Café Lucca serves meals with warmth
All kinds of tables make room for all kinds of cravings at Café Lucca in Old Towne Orange. On a recent evening, we sat down for homemade pumpkin walnut ravioli at a small rustic table that could double...
View ArticleBest of Alan W. Bock: Time for a comeback for liberty
We like to think that the commemoration of Nov. 24, the birthday in 1878 of R.C. Hoiles, as Founder's Day here at the Register offers an opportunity not only to reflect on the ideas underpinning a...
View ArticleHow to give thanks, and not be a sucker, this holiday season
Happy Thanksgiving! As you reflect today on all the things you’re thankful for — stuffing and cranberry sauce surely among them — we welcome you to the official start of open-your-heart-and-your-wallet...
View ArticleGive thanks: Calif. No. 2 in sweet potatoes
The South may be known for its sweet potato pie, but California is growing a lot of those sweet potatoes. North Carolina is the nation's top sweet potato producer, growing 972 million pounds annually,...
View ArticleWhat real estate can be thankful for
Veteran Southern California real estate analyst G.U. Krueger adds his commentary on the housing market ... The purpose of Thanksgiving is to give thanks. It is one of the most popular holidays in the...
View ArticleO.C. business owners: ‘I’m thankful for…’
Orange County small-business owners and managers still say they have a cornucopia of blessings for which to be thankful, in spite of a sluggish economy following years of recession and slow recovery. I...
View Article‘Civic reboot’: No new money for schools that fail
We told you this week that the quixotic Think Long Committee for California released a sweeping bipartisan plan for “rebooting California democracy with a new civic software” – backed up with a...
View ArticleVitters taking slow but sure path
PEORIA, Ariz. – Josh Vitters was the third pick in the 2007 major league draft. The whole draft. He has played four professional seasons and has not poked his head above Double-A, for the Chicago Cubs....
View ArticleEditorial: Financier Forstmann invested in students
Education reforms come and go, usually with little impact. But one person who made a difference for the better was Ted Forstmann, who died Nov. 20 in New York City at age 71. Mr. Forstmann made a...
View Article‘What and How to Plant’ class coming Dec. 8
LEARN THE BASICS OF FRESH FOOD GARDENINGGardening Basics for Adults: Growing Edibles is a monthly, six-part series that will cover the basics of how to grow edibles in your own garden, on your patio or...
View ArticleNov. 25 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 BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE...
View ArticleOrange blotter, Nov. 14 to 20
The Orange Police Department is conducting a DUI saturation patrol on Friday, Nov. 25. The patrol consists of police officers specifically assigned to patrol the downtown area in Orange in search of...
View ArticleAround town: Tree lighting, planning meeting and more
Day of authors: Soroptimist International of Brea/La Habra raised $9,500 and collected several bags of canned food for the La Habra Resource Center at its recent Authors Brunch. The money will be used...
View ArticleEditorial: Think Long plan for California comes up short
Amid much fanfare, the Think Long Committee for California – a good-government committee backed by a billionaire – just released its "Blueprint to Renew California" after spending a year studying the...
View ArticleHandicapping shopping madness
It's time for the annual guessing game: "How is the holiday shopping season going .. and what does that mean for the big picture?" Or, the 2011 subplot: "Will fiscal problems in nations that most...
View ArticleEditorial: Renew the payroll tax cut
There actually is a bit of good economic news. Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly report on state unemployment, reporting that 36 states saw reductions in their...
View ArticleCrafty ideas for winter parties
Q. I am the room mom for my daughter's third-grade class, and I had no idea how much work was involved. I have always helped in the past, but never run the show. Her teacher would like me to think of...
View ArticleUmberg named co-chair of Afghan justice program
Tom Umberg's highlight-filled tour through numerous state and federal posts made another stop in Washington on Nov. 21 when he was named co-chairman of a program aimed at improving the Afghanistan...
View ArticlePart 2: Feline eye disease often overlooked
This is part two in a two-part series on understanding the cat's eye. The eyes can be a window to internal problems a cat is experiencing. An example of this would be an examination of the scleral...
View ArticleMild recovery seen in commercial property
Commercial landlords will see falling vacancies and rising rents over the next two years, but the recovery will be mild in all but the apartment sector, according to the National Association of...
View Article