“It was when somebody asked me if...

“It was when somebody asked me if they could bring the coffin to the

wake that I had to put my foot down.”

-- Sindi Schwartz, one of the owners of Muldoon’s Dublin Pub and

Celtic Bar, underscoring just how popular the restaurant is.

Muldoon’s has been mentioned in wills as a place people want their

wakes held.

“I bet every in-vitro clinic around the country has a similar

number of frozen embryos if they’ve been around as long as we have.

Therefore, it’s simply a matter of what to do with the embryos that

already exist that are not going to be used.”

-- Robert Anderson, director of UC Irvine’s Center for

Reproductive Health, said. Anderson is hopeful that if Proposition 71

passes, it would approve the sale of $3 billion in bonds to pay for

embryonic stem-cell research.

“These towing companies are victimizing the citizens of Orange

County. People, we feel, are not being given fair warning that

they’re going to be towed.”

-- Orange County Deputy Dist. Atty. Lesley Young on some tow-truck

companies that may be bending the law for a quick buck, towing cars

left for only a few minutes on private properties.

“We were kind of scared. But at the same time, there was a big

Suburban parked right out front with a guy holding a machine gun. So

I figured if anyone tried to run, he’d get him.”

-- New Balance store manager Michael Weisenburger on an attempted

heist at a jewelry store in Corona del Mar. Three men wielding

handguns tried to rob the jewelry store and one barricaded himself in

a nearby shop for two hours before surrendering.

“‘The OC’ is on Fox, a network kids watch when their parents are

away. I don’t let my children watch it, but I do have TiVo.”

-- Newport Beach Mayor Tod Ridgeway quipped as cast and crew of

the show visited the city.