Most of the important provisions of Arizona's controversial new immigration law were blocked by a Federal district court judge early Wednesday morning, just a day before it was set to go into effect. What does this ruling mean for the future of the law, and assuming it eventually goes into effect, what impact would it have on a California resident vacationing or otherwise travelling in Arizona?

How many parents and grandparents enroll their four year old girls in dance classes and shortly are thinking to themselves their little girl is maybe just a bit better than her classmates. Before we know it, we imagine our little angel as a professional dancer. We see the crowd taking their seats, the lights go down, the music swells up, the curtain opens, and there in the spot light is our very own dancer. That is the Kirby (Killam) Wallis story. It all began with a four year-olds dance class, and now, a few dance classes later, she makes her hometown professional debut this Saturday on the Irvine Barclay Theatre stage.

Art Melendres’ Cal 25 “One Time” took top honors in the Cal 25 Regional Championship Sunday under sunny skies and changing breezes of 5-13 knots in this classic regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club.
But contrary to the boat’s name, he finished first more than one time dominating the weekend with four first-place finishes in the five-race regatta.

More homes came on the market in Orange County during the last two weeks then at any other time since the supply build up began back in January of this year. At the same time, demand for homes, which had been declining continuously since April, finally held steady during the most recent two weeks. Distressed homes on the market, the other key OC residential real estate statistic we track here at www.OC180NEWS,.com, showed no sign of slowing its relentless growth. We run the numbers for the two weeks ending July 22, 2010.

The City of Los Alamitos announced the following activities, signup deadlines, and program information. To easily register for any of these classes, check out the www.OC180NEWS.com exclusive online registration instructions at the end of this article.