Archive for Thursday, January 31, 2008

• Violent crimes drop 17% in parts of Ventura County

• Activist helped desegregate L.A. schools

• Cross-racial shootings spark fear in Monrovia

• Mailings to Scientology sites probed

• Diplomat taught English to Mao

• Passings

• Old movies are good medicine

• Plan’s death shows system works

• A-list dining: an L.A. institution

• Lottery results

• Prosecutors drop allegation against Carona’s wife over $15,000 watch

• MTA rolls out subway proposals

• Head of Social Security under three presidents

• Park’s museum will be a nod to El Toro’s history

• Fuel spill ties up the 134

• Transit study

• The host with the most – rancor

• Schwarzenegger likely to back McCain

• State to launch effort to develop ‘green’ substitutes for chemicals

• Snow in Grapevine area closes Interstate 5

• Abuse at meat plant is probed

• Former officers guilty in string of robberies

• In California

• Intrigue but no glamour for smuggling case figure