NFL Week 11: Cheering section (photos)
Take a look at who was getting into the NFL action this weekend.
View ArticleChance Theater gets musical award for 'Jerry Springer'
I wish I could say that my back-to-back columns last week on Robert H. Schuller and Frank Garcia had been planned to show the contrast between two prominent men who for decades have operated within...
View ArticleThe Civil Wars enthrall at the Wiltern
“This is our one and only happy song,” said the Civil Wars’ singer/pianist Joy Williams, before fellow singer and guitarist John Paul White started the sprightly acoustic strum of “I’ve Got This...
View ArticleBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to tour in 2012
"A lot of you have been hearing that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be on tour in 2012," notes the announcement on the Boss' official site. "That is absolutely correct." Nearly a year...
View ArticleWoodbridge football team ready for Estancia Friday night
Woodbridge's football team pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the first round of the CIF playoffs Friday night, knocking off Rancho Alamitos, 43-21 at Bolsa Grande. Rancho Alamitos, the Garden...
View ArticleRed Wings hand Ducks another loss
ANAHEIM – Goals allowed early in periods. A deep hole and then a comeback to offer a glimmer of hope. An empty-net score that results in another loss and a quiet locker room afterward. It has become a...
View ArticleNov. 21 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 ArticleTough task: Buying gifts for teens
They might be the most difficult folks to shop for on the holiday list. We are talking about teens, of course. Gadgets have replaced toys. The games they like don't usually involve a board with tokens....
View ArticleAfterWork: Nieuport 17 in Tustin
This is not your father's Nieuport 17. Well, it kind of is your father's Nieuport 17, but it's not. Now that you are sufficiently confused, allow me to attempt an explanation. This is the same Nieuport...
View ArticleToday’s cartoons: Cuts are kryptonite to supercommittee
Also: Occupy Hypocrisy; Second thoughts on pardoning this turkey
View ArticleAsk Daft Daddy: Driving in cars with babies
Welcome back Daft Daddy fans! Wee Mac is now 11 weeks old, and we’re getting ready to drive up north to spend Thanksgiving with my wife Jeni’s family. Being this is our first vacation together as a...
View ArticleDealing with school bullies
It’s a scene that’s played out in hundreds of television and movie scripts over the years: a helpless, scrawny kid gets teased relentlessly by an overgrown underachiever, after which a montage set to...
View ArticleUSC hypes QB Barkley for Heisman
Here's the video USC produced promoting junior quarterback Matt Barkley for the Heisman Trophy: ********** Who should win the 2011 Heisman Trophy? More from the USC blog: See this post in its original...
View ArticleWinner of Liquid Metal bracelet announced
Congratulations to Sarah Perry for winning a shiny Sergio Gutierrez Liquid Metal style b9 bracelet (valued at $79), offered by Little Luxuries by Lisa. Elegantly feminine and meticulously soldered, the...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: Crystal Cathedral sold to the second-highest bidder?
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Barry Wasserman: In the article “Cathedral ministry has time to move” [Front Page, Nov. 19], nowhere was it stated why U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kwan's ruling lead to the purchase...
View ArticleGene Autry, 'Graceland,' more inducted into Grammy Hall of Fame
Last year they put in 30 titles. This year, only 25, bringing the total number of recordings ensconced in the Grammy Hall of Fame to 906. What was selected this time? Well, for a change, not another...
View ArticleObama threatens to veto changes to $1.2 trillion in cuts
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Monday he will veto any effort to get rid of automatic spending cuts that would begin to take effect in 2013 if Congress can't find other ways of trimming...
View ArticleLast pot shop in Lake Forest is raided and closed
LAKE FOREST – Charles Café, the last of nearly 40 medical marijuana dispensaries that opened shop in this city during the past two year years, has been closed by federal agents. The café, which was...
View ArticlePamela Anderson will play the Virgin Mary
Pamela Anderson is not a virgin (we’ve heard), but she plays one on TV.The nude photo vet and sex tape superstar has been cast to play the Virgin Mary in a Canadian Christmas special.The Hollywood...
View ArticleJustin Bieber takes paternity test
Somewhere, in a hermetically-sealed room under bright lights, goggled scientists in lab coats are combing over the DNA of one Justin Bieber.Who knows what they may discover deep inside the double helix...
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