Politics
Complaining that the membership of the Agricultural Labor Relations Board is stacked in favor of growers, Democratic budget writers in the Senate voted Thursday to put the agency out of business.
April 11, 1986
Despite a series of court decisions affecting farm labor law that have gone against the Deukmejian Administration, it clearly will soon have the upper hand in a bitter battle with Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers over enforcement of the law.
July 31, 1985
Movies
This year’s best picture nominees represent an unprecedented sweep of the world, with each one having been set or filmed in a different country: “The Postman (Il Postino)” in Italy, “Babe” in Australia, “Braveheart” in Scotland, “Sense and Sensibility” in England and “Apollo 13” in the United States.
March 24, 1996
Obituaries
British actress Diana Rigg, who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel on “The Avengers” and later starred on “Game of Thrones,” has died.
Sept. 10, 2020
California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board, formed 10 years ago under a law promising to “guarantee justice for all agricultural workers and stability in labor relations,” is becoming almost useless as an instrument for achieving the Legislature’s stated goal.
Jan. 12, 1986
Gov. George Deukmejian on Thursday appointed attorney Gregory L.
Jan. 3, 1986
The use of a dummy company by David Duke’s gubernatorial campaign to conceal nearly $200,000 in campaign payments has raised new questions about his financial practices as the right-wing Republican launches his long-shot presidential bid.
Dec. 7, 1991
Jorge Carrillo is preparing to leave the state farm labor board after more than 10 years with the embattled agency, the last four as a board member, and he is not happy about the situation he is leaving behind.
Dec. 14, 1986
Entertainment & Arts
Screenwriter Sued Over Cook Plot: United National Pictures sued Stirling Silliphant and Stirling Silliphant Productions on Wednesday, claiming that the screenwriter agreed to write a six-hour miniseries on the life of Captain James Cook, then failed to deliver it by Jan. 1 as promised.
June 11, 1990
Business
Sweet Revenge: Prince Charles once attacked one of James Stirling’s buildings as looking like a 1930s radio.
July 6, 1990