' payroll since 1982, yet in all those years, he hasn't helped the Angels win a single game. His job has been to ensure the visiting team feels at home. See...
View ArticleEye on O.C.: Filing a motion to party
The UC Irvine School of Law's latest fundraiser wasn't a stuffy sit-down dinner. It was all fun and games with a cocktail hour, continuous buffet and a lively contest, Trivia Quest, at the Hilton in...
View ArticleCar stolen outside Neighborhood Watch meeting
Here are recent Sheriff's Department reports from Laguna Niguel:APRIL 8 Citizen assist. 12:53 p.m. 25100 block of Armagosa Drive. A woman said she believed that she and two other people were defrauded...
View ArticleCrime in your Laguna Beach neighborhoods
Here are recent Police Department reports from Laguna Beach:APRIL 7 Patrol check. 12:17 p.m. South Coast Highway at Main Beach. A caller said a man wearing a red hat with gold elephants on it was...
View ArticleDisney land cost $879,000
Walt Disney paid $879,000 for the "Ball Road Subdivision," 160 acres of orange groves and homes that he later transformed into the Disneyland amusement park. That's less than $5,500 an acre and roughly...
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