Santa Ana prepares for contract negotiations
SANTA ANA – The City Council on Monday approved a $75,000 agreement for legal services with Peter Brown of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore for labor negotiation assistance. The city's contracts with the Santa...
View ArticleO.C. retailers prep for Small Business Saturday
Lolo Boutique in Fullerton will host a champagne reception. Toy Boat Toy Boat Toy Boat, a Corona del Mar toy store, is serving up free food and children's arts and crafts projects. World of Wigs in...
View ArticleEditorial: For tax rates, 91 percent no solution
The "Back to the Future" movies were entertaining, but some things are better left in the past. For instance, Paul Krugman, the Nobel prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist, recently...
View ArticleToday at the Disneyland Resort, Fri., Nov. 23
Disneyland hours: 8 a.m. to midnight. Disney California Adventure hours: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Attraction/restaurant closures: Indiana Jones Adventure. Disneyland fireworks: 9:30 p.m. DCA's "World of...
View ArticleLetters: Why California is a magnet for the poor
CORONA DEL MAR, Bill Cool: Dan Walters’ column, “California’s two-tier economy” [California focus, Nov. 20], reveals the increasing number of poor people in the once Golden State. No one will argue...
View ArticleYoung teens increasingly looking to bulk up, study finds
Since the first skinny model graced the cover of a magazine, critics have complained that such images send an unfair message to women and girls: that they can and should look like that. But these days,...
View ArticleNov. 23 celebrity birthdays
These people are another year older today: Songwriter Johnny Mandel is 87. Former baseball manager Jack McKeon is 82. Actress Elmarie Wendel ("3rd Rock from the Sun," "George Lopez") is 80....
View ArticleKoltnow: China is not Hollywood's favored enemy
It must be a source of great comfort to know that no matter how desperate one's life might become, at least no one can force you to watch "Red Dawn." I receive no such comfort, of course. It is my job...
View ArticleRiverside lights up for Christmas
Riverside becomes one of the greatest glow-in-the-dark spots in the world today when the Mission Inn switches on its Festival of Lights for the holiday season. At dusk, 3.6 million lights will be...
View ArticleBlack Friday in O.C.: shopping, wishing, grooming
Nobody waved a gun. Which made Black Friday in Orange County a safer and apparently saner event than what took place in San Antonio, Texas. There, early morning shopping sparked a fistfight that...
View ArticleMiller: Villa Park finds its way to the Big A
TUSTIN – A great high school football game was played here Friday night. From what we understand. You see, we couldn't see, the second half played in a fog that could be correctly described as...
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 ArticleFailing TV shows start to get the ax
It was a tough Thanksgiving week in TV world, as several prominent primetime turkeys got their heads chopped off. The victims: ABC's underperforming rookie dramas "Last Resort" and "666 Park Avenue,"...
View ArticleDeftones thunderous at the Palladium
After a standout performance at Epicenter in Irvine in September, Deftones returned to Southern California just before Thanksgiving for a sold-out show at the Hollywood Palladium in support of their...
View ArticlePets of the week: Autumn and Romeo
BRUSSELS GRIFFON MIX AUTUMN Age: 1 year Sex: spayed female Size: 15 pounds Autumn's story: This energetic and playful little girl gets along with other dogs and kids. She's house-trained and healthy....
View ArticleMaryanne Dell: It's never too late to be thankful
By the time you read this, the holiday will be days old (or still coming, depending on which holiday you're thinking of). But because I'm writing on Thanksgiving, I have to give thanks for the many...
View ArticleWhicker: Edison emerges out of the fog
COSTA MESA – When your punter gets crossed up by a bad snap, and then gets hit when he gets the kick away, and then the ball hits an official in the back of his shoulder and bounces back to your...
View ArticleO.C. football: Friday's stories, photos, videos and more
Check out all of OCVarsity's game stories, column, photos, videos and more from the high school football games on Friday night: Updated CIF-SS football playoff brackets OCVarsity Hot Shots:...
View ArticleToday's Cartoons: U.S. consumers put to work
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View ArticleSteve Greenhut: Few smoke signals for freedom
SACRAMENTO – When it comes to real political change, the people almost always are light years ahead of the politicians, most of whom are so worried about re-election that they take only carefully...
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