Early January O.C. home sales dip 4%
Highlights of DataQuick's Orange County homebuying report. For the 22 business days ending Jan. 11 -- the latest numbers -- Orange County's real estate market saw … Median selling price for all...
View ArticleMillion-dollar ZIPs: 4 ZIPs with priciest homes
Slice Price Ch. Sold Ch. House $445,000 -5% 1,562 -3% Condo $260,000 -5% 733 +1.0% New $603,500 +31% 184 -27% All OC $400,000 -2% 2,479 -4% For the 22 business days ending Jan. 11 --...
View ArticleHow do you get rid of an old computer?
More than 80% of old computers, MP3 players, tablets and other electronic waste is tossed into landfills rather than recycled, reused or rendered harmless. Would a convenient disposal method reduce...
View ArticleFountain Valley listings: 33% distressed homes
Real estate for sale in Fountain Valley appears on the upswing by one set of statistics. Every two weeks, Steve Thomas of ReportsOnHousing.com publishes a study of the supply of local homes for sale....
View ArticleCool Arizona: Three winter trips
There is an Arizona of high mountain ranges and plateaus, where cold lingers long and winter blankets the land with snow. This is not that Arizona. The cold winter months offer a chance to get to some...
View ArticleMark Landsbaum: With Obama, what's 'fair' is foul
President Barack Obama said during his State of the Union speech that he wants everyone to pay his fair share of taxes. Don't believe it. He's conning you. Like all effective con jobs, to achieve his...
View ArticleIrvine Business Outlook draws 800
About 800 attended the Irvine Business Outlook recently to hear keynote speakers former Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm and Andrew Policano, dean of the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business.The...
View ArticleCalif. builders top U.S. construction surge
Is the region's construction industry finally seeing some light and the end of the yet-to-be-built tunnel? California construction bosses added 21,000 jobs in the year ended in December, the largest...
View ArticleMorning letters: Encore for Robin Hood economics
PLACENTIA, Don Juergens: President Barack Obama warns us in his State of the Union address that the nation’s middle class is at risk because of growing inequalities, and he argues that the government...
View ArticleEditorial: Who should get to fill certain jobs?
While centralizing and concentrating government power in the hands of politicians often is imprudent, it is also important that elected officials have enough authority to take necessary action and then...
View ArticleHomes to fill ailing Lake Forest auto mall
LAKE FOREST Two developers plan to change a dying auto center into a vibrant village and walking-friendly community close to retail, open space and jobs. The projects would provide 225 new homes with...
View ArticleJan. 29 celebrity birthdays
See which famous people are celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities from the past can be found at the end of this slide show. SEE BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE Celebrities born Jan. 28...
View ArticleBrian Calle: Has the Right found its Soros?
One prominent figure of the political Left perhaps more loathed by conservatives and Republicans than President Obama and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is billionaire political activist...
View ArticleEditorial: ‘Medicare for all’ fails again in California
Californians dodged the bullet on universal health care insurance once again when Senate Bill 810 was narrowly defeated last week, falling only two votes short of passage in the state Senate. After the...
View ArticleUCI faculty: Quality eroding as class sizes swell
IRVINE – Instead of two teaching assistants for a class of about 50 students, UC Irvine professor Mark LeVine now gets one. Instead of being able to lead intimate seminar classes of just a dozen or so...
View ArticleFullerton’s image is on the mend
FULLERTON – The up-close photo of a bloody and bruised Kelly Thomas in a hospital bed, along with reports that the injuries that would turn fatal were pounded upon the unarmed, mentally ill homeless...
View ArticleLooking for flamenco in O.C.? He's shown the way
Ted McKown was 17 and in the Army when he started playing guitar. "I thought the uniform would attract the babes," he says. "It didn't work. "That's another reason why I picked up the guitar." At the...
View ArticleCSUF: School implements cost savings to manage new dynamic
FULLERTON – Several straight years of budget volatility at Cal State Fullerton have forced the county's largest university to shed jobs, increase class sizes, limit enrollment and scale back course...
View ArticleHalf of Buena Park home listings are distressed
Half of Buena Park home listsings are distressed Every two weeks, Steve Thomas of ReportsOnHousing.com publishes a study of the supply of local homes for sale. Here's what the latest report -- as of...
View ArticleQuestions remain about Great Park funding
Nearly seven years after Lennar Corp. purchased the former El Toro Marine base from the U.S. Navy, the company’s management partner is about to start building roads, laying sewer lines and laying out...
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