Anaheim news

• IlluminOcean isn't back but the Dana Point Harbor still sparkles in holiday cheer

  15-12-2015 23:40
  
  DANA POINT – Blue and green-lighted palm and pine trees line the medians, and giant Christmas trees surround the harbor’s entrance. There’s a candy-cane lane that starts at Jim Miller’s Coffee Importer and runs along the walkway to the wharf....
  
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• Former Ducks star Teemu Selanne opens a gourmet butcher shop in O.C.

  15-12-2015 23:40
  
  LAGUNA BEACH – Teemu Selanne always knew there was something special about this seaside town.
  That’s why it took him and business partner, Kevin Pratt, his neighbor in Coto de Caza, 10 years to find just the right spot for their now highly...
  
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• Dustin Kensrue talks covers and the return of Thrice

  15-12-2015 23:40
  
  Dustin Kensrue enjoys the challenge of covering a song by another artist, dissecting it and coming up with a unique approach to making it his own and presenting it live. He’s included numerous covers over the years on his solo sets, yet admits to...
  
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• OCTA Committee Recommends Anaheim Abandon Streetcar Plans

  15-12-2015 21:46
  
  This seems like a pretty big blow to not just the Anaheim streetcar, but to the ARTIC station as well. "The Committee recommends the city no longer pursue a streetcar alternative and instead work with OCTA on future planning efforts that are broader and include conventional as well as advanced bus transit alternatives," the report reads. As well as technological incompatibility with a proposed Santa Ana streetcar . Anaheim should have waited and opened ARTIC along with HSR service and the street
  
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• Party City relocates within Orange mall

  15-12-2015 20:44
  
  The tiny house is in escrow with a buyer who is 6 feet, 4 inches tall. But he's figuring out how to make it a good fit.
  
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• Photos: Ducks hit House of Blues for annual charity event

  15-12-2015 20:08
  
  Ducks players and team officials spent Monday night at the House of Blues in Anaheim at the team’s annual Center Ice Party that benefits the Orangewood Foundation.
  The players showed up in western garb – complete with cowboy hats with their...
  
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• Ducks hit House of Blues for annual charity event

  15-12-2015 20:08
  
  Ducks players and team officials spent Monday night at the House of Blues in Anaheim at the team’s annual Center Ice Party that benefits the Orangewood Foundation. The players showed up in Western garb – complete with cowboy hats with their...
  
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• Retail-restaurant roundup: Ruby's Diner founder opens Lighthouse Cafe, Dunkin' all night in Irvine, Freebirds exits O.C., tiny Taco Bell shutters

  15-12-2015 19:53
  
  Here’s a roundup of restaurant and retail news from across Orange County. Take a look at the slideshow for more details on each.
  Lighthouse Cafe: More than three decades after opening Ruby’s Diner on the Balboa Pier, founder Doug Cavanaugh is...
  
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• Photos: The premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' takes over Hollywood

  15-12-2015 18:55
  
  LOS ANGELES – The reaction was strong to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at the film’s world premiere in Hollywood.Inside the TCL Chinese Theatre, the audience began cheering Monday from the moments the movie’s first words appeared on...
  
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• L.A. schools closed due to unspecified threat; email tied to IP address in Germany

  15-12-2015 16:47
  
  LOS ANGELES – The nation’s second-largest school district shut down Tuesday after a school board member received an emailed threat that raised fears of another attack like the deadly shooting in nearby San Bernardino.
  The shutdown abruptly closed...
  
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• L.A. school threat: New York district received same threat, but didn't close campuses

  15-12-2015 16:47
  
  LOS ANGELES – The nation’s two biggest school systems – New York City and Los Angeles – received threats of a large-scale attack Tuesday with guns and bombs, and Los Angeles reacted by shutting down the entire district, while New York...
  
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• Kris Jenner and Kanye West frown as they take brood to Disneyland...

  15-12-2015 16:34
  
  Kanye made sure to keep a watchful eye on his two-year-old daughter North, as he walked next to her as she rode in a tandem stroller. Unlike Kris and Kanye, Kourtney definitely seemed to be in the spirit as she wore a white and red striped top with Mickey Mouse emblazoned on it. You were the 1st born and changed everything!' she wrote. 'I can't believe you are 6 years old! I love you more than you can ever imagine!' She then shared a previously unseen snap of baby Reign, looking inquisitively at
  
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• Tall buyer hopes to squeeze into 268-square-foot Modjeska Canyon house with built-in tree

  15-12-2015 15:30
  
  A 268-square-foot house in Modjeska Canyon on the market for $324,000 has found a buyer.
  The micro house, built in 1930, has one bedroom and bathroom, a kitchen and living room, plus an unfinished basement area.
  And the buyer? He's 6 feet, 4 inches...
  
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• California Attorney General Kamala Harris scrutinized for luxury travel, expenses

  15-12-2015 15:30
  
  Rep. Loretta Sanchez hit a bump in her U.S. Senate campaign last week, saying that between “5 and 20 percent” of Muslims could be willing to participate in terrorism and attracting sweeping criticism from Muslim and immigration rights activists,...
  
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• Pacific Design & Manufacturing Preview Pt II: 7 More Companies & Products to See in Anaheim

  15-12-2015 12:19
  
  9-11, is well known colloquially as the "Anaheim show" and includes Medical Design & Manufacturing West, PLASTEC West, WestPack, ATX West, and Electronics West . Following up on the first Pacific Design & Manufacturing show preview, in this second preview of the co-located mega-event, we've put together a slideshow of seven exhibitors with mechanical motion, motor, cabling, and computer-aided engineering software technologies, all intended to speed the development and manufacturing of pr
  
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• Judge Orders Force-Feeding Of Anaheim Man In Islamic State Case

  15-12-2015 09:13
  
  -- A federal judge has ordered the force-feeding of a California man suspected of trying to aid the Islamic State group. Carter gave the order at a hearing Monday, after learning that 24-year-old Muhanad Badawi of Anaheim had lost another three pounds despite being ordered Thursday to eat. Carter said the force-feeding was clearly necessary but he didn't want it to turn it into a form of punishment. Badawi is down to 109 pounds from 140 after refusing to eat for much of the past month. His lawye
  
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• 9 Bands That Survived A Hiatus

  15-12-2015 07:11
  
  Everyone knows Mark, Tom, and Travis, aka pop-punk heroes Blink-182 . This was the first of two hiatuses, actually -- in 2009, the band came together for a reunion tour, eventually releasing 2011 full-length Neighborhoods . But in 2015, Tom DeLonge departed the band once again, which means Blink-182 -- at least, the Blink-182 of our "TRL"-loving youth -- is currently no more. Let's remain hopeful, though -- if Blink managed to survive one hiatus, what's to say they can't survive another?
  
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• Judge orders terrorism suspect from Anaheim to be force-fed

  15-12-2015 07:05
  
  SANTA ANA – A federal judge on Monday ordered the force-feeding of an Anaheim man accused of helping the terrorist group ISIS because he has dropped three pounds since a hearing last week and ripped out an IV while hospitalized over the weekend....
  
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• What's next for the baby of suspected San Bernardino shooters?

  15-12-2015 06:41
  SAN BERNARDINO – The terrorism attack here orphaned a baby. Her parents were the killers.
  The child, born May 21, is in the custody of San Bernardino County child protective services – her precise whereabouts undisclosed, though presumably she is...
  
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• Whiting: Buena Park is looking to boost its tourism appeal beyond Knott's Berry Farm

  15-12-2015 05:53
  
  This is part of an ongoing series exploring every Orange County city.
  Being a city manager in most any place is heady, rewarding and, OK, demanding. But being a city manager in a town with pirates, knights in shining armor and Knott’s Berry Farm?...
  
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• Orange County winter homeless shelters stop accepting walk-ups, may turn some away after occupancy cut

  15-12-2015 04:52
  
  For the first time in its six years operating winter shelters for the homeless at the Santa Ana and Fullerton National Guard armories, Mercy House is turning away most walk-ups.
  The new policy effective last Saturday came four days after CAL FIRE...
  
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• A golden surprise ends up in a Salvation Army red kettle in Anaheim Hills

  15-12-2015 03:41
  
  ANAHEIM – Santa tossed a present into a Salvation Army red kettle over the weekend.
  A Canadian gold coin valued at about $1,200.
  “It popped out,” said Salvation Army spokesman Kevin White. “I’ve seen silver dollars, old coins, collectables,...
  
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• Judge Orders Forced Feeding for 'Emaciated' Terror Suspect

  15-12-2015 02:56
  
  Carter also decided to have further hearings in Los Angeles to make it easier on Badawi's custodians, who have had to transport him from Los Angeles to Santa Ana. A nurse at the Santa Ana jail told Carter at last week's hearing that Badawi was reluctant to receive any treatment from her, but was more cooperative with a male nurse. Badawi was indicted along with Nader Salem Elhuzayel, 25, of Anaheim, on charges of bank fraud and providing material support to ISIS. Badawi is accused of buying a pl
  
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• Fundraisers pocket nearly half of charity donations

  15-12-2015 01:41
  
  Commercial fundraisers – the middlemen who hit you up for charitable donations by phone, mail and outside the supermarket – often pocket a big chunk of the dough. And it’s only growing: They extracted a stunning 90 percent more money from...
  
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• Is Saint Marc the most futuristic restaurant in O.C.? The modern mashup is part bacon bar, pub, cafe

  15-12-2015 01:11
  
  I’ve been covering the local restaurant scene for more than a decade and I’ve never seen anything quite like Saint Marc.
  Last Thursday I previewed the restaurant -- scheduled to open Friday, Dec. 18,-- and I can honestly declare it to be one of...
  
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