Archive for Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Visits by McCain, Obama to O.C. church underscore Pastor Rick Warren’s prominence

• Gunshot victim dies after his vehicle crashes in Santa Ana By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Man stabbed in Buena Park school parking lot By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Budget deadlock may cut Schwarzenegger’s starring role By Michael Rothfeld

• LAPD loses $500,000 for lab tests By Joel Rubin and Richard Winton

• L.A. Unified college prep program is off course By Jason Song

• Teenager shot and killed while riding his bike in Westmont By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• L.A. County supervisors OK tax hike to fund trauma centers By Garrett Therolf

• Police wound armed man, ending Pasadena standoff By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• L.A. to experiment with table-scrap collection By David Zahniser

• Christian school loses UC case By Larry Gordon

• L.A. ethics panel to vote today on levying fines against Councilman Jose Huizar By David Zahniser

• Police investigate robbery of an elderly woman in Santa Monica By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Former Crip became gang mediator, peacekeeper By Elaine Woo

• ‘40-Year-Old Virgin’ actor Shelley Malil arrested in San Diego County stabbing By Andrew Blankstein

• O.C. deputies, CHP officer risk lives to cling to suicidal woman on freeway overpass By Joanna Lin

• Cat burglar rats out his techniques for police By Andrew Blankstein

• Jazz drummer broke racial barriers in 1940s By Jon Thurber

• A casualty in the graffiti wars By Steve Lopez

• Chertoff to inspect safety upgrades at LAX today By Dan Weikel

• L.A. supervisors oppose tax hike, but put it on ballot By Steve Hymon

• L.A. City Council tells Delgadillo, Chick to simmer down By Phil Willon

• To protect whales, Navy will limit use of low-frequency sonar By Tony Perry

• La Quinta woman charged with bigamy By Joanna Lin

• L.A. City Council OKs $18.7 million for Plaza Pacoima By Joanna Lin

• Woman found packed in dry ice had no evidence of physical trauma By Susannah Rosenblatt

• L.A. City Council considers tighter rules for group homes By Jessica Garrison

• Soboba leader wants members to get police training By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Jones goes on disabled list By Ben Bolch

• No hurdle too great By Philip Hersh

• Winding trajectory By Lucas Shaw

• He made the path better for others By Kurt Streeter

• U.S. can’t stand up to China By Diane Pucin

• When politics and Games mix By Bill Dwyre

• Angola hangs tougher By Mark Heisler

• Sport-by-sport roundup

• USC’s Blake Ayles catches on quickly at tight end By Gary Klein

• Galaxy players react to departures of Ruud Gullit and Alexi Lalas By Grahame L. Jones

• Angels use clout against Seattle, 7-3 By Mike Digiovanna

• Johnson, Arizona win at Colorado

• No. 16: Chris Dufresne’s top 25 rankings countdown

• Medal winners

• Thigpen does not save time for a chat

• Softball legacy is hard to beat By Melissa Isaacson

• Olympic swimmers are smashing records, causing observers to wonder how By Kevin Van Valkenburg

• U.S. announcers at Games mindful of jingoism By Steve Springer On The Media

• Figgins’ steals decline By Mike Digiovanna

• No world records in these preliminaries, but plenty of looking ahead By Lisa Dillman

• Stover is go-between in Ravens’ celebration By Jim Peltz

• China’s big moment only raises more questions

• Tiger Woods says he won’t swing a club until 2009 By Thomas Bonk

• UCLA’s backup quarterbacks tap into experience By Chris Foster

• U.S. wins and gets some help By Grahame L. Jones

• Horton likes his chances going in By Diane Pucin

• Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao fight nearly set By Dan Arritt

• Colts lose cornerback for season

• Everyone shares in Michael Phelps’ vision

• U.S. defeats Angola 97-76

• Red Sox outlast Rangers, 19-17

• Not too late for Dodgers By Ben Bolch

• Chris Kaman finds controversy on Germany’s roster By Mark Heisler

• Before Beijing bronze, Mexican diving pair had rocky start By Kevin Baxter

• Different event, but Rhode still has a shot By Kevin Baxter

• Tall ships at the Festival of Sail L.A. 2008 in San Pedro By Mary Forgione

• Investment promoter arrested on charge of bribing bank executive By E. Scott Reckard

• Comcast and MGM launch action channel By Swati P and Ey

• FDIC lowers IndyMac estimate By E. Scott Reckard

• Short sellers pare bets on financials By Tom Petruno

• Stocks open lower on oil, financial sector losses

• CVS Caremark buys Longs Drug Stores

• Caution is the right reaction to chemical By David Lazarus

• Canceled coverage to be restored By Lisa Girion

• U.S. says corn crop will be bigger than expected By Jerry Hirsch

• Tween Brands to scrap Limited Too brand

• Wells Fargo data breach revealed

• June trade deficit shrinks as exports climb

• FDIC pilot program explores alternatives to payday loans By Jordan Weissmann

• Former tennis star Tracy Austin accuses Fournier of fraud By Kim Christensen

• Want rice with that? By Jerry Hirsch

• UnionBanCal may sell itselfto Mitsubishi UFJ for $3 Billion

• Starz’s Vongo movie-download service shuts

• Conflict raises worries over oil, gas pipelines By Elizabeth Douglass

• Golden Villa

• Recipe: Lamb rillettes

• It’s a fresh angle on Southeast Asia By Linda Burum

• Recipe: Pork rillettes

• Creamy banana appeal By Noelle Carter

• The best rosés in quality and price

• Palate chef breaks through By S. Irene Virbila

• Dining details: Palate Food + Wine

• Everything’s coming up rosés By Russ Parsons

• Rustic simplicity By My Scattergood

• Recipe: Trout rillettes

• 2006 Marchesi Alfieri Sansoero Grignolino

BET starts a weekly news program

• Cast members returning for 30th ‘Dallas’ reunion By Ap

• Review: ‘Tropic Thunder’ By Kenneth Turan

• ‘In Search of a Midnight Kiss’ is smitten with L.A. By Michael Shaw

• Soul at the Bowl

• As dust settles, art rises in Kashmir By Henry Chu

• Horoscope: August 13 By Holiday Mathis

• Harold Lloyd’s ‘Welcome Danger,’ with sound and without, at UCLA’s Billy Wilder Theater By Susan King

• ‘Waiter Rant’ info

• FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN

• Indie glam at Troub

• Hooked on online games

• In the Force’s control By Rachel Abramowitz

• ‘Welcome Danger’ info

• It’s spicy and bitter but never quite filling By Erika Schickel

• Planning a turnaround By Mike Boehm

• WILLCALL

• Birth of that rattle and hum By Robert Hilburn

• NBC, like Phelps, in record pursuit By Lynn Smith and Scott Collins

• Spotted owl habitat slashed as population declines

• Federal judge overturns ban on road-building in national forests

• Obama fans and proud of it

• Race is on for biker vote

• Russia-Georgia conflict puts foreign affairs in spotlight for presidential candidates By Michael Muskal and Seema Mehta

• No charges expected in scandal By Richard B. Schmitt

• Top aide urged Clinton to paint Obama as foreign By Peter Nicholas

• In Hanford, Wash., the country’s most polluted nuclear reactor site draws tourists By Hugo Martín

• Hot Property: NBC’s Peter Greenberg puts Sherman Oaks home on the market at $2,395,000 By Ann Brenoff

• Our own worst bioenemy By Wendy Orent

• Transit held hostage By Tim Rutten

• Energy’s silver lining

• Political theater

• A better day-labor market By Abel Valenzuela Jr.

• The Pandora’s box of sovereignty By Thomas Meaney and Harris Mylonas

• Conduct a little unbecoming By Etgar Keret

• Seizing South L.A.

• Chinese abuzz over lip-syncing singer in Olympics opening ceremony By Mark Magnier

• Georgia crisis exposes EU’s limits By Sebastian Rotella and Janet Stobart

• Pakistan bomb hits military truck; at least 14 dead By Laura King

• Medvedev says Russia is ready to begin peace talks with Georgia By Peter Spiegel and Megan K. Stack

• What was Moscow after? By Maura Reynolds

• Philippine rebels say peace deal on shaky ground By Paul Watson and Al Jacinto

• Suicide bomber dressed as woman kills at least one more in Iraq By Tina Susman

• Fighting may spark a new U.S. policy battle over Russia By Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel

• Outside Gori, newly vulnerable Georgians flee Russian bombs By Megan K. Stack

• Mexico violence claims 6 more police officers By Ken Ellingwood

• Would-be protester at Olympics is arrested

• Iraq contractor costs scrutinized

• Deadly attacks giving China experts pause By Barbara Demick

• Deal reached on abducted Japanese

• Al Qaeda official is said to be dead By Laura King and Zulfiqar Ali

• Kashmir protests spread to Indian cities