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Toyota Recalls 2.3 Million Vehicles to Fix Gas Pedals Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. will recall about 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S. to fix sticking accelerator pedals, following its biggest-ever recall in the country last year for a similar danger...

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From the preserve's high points, hikers get good views of Bubbles Lake, named for the hippopotamus Bubbles who escaped from Lion Country Safari in the mid-1970s and took up residence in the little lake located on the west side of Laguna Canyon Road. For a time, the wayward hippo eluded capture...

Bell first sold tacos for 19 cents in San Bernardino in 1951, and he built Taco Bell from one Downey stand in 1962 to a $125-million business when he sold it in 1978. Glen W. Bell Jr., the innovator and entrepreneur who tapped an unsated hunger for Mexican fare as Americans discovered fast...

"Arts Can" Food Drive Help us support ArtsCan and the OC Food Bank! Bring in 3 canned food items and receive 1 day free admission to OCMA, now through February 14, 2010. An increasing number of Orange County residents are struggling to feed themselves and their families. As a result, OCMA...

Automaker receives another injection of private equity to fund its coming line of plug-in hybrid cars. http://auto.freedomblogging.com/2010/01/15/fisker-automotive-of-irvine-gets-another-115-million-in-funding/26031/

Our friend Albert over at CheapIrvine.com has published a coupon that will give you three free hours of play at Boomers Irvine today on the Go-Karts, Rock Wall, Bumper Boats, Mini Golf, Laser Tag, the Sidewinder and the Flamethrower. This coupon is only good at the Irvine location. And you MUST...

Duncan McIntosh Co. Inc. in Irvine, publisher of several boating magazines and newpapers and producer of the Newport Boat Show, has bought Editor & Publisher, the "Bible of the newspaper industry" whose future hung by a thread, E&P reported today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...

Developer Steve Craig says he only plans to enhance Costa Mesa site, not build outlets there. http://www.ocregister.com/news/craig-229254-fairgrounds-site.html

Great Skate Ice Rink (2010) January 30?February 28, 2010 11:00 a.m.?10:00 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays Only Free Admission, Skate Rentals & Parking Opening Day is Snow Day! We're kicking off the Great Skate with the return of Snow Day! Join us in celebrating the opening of our winter ice...

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Craig Realty Group has just won the bid to buy the O.C. Fairgrounds, with an offer of $56.5 million. http://www.ocregister.com/news/state-229083-auction-fairgrounds.html

Soul Singer Teddy Pendergrass Dies at 59 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_pendergrass

COSTA MESA Local residents can try to get a front-row seat to the live auction of the Orange County fairgrounds on Thursday. The state Department of General Services will conduct the auction at 10 a.m. in the administration building at the fairgrounds, 88 Fair Drive. The auction is open to the...

It's that time of the year when Restoration Hardware hauls out its vintage-inspired bath ware with 25 percent off on everything in stock. Pharmacy collection piece from Restoration Hardware's annual bathware event. Better still, click for up to 60 percent off on their web site for savings on...

For those of you who can't garden without "Pat Welsh's Southern California Gardening," you might want to upgrade to her newest book "Pat Welsh's Southern California Organic Gardening." Revised, updated and completely green, her classic month-to-month format is easy to follow, as always, and...

Reader pic o' the day, fish head edition Maurice in Anaheim sends in this shot of an apparent delicacy from his trip to the Far East. He explains thusly: "Delicious grilled fish head at Duozuo, a sushi restaurant in Beijing, China. I hadn't had enough sake yet to try eating the eye." This...

Jamba Juice has announced its official launch of hot beverages on March 1 in more than 340 locations. The launch includes 10 new hot beverage items including four "uniquely Jamba" hot blended offerings called Hot Blends, and six organic Mighty Leaf Tea whole leaf tea pouches. Jamba Juice also...