Sanchez sends holiday greetings from the fiscal cliff
As if the terrain isn’t precarious enough, Rep. Loretta Sanchez is sporting red pumps with three-inch heels as she dances along the fiscal cliff with her husband, Jack Einwechter. The Santa Ana...
View ArticleReal juice: Delicious. healthy and expensive
Jamie Jensen, the founder of Living Juice, stood next to her table at the Laguna Beach farmer's market last Saturday. The mid-morning sun blazed, and she served up tiny paper cups of her organic,...
View ArticleLetters: Legalizing pot will free up U.S. resources
WESTMINSTER, Thu Tran: The problem of legalizing marijuana has nothing to do with those who smoke it [“What a long, strange trip,” Focus/Society, Dec. 11] but has everything to do with economics and...
View ArticleJoe Letteri's Fab Five movie effects
You might not know Joe Letteri's name, but you know his work. The four-time Oscar winner is a visual effects wizard who has put his stamp on "Avatar," "Jurassic Park," "Rise of the Planet of the Apes,"...
View ArticleRebecca Black to make concert debut in Anaheim
Rebecca Black, the Orange County teen who rocketed to viral video fame in 2011 thanks to her song "Friday," is finally set to make her concert debut with a show at the House of Blues in Anaheim on...
View ArticleO.C. ranks as state's No. 2 for chip jobs
Orange County ranks second in California for the number of jobs in semiconductor manufacturing and design, behind Santa Clara County, the home of Silicon Valley. It isn't a close second ... yet. Santa...
View ArticleIs juice as bad as soda?
Parents who would never dream of serving soda or candy to their children for breakfast are essentially doing the same thing when they pour a tall glass of orange juice, according to a growing number of...
View ArticleDec. 13 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz is 92. Actor Dick Van Dyke is 87. Former Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine is 86. Actor Christopher...
View ArticleAndy Serkis returns to his 'precious' role as Gollum
Thirteen years ago, British actor Andy Serkis received a phone call from his agent, who asked him if he was interested in auditioning for a three-week job supplying the voice of an animated character...
View ArticleDrummond: Golf course grass growing cheaper
"Ahead of schedule and under budget" are words not frequently used when referring to a program undertaken by a government-run entity at any level. Yet, Yorba Linda taxpayers who've been funding...
View ArticleCharles Krauthammer: A right-to-work dilemma
For all the fury and fistfights outside the Lansing Capitol, what happened in Michigan this week was a simple accommodation to reality. The most famously unionized state, birthplace of the United Auto...
View ArticleA window to holiday cheer
As downtown Fullerton gets in the holiday spirit, there may be no business that decorates more than Mo's Fullerton Music Center, which transforms its storefront along North Harbor Boulevard into a...
View ArticleA time to celebrate, a time to give
There is something about the Christmas season that invites us to open our hearts to others. I recently heard an old tune as a backdrop in a commercial that went like this: "Make someone happy, make...
View ArticleIrvine sends notes to the North Pole
About 150 Irvine kids have put in a good word with the jolly old man up north this year.Friday is the last day to drop off letters to Santa at Heritage Park Community Center and the Turtle Rock...
View ArticleWhat's Middle Earth's connection to Irvine?
The Hobbit" debuted this week, and you don't need to travel to New Zealand – the geographic muse for Peter Jackson's cinematic take on J.R.R Tolkien's creations – to experience Middle Earth. UC Irvine...
View ArticleWhat Irvine is reading. Does it match what you are reading?
If you want to sell a book right now, you might want to mention Lincoln in the title -- or have a movie based on your book debut. Here, in no particular order, are the books that were bought the most...
View ArticleMo' mustaches – mo' money for charity
"Movember" might be a month removed, but it's never too late to laud men for growing long-out-of-style or on-point hipster mustaches for charity during the month of November. The men of Hanley...
View ArticlePancakes and presents coming to Irvine Saturday
If you're reading this before 9 a.m. Saturday and sense a rumbling in your stomach along with a philanthropic feeling coming on, head over to pancakesandpresents.com to get more information about a...
View ArticleOpinion: Resolution unfairly targets Israel
Students' aspirations to stand up against global injustices are noble, as long as that pursuit is based on fairness, reason and intellectual honesty. Unfortunately for UC Irvine, an institution founded...
View ArticleReal estate transactions in Irvine
BUSINESS LICENSES Bakersfield 3 Dental Services; Owner/Principal: Aase, Brady; Description: All Other Business Support Services; Start date: Dec. 4; Phone: 714-508-3600; Address: 2860 Michelle Drive,...
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