California
It took a while, but the president of giant Clear Channel Radio has finally apologized for three stations in his chain whose shock jocks encouraged listeners to run down cyclists with their cars (Outdoors, Oct. 7).
Nov. 11, 2003
Movies
Director Michael Bay’s foray into geopolitical drama has a release date and a new subtitle. “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” will open Jan. 15, over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday.
June 30, 2015
The smile is back After a run of roles dour enough to do credit to Calvin Coolidge, Julia Roberts in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” returns to the kind of smart romantic comedy she’s especially good at, playing a young woman who decides she’s in love with a great pal only when he announces he’s marrying someone else.
June 20, 1997
Technology and the Internet
Accelerated Networks in Moorpark has made several key changes to its management team.
Feb. 27, 2001
‘Peter Pan’ aims for the magical -- a cinematic feat with a very small margin for error.
Dec. 24, 2003
World & Nation
The Bush administration has selected a former lobbyist of a controversial trophy-hunting group as the interim head of the federal agency charged with protecting the nation’s wildlife.
April 5, 2005
A federal judge in Washington ruled Thursday that Commerce Secretary Robert A.
Aug. 4, 1989
In an action that undermines the convictions of dozens of members of a once-formidable Chicago narcotics empire, a federal judge Friday threw out guilty verdicts against three alleged drug dealers because of what he described as “a scandal” of misconduct and suppression of evidence by a government prosecutor.
June 5, 1993
Pro wrestling phenomenon Hulk Hogan is the main attraction of the garish, sub-”Rocky” action-satire, “No Holds Barred” (citywide), and he has a peculiar Jekyll-Hyde persona during the movie.
June 5, 1989
A federal judge threw out a regulation that protected coho salmon spawned in the Oregon wild but not those raised in hatcheries, saying it didn’t make sense to distinguish between the two.
Sept. 15, 2001