Letters: Why Prop. 30 won't save our state economy
MISSION VIEJO, Erik Wendehost: L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa misses a clear point in his column, “Time to invest in the future” [Opinion, Nov. 13]. He extolled the virtues of Proposition 30, which...
View ArticleNov. 15 celebrity birthdays
TV judge Joseph Wapner is 93. Former Senator Howard Baker Jr. is 87. Actor Ed Asner is 83. Actor John Kerr ("South Pacific") is 81. Singer Petula Clark is 80. Comedian Jack Burns of Burns and Schreiber...
View ArticleDennis Miller and Adam Carolla get real at the Grove
Dennis Miller and Adam Carolla have never really been short on words. The comedians met a few years back after Miller got his hands on Carolla's first book, "In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks." He...
View Article'Twilight' fans face the saga's end
In October 2008, a month before the movie "Twilight" debuted, one of Vanessa Conradi's coworkers gave her the book it was based on and suggested she might like it. "I asked what it was about and he...
View Article'Lincoln' presents the human side of an American icon
It's the voice. The voice is everything. History tells us that Abraham Lincoln had a high voice, sometimes described as a silver trumpet, sometimes described as piping, but notably high, enough to be...
View ArticleSubmarine vets not forgotten
On Veterans Day, we celebrate those who have served in our nation's armed forces. Today we throw a salute to the members of the silent service – the United States Navy's submarine force – with a look...
View ArticleMan held in stabbing death of woman found in alley
SANTA ANA – Investigators have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a Santa Ana woman found stabbed to death in an alley, police said Thursday. Homicide detectives on Thursday morning...
View ArticleSalonen returns with his Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen and London's Philharmonia Orchestra, for which he has served as principal conductor and artistic advisor since 2008, dropped by Segerstrom Concert Hall on Wednesday night to open the...
View ArticleKROQ's Bean, Mason called 'champs' after kidney transplant
KROQ/106.7 FM morning personality Gene (Bean) Baxter and KROQ engineer Scott Mason are recovering from successful surgery to transplant one of Bean's kidneys to Mason. "Both recovering like champs,"...
View ArticleJohnny Depp, some Strokes and more pay tribute to Tom Petty
I've been arguing for years that, for all his fame, Tom Petty is still the most underrated of all the great classic rock songwriters. There's scarcely anyone who compares when you think about longevity...
View ArticleFestival of Arts reports more revenue, ticket sales
The Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach reported another successful year despite the uncertain economy during its annual membership meeting Wednesday night. Revenue during fiscal year 2012, which ended...
View ArticleA confident D'Antoni lays out his vision for the Lakers
EL SEGUNDO – Demand for a third slow dance with Phil Jackson was so logical and widespread that even the Lakers' decision-makers were on the brink of succumbing to public pressure and re-hiring him....
View ArticleWhicker: UCLA QB Hundley an early riser
MESA, Ariz. – Life is right there, yawning in front of him like a quarterback draw. If you're Brett Hundley and you want to grab every second, you sleep fast. On Saturday morning, his dad Brett Sr....
View ArticleKiffin, USC remain forward thinkers
LOS ANGELES — Nothing will bring back the surprising loss at Stanford that shattered national championship dreams or the crushing defeats against Arizona and Oregon that suddenly turned the heat up on...
View ArticleIrvine Chargers Future League team wins, 24-0
(Compiled by Tim Burt, submitted by Irvine Chargers) The Irvine Chargers Future League team finished the season with a 24-0 defeat of the Fullerton Bears Black squad in Saturday's Super Bowl game. The...
View ArticleTimothy Spangler: Turkey a post-Arab Spring role model?
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dealt his country's prospects of joining the European Union a severe blow this week when he proposed reinstating the death penalty. Erdogan pointed to the...
View ArticleRobert Samuelson: U.S. energy independent after all?
Preoccupied by the election, Americans may be under the delusion that most major social and economic changes proceed from the ballot box. Not so. The latest reminder of this comes from a surprising...
View ArticleRetail roundup: New stores and gyms open this month
Several stores are opening in Orange County in time for the holiday shopping season. Here's a summary of local retail developments:South Coast Plaza is opening seven new stores this month, in addition...
View ArticleHenry I. Miller: Beware Obama's regulatory cliff
We've been hearing a lot about the "fiscal cliff" – the calamity that will result if Congress fails by the beginning of January to thwart scheduled tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts...
View ArticleEditorial: Trail to dodge 'fiscal cliff' already blazed
President Barack Obama was to meet today with congressional leaders to begin in earnest negotiations on a bipartisan agreement that would stop the federal government from plunging Jan. 1 over the...
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