Obituaries
British producer Simon Channing Williams dies at 63; Benedictine priest Stanley L. Jaki dies at 84; former AIG vice chairman Ernest Stempel dies at 92
April 15, 2009
Sports
Repeat performers Bret Johnson of El Toro High School and Robert Lee of Santa Ana head the list of selections for The Times’ 29th All-Orange County football team.
Dec. 9, 1987
California
It was the stern sort of exhortation Gen.
Aug. 13, 1987
Chargers
There was a time this offseason when the Chargers were worried that their first-round draft pick, wide receiver Mike Williams, would be cut — by a surgeon.
Sept. 2, 2017
Books
For his latest novel, “Tidings,” William Wharton, author of “Birdie,” “Dad,” and “A Midnight Clear,” uses the tradition and ritual of a family gathering to explore relations between husband and wife, man and woman, parent and child, brother and sister--the whole fabric and weave of a family.
Nov. 22, 1987
Memo to Al Davis: The strike may be over, but Dokie Williams doesn’t want to be with the Raiders.
Oct. 23, 1987
The Raiders, who had suggested an interest in various defensive players, went for a relay team instead, starting with their first-round pick--wide receiver Jessie (the Jet) Hester of Florida State--in Tuesday’s National Football League draft.
May 1, 1985
Todd Baird, who played sparingly for the Cal State Fullerton football team the past two seasons, was informed Tuesday that he was a first-round selection by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Canadian Football League draft.
April 17, 1991
If Todd Santos had dreamed a way to make history, he could not have envisioned it any better.
Oct. 25, 1987
When New Orleans beat Tampa Bay Sunday, 44-34, the accent was on the Saints, who, after 21 years of trying, finally assured themselves of a playoff berth.