Sports
Former world champion Mike Weaver will fight in the main event of next month’s boxing card at the Warner Center Marriott, promoters said Tuesday.
May 24, 1995
Music
Gary Wright, best known for the 1970s hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” died Monday morning at his home in Palos Verdes Estates.
Sept. 4, 2023
By professional boxing standards the exchange was tame, but a pre-fight media gathering featuring National Boxing Assn. heavyweight champion Mike Weaver and challenger George O’Mara did have an anxious moment.
June 16, 1995
Timed perfectly for Father’s Day week: A fighting grandpa headlines the monthly professional boxing show at the Warner Center Marriott.
June 21, 1995
Politics
Whoever put together the guest list on Monday night’s “Firing Line Debate” (Sept 10, KCET), asking liberals George McGovern, Pat Schroeder, Gary Hart and Dennis Weaver (Dennis Weaver?)
Sept. 30, 1990
Professional boxing returned to the Ventura Theatre on July 12 and the presence of Mike Weaver led to speculation that the former World Boxing Assn. heavyweight champion might be featured on a future card.
July 20, 1989
Lloyd Weaver, one of the fighting Weaver triplets, will make his professional boxing debut against Tony Paisano of Pasadena in a middleweight bout on next Thursday’s card at the Irvine Marriott Hotel.
Oct. 18, 1985
Entertainment & Arts
Martin Bernheimer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning music and dance critic who recently left his longtime post at The Times, is interviewed on KCRW-FM’s (89.9) “Politics of Culture” today at 4:30 p.m. . . .
March 9, 1996
His occupation is as plain as the nose on his face which, in its current posture, closely resembles the alignment of Florida’s eastern coast.
June 18, 1995
California
‘Maldonado for governor’ off to a bad start
May 19, 2013