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Community Commentary: A cop, firefighter look back on 9/11
Minutes before one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed around them, two firefighters from the initial wave to arrive on the scene exchanged the following over their walkie-talkies: "Chief, what stair you in?" "South stairway Adam, South Tower."...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Heroism, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Safety of Citizens, Politics
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My Pet World: 'Talking' pooch likely has no idea what he's saying
Question: My dog talks to me and says, "I wuv you." I'm not crazy; that's exactly what it sounds like! You've mentioned that parrots are the only animals that can mimic speech. Can't dogs do this, too? — C.B., Montreal Answer: I think you have a...Tags: Cat (animal), Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Passenger Cars, YouTube
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Reel Critics: First-rate visuals in animated 'Rango'
Gore Verbinski directed the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise. The special effects expertise of Industrial Light and Magic were a key to his success. Their pedigree goes all the way back to the "Star Wars" series. Their skills were sharpened on the...Tags: Apocalypse Now (movie), Johnny Depp, Clint Eastwood, Philip K Dick, Inception (movie)
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Making parks more than 'just grass and trees'
Editor's note: This corrects the date the City Arts Commission will vote on Ronald Reagan statue. Whether it's a sculpture of a rabbit or a statue of Ronald Reagan, he believes iconic features are placed in parks so people will remember them....Tags: Civic Center, Libraries, Renzo Piano, Architecture, Ronald Reagan
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Letting his 'Hair' down
While putting on his uniform to attend an all-boy Catholic high school in Orange County, Marshal Kennedy Carolan never dreamed that in a few short years he would grow out his hair and travel the country, doing drugs, dissing the establishment and taking...Tags: Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Music Theater, High Schools, Los Angeles
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It's A Gray Area: Honest appraisals in our times of need
Recently I heard KFI AM's Bill Handel say that Southern California Edison is attempting to increase its rates by 7% so that, among other things, it can cover the economic losses sustained by the pension plans of its retirees. Now wait a minute! Almost...Tags: Local Government, Orange County Superior Court, Retirement, Unions, Prisons
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Martin Davis
Martin (Marty) A. Davis, of Corona del Mar, Ca., passed away Sunday, December 26, 2010, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was 80 years “young”, and loved people and life to the fullest. Marty, a former veteran of the Korean...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Lungs and Airways, Davis (Yolo, California), San Francisco, Washington, DC
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Barbara Frandsen
Frandsen, Barbara June February 18, 1922 – January 3, 2011 Barbara Frandsen (DeeDee) of Corona del Mar passed away peacefully at age 88. Her last days were filled with the love and presence of family and friends. Barbara was born in Alhambra,...Tags: Hawaii, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), San Marino, Newport Beach, Alhambra
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Pacific Symphony announces new season lineup, opera initiative
COSTA MESA — Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 is a memorable one for Carl St.Clair. He first saw it played on a 1948 black-and-white Westinghouse television.
The orchestra: the Boston Symphony. The conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
Some years later,...Tags: Concerts, Opera (genre), Television, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Kansas (music group)
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Mesa Musings: Trusting New Yorkers is a sucker's bet
"A fool and his money are soon parted," goes the old saw. Gullible describes me as a 19-year-old U.S. Army private in 1964, stationed just outside of New York City. On weekends, my buddies and I would take the New Haven Railroad from New Rochelle, N.Y.,...Tags: Mickey Mantle, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Tina Louise, Broadway Theater, Music Theater
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Sage Hill singer's next stop: Carnegie Hall
NEWPORT BEACH — Victoria Griffin, 15, has pretty much been singing since birth, or at least since before she could talk, her mother said.
Catherine Griffin used to sing lullabies to newborn Victoria and her daughter would make odd little noises...Tags: Encore (tv network), Sage, Music Theater, Carnegie Hall, Entertainment
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Classically Trained: From YouTube fame to a Sydney show
With the modern-day Internet, one can turn to Google for just about everything: Web searches, maps, news, e-mail or lucrative advertising, to name a few. But who knew Google was making orchestras, too? Turns out one young musician from Irvine did...Tags: Google Inc., Orange County High School of the Arts, Computer Networking and Internet, YouTube, Education
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