How Prozac and behavior mod helped Nanuk
CORRALES, N.M. – I'm not sure when Nanuk, my 2-year-old Alaskan Malamute, turned into Cujo, the crazed St. Bernard from the Stephen King horror story. But when he bit a house guest as she lay on the...
View ArticleMorning letters: No winners in payroll-tax-cut extension
ORANGE, Richard Callahan: Once again President Barack Obama has goaded Republicans into a self-destructive confrontation in which he holds all the cards [“Tax cut caps Obama’s year,” News, Dec. 24]. He...
View ArticleJan. 1 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. Also see notable deaths of 2011. SEE...
View ArticleEditorial: Lawmakers busy micromanaging our lives
Happy New Year. Now put down the champagne and start obeying the new California laws that went into effect Jan. 1. In 2011, our state legislators couldn't pass a balanced budget, which meant automatic...
View ArticleIrvine real estate: 2011 in review
With almost 12 months of hindsight, we can now take a look back at the market and how it fared in Irvine this year. While the median price for closed sales in Irvine declined slightly, the volume of...
View ArticleFrom Ohio to Mater Dei: The journey of Lakers coach's son
Lakers coach Mike Brown has made so many little life decisions, just like other men trying to be good fathers while climbing less public career ladders. He has called home from the road after another...
View ArticleCan you top this bad workplace behavior?
Clipping toenails at the desk. Talking on a cell phone in a restroom stall. Taking a photo of a coworker sleeping on the job and emailing it to the boss. And you thought you had annoying coworkers....
View ArticleGet in free coupon for OC Market Place
Do you like to shop at the Orange County Market Place? It is located most of the year at the fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, with live seasonal entertainment, special holiday events and you can even get a...
View ArticleAutism advice: When saying nothing is better than saying anything at all
It begins the minute you announce you’re going to have a baby; well-meaning friends and family bombard you with advice, claiming to have the best to offer in everything from heartburn cures to...
View ArticleThick morning fog blankets O.C. coast
You can hardly see the surfers taking on waves. The fog is thick along parts of the Orange County coast, so if you're thinking about having a beach day on what is expected to be a warm afternoon, you...
View ArticleSWAT team preparing to raid Santa Ana home
SANTA ANA – A police SWAT team was preparing to raid a single-family home Sunday morning in search of a suspect whom authorities believe assaulted an individual in the house. Police received a call...
View ArticleUCI welcomes O.C.’s first 2012 baby
UCI Medical Center in Orange said that its first birth on Sunday occurred shortly before 2 a.m., the first reported birth in Orange County of 2012. A baby girl was born at 1:56 a.m. Sunday weighing in...
View ArticleJan. 2 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. Also see notable deaths of 2011. SEE...
View ArticleAsk Daft Daddy: My 2-year-old shaved her face
Happy New Year! Thanks to the arrival of my son, wee Mac, 2011 was a brilliant year. He’s now actually 4 months old. Soon he’ll be old enough to be my designated driver – which I believe is the whole...
View ArticleKid-friendly things to do in O.C. this week (Jan. 2-5)
Here is a selection of kid-friendly things to do and family-friendly events in and around Orange County this week. Please check with the venues for updated times and prices. Do you want to tell us...
View ArticleLakers Tweets: A cold night in Denver
So far, the new year isn't so happy for the Lakers. The Lakers started 2012 with a 99-90 loss to the Denver Nuggets, a game in which Kobe Bryant missed 22 of his 28 shots and the rest of the Lakers...
View ArticleBall security Wisconsin's priority
LOS ANGELES – When you recount the numbers, you realize the main reason Montee Ball did not win the Heisman Trophy. They were afraid he wouldn't give it back. Ball is the Wisconsin junior who leads...
View ArticleAfternoon letters: You can't buy heaven
ANAHEIM, Bill Webright: I commend Saad Karamat for his Christmas wish that Muslims and Christians would follow Jesus’ teachings to care for the poor and elderly, and the resultant interfaith harmony...
View ArticleSomeone knocked on Lindsay Lohan's door
Happy New Year, etc.Now that that’s out of the way and we’re all feeling cheery, let’s get on with it, shall we? Why waste time when Lindsay awaits?Lohan freaksCatching up on her sorely neglected stamp...
View ArticleHugh Jackman sets records on Broadway
Hugh Jackman started the new year by breaking a record.The Australian actor's one-man Broadway concert show closed on Sunday at the Broadhurst Theatre after earning $2,057,354 in its final week, the...
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