SPORTS
December 26, 2013 | By Eric Sondheimer
It's time to look into my crystal ball and see what the new year has in store for Southern California high school athletes and teams: Khalil Bedart-Ghani of Los Angeles Loyola and Stanley Johnson of Santa Ana Mater Dei will engage in an epic dunk-a-thon, with the winner getting a new shoe from Nike named Air Ghani or Air Stanley. The comeback players of the year in football will be running back Malik Roberson of Gardena Serra, coming back from a torn ACL, and running back Leo Lambert III of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, coming back from jaw surgery.
SPORTS
August 21, 2013 | By Eric Sondheimer
D.J. Beavers; Crespi; 6-2, 215; Jr.; A hitter with great physical ability. Tayon Blockmon; Venice; 6-1, 210; Sr.; All-City honoree. Steven Galvan; El Dorado; 6-3, 225; Sr.; Versatile and fierce tackler. Jabril Frazier; Verbum Dei; 6-5, 225; Sr.; Trying to reach potential. Rick Gamboa; Chaminade; 6-0, 215; Sr.; Committed to Colorado. Cameron Griffin; View Park; 6-3, 220; Sr.; Committed to San Diego State. John Houston; Gardena Serra; 6-3, 200; Jr.; Outside linebacker makes plays.
NEWS
January 31, 2013 | By Betty Hallock
Art bookstore Ooga Booga opened its second location earlier this month. Located in Boyle Heights, Ooga Booga 2 made its debut with an exhibit of paintings by post-conceptual artist Laura Owens, known for her large, airy, angst-free paintings. A handmade Ooga Booga-published book by Owens, titled "Fruits and Nuts," eschews her usual animal and plant subjects, featuring a silk-screened alphabet of illustrated fruit and nut letters on hand-glued pages made from California newspapers from the 1960s (including the San Francisco Chronicle, Berkeley Barb and the Los Angeles Times )
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 11, 2012 | By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
Southern California schools have been shut out of a high-profile federal grant competition, according to results announced Tuesday. The one regional finalist for the latest round of Race to the Top grants was a charter school organization, Green Dot Public Schools, that could have received $30 million. But its bid fell just short. The charter's proposal included expanding student wellness centers to provide social, physical and mental health services in support of academics; purchasing new technology, including tablet computers; and instituting a system to track and support high school graduates in college.
NEWS
October 17, 2012 | By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal blogger
A covered bridge, two vintage post office-courthouse buildings and the '70s-era headquarters for the United Farm Workers of America are among five new California sites added to the country's list of national historic landmarks, the Department of Interior announced Wednesday. The U.S. Post Office and Court House in downtown Los Angeles built between 1937 and 1940 in Art Moderne style was singled out for high-profile cases heard there, including a court decision in the mid-1940s that allowed Latino children to be admitted to Southern California schools.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 10, 2012 | By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times
Lee Childress, who touched the lives of thousands of Southern California high school drama students through a theater awards program she co-founded with her husband, John, more than 40 years ago, has died. She was 95. Childress, a former publicist, real estate agent and occasional actress, died Sept. 21 at a hospital in Mission Viejo, not far from her home in Laguna Woods, said her daughter Cathe Drino. She had suffered a heart attack, her daughter said. In 1969, Lee Childress and her husband, who was then a teacher and coach in the Los Angeles Unified School District, were invited by a former student of his to attend a student production of "Flower Drum Song" at Venice High School.