When I was a kid, I wanted to be a cartoonist. A better ambition would have been to become a cartographer – maker of maps – because they make a lot more […]
Let’s name your neighborhood
Nolan’s atomic ‘Oppenheimer’
By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Christopher Nolan has never been one to take the easy or straightforward route while making a movie. He shoots on large-format film with […]
Vaqs starting over for 2023
A young Rancho Alamitos High School football team will open the 2023 season on Friday, Aug. 25 hosting La Sierra High of Riverside at 7 p.m. Mike Enright’s Vaqueros had an 9-2 […]
Was that pitch a strike or a ball?
By Ronald Blum/AP Baseball Writer SEATTLE (AP) – The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on […]
It’s ‘Hello, Adriana’ at the Gem
By John M. Borack/Orange County Tribune There is no trophy awarded to the Busiest Person in Garden Grove, but if there was, Adriana Sanchez might be the one to take home the prize. […]
‘Joy Ride’ a randy raunchy romp
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer If you’re like me, there comes a moment of truth in raunchy film comedies when you decide whether to fully join in the fun – or ride […]
Using books as political tools
This is was has historically been called – in journalistic circles – “the silly season.” Summer means vacations and such for many people, but especially for government entities which generate most of […]
Is it The Babe or Shohei?
A quick look at the Wild Word of Sport. Not a Typo: To those of us soccer skeptics that still hang on, this bit of news: Tuesday’s Major League Soccer match between […]
The booms a bit of a bust?
A little of this, a little of that … Hold Your Fire Dept: I might be wrong – I frequently am – but it seems to me that the use and abuse […]
June was Sho-time for Angels
By Joe Reedy/AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM (AP) – Shohei Ohtani’s walkup music most of last season was the theme to “The Greatest Showman.” After the Los Angeles Angels star’s June, he should […]
