Feast your eyes on the hottest car in California, Speed Racer: the 1991 Honda Accord. Forget your Ferrarris, Lamborghinis, heck, even your grandparents' Buicks. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) Hot Wheels 2009 report, which crunched data
reported to the National Crime Information Center to determine
the vehicle make, model, and model year most reported stolen in 2008, the hottest wheels in the nation are: 1) 1994 Honda Accord2) 1995 Honda Civic3) 1989 Toyota Camry4) 199
Palagems.comEl Itoco: object of desire.In a small room near the front desk of the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana rests El Itoco, a 472-carat emerald crystal that is considered one of the finest in the world and valued and is valued at more than $3 million.The emerald that was dug up from black shale in Colombia in 2008 is scheduled to remain on display at Bowers through early December. Museum president Peter Keller was tight-lipped when asked by the Orange County Register about security, saying,
Alonso Jose Lopez, a 31-year-old resident of Vista in San Diego County, got Navel Gazing mentions here and here, but he'd no doubt prefer those over the his latest mention: in an Orange County grand jury indictment unsealed today that identifies him as one of nine San Diego criminal street gang members who are among 11 people charged in a recent crime spree in Tustin, Laguna Beach and San Diego County.