Movies
Childhood is embraced in life and fiction because it’s presumed to represent our better selves--more innocent, more pure.
Oct. 20, 1995
California
The woman is arrested in Corona, where she moved after her 13-month-old daughter died. She could get 121/2 years in prison.
July 19, 2003
The Los Angeles Zoo this week announced its first birth of a rare okapi -- also known as a forest giraffe.
Nov. 6, 2013
Television
“The Ginger Tree” is a slow-evolving come-on with a disappointing payoff.
Oct. 13, 1990
L.A. Zoo celebrates its first birth of okapi, a ‘forest giraffe’
Books
She can shake and she can stir, but Britney Spears’ pitch to frolic with 007 rates a zero.
April 18, 2004
World & Nation
A Spring Valley boy who designed a “Speedee-Seeder” to help his father with the gardening was one of nine young inventors honored Thursday by the Department of Commerce.
July 24, 1992
Business
Investment giant Pimco has agreed to pay a nearly $20-million penalty to the U.S.
Dec. 2, 2016
After-school TV dramas often deal forthrightly and effectively with such teen concerns as drug use and peer pressure, but invariably most adults in the shows are nothing more than cardboard cutouts.
Dec. 9, 1993
Good grief, Charlie Brown’s pet beagle, Snoopy, may get his own license plate if another Mr.
Sept. 13, 2013