Angels
Baseball: Wilson outpitches Wise in Devil Rays’ 3-1 victory.
July 26, 2001
California
Ray Watt, chairman of Watt Enterprises, Santa Monica, is heading a drive to raise funds to provide a permanent home for WISE Senior Services.
Oct. 16, 1988
Arguments on a motion by convicted murderer Willie Ray Wisely for a new trial concluded Tuesday in Municipal Court in Santa Ana, with the judge saying he would rule within days.
Dec. 16, 1987
An attorney for convicted killer Willie Ray Wisely argued to the 4th District Court of Appeal on Thursday that jurors at his trial behaved improperly at the scene where Wisely’s stepfather was crushed to death under his own truck.
May 25, 1990
Willie Ray Wisely, who was convicted in 1982 of murdering his stepfather but avoided sentencing through years of jail-house lawyering, was sentenced today in Orange County Superior Court to life in prison without possibility of parole.
Dec. 28, 1987
Sports
Wising Up closed with a rush in the final furlong Wednesday and won the $88,600 Santa Ynez Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita.
Jan. 31, 1985
Convicted murderer Willie Ray Wisely, whose motion for a retrial was rejected Dec. 18, is scheduled to be sentenced Monday in the 1981 killing of his stepfather, Robert Bray.
Dec. 27, 1987
Movies
The comedy-horror film is a tricky balancing act.
Jan. 29, 2015
Entertainment & Arts
Ray Stricklyn’s Tennessee Williams is getting to be as well-traveled as Hal Holbrook’s Mark Twain.
Sept. 5, 1988
Even with pros Adrienne Barbeau and Ray Wise, this incompetently made thriller may make you want to join its suicidal protagonist.
July 18, 2019