ENTERTAINMENT
January 8, 2011 | By Sarah Weinman, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Book publishing has always had its cutthroat qualities, though by comparison to other businesses ? say, Wall Street or the film industry ? it is positively lamb-like. But what's become a more common refrain is that when a book's release trails months of hype ? and if its sales don't live up to that hype ? it can be a long time before the author returns with a book ready to overcome the perceived deficit of a disappointing BookScan sales number. The emphasis on one and out is increasingly familiar in crime fiction, and there are several solutions, obvious or ingenious, to choose from.
OPINION
May 27, 2004
Re "Speeches Aren't Enough," editorial, May 25: As a Los Angeles resident currently living in Baghdad, let me tell you the following: In Iraq, the U.S. should focus more on building roads, infrastructure and setting up private businesses through international joint ventures rather than rushing to hand over power to an international body of bureaucrats. Iraq has a highly educated population; the people are smart enough to realize that we have done them good by getting rid of their evil dictator.
TRAVEL
May 25, 2003 | Arthur Frommer, Special to The Times
I recently returned from a three-night stay in Yosemite National Park, which I reached after a pleasant 5 1/2-hour drive in a rented car from San Francisco International Airport. I went there in late April -- still chilly and off-season. There were few other visitors. The experience was memorable. The great national parks of the United States -- especially Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon -- are among the crowning glories of our country.
NEWS
April 21, 2001 | MARK MAGNIER and TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Residents of Uwajima, a town in western Japan that saw nine of its own killed when a U.S. submarine surfaced under a fishing school vessel in February, reacted with anger Friday as it became increasingly clear that the warship's commander will not face criminal charges under U.S. military law. "People here feel that without a court-martial we're never going to know who was really responsible," said Kayoko Yoneda, head of the Uwajima Victims Support Group. "That's why there's such frustration."
NEWS
June 1, 2000 | MARLENE CIMONS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Five years ago, Bridget Ellis didn't think she could sink any lower. She was jobless, on welfare and had a 2-year-old daughter to support. Today she works in the accounting branch of a bank. Her daughter is thriving. And Ellis, 29, is planning a summer wedding to a man she met after she began working. She has been off welfare completely now for three years.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 30, 2000 | GARY POLAKOVIC, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A long-lost herd of bighorn sheep, given up for dead in the towering cliff country north of Fillmore, has suddenly reappeared in seeming good health, raising hope that the animals will become a permanent fixture in Ventura County's environment.