CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 13, 1988 | BOB JAMES, Times Staff Writer
Los Angeles area residents intending to go to the post office today may be in for a surprise as postal officials, seeking to cut $160 million from this year's operating budget, have closed down 21 offices on Saturdays and shortened weekday hours at more than 110 others. Mail delivery will still continue on Saturdays. However, there will no longer be Sunday pickup or processing, adding a one-day delay to mail delivery during the week.
SCIENCE
August 9, 2008 | Denise Gellene, Times Staff Writer
If you're yawning right now, chances are your dog is about to do the same thing. A study published in the journal Biology Letters this week found that human yawns are contagious to dogs, a sign that man's best friend may be capable of a rudimentary form of empathy. To scientists, dogs have been a bit of a puzzle. Dogs are adept at reading human intentions and excel over other animals in picking up human hand gestures and other behavioral cues.
NEWS
June 3, 1993 | Associated Press
Seventy-two British soccer fans were arrested early Wednesday in Norway after they went on a rampage in an Oslo pub, destroying furniture and fixtures, police said.
NEWS
August 9, 1988 | From Reuters
Seventy-two people died and another 72 were seriously injured in Spain's worst weekend for traffic accidents this year, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
SPORTS
August 3, 1988
Seventy-two amateur and non-seeded professional surfers advanced on the first day of the Op Pro Surfing Championship Tuesday at Huntington Beach. Local surfers who advanced Tuesday include Colby Outlaw, Kirk Tice, Mark Austin and Bud Llamas, all of Huntington Beach. Tuesday's winners advance to today's qualifying heat semifinals of the nation's largest professional surfing competition. Today's winners earn a spot in the professional competition that begins Thursday.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 13, 2013 | By Reed Johnson
The lunch order at Lucy's El Adobe on Melrose was as follows: Cesar Rosas: steak picado with corn tortillas. David Hidalgo: chile relleno, with a beef taco dorado a la carte. Louie Pérez: vegetarian burrito. Conrad Lozano: steak picado, but could he have flour tortillas instead of corn please? The waiter, originally from Tijuana, knew he'd been handed a setup line. "No flour here!" he barked at Lozano. "Only Mexican people here!" PHOTOS: Unexpected musical collaborations The Los Lobos bassist and his bandmates broke up laughing.