Archive for Monday, May 19, 2008

Fire forces evacuation of Anaheim apartment complex

• Thirteen injured in San Diego explosion By Richard Marosi and Tony Perry

• Diana Barnato Walker, 90; First British woman to pilot an airplane at supersonic speed

• Flight fight closely watched By Dan Weikel

• California schools pass a tense week of standardized testing By Jason Song

• UC Berkeley student found dead By Richard C. Paddock

• It’s time for straight talk on budget from the voters By George Skelton

• Aid for California’s disabled in peril By Mary Engel

• Broad failings documented at agencies overseeing organ transplants By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber

• Shooting doesn’t stop parish festival at Granada Hills church By Hector Becerra

• Schools can’t spare time or dimes for field trips By Seema Mehta

• YouTube videos give commuters a taste of other cities’ traffic By Road Sage

• Robert F. Maguire III loses control of real estate company he founded By Roger Vincent

• Acting sheriff promises reforms in troubled department By Christian Berthelsen

• Man killed when trying to stop pickup truck in La Puente By Ari B. Bloomekatz

• Red-light cameras catch right turns and lots of revenue By Rich Connell

• Digging into celebrity medical records has a long history By Andrew Blankstein

• Supervisor accused of molestation at Orange home for abused children By H G. Reza

• Police kill man in Long Beach; angry crowd confronts officers By Deborah Schoch and Ari B. Bloomekatz

• L.A. city attorney presses board on gay marriage ceremonies By Jean-Paul Renaud

• Hot Property: Shannen Doherty lists her Malibu house for $4.4 million By Ann Brenoff

Yellowtail hitting midseason form off San Clemente Island

• Mexico’s Ochoa wins Sybase Classic

• Angels’ Mike Napoli a full-time Dodgers nemesis By Bill Shaikin

• Dodgers lack punch from one-two pitchers By Helene Elliott

• INSIDE

• Big Brown has one more hurdle to clear for Triple Crown By Larry Stewart

• NBA Eastern Conference finals: A first look

• AC Milan blocks Kaka from Brazil’s Olympics team By Grahame L. Jones

• Johnson shuts down the Tigers

• Rodriguez answers detractors By Bill Shaikin and Ben Bolch

• Phelps’ strong suit is winning By Lisa Dillman

• While Lakers wait, Bynum faces surgery By Jonathan Abrams

• Rounding up USC’s first- and second-round draft picks

• RELATED STORIES

• Opening eyes to Darfur By Steve Springer

• Rainbow Man’s dark side keeps him from getting out By Jerry Crowe

• Celtics prevail in Game 7 again

• USC had a great draft day, but now what? By David Wharton

• Young Penguins reach the finals By Ap

• Two Step Salsa recovers to win By Bob Mieszerski

• Felix doesn’t quite get into a full sprint By Diane Pucin

• Cubs edge Pirates

• A.J. Foyt IV qualifies for Indy 500

• He drops a chunk of change By Peter Yoon

• INTERLEAGUE COVERAGE

Comparing microdermabrasion kits against professional visits

• Gender in the mix By Melissa Healy

• The rating room By Shari Roan

• Surviving on the other side of care By Joseph Michelson

• Are plastic’s safety claims shatterproof? By Karen Ravn

• Stow it and get rolling

• A harsh, unexpected withdrawal By Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon

• Staying flexible will help protect your knees

• On a diet? Lose emotional eating By Janet Cromley

• ‘House’ mixes a weak tonic for his soap opera actor patient By Unreal World

• Natural trans fats may be good for you By Susan Bowerman

• Websites where doctors are rated By Shari Roan

• Ah, love at first whiff By Regina Nuzzo

• A bid to make the desert boom By Christopher Reynolds

More locales see $4-a-gallon gasoline

• Finding an owner who’s ready to sell By Karen E. Klein

• Pain in store for shopping centers

• Broadcom defendants bring in top guns By E. Scott Reckard

• Innovation breathes new life into Procter & Gamble By Jonathan Birchall

• Good news: Prices falling sharply

• American Axle contract detailed

• ‘Prince Caspian’ dethrones ‘Iron Man’

• Taking you places

• The week at a glance

• Data due on existing-home sales, inflation By Madlen Read

• Misjudging the landscape By Marc Lifsher

• Wearing green on their sleeves By Cyndia Zwahlen

• Tudor House pours on the British charm By Tiffany Hsu

• Movement in weak Southern California housing market By Peter Y. Hong

• Surf wear makers hit rough waters By Leslie Earnest

• EA again extends Take-Two deadline

Spielberg’s an expert at play

• Metallica reigns supreme at the Weenie Roast By Richard Cromelin

• TV execs rethink need for series pilots By Scott Collins

• Laura Dern plays it straight in ‘Recount’ role By Matea Gold

• Middle class a rarity on TV shows By Mary Mcnamara

• Live: Christian McBride’s ‘The Movement Revisited’ at Disney Hall By Don Heckman

• For Hall and Oates, a new appreciation By Ann Powers

• Q&A with Mel Brooks By Patrick Kevin Day

• Live: Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony By Richard S. Ginell

• ‘My Antonia’ By David Ng

• Brian Wilson’s ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ album due in September By Randy Lewis

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Opera: This Tosca leads the Puccini parade with purity By Mark Swed

• ‘The Children of Huang Shi,’ opening May 23

• Bush vs. Gore, one more time By Matea Gold

• Jennifer Hudson to release debut album

• ‘Desperate Housewives’ wraps fourth season By Ap

• Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke takes new approach with ‘24 City.’ By Dennis Lim

• Obama pounds away at McCain By Nicholas Riccardi

• McCain advisor quits over lobbying role By Dan Morain

• Obama links McCain’s Social Security stance to Bush’s By Nicholas Riccardi

• Ted Kennedy awaits test results in hospital

• John McCain and Barack Obama: Two visions of the Supreme Court By David G. Savage

• Medical marijuana and organ transplants don’t mix By Stuart Glascock

• Supreme Court upholds law on child pornography By David G. Savage

• Gay marriage: Where to now?

• Why county government matters

• The fear of white decline

• The Tejon Ranch model By Graham Chisholm and Joel Reynolds

• Don’t count on Prop. 99 By Ilya Somin

• Clean hair or clean air? By Glenn Hurowitz

• The ‘MySpace suicide’ trial

South Africa seeks to end anti-foreigner attacks

• China starts three days of mourning By Mark Magnier

• On one street in Beirut, all are welcome By Borzou Daragahi

• Arabs feel bias in Bush’s visit to Mideast By Jeffrey Fleishman

• China will study collapse of schools in earthquake By Don Lee

• In Iraq, U.S. apologizes for soldier using Koran in target practice By Alex and Ra Zavis

• Myanmar’s government pays first visit to relief camp

• 11 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan

• Heart of Quito gets an urban revival By Chris Kraul

• SOUTH AFRICA

• Myanmar lets Asian neighbors coordinate relief