NEWS
February 29, 2000 | MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Heading to the witness table to be quizzed by the Senate Rules Committee recently, Steve White, the state's inspector general, toted two bulging briefcases. State Sen. John Burton, the committee's chairman, asked if White was going to read everything in the cases to the panel, which was going to recommend whether his appointment by Gov. Gray Davis should be confirmed.
NEWS
April 4, 1996
'We have our field of dreams. If we don't take advantage of it now, who knows when we'll ever have another chance to take advantage of it?' STANLEY J. PAWLOWSKI, California United Bank executive * 'What's the rush here? I didn't hear the stadium was on fire. The reason they're moving so fast is they're trying to do this as secretly as they can.' STEVE WHITE, Leader of homeowners group
NEWS
December 20, 1989 | PAUL JACOBS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Citing a conflict of interest in pursuing a criminal investigation of Lincoln Savings & Loan, Atty. Gen. John K. Van de Kamp Tuesday named two special prosecutors to conduct the probe--Dist. Attys. Ira Reiner of Los Angeles County and Steve White of Sacramento County.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 3, 2010 | By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times
For most people, fireworks are a special treat — loud, luminous displays to savor on Independence Day or New Year's Eve. But for some who live near Disneyland, where fireworks blossom in the skies above Sleeping Beauty's Castle almost every night, the rockets' red glare has worn out its welcome. Residents have added double-paned windows and extra insulation to soundproof the walls. Juanita Driskell, a retired teacher who has lived a few blocks from the Anaheim theme park for nearly three decades, is so accustomed to the fireworks that when the crackling and hissing starts around 9:30 p.m., she just cranks up the volume on the television.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
July 12, 2004 | Sara Lin, Times Staff Writer
After years of complaints from Anaheim residents about the towering gray clouds that its fireworks shows create, Disney scientists have come up with an answer: a smokeless launcher. The new technology uses compressed air to propel fireworks into the sky, rather than smoke-producing black powder. But neighbors aren't impressed. They acknowledge that the smoke is not as heavy as it has been in the past, with the switch to mostly air-launched fireworks.
BUSINESS
August 7, 1986
New World Pictures, Los Angeles, named Steve White president of motion picture production.