Sports
Raider fans always knew Al Davis had a quarterback move up his sleeve, even if they might have hoped for more than the Branch Rickey adage, “Sometimes it’s addition by subtraction.”
July 23, 1988
Music
Jeff Beck to join Brian Wilson, Al Jardine at Greek on Oct. 20
June 17, 2013
Beach Boys creative leader Brian Wilson will be joined at his Oct. 20 concert at the Greek Theatre by English guitar hero Jeff Beck, who also has been recording with Wilson for a new album that will return Wilson to the Beach Boys’ longtime label, Capitol Records.
The Beach Boys recent 50th anniversary tour reunited original members Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks and longtime member Bruce Johnston for the first time in almost two decades.
Oct. 9, 2012
‘It kinda feels like getting fired’ -- Brian Wilson to Mike Love
It’s Day 1 of the Raiders’ post-Marc Wilson era . . . Or is it?
June 5, 1988
California
Al Wilson, 23, a former UCLA wide receiver, was reported missing from his home in Carson since Sunday evening.
Nov. 7, 1986
World & Nation
Lois Burnham Wilson, who stood by her husband as he bested his alcoholism but then found that she needed to form her own support group to complement the Alcoholics Anonymous organization he had founded, died Wednesday.
Oct. 9, 1988
UCLA Sports
Al Wilson, who played for UCLA in the Rose Bowl game last January, was killed early Wednesday when he walked or ran into traffic on the San Diego Freeway.
Nov. 20, 1986
Books
On a summer afternoon in Moscow, shortly after Sputnik circled the Earth in 1957, American astronomer Al Wilson was attending a series of meetings with Soviet geophysicists.
Dec. 31, 1987