The amusing play title might ring a distant bell: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” A whimsical sketch comedy/musical revue from the 1990s is up next at the Laguna Playhouse, as the theater continues a season in part re-examining works from its 100-year history. The new production of the four-actor show, now accompanied by a…
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Aroldis Chapman threw 16 pitches Thursday night. Only four of them found the strike zone. The Yankees’ closer for the last seven years, the 34-year-old has struggled with fastball command over the past two. Thursday night, Aaron Boone couldn’t wait out another rollercoaster ride. As soon as Chapman walked his third batter, the minimum he had…
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Under a sunny sky in Queens, with thousands of Mets fans packed into the area surrounding the home run apple on the Citi Field plaza, a piece of the team’s history was unveiled on Friday morning. “Tom Seaver was our sunshine,” Mets’ radio voice Howie Rose declared, before the sheet was pulled off to reveal…
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The familiar meets the intriguingly unfamiliar this weekend with the ballet “Romeo and Juliet” visiting the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in a four-performance run through Sunday. Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, led by longtime in-house choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot, makes its fourth appearance in Costa Mesa of the last decade. Juliette (Anna Blackwell) strangles herself after…
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There was a time when being considered scrawny wasn’t a concern for Tyler Herro. “I mean,” the personable Miami Heat guard said with a smile, “I never had to worry about bulking up. No one could guard me in high school.” Then the stakes were raised, first at Kentucky and now these past three seasons…
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The Clippers’ can’t-catch-a-break season continued Friday, when Clippers star Paul George was ruled out Friday morning ahead of the team’s 7 p.m. must-win play-in game against the New Orleans Pelicans at Crypto.com Arena. “We feel really bad for Paul and hope for a speedy recovery,” said Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ president of basketball operations, noting…
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“Why is this night different from all other nights?” Thus, at sunset Friday begins the ritual of questions during the Seder meal with which observant Jews start the celebration of Passover, or Pesach, which commemorates the deliverance of the Israelite slaves from bondage in Egypt. The youngest child at the table is expected…
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Determining which type of management service is best for the HOA is a very important HOA board decision. Even the smallest associations need some form of professional management. What is a manager? Managers oversee the association’s day-to-day operations, advising and informing the board and following its policies and instructions regarding association property and funds. A…
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON Joyce Ares had just turned 74 and was feeling fine when she agreed to give a blood sample for research. So she was surprised when the screening test came back positive for signs of cancer. After a repeat blood test, a PET scan and a needle biopsy, she was diagnosed with…
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A Mission Viejo resident is challenging in court the scheduling of two City Council seats for the 2024 ballot, arguing the members were previously elected to two-year terms and should be up for a vote in November. A lawsuit filed April 7 in Orange County Superior Court argues that all five Mission Viejo City Council…
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