Archive for Thursday, August 21, 2008

• EBay purchases aren’t covered under California consumer protection laws, court says By Carol J. Williams

• Gilroy plane crash kills 1 By M The Associated Press

• First black congresswoman from Ohio, Iraq war critic By M Associated Press

• California doctors may be required to explain end-of-life rights to patients By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Schwarzenegger’s budget calls for temporary sales-tax increase By Michael Rothfeld and Evan Halper

• Disappearance of San Marino couple in 1985 mystified friends By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Richard Winton

• A monumental idea for Los Angeles By Joanna Lin

• PCH reopened after sewage spill By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Long Beach shooting under investigation By Joanna Lin

• Water wasting by city angers mayor By Rich Connell

• Chief of state Charter Schools Assn. to leave By Howard Blume

• A smart plan for smart growth By George Skelton

• Nuñez hopes farmworker film will play well with Schwarzenegger By Nancy Vogel

• Melrose on guard after 7 robberies By Andrew Blankstein

• Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl By Margot Roosevelt

• Kirk Kerkorian denies knowing whether ex-wife was wiretapped By Victoria Kim

• Badges, details missing By Christine Hanley

• Man killed in bluff collapse at Torrey Pines State Beach By Tony Perry

• Nudists OK at San Onofre beach, for now By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Film critic and artist was iconoclastic and influential By Elaine Woo

• Santa Ana councilwoman’s brother arrested By Tony Barboza

• Teen fatally shot in Artesia By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Smoke reported in Griffith Park By Andrew Blankstein

• All lanes open on Harbor Freeway after crash By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Mao’s successor as Chinese leader By Mark Magnier

• Schwarzenegger to speak at Republican convention By Michael Rothfeld

• Metrolink killer sentenced to life in prison By Ann M. Simmons

• Paul Starr, A-list makeup artist, is found dead By Richard Winton

• For some college freshmen, the first day of school comes a bit late By Larry Gordon

• San Clemente man arrested in plot to kill ex-girlfriend By Tony Barboza

• Commerce’s Aquatorium has Olympics water polo on its mind By Esmeralda Bermudez

• Tyrone Freeman steps down as head of SEIU chapter By Paul Pringle

• Deaths, rape lead to scrutiny of psychiatric hospital associated with Dr. Drew Pinsky By Andrew Blankstein and Rong-Gong Lin II

• Police launch gang crackdown in Santa Ana By Tony Barboza

• O.C. priest gets 6 months for taking teen to hotel