Irvine police blotter: Nov. 5 to 11
CROSSROADSNOV. 116:38 a.m. Vandalism, 100 block Springvale. Vandals destroyed toilet facilities at Springvale Park. NOV. 10 1:52 a.m. Defrauding innkeeper, 14160 Culver Drive. Three subjects who ate at...
View ArticleHome prices continue to rise across SoCal
Southern California home sales rose sharply in October as move-up buyers joined investors, shifting the mix of homes selling up a notch. The median price paid for a home rose nearly 18 percent from a...
View ArticleHeeding call of nature can benefit garden
There is lots of snickering in newspaper circles about this front-page story from The Chapel Hills News: "CARRBORO – Roy Mars was peeing in his compost last weekend – it adds nitrogen – when he looked...
View ArticleGwynne Dyer: Anti-nuclear madness grips developed world
After the loss of 10 million American lives in the Three-Mile Island calamity in 1979, the death of 2 billion in the Chernobyl holocaust in 1986 and, now, the abandonment of all of northern Japan...
View ArticleEntrepreneur ideas 'survive' in O.C.
In a pitch to win $25,000, Anthony Ferraro showed off the waist band of his underwear to 150 people. His display was part of a pitch at the recent Tech Coast Venture Network's Survivor 7 at Chapman...
View ArticleChristian Milord: Will Obama pull a Clinton?
Perhaps many voters who cast their ballots for the Obama/Biden ticket did so assuming they would receive an array of services from Washington over the next four years. They forgot that in the big...
View ArticleBeige? Not when the world is full of color
If you've ever sold a house, you know that every real estate agent in this great nation is required by law to advise you to paint your house beige before you put it on the market. That's because this...
View ArticleToday at the Disneyland Resort, Sat., Nov. 24
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 ArticleLaguna falls to Garden Grove in football semifinal
GARDEN GROVE - It was at this time a year ago when Garden Grove's football team had long since turned in its equipment after an uncharacteristically down season. A 4-7 mark left a bad taste in the...
View ArticleFocus on Science: Protecting the subways
Engineers are developng a 1-ton balloon to plug subways and out floodwaters. CLICK HERE for Focus on Science: Protecting the subways.
View ArticleLetters: Hurricane of controversy over C02 levels
DANA POINT, Larry Hamlin, Retired Southern California Edison vice president of power production, former state energy construction czar under Gov. Gray Davis (2001): Measurements for atmospheric global...
View ArticleNov. 24 celebrity birthdays
Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson is 74. Country singer Johnny Carver is 72. Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue is 72. Former Beatles drummer Pete Best is 71. Actor-comedian Billy Connolly...
View ArticleGifts for the home
If hitting the mall is not your thing, the good news is that for home and garden enthusiasts, boutique shopping is the way to go. You can buy online,or hit the small stores with fewer crowds. Some of...
View ArticleProdigy cellist arrives in O.C. on success wave
Alisa Weilerstein thought the email was spam. It came from an address she didn't recognize. It said that the sender had some very good news for her, please call. "I thought it was one of those, you...
View Article'Anything Goes' is easy on the eyes, ears
Those who praise composer-lyricist Cole Porter as "the Stephen Sondheim of his era" usually neglect to add that it was a far different era. In 1934, Broadway audiences didn't ask a lot of their musical...
View ArticleTaper production takes aim at political divide
American filmmakers have long been attracted to politics. From "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and "All the King's Men" to "Wag the Dog" and "Milk," directors and screenwriters have found fertile...
View ArticleCartoon Gallery: Fiscal cliff follies; Morsi mania
42 cartoons tackle the fiscal cliff, Grover Norquist and Egypt's nefarious new-age Pharaoh
View ArticleHundreds of Boy Scouts earn merit badges
IRVINE – Nearly 600 Boy Scouts came out Saturday for the annual Merit Badge Day to learn new skills and progress in their scouting. Some were looking to earn their very first badge while others had...
View ArticleOCVarsity Hot Shots: Friday's basketball, soccer
Slideshow: Check out all of OCVarsity's photos from the boys and girls basketball and boys soccer games on Friday.
View ArticleO.C. shoppers buy up Target, Neiman Marcus line
NEWPORT BEACH – Shoppers lined up at Fashion Island as early as 4 a.m. Saturday morning to be among the first to nab designer goods launched through a new Target and Neiman Marcus collaboration. This...
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