California
About 300 residents gathered at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on Thursday night to demand that Police Chief Paul Walters provide more protection from gangs and drug traffickers in their neighborhood.
April 6, 1990
World & Nation
A sheriff’s deputy taken hostage by an armed jail escapee was found unharmed Thursday night, and hundreds of searchers were reported closing in on the convict known as “Animal.”
July 11, 1986
Law enforcement officers using dogs, helicopters and horses captured the barefoot, tattooed convicted rapist known as “Animal” without firing a shot Friday night, two days after he took a sheriff’s dispatcher hostage and broke out of jail.
July 12, 1986
USC Sports
Shawn Walters, the No. 3 tailback, might start against Oregon on Saturday at Eugene, Coach John Robinson said.
Oct. 7, 1993
Gladys Marie McFadden, 63, had been an invalid for several years, confined to her bed or a wheelchair, while her husband, Jay Ward McFadden, 64, had suffered a stroke last July that left him partially paralyzed and barely able to speak.
Jan. 21, 1986
Dwight McFadden, who began the season as USC’s starting tailback but sat out virtually all of it after breaking an ankle in the first game, will not return to USC next fall, apparently at USC’s request.
Dec. 15, 1993
Television
Television: On ‘Born in My Heart,’ the broadcaster and her colleagues share their experiences of adoption.
April 20, 2001
Movies
“Doubting Thomas” delivers a Lifetime-like take on how the birth of a black child to white parents tears a family apart.
Oct. 10, 2019
With the aid of an emergency ordinance, the City Council could outlaw one of the classic expressions of California’s love affair with the automobile--cruising--in the city’s congested streets.
Nov. 4, 1989
Archives
It is a startling face, virtually paper-white with pale lips and penciled eyebrows that stretch to the hairline.
Aug. 30, 1985