Sports
Event: After tour operator failed to come up with tickets, Michigan boosters had to pay extra to get in.
Jan. 2, 1998
On a day when Rose Bowl tickets were as rare as a warm New Year’s Day in Michigan, Victor Herrera sat alone in a vacant hotel ballroom, staring at two big-screen televisions.
Awards
An army of ancient Greeks is poised to beat a preternaturally smart cartoon dog at the box office this weekend. “300: Rise of an Empire,” a 3-D sequel to 2007’s “300,” is expected to gross about $45 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada through Sunday, according to people who have seen pre-release audience surveys.
March 6, 2014
Entertainment & Arts
For the first time in its 80-year history, the typically New York-based Peabody Awards will take place in Los Angeles at the Beverly Wilshire hotel.
Jan. 14, 2020
Ducky, it was simply, ducky.
Aug. 1, 1986
California
A community group and the Los Angeles Police Department are meeting Thursday to slow down deadly traffic on Valley surface streets.
Jan. 16, 2000
Travel & Experiences
Five o’clock on a Tuesday, and the river creeps south along the city’s western edge.
Aug. 22, 1993
Whether you are ‘roughing it’ in the Ahwahnee in Yosemite, staying at Hay-Adams in the nation’s capital or getting a taste of Memphis at the Peabody, these lodgings are well appointed and hearken to another era.
May 11, 2019
Politics
A month before he leaves public office for a private job, Sen.
Dec. 8, 1989
At the Art Deco Fair held recently along Ocean Drive, crowds gathered to eyeball pastel-colored buildings with rounded corners, neon and glass--funky architecture with people to match.
June 28, 1987