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Re. "Apodaca: Common Core may add up to math skills boost we need," (May 12): Patrice Apodaca's enthusiasm for the new Common Core math program, based on her belief that it will improve students' math skills, grabbed my attention. As a former teacher and...

Most scholarships are typically awarded to students with unique talents, exceptional grades or dire financial need but not so for 100 Women Making a Difference of Orange County. Members of 100 Women seek out and award students they believe have the...

Rachel Anne Barney GPA: 4.4384 School Activities/Clubs: IB drama production of "Dear Brutus," Field Studies Club, IB History HL, IB English HL, IB Theatre HL, IB French SL, IB Environmental Science SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB diploma candidate, AP US...

Autospy results due back Tuesday could provide more clues into the slaying of a Cal State Fullerton coach and her fiance in Irvine. The bodies of Monica Quan, 28, an assistant women's basketball coach at the school, and Keith Lawrence, 27, who worked as...

Police detectives said robbery does not appear to be a motive in the slaying of a young Irvine couple who were found shot to death late Sunday in a parked car at the upscale condominium complex where they lived. “They could tell by physical...

This game — the one in the water with the yellow ball and players swimming back and forth trying to put that ball into a net — is fun for Ilene Umansky. It's fun to score and it's fun to learn about water polo for Umansky. Two years ago,...

My son, Kevin McRoberts, who always considered himself a "Costa Mesa boy," died of cardiac arrest in his sleep on Aug. 19, 2010. As the second anniversary of his death, or "un-birthday," is this weekend, I wanted to reflect on who he was. Kevin lived by...

The Orange County Fair Board has promoted Jerome Hoban, vice president of operations, to the fairgrounds chief executive officer. Hoban, 38, will take over as interim CEO for Steven Beazley on Tuesday. He will take over the position permanently pending a...

Editor's note: The following are from the SOY Scholarship Program alumni. Minimal edits have been made to preserve the writers' voices as it originally appeared at a December fundraiser. Dear Guest, First allow me to thank you for attending this event....

Christine Bonadonna AP and IB Classes Taken: AP Biology; AP World History; AP U.S. History; AP Calculus AB; AP Calculus BC; AP Physics; IB English; IB Chemistry; IB Psychology; IB Spanish; IB Theory of Knowledge School Activities/Clubs: Other than being...

No one in Juan Miguel's family had ever gone to college, but he knew he would. He just needed outside help with learning how to apply and which classes to take to get into college. As a sophomore at Estancia High School, he joined the academic program at...

The Vanguard University women's basketball team begins play in the NAIA Tournament on Wednesday at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Ky. The Lions (23-6), ranked No. 13 in the final NAIA poll, are making their 11th straight appearance in...