HUNTINGTON BEACH–A woman who owns a mobile petting zoo wants to thank police and several strangers who rescued three of her goats after they fell out of a trailer near Adams Avenue and Beach Boulevard. Nita Danielson said strangers and the...

The greenish-yellow scum appearing in the surf from Long Beach to San Clemente is a large bloom of a tiny, harmless form of algae -- one that might have a high tolerance for ultraviolet radiation, according to a specialist who examined the...

PASADENA—As Pac-10 coaches headed to the West Coast Wednesday after the conference’s East Coast media tour they found themselves split onto two planes. “I thought Larry was telling us how we’re doing it,” UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said....

A Cal State Fullerton graduate, who disappeared last year after being released from a Los Angeles sheriff's substation in Malibu, may be living in the Las Vegas area, according to law enforcement officials. Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman...

An accident involving a semi truck, a Ford F350 pickup and a camper on the southbound 405 freeway just south of Culver Drive has led the California Highway Patrol to declare a SigAlert. The accident was reported to CHP at 11:42 a.m. At least one...

PLACENTIA – Irene Hart is a legend at Alta Vista Country Club. The mention of her name elicits smiles all across the course, from golfers on the green to employees in the pro shop. At 95, Hart is still regularly swinging a club. With rare...

IRVINE – Friday is the last day to buy a chance to win $500,000 or a new condo at 3000 the Plaza and help budget-strapped Irvine schools. The drawing for the condo prize will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 21 at Woodbury Elementary School. The prize is...

Some observations on foreclosures and  the difficulty in getting credit from Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin.com: "The short story is that the real estate market is stagnant, mostly because home-buyers can’t get credit, and sellers can’t get...

PLACENTIA -- Irene Hart is a legend at Alta Vista Country Club.

IRVINE -- Friday is the last day to buy a chance to win $500,000 or a new condo at 3000 the Plaza and help budget-strapped Irvine schools.

It’s a tough time to be a shopping center owner. And here’s why your favorite mall has empty storefronts … At least half of the retail space available for rent in Orange County has been sitting on the market for a year or more, according the commercial analytical gurus at CoStar Group in Irvine. Center owners have [...]

Empty stores take 16 months to fill is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate

PLACENTIA — City officials have responded to the salary scandal in Bell by posting information about the salaries and compensation of the City Council and city administrator on Placentia's website. City Administrator Troy Butzlaff earns $183,264...

PLACENTIA -- City officials have responded to the salary scandal in Bell by posting information about the salaries and compensation of the City Council and city administrator on Placentia's website.

LAGUNA BEACH -- A swimmer's body was found floating off Three Arch Bay Thursday morning, officials said, hours after officials searched for the missing man.

Panera Bread, the bakery-cafe chain, is on a hiring binge with plans to bring on 25,000 new people nationwide this year, said Ron Shaich, company co-founder and executive chairman of the board."I would say our growth is expanding, we're up 50%  in...

American Safety Razor Company, which also does business as Personna American Safety Razor, filed Wednesday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company said its first lien holders will purchase the company. It entered Chapter 11 to facilitate...

HUNTINGTON BEACH – The city's police department has found new ways to crack down on those who drink and drive after reports that the city has a "significant" problem with drunken drivers. The department has announced an aggressive new DUI strategy...

LAGUNA BEACH – Laguna Beach surfer Ryah Arthur will compete against some of the biggest names in the sport next week at the U.S Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. The 22-year-old Laguna Beach resident has traveled to Brazil, France and Scotland...

Huntington Beach homes in default on loans and scheduled to go to auction. Dates are frequently postponed and can be checked by using the TS#s and phone numbers below. Some auctions could be cancelled. Also, some homes may be listed on the MLS....

The renovated Casino San Clemente, built in 1937 to showcase orchestras and attract dance fans, will have its 73rd anniversary this weekend, and you can help celebrate at a community open house Saturday. The public is invited from noon to 4 p.m. to...

BREA – A father and two sons where helped out of their minivan by a Good Samaritan after their vehicle burst into flames on the northbound lanes of the 57 freeway Thursday morning, officials said. The fire appears to have started when the driver of...

Did home values fall this year in your city? Chances are they did. Nineteen of Orange County’s 34 cities had decreases in taxable property values this year, meaning that tax revenues owed to those towns also will be less in the 2010-11 tax year, the Orange County Assessor’s Office has reported. The declines are based in the main [...]

Are property tax values cut in your city? is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate

Picking the top NFL rookies who will be immediate contributors, both in real life and in Fantasy Football, has been made more difficult this season by the fact late signings by the top picks are especially in vogue for 2010. With no labor agreement...

Beverly's Best Bakery is a cheery place.

In a McDonalds filled with children merrily screaming in the restaurant's play area, I'm seated across from Tawny Burgess, a pregnant mother of three who skillfully juggles an interview with me while calling out instructions.

After adding new stabilizing steel columns, refurbishing a redwood shingle roof and adding new hard-packed earthen floors, the city of San Juan Capistrano will present a grand-reopening celebration for the historic Montaez Adobe, considered the gem of the recently completed Los Rios Park.

After adding new stabilizing steel columns, refurbishing a redwood shingle roof and adding new hard-packed earthen floors, the city of San Juan Capistrano will present a grand-reopening celebration for the historic Montañez Adobe, considered the gem...

When will people learn that cheap isn’t a good idea in cosmetic medicine? Silicone injections, in particular, are only inexpensive as a method of butt enhancement if they don’t kill you. The latest reminder of that fact came Wednesday, when Los...

WARWICK Seymour Gordon, a founding member of the Orange County Land Trust and a leader in farmland protection in Orange County, died Wednesday, the Land Trust announced.

Employees of state and local governments are more likely to have employer-provided pensions,  health insurance, life insurance and paid sick leave than their counterparts in private industry, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. And their median...

To Fola Odebunmi, it boiled down to one simple question: Does a college system suffering unprecedented budget cuts really, truly need another $200,000-a-year administrator? The economics professor at Cypress College -- part of the North Orange...

Selling high-end real estate always got its challenges. Even if the home is described in court papers as “approximately 18,000 square feet, with multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, including a staff apartment with bedrooms and bathrooms. Other amenities include a secured, subterranean multiple car garage, an elevator, walk-in wine cellar, six fireplaces, a waterfront tile pool, a limestone outdoor barbecue, [...]

Mansion sold despite default, divorce, death is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate

Eagle Drive Golf could have been another victim of the Great Recession. The Mindes family, who have owned the golf complex on the line between the towns of Goshen and Warwick since the early '90s, put the property off Route 94 up for sale in December.

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Jerry Hairston Jr. drove in three runs and five San Diego pitchers retired the final 19 batters, leading the NL West-leading Padres to a 6-1 win over the rival Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. The Padres beat the...

Support for offshore oil drilling took a steep dive in California after the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico: 59 percent of Californians now oppose offshore drilling, up 16 percent from last year, according to a just-released survey. “There was a dramatic shift in attitudes about expanding offshore oil drilling,” said Mark Baldassare, president and [...]

59% in state oppose offshore drilling is a post from: OC Science

ANAHEIM – So, Dan Haren, what do you think of the Angels so far? At this point, that Kevin Youkilis line drive screaming in the general direction of his heart has been the highlight of Haren’s time here. But hey, on the plus side, Dan, only your...

ANAHEIM -- So, Dan Haren, what do you think of the Angels so far.

CORONA DEL MAR -- The clock is ticking down to 1 p.

Don't touch the elephants.

ANAHEIM -- Nine games out in their division, behind five teams for the wild card, down two starting pitchers and their best hitter -- and sporting a .500 record in late July? That sounds like the makings of a 'seller' at the trade deadline. "I don't...

ANAHEIM -- The Boston Red Sox have exposed the Angels before, leaving them shivering in the harsh October winds as non-factors in the postseason. Leave it to those same Red Sox to rip away the pretense of contender status that was all these Angels...

Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” HOLYLAND HIKES: Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer raised the benchmark interest rate for the first time in four months in a bid to cool housing prices which he says could develop into a bubble. (Bloomberg) MORE HERE! LONE STAR BUBBLE FREE: Texas [...]

Really? Housing bubble feared in Israel is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate

LAKE FOREST – Sports footwear and apparel company Etnies will officially add rally racing to its stable of sports with the debut of the company's Auto Team on Saturday at the X Games 16 Rally Car Racing and SuperRally events.Rally racing is a race...

A Walden man was convicted Wednesday on 16 counts involving inappropriate behavior with children.

Confused about the economy and its ramifications for real estate? Christopher Cagan, a veteran Southern California economist, will answer questions with broad appeal about forces that move markets. QUESTION: We’ve lived in a house in Garden Grove for two of the last five years. We have the house on the market. We would like to know [...]

‘Can timing alter home-profit tax?’ is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate

A Placentia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing one woman and injuring four others by causing a five-vehicle crash while speeding on the 91 freeway in 2007, prosecutors said. Isaac Robert Longo, 33, pleaded guilty to one felony count of gross...

Orange County Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a murder-suicide in Rancho Santa Margarita Wednesday.

An Anaheim man who has been in prison for 22 years for killing a bicyclist while fleeing police in 1987 should be released on parole, an appeals court has decided.

HUNTINGTON BEACH -- The president of a nonprofit that oversees Huntington Beach's Dog Beach died Sunday.