California
Mario Bravo, latest fatal victim of childhood cancer in the farming community of McFarland, was buried Wednesday as residents awaited a closer look at the cause of incidents of the dreaded disease.
Dec. 3, 1987
Entertainment & Arts
The more one talks to Michael Kieran Harvey--the Australian co-winner of the controversy-riddled Ivo Pogorelich International Piano Competition in Pasadena in December--the more extraordinary he seems: He’s a competition winner with big ideas and unusual concerns.
Oct. 11, 1994
Four men--including one from Van Nuys--arrested on suspicion of taking part in a $1-million drug deal involving 100 kilograms of cocaine are scheduled to be arraigned today in San Fernando Municipal Court.
April 10, 1992
Ministry of Gossip
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Sept. 27, 2011
Laddy Sartin’s “Catfish Moon,” which had its West Coast premiere over the weekend at the Theatre District, is a pleasant, bittersweet little play that might be called a country cousin of Lanford Wilson’s slight romantic comedies.
June 12, 1996
Olympics
The German press has suggested that Coach Berti Vogts is intimidated by the presence in the United States of Franz Beckenbauer, who coached the 1990 team to the World Cup title.
July 9, 1994
Silent-screen star Lillian Gish once recalled an incident in which a director told her to “act crazy” to portray an insane woman.
April 1, 1998
Movies
Paradise Cinema: “Cinema Paradiso,” one of the most commercially successful foreign-language films ever released in the United Sates, is going to be remade as an American movie.
Dec. 7, 1990
Sept. 13, 2010
Dodgers
I understand Jeff Kent’s frustration with the Dodgers, but he can’t blame it on the young guys.
Sept. 22, 2007