Behind the scenes: Odom is 6th Man winner
Friends, family and Lakers teammates showed up Tuesday to help Lamar Odom celebrate his winning the KIA NBA Sixth Man of the Year, an honor given annually to the top reserve player. Kobe Bryant called...
View ArticleRyan Phillippe’s life after Reese Witherspoon
The irony is not lost on Ryan Phillippe. Chased, hounded and stalked for a decade by paparazzi obsessed with his marriage to "America's Sweetheart" Reese Witherspoon, and their sensationalized divorce,...
View ArticleApril 20 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 ArticlePressure builds on Ducks going into Game 4
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – All the talk about diving in the playoff series between the Ducks and Nashville Predators made the location for their practices Tuesday before Wednesay's Game 4 ironic as a swimming...
View ArticleAngels' youth brigade puts on explosive display
Before cutting ties with their former hope for the future, the Angels rode the new fresh faces of their present to a 15-4 rout of the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. The bottom three hitters in the...
View ArticleAngels ready to cut ties to Brandon Wood
The Angels finally bowed to the obvious Tuesday night, acknowledging they have no use for Brandon Wood any more – other than as a cautionary tale about the danger of unrealized expectations. Wood was...
View ArticleReally? March homebuilding beats expectations
Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, "Really?" The latest housing starts data from the U.S. Commerce Department shows some improvement, though the level of new home...
View ArticleLetters blog: Should Davenport resign after email debacle?
-IRVINE, Cathy M. Garris: I am shocked, embarrassed and ashamed that Marilyn Davenport, a Republican representing the 72nd Assembly District and an Orange County Republican Party Central Committee...
View ArticleAngels RBI League keeps teen’s dream alive
An hour before his Angels RBI League game on Monday, Elijah Gonzales sat alone, leaned into the dugout's chain-link fence at Warner Middle School in Westminster and pulled down the bill of his ballcap....
View ArticleToday’s cartoons: Teaching kids to share
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View ArticleMovie, TV ‘role models’ for Lakers, Hornets
No actual, breathing earthling could have predicted what New Orleans was able to do to the Lakers in Game 1 Sunday. So, when both teams reach for inspiration for Game 2 Wednesday night, they need to...
View ArticleWatch Kobe's PSA: 'Words can be hurtful'
In light of his anti-gay slur at a referee, Kobe Bryant joined together with a few of his teammates to send a message that discrimination is not acceptable. “So whether someone is different than you in...
View ArticleLetters blog: It's all in a word cloud
Letters Editor Betty Talbert writes: Wordles word clouds are a fun way to analyze the latest political speech by frequency of word use. Above is the Wordle analysis of President Obama's April 13, 2011...
View ArticleGrocery union voting on whether to OK strike
LOS ANGELES – More than 60,000 Southern California grocery workers are voting on whether to authorize a strike against some of the state's largest supermarket chains. Members of United Food and...
View ArticleAstounding rise and fall of Brandon Wood
For the next 20 years or more, Brandon Wood's name will be invoked whenever an Angels prospect gets too much hype. "There are no sure things," they'll say. "Just remember Brandon Wood." Wood was...
View ArticleBlighted Saddleback Inn hints of O.C.'s past (Part 2)
Stepping into the Saddleback Inn in the 1960s and '70s, you'd see a bit of history almost everywhere you looked. Mission doors, imported from Baja California, guarded the entrance to the hotel lobby....
View ArticleIVC students take top honors at conference
On Saturday, March 26, Irvine Valley College was strongly represented at the eleventh annual Honors Transfer Council of California Student Research Conference held at the University of California,...
View ArticleLaguna Q1 home prices drop 26% over year
For the first quarter of 2011 – DataQuick's freshest stats — Laguna Beach homebuying patterns showed: Homebuying +41% vs. a year ago. Sales counts in all Orange County beach towns ran +11% vs a year...
View ArticleCelebrate Easter, dine out for Laguna Hills High
LAGUNA HILLS – Purchase an Easter ham on Wednesday and help support Grad Nite for Laguna Hills High School seniors.Present a flier for Win Win Wednesday for dine in, take out or holiday meal orders...
View ArticlePolice: Man raped, impregnated stepdaughter
SANTA ANA – A 56-year-old old man is in custody Wednesday, accused of molesting his stepdaughter for nine years and fathering a child with the victim when she was 11, police said. Cpl. Anthony Bertagna...
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