Sports
Charlie Jones, a veteran sportscaster best known for his pro football play calling in a 38-year network career, died Thursday night at his home in La Jolla after suffering a heart attack.
June 14, 2008
What a Father’s Day treat: The final round of the U.S.
June 13, 2008
California
A homicide victim whose body was found June 23 along Sunrise Highway in Pine Valley has been identified as Donna Marie Gentile, 22, a convicted prostitute who had publicly maintained she had sex with a San Diego police officer in exchange for favors, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said.
July 5, 1985
Archives
Larry Williams carves Windsor chairs, an American classic, the old-fashioned way.
Nov. 13, 2003
Now that Mike Weir has wrapped up a second consecutive Nissan Open title, he can start devoting time to really important things, such as deciding what kind of food will be served at the Champions Dinner at the Masters.
Feb. 23, 2004
Lakers
Phil Jackson and Shaquille O’Neal are gone, and now comes word the Lakers have suffered another big loss.
Aug. 14, 2004
Not much has been heard from Dennis Rodman lately, at least in this country.
Jan. 30, 2006
Eight hours after plumbers discovered a cache of dynamite under a home in La Jolla, experts removed and detonated the explosives in a blast heard more than a mile away.
May 21, 1988
High School Sports
Late-season tournaments in Los Angeles have been a mainstay of Poway’s volleyball schedule.
May 10, 1992
Books
Firewater Pond by Michael Kimball (Putnam’s: $17.95) Around the turn of the century, the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno wrote “Niebla” (Fog), a book that was either a descendant of Laurence Sterne’s “Tristram Shandy” or a precursor of Luigi Pirandello’s “Six Characters in Search of an Author.”
Dec. 11, 1985