March 25 celebrity birthdays
See some of the people celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities of the past who were born on this date can be found at the end of this slide show. SEE CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS...
View ArticleBarry Koltnow: The royal wedding: I don’t get it
It is with great trepidation and regret that I begin this column by breaking the most important rule of column-writing. I'm asking for your advice. Columnists never need anyone's advice. By his or her...
View ArticleKilgore: Ready Now Emergency Supplies opens in Huntington Beach
We've all received a wake up call in light of the recent tsunami in Japan. Are you ready for an emergency? Newly opened Ready Now Emergency Supplies has many of the items you'll need to be prepared....
View ArticleIrvine firm welcomes 11 new members
Irvine-based White, Nelson & Co. has welcomed 11 new members to its team, four employees and seven interns. The new employees include Michael Mancini, Tamara Reed, Kyle Stevens and Amy Weng. The...
View ArticleReally? N.Y. condo sells for $48 million
Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, "Really?" RECORD PRICE: Best-selling Russian composer Igor Krutoy has broken the condo record, paying $48 million for his new...
View ArticleTop special district CEO pay: $1.15 million
The most well-compensated special district executive in California was the Palomar Pomerado Hospital District's CEO, who earned a cool $1.15 million in pay and perks, according to the latest figures...
View ArticleCan't part with your child's outgrown clothes? Make a quilt
Now that my youngest has just turned four I have found myself finally getting rid of the huge Tupperware containers full of baby clothes. I have found it to be very emotional and not wanting to part...
View ArticleSmall firms could add 3.8 million jobs in 2011
U.S. small businesses will create 3.8 million jobs in 2011 if they carry out their current hiring plans, according to the Small Business Success Index recently released by the University of Maryland...
View ArticleFormer ‘Wicked’ actress teaches at San Juan school
Rozlyn Mignogna spent more than a year performing in the popular stage musical "Wicked," first in Chicago and then on a national tour and in the Los Angeles production. Now, the alumna of Capistrano...
View ArticleSome cash-saving ideas may not pan out for state
SACRAMENTO – While the state may be short of money, there is no drought of cash-saving ideas. But many of them cannot pan out politically, legally or logistically. Nonetheless, Gov. Jerry Brown and...
View ArticleElectric-kart inventor hopes to inspire more
After President Barack Obama said early in his presidency that we, as a nation, must start building things again, San Clemente real estate broker George Fortin went to work to build an electric go-kart...
View Article105 just a number to Capo Beach centenarian
DANA POINT – Juliet Levin, celebrating her 105th birthday Thursday afternoon at Capistrano Beach Nursing Center, has never let age stand in her way, making a hole in one at 72, celebrating her bat...
View ArticlePictures: “Les Miserables” continues this weekend
Travel back to the French Revolution with the Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts in "Les Miserables." The all-student production continues Friday through Sunday in the Huntington Beach...
View ArticleNew children’s show debuts at Disney park
In about a month, the new "Jake and the Never Land Pirates" show skyrocketed to become the top-rated show among young children. Already, the characters have a place in Disney California Adventure....
View ArticleWhat's behind the real-sugar soda movement?
Pepsico announced earlier this month it was making the Throwback versions of its Pepsi and Mountain Dew products, made with real sugar, permanent fixtures after test runs. Throwback drinks earned the...
View ArticleCongratulations! It's a ... baby! And for us, that was good enough
OK, don't get too excited by that picture and the headline up there. I am NOT pregnant. But a friend's new pregnancy has me reliving my own. Well, not reliving it exactly. Just re-remembering it, if...
View ArticleMen embrace plastic surgery? No way!
Plastic surgeons noticed an uptick in the number of men getting plastic surgery last year, and they’re crowing about it. The underlying message to men is that they ought to head to a plastic surgeon’s...
View ArticleAfter more light rain, a sunny forecast
Orange County could see more light rain early Friday, and again Saturday night, before the return of sunnier skies and more spring-like weather early next week, the National Weather Service says. The...
View ArticleYard House rolls out new Belgian beer
Here are a couple of things from the mailbag that made me go “hmmm.” - The Yard House was once the go-to place for beer in O.C. Perhaps this is a sign that it’s now chasing the trend line: it’s...
View ArticleWells Fargo shifts O.C. work to India
Wells Fargo Wholesale Lending Operations, which announced earlier this week that it was cutting 59 jobs in Orange County, is shifting some of the work to India, a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage spokesman...
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