Photo by James BunoanSometimes winners finish second, which was what happened Sunday. If you were watching the Discovery Channel's The Great... More >>

It's so easy to ignore the Brea Gallery: it's in Brea. But the city-run space is one of the few in the county that's taking a look, this fine... More >>

Photo by James BunoanHuntington Beach: Four-bedroom, two-bathroom stucco house Occupants: Dave Reul, Robert Bradley, Jeff the New Roommate and... More >>

Irena Praitis, a strong new poet who teaches literature at Cal State Fullerton (and is a colleague of mine), is fiercely uncompromising, sincere... More >>

Long Beach's mini renaissance of letters is proceeding apace, with Alice Sebold's huge best-seller The Lovely Bones followed by two exciting... More >>

If you found yourself doubting that the world really had gone to the dogs, Irvine Regional Park was the logical place to turn for proof. Mutts... More >>

It's always fun to play "Spot the Influences" (or, watching the news after Sept. 11, a little game I liked to call "Did They Confirm That?"), but... More >>

Photo by James BunoanIrvine: One-bedroom, one-bathroom Terry Coach trailer Occupants: Amber Rinderknecht, Ramona and Ellis the dogs, and Kale the... More >>

Two weeks ago, on their way to the opening of "The Interventionist" at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, UC Irvine art professor... More >>

Photo by OCW StaffHistory is minutiae, which you will learn when they tell you World War I was fought over a dispute about telephone... More >>