Thomma, Lightman, Smith: Gingrich's huge come-from-behind win in S.C.
CHARLESTON, S.C. Newt Gingrich surged to a landslide victory in the South Carolina Republican primary Saturday, a stunning come-from-behind upset that shook the contest for the party's presidential...
View ArticleDel Negro makes it a learning day for Clippers
PLAYA VISTA – Nothing was going to get in the way of Vinny Del Negro's plan for Saturday's practice. It didn't matter that more than 60 season-ticketholders were waiting to get on the court for a...
View ArticleMorning letters: Summing up the primary numbers game
CYPRESS, Golda Howard: There is something neurotically wrong when three small, overwhelmingly rural states can select the Republican nominee. This might have worked when America relied only on daily...
View ArticleAnalyst: Small uptick in Calif. home buying
Veteran Southern California real estate analyst G.U. Krueger adds his commentary on the housing market to this blog in a spot we call "Thursday Morning Quarterback." Here's his latest installment....
View ArticleEditorial: Bureaucrats eyeing your device chargers
It's enough to make the Energizer Bunny pound his drum in protest. This month the California Energy Commission imposed new regulations – the Appliance Efficiency Standards for Battery Chargers....
View ArticleMark Landsbaum: Taxpayers getting sunburned again
How many Solyndras is too many? America was shocked to find President Barack Obama's prize example of a subsidized alternative-energy company laying off its 1,100 employees. Then America was staggered...
View ArticleEd Royce: China profits from U.S. pipeline blunder
It was announced the other day that the Obama administration has decided to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project. It has delayed this project for years, even though its own State Department judged...
View ArticleJohn Hrabe: Some Haitians not waiting for help
Cite Soleil has a bad reputation. BBC News has described it as "Haiti's most notorious slum." The United Nations once branded it "the most dangerous place on Earth." After the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake...
View ArticleEditorial: Seeking freedom to choose a school
National School Choice Week begins today, focusing attention on efforts of parents, activists, legislators, students and grass-roots networks to promote school choice programs throughout the United...
View ArticleJan. 22 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 BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE...
View ArticleNew Garden Grove homes draw 500
Some 500 house shoppers showed up to see 53 new homes that hit the Garden Grove on Jan. 14.Brandywine Homes' Century Village in the city's central hub offers four floor plans ranging from 1,705 square...
View ArticleMassive Anaheim Convention Center to grow some more
ANAHEIM – The biggest event at the Anaheim Convention Center squeezes into every inch of the massive building and even wiggles into nearby hotel ballrooms each January. And organizers of the...
View ArticleFestival-goers ready to greet the dragon
The Year of the Dragon was celebrated Saturday in Dana Point with wing chun martial-arts demonstrations, tea tastings, free acupuncture and a lion dance from San Diego-based Three Treasures Cultural...
View ArticleNo sign of recovery in the for-sale sign business
Dan DeMille is co-owner of Reichert’s Signs Inc. of Santa Ana, which sells for sale signs, open house signs as well as the four-by-18-inch “riders” that go on top the signs used by real estate agents....
View ArticleO.C. landscapers win statewide honors
Visionscape Inc., a Laguna Beach landscaping company, was the big winner in the statewide California Landscape Contractors Association annual awards. Visionscape took both the Sweepstakes Award for its...
View ArticlePrivate water company: Most bills more sober
We told you last week about how the city of Fullerton may have charged millions in illegal water fees over the years. Fullerton is working to put a precise price tag on what it costs to provide water...
View ArticleWeek in Photos: Jan. 15 to 21
SLIDE SHOW: Click the photo above for some of the best photos from around Orange County and the world.
View ArticleCredit tips: Should dad co-sign a car loan?
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 “The...
View ArticleByron York: Why Gingrich won -- why Romney lost
COLUMBIA, SC -- They won't say it publicly -- they don't want to appear churlish or disrespectful on a night they took a serious beating -- but it's no exaggeration to say that even after losing the...
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