Lakers
The Lakers have trimmed their roster down to the regular-season maximum of 15 players, waiving rookies Roscoe Smith and Jabari Brown on Saturday.
Oct. 25, 2014
California
In the West, as Mark Twain keenly observed, “whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over.”
June 22, 2003
Sports
Roscoe Tanner, Stan Smith and Tom Gullikson will compete in the $40,000 Prudential-Bache Grand Champions tennis tournament Thursday through Sunday at the Rancho San Clemente Tennis and Fitness Club at San Clemente.
Nov. 2, 1988
On Tuesday, the Lakers increased the team’s roster to 18, signing free agents Jabari Brown, Roscoe Smith, Keith Appling and Jeremy Tyler.
Sept. 23, 2014
Arson investigators were interviewing residents of a Sun Valley neighborhood Sunday, seeking information on the person who may have set three brush fires on three successive days in the narrow residential canyon at the end of Roscoe Boulevard.
Aug. 10, 1987
A man was struck by a car and killed as he ran onto Roscoe Boulevard at Sunland Boulevard in Sun Valley to grab a hubcap, Los Angeles police said Sunday.
March 12, 1990
Movies
Mariska Hargitay, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Jo Ann Willette are such lovely young actresses that it’s a pleasure to watch them even if “Welcome to 18” (citywide) is pretty thin.
April 3, 1987
A 22-year-old man died Monday after he was run over by a tractor-trailer truck while crossing a West Hills intersection on his bicycle, Los Angeles police said.
July 12, 1988
Authorities Tuesday charged Michael Smith with more than two dozen felonies in connection with the robbery of a Northridge bar that ended in a wild shootout with undercover police officers that left three alleged robbers dead and a bystander wounded.
March 19, 1997
One man was seriously hurt and two others suffered minor injuries when a pickup truck slammed into the back of an RTD bus in Van Nuys early Saturday, Los Angeles police said.
Nov. 10, 1985