Pujols effect: Who benefits most from Angels’ new slugger?
TEMPE, Ariz. – The Angels are counting on a trickle-down effect from having Albert Pujols in their lineup. And they're also hoping for a 'trickle-up' effect. Batting in front of the most-feared hitter...
View ArticleTen years after: 2002 Angels together again this spring
TEMPE, Ariz. – There was something very natural about seeing David Eckstein wearing a red Angels uniform again. "It's always been a good color for me," Eckstein said with his familiar smile. Indeed....
View ArticleDucks' Beauchemin has got the time
ANAHEIM – Ryan Getzlaf fired the shot. How loud it reverberates, we'll find out Saturday night. All we know is that the captain, so judicious in saving his bullets, squeezed off a game-winner that...
View ArticleLast-minute goal lifts Ducks past Flames
ANAHEIM – The big slap shot finally found the back of the net, and a primal scream was let out by the big center who possesses that rocket launcher but rarely seems to score with it. Ryan Getzlaf did...
View ArticleLove brings couple back to Africa
Part 1 MOUNT KILIMANJARO, Tanzania – People tackle Africa's highest mountain for a bunch of reasons. But Bridget Callanan's is unique. She is here because of love. Specifically, Callanan is in Africa...
View ArticleMorning letters: Flaws in nuclear power storage, systems
SAN CLEMENTE, Jeff Steinmetz: I recommend that letter-writer Charles McCarthy read the Fukushima Daiichi transcripts [“Nuclear power reactions,” Feb. 27]. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is so...
View ArticleMarch 3 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 slideshow. SEE BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE Celebrities...
View ArticleSteven Greenhut: What's a little fraud to save the Earth?
SACRAMENTO – If the theory of man-made global warming were such a self-obvious truth, the result of scientific consensus, then why do its advocates keep committing fraud to advance it? Even more...
View ArticleJay Ambrose: Campaign substance lost in media melodrama
You've got to have an "able, disinterested, public-spirited press" if popular government is to be something more than "a sham and mockery," Joseph Pulitzer once said. Is there hope? Well, yes, there's...
View ArticleIs there a sales tax on real estate in 2013?
Just when I thought the hubbub had died down, twice this week I received the same email from two different acquaintances threatening a 3.8 percent sales tax on any real estate property sold beginning...
View ArticleRape-murder case part of legal lore
In People v Balcom, a precedent-setting 1994 landmark opinion, the California Supreme Court ruled that an Orange County prosecutor had properly introduced evidence that the accused in a sexual assault...
View ArticleIrvine senior center news: Explore Thailand
FRESH FOOD GARDENINGFree monthly workshops cover everything from the ground up. "Gardening Basics for Adults: Growing Edibles" is a monthly, six-part series that will cover the basics of how to grow...
View ArticleLibrary renamed for Mendez plaintiff Lorenzo Ramirez
Dozens of family members, neighbors and supporters of a plaintiff in a 1945 school desegregation case gathered in the El Modena High Schoollibrary Friday for a ceremony renaming the building in his...
View ArticleIs O.C. homebuying rebound about to start?
Do we see a whiff of an Orange County homebuying rebound? Now a 1.2% year-to-year gain isn't boom times, but after drops in 16 of the past 19 months and early February uptick is at least a glimmer....
View ArticleGo whale watching for only $10
As you likely know, gray whales are swimming past us right now on their way from Baja lagoons back up to the Arctic Circle. And, in celebration of the Dana Point Festival of Whales, you can go out on...
View ArticleUCI business plan winner launches for real
The winner of UCI's 2011 Business Plan Competition has gone from contest theory to real live business. CritWalls.com, based in Irvine, is software to lets you share and critique designs online anywhere...
View ArticleVideo: Mater Dei outlasts Brea Olinda in title game
The Ladycats led the Monarchs for much of the Division 1AA championship game, until the 4th quarter. Mater Dei staged a rally led by Nirra Fields. Click here to read the game recap. Video by Jonathan...
View ArticleLaguna artists open their studios today
If you enjoy art, then you may like what's going on today, March 3, 2012, in Laguna Beach: A free open studio tour of numerous artists. There's even a shuttle bus that will haul you around. Click here...
View Article12 dumb job interview mistakes
Considering all the job advice dispensed in the last few years, you would think most applicants would know what not to do in a job interview. But you would be wrong.CareerBuilder.com, the jobs website,...
View ArticleNew pools have fitness lovers dancing in the drink
It isn't just the prospect of swimming laps in the Olympic-size pool and playing in the recreation pool that is attracting local residents and others to the $7 million aquatics center at San Clemente's...
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