Obituaries
Bert Lance, budget director under President Carter, dies at 82; Rosalia Mera, Spain’s wealthiest woman, dies at 69; August Schellenberg, actor in ‘Free Willy’ films, dies at 77; Jane Harvey, jazz vocalist who performed with Ellington and Goodman, dies at 88
Aug. 16, 2013
PASSINGS: Bert Lance, Rosalia Mera, August Schellenberg, Jane Harvey
Housing & Homelessness
Valley residents have complained on Facebook about homeless encampments. A lawsuit accuses the city of allowing an LAPD officer to harass a homeless man with help from those online pages.
Feb. 11, 2020
Movies
It’s time to set Willy, the orca whale, free once and for all.
Aug. 8, 1997
Black Robe (Alliance Comm./Samson Prods.). Shooting in northern Quebec.
Sept. 23, 1990
Television
Traditional Native American stories make for an involving miniseries that entertains as well as it enlightens.
Dec. 28, 2003
The family that tends killer whales together stays together.
July 19, 1995
When Hollywood came calling with an offer to star in a movie, Native American rap artist Litefoot--a young man who was already a folk hero within the network of Indian tribes nationwide--made a promise to himself.
July 2, 1995
California
New, simplified navigational charts for the Los Angeles area designed to make it easier for private pilots to avoid airline and military planes and lessen the chance of another accident like the 1986 Aeromexico collision over Cerritos were announced Tuesday by federal officials.
Jan. 10, 1990
Like the earnest young man it’s named after, “Iron Will” (citywide) would blush and protest if any kind of fuss were made over it.
Jan. 14, 1994