Miller: Ducks keep heads up, mouths closed in Game 3
DETROIT – It was a big collision, Toni Lydman almost losing his head. It was a bigger response, all of Lydman's teammates keeping theirs. The Ducks have a history of not always maintaining composure,...
View ArticleVan lines' curious good news for California
So why in a year of economic growth did moving van lines see a drop in California interstate business?One of the more intriguing statistics I collect is yearly data issued by three major moving van...
View ArticleTrudy Rubin: Best remaining chance to oust Syria's Assad
There is something bizarre about the debate over how the United States should respond to the Syrian regime's likely use of chemical weapons against its own people. The White House acknowledged that...
View ArticleTop overseas real estate markets
The following are among the best markets for buying property while following "your heart and your wanderlust," according to Kathleen Peddicord, author of "How to Buy Real Estate Overseas." Argentina:...
View ArticleTom Tait: Anaheim elections
One of the great temptations of elected office is to begin to think that you, the official, know more and know better than the people whom you represent. At the national level, it is called an...
View ArticleSteve Greenhut: Insights into minds of lawmakers
SACRAMENTO – The Homeless Bill of Rights, the name applied to a bill that recently soared through the California Assembly's Judiciary Committee on a 7-2 vote, is the latest in a long line of...
View ArticleNick Berardino: Anaheim elections
Anaheim has been an historic leader in attracting and cultivating world class attractions and development. Walt Disney chose Anaheim as the location for his dream of creating an entirely unique park...
View ArticleJoel Kotkin: Religious freedom lures many to U.S. from Asia
It's been two decades since California Gov. Pete Wilson used grainy ads of undocumented immigrants – "They keep coming" – as an effective means of stoking fear of newcomers and assuring his...
View ArticleGeorge Will: Sensible caution on Syria
WASHINGTON – People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria...
View ArticleEditorial: Bailing out state pensions
Four Republican state Assembly members, including Irvine's Don Wagner, have co-sponsored a sensible resolution that should garner widespread bipartisan support. Like many states, California has been...
View ArticleAdrian Moore: 'High-speed' rail to O.C. unlikely
You could get whiplash trying to keep up with the state's fast changing plans for the proposed high-speed rail system's link to Anaheim. In 2008 state voters approved Proposition 1A to provide $10...
View ArticleJohnson: His birthday gift was giving
Jimmy Parker was turning 50 last week. To help him celebrate it, friends and family began arriving at his Huntington Beach home at 3 in the morning. It goes back to last January when his wife,...
View ArticleMovie royalty lives, gives in O.C.
Her friends in junior high were members of The Great Alzanas high wire circus act. Her other friends were teen idols David and Ricky Nelson. She has played cards with John Wayne and tennis with Rod...
View ArticleIllegal cigarettes: quick cash, light penalties
There’s a war in Marlboro Country. Organized criminals are producing cigarettes that mimic American-brand cigarettes and selling them in predominantly ethnic Orange County neighborhoods at drastically...
View ArticleWarner: What's new and notable in Hawaii
There are still no nonstop flights from Orange County to Hawaii. The traffic on H-1, a Hawaiian interstate that connects with no other state, is still horrendous. The volcano on the Big Island is still...
View ArticleLetters: Zooming down a double decker I-5 freeway
GARDEN GROVE, Bob Dickson: I wholly support the idea of a double-decker I-405 freeway ["A green version of a double-decker I-405," Opinion, April 26]. In fact, there should be double-decking on all or...
View ArticleLetters: Korea - A delicate balance of power
LADERA RANCH, Russ Colvin, community activist: North Korea has recently threatened to use nuclear weapons against the U.S., South Korea and Japan and has declared the 1953 armistice that ended the...
View ArticleAngels pitchers catch heat after blowout
ANAHEIM – Angels manager Mike Scioscia has been overwhelmingly positive in the face of an overwhelmingly negative start to his team's season. But that changed noticeably Sunday, after the Angels'...
View ArticleCS Fullerton finishes baseball sweep of 49ers
After a pair of one-run games, the fourth-ranked Cal State Fullerton baseball team left nothing to chance in Sunday's series finale against Long Beach State. The Titans took advantage of two 49ers...
View ArticleOC Marathon events puts focus on others
Runners traversed a wide area of the county Sunday morning in the ninth-annual OC Marathon main event and its related division races. More than 20,000 had registered for the weekend events, including...
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