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“It has been a point of interest to visitors to our home for decades”

AN ONTARIO home now on the market has a unique feature for any house-huntin' history buffs: a den with a wall entirely papered over in SoCal topographic maps, circa the 1950s. via San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Los Angeles police said the soaring prices of bronze, brass and copper are behind a rash of metal artwork thefts, including a 7-foot-tall statue. via Daily India

The Broadcast Journalism III and IV students from James Island Charter High School traveled to Anaheim, Calif., on Jan. via Post and Courier

“I would like to make an effort to contribute to the Four Modernizations of China.”

By GILLIAN FLACCUS SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Chinese-American aerospace engineer who worked in Southern California for decades was brought to federal court in shackles Monday after being charged with stealing trade ... via North County Times

The Walt Disney Co. is poised to spend $1.1 billion to improve Disney's California Adventure, the long-awaited "second gate" at its Anaheim resort that has been derided as "second-rate" since it opened in 2001, ... via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“Mr. Mordick has waived extradition, so we just need to arrange transport later this week”

A well-established commercial photographer has been jailed on a fugitive warrant from Anaheim, Calif., in the throat-slashing death of his estranged wife in 1983. via KOMOradio

Disney has joined Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, software maker LifeWare and homebuilder Taylor Morrison to create a home in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., to show off technologies of the future. via The Press-Enterprise

“It allows workers to have a voice. Disney wants to stifle that voice, insisting negotiations be held off-site where parking could be scarce, access limited and workers would have a much harder time being part of the process”

Contract negotiations are seldom easy, but this could be a new low. Talks between Disney and one of the resort's biggest unions are stalled for an unlikely reason: The parties have spent two months trying to ... via Los Angeles Times

Anaheim city commissioner Jordan Brandman appears to have won a seat on the Anaheim Union School District Board of Trustees, after he "called for a "new direction." Presumably that will be a direction that is NOT anti-Latino, unlike Brandman's ousted predecessor Harald Martin.

Here are a few excerpts from an O.C. Register article about Brandman's victory:

Jordan Brandman, at 27 the youngest of the candidates, also is an education policy adviser in state government. "I've been walking precincts, talking to voters, and I am ready to make sure our students are given the best chance to succeed," he said at a recent forum.

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ArcSoft, Inc. is pleased to be showcasing its exciting digital scrapbooking software at the upcoming 2008 CHA tradeshow at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA from February 10-13, 2008. via Business Wire

A two alarm fire is responsible for major damage to several stores in a strip mall in Anaheim. via ABC7.com

“At this particular point, I just think SCRAA needs to be disbanded”

The Southern California Regional Airport Authority, created more than two decades ago to find a regional solution to air traffic demands, was unceremoniously disbanded for the second time Thursday. via Air Traffic Control Association

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. , home to the Original BBQ Chicken Pizza and other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, made-to-order pastas, creative salads, soups, sandwiches and desserts, opened a restaurant today ... via QSR Magazine

Three women were involved in a minor traffic collision on the 55 freeway this morning, but when one of them walked up to exchange her information with the rest, she stole one of the vehicles instead, ... via The Orange County Register

State Senator Lou Correa is hosting a 2008 Breakfast Club meeting on February 8, at 7:15 a.m., at the Old Orange County Courthouse. He is being joined in this effort by Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen, in an amazing display of bipartisanship. Bravo Lou!

The guest speaker is the Honorable Ronald M. George, the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.

Breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. and the program will start at 8 a.m.

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While the Bowers Museum is ensnared in allegations of misconduct involving their apparent acquisition of illicit artifacts, Muzeo, the relatively new museum in Anaheim, is showing us what the Bowers could have been had it not veered into Asian mega-shows.

The curators at the Bowers, for the most part, have run away from Latino culture. But the folks at Muzeo appear to be embracing it. According to the O.C. Register, "Some of the best of Cheech's stash is coming to Anaheim's Muzeo."

Actor and art collector Cheech Marin is displaying almost 100 of the drawings and pastels by Chicano artists. A 5,000-square-foot interactive exhibit featuring art, video, music and historical information will accompany the mixed-media works on paper.

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: Video Interview With JEREMY SPENCER Available - Jan. 25, 2008 TheReaper of Buzznet caught up with drummer Jeremy Spencer from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH at this year's winter NAMM show, ... via BlabberMouth.net

The OC Register reports:The City Council appears to have violated the state open-meeting law by sending letters to the Orange County Water District without discussing them in public sessions.

Each member of the council signed two letters objecting to the water district's plans to use eminent domain to buy the site of the Boeing plant for a water percolation basin, instead of a new business center, as the council prefers.

In both cases, decisions to send the letters were made without public discussion – a practice the experts said violates the state open-meeting law. The first letter was penned outside of any meeting, while the second was discussed in a closed session.

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“The momentum of the car hitting the truck shoved him westbound, landing in the No. 2 lane between the truck and his vehicle”

Authorities have identified the 56-year-old woman fatally injured in an early-morning crash on the westbound 91 near Lakeview Avenue. via Orange Co. Register

HATEBREED Bassist Issues NAMM Recap - Jan. 25, 2008 HATEBREED bassist Chris Beattie has posted a recap on the HardTimes.ca web site of his experience at this year's winter NAMM show, which was held January ... via BlabberMouth.net