Entertainment & Arts
The moment I turned on my phone after landing in San Francisco for the opening of “Hamilton,” I was greeted with momentous local news: Carey Perloff, the artistic director of the American Conservatory Theater here, had announced that she would be stepping down at the end of next season, bringing to a close a quarter century of sterling leadership of the city’s flagship theater.
April 6, 2017
Sports
Delegates to the Teamsters union convention on Thursday twice voted against the union’s leadership, passing constitutional reform amendments long sought by Teamsters for a Democratic Union, the dissident organization whose ideas had been laughed out of previous conventions.
June 28, 1991
Travel & Experiences
Singer Mariah Carey debuted her residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Wednesday night with singer Anita Baker and chairman and CEO of Epic Records Antonio “L.A.”
May 8, 2015
Politics
Liberals regularly gather in the living room of economist and publisher Stanley Sheinbaum’s Brentwood home to raise money for “progressive” causes.
Sept. 27, 1990
The term “buyer’s remorse” usually applies to unworn clothes or unwise real estate deals.
June 25, 2003
Music
Anita Baker continues to defy doomsday predictions with her very jazzy “Compositions” album.
Aug. 17, 1990
Pop-soul singer Mariah Carey, often billed as the new Whitney Houston, is a strong candidate for the Biggest New Star of the Year award.
Aug. 10, 1990
California
A Simi Valley woman has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and drunk driving after she drove through a red light in Northridge, hitting and killing a motorcyclist, police said Saturday.
Aug. 30, 1987
MUSIC A look at the fast-moving compact discs in three Orange County neighborhoods.
June 22, 1990
Movies
The feel-good tone of ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ rings false: The film’s real message is that you can’t make it on family devotion alone.
Dec. 24, 2003