Music
Singer and songwriter Denny Doherty, a member of the hit 1960s vocal group the Mamas and the Papas, died Friday.
Jan. 20, 2007
Obituaries
Singer Scott McKenzie worked with John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas and had a 1967 hit with ‘San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair).’ The song is often described as a ‘flower-power anthem,’ but he was uncomfortable with being an icon to the movement.
Aug. 21, 2012
Television
Scott McKenzie dies at 73; his ‘San Francisco’ caught flower-power wave
Sports
New York Yankees outfielder Luis Polonia, who was sentenced to 60 days for having sex with a 15-year-old girl, was temporarily released today after serving nearly half the term.
Nov. 1, 1989
John Phillips, the singer-songwriter-arranger who led the Mamas and the Papas to the forefront of pop music in the mid-1960s and helped define the California sound and spirit, died Sunday.
March 19, 2001
High School Sports
You could say Scott Doherty rode the big wave . . . all the way out of town.
Aug. 26, 2000
California
A newly formed committee of Latino students at USC has called on the administration to rename a campus park in honor of the late activist Cesar Chavez.
Oct. 10, 1993
Dan Doherty, the girls’ track and field coach at Pearl River High in New York, heard that the finals of the California state high school track championships had been canceled because of an inch of rainfall.
June 9, 1993
World & Nation
Michael O’Doherty, 25, looked like he’d been hit by a truck.
April 8, 2006
Mike Smith, boys’ cross-country coach at Camarillo High since 1982, will coach the Scorpions’ boys’ track team this season.
Jan. 27, 1995