Opinion
Alvin Roth, Nobel matchmaker
Nov. 13, 2012
Science & Medicine
Roth earned his 2012 Nobel Prize in economics for market design and matching theory — creating ways to pair ‘buyers’ and ‘sellers’ happily and fairly when price isn’t a primary consideration.
2 Americans, one from UCLA, win Nobel economics prize
Oct. 15, 2012
California
A Newport Beach man is being held on $250,000 bail for his alleged involvement with Orange County’s largest illegal drug lab.
Oct. 11, 1992
The chairman of the commission that runs the city Housing Authority in Los Angeles, Alvin Green, has not attended a meeting since March 28, and Mayor Tom Bradley has been unable to reach him to demand his resignation.
Dec. 9, 1988
Music
ON THE TOWN: There are billboards and then there are billboards-- and we have to admit that David Lee Roth has somehow set a new standard in promotional wizardry with his Live Billboard, which will be unveiled Thursday at 5:30 p.m. on the roof of Tower Records’ Sunset Boulevard flagship store.
Jan. 17, 1988
Clippers
Expectations are indeed high when Lamar Odom falls two assists shy of a triple-double in Thursday’s loss to the Houston Rockets and Coach Alvin Gentry is still moved to say, “Lamar hasn’t played well.”
Nov. 4, 2001
The three leading candidates in last November’s campaign for a seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors spent a record $1.6 million on the race, mandatory campaign finance statements show.
Feb. 5, 1987
Dr.
Sept. 3, 1989
Television
‘The Wire’ creator David Simon struggles to adapt Philip Roth’s dystopian alternate history “The Plot Against America” for HBO
March 16, 2020