OCVarsity Hot Shots: Friday's football games
Check out OCVarsity's action photos from the highs school football games Friday night. Click through the slideshow to see photos from the following games: Mission Viejo-Tesoro; Mater Dei-St. John...
View ArticleI'm scared of airport security
I'm going to Peru next month, and I'm starting to get scared. That's appropriate, since it's nearly Halloween. But I'm not afraid of goblins or of having our house egged, or even of being alone in the...
View ArticleBest Surf Shop
2012 Best of O.C. Winners: Best Surf Shop Jack's Surfboards Killer Dana Surf Shop Hobie Sports Huntington Surf and Sport
View ArticleNotable deaths of 2012
See personalities from the worlds of entertainment, sports, politics, business, literature and world affairs who departed this year. Related: Celebrities we lost in 2011 Celebrities we lost in 2010...
View ArticleNational Ballet of Canada's 'Alice' is a wonderland
There's a reason why dance companies don't create many new full-length ballets anymore. The cost, the complexity, the uncertainty of finding an audience for something fresh and untested – in this...
View ArticleO.C. classrooms to change under Common Core
Chaparral Elementary School teacher Lynn Takacs isn't just seeking the correct answer from her fourth-graders when she asks, "How many times larger is 70 than 7?" As pupils' hands shoot into the air...
View ArticleGang member shot by Anaheim police officer
ANAHEIM – A man was shot early Sunday morning after fleeing police. A police spokesman said that around 1:30 a.m. a known gang member was riding his bicycle on Philadelphia Street, when an officer...
View ArticleAsk Your Neighbor: Corn Spoon Bread
Dear Neighbors: In response to the request for the skillet cornbread from Canyon Grill, A. Barsa of Villa Park sent the following recipe, which is quite similar.Corn Spoon BreadYield: 8-10...
View ArticleMan, nature make monster waves off oil platform
Last night I was sitting on my deck, working on tweaking my infamous "Corkarita" formula and talking surf with my neighbor, the "Iguana," and a couple of dudes from the South Bay who were...
View ArticleH.B. market lists 6 million-dollar properties
92646Available: 22Lowest: $229,500 for 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 713 sq. ft., near Brookhurst and Adams. Median: $384,900 for 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,280 sq. ft., near Magnolia and Atlanta. Highest: $1,192,660...
View ArticleDoctor runs with runner he saved
HUNTINGTON BEACH – Doctors told her chances were slim that she ever again would run recreationally, and slimmer that she would ever again race competitively. Suzanne Maldonado-Rael, 34, proved them...
View ArticleTake Five Recipes
Dear Neighbors: We need your favorite recipes featuring five ingredients or fewer! Please see the information below.Recipes submitted for Take Five must contain no more than five ingredients, excluding...
View ArticleAn oceanfront home after her own heart
When Terri Foreman bought oceanfront property in Corona del Mar a few years ago, she made the leap of a lifetime. It wasn't the house but the setting – stunning views of the Pacific Ocean from the...
View ArticleHundreds compete in N.B. triathlon
Hundreds of athletes swam, biked and ran the 35th Kring and Chung Newport Beach Triathlon on Sunday around the scenic Back Bay. Organizers believe the event is one of the longest-standing triathlons in...
View ArticleGeorge McGovern speaks with the Register's Brian Calle
In 2009, former U.S. Senator George McGovern speaks with Brian Calle about the death of Ted Kennedy, health care reform, the war in Iraq and President Obama.
View ArticleMorning letters: Schools have great fiscal challenges ahead
Ian Collins, Huntington Beach; Sergio Contreras (Westminster); Jim Moreno (Huntington Beach); Michael Simons (Huntington Beach); Tracy Pellman (Huntington Beach); Brian Rechsteiner (Huntington...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: State leaders lack initiative to govern
VILLA PARK, Don Holthe: Once again our state leaders can’t balance the budget, and once again we’re told the money has to be cut from teachers, police or firefighters. It’s like going to the meat...
View ArticleOct. 21 celebrity birthdays
Actress Joyce Randolph ("The Honeymooners") is 88. Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford is 84. Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 72. Guitarist Steve Cropper (Booker T. and the MG's, the Blues Brothers) is 71....
View ArticleJeff Goldblum plays the teacher you love to hate in 'Seminar'
Anyone who's ever been to college – or in the military, or management training, or any environment that combines education, competitiveness and ego – will recognize Leonard. He's not so much a teacher...
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