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2018
A historic, oceanfront Laguna Beach home owned by an heir to the Wrigley chewing gum fortune who was a longtime Catalina Island leader and conservationist is on the market at $11.9 million. Set on a bluff in Woods Cove, the house belonged to Paxson “Packy” Headley Offield, property records show....
04/30/2018
For a decade, Trisha Yearwood has been telling her husband about how he should play the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. She played it in 2008, the festival’s second year, when it was smaller and more intimate. Now that her husband, Garth Brooks, is headlining the festival’s closing night, th...
04/30/2018
esearchers are one step closer to getting $4 million in funding that would help them in their quest to learn more about great white sharks, a proposal that would also help improve public safety as an increase in the shark population has some beach-goers on edge. Assembly Bill 2191 — formally cal...
04/30/2018
Running is fun.That’s the message Orange County marathon organizers aim to convey. So for year 14, the event’s title is boasting a lighthearted new descriptor: Festival.The 2018 OC Marathon Running Festival takes place Friday through Sunday, May 4- 6.If you are searching for Comparable Homes, ple...
04/30/2018
With environmentalists increasingly clamoring for a ban on plastic straws, McDonald’s shareholders in May will consider a proposal aimed at phasing out the ubiquitous cylinders in the United States. However, McDonald’s board of directors is opposing the proposal, saying it could unnecessarily di...
04/30/2018
Get ready for a little bit more pain at the pump this summer. Crude oil prices are at the highest level in more than three years and expected to climb higher, pushing up gasoline prices along the way. Prices in Southern California are up more just over 60 cents in a year to $3.662 in Los Angele...
04/30/2018
Does Orange County need another food hall? Apparently international developer, Lincoln Property Company, thinks so. The Mess Hall Market will make its debut in Tustin at the Legacy in 2019. The 12,000-square-foot space will be home to nine food and beverage concepts, some brought by popular loca...
04/24/2018
Samsung has installed the first LED movie screen in North America at the Pacific Theatres Winnetka in Chatsworth. Revolutionary in and of itself, if could revolutionize the exhibition business if it takes off among theater operators. The solid, black, almost 33.8 ft. wide, 17.7 ft. high screen — ...
04/24/2018
Home prices have gone up steadily for six straight years, and most economists and analysts expect price gains to continue for at least another year or two.“Both prices and (mortgage interest) rates are up. That’s the double-whammy we’re facing,” said Jordan Levine, a senior economist for the Cali...
04/24/2018
Senate leaders on Tuesday indefinitely delayed the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick to be Veterans Affairs secretary, citing “serious allegations” made against the Navy rear admiral involving his past behavior as a White House physician. The hearing for Ronny Jackson had be...
04/24/2018