Notable 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 ArticleHinch: Can this man rebuild church?
What's a church? Is it volunteers gathering monthly at a Santa Ana Laundromat to provide free laundry to street people? How about a fair-trade coffee house in suburban Sacramento that dedicates its...
View ArticleDragons soar with a little help from people
In show business, as in life, success breeds imitation. Orange County is about to see an arena-show version of "How to Train Your Dragon" (it swoops into the Honda Center on Thursday) because the 2010...
View ArticleWhicker: Lockout over, Ducks fans lock in to NHL's return
The lukewarm days and barren nights finally got to Jeff Strang. Marooned by the NHL lockout, he was driven to his first fantasy football league. Meanwhile, Murray Oxman found himself watching more golf...
View ArticleTragicomic play is as cheeky, edgy as its unprintable name
Imagine "The Honeymooners" combined with an overheated telenovela and one of the grittier episodes of "The Wire," and you'll be somewhere close to the raucous tragicomic world of "The Mother****** with...
View ArticleYeah Yeah Yeahs return with new tunes at the Glass House
Southern Californian Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans have surely noticed: the NYC trio has remained absent a long time. For more than three years, actually, last appearing at the Greek Theatre in 2009 toward the...
View ArticleMark Landsbaum: Free markets can cure poverty
Here's a headline you may not have seen. It's a mystery why you haven't. It certainly is big news. "The world has grown less poor and richer every year for decades." This may seem counterintuitive,...
View ArticleJoel Kotkin: Prescription for an ailing California
Only a fool, or perhaps a politician or media pundit, would say California is not in trouble, despite some modest recent improvements in employment and a decline in migration out of the state. Yet the...
View ArticleHow to get your 2013 finances in order
Still living off credit cards? Can't figure out how much you could or should spend? Need to save for retirement? Deborah McNaughton, a Placentia credit expert, financial coach and author of "Money...
View ArticleEditorial: First steps on Great Park's new path
When projects under the purview of politicians don't work right, elections are meant to bring about a change in leadership to fix the problems. That seems to be happening in Irvine. Troubled,...
View ArticleBrian Calle: More pages, more opinions
Too many political right-leaners appear to be in retreat mode after what they view as the catastrophic year of 2012 and the coming peril of 2013 and beyond. I've been amused (and, at the same time,...
View ArticleO.C. power couple have it all blow up
In a mansion by the sea, they lived as one big family. Orange County power couple Lawrence and Kristina Dodge resided in the ocean-view main house in Monarch Bay along with their teenage daughter and...
View ArticleQueen Anne style reigns on Surf City corner
A home listed in Huntington Beach evokes the style of Queen Anne architecture and also pays homage to another 19th-century classic. Coca-Cola. Cherry red vinyl furnishings with a familiar white script...
View ArticleJohnson: She made 600 dresses and britches for kids
She had nothing to do. It was, Beverly Nicholas says, that simple. She had been a nurse for 68 years, going clear back to World War II. The government had plucked her out of school, made her a cadet...
View ArticleToday at the Disneyland Resort, Sun., Jan. 13
Disneyland hours: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Disney California Adventure hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Attraction/restaurant closures: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Big Thunder Ranch Petting Zoo, Haunted Mansion,...
View ArticleDisney history: 'Aladdin' debuts
This week in Disney history: Jan. 15, 1969: Disneyland Hotel’s Marina Tower officially opens. Jan. 16, 1970: Legacy of Walt Disney opens on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland, featuring a display of...
View ArticleWeaver, Kemp headline SoCal Baseball Expo
Angels All-Star ace Jered Weaver, Dodgers All-Stars Matt Kemp and Adrian Gonzalez and Hall of Fame Padres slugger Tony Gwynn will be among the featured players appearing and signing autographs at the...
View ArticleSanta Ana police arrest hit-and-run suspect
SANTA ANA – Police arrested a man Saturday who they believe was driving the vehicle that struck and killed a 75-year-old man Thursday morning. Victor Manuel Arredondo Anaya, 27, of Santa Ana, was...
View ArticleExpect traffic changes at Santa Ana College Jan. 14
SANTA ANA - Santa Ana College officials said that people heading to campus can expect some traffic changes beginning Monday, Jan. 14, as the result of ongoing construction on campus that is expected to...
View ArticleMorning letters: Targeting gun control myths
ORANGE, John R. Gangel, president, Little John’s Antique Arms Inc.: “The party line” by liberal journalists on gun control is an embarrassment to reporters who actually research “facts.” Here are the...
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