Grammys 2012: Jennifer Hudson, Glen Campbell and other highs (and lows)
Overall it wasn’t even close to the almost uniformly excellent 2011 telecast – but it’s three standout moments were more memorable than just about anything I can recall from the past decade of Grammy...
View ArticleBehind the scenes on the Lakers’ 6-game trip
Mike Brown came away regretting his ejection costing the Lakers a possible victory in Utah. Kobe Bryant definitely had a rough road in the final minutes of the blown game in Philadelphia. Andrew Bynum...
View ArticleReaders wonder about traffic-light mysteries
Q. I leave for work around 5:30 a.m., taking Nutwood Avenue east to get to the freeway in Fullerton. But for some unknown reason, the traffic light at Folino Drive/Langsdorf Drive will mysteriously...
View ArticleFamily events in OC this week (Feb. 13-16)
Here is a selection of kid-friendly things to do and family-friendly events in and around Orange County this week. Please check with the venues for updated times and prices. Do you want to tell us...
View ArticleMorning letters: America slides further away from its roots
ALISO VIEJO, Charles Kelly: As an American and as a history teacher, I find myself very concerned about the direction America is heading. Our leaders, senators, congressional representatives, U.S....
View ArticleAfterWork: Tilted Kilt in Long Beach
Rules are rules. And chief among my AfterWork rules is the one about featuring only Orange County bars and restaurants in this column. That's because we're all about Orange County people. While I have...
View ArticleWhat strange life forms lurk off O.C. shores?
Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean, but not far off the Laguna Beach coast, deep-water rockfish take shelter from the dark in the arms of a sea star. Lizardfish bury themselves in the sand, only their...
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View ArticlePlayground games you don't want your kid playing
My favorite subject in grade school was recess. I spent my coveted free time playing hopscotch, getting chased by determined little boys and waiting in line for my turn to take on the undefeated...
View ArticleJudge: Sandusky can see grandkids, have local jury
HARRISBURG, Pa. —The judge in Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse trial ruled Monday that the former Penn State assistant coach's jury will be composed of residents of State College and the surrounding...
View ArticleBillups the latest to suffer Clippers curse
"Blessed be the man that spares these stones "And cursed be he that moves my bones." Those are the last two lines of William Shakespeare's epitaph (as translated into modern English) on the memorial...
View ArticleCIF-SS boys basketball playoff brackets
OCVarsity has the brackets for every division of the CIF-Southern Section boys basketball playoffs. The brackets include dates, times and sites for all of the divisions and will be updated all the way...
View ArticleLin-fatuation: Jeremy Lin nicknames
New York Knicks rookie Jeremy Lin not only has become the feel-good story of the moment in the NBA, he has become the subject of punsters across the country.The Lin-ternet is full of Lin-isms, phrases...
View Article2 crashes, 6 vehicles tie up 22 freeway
GARDEN GROVE – Two separate collisions on the westbound 22 tied up traffic lanes Monday morning. At least one crash was reported at 9:45 a.m. just east of Brookhurst Street, according to the California...
View ArticleNBA: A game-by-game look at Lin-sanity
I can safely say, I've never seen anything like it since Fernandomania in 1981. New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin, an undrafted free agent from Harvard who had already been cut by two NBA teams,...
View ArticleMother reports man staying with her daughter, 15, in motel
A woman who said her 15-year-old daughter was staying with a man in a San Clemente motel requested a sheriff's deputy to assist in picking her up and possibly filing a report of unlawful sexual...
View ArticleReward offered for driver who killed 3-year-old
The California Highway Patrol is posting reward fliers in their search for the driver of the stolen Nissan Maxima who struck and killed three-year-old Miranda Palacios.CHP officer Raymus Payton, who...
View Article80-year-old burned fleeing Laguna Woods fire
LAGUNA WOODS – An 80-year-old man suffered second-degree burns as he made his way out of a burning home early Monday morning, authorities said. The fire burned through the top floor of a four-floor...
View ArticleCIF-SS girls basketball playoff brackets
OCVarsity has the brackets for every division of the CIF-Southern Section girls basketball playoffs. The brackets include dates, times and sites for all of the divisions and will be updated all the way...
View ArticleWhere can I get that pit barrel cooker?
MISSION VIEJO – I've received a half dozen emails and as many voicemails this weekend about former Orange County resident and Iraq War veteran Noah Glanville and his pit barrel cookers.Glanville...
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