By Greg Beacham AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Puka Nacua says he never considered holding out of training camp as he enters the final year of his rookie contract with […]
Puka’s Summer of Apology
It’s a “New Day” for Spider-Man
By Jocelyn Noveck AP National Writer Are the ears playing tricks on us? Or does Tom Holland’s Peter Parker sound, at the beginning of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” like more of a […]
Oh, take me out to the (Irvine ) Great Park baseball game
The Irvine Intercepters? The Irvine 405s? How about the Irvine Professors? The City of Irvine is considering a deal to host a minor league baseball team that – according to published reports […]
Save the burger drive-thru!
The NIMBY epidemic is finally crossing the line. Sometimes the “Not In My Backyard” sentiment makes sense. I can see the logic in not wanting a prison two blocks away. And I […]
Pickleball is star of ‘The Dink’
By Lindsey Bahr AP Film Writer It’s the tennis establishment versus pickleball enthusiasts at an uptight club in “The Dink,” a kind of spiritual descendant of “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.” The […]
E-bike rider is fatally injured
A 21-year-old Westminster man has succumbed to injuries he suffered last week when the e-bike he was riding went out of control on a street in Huntington Beach. According to Public Affairs […]
Getting on base is the key step
Ever since Billy Beane popularized what’s come to be called “Moneyball,” the close analysis of statistics has become the foremost aspect of baseball. I was looking at some season-to-date stats of our […]
A leader from ‘The Ranch’
By Amberly Nguyen Orange County Tribune Ricardo De Rosas, a student at Rancho Alamitos High School, was chosen as the student representative at the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education […]
Unions vs. unions not brotherly
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em Dept. You’ve seen them outside your supermarket or drug store. Folks with clipboards urging you to sign petitions regarding the proposed Nickelodeon-themed hotel approved by the Garden […]
‘Odyssey’: Ancient epic reborn
MATT DAMON stars in “The Odyssey” (Universal Pictures release). By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan’s films. […]
