Business
Willis Johnson built the Copart salvage empire from a single junkyard in Vallejo, Calif. Distracted drivers give him plenty of vehicles to work with.
Nov. 28, 2019
The former Stroh’s brewery, once home to one of the San Fernando Valley’s leading employers, has been bought by a company that plans to turn it into a vast parking lot, disappointing city officials who had hoped the site would be a magnet for jobs.
June 27, 1996
Sports
Joey Logano wins Copart 300 in wild finish at Fontana
Oct. 11, 2009
Major rental car companies are systematically funneling wrecked automobiles into the used-car market without making proper disclosure or providing salvage titles as required by state law, a series of lawsuits has alleged in recent months.
Nov. 21, 2001
Books
Retired LAPD motorcycle Officer Robert Wheeler finds a creative outlet by writing romance novels and painting abstract art.
Oct. 24, 2007
Skinner wins truck series race marred with crashes
Sept. 13, 2009
Real Estate
As fans and collectors flock to Monterey for the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, a vineyard-estate that previously housed an impressive collection of hot rods and muscle cars is headed for the auction block in Northern California.
Aug. 16, 2014
California
A group of Laguna Beach conservationists announced Monday that it wants to buy about 3,000 acres of prime canyon land from the Irvine Co.
April 26, 1988
Companies ranked by increase in sales from 1994 to 1995 *--* 1995 1995 revenue revenue Rank Co. ($ millions) % growth 1 NETCOM On-Line Comm.
May 7, 1996
Companies ranked by growth in profit from 1993 to 1994. 1994 Profit % Change Rank Company ($ Millions) 1993-94 1 Maxicare Health Plans 9.3 4,870 2 ThermoTrex Corporation 9.6 1,840 3 Datum Inc. 0.9 1,200 4 Semtech Corporation 1.2 1,149 5 United States Filter 6.4 1,005 6 Southwest Water Company 1.0 946 7 Western Digital Corp. 143.0 946 8 Ascend Communications 6.4 869 9 Cubic Corporation 4.2 829 10 Cytocare, Inc. 4.4 725 11 QuickResponse Services 14.0 714 12 Wind River Systems, Inc. 2.5 641 13 Copart, Inc 4.6 572 14 Authentic Fitness Corp. 15.1 554 15 Imperial Bancorp. 6.6 530 16 Cypress Semiconductor 50.5 528 17 Great Western Fin.
April 25, 1995