Archive for Sunday, October 07, 2007

With a stitch and a brush stroke

• Art with a 3-inch heel By Booth Moore

• PINK WITH PURPOSE

• MORE THAN A CAMEO By Adam Tschorn

• ‘Darjeeling Limited’s’ style infusion By Monica Corcoran

• Those big bad booties By Melissa Magsaysay

• THE BUZZ BABIES By Steffie Nelson

• BEYOND BRIDAL

• NIP / TALK By Monica Corcoran

• BEYOND THE BOOK By Valli Herman

• LIKE CROC WORK By Adam Tschorn

• HEY, BIG SPENDER By Valli Herman

• DRESSING MISS DAVIS By Rose Apodaca

• ON THE WEB

• WHAT LOYAL LOOKS LIKE By Emili Vesilind

• PERFECT MISFITS

• Movies that made the man

Steve Harvey ONLY IN L.A. - Announcer stumbles over Villaraigosa – his name, that is

• Palladium keeps in swing of things By Cecilia Rasmussen

• Sad price of gang ‘rent’ - A street vendor who owed was the target, but a baby died. The LAPD cracks down. By Ari B. Bloomekatz

• Taking on the life of a Marine - The Recruit Depot in San Diego challenges 2,500 weekend athletes to a 3-mile obstacle run complete with drill instructors. By Tony Perry

• Less to bank on at state universities - Educators fear a 2004 funding deal has schools sliding toward mediocrity By Richard C. Paddock

• Powering down their lives - Southland residents take part in a collective national open house to show how they harness the sun’s energy and use less water and fuel. By Joe Mozingo

• Obituaries - Jo Ann Davis, 57; elected to Congress as Virginia’s first female Republican

• Some find O.C. judge’s wit a trial - James M. Brooks has been chastised for his conduct and praised by criminal-justice groups. By Christine Hanley

• PASSINGS - Alexandra Boulat, 45; French photojournalist worked in war zones

• MILITARY DEATHS - Marine Sgt. Michael Tayaotao, 27, Sunnyvale; killed in combat in Iraq By Steve Hymon

• Take a different route, or just join the Detour

• Not your typical road hazard

• PASSINGS - Tony Ryan, 71; founded Ryanair, Europe’s top budget airline, in 1985

• Obituaries - Tawn Mastrey, 53; DJ was the voice of L.A.’s ’80s heavy-metal scene By Valerie J. Nelson

• IN BRIEF Los Angeles County / HOLLYWOOD - Investigators say church fire may have been arson

• Police refuse to explain officers’ use of force in fatal shooting - Santa Ana authorities haven’t said whether the victim was armed or why he was fired upon. By Tony Barboza

• PASSINGS - D. Keating, 105; fought for unified Ireland

• County’s homeless plan hits skids - Community opposition kills bid to shift services for the needy to regional shelters. The $7 million for the centers will now fund smaller programs. By Susannah Rosenblatt

• PASSINGS - J. Edward Lundy, 92; Whiz Kid revolutionized auto finance for Ford

• IN BRIEF Orange County / FULLERTON - 69-year-old found dead after residential fire

• Steve Lopez POINTS WEST - Nunez middle class? Boy, that’s rich By Steve Lopez

• MILITARY DEATHS - War casualties

• Fontana woman killed in crash

• MILITARY DEATHS - Other deaths

• Freshmen, join the rotation - Caltech’s dorm-selection process lets students test out facilities, socialize and find a place that fits. By Jason Song

Home of the Week - It’s pretty swanky for a ‘Shark’ tank - Walls of glass reveal broad views at this camera-ready Malibu home.

• Hot Property - Place is too small for the troops By Ruth Ryon

• PARDON OUR DUST - Grand design in a small space - With the help of a creative friend, a condo owner cooks up her dream kitchen. By Kathy Price-Robinson

• The pressure’s on - When the market was red-hot, the blame game took a back seat. But as homes languish unsold, more angry sellers are lashing out at their agents. By Frank Nelson

• RENT WATCH - A Solomonic decision on disabled parking spot? Not really

• The price is right in this Texas town By Inês Santos

• NATION’S HOUSING - Financially distressed homeowners could get some tax relief By Kenneth R. Harney

• Realty’s reality show - Communication is key to finding a good agent, expert says. Be honest, and get it all in writing. By Frank Nelson

• HOUSING SCENE - You could pay the mortgage, but you don’t: ‘Walkaway,’ beware By Lew Sichelman

• BOOK REVIEW - Handyman’s tips hit the nail on the head – mostly - About the House With Henri de Marne How to Maintain, Repair, Upgrade, and Enjoy Your Home Henri de Marne Upper Access: 453 pp., $16.95 By Kathy Price-Robinson

• Average mortgage rates and indexes

First of two parts - 50 YEARS AGO: BROOKLYN TO LOS ANGELES - THE PLAY OF THE LAND - On Oct. 7, 1957, the L.A. City Council voted to provide Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley with 300-plus acres in Chavez Ravine. The rest is baseball history.

• NOTRE DAME 20, UCLA 6 - Little fight in Bruins - The Irish score their first victory of the season, and UCLA’s quarterback situation gets worse after an injury to Olson. By Chris Foster

• Angels try to dig out one game at a time - Scioscia’s mantra remains the same as usual, even with his team in an 0-2 hole against the Red Sox. By Mike Digiovanna

• Newswire - Roberts leads by three at Senior Players

• STANFORD 24, NO.2 USC 23 - Unfathomable - Stanford coach did get a couple of things right By Kurt Streeter

• College Football Spotlight - Illini are fightin’ again in Big Ten By Peter Yoon

• LSU gets the spark it needs - Once the Tigers hear about USC’s loss to Stanford, they wake up to overpower Florida, 28-24. By David Wharton

• Week 5 in the NFL - The city with a Pack mentality - Green Bay has always loved its team, but an unexpected 4-0 start has fans giddy entering tonight’s game against the hated Bears By Sam Farmer

• Week 5 in the NFL - QUICK SNAPS By Sam Farmer

• LAKERS REPORT - Big man guru Newell gives Bynum support By Mike Bresnahan

• STANFORD 24, NO.2 USC 23 - Unfathomable - Massive upset ends Trojans’ 35-game home streak and possibly their national title hopes By Gary Klein

• Pacquiao gets best of Barrera - He beats opponent, who retires afterward, for the second time in four years in a unanimous decision. By Lance Pugmire

• Bruins need a quarterback, fast - Bethel-Thompson is inexperienced, and Olson and Cowan are injured, meaning Rasshan could be next in line for the job. By Jaime Cárdenas

• Walker trying to move on after robbery - Attack occurred at the residence of Miami Heat veteran, who hasn’t returned to the Chicago home since.

• Rockies dispose of the Phillies - Baker’s tiebreaking single in eighth inning is the difference in a 2-1 series-clinching win over Philadelphia.

• It’s rare father-son time on ice By Helene Elliott

• Cool Bradford leads Oklahoma - Young quarterback makes all the big plays to power the No. 10 Sooners over No. 19 Texas, 28-21.

• Clausen leaves home with a victory - Former top recruit from Oaks Christian High avoids turnovers and does what it takes to secure Notre Dame’s first win of the season. By Ben Bolch

• MOTOR RACING - COT and Talladega are not a good mix By Ed Hinton

• Bradford had a big reason to make catch - Stanford receiver had dedicated game against USC to his father, who died recently. By Diane Pucin

• Angels are pretty much powerless against Boston By Bill Plaschke

• COMMENTARY - Lies finally catch up with Jones By Tim Dahlberg

• College Football Spotlight - STAR MATERIAL - MIKE HART Michigan

• UCLA REPORT - Crum charges up Notre Dame By Chris Foster and Ben Bolch

• SOUTHEASTERN

• You look upset, Los Angeles. Why the long fall from grace? By Chris Dufresne

• Morning briefing - I just took a break to read this By Robyn Norwood

• BUG OFF

• Illinois playing its way up charts - The Illini knock off another ranked team by defeating No. 5 Wisconsin, 31-26.

• Q & A WITH VIN SCULLY - He was just happy to have a job in L.A. By Steve Springer

• Diamondbacks sweep the Cubs - Young homers on first pitch of game and Hernandez is solid on mound in 5-1 victory that advances Arizona to the NL Championship Series.

• Local teams really put the loss in Los Angeles By T J. Simers

• There’s no quit in him … till now? - Clemens has retired, and unretired, before. His start for Yankees today against Indians could be his last. Or not. By Bill Shaikin

• ANGELS REPORT - Guerrero is sore in a lot of ways By Mike Digiovanna

• PACIFIC 10 - Weber’s kick lifts Arizona State

• Kings’ party has sad ending - They blow a two-goal lead in third period and lose to the Blues in home opener, 5-3, spoiling big nights for Brown and Kopitar. By Lisa Dillman

• BIG 12

• Stanford leaps up and stuns Trojans By Diane Pucin and Mike Hiserman

• BIG EAST

• RESULTS By From The Associated Press

• USC REPORT - Booty plays despite fracture By Gary Klein and Diane Pucin

• Behind the lines - Packers are 4-0 against spread By Lonnie White

• CLIPPERS REPORT - Livingston sticks to light drills for now By Jonathan Abrams

• BIG TEN

• RED SOX REPORT - Schilling knows about success in postseason By Kevin Baxter

• GALAXY TODAY By Grahame L. Jones

• ATLANTIC COAST

• WEST

• Pirates fire manager Tracy

• COMMENTARY - Boxing gets a new star, and town gets something to cheer about By Tim Dahlberg

• Peter keeps heavyweight title

• BEST OF THE REST

• Jordan returns home to watch Bobcats

• HORSE RACING - Talamo rides to upset in Hirsch By Bob Mieszerski

• Don’t expect changes from Tomlin

• Cuncliffe scores twice to lead Chivas USA, 3-2

• Sykora cues Ducks’ 5-4 defeat - As their long trip ends, former Anaheim player has two goals and an assist in Pittsburgh’s victory. By Eric Stephens

• At least one favorite plays to form By Bill Dwyre

EL SALVADOR - Latin revelation - El Pital, once a rebel lair in El Salvador’s highlands, is now an unexpected haven of natural beauty and outdoors pursuits.

• MICHIGAN & WISCONSIN - Hemingway slept here - The beauty of Lake Superior’s shore and woodlands and a love of an iconic author inspire a lone odyssey. By James Dannenberg

• ROAD TEST - Wisdom on wallets By Jane Engle

• Spies like you - Go on an urgent mission at Washington’s cloak-and-dagger museum. By Susan Lendroth

• ON THE GO - Just a few steps from Hell’s door - Up north, in an easily hiked area bubbling with geological history, Bumpass Hell provides a close brush with volcanic California. By Avital Binshtock

• READERS RECOMMEND

• NEED TO KNOW news . style . tips . trends - Venerable Prado can still stretch By Vani Rangachar

• NEED TO KNOW news . style . tips . trends - Minder, keeper By Catharine Hamm

• LAS VEGAS - For gays, the welcome mat is out - The big draw for these visitors isn’t the gambling. It’s the entertainment, the ever-changing skyline and the warm reception. By Jay Jones

• YOUR SCENE editor’s choice - Grocery shopping, Italian style

• THE $169 DEAL - Gaslamp Quarter just a few steps away By Rosemary Mcclure

• NEED TO KNOW news . style . tips . trends - Tour by podcast By Jason La

• AT TRAVEL.LATIMES.COM

• TOURS & CRUISES By Amy Hubbard

• NEED TO KNOW news . style . tips . trends - Poetry in pictures By Chris Erskine

• AIRFARES - Find autumn harvest fests

• WEB BUZZ - Dog lovers are all on the same page By Vani Rangachar

• FOREIGN BRIEFING - Paris’ tastes: art, chocolate By Achrene Sicakyuz

• LETTERS - Get a passport; you won’t regret it

• MORE FOR YOUR MONEY - On some carriers, cash just doesn’t fly By Jane Engle

• LETTERS - Color him sad over foliage

• LETTERS - A ranch for a certain season

A college’s Hemingway collection also rises - Letters, journals and photos obtained from the author’s nieces will be invaluable to researchers.

• Fire crews think twice before defending homes - As dwellings multiply in the West’s forests, officials hesitate to risk lives for a house that has no brush clearance. By Paul Foy

• Sputnik launched the technology revolution - Fifty years ago, a 184-pound metal ball with spikes ignited a space race – and changed so many things that we take for granted. By Seth Borenstein

• Puffed-up patriotism

• Charting growth of a medical center

• We’re safer without DDT

• For the Record

• For the Record

• Academic compensation

• Scholars focus on Ukraine’s Holocaust - The first conference of its kind attempts to uncover the hard truths behind how 1.4 million Jews died, some before the Nazi occupation. By Angela Charlton

• For the Record

• For the Record

• For the Record

• The wrong track on toll road

• Criticism is miles off the mark

• Penguin papas lead a list of literary controversies - The most challenged book of 2006 is about two male birds who adopt an egg together. By Stevenson Swanson

• For the Record

• For the Record

Viacom CEO may lack cool, but he has clout - After a year on the job, Philippe Dauman has staked out a place apart from the Hollywood set.

• MUTUAL FUND QUARTERLY - Big hopes for big fish - Many pros expect large-cap stock funds to outswim the smaller fry this year By Walter Hamilton

• MUTUAL FUND QUARTERLY | YOUR MONEY: STOCK FUNDS - ‘Growth’ was hot; ‘value’ was not By Tom Petruno

• PERSONAL FINANCE - Examine your health plan - Chances are, your coverage won’t be the same next year even with the same carrier. By Kathy M. Kristof

• SUNDAY PROFILE - She’s a good judge of potential jurors - Molly Murphy’s skill at sizing up people has made her a local star among trial consultants. By Molly Selvin

• CONSUMER WATCH - Getting the skinny on miracle-diet drugs - Millions are paid to settle false advertising cases, but a new player says it’s the real thing. By David Colker

• Consumer Briefs | LENDING - Rule caps fees, rates for soldiers

• Consumer Briefs | RECALLS - White chocolate from Kraft Foods

• Rebate card uncertainties

• Consumer Briefs | INTERNET - Yahoo, EBay target fake e-mails

• Money Talk - Getting a fix on rates for credit cards By Liz Pulliam Weston

• Complications of diabetes can be deadly By David Lazarus

• CONSUMER CONFIDENTIAL - Nation’s healthcare crisis gets personal By David Lazarus

• WORKPLACE Q&A - A series of seven-day workweeks

• MUTUAL FUND QUARTERLY - Time to exit bond bunker? - If market turmoil keeps abating, ‘safe’ U.S. securities may end their strong performance. By Tom Petruno

• Scam Watch By David Colker

• Consumer Briefs | RETAIL - Most who seek price cuts get them

• Rebalancing your 401(k) stock portfolio By Tom Petruno

Easy’s blues - Blonde Faith An Easy Rawlins Novel Walter Mosley Little, Brown: 308 pp., $25.99

• Monster smash - Frankenstein A Cultural History Susan Tyler Hitchcock W.W. Norton: 392 pp., $25.95 By Michael Sims

• Hurdles in the path - Run A Novel Ann Patchett HarperCollins: 296 pp., $25.95 By Kai Maristed

• Fire in the flesh - The Air We Breathe A Novel Andrea Barrett W.W. Norton: 302 pp., $24.95 By Wendy Smith

• Big-book man - Journals 1952-2000 Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Penguin Press: 912 pp., $40 By Douglas Brinkley

• DISCOVERIES By Susan Salter Reynolds

• Alpha and omega - The Jesuit and the Skull Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man Amir D. Aczel Riverhead Books: 304 pp., $24.95 By Jonathan Kirsch

• BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS - Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2007

• A world gone bad By David L. Ulin

• Subject to fate - The Uncommon Reader A Novella Alan Bennett Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 120 pp., $15 By Maud Newton

• BESTSELLERS - Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2007

Making a splash

• The streets of Brazil By Reed Johnson

• Feeling the summer heat By John Horn

• Midcentury mod and all that jazz By Hugh Hart

• An old friend visits

• In the wake of the wall By Scarlet Cheng

• A golden touch By Rachel Abramowitz

• Drawn to a dark side By Scott Timberg

• Keeping it ‘Real’ By Gina Piccalo

• Joy Division’s resurgence is multiplying By Chris Lee

• Taking it from the top By John Horn

• Music remade along the way By Mark Swed

• If Colbert’s new book is as good as its title … By Deborah Netburn

• Clinical, but emotional too By John Horn

• The time comes when you must let go By Jane Anderson

• Canterbury tales, from a survivor By Steve Hochman

• Seeing what’s ‘Up’ By Robert Lloyd

• The time is right for ‘Boondocks’ By Jon Caramanica

• Drumming up a starring role By Lynne Heffley

• SCREEN PLAY

• Now Condon has Paris

• Creativity Corner

• ‘Be an Inventor’ By Nancy Robison

• A storyteller at heart By Choire Sicha

• If you haven’t read ‘Deathly Hallows’ yet …

• Cutting to the heart

• Rigors of the road: There is an upside By David L. Ulin

• A ‘Triumph’ on the lost-film trail By Susan King

• Anand wins world championship By Jack Peters

• Scary classics from the silent era By Susan King

• Behind the Booker: Why some don’t make the cut

• Anand wins world championship By Jack Peters

• Jokes & riddles

• LETTERS - Clooney is just an empty personality

• For the record

• THE DVD FILE - Perhaps ‘Evan’ will be mightier on disc By Susan King

• LETTERS - A moving review of Springsteen

• Rigors of the road: There is an upside By Nick Owchar

• It’s back to back to back with Bach By Chris Pasles

• For the record

• LETTERS - A case of arrogance?

• Free seats are a window into world of stage

DISPATCH FROM ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.THE NATION - New bad hand for down-on-its-luck town: missing mayor - Amid a probe of an inflated military record, the city’s top elected leader has vanished. His whereabouts are a closely held secret.

• Blackwater warnings got little attention By Paul Richter

• THE NATION - A parched Southeast urges self-restraint - Residents are asked to do their part amid a drought. And they can forget about keeping lawns lush and green. By Jenny Jarvie

• U.S. working to let in more immigrants - The administration is quietly relaxing visa regulations because farm laborers are in critically short supply. By Nicole Gaouette

• For the cyberathlete, it’s all in the keystroke - Players from around the world converge on the Olympics of video gaming in Seattle. The competition is fierce. By Lynn Marshall

• Nation in Brief | NATIONWIDE - 840,000 pounds of beef recalled

• Nation in Brief | COLORADO - 80 protesters arrested at annual parade

• Bush calls for compromise on children’s healthcare - He indicates he’d favor an increase in coverage but gives no specifics. By Judy Pasternak

• Idea of ‘baby bonds’ isn’t necessarily out of left field By Robin Abcarian

• Nation in Brief | NEW YORK - Gas leak causes building explosion

• Nation in Brief | UTAH - New Mormon official appointed

• TOP OF THE TICKET - Giuliani’s echoing cellphone By Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm

Fallen stars

• TOON-OP - Seriously funny By Joel Pett

• The great smoke-out - China’s Olympics will offer scientists a window into pollution and climate change when the country shutters its factories for the Games. By Laurie Garrett and Jane C S. Long

• It’s who you know - Facebook, the social networking megahit, wants to change the way we use the Internet. By Fred Vogelstein

• Call us status-conscious - Do our area codes say something about who we are, or is that just our hang-up? By Dinah Lenney

• The Darfur deception - In trying to spur intervention and raise donations, activist groups are oversimplifying the African conflict. By David Rieff

• Do we need faith? Believe it - A flurry of literary attacks on God may also be closing the book on imagination. By Lee Siegel

• Proving who you are - Americans, rightly, have always resisted the idea of a national ID card. Why change now?

• An awkward ally in Colombia By Michael Shifter

• Judging by the laughter, they’re guilty - Late-night shows render verdicts without considering consequences. That’s no joke. By Brad Dickson

• San Diego’s backroom ‘reform’ - A push to revise the city’s charter is little more than a power grab by the mayor. By Steven P. Erie and Norma Damashek

A taste of freedom, then a bitter return to Iraq - The writer is a Times correspondent who may not be identified for security reasons.

• Around the world on his own steam - Briton Jason Lewis circles the globe using only human power, a 46,000-mile odyssey that took 13 years. By Kim Murphy

• THE WORLD - Uneasy win for Musharraf - The Pakistani president is reelected, but the high court is to decide whether his military role disqualifies him. By Laura King

• World in Brief | CUBA - Train, bus collide, killing at least 28

• World in Brief | BRITAIN - Premier says he won’t call early vote

• World in Brief | CHINA - Typhoon slams Taiwan, weakens

• Rival Shiite leaders agree to truce in Iraq By Tina Susman

• U.S. soldier, 4 Afghans killed in Kabul suicide bombing

• Global protests focus on Myanmar