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Davaxha Trollinger is used to weekly trips to the hospital to treat the tumors all over her body. But on Friday, the 13-year-old was back at Chris Evert Children's Hospital in Fort Lauderdale for a different reason -- to get ready for her first prom....

Sun-bronzed women in teeny bikinis, leather miniskirts and skin-tight tube tops have become as much a fixture at Leesburg's annual Bikefest as the motorcycles that jam Main Street. Leesburg native Thom Weekly likes to stroll down Main Street, where...

Sanuk, the Irvine footwear firm known for selling its quirky sandals in surf specialty shops, is coming to beachy Santa Monica this week with its first-ever company-owned store. The flagship shop on the Santa Monica Promenade opens Friday. The lo-fi...

Andrew Barber deals almost exclusively with young men who have come into money. Some are newly rich; some started poor and worked their way to comfortable; and others, arguably his bread and butter, are not wealthy yet but stand to make a chunk of change....

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--Australian Open, same-day tape, 10 a.m. (ESPN2), 8 p.m., 2:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Women’s College Basketball--Iowa State at Oklahoma State, Noon (FXSP); Maryland at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m. (ESPN2); Alabama-Birmingham at...

TV SPORTS High School Football--All-America game, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Men's College Basketball--Cleveland State at Valparaiso, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Memphis at Tennessee, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Hockey--Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN); Holy...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Women’s College Basketball—Oklahoma State at Texas, 11:30 a.m. (FXSP); Nebraska at Penn State, 1 p.m. (ESPN2); Wisconsin at Michigan, 1 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Baylor at Kansas, 1:30 p.m. (FXSP); California at Stanford,...

|TV SPORTS| High School Football--All-America game, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Men’s College Basketball--Cleveland State at Valparaiso, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Memphis at Tennessee, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Hockey--Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha, 6:30 p.m....

Some looks dominated the 2012 fashion scene: 1.      Leggings. The perfect accessory for the coolest Florida winters designed to keep your legs warm. 2.      Ombre. From brown to blonde hair or blue to pink clothing, many have enjoyed the explosion of...

There's never a shortage of important stories in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley, so choosing 10 is just skimming the top. These 10 most compelling stories are given in order of chronology. There are sad stories that end well and horrible stories...

While plenty of punk fans were receiving new Converse sneakers for the holidays, L.A. noise-rock duo No Age was protesting the company (and the working conditions under its parent company Nike) at a show ostensibly promoting the shoe brand. On Dec. 18,...

Jesús García saw no reason to be afraid of death. "It's not good to fear anything," he once said. "Death is always around, but you've got to laugh at death." After leaving the hospital that afternoon in early May, he boarded the bus at Vermont and...