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Staff Writer   Forget road rage on the 405 freeway. My blood begins to boil when the gas gauge nears empty. For many Southern California residents, hybrid vehicles are becoming a promising alternative. According to a financial report on Illinois-based Pantagraph.com, sales of Honda’s three hybrids — the Insight, Accord Hybrid and Civic Hybrid — increased 240 percent from July … [Read more...] about Face in the crowd

GARRETT WAITSports Editor Oftentimes, when a band makes a major-label debut after two successful albums on smaller labels, the major-label product is watered down to gain more listeners and money. That’s not the case with Coheed and Cambria’s third album “Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume I: From Fear through the Eyes of Madness.” If anything, Coheed has become more … [Read more...] about ‘Good Apollo’ soars to new heights

GABE DURHAMStaff Writer My campaign for Supreme Court justice is off to a glorious start. Most folks I’ve pitched my campaign to have at least admitted that I look like a young Stephen Breyer. The only snag I’ve hit so far has been finding an application. They make it so hard. It’s almost like they don’t want people to run. I could go on, but Gabe Durham honors his commitments. … [Read more...] about The force restores artistic balance

SHANNON URTNOWSKIStaff Writer Reese Witherspoon got it all right in her newest film “Just Like Heaven.” It has been a little more than a year since Witherspoon last graced the theaters in 2004’s “Vanity Fair,” but “Heaven” has been worth the wait. Witherspoon is back on screen with rising star Mark Ruffalo (“13 Going on 30”) by her side. The two stars dominate in this … [Read more...] about Get a glimpse of ‘Heaven’

CARISSA MARSHA&E Assistant These days, sophomore Elvina Akberov’s professional modeling career has her looking like an Avril Lavigne-look-a-like. She points out the remnants of her most recent commercial shoot for Skechers shoes — “stick straight hair” and black-painted fingernails — that clash with the girly pink dress she is wearing. Akberov wanted to attend Pepperdine … [Read more...] about Pep model lands Skechers gig