Archive for Thursday, September 04, 2008

Mackenzie Phillips hit with felony drug charges

• Californians are hurting as budget impasse drags on By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Evan Halper

• LAX lower level closed after fire extinguisher explodes By Dan Weikel

• Man linked to San Marino disappearances charged with kidnapping his daughter By Richard Winton

• School must allow Bible club By My-Thuan Tran

• Report contradicts water quality study By Susannah Rosenblatt

• SEIU chief pledges new code of ethics By Paul Pringle

• Bill Melendez, ‘Peanuts’ animator - and voice of Snoopy - dies at 91 By Charles Solomon

• Drunk driving suspect, being followed by police, kills pedestrian By Richard Winton

• L.A. council panel to consider ban on outdoor restaurant smoking By David Zahniser

• L.A. principal gets probation for failing to report child abuse By Richard Winton

• State parks agency appeals ruling on nude sunbathing at San Onofre By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Irvine man badly hurt after standoff with SWAT team By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• L.A. may sell rights to post digital signs By Phil Willon

• Legislative score card on healthcare

• Man found shot to death at remote canyon road in Malibu By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Whatever it takes, pass a budget By George Skelton

• L.A. Council offers $500,000 reward to catch serial killer By Phil Willon

• $15.2 million awarded in fatal Marine copter crash By Tony Perry

• ‘Drought buster’ law hasn’t soaked in By Rich Connell

• California Legislature enacts no major healthcare overhaul but OKs some key changes By Jordan Rau

• Shots fired near Jefferson High School By Andrew Blankstein

• Inglewood department’s silence over shootings sparks criticism By Andrew Blankstein and Ari B. Bloomekatz

• His vision of Lakewood as a new kind of city created a model copied nationwide By Elaine Woo

• Signatures for San Fernando council recall petitions deemed valid By Jennifer Oldham

• Ed Justice Sr., 87; racing enthusiast founded Justice Brothers oil additive firm By and Claire Nol

• GLF–Obit-TommyBolt By M The Associated Press

• L.A. school district has big plans at the escuela By Jason Song

• Iraq war veteran charged with girlfriend’s murder By Tony Barboza

• L.A. County deputy shoots man in Inglewood By Andrew Blankstein

• A sweet victory for garlic fest gurus By Carol J. Williams

• LAX worker faces smuggling charge By Anna Gorman

• USC breaks ground on stem cell research center By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Laguna Hills woman dies in Alaska rafting accident

• Angels give it up to Tigers By Mike Digiovanna

• Risk factor By Sam Farmer

• NFL rankings By Sam Farmer

• Red Sox edge Orioles, 5-4

• Baseball doesn’t give scorer an error

• Trojans boast truly balanced backfield By Gary Klein

• More power to L.A. By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Home run upheld in Yankees victory

• Adam Dunn gets big hit for Diamondbacks

• Concerns still surface over Del Mar track By Lance Pugmire

• Rafael Nadal storms back to beat Mardy Fish in the wee hours By Chuck Culpepper

• Ex-Kansas players Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur sent home from NBA event

• Williams sisters energize Open By Kurt Streeter

• Line gets better by pound By Chris Foster

• Major League Soccer has a date with mediocrity By Grahame L. Jones

• Weaver hurts fingers in dugout By Mike Digiovanna

• Jaguar teammates wait for word on wounded Richard Collier By From The Associated Press

• He grades the hit he took on the bell curve By Thomas Bonk

• A day in the life of swimmer Michael Phelps By Philip Hersh

• Jones basically writes off year By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Mater Dei outlasts Carson By Eric Sondheimer

• Bruins need to get off the roller coaster By Chris Dufresne / On College Football

• Serena Williams upends sister Venus, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7), at U.S. Open By Chuck Culpepper

• Damage postpones LSU game By M The Associated Press

• Chris Dufresne’s top 25 college football rankings and comments

• Boller’s season is over By M The Associated Press

• Organist is a (very) bright spot in the city By Christopher Reynolds

• Fed: Slow growth, still-high prices hit economy By M The Associated Press

• Chrysler exec looks at road ahead By Ken Bensinger and Martin Zimmerman

• Microsoft cutting Xbox 360 prices By M The Associated Press

• Coca-Cola offers $2.5 bln to buy China juice maker By M The Associated Press

• Edwards Lifesciences replacement heart valve approved

• GMAC slashing work force, reduces mortgage lending By M The Associated Press

• Turf war: California sues fake-grass makers over lead content By Marc Lifsher

• Cash beats path to buyout fund By Tom Petruno

• U.S. auto sales continue to drag, despite lower gas prices By Ken Bensinger

• Sprinkles sets off a tempest in a tin pan By Kimi Yoshino

• Two former brokers indicted By Walter Hamilton

• Immigrants squeezed as Spain’s boom turns to bust By Tracy Wilkinson

• Wall Street wavers on economic worries By M The Associated Press

• New Chrysler executive James Press tries to jump-start the troubled auto company By Ken Bensinger and Martin Zimmerman

• Liberty Media plans spin-off By M Bloomberg News

• Abu Dhabi channels more cash to Hollywood By Claudia Eller and Josh Friedman

• Ellison destroyed evidence, judge rules By M Bloomberg News

• DirecTV, TiVo to offer new HD DVR to customers By M The Associated Press

• Air Force general sees no need for new version of Boeing’s C-17 cargo aircraft By Peter Spiegel

• Pfizer buys rights to Alzheimer’s drug By M Bloomberg News

• Airlines may lose $5 billion By M Bloomberg News

• TV vet to guide Lifetime lineup By Meg James

• American dream: EBay feedback from 1 million By Alana Semuels

Harissa, mon amour

Action, made exotic

• Critic’s picks: Jean Gabin retrospective

• WEEKEND PICKS

• Movies opening this weekend

• Sterling Ruby’s ‘Supermax 2008’ at MOCA in Pacific Design Center

• Be his girlfriend, not his critic

• Videos go ‘live’ on MTV show By Denise Martin

• A Scandinavian night at the Bowl By Richard S. Ginell

• Where you can be Greek for a day By Elina Shatkin

• For Target, an Aguilera exclusive By M The Associated Press

• UCLA Extension Writers Faire

• An animated competition By Mike Collett-White

• North American Reptile Breeders Conference & Trade Show in Anaheim

• Toronto’s fest gives power to the people By John Horn

• Black Clock reading at Hammer Museum

• Estelle at Key Club

• Chef Gordon Ramsay can’t stomach some of TV’s realities By Rene Lynch

• The Performance: Jimmy Tsai in ‘Ping Pong Playa’ By Michael Ordoña

• ‘The Godfather of Tabloid: Generoso Pope Jr. and the National Enquirer’

• An empire built on gossip, gore and Elvis By Erik Himmelsbach

• In a world that is forever changed by one Voice … By Hank Stuever

• Malibu Surf Assn. Classic

• ‘Merely Marley’ at California African American Museum

• Where you’ve seen Jimmy Tsai

• Down nightmare alley By Sam Adams

• Long Beach Lobster Festival

• Premium Denim Sale at L.A. Convention Center

• After a quiet beginning, GOP celebration revs up By Tina Daunt

• All eyes on Palin, and she does fine By Robert Lloyd

• Rampage suspect called mentally ill By M The Associated Press

• Head to head against Big Oil By Tom Hamburger and Kim Murphy

• Sarah Palin to address Republican convention tonight By Maeve Reston and Johanna Neuman

• A shrinking black presence for GOP By P J. Huffstutter

• DeLay and Santorum on why the GOP lost control

• New Orleans residents can return immediately, Mayor Nagin says By Stephen Braun and David Zucchino

• Some Hillary Clinton delegates remain displeased over ‘unity’ push

• Blurring of media lines hurts public By On The Media

• The imperfect hero By Robin Abcarian

• Plea deal expected for mayor of Detroit By M The Associated Press

• McCain ally Lieberman also aids Democrats By M The Associated Press

• Military seeks to avoid being seen as taking political sides By Julian E. Barnes

• A little gift from the no-show Governator

• An actor gives the Republican team rave reviews By Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm

• Palin unleashes her inner pit bull By Doyle Mcmanus

• Palin e-mails blasted troopers By M

• Terrorism charges filed in alleged plot to disrupt GOP By P J. Huffstutter

• Obama courts female vote with his family stories By Noam N. Levey

• Insiders see ‘new feminism’ By Robin Abcarian

• Hot Property: Venice home of photographers Phillip Dixon and Véronique Vial for sale at $8,295,000 By Ann Brenoff

• Hot Property: Lonnie Moore lists Hollywood Hills home for nearly $3.5 million By Ann Brenoff

• Attorney-client limits

• At this party, we’re far away By Patt Morrison

• 227 candles for L.A.

• Palin’s secession flirtation By Rosa Brooks

• Wrong woman, wrong message By Gloria Steinem

• Talk about not kosher

• ‘We won’t stop,’ Thai protester pledges By Charles Mcdermid

• Russian nationalist advocates Eurasian alliance against the U.S. By Megan K. Stack

• IRA no longer seen as a threat to N. Ireland By M The Associated Press

• Bush extends Georgia $1 billion in aid By James Gerstenzang and Paul Richter

• Attack targets official motorcade in Pakistan By Laura King and Mubashir Zaidi

• N. Korea makes nuclear moves By Barbara Demick

• American accused by Russia denies claims By M The Associated Press

• U.S. military kills 7 in Iraqi force in ‘friendly fire’ incident By Ned Parker and Saif Rasheed

• Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line

• Cheney slams Russia for war against Georgia