What happened on January 08, 2012

BUSINESS

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

ENTERTAINMENT

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OPINION

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Majoring in chic at L.A.'s fashion schools By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times
Fashion Diary: Fast forward to 2012 By Booth Moore, Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic
Liking yourself just the way you are By Alene Dawson, Special to the Los Angeles Times

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NEWS

What happened on January 08, 2012

BUSINESS

Child sexual abuse cases in Hollywood attract attention By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times

Landlords in California aren't required to provide refrigerators By Martin Eichner

L.A. Girl cosmetic maker to move to Ontario By Roger Vincent

How I Made It: Gary Goddard By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times

Business Bookshelf: A mangled guide to surviving digital Darwinism By Henry Mance

Commodity prices were hit hard in second half of year By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times

Bruised sectors may draw buyers Stuart Pfeifer

Housing looms as strong voting issue in presidential election By Lew Sichelman

After 12 years, bulls see stocks coming out of rut By Tom Petruno

Controlling your child's video game usage: Five tips By Scott J. Wilson, Los Angeles Times

Hot Property: Jodie Foster sells Beverly Hills estate By Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times

Bonds' rally surprises many Nathaniel Popper

New rules allow more holders of underwater mortgages to refinance Liz Weston, Money Talk

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Federal immigration enforcement is mandatory, memo says By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times

Hit the brakes on the bullet train George Skelton, Capitol Journal

L.A. housing inspector accused of moonlighting as unlicensed contractor By David Zahniser and Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times

Trying to get back to the only life he knew By Richard Marosi

State convicts arrive in L.A. County with costly mental illnesses By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times

Ricardo Legorreta dies at 80; Mexican modernist architect Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times

Lions Gate Entertainment to acquire Summit Entertainment in a reported $700-million deal By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times

7 Occupy L.A. cases dismissed because of paperwork errors By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times

In La Jolla people-versus-seals battle, tide has yet to turn By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times

A public beach in Malibu with few amenities for the public By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times

Santa Monica parking restriction snags van for seniors By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times

About 50 tons of trash cleaned up after Rose Parade By Adolfo Flores, Los Angeles Times

Former Beverly Hills schools chief unlikely to lose pension By Britney Barnes, Los Angeles Times

Ocean waves power a prototype generator in Newport Beach By Mike Reicher, Los Angeles Times

ENTERTAINMENT

Movies with open endings By Glenn Whipp, Special to the Los Angeles Times

John Williams and Steven Spielberg mark 40 years of collaboration By Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times

Fortune flows from grungy beginnings Gavin Edwards

Book review: 'Power Concedes Nothing' by Connie Rice By Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times

The Writing Life: The point of the long and winding sentence By Pico Iyer, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Alan Donovan loves Africa's arts and crafts By Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times

'Velvet Goldmine,' 'Mildred Pierce' capture director's interests By Dennis Lim, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Book review: 'Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind' By Sara Lippincott, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Robert Harling, Darren Star breathe life into 'GCB' By Lisa Rosen, Special to the Los Angeles Times

"Touch" gets to Kiefer Sutherland By T. L. Stanley, Special to the Los Angeles Times

New on DVD Noel Murray, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Book review: 'Smut' By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic

This midseason, watch as TV changes before your eyes By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Television Critic

Don Cheadle swims with the sharks in 'House of Lies' By Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times

Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith plan more unorthodox dance moves By Susan Josephs, Special to the Los Angeles Times

NBC hopes going backstage on Broadway is a 'Smash' hit By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times

'Alcatraz': J.J. Abrams hopes viewers won't want to escape By Gerald Narciso, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Perspective: Meryl Streep gets Margaret Thatcher right By Matthew Parris, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Not Just for Kids: 'A Million Suns' by Beth Revis By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times

Liam McIntyre has big sandals to fill on 'Spartacus: Vengeance' By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times

Talk of latest 'Our Town' full of raves By Margaret Gray, Special to the Los Angeles Times

The Sunday Conversation: Angela Lansbury By Irene Lacher, Special to the Los Angeles Times

New reality shows coming to your TV By Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Dudamel's Mahler project By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Music Critic

Parents under pressure in films By Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times

NATIONAL

If South Florida's beaches could talk By Mike Clary, Sun Sentinel

Tucson shooting survivor and his savior still coping a year later By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times

As Mitt Romney surges, Republican divisions sharpen By Paul West, Washington Bureau

As Mitt Romney surges, Republican divisions sharpen By Paul West, Washington Bureau

Giffords draws cheers at Tucson vigil By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times

U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly of Simi Valley to retire By Jim Puzzanghera and Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times

OPINION

McManus: Obama's modest proposal on defense Doyle McManus

What's for the tea party not to like in Romney? By Thomas Frank

Jefferson's Bible By Craig Fehrman

Overspending the peace dividend Max Boot

A far cry from 'CSI' By A.C. Thompson

TRAVEL

What would Ansel Adams do? Terry Gardner

A peaceful interlude at the Mojave National Preserve By Mark Vanhoenacker, Special to the Los Angeles Times

WORLD

China Communist Party bureaucrats like their cars high end By Barbara Demick

On his stroll toward Mexico's presidency, Pena Nieto stumbles By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times

Pro-Assad crowds pack funeral for bomb victims in Syria By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times

Rhino hunt in South Africa sparks debate By Gretchen L. Wilson, Los Angeles Times

A trainer's horse whispers fall on deaf ears in South Korea By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times

IMAGE

Majoring in chic at L.A.'s fashion schools By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times