Science & Medicine
Charles S. Godfrey, 79, a physicist who worked on the early development of nuclear weapons.
March 3, 1998
Entertainment & Arts
What makes a play worth reviving? First, of course, the quality of the play itself.
July 24, 1987
California
Two days after he arrived in Hollywood early last year, Philip Dowell and two new friends took a long ride into the desert with a young man who was about to die.
April 8, 1985
Food
The secret of a Big League curve ball? It’s all in the wrist.
Nov. 4, 1990
Business
It doesn’t bother engineer Charles Stevens that some people scoff at inventors as eccentrics.
Aug. 31, 1990
UCLA’s Film and Television Archive’s first Festival of Preservation opens Saturday in Melnitz Theater with a pair of 1936 gems, Gregory LaCava’s screwball classic “My Man Godfrey” and Rouben Mamoulian’s lesser-known “The Gay Desperado.”
Feb. 19, 1988
World & Nation
Nikki Haley spent her career navigating the Republican Party establishment and the increasingly powerful conservative base that gave rise to Donald Trump.
Jan. 21, 2024
Travel & Experiences
America’s oldest aviation club honored pilots Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager who flew the Mojave-based Voyager non-stop around the world in December without refueling.
June 26, 1987
An L.A. man accused of three killings had repeated run-ins with the law and his family. Prosecutors may seek the death penalty.
Jan. 20, 2005
Television
Dick Clark has kept the company of millions during his 43 years in broadcast.
June 7, 1990