For the record - March 2, 2012

Parenting: In a column in the Feb. 28 Section A about the challenge parents face in letting go when children leave home, Jill Fields was misquoted as saying, in reference to a summer she spent as a teenager in the 1970s visiting Watts, “The most exciting time was one night when somebody had a gun.” What she said was that there was “excitement one night when somebody had a gun.” Fields did not see a gun and did not personally consider the news exciting. The column also refers to a classmate making anti-Semitic remarks. The remarks were not made by a classmate, but by someone her class encountered during a field trip.

Skinhead killing: An article in the March 1 Section A about three people accused of being accomplices in the 1998 killings of two anti-racist skinheads in Nevada said three had been indicted by federal prosecutors. They were indicted by a federal grand jury.

Johnny Otis: An article in the Feb. 26 California section about a memorial service for R&B musician Johnny Otis identified one of the speakers, former Capitol Records executive Tom Morgan, as the man who signed Otis to his first record contract. Morgan signed Otis to Capitol in the 1950s, but Otis had recorded for other labels before joining Capitol.

Davy Jones: The appreciation of Davy Jones of the Monkees in the March 1 Calendar section said that he had created the role of the Artful Dodger in the musical “Oliver!” on the London stage. Jones was not the first actor to play the part there.

Oscar statuettes: An article in the March 1 LATExtra section about the auction of 15 Oscar statuettes said that the film “Skippy” won best picture in 1931. “Skippy” won best director; “Cimarron” won best picture.