Snoopy (fictional animal)

PASSINGS: Patricia A. Disney, Warren Lockhart, Charla Krupp, King Stitt, Joaquin Martinez

2012-02-04 00:00:00

Patricia A. Disney Philanthropist, ex-wife of Walt Disney's nephew Roy Patricia A. Disney, 77, who grew up as a neighbor of Roy E. Disney in Toluca Lake and was married to him for more than 50 years, died Friday of Alzheimer's disease, her family...

The Roanoke Times, Va., Dadline column

2013-05-20 09:54:04

Every morning during breakfast before the school day starts, my 6-year-old daughter and I pore over the comics section of this newspaper. I read the funnies to her, usually sticking to the kid-friendly "Red and Rover," "Garfield," "Family Circus" and...

'I've lived a good life'

2013-04-25 06:24:04

Legendary former Journal outdoor recreation writer dies One summer day in 1939, Bill Dyroff and a buddy took their girlfriends on a date to Yankee Stadium. Bill couldn't recall anything being out of the ordinary about the day until it was all over. He...

Advice Gov. Quinn didn't ask for

2012-10-14 00:00:00

Another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist. Dear Gov. Pat Quinn: Don't panic about your lousy standing in the Tribune poll published Friday. True, just 26 percent of Illinois...

Aberdeen Christian students present 'Snoopy!! The Musical'

2012-04-15 01:05:25

Aberdeen Christian School students will present �Snoopy!! The Musical� Friday and Saturday nights in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church. The play starts at 7:30 each night. �Snoopy!! The Musical� is Aberdeen Christian School drama director Jennifer...

MetLife's Cartoon Ads Are The Latest In Nostalgia Marketing

2012-02-07 18:03:00

MetLife's most recent TV commercial opens with Charlie Brown strolling alongside Lucy, Linus and other Peanuts characters into a sun-soaked grassy field, a slightly hazy, idyllic scene that could pass for financial stability, the afterlife or California....

'Snoopy House' moving to City Hall

2011-12-05 19:08:00

COSTA MESA — It will be a Charlie Brown Christmas after all. Though Jim Jordan's foreclosed home at 2269 Santa Ana Ave. now belongs to Wells Fargo, the plywood psychiatry booth, character cutouts, Santa Claus stage in the backyard and other...

SSO to perform 'Holiday Melodies and Peanuts' Saturday

2011-11-30 12:39:00

The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra presents its popular holiday concert Saturday, Dec. 3. This year, it's "Holiday Melodies and Peanuts" — the Charles Schulz kind. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Bel Air High School, 100 Heighe St. in Bel Air....

'Snoopy House' display begins move to City Hall

2011-12-09 21:31:00

COSTA MESA — With the help tow trucks and community volunteers, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang began the move Friday from the Eastside to their new holiday digs at City Hall. In the spirit of the special occasion, city...

Rallying around the 'Snoopy House'

2011-12-08 21:01:39

COSTA MESA — For some 44 years, the Jordan family has crafted an elaborate Charlie Brown-themed Christmas display outside of their Costa Mesa home. The doctor was in, with a Lucy cutout offering counseling. Charlie Brown and Sally clutched a...

If Snoopy stays at City Hall, more could be on the way

2011-12-14 20:12:08

COSTA MESA — Snoopy's new digs may be bigger than that one-story doghouse. As Costa Mesa couple Jim and Linda Jordan battle Wells Fargo in court over the deed to their home on Santa Ana Avenue, city officials have assured them that if the battle is...

'Right out of a Frank Capra movie'

2011-12-13 21:50:00

As Linda Jordan put the final touches on the characters in the "Snoopy House" Christmas display's dollhouse outside City Hall on Tuesday night, she broke down. "I just couldn't stop crying," she said. "It's not relief. I'm happy. I'm sad at the same...

Who doesn't love "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"? When Peppermint Patty invites herself over, Charlie, Linus, Snoopy and Woodstock throw together a Thanksgiving dinner. That Peppermint Patty. Always butting in.

2009-11-23 22:42:06