WITH TONGUE IN CHEEK, SOME STORIES YOU COULD READ IN 2006:
Shanghai fills world void for foam surfboard blanks, declares itself “Surf City.”
Anaheim and Arte Moreno settle their lawsuit. Anaheim approves use of the name “Los Angeles Angels” and Moreno changes his name to “Arte Anaheim.”
Mike Carona takes his fund raising to the masses, selling plastic deputy badges for $25 each.
Every city in OC approves a condo high-rise project except Tustin, which renames its former Marine base, “Ponderosa Ranch.”
A new scandal rocks UCI,professors’ brains are stolen.
Two Mission Viejo teenagers declare their intention to run for state assembly in 2014.
A compromise is reached on the controversial tunnel: It will be drilled under Cleveland National Forest and Orange County, depositing Inland Empire commuters on Catalina Island.
Furthering his political shift, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announces that he has become “a girlie man.”
Allergan’s stock soars on news that chilled Botox behaves just like Silly Putty.
Chapman U’s Dodge Film School buys Paramount Pictures.
Christina Shea resigns from Irvine City Council after it approves Larry Agran’s motion banning hot pink from the council chambers.
Amid dire warnings of an imminent collapse, median price of an OC home hits $995,000.
,Rick Reiff
