Archive for Thursday, June 05, 2008

Idealism lost in ‘68 is reborn in L.A. classroom

• Union Pacific blocks Los Angeles to San Francisco bullet train By Eric Bailey

• Hit-run driver kills boy, 9, in East L.A. By Tami Abdollah

• Schwarzenegger proclaims that California is in a drought By Evan Halper

• Ex-NBA star Kevin Johnson reaches the finals in Sacramento mayor race By Eric Bailey and Tony Perry

• California Supreme Court refuses to delay gay marriage By Maura Dolan

• Six political lessons Tuesdays California primary By George Skelton

• O.C. Grand Jury calls for limits on Taser use By Stuart Pfeifer

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirms non-navigable status for most of L.A. River By Deborah Schoch

• 1-year-old boy bitten by pit bull in Pacoima By Tami Abdollah

• June gloom for ousted Sen. Carole Migden, rejected Mervyn Dymally By Nancy Vogel

• A son’s death in a ‘safe’ place By Rong-Gong Lin II

• Jerry Brown’s Rx for drug abuse: the Internet By Tim Reiterman

• Judge allows Blackwater to resume work on San Diego facility By Tony Perry

• Mudslinging in Orange County’s Vietnamese political community leaves mark By My-Thuan Tran

• Grigory Romanov, 85; Politburo member was Gorbachev’s chief rival in mid-1980s

• Ridley-Thomas, Parks plan tough battle for 2nd District supervisor’s seat By Jean-Paul Renaud and Garrett Therolf

• Orange County Calendar

• Is O.C. ready for its first female sheriff? By Dana Parsons

• Prop. 98 backers to ask California lawmakers to expand eminent domain limits By Patrick Mcgreevy

• California Democrats count on presidential race to boost congressional seats By Phil Willon

• Victors at ease after all 3 Orange County ballot measures pass By Susannah Rosenblatt and Tony Barboza

• Firefighters battle blaze in downtown L.A. By From The Associated Press

• Dismay greets D.A.’s report on string of missteps that led to killing By Andrew Blankstein and Jack Leonard

• 2-year-old boy stable after pit bull bites his face in Pacoima By Tami Abdollah

• LAPD seeks public help in hate crime By Tami Abdollah

• HOT PROPERTY: Avril Lavigne receives $5.2-million cash offer for mansion By Ann Brenoff

They’re still very Athletic

• Chicago has a shot at 2016 Olympics By Philip Hersh

• Waiting game about to end for Lakers By Mike Bresnahan

• Ana Ivanovic defeats Jelena Jankovic, heads to French Open final By Chuck Culpepper

• Dodgers’ Matt Kemp suspended four games, fined for Tuesday’s fight By Kevin Baxter

• Angels beat Seattle for first series sweep of season By Mike Digiovanna

• Djokovic enters the conversation By Chuck Culpepper

• U.S. loses another friendly, this time 1-0 at Spain

• Gael Monfils upsets Ferrer to make French Open semifinals By Chuck Culpepper

• Beckett, Red Sox displace the Rays

• Now we know why Celtics beat Lakers twice this season By Mike Bresnahan

• Ducks’ Giguere knows what it’s like to play over and over By Helene Elliott

• Teams have sights set on Southland players

• Will Cubs finally get their goat? By Jim Peltz

• Celtics’ Kevin Garnett expects to kick it up a notch By Jonathan Abrams

• Reds ruin Myers’ no-hit bid in victory

• Lakers and Celtics will finally settle things By Mike Bresnahan

• Magic Johnson’s rivalry was with the Celtics, not Larry Bird

• Recognizing Boston’s greats was a mandate for Larry Bird

• Detroit holds on and wins the Cup By Helene Elliott

• Kemp awaits word after shoving match By Ez and Dylan Hern

• CLEANING UP HER ACT By Diane Pucin

• Four will be going for two in a row By Bob Mieszerski

• Chicago is among the four finalists for 2016 Olympics

• Round One begins By Houston Mitchell

• Thursday’s TV highlights

• Red Wings’ character helps raise their game By Jean-Sebastien Giguere

• Big Brown will start from inside post in Belmont Stakes By Larry Stewart

• Clayton Kershaw’s opening act looks familiar to Dodgers By Bill Shaikin On Baseball

• Mike Mussina ties for AL lead in wins in Yankees’ victory

• Argentina is awesome in 4-1 win over Mexico By Grahame L. Jones

• Red Wings savor this one down to the core By Helene Elliott

• Clayton Kershaw’s hard work doesn’t pay off for Dodgers By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Fight On takes on tougher at Hollywood Park By Bob Mieszerski

• Phil Jackson can’t run rings around Doc Rivers By Jonathan Abrams

• For a preview of the NBA Finals, let’s go to the video game By Jordan Schultz

• Lakers need to play the better mind game By Kurt Streeter

• Angels’ Vladimir Guerrero, Scot Shields to undergo medical tests By Mike Digiovanna

• Mike Bresnahan’s take on the Lakers

• Dodgers are hoping this is the worst of it By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Torrey Pines will be long, but one hole might be short By Thomas Bonk

• Federer blasts his way into final four of French By Chuck Culpepper

• Lakers golden as money draw By Steve Springer

• tst:Test Head for TST By Tin Beck

Border battle brews over Mexico’s undersea oil

• Airlines raise nonstop fares sharply for summer

• United to Ground More Planes, Cut Jobs, Shut Ted Low-Fare Unit

• Vehicle quality improves industrywide, survey finds

• Jatropha plant’s oil studied as biofuel for jets By Peter Pae

• J.M. Smucker buys Folgers for $2.95 billion

• Icahn says Yahoo’s Yang sabotaged Microsoft takeover attempts

• Oil falls again, but financial sector bothers stocks

• Santa Maria house bought with no money down goes into foreclosure By Peter Y. Hong

• L.A. to sue Time Warner Cable over poor service By Andrew Blankstein

• South Korea fines Intel $25 million

• Studios may owe actors over writers strike By Richard Verrier

• U.S. services expanded at faster pace than forecast

• Continental Airlines to cut 3,000 jobs

• Verizon Wireless agrees to buy Alltel for $5.9 billion

Matchbox twenty’s guitarist steps in front of the mic

• Hill, Yoakam return to CMA Festival after absence By Ap

• Gilmore Heritage Auto Show: Woody Wagon joy rides By Brenda Rees

• Billy Bragg puts words on a page and suspends them in the air By Christy Grosz

• Wagner’s ‘Das Rheingold’ at the San Francisco Opera By Mark Swed

• Palate Food + Wine in Glendale offers tastes of the Mediterranean By S. Irene Virbila

• With ‘Zohan,’ Robert Smigel will mess with you By Chris Lee

• French Tuesdays keeps it upscale By Charlie Amter

• Chester French, those Harvard grads with street cred By Chris Lee

• Ads for PG-13 movies do an end run around children By John Horn

• Kenneth Turan

• Book Soup: Paul Frank signs ‘Only in Dreams’

• Barenaked Ladies at the Grove: ‘Snacktime’ kids songs

• THE LIST

• Bagelmania in Huntington Beach

• Museum directors agree on antiquities guidelines By Mike Boehm

• Mountain Goats play at the Natural History Museum

• ‘Fear Itself’

• They’re keepers of the grunge By David French

• Erykah Badu just lets the music flow By Steve Friess

• Where you’ve seen Jim Broadbent

• ‘Shel Silverstein Uncensored’ at Odyssey Theatre

• LAST CALL

• THE LIST

• LA Opera puts a twist on Puccini’s ‘La Rondine’

• A whip-smart Indy By Pete Metzger

• New in Town: A Restaurant in Newport Beach

• Chuao Chocolatier in Irvine

• Nothing to fear from ‘Fear Itself’ By Robert Lloyd

• Battle over breast-feeding

• Buzz Bands: I See Hawks in L.A. By

• ‘Goodbye 20th Century’

• HOT DISH By Jessica Gelt

• Belly Dance Carnival in Arcadia: Shall we dance?

• Lauper bops back to charts By Geoff Boucher

• It’s their big break By David Ng

• Arturo Sandoval to perform at Catalina Bar & Grill

• ‘Swingtown’

• THE LIST

• Take a bath with a stranger? Hey, it’s good, clean fun By Amy Paturel

• Critics’ Picks: Carina Chocano

• Horoscope: June 5 By Holiday Mathis

• Critic’s Preview: Bulgarini Gelato Artigianale, Blanca and Anisette

• Cue the neon, don the skates

• The Wine Country in Signal Hill

• Jim Broadbent in ‘When Did You Last See Your Father?’ By Matthew Debord

• Getty acquires 3rd century Roman sarcophagus By Suzanne Muchnic

• ‘Orange Flower Water’ at Rude Guerilla Theater: Marriage isn’t easy

• Sex, in a simpler time By Mary Mcnamara

• Calendar’s Calendar

• SCENESTEALER

• The Enabler: Giorgio’s in Ojai

• A deep-sea fishing trip that’s sure to leave you hooked By Pete Thomas

• More David Strick photos on the Web

• THE LIST: Outdoors

• Fullerton’s Muckenthaler Cultural Center: Back for seconds

• THE LIST

• Brats Brothers in Sherman Oaks

Obama’s win hits home in black L.A.

• Former Obama ally Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko found guilty By Jeff Coen and Bob Secter

• Obama vows to support Israel By Noam N. Levey

• ‘I never thought I’d live to see this day’ By Robin Abcarian and Bob Drogin,, Erika Hayasaki

• Obama seeks to reassure Jewish Americans, supporters of Clinton By Johanna Neuman

• Obama has cash advantage By Dan Morain and Janet Hook

• Obama vs. McCain, by the map By Michael Finnegan

• Officer calls Sept. 11 cases tainted By Carol J. Williams

• Unemployment among Latinos is up to 7.3%, report says By Nicole Gaouette

• Medicare drug coverage is costing most seniors more By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

Where history turned

• Parks vs. Ridley-Thomas, continued

• Lakers love

• A feminist house divided?

• Did Hillary say ‘bring ‘em on’?

• Obama the naive By John R. Bolton

• LAUSD’s teacher walkout

Hallie Holtzman’s Westwood garden bears fruit and flowers

• Fledgling home projects emerge from L.A.’s small-lot ordinance By Christopher Hawthorne

• Tudors aren’t just a TV show

• The prom dates are here By Chris Erskine

• Psst, let’s tunnel out of here By Bettijane Levine

• WEB EXCLUSIVE

• From blah bath to ah, spa

• A fresh take on Americana

• Savings on time

• Take advantage of June gloom to check sprinklers, plant color By Robert Smaus

• Go ahead, step lively

• Readers respond to a guerrilla gardener

• Join the big-tent party By David A. Keeps

• Barack Obama has captivated the world By Borzou Daragahi

• China tightens media limits loosened in quake By Mark Magnier

• U.S. Merida aid initiative angers some in Mexico By Ken Ellingwood

• Gas tank vs. dinner table: Impact of biofuels on global hunger debated at U.N. summit By Tracy Wilkinson

• Al Qaeda’s No. 2 urges holy war over Gaza Strip By Ap

• Mahmoud Abbas willing to negotiate with rival Hamas By Richard Boudreaux

• 4 Fulbright scholars allowed to leave Gaza