Chuck DeVore may be a long-time Orange Countian, the member of the state Assembly whose Irvine-based district includes the future Orange County Great Park and a possible friend in a high place if he scores an upset victory next year to become the junior U.S. senator from California. But it is DeVore's likely foe, Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is reaping the thanks of the Great Park Corporation Board of Directors this week.The board is simply giddy over Boxer's sponsorship of a $470,000 appropriation t
Buzz Aldrin: EverywhereBuzz Aldrin was recently at the South Coast Plaza Borders signing copies of his book Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon. The former Laguna Beach resident was also hawking his children's book, Look to the Stars. He's done dozens of interviews in recent weeks talking about the alcoholism and depression that followed his famous Apollo 11 moon walk. And he just rapped with Snoop Dogg on a record raising funds for a space charity. And he donated a mock
Gerrie SchipskeGerrie Schipske vaulted from the delivery room at Long Beach Naval Hospital in 1950 to a degree in history from UC Irvine in 1973 to successful careers as a registered nurse, attorney and teacher of women's studies, political science and public administration at Cal State Long Beach to her election to the Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees in 1992 to razor-thin losses as the Democratic nominee to Republican Assemblyman Steve Kuykend
Book Signing: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin at Borders, 7 p.m.One of the original masters of the moonwalk, Buzz Aldrin, will meet fans
and sign copies of his newest book, "Magnificent Desolation: The Long
Journey Home from the Moon," at Borders Bookstore, located on the West
Wing of South Coast Plaza. Side note: We're still very broken up about Michael Jackson. South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA; 1-800-782-8888Handsome G, 9 p.m.We hear that he truly is, quite stunning. Price: Free.La C
