Archive for Sunday, April 27, 2008

• ON THE COVER

• ROCK GARDEN By Melissa Magsaysay and Booth Moore

• Tomoaki ‘Nigo’ Nagao sets up A Bathing Ape shop on Melrose Avenue By Adam Tschorn

• PICK A DOZEN By Melissa Magsaysay

• Americana at Brand set to open in Glendale By Emili Vesilind

• ON THE WEB

• PRIDE IN STRIDE

• BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG By Adam Tschorn

• Never enough, doll! By Erin Weinger

• ICE ON ICE – HOW VERY NICE By Adam Tschorn

• An 800-pound gorilla By Adam Tschorn

• LORD OF THE RING

• No, we don’t like jewelry. Not a bit. By Monica Corcoran

• 13 die as gun battles jolt Tijuana By Marla Dickerson and Richard Marosi

• In debt, out of work and living with Mom By Daniel Costello

• Santa Ana rail station upgrades are sought By David Reyes

• Jack Johnson quiets the main stage at Coachella By Richard Cromelin

• They’re in the water while shark attack is on their minds By Sue Horton

• … And most lived happily ever after By Steve Lopez

• A powerful champion of a power line By Michael Rothfeld

• Fire forces evacuation of Sierra Madre homes By David Pierson

• LAPD braces for May Day protest By Joel Rubin and Anna Gorman

• To rock or to read? By Deborah Schoch and B

• New study builds on old one to track Mexican American progress By Anna Gorman

• Ray Gibbon, 105; minister helped Protestant churches address major social injustices By Claire Noland

• Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Muta Maathai speaks at ecological awakening event in L.A. By John L. Mitchell

• Raised in boom times, many Gen-X and Yers see their dreams go bust By Daniel Costello

• San Diego beaches to reopen Monday after fatal shark attack By Ap

• Got the blues, brother? By Ann Brenoff

• Seaside city wants to kick the nickname By Frank Nelson

• Wheel ‘n’ deal By Chip Jacobs

• Modernism meets Mother Nature By Diane Wedner

• Prepare now for the next mortgage-refinance wave By Lew Sichelman

• How to acquire an appraisal license

• Home prices off peak in mountain, lake area By Ann Brenoff

• San Bernardino County home prices

• San Bernardino County home sales for March

• Suns still favored to get a win By Lonnie White

• Home turns sour for Nuggets

• Grieb, San Jose beat Avengers, 70-42

• Hochevar shuts down Blue Jays for first major league win

• Spies finally beats Mladin By Jim Peltz

• Thousand Oaks’ McMorrow wins CIF boys’ final By Steve Galluzzo

• Sorenstam takes one-shot lead over Creamer

• USC is big as the day is Long By Sam Farmer

• By Chris Foster

• Phillies rough up Morris and beat Pirates, 8-4

• Jazz holds off Rockets for a 3-1 lead in series

• Jackson is coach for all years By Mark Heisler

• Perfect conditions greet anglers at trout opener By Pete Thomas

• Iverson looking for a different game plan By Jonathan Abrams

• Dodgers not raising like Arizona By Bill Shaikin

• USC’s Gibson to return for junior season By Ben Bolch

• Believe it, Lakers will face stiffer competition By T J. Simers

• Manchester’s Ferguson sees red after loss to Blues By Grahame L. Jones

• Galaxy has a great night in 5-2 victory over Chivas By Grahame L. Jones

• Dodgers’ easy win comes with a scare By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Nomar goes back on the DL By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Angels’ lot turns in a flash By Mike Digiovanna

• Lakers take high ground By Mike Bresnahan

• Vincent is out as coach of the Bobcats

• Stewart ends slump at Talladega

• Looks like quitting time for Nuggets By Bill Plaschke

• Lakers’ Ariza cleared to return soon By Mike Bresnahan and Jonathan Abrams

• Franzen’s hat trick lifts Red Wings past Avalanche

• USC players holding court at Ojai By Steve Galluzzo

• Stanford hires Dawkins; Gibson to stay at USC

• Bedard returns to Mariners and shuts down A’s

• The bottom half

• Fast Dollars Winning moves up By Bob Mieszerski

• Anderson, Kotchman switch places in Angels’ batting order By Mike Digiovanna

• Iguchi s homer in 13th inning gives Padres 8-7 win over Diamondbacks

• Receivers, passed over early, go quickly in NFL draft’s second round

• And coming next: The Jones Scale? By Bill Shaikin

• Surf Cat is a repeat winner in the Mervyn LeRoy By Bob Mieszerski

• Tiz A Blend, Tiz Elemental are back for more at Hollywood Park By Bob Mieszerski

• Trojans cash-in on decision to stay in school By Gary Klein

• Kyle Busch wins NASCAR race at Talladega By Ap

• Wheldon wins in Kansas City, where Danica Patrick fails to contend By Ap

• GEO QUIZ

• Paving the way for that road trip

• Presentation on Northern India

• You can fit in an extra day of CityWalking By Rosemary Mcclure

• Books that capture France

• SEATTLE STEW By S. Irene Virbila

• Butch Cassidy and other bandits

• Dining in Seattle

• Making leis matter By Jay Jones

• In Las Vegas, the Bellagio upgrades its suites

• That’s French for great deals By Susan Spano

• Chez Julien in Carmel

• Canary is something of an odd duck By Valli Herman

• The best of the reel Paris

• In April, all the world’s a festival By Avital Binshtock

• Santa Barbara’s Canary Hotel: How it rates

• Italy’s Villa Gnocchi Bed & Breakfast

• Pickle ahead! By Catharine Hamm

• Alfred, meet me in the bat cave

• Get it while it’s still fresh

• Calculating the cost of movie tickets

• No quick fix for low credit score By Liz Pulliam Weston

• Separating scammers, seniors By Kathy M. Kristof

• The price of fun

• Green wheels

• retirement By Ann Marsh

• Rising prices feed a surge at food banks By David Lazarus

• Money Makeover

• Chew on this …

• Muscle-car designer takes detour By Ken Bensinger

• Reel fun’s still a real deal By Josh Friedman

• Customer support phone numbers can be tough to find By David Colker

• Americans cutting back for Mother’s Day

• BESTSELLERS

• Souls on ice

• The pleasure principle By Michael Chabon

• Cancerland By Diana Wagman

• Free radical By Abe Peck

• Quiet despair By Er and Beau Friedl

• PAPERBACKS

• The old, weird America By Ben Ehrenreich

• DISCOVERIES By Susan Salter Reynolds

• A shot resounds By Brigitte Frase

• Dream weavings By David L. Ulin

• Cast away By James Gibbons

• Hide and seek By Eric Banks

• Life sentences By Donna Seaman

• TEAR-JERKER ALERT

• Horoscope: April 27 By Holiday Mathis

• Denise Hamilton is set to visit 1949 L.A.

• ‘The Jokester’ By Nicole Borgenicht

• Galleries

• Kids, enter a contest to illustrate our story

• LAUREN GUNDERSON

• Put yourself in opponent’s shoes By Steve Rosenbloom

• Nina Revoyr looks inside the outsiders By Marc Weingarten

• Events

• Fame used to travel by train

• A model for fresh thinking By Christopher Hawthorne

• In ‘Iron Man,’ he’s the heavy By Cristy Lytal

• Storied strings By Lynne Heffley

• Museums

• Trucker or lover, she’s in the driver’s seat By Paul Brownfield

• The fine art of survival By Dennis Lim

• The buzz is just a little less forte now By Richard S. Ginell

• Taking stage parenting in a whole new direction By Jon Caramanica

• GUILTY PLEASURE

• AMY FREED

• LYNN NOTTAGE

• A little Old World spin By Paul Lieberman

• Kid Stuff

• Ringo Starr talks to Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart on ‘Off the Record’

• SHARR WHITE

• ‘Compass’ finds its way to DVD

• FOR THE KIDS

• Creativity Corner

• Stars shy away from Grand Prix By Jack Peters

• Prime choices

• Brother isn’t obligated to share his wealth

• Jokes & Riddles

• Charities prove to be a pretty good bet By The Movable Buffet

• JOHN KOLVENBACH

• Music

• Filmmaker Errol Morris turns a lens on Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison By Geoff Boucher

• Federal protection considered for the sage grouse

• Fiancee speaks after Bell verdict By Keith Herbert

• Favored immigrants getting help By Nicole Gaouette

• Subways in N.Y. get more security

• LOUISIANA

• When it comes time to kill By David Zucchino

• McCain gas tax holiday a ‘scheme,’ Obama says By John Mccormick and Tim Jones

• But what will the neighbors say? By Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm

• Oregon officials quit over ethics rules By Stuart Glascock

• New target in drug supply chain By Stuart Glascock

• Hoping to find peace for old ghosts By Deedee Correll

• Quakes rattling Reno may be prelude, scientists warn

• Obama donor received a state grant By Chuck Neubauer and Tom Hamburger

• Truck carrying migrants crashes in Ariz.; 4 dead By Ap

• Series of quakes takes toll on rattled residents of Reno By Ap

• The IMF’s dwindling fortunes By Mark Weisbrot

• A new style of turncoat By James Bamford

• What kind of park does L.A. need? By Martin Kaplan

• The NBA is the USA By Neal Gabler

• The Green Revolution

• They’re all related

• Let’s just vote the bums in already By Douglas W. Kmiec

• Quit twisting my words By James Q. Wilson

• Give me the lesson without the spin By Matthew Laclair

• By Paul Watson

• Afghan president safe after attack

• By Edmund S and Ers

• Mugabe’s party fails to win back parliament in Zimbabwe recount By Robyn Dixon

• Colombia says FARC rebels struck from Ecuador By Chris Kraul

• Iran conservatives bolster power

• U.S. soldier held in Mexico faces trial

• Britons asked not to hoard fuel

• Popular with tourists in Brazil, Recife is deadly for residents By Ap

• Dalai Lama says talks with China must be meaningful

• Clashes break out at Olympic torch relay in South Korea By Ap