Sonora High plays ‘cowpie bingo’ for program cash
LA HABRA – This is one of those instances where the ends are the means. Three Sonora High School students spent their Saturday morning leading three steers from the familiarity of their pens to the...
View ArticleSkate clinics at Etnies help autistic children
LAKE FOREST – Kevin Sakurai couldn't wait to get on a skateboard and roll down the slopes on the street course at Etnies Skatepark on Saturday. The 11-year-old from Costa Mesa loves the movement and...
View ArticleFinal Four fans
Fans at the NCAA Final Four semifinal at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, Saturday, April 2, 2011.
View ArticleSnow, surf, skate triathlon kicks off
Pro snowboarder Chas Guldemond knows he had the jibs and jumps down on the course set up at Mammoth Mountain. He won the snowboard contest Saturday at the kick off for the Ultimate Boarder contest, and...
View ArticleSearch continues for Anaheim hiker
The search continues for a 20-year-old hiker from Anaheim who fell into the San Gabriel River on Friday.Joe Le was hiking with others near the Camp Williams Resort in Azusa, said Los Angeles County...
View ArticleButler wins battle of underdog teams
HOUSTON — Maybe this time that final, riveting shot will go in. Maybe this time Butler won't need it. The Bulldogs are back in the national title game, not as lovable underdogs but as a team intent on...
View ArticleNuggets end Lakers' nine-game winning streak
LOS ANGELES – To win every game requires superhuman focus, even when a team is as talented as the Lakers. The Lakers, playing their third game in four days and having just maxed out their effort with...
View ArticleStars delay Ducks' clinching playoff spot
ANAHEIM – The party that the Ducks were supposed to throw Sunday night to celebrate an impending playoff spot got put on hold. Mike Ribeiro scored twice as the Dallas Stars put a damper on what the...
View ArticleLetters blog: Get down to the business of state budget reform
TUSTIN, Daniel Pelletier: I wonder how extending some of our “temporary” taxes will really help our state budget. If we still need them now, the temporary tax increases didn’t really help the first...
View ArticleApril 4 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: Libya: an example of more failed U.S. leadership
-FULLERTON, William McCoy: The United States Navy has fired more than 100 cruise missiles into Libya – at about a million dollars each. The cost of the rest of our involvement there is unbelievable,...
View ArticleLeast consequential loss of Lakers' season
LOS ANGELES -- In early April last year, the Lakers also lost a game to the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers did not take that failure lightly. Andrew Bynum did not play, which surprised no one at the time....
View ArticleThe best skin cream for men, too
This is a big year for me. Sometime after my 42nd birthday, I'll observe the 30th anniversary of my first pimple. I've battled acne ever since, swerving from pore-to-pore combat to uneasy cease-fires....
View ArticleWhat's $1,560 between friends?
t's not as controversial as, say, air bombing Libya or being a union member in Wisconsin, but in the (self-obsessed) world of high-fashion bags it's all anyone is talking about: The alleged Target...
View ArticleO.C. restaurateur patents cool idea for school lunches
As food prices rise and the economic recovery is slow, many families pack lunches for students rather than pay the $3 or more a day for school meals. Some kids are stuck with a peanut butter and jelly...
View ArticleAfterWork: Matador Cantina in Fullerton
It's not often that I think about Alexander Graham Bell during happy hour, but the inventor of the telephone came to mind recently while I was munching on some bacon-wrapped street dogs at the Matador...
View ArticleI-5 fatality that causes congestion is a suicide
ANAHEIM – The fatality that completely shut down the I-5 near Euclid Street Monday morning was determined to be a suicide, police said.The woman was hit at about 6:05 a.m. Monday after reportedly...
View ArticleIrvine community steps up to the plate for those who need it
It looks like a good number of underprivileged youngsters around the world will be getting some new or used baseball equipment as a result of Sunday's drive organized by Irvine youngster Dustin...
View ArticleNCAA women: Notre Dame upsets UConn, heads to title game
INDIANAPOLIS -- First Tennessee, now Connecticut - Skylar Diggins and Notre Dame are running over the women's basketball elite. Now the Irish stand one victory away from their first national...
View ArticleMasters: Can Tiger, Phil reign again?
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will be the betting favorites when the Masters starts Thursday, but they'll face a re-energized and confident flotilla of contenders. Martin Kaymer, the PGA champion, is...
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