Business
The secretive man who built the Bank of Credit & Commerce International into a global giant by using powerful friends resorted to the same strategy of influence and intrigue when he became ill and desperately needed a new heart.
Sept. 21, 1991
Directors Mortgage Loan Corp., Riverside, named Raymond Crebs executive vice president and chief operating officer, Beverly Rackley executive vice president and chief financial officer and Gerald Horton executive vice president-corporate planning.
Dec. 18, 1985
California
California’s medical prison beset by waste and mismanagement
April 12, 2014
The $840-million California Health Care Facility was supposed to help the state’s prison system emerge from a decade of federal oversight.
Sports
The Dodgers had just earned the best record in the National League, so Yasiel Puig could be in a good mood after the game Saturday night.
July 13, 2014
James Vollaire was holding the beating heart of a freshly gutted mako shark in his hand.
July 14, 1987
World & Nation
Military: Unit at Camp Pendleton, hoping for combat, diligently applies itself to specialty training.
Sept. 25, 2001
Warren Kimbro dies at 74; former Black Panther who led Project MORE
Feb. 8, 2009
Angels
Jason Vargas struggles in his return from injury, giving up four runs over 4 1/3 innings. Joe Blanton fares worse during a relief appearance.
Aug. 13, 2013
Politics
Mayor Marion Barry, his political career jeopardized by his arrest on a cocaine possession charge, plans to enter a substance abuse treatment program, a close adviser said Saturday.
Jan. 21, 1990