Oregon’s Alonso proves troublesome for Wisconsin
PASADENA – Oregon linebacker Kick Alonso was named defensive player of the game in the Rose Bowl on Monday, a bright on-the-field moment in a career clouded by off-the-field trouble.Alonso, a redshirt...
View ArticleOregon's Thomas does a lot with a little
PASADENA – As raw a deal as Wisconsin's Bret Bielema got Monday – and a few of those officiating calls must have sat like Sunday's sushi – another head coach had to be feeling equally queasy. How'd you...
View ArticleBest things in life not free for Clippers' Jordan
PLAYA VISTA – Call it the big man's burden. DeAndre Jordan is a physical beast, capable of throwing down highlight-reel dunks and swatting shots with relative ease. But from 15 feet, with no one...
View ArticleMorning letters: Look who occupied the Rose Parade
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Rick James: Who is the greatest threat to America’s future? If you listen to the Left and Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano, it is pesky, right-wing extremists, our returning...
View ArticleWhicker: Offense galore in Fiesta Bowl
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Four quarters ended, and they called everybody out to midfield and said the Fiesta Bowl was going into overtime. It was there all along. In the type of orgiastic, high-stakes football...
View ArticleDeaf activist ‘shakedown’ of O.C. businesses?
The letter making its way to small businesses starts out nicely enough: “Thank you for taking the time to read this important message from a deaf advocate in Orange County, California.” But then it...
View ArticleJan. 3 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. Also see notable deaths of 2011. SEE...
View ArticleWinnie the Pooh auditions to be held for kids, teens
Mysterium Theater is holding auditions for "Winnie the Pooh presents Eeyore's Birthday Party." Auditions are open to children ages 7 to 17 at 4 p.m. Jan. 9 and Jan. 10. The show performances are...
View ArticleHubby returns from the war
"Can you see him? I don't see him," I say nervously, craning my neck. The khaki figures emerge from the darkness, coming into focus as they march toward the crowd. The excitement is palpable as it...
View ArticleRetail workers most at risk of fatal assaults
Retail workers are more at risk than any other employees of dying on the job from an assault, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. From 2003 to 2008, more than half (51%) of the 2,129 fatal...
View ArticleO.C. inventions win 14% more patents in 2011
Orange County inventions were granted 2,709 patents in 2011, 14% more than in 2010, reports Bruce Itchkawitz, a registered patent attorney in the Irvine office of Knobbe Marten, Olson & Bear LLP....
View Article$12 video game Tuesdays at Boomers
Want to go to Boomers today and play unlimited video games for only $12? Then check out the Twelve Buck Tuesdays, good any Tuesday, at any Boomers location. You can also add on unlimited bumper boats,...
View ArticleSee a movie for a buck today
Tuesdays are the best days to go to the movies, because you can save some real money. Several movie theaters in and around Orange County, including in Irvine, La Mirada and Santa Ana, have $1 movies on...
View ArticleToday’s cartoons: 2012's twenty-somethings
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View ArticleLakers Rimshots: Fans from Tuesday's game
Slide show: Check out the Lakers fans as they arrive Tuesday night at Staples Center to watch the game against the Houston Rockets.
View ArticleBryant scores 37 points in Lakers' victory
LOS ANGELES – He's still the snake who doesn't want you to know when he will strike ... just that he will. Kobe Bryant bounced back from his shoddy shooting last game to light up the Houston Rockets...
View ArticleTom Leykis talks about his new talk show
When Tom Leykis signs on with his new live Internet-streamed talk show at 3 p.m. Monday, April 2, will we hear the song he signed off with back on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 – Joe Jackson's "I'm The Man," a...
View ArticleRenaissance musical ‘The Glorious Ones’ comes to Westminster
Set during the Italian renaissance, "The Glorious Ones" follows a down-and-out troupe of street performers looking for their shot to perform in the Italian courts. Director Joanna Syiek brings the...
View ArticleGrace-Marie Turner: Obamacare already sending costs through the roof
ALEXANDRIA, Va – . There may never have been a law more misnamed than the Affordable Care Act. President Obama's health overhaul law already is driving up health insurance costs for businesses and...
View ArticleEditorial: Brea council does right thing, six months later
Members of the Brea City Council, in somewhat curious and covert fashion, acted late last month to give back raises they voted themselves during the summer. While the council ultimately made the right...
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