Archive for Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Ex-husband, alleged accomplice charged in Quartz Hill killings of 4

• Judge drops drug case after video contradicts police testimony By Jack Leonard

• Daihachi Oguchi, 84; drummer led spread of ‘taiko’ style in U.S. and Japan

• Celebrity chimp missing in San Bernardino Mountains By Bob Pool

• Another year, another California budget deadline missed By Evan Halper

• L.A. Times reporter covered ‘84 Olympics By Dennis Mclellan

• Three killed in Winchester hit-and-run By Joanna Lin

• Girl, 2, is fatally hit by suspected drunk driver in Rialto By Joanna Lin

• Electric Daisy Carnival plays nicely at L.A. Coliseum By Ari B. Bloomekatz

• California’s death penalty process is ‘dysfunctional,’ panel finds By Maura Dolan

• 405 southbound is blocked at the 101 by crash By Joanna Lin

• Pumped about drilling By Steve Chawkins

• L.A. officials vow to clean up illegal trash at double speed By Phil Willon

• Victim of Rampart scandal arrested after high-speed chase By Richard Winton

• Los Angeles City Council president proposes ‘sharrows’ to make roads safer for bicyclists By Road Sage

• Mayor’s education plan goes to school By Howard Blume

• Where to watch fireworks

• Plans to enforce California’s hands-free cellphone laws for drivers vary By David Pierson and Hector Becerra

• Anti-gang program to extend hours at 8 Los Angeles parks By David Zahniser

• 3 Anaheim window-washers rescued after scaffold breaks By H G. Reza

• Old-time protest of high fuel prices might be a gas

• Newport Beach man arrested in Ecstasy smuggling scheme By Susannah Rosenblatt

• An eighth-grade letter brings rush of memories

• Oversight of for-profit trade-schools expires in California By Jordan Rau

• Orange County Calendar

• CHP answers questions about the new cellphone laws

• Light winds help firefighters attack Northern California blazes By Eric Bailey

• Hot Property: Carson Palmer lists Laguna Beach home at $2,949,000 By Ann Brenoff

• ANGELS TONIGHT

• No offer for Livingston

• Wariner’s, coach’s stories don’t match By Philip Hersh

• TODAY’S SCHEDULE

• TODAY’S SCHEDULE

• Lakers make offers to Sasha Vujacic, Ronny Turiaf By Mike Bresnahan

• Clay leaves all of his doubts in the dust By Helene Elliott

• Kings won’t go shopping in big-name market By Eric Stephens

• DODGERS TONIGHT

• Serena and Venus Williams advance to Wimbledon quarterfinals By Chuck Culpepper

• Tiger Woods’ knee surgery? Here’s looking on the bright side By Thomas Bonk

• There’s a proven fix for NBA’s problem By Bill Dwyre

• Natalie Coughlin loses, then regains backstroke world record By Lisa Dillman

• Britain’s search for Fred Perry’s successor tilts into farce By Chuck Culpepper

• Water polo has west view By Chris Hine

• Roy Halladay pitches gem in Blue Jays’ victory

• STANDINGS

• Angels slip into thin air, lose, 6-1 By Mike Digiovanna

• Heatseeker is forced to retire because of injury By Bob Mieszerski

• Rays beat Red Sox to lengthen lead

• Christine Magnuson patiently makes her first Olympic team By Lisa Dillman

• Elton Brand, Corey Maggette opt out of their Clippers contracts By Jonathan Abrams

• Dodgers place Juan Pierre on the DL By Kevin Baxter

• Davis opts out of deal in surprise to Warriors

• Dix reaches a new degree of sprinting his way By Helene Elliott

• Dodgers’ losses are mounting By Kevin Baxter

• No easy fix for hit slump By Mike Digiovanna

• Manny Ramirez says he has apologized for incident

• Woods’ return is up in air By Thomas Bonk

• Ken Griffey Jr.’s 603rd homer wins game for Reds

• Current place in the standings is better than a year ago By Kevin Baxter

• Getting John Wooden to change his ways is no slam dunk By T J. Simers

• Wimbledon: Day 8

• Rocco Mediate’s banner year in golf has been fun By Larry Stewart

Malibu investors left high and dry

• ‘Wall-E’ isn’t a factor on Wall Street By Josh Friedman

• Providence to buy Tarzana medical center from Tenet By Daniel Costello

• By E. Scott Reckard

• Hollywood studios make ‘final offer’ to actors

• Japanese doll a hit with older women

• EBay ordered to pay $63 million to luxury-goods maker

• Tax breaks keep electric car maker in California

• Weekend box office

• IndyMac denies that it’s close to collapse By E. Scott Reckard and Andrea Chang

• Occidental deal with SandRidge to boost oil output By Elizabeth Douglass

• Recipient of Countrywide VIP loan says he sought no favors By E. Scott Reckard

• Burger King adds healthier kids meal to menu

• Would Bill Gates be No. 2? By Jim Puzzanghera

• Price of oil sets fresh record before slipping lower By Ronald D. White

• Fox Interactive to lease space at Horizon at Playa Vista project By Roger Vincent

• KTLA lays off two reporters, weekend anchor By Greg Braxton

• ‘Hancock’ must battle weak reviews and strong competition By Josh Friedman

• NAACP Theatre Awards are presented at Kodak By Greg Braxton

• UCLA pines for film school donations By Lynn Smith

• Sex-crazed teenagers By Robert Lloyd

• Confessions not too late for Earlimart

• The in-laws don’t take an interest in her children

• Horoscope: July 1 By Holiday Mathis

• Son is responsible for his choice on piercing

• Actors’ contract expires, Broadway talks continue

• ‘Chasing Darkness’

• Elvis Cole, L.A. gumshoe By Donna Rifkind

• Soviet agitprop? No, Russian films By Mansur Mirovalev

• A time when David Bowie wasn’t a household name By Robert Hilburn

• Self-destructive By Kenneth Turan

• Loosening the meaning of new By Diane Haithman

Salvaging hope at Iowa mosque

• McCain’s energy record is on/off By Noam N. Levey

• Barack Obama and Bill Clinton chat at last

• Barack Obama pushes patriotism By Maeve Reston and Peter Nicholas

• Gray wolf sighted in New Mexico By Ap

• Cindy McCain catches up on La Jolla property tax

• Agency wants to throw out WTC rebuilding schedule

• Texas man cleared in fatal shootings of suspected burglars By Miguel Bustillo

• Does McCain call it the Plane Talk Express?

• Bush signs emergency war spending measure By Richard Simon

• Pentagon announces charges in USS Cole bombing

• Police say woman’s baby was cut from womb

• A judge’s porn collection

• Driving while phoning

• A hulking drug problem

• Can Obama rescue Bush?

• ‘Soccer is war’? Not anymore By Ian Buruma

• Swapping live terrorists for dead soldiers By Benny Morris

• Save the tiger

• The graduate, hovering By Dinah Lenney

Photos of rare South China tiger were faked

• Hong Kong marks 11th handover anniversary as thousands march for democracy By Ap

• Afghanistan troop deaths exceed Iraq total in June

• Foreign companies bid to boost Iraqi oil production By Said Rifai and Doug Smith

• In southern China, authorities arrest rioters

• U.S. urges U.N. sanctions on Zimbabwe By Maggie Farley

• France’s Alain Le Roy will take U.N. peacekeeping post

• Jaruzelski trial gets green light

• Buns and Guns: Killer sandwiches in Beirut By Raed Rafei

• China tightens visa restrictions as Olympics near By Barbara Demick

• Man storms police station in Shanghai, fatally stabs 5 officers

• Portuguese police ending McCann investigation, papers report