John Scott

For months, a mysterious vandal has been slapping hundreds of "Who Is John Scott?" stickers on buses around Los Angeles. Authorities expected the vandalism to be the work of teenage "slap taggers," who hit buses, street signs and light poles with stickers advertising shoes, skateboards, music bands and sometime their own hand-drawn monikers. But the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's anti-graffiti detail got a surprise when it finally tracked down the man allegedly behind "Who Is John Scott?"

A 74-year-old man dubbed the oldest vandalism suspect ever arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department — after authorities said he put "slap tags" in Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses — pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor vandalism. John Scott appeared in a downtown courtroom wearing a nylon Nike sweat suit and black loafers and carrying a vinyl Samsonite briefcase bearing his trademark orange and black bumper sticker that asks "Who is John Scott?"

A 74-year-old man dubbed the oldest vandalism suspect ever arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department — after authorities said he put "slap tags" in Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses — pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor vandalism. John Scott appeared in a downtown courtroom wearing a nylon Nike sweat suit and black loafers and carrying a vinyl Samsonite briefcase bearing his trademark orange and black bumper sticker that asks "Who is John Scott?"

For months, a mysterious vandal has been slapping hundreds of "Who Is John Scott?" stickers on buses around Los Angeles. Authorities expected the vandalism to be the work of teenage "slap taggers," who hit buses, street signs and light poles with stickers advertising shoes, skateboards, music bands and sometime their own hand-drawn monikers. But the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's anti-graffiti detail got a surprise when it finally tracked down the man allegedly behind "Who Is John Scott?"

Heart of Glass "I used to peek through the alley fence in my Dallas neighborhood and watch these guys blowing glass," says artist Alison Berger, who was a teenager at the time. "I was fascinated. They took me in and showed me how." Berger likens the process to "jumping off a diving board, catching a ball and throwing it to someone before you hit the water. There is an incredible precision, timing and choreography involved in glassmaking."

John David Scott, 47, an oboist and conductor in New York City and Bogota, Colombia, and a music director of musical theater productions on the West Coast. A native of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., Scott studied music at the State University of New York. From the age of 16 he was playing oboe with such organizations as the New York City Ballet Orchestra, the American Symphony and the St. Luke's Ensemble.

Following are the Orange County soldiers whose names are engraved on the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sacramento. Some soldiers from Orange County will not appear on this list because they were not inducted here. To find out their place of induction or to report names that might have been overlooked, call the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission at (916) 327-0077. Ages are based on the official date of death.

John T. Scott, a New Orleans artist best known for large-scale abstract sculptures, has died. He was 67. Scott, a longtime art professor at Xavier University in New Orleans who received the prestigious John D. MacArthur Fellowship -- commonly called the "genius grant" -- in 1992, died Sept. 1 at Methodist Hospital in Houston after a long fight against pulmonary fibrosis. The New Orleans Museum of Art held a retrospective of Scott's work in 2005, shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit the city.

The last time friends saw retired UC Davis sociology professor John Finley Scott was nearly four months ago when the 72-year-old bicycle pioneer and resident contrarian tooled away from a local bistro on his beloved two-wheeler. Scott fired off a few e-mails over the next few days but then went silent. After friends reported him missing, Yolo County sheriff's deputies went to his rural ranch home, where they found blood in the bedroom and foyer but no sign of a body.

A former county appraiser who secretly and improperly slashed tens of millions of dollars from the taxable values of Westside properties in late 2010 said he did it in the hope that wealthy homeowners receiving the reductions would contribute money to Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez. Scott Schenter, the former employee at the center of a criminal investigation roiling the assessor's office, said Noguez had promised him a promotion in the summer of 2010 in the midst of Noguez's successful election campaign.

John T. Scott, a New Orleans artist best known for large-scale abstract sculptures, has died. He was 67. Scott, a longtime art professor at Xavier University in New Orleans who received the prestigious John D. MacArthur Fellowship -- commonly called the "genius grant" -- in 1992, died Sept. 1 at Methodist Hospital in Houston after a long fight against pulmonary fibrosis. The New Orleans Museum of Art held a retrospective of Scott's work in 2005, shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit the city.

The last time friends saw retired UC Davis sociology professor John Finley Scott was nearly four months ago when the 72-year-old bicycle pioneer and resident contrarian tooled away from a local bistro on his beloved two-wheeler. Scott fired off a few e-mails over the next few days but then went silent. After friends reported him missing, Yolo County sheriff's deputies went to his rural ranch home, where they found blood in the bedroom and foyer but no sign of a body.

Heart of Glass "I used to peek through the alley fence in my Dallas neighborhood and watch these guys blowing glass," says artist Alison Berger, who was a teenager at the time. "I was fascinated. They took me in and showed me how." Berger likens the process to "jumping off a diving board, catching a ball and throwing it to someone before you hit the water. There is an incredible precision, timing and choreography involved in glassmaking."

John David Scott, 47, an oboist and conductor in New York City and Bogota, Colombia, and a music director of musical theater productions on the West Coast. A native of Mt. Kisco, N.Y., Scott studied music at the State University of New York. From the age of 16 he was playing oboe with such organizations as the New York City Ballet Orchestra, the American Symphony and the St. Luke's Ensemble.

The National Board of Review recently bestowed screenplay awards upon the writers of "The Descendants" and "50/50," perhaps giving their scribes a leg up in the Oscar race. Yet, in 2008, when those films were just ideas on a page, they had already been recognized for their potential to be great movies by the very people in Hollywood who read scripts for a living. Both projects landed on the "Black List" - an annual compendium of the most-liked screenplays that have yet to be turned into movies.

It was obvious that Magic's decision to resign from the AIDS commission was nothing more than a political stunt, orchestrated to make President Bush look bad going into the election. If he was truly sincere, he could have waited one month to see who won before making a decision. JOHN SCOTT Los Angeles