Rain wraps up; sunnier week ahead
Light rain continues for what should be its final day Tuesday, the National Weather Service says, with sunnier skies and modestly warmer temperatures expected through Friday. More rain could be in the...
View ArticleCrime in your Laguna Niguel neighborhoods
Here are recent Sheriff's Department reports from Laguna Niguel:Citizen assist. 30700 block Paseo del Niguel. A man said he lost his phone and wanted a sheriff's deputy present while he looked for it....
View ArticleGlenn Haas: Older singles get results online
We used to hang out in bars, hoping to meet some decent guy between vodka martinis. Now we sign up for online dating services, which is not necessarily a healthier approach. Even AARP is into the...
View ArticleSwimming at 2013's best beach, in 2012
I have seen the future and it is hot, wet, sandy and you can get one of those funny-colored drinks with a paper umbrella on top. I took a swim Tuesday at Duke Kahanamoku Beach on Oahu in Hawaii. It...
View ArticleWoman in wheelchair hurt in hit-and-run
LAGUNA HILLS – Investigators are searching for a hit-and-run driver who hit a woman in a wheelchair Monday afternoon, officials said. The 56-year-old woman suffered broken bones in her legs, said Lt....
View ArticleEye on O.C.: Style and substance
CASA Holiday Luncheon raises funds for foster advocacy with fashion and food. See today's Eye on O.C.
View ArticleFocus on Justice: Does mandatory sentencing work?
Pressure grows to reduce stiff sentences for nonviolent crimes as prisons sap resources. See today's Focus on Justice: Does mandatory sentencing work?
View Article2 killed in separate hit-and-run crashes
ANAHEIM – Two hit-and-run crashes left two male pedestrians dead Monday night and Tuesday morning, authorities said. Monday night's crash was reported at about 10:25 p.m. on the southbound Imperial...
View ArticleLetters: Prayer is the solution for working through tragedy
MISSION VIEJO, Les Bellis: It is devastating and heart-wrenching to hear news about the 26 people, including 20 beautiful children, killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Shooter Adam...
View ArticleDec. 18 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Actor Roger Smith ("77 Sunset Strip") is 80. Blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks is 79. Winery owner Diane Disney Miller, the daughter of...
View ArticleA pop music staging of 'Snow White' is worth the drive
The English theatrical form of pantomime, which later came to be known simply as "Panto," may not be familiar even to habitual theatergoers, but its concepts are certainly well known. With its mixture...
View ArticlePolice: Man had 34 guns, bomb-making materials
COSTA MESA – Police arrested a 66-year-old Costa Mesa man suspected of living in a business unit where investigators discovered 34 firearms and materials that authorities say could have been used to...
View ArticleWhiting: Mass shooting victim's family calls for gun-law change
We owe it to 20 little children and a former Navy Seal to work for change. The killings in Newtown, Conn., along with too many others including Vietnam veteran David Caouette – shot dead last year in...
View ArticleHouses good enough to eat
SANTA ANA – The science of an edible Christmas treat was on display at the Discovery Science Center. "The Science of Gingerbread" competition has become an annual tradition at the center. The...
View ArticleLong-term jobless receive benefit warning
California officials notified 400,000 people on long-term unemployment, including more than 22,700 in Orange County, that their benefits will end Dec. 29, unless Congress changes current law. The...
View ArticleLake Forest reverses sex-offender ban in parks
LAKE FOREST – Three members of the City Council voted Tuesday to undo a law passed a year ago banning registered sex offenders from city parks. Mayor Kathryn McCullough, Mayor Pro Tem Scott Voigts and...
View ArticleHow much rain have we had in Tustin?
Tustin and North Tustin residents share reports of the amount of rainfall in recent days. In Tustin, Bob Glassman reports that the city received .56 inches of rain, reaching a season total of 1.68...
View ArticleSunny skies over O.C., plus mountain winds
Orange County leaves behind gray, drizzly skies for sunshine, at least over the next few days, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service. And gusty winds from the northeast have prompted...
View ArticleSpreading holiday cheer
LADERA RANCH – The Ladera Rancho Chamber of Commerce spread some holiday cheer Sunday as it hosted a free photo opportunity with Santa and Mrs. Claus at Casa Ranchero Mexican Cantina in Ladera Ranch....
View ArticleAnaheim clears way for resort-area expansion
ANAHEIM – The City Council has cleared the way for a large expansion of the Convention Center and streamlined the development process within the Resort District around Disneyland. The council...
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