Red Sox, Bruins postpone games due to manhunt
BOSTON - The Red Sox and Bruins postponed their games on Friday night while authorities searched for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. No makeup date was announced for the opener of the Red...
View ArticleSucceeding the ambassador of the airwaves
For the past 2,000 weeks, radio news has been dispensed to Orange County Register readers by Gary Lycan. Week in and week out, the Register has been the only consistent publication to cover news of the...
View ArticleManhunt paralyzes Boston; 'turn yourself in,' suspect's uncle pleads
WATERTOWN, Mass. — With the city virtually paralyzed, thousands of officers with rifles and armored vehicles swarmed the streets in and around Boston on Friday, hunting for a 19-year-old college...
View ArticleSmith: Hunter shaken, not deterred with Detroit
OAKLAND – The No. 48 jersey hung in his visiting clubhouse locker at O.co Coliseum. Four pairs of spikes, their heels stitched with his nickname, "T-NUTTS," were piled high beside bare feet. His number...
View ArticleReview: Though flawed, Ailey is a kick
Southern California's long love affair with Alvin Ailey shows no sign of fading. At the Los Angeles Music Center's Chandler Pavilion on Thursday, the audience was ecstatic, even raucous at times, as if...
View ArticleBowers' 'Gems of the Medici' a precious opportunity
Sometimes, one family is important enough to alter the course of human history. The Medici family of Florence, Italy, was one of those families. The Medicis were a key merchant and banking family from...
View ArticleDucks' Selanne may sit out against Calgary
CALGARY, Alberta - Teemu Selanne will sit out his first game of the season for the Ducks and it could be Friday night against Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome. Selanne told the Register after...
View ArticleFBI's Orange lab fights cyber crime
ORANGE - For the past two years, the FBI laboratory in Orange has served as the heart of computerized crime fighting in the region. The Orange County Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory is sort of a...
View ArticleOlga Kurylenko: Life after Bond just gets better
Olga Kurylenko is racking up the frequent flier miles these days. With two movies opening Friday – director Terrence Malick's "To The Wonder" and the Tom Cruise post-apocalyptic thriller "Oblivion" –...
View ArticleBoy Scouts to consider gay Scouts, but not gay leaders
The Boy Scouts of America offered a compromise proposal Friday regarding gays, saying it would allow members to vote on a measure that would allow openly gay scouts in the organization but would...
View ArticleJohnson: It's a scramble to the finish
You always have to go about this life learning things. There is, I believe, spectacle even in the most mundane things. If you keep your eyes open. The idea on this particular morning was a simple one:...
View ArticleCoachella 2013: Artist signings and swag a big hit
Moby in the Sahara tent during Coachella 2013's first weekend. Christopher Polk, Getty Images. It's the closest vendor to the entrance/exit, yet because of (or maybe despite) that, the on-site Zia...
View ArticleCoachella 2013: Band of Horses lift the mood after sundown, Jake Bugg...
Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses at the Outdoor Theatre. Photo: David Hall, for the Register Weekend 2 offered some solid music-making early in the day, but the class of potent and memorable stuff that...
View ArticleCoachella 2013: Brits, Brits and more Brits
A Blur fan stakes out a spot before sundown Friday. Photo: David Hall, for the Register Anglophiles enjoyed a wealth of musical riches as the first afternoon of Coachella Weekend 2 turned into...
View ArticleCoachella 2013: Yeah Yeah Yeahs change it up
Ms. O rears back to let out a wail on the main stage. Photo: Kelly A. Swift, for the Register Kudos to the indelible Karen O and the other Yeah Yeah Yeahs for taking full advantage of an opportunity...
View ArticleOne last bow at Capo's Mall
After more than 30 years of serving the theater program, Capistrano Valley High School's original stage will retire as the school wraps up construction of its new state-of-the-art theater. Capo's...
View ArticleLakers-Spurs: Series at a glance
Looking back at the regular-season series between the Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs: REGULAR-SEASON SERIES Game 1: Nov. 13, Staples Center Spurs 84, Lakers 82 The Lakers were more relaxed since the...
View ArticleO.C. dancers compete for the big time
Clara Mason, a dancer from Southland Ballet Academy in Fountain Valley, playfully peeked out from the curtain as her music began. In her portrayal of a playful character, she moved through the...
View ArticleLetters: Perilous state of health care
ORANGE, Robert Cole: In his column about Pacific Health Corp., Register columnist Bill Johnson suggests that the hospital owner of Newport Specialty Hospital in Tustin is Newport Specialty Hospital in...
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