Cabo San Lucas stays hip despite turmoil
While the rest of Mexico is in turmoil, the good times keep rollin' in Cabo San Lucas. Landing at the tourist destination at the southern tip of Baja California, it seems like you're in a parallel...
View ArticleBrian Calle: Tax fight all that’s left for California GOP
California Republicans are desperately seeking to find their mojo – a way to be relevant again in state governance. As of now, the state party and Republican members of the Legislature – assembly...
View ArticleBingo, Lake Arrowhead tour, more coming to senior centers
SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDThe Lakeview Senior Center is seeking volunteers interested in assisting with lunch preparation and serving Monday through Friday. Volunteers may help with basic...
View ArticleMarch 27 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 ArticleLetters blog: U.S. intervention in Libya was premature
-IRVINE, Joseph F. C. DiMento: How else might we act in situations like Libya, consistent with international law, the present activity being highly questionable on this consideration? Show up, not with...
View ArticleLetters blog: Spent fuel rods are a critical problem for U.S.
CYPRESS, Art Anderson: Part of Japan’s problem is that it has not yet completed its nuclear waste reprocessing facility. Spent fuel rods were stored on site, which has been a big problem at Fukushima....
View ArticleWhisler’s 3-hit shutout lifts T’wolves past Vaqs
Northwood's baseball team turned to junior right-hander Steven Whisler in a key Pacific Coast League game Saturday afternoon against Irvine. Whisler came through, shutting out the Vaqueros on three...
View ArticleHome sales generate $90 million less cash
Orange County homes sold through the broker-run multiple listing service generated just under $860 million last month, down 9.5% or $90.4 million from February 2011. Declining home sales and prices...
View ArticleYour noisy garage door can win a prize
Do you have one of those garage doors that wakes the dead and the neighbors three blocks away? Then Precision Door Service wants you. The Santa Ana-based company sells, installs and repairs garage...
View ArticleTax tips: Income limits on college deductions
Raphael Tulino is the spokesman for the IRS in the Orange County/San Diego area, and he's volunteered to answer your tax questions ... Q. I do my own taxes on Turbo Tax and do not understand line 34 on...
View ArticleDad searches for daughter's next car seat
You know the drill: Baby starts off in a backward facing infant seat, then graduates to a forward facing toddler seat, and finally to a booster seat at 4 or older. Kate is just about to make the...
View ArticleKenny Loggins covers all the bases in Anaheim
When Kenny Loggins performed an hour-long set at Pacific Amphitheatre in July 2007, the show was not only short on emotional power but further ruined by a crowd more interested in drinking beers and...
View ArticleSynth-pop pioneers OMD masterful at the Music Box
To understand what a joyful revelation OMD was Friday night at the Music Box in Hollywood -- the English synth-pop outfit’s first full-blown L.A. performance in nearly 23 years, since opening for...
View ArticleHundreds shave hair for cancer care
It was a sight a young Sinead O'Conner would have been happy to behold. Heads with golden locks, curly locks, short locks and long locks were sheared to bald perfection, about 350 naked scalps in all....
View ArticleMarch 28 celebrity birthdays
See some of the people celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities of the past who were born on this date can be at the end of this slide show. SEE CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE...
View ArticleWhen mommy blogging hurts kids
Last week, a Mommy blogger for Babble.com wrote a post wherein she confessed to loving her son more than her daughter: “There are moments—in my least sane and darkest thoughts—when I think it wouldn’t...
View ArticleLakers Tweets: Beckham picks Cruise conversation over Kobe soccer skill
LOS ANGELES – To get added flavor from courtside and inside the Lakers' locker room Sunday night, click on the photo to relive game images alongside selected observations from my @KevinDing Twitter...
View ArticleMany in denial about their own obesity
Dr. Patricia Riba sees so many overweight and obese children at the clinic she runs that she begins to lose perspective about what a healthy kid is supposed to look like. "If I just eyeball a kid, I’m...
View ArticleAfterWork: Bowlmor Lanes in Tustin
The new kid in town at The District in Tustin is not a new kid at all. In fact, Bowlmor Lanes is the former Strike, but nothing has changed. The East Coast chain that opened its West Coast link three...
View ArticleUSC football: QB Scroggins trying to adapt
Jesse Scroggins isn’t assuming anything. Sure, he has a slight edge in experience on his competitors for USC’s No. 2 quarterback job. But that’s only a head start in a race that’s more marathon than...
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