Escaped

It's all crossovers these days. From the polo grounds of Malibu to the campgrounds of Maine, nearly a fifth of all vehicles sold in the U.S. last year resided somewhere in this netherworld between a car and an SUV. So the stakes were high for Toyota's overdue redesign of the RAV4, a pioneer of the segment in the mid-1990s that had grown stale in comparison with competitors. Often resembling small sport utility vehicles, crossovers are truck-like vehicles built on front-drive car platforms.

SAN JOSE - When Kings defenseman Drew Doughty had his day with the Stanley Cup last summer, he held a party in his hometown of London, Canada, and encouraged guests to pose for photos with the gleaming trophy. Logan Couture, Doughty's childhood pal and now a rival as a center for the San Jose Sharks, stayed behind the camera, deliberately beyond reach of the revered prize. Couture was happy for Doughty, a onetime teammate and friend since they were preteens, but his belief in one of hockey's basic tenets was even stronger.

Officials say two teenagers are in custody in connection with the jailbreak of a 17-year-old murder suspect from a juvenile detention center. The San Mateo County sheriff said Martin Villa Patino and Vanher Cho, both 18, helped push Josue Raul Orozco over a 10-foot concrete security wall Thursday night. Orozco escaped through the hole cut in a chain-link fence that surrounds the exercise area. Orozco was being tried as an adult for murder in connection with a drive-by shooting in Redwood City.

They say something in our salty blood draws us to the sea. As such, Ventura will always be one of our easiest, breeziest, saltiest options. You know you've left L.A. proper when the boot shops start popping up along the 101. You know you've arrived in Ventura when the wind begins to whip and the gulls begin to circle. The tab: $289 for two nights right on the beach, $120 for meals and $98 for three tickets to the whale-watching experience of a lifetime. The bed We set up at the Inn on the Beach (1175 S. Seaward Ave.; [805]

A 5-ton elephant escaped from a circus north of Mexico City and wandered onto a busy highway, where it was hit by a bus. Bus driver Tomas Lopez, 49, and the pachyderm were killed and at least four passengers were hospitalized after the accident in Ecatepec. State police and media said the elephant, named Indra, escaped from the Circo Union as its keeper arrived to feed it.

An alleged Mafia boss on trial in the southern Calabria region has escaped while undergoing specialist treatment at a hospital, a judge said Monday. He said that Domenico Libri, 55, believed to be the head of a powerful clan of the Calabrian Mafia, escaped from police custody at the hospital in Busto Arsizio, 20 miles northwest of Milan, on June 2. Judge Salvatore Boemi made the announcement as he opened Monday's hearings of a trial here at which nearly 100 people, including Libri and his brother Pasquale, are charged with belonging to the criminal organization.

Two escaped convicts from Michigan led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase from Bakersfield through Orange County to San Pedro before their car, reportedly stolen, ran out of gasoline this morning. The black Cadillac sped over Interstate 5 at speeds of up to 120 m.p.h. but cruised most of the way to Dana Point at about 70, Los Angeles Police Lt. Tom Scheidecker said. The pair then turned north on Pacific Coast Highway through the beach cities before the 180-mile chase ended about 3 a.m. It was only after the Cadillac ran out of gas that Los Angeles police officers discovered the pair had escaped from a prison in Pontiac, Mich.

A confessed killer who escaped from a mental hospital in Canada was sentenced Friday to two years in state prison for stealing handguns, ammunition and knives from a North Hollywood outdoor supply store. But authorities said they will ask U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service agents to deport Giovanni Fasciano, 27, before he begins his prison term. Fasciano has repeatedly admitted that in 1980 he killed his mother with an ax, according to court documents. Fasciano was arrested by Los Angeles police Sept.

That third-strike prisoner who escaped from his cell in the L.A. County courthouse must have taken the new harsh law literally; three strikes and he's out. WILFRED COUZIN Laguna Niguel

Cincinnati Bengals' running back Ickey Woods escaped injury in a two-car collision in Fresno, but was cited for failing to stop at a red light. Police said drugs and alcohol were not involved.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - If he runs for president, says Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), he wants to be considered on his own merits. But when he brought his fledgling campaign to Iowa this weekend, there was no escaping the double-edged legacy of the man he's almost always compared with - his father. Until recently, Ron Paul, the former Republican congressman from Texas, still largely overshadowed his son. Then came Sen. Paul's filibuster in March over the Obama administration's use of drones.

Fifty miles north of San Francisco, straddling U.S. Highway 101, sits Santa Rosa, former home of Charles M. Schulz and the gang from "Peanuts. " From the highway, as you boom past at 70 mph, Santa Rosa appears to be just another somewhere on the way to somewhere else. But a short detour east into downtown or west into the wine country quickly proves otherwise. The tab: We spent $163 for a night at the Hotel La Rose, dinner for two at Willi's Wine Bar was $84, including wine, and a lavish picnic from Whole Foods Market came to $43. Gas and incidentals added $100 to the tab. Wine at Bella and Iron Horse vineyards, of course, was extra.

Terry Doebler woke up choking from the smoke. Doebler, 80, and her 82-year-old husband, Paul - retired New York transplants living in the Camarillo Springs neighborhood of Ventura County - had seen brushfires before in their 15 years there, but this was the first time a blaze forced them to evacuate. "I opened the front door and the whole mountain was on fire," Paul Doebler said. The Doeblers were among hundreds of residents in several Ventura County communities who fled their homes Thursday to escape a fast-moving brush fire that burned 8,000 acres and threatened thousands of homes.

One look at omnipresent Camelback Mountain and you might think the northeast Phoenix neighborhood known as Arcadia is on the outskirts of town where tumbleweeds blow effortlessly. But you'd be wrong - very, very wrong. Arcadia is where you'll find twentysomethings hanging out at recently opened gastropubs, young families walking to nearby parks, mini-malls with pizzerias and dive bars featuring Skee ball and foosball. This might sound like Los Angeles, but one glimpse of a helmet-less biker cruising down Campbell Avenue and you'll know you aren't in California.

The gilt-trimmed high-rises of Waikiki offer a seductive escape from L.A. But those who rent a car - a convertible, please - - can find a simpler side of Oahu on the North Shore, an hour or so away, where locals and tourists carry surfboards instead of Louis Vuitton purses (real or fake) and debates about where to eat focus on which food trucks serve the best garlic shrimp. Residents call it "the country," and they want to keep it that way. Haleiwa is the only real town on the North Shore, and it's mainly a line of one-story beach shops, cafes, bars and shave-ice outlets along the highway.

The heaviest place to be at Coachella 2013, from a sound perspective, wasn't in the sweet spot of the Main Stage rig while Phoenix was preparing for the arrival of R. Kelly, or at the heart of the Sahara stage during Baauer's big, dumb, joyous set of beat music, heavy on the synth riffs and dirty beats. It was nestled away near the food court in the Yuma tent, where four bass cabinets the size of Jeeps were parked in each corner of the room. The tent is the sixth and newest venue at the festival, and because it's fully enclosed, the bass can't escape.

Police in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania searched for 11 escaped prisoners who remained at large after separate jailbreaks. Officials in both states blamed the escapes on overcrowding and understaffing in outdated jails. Thirteen prisoners slipped away from the 173-year-old Norfolk County House of Corrections in Dedham, Mass., after sawing through a prison window bar Friday night. Seven have been recaptured. In New Castle, Pa., seven prisoners escaped the Lawrence County Jail on Saturday by cutting a hole in the metal ceiling of their cell.

Police are looking for three men who escaped with jewelry worth more than an estimated $100,000 after an armed robbery in Encino, authorities said today. The men entered the Carl & Co. jewelry store in the 16300 block of Ventura Boulevard at 11 a.m. Wednesday, police said. The robbers forced employees at gunpoint to turn over jewelry from store displays and a safe. The trio escaped in a stolen car that was later found abandoned nearby on Ventura Boulevard. No suspects have been identified in the robbery, detectives said.

Pleasanton, Calif., is - no surprise here - a pleasant small city east of San Francisco Bay that was off the beaten track for much of the 20th century and avoided the redevelopment that destroyed the cores of many older cities. Its downtown - filled with tree-lined streets, vintage architecture, restaurants and boutiques - evokes a small town in New England. My good friend Laura, who used to live there, was my guide on our trip. The tab: We spent about $450, including $220 for two nights at the Sheraton and $230 for food and drinks.

A driver police say was speeding tried to avoid a ticket by jumping into the ocean in Monterey County and swimming away. Authorities say the unidentified man led California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase in the city of Marina, where he ended up at a beach, ran across the sand dunes and got into the water. Marina Police Cmdr. Bob Nolan told KTVU-TV the man was driving on U.S. 101 through the city Tuesday afternoon when CHP officers tried to pull him over. After accelerating to 100 mph, the man eventually stopped his car and ran to Marina State Beach with CHP officers, Marina police and California State Parks police in pursuit, Nolan said.