Like many young surfers who grow up in wave-rich Southern California, Griffin Colapinto always dreamed of one day claiming a world champion title. “I love surfing and I had the belief I could be the best in the world,” Colapinto said on a recent day during a rare break at home in Orange County between…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a long-running love affair with the state’s prison guard union. In 2018, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association was the most prominent law enforcement union to back Newsom’s election. The prison guard union understood that for all of his progressive rhetoric, the ambitious Newsom could be bought. When he…
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In a classic case of big builder vs. small-town preservationists, the preservationists won Tuesday, Aug. 29, when a judge upheld the city of La Habra’s decision to block a large housing development overlooking the town. The case may have ended homebuilder Lennar’s $100 million lawsuit against the city, but probably isn’t the last word in…
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OCVarsity’s Steve Fryer and Dan Albano get together for their weekly Gridiron Show to discuss five of the top high school football games in Orange County this week. This is Week 2 of the season, and they the discuss the matchups and make predictions for these five games: Mission Viejo-Long Beach Poly, Villa Park-Upland, El…
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I recently wrote a column in which I specifically told you all not to send me diet tips. Well, what do you think happened? That’s right. You immediately sent me diet tips. Lots of them. Even though I could write a book on dieting, I haven’t yet grasped the concept that in order to lose…
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Electric bill shocking? Natural gas bill igniting a slow burn? Folks love to blame all that on the California Public Utilities Commission, which critics say has rarely met a rate increase it didn’t like. The state auditor isn’t quite that harsh, but the watchdog agency’s probe of the CPUC and its in-house Solomon-the-Wise/Protector-of-the-People, the Public…
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Homebuying in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is running one-third below the mid-summer norm. Inland Empire home purchases totaled 4,541 in July in the two counties, according to CoreLogic. That’s down 18% for the month and down 22% for the year. How slow is that? No. 5 slowest-selling July in records dating to 1988. Only 17%…
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LOS ANGELES — Another double-double from Nneka Ogwumike was not enough for the Sparks in a game with playoff implications. Ogwumike scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her 101st career double-double, but the Sparks could not protect an 11-point first-half lead then could not complete a late rally and lost to the Chicago…
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MANHATTAN BEACH — Cam Green anticipated Tuesday’s showdown between his Mira Costa girls volleyball team and Mater Dei would be like a heavyweight championship fight. At the start, the Mustangs jumped ahead on the scorecards winning the first two sets, but midway through the third, it became apparent that the Monarchs were ready to extend…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK — There was a Williams sister out there in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night, much to the delight of spectators who offered a standing ovation at the end of the match. Except this time it was Venus, not Serena, and there was no ceremony, no formal…
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