Coachella 2013: Jake Bugg, C2C get the afternoon started
JASON KEMPIN, GETTY IMAGES FOR COACHELLA Jake Bugg looks about 16 years old at most, but the British folk-rock singer knows and respects his elders, legends who need only one name: Dylan, Cash, you...
View ArticleWhicker: Greats don't forget Masters secrets
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Sam Snead's final competitive Masters was Fred Couples' first. It was 1983, when downpours pushed the final round back to Monday, and when Seve Ballesteros breezed to his second green...
View ArticleJimenez making major-league debut for Angels
That didn't take long. Three days after shortstop Erick Aybar bruised his heel and one day after third baseman Alberto Callaspo strained his calf, the Angels brought in reinforcements from Triple-A...
View ArticleCoachella 2013: Fans soak it all in
Dancers enjoy the Do Lab during the first day. Photo: Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Register As drones of wide-eyed Coachella patrons flooded through the gates on the first day of the kickoff weekend...
View ArticleFisker's road to bad karma
Fisker Automotive and its head-turning electric-gas hybrid automobile, the $100,000 Karma, are at death's door. The company laid off 160 of its remaining 219 employees earlier this month, hasn't made...
View ArticleJohnson: Bed bugs are biting her baby
She lives a life you and I would not recognize, one some will not understand. Yet there she was, standing in the doorway of Room 8 of the old motel on Newport Boulevard in Costa Mesa, holding her...
View ArticleKobe vents on social media about injury, will miss 6-9 months
Injured Lakers star Kobe Bryant took to social media in the middle of the night to vent his frustration over what the team called a probable tear of his Achilles tendon and also to express that he...
View ArticleTiger penalized two strokes at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiger Woods was slapped with a two-stroke penalty before he began his third round in the Masters tournament Saturday. On Friday, Woods made what was ruled an illegal drop after he hit...
View ArticleCoachella 2013: Blur saves a dreary Day 1
Damon Albarn of Blur Friday night in Indio. Photo: Kevin Winter, Getty Images The 35th day of this ever-morphing, fully-baked carnival of the senses since it began in October (yes, October) 1999 –...
View ArticleMark Steyn: Thatcher thought Britain was worth fighting for
A few hours after Margaret Thatcher's death on Monday, the snarling deadbeats of the British underclass were gleefully rampaging through the streets of Brixton in South London, scaling the marquee of...
View ArticleDIY cellphone pouch
Since I'm a big fan of giant buttons and blanket stitching, I I thought it would be easy enough to craft a cozy pouch for my cellphone using both. I used a scrap of fleece fabric, measured with the...
View ArticleBryant suffers probable torn Achilles
LOS ANGELES – Whenever Kobe Bryant's career is truly on its last legs, it might not be any more dramatic than Friday night. After playing all 48 minutes for the first time in six years last game,...
View ArticleOn deck: Astros at Angels, Sunday, 12:30 p.m.
Where: Angel Stadium TV: Fox Sports West Did you know: The last time the Angels started a season 2-8, like they have this year, was 1961, their first year as a franchise. The Astros started the next...
View ArticleLetters: This Mouseketeer was always a class act
ORANGE, D.L. Marshall: I was saddened to hear of Annette Funicello's passing. She In this 1963 file photo, singer Frankie Avalon and actress Annette Funicello are seen on Malibu Beach during filming of...
View ArticleLetters: How Stanton successfully reduced crime
Stanton, James A. Box, Stanton city manager: This year, Stanton is celebrating a historical milestone: 25 years of partnership with the Orange County Sheriff's Department. More important than the...
View ArticleAnaheim dancers collaborate with professional choreographer
The lights illuminate the stage and 27 of Anaheim High School's top dance students radiate in the spotlight. As the dancers traverse the floor, their newfound modern movements harmonize with sounds of...
View ArticleNo-hitter for Warriors' Guzman
Woodbridge catcher Annie Dowling had a feeling early on it could be a special day for pitcher Aryn Guzman and the rest of her Warrior softball teammates Thursday afternoon.She was right.Guzman, a...
View ArticleTotally turquoise for your home
Glamour magazine says few colors are as flattering as turquoise. Anyone can wear it. And the same applies to interiors. Turquoise is a color that complements most any style of décor, and it can be...
View ArticleMcNatt: Keep it simple with 10 easy plants
People who are not hard-core gardeners and see my landscape for the first time say it looks very gardeny and mention that I must spend hours tending it. Nothing could be further from the truth on both...
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