California
The governing board of an influential social service agency in northeast San Pedro has issued a stinging repudiation of a Chamber of Commerce proposal to revitalize that part of town, calling the so-called San Pedro 2000 proposal “social engineering through the bulldozer.”
March 22, 1987
Music
Woodstock wasn’t the only place for flashbacks last weekend.
Aug. 15, 1994
Woodstock wasn’t the only place for flashbacks this weekend.
What’s Happening The soundtrack for the Howard Stern movie “Private Parts” was the nation’s top-selling album last week.
March 6, 1997
Ramsey Lewis’ version of “Hang On Sloopy” was, in the late ‘60s, the perfect party track: upbeat, swinging and lively. * Taking off from the familiar refrain, in which a number of voices could be heard singing the lyric somewhere in the background, Lewis scored a big hit by turning the ‘60s pop ditty into a rhythmic workout full of upper register trills and a gospel-like fervor, while the sound of laughter and tinkling glassware provided a live recording session feel.
Aug. 12, 1994
Hockey
The Kings should be OK now that they are going home to Edmonton for the next two games. . . .
April 22, 1992
Politics
Competitive elections have returned to the Westside.
May 31, 1992
Entertainment & Arts
Jazz* Gato Barbieri has remarried and relaunched his career after losing his first wife and surviving his own serious illness.
April 10, 2002
Paula Barbieri will not be chatting with Larry King any time soon.
April 16, 1995
A Gato Barbieri performance is not so much a jazz concert as it is a geothermal incident.
Aug. 26, 1991