Entertainment | R | March 3, 2009
A quarter-century after the film “This Is Spinal Tap” catapulted a certain hapless, fictional heavy-metal group into the annals of rock music history, its three founding members will embark on a six-week, 30-city North American tour minus costumes, wailing electric guitars and even their signature 18-inch Stonehenge set.
California | Local | Tony Barboza | February 7, 2009
As rescue crews on Friday discovered the bodies of three people in the wreckage of an Orange County-based tour airplane that crashed in the rain on a remote Catalina Island hilltop, questions emerged about the pilot's qualifications to handle charter flights.
Entertainment | January 5, 2009
It looks like the old Dead are gettin' on. Surviving members of the Grateful Dead say they'll regroup for a 19-city tour -- their first since 2004 -- beginning April 12 in Greensboro, N.
California | Local | Nathan Olivarez-giles | November 16, 2008
Growing up in Santa Ana, San Sim could usually be found with an animal nearby. He had snakes, dogs, cats, chickens, scorpions, lizards, fish and an ant farm, as well as many other pets, said his sister, Serene Sim.
Health | Hugo Martín | May 26, 2008
I just jogged past a bald guy carrying a tray of Starbucks coffee on Rodeo Drive. I slow down. Wasn't that Ben Kingsley? Nah. Gandhi wouldn't be schlepping coffee around on the street.
Real Estate | Chip Jacobs | April 27, 2008
THE burly, young marketer in the crisp white shirt rose to speak, and 20 seated passengers leaned forward to catch his every word. Grinning broadly, Alex Godoy described the house just outside the tinted window.
National | Ashley Powers | March 17, 2008
Las Vegas, a city forged on gambling, booze and flesh, has been strangely reluctant -- and perhaps a little nervous -- to make money off its mob roots.