Right Wing Watch (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... long enough to stand trial for treason. Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., issued a press release Nov. 19 calling for an end to "imprecatory prayer" -- words of judgment from the Book of Psalms prayed back to God, directed toward Obama. Drake said he is now "calling for all of God's people and prayer warriors to cease the imprecatory...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
November 19, 2009 3:41 PM Chess arrives at the Great Park By SEAN EMERY THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER IRVINE – The Great Park is welcoming the "sport of kings" on Saturday, with students from across Southern California set to compete in the park's first chess tournament. After decades of moving between various school campuses in Buena Park, Santa Ana and Orange, organizers of the...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... a bottleneck developed a few years ago, when Orange County widened the 5 Freeway through Buena Park and L.A. County didn't follow suit. Now, traffic regularly backs up at the county line.The situation underscores a basic philosophical difference between the counties. L.A. has focused its transportation money on opening new rail lines: the Gold Line Eastside extension, which opened over the...
Food Frenzy (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... in it. And where can you find some of my favorite nihari? That would be Bismillah Restaurant in Buena Park where the wife and I dug into this, and a couple of appetizers, all for under $20. Maybe there’s a lot of nostalgia mixed into all of the tumeric, garlic, ginger, and chili, but each spoonful of this broth, which has been thickened with flour and is slick with oil and beef fat, is worth...
