What happened on July 16, 2009

SCIENCE

ENTERTAINMENT

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

WORLD

NATIONAL

OPINION

UC system: layoffs, not pay cuts Robert Cooter and Aaron Edlin, Robert Cooter is a professor of law and Aaron Edlin is a professor of law and of economics, both at UC Berkeley.
California college crunch Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. heads the geography department at Cal State Long Beach.
Obama pitches it straight
For the record
Brouhaha over bunnies
Spread the pain of paying for healthcare reform
City pays tab for Jackson memorial
Reviving the GOP Douglas MacKinnon, Douglas MacKinnon was press secretary to former Sen. Bob Dole. He is a also a former White House and Pentagon official and a novelist.
Energy: the next frontier
Life-and-death stakes
Animal rights, writ too large? MEGHAN DAUM

BUSINESS

SPORTS

What happened on July 16, 2009

SCIENCE

A piercing image of Phineas Gage Thomas H. Maugh II

ENTERTAINMENT

Michael Jackson's record sales top 9 million since his death Chris Lee and Randy Lewis

'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' spins magic Yvonne Villarreal and Ben Fritz

Used to the boos Michael Ordona

Quick Takes Associated Press

Quick Takes Associated Press

Critic's Notebook MARK SWED, MUSIC CRITIC

Quick Takes Associated Press

Quick Takes Lee Margulies

Music Review MARK SWED, MUSIC CRITIC

Quick Takes Suzanne Muchnic

Theaters to fill with the sound of music Susan King

Theater Review F. Kathleen Foley

Los Angeles Ring Festival ignites debate David Ng

Quick Takes Associated Press

'Bigger Than Life: James Mason on Film' at LACMA Susan King

'A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California' by Dorothy Lamb Crawford Jonathan Kirsch, Kirsch is the author, most recently, of "The Grand Inquisitor's Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God.

Puppets take the stage in 'Paper Heart' Patrick Kevin Day

Bollywood hopefuls head to karaoke tryouts August Brown

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Jesse James Hollywood escapes death penalty in killing Steve Chawkins

Junior Lifeguard's death devastates Huntington Beach Dana Parsons

Judy Chu becomes first Chinese American woman elected to Congress Jean Merl

Retired L.A. County family law commissioner censured Victoria Kim

Judi Ann Mason dies at 54; playwright and screenwriter Dennis McLellan

L.A. to sever ties with prominent gang-intervention agency Scott Gold

Plan calls for firm to erect new billboards, remove others David Zahniser

California lawmakers, governor nearly in agreement on budget, leaders say Evan Halper

California Briefing / Los Angeles John Hoeffel

California Briefing / Camp Pendleton Tony Perry

California Briefing / Los Angeles Andrew Blankstein

In Sacramento, they all dropped the ball GEORGE SKELTON

California Briefing / Los Angeles Mitchell Landsberg

Orange County open to Schwarzenegger's proposal to sell fairgrounds Tony Barboza

California Briefing / Grand Terrace Ari B. Bloomekatz

Legislature keeps cloak of secrecy around misconduct claims Patrick McGreevy

San Diego leads L.A., San Francisco in rooftop solar power Margot Roosevelt

New California nursing board members sworn in Michael Rothfeld

California Briefing / Los Angeles Sam Quinones

Governor proposes private, centralized system for public assistance eligibility Michael Rothfeld

UC panel approves 11 to 26 furlough days for employees Larry Gordon

L.A. County court system begins worker furloughs Victoria Kim and Alexandra Zavis

Balance of power in flux on state tax board Shane Goldmacher

Episcopal bishops back blessings of same-sex unions Duke Helfand

L.A. City College leases bakery site to charter high school Gale Holland

WORLD

Second life of GI who deserted to North Korea John M. Glionna

All feared dead as Iranian airliner crashes with 168 aboard Borzou Daragahi

In Mexico, governor's half-brother sought in police killings Ken Ellingwood

Iraq bombings leave 11 dead Associated Press

World Briefing / Australia Times Wire Reports

World Briefing / Indonesia Times Wire Reports

World Briefing / West Bank Times Wire Reports

World Briefing / Honduras Times Wire Reports

World Briefing / Egypt Times Wire Reports

Hillary Clinton's star power overshadowed, analysts say Paul Richter

U.S., Colombia work on deal for air bases Chris Kraul, Kraul is a special correspondent.

London Underground intercom waxes philosophical Henry Chu

Russia human rights activist abducted, killed in Chechnya Megan K. Stack

NATIONAL

CIA was a long way from Jason Bourne Greg Miller

Abortion protester denies stepping over the line Robin Abcarian

Sotomayor is grilled on abortion and gun rights David G. Savage and James Oliphant

National Briefing / And Finally . . . TIMES WIRE REPORTS

National Briefing / Washington, D.c. TIMES WIRE REPORTS

National Briefing / Georgia TIMES WIRE REPORTS

Senate panel approves healthcare overhaul bill Noam N. Levey and Peter Nicholas

Legal experts' views on the Sotomayor hearing Carol J. Williams

BarBe Q the mannequin lacks taste, some residents say P.J. Huffstutter

OPINION

UC system: layoffs, not pay cuts Robert Cooter and Aaron Edlin, Robert Cooter is a professor of law and Aaron Edlin is a professor of law and of economics, both at UC Berkeley.

California college crunch Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. heads the geography department at Cal State Long Beach.

Reviving the GOP Douglas MacKinnon, Douglas MacKinnon was press secretary to former Sen. Bob Dole. He is a also a former White House and Pentagon official and a novelist.

Animal rights, writ too large? MEGHAN DAUM

BUSINESS

State lawmakers scramble to keep Toyota plant open Ken Bensinger

Southern California median home sales price surges in June Peter Y. Hong