Entertainment & Arts
Reviled when alive, celebrated only when it rattled into extinction, the awful Yugo is back from perdition: as a fun cluster of three-dimensional art.
Jan. 1, 1996
World & Nation
Victims of Sandy Hook school shooting are named
Dec. 15, 2012
Archives
It must be Sunday night because a pounding as sure as your heartbeat is rising above a spray of squat commercial buildings off Colorado Avenue.
Feb. 7, 1992
In a town built on anomalies, this one harbors one cottage industry that’s put together more oddly, and noisily, than most: African Percussion, an African drum-making shop run out of two trailers perched far up Old Topanga Road.
Aug. 12, 1994
California
Courts: Ruben Mattioli was convicted of welfare fraud. The cause of death is under investigation.
April 19, 2000
A Pacoima grandmother was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on welfare fraud charges for allegedly collecting benefits for an out-of-state granddaughter and two bogus children, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Nov. 18, 1999
When it comes to child care, it pays to be ethnic in Los Angeles.
Oct. 4, 1990
A Pacoima man convicted of welfare fraud died Monday, less than a day before he was to begin serving a three-year prison sentence, authorities said.
Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian fashion designer known for his architectural creations and his tenure as stylistic director of the French firm Christian Dior, died Sunday in a Milan hospital.
June 18, 2007
Social services: Meals on Wheels-type programs try to fill the gaps, but demand exceeds resources.
June 13, 1999