California
Religion: Mostly immigrant population lost St. Thomas the Apostle Church to a fire last year.
May 8, 2000
Entertainment & Arts
POP & HISS Only an hour or so after the final presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, the Hollywood Palladium, closed for the last year while Live Nation restored it, reopened Wednesday with Jay-Z taking the stage, greeted by 4,000 fans holding up their hands in the shape of a diamond.
Oct. 19, 2008
World & Nation
There’s a war going on each morning for the hearts and minds and ears of Southern California radio listeners.
April 2, 1989
Movies
Filmmaker Kevin Smith’s zany duo hit Tinseltown, but crudeness gets top billing over wit and humor.
Aug. 24, 2001
Low-budget indie veteran Kirk Harris wrote and stars in “Intoxicating,” a tiresome addiction drama about a hard-driving heart surgeon with an ex-boxer father who’s suffering from pugilistic dementia.
Nov. 5, 2004
Obituaries
Character actor and radio personality Jay Thomas, who became known to television viewers for his roles on “Cheers,” “Murphy Brown” and most recently on the crime drama “Ray Donovan,” has died at his home in Santa Barbara.
Aug. 24, 2017
With “The Harder They Fall” and now his revisionary Jesus comedy “The Book of Clarence,” the surging writer-director is ready to add to his flock of faithful.
Jan. 11, 2024
Officials at UC Irvine have launched an investigation after a public outcry over a recent video produced by students from a fraternity that showed a person in blackface.
April 25, 2013
UC Irvine fraternity being investigated over ‘racist’ video
Music
Kevin Eubanks’ ‘Tonight Show’ future in doubt
Feb. 17, 2010