Amy Stewart thinks bitter makes things better
There's something about Amy Stewart that radiates expertise. Wiry, bespectacled and messy-haired, she has the air of an obsessed scholar whose relationship to her subject is intense and personal.The...
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 ArticleCoachella 2013: Blowin' in the Day 3 wind with Nick Cave, Vampire Weekend and...
Anthony Keidis kicks off the final main stage set. Photo: Kevin Sullivan, Orange County Reigster We were taking shelter from the whipping winds under one of the tents just next to the food stands,...
View ArticleTexas rescuers search plant explosion site
WEST, Texas — Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone...
View ArticleFullerton police: Victims sought in rental scam
FULLERTON – Police are seeking the public's help in finding more victims of what the force says was a rental scam in which customers paid a fee for a list of available properties. The properties either...
View ArticlePedestrian dies after apparent hit and run
WESTMINSTER – A 34-year-old man is dead after a was struck by a pickup as he was walking across Springdale Street Wednesday night, authorities said. The driver fled and has not been located. Shawn...
View ArticleIrvine man charged with taking up-skirt photos
SANTA ANA – An Irvine man has been charged with six misdemeanors after being accused of using a cell phone to take photos up women's skirts. Brian Joseph Eastman, 25, was arrested March 29 at TJ Maxx,...
View Article'American Idol': The debutante ball
The Powers That Be at "American Idol" - you know, the ones always hounding Mariah Carey - wasted no time in crowing about their success in getting rid of the guys this year. Wednesday's performance...
View ArticleScott Miller of Game Theory and the Loud Family dies at 53
Scott Miller, lead singer and guitarist in the bands Game Theory and the Loud Family, groups more cultishly loved than commercially successful, died Monday, according to an announcement on his website....
View Article2 hurt in crash on 91 in Anaheim
ANAHEIM - A multi-vehicle crash blocked traffic lanes Thursday morning on the westbound 91, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash was reported at 10:30 a.m. just east of Brookhurst Street,...
View ArticleRewriting history at the Ole Hanson Beach Club
San Clemente is not just a beach town with a few historic buildings. San Clemente is defined by its historic buildings. But all is not well in the Spanish village. During the Roaring '20s, founder Ole...
View Article'To the Wonder' belongs in a beatnik cafe
The first time I saw Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder," the digital print wasn't formatted correctly, so all I saw in many shots was the bottom half of Ben Affleck's head. When I watched it again (just...
View ArticleIn 'Disconnect' the Web is a matter of life and death
From the title on down, "Disconnect" is a movie of the moment. It begins like a screed against confusing online contacts with living, breathing friends. It ends up acknowledging that some people can...
View ArticleObama offers reassurance; feds hunt bomb suspects
BOSTON – Investigators in the Boston Marathon bombing pressed the search Thursday for one or two potential suspects spotted on video, while President Barack Obama paid a visit under heavy security to...
View ArticleHello, cellos!
Two hundred cellists from the Irvine Unified School District elementary music program recently participated in the district's first "Cello Extravaganza." Veteran cellist Ian McKinnell of the Pacific...
View ArticleKupchak backs D'Antoni as coach
Not everyone was willing Wednesday to give Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni a vote of confidence. Dwight Howard shied away from the subject of D'Antoni returning next season after the Lakers secured the No....
View Article'Seven Brides' an engaging, bounteous musical fable
You may not see the Broadway stage version of the MGM 1954 spectacular "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" for good reason: Few other shows require so many athletic and acrobatic singer-dancers who can...
View Article'Oblivion': Easy on the eyes, tough on the ears
"Oblivion" starts out as a last-man-on-earth film but soon becomes a game of "What's wrong with this picture?" By the time you know all the answers, you're wondering what went wrong with the movie....
View ArticleTeam win for Vaquero baseball team
Irvine High's baseball team had more than one most valuable player Tuesday afternoon against Woodbridge. A number of players stepped up in the Vaqueros 6-5 Pacific Coast League victory over Woodbridge...
View ArticleLetters: Gosnell trial - a high-profile abortion horror
SANTA ANA, Harry Wilson: Buried on Page 9 of the news section is a story, "Abortion doctor's trail shifts focus to woman's death" [April 17], about a trail of an abortion doctor in Philadelphia, Kermit...
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