Masters: 6 of top 7 in world can go to No. 1
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Fresh off his win in Houston, Phil Mickelson has another chance to reach No. 1 in the golf world for the first time. The world ranking is so crowded at the top that six of the top seven...
View ArticleOCVarsity Hot Shots: The week in pictures
Slide show: OCVarsity takes a look back in pictures at last week's high school sports action, including some big games in baseball, softball and volleyball, as well as one of the year's biggest track...
View ArticleNCAA final: Butler, UConn tip off tonight
HOUSTON – After their latest win on the road to an unlikely spot in the national title game, Connecticut's players talked about shocking the world. Butler's talked about unfinished business. That's...
View ArticleToday’s cartoons: A long fall for shortfalls
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View ArticleHere are your deals for Monday, April 4
Happy Monday! Get outside and enjoy the sunshine because the clouds are supposed to move in later this week. I might be able to peek my head outside later. If you've got any for us, add them at the...
View ArticleRise Against boosted by big-name friends
It seems like Rise Against could pretty much take any fellow punk band on tour at this point. In 2009, the punk rock quartet from Chicago -- vocalist and rhythm guitarist Tim McIlrath, bassist Joe...
View ArticleSouthwest inspections ground O.C. flight
SANTA ANA – Southwest Airlines canceled a single flight from John Wayne Airport on Monday as it continued to inspect dozens of airplanes for tiny cracks similar to those suspected in a midair scare...
View ArticleSpeed was likely factor in Live Oak Canyon crash
TRABUCO CANYON – Speeding is believed to have factored into a crash that injured two teenagers on Live Oak Canyon Road, including one who is in critical condition, authorities said. Investigators...
View ArticleRSM businesses hold pancake fundraiser for Mission Viejo family
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – More than 100 people attended and supported the Work Out, Pig Out pancake breakfast fundraiser, held March 26 to raise money for Dina Neeman of Mission Viejo, who was recently...
View ArticleTop O.C. football recruits at Nike Camp
LOS ANGELES – Some of the best prep football players on the West Coast, including a lot of talent from Orange County, stormed the practice field at USC Sunday for the Los Angeles NIKE Camp. From basic...
View ArticleNew Rita Rudner show, Tony Bennett tribute coming to Laguna Playhouse
The Laguna Playhouse's 2011-12 theater season, announced today, contains a world premiere by comedian Rita Rudner, the return of every Catholic's favorite fictional nun, a musical tribute to Tony...
View ArticleRodman, Mullin lead 2011 Hall of Fame class
HOUSTON -- Dennis Rodman earned plenty of labels during his sometimes turbulent NBA career. Here's one the player who created chaos on - and sometimes off - the court never expected: Hall of Famer....
View ArticleThe Cars rev up return with Palladium show
The long-awaited reunion of the Cars, one of the best and most popular bands of the new wave and early-MTV era, is finally creeping into view. Hints of new music surfaced late last year, and now the...
View ArticleUnion prepares second Costa Mesa ad
A union-backed group that put out an ad attacking Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan last week has applied to film another ad in the city. An ad production company called Abe Froman Productions submitted an...
View ArticleCelebrity mash-up: Sheen tickets cheap
Charlie Sheen bombed in Detroit, as we're sure you've heard, and though he recovered the next night in Chicago, ticket prices are plummeting for two of his upcoming "Violent Torpedo of Truth" shows....
View ArticleUConn wins championship, 53-41, as Butler goes cold
HOUSTON — The only thing that could stop Kemba Walker and Connecticut's amazing run was the final buzzer. On a night when the massive arena felt like a dusty old gym, UConn made Butler look like the...
View ArticleWho did best on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ on Monday?
OK, so we'll admit it -- we didn't think Psycho Mike Catherwood, the KROQ radio personality, would go home from "Dancing With The Stars" last week. (If you want to know who we did think would leave,...
View ArticlePregnant woman seen sleepwalking through neighborhood
ALISO VIEJO – A caller reported witnessing a pregnant woman apparently sleepwalking through the neighborhood, her hands up in the air. The woman, who also had a cast on her arm, walked up to a house...
View ArticlePassengers argue over fare, damage taxi
LAGUNA NIGUEL – A taxi driver said two people were fighting with each other and with him over the payment of a fare and they were getting violent and damaging the car. Bryan John Jackson, 26, was...
View ArticleHenry I. Miller: Salmon label bill should be thrown back
California's legislators frequently demonstrate a tenuous connection to reality. A good example is Assemblyman Jared Huffman, who represents touchy-feely Marin County, just north of San Francisco, and...
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