For the record - Feb. 25, 2010

Juvenile probation: A story that appeared in Sunday’s Section A about abuses against juveniles by Los Angeles County Probation Department officers said the agency has 6,200 officers. The department has 6,200 employees, including 4,400 sworn officers.

Marlon Wayans: An article about Marlon Wayans in Sunday’s Calendar misspelled the last name of filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen as Cohen.

Medical isotopes: An article about medical isotopes in the Feb. 18 LATExtra section spelled the name of Polish nuclear physicist Maria Sklodowska as Maria Skladowsky. As the article noted, she was better known as Marie Curie.

Brazil warplanes: An article in Tuesday’s Section A about the Brazilian warplane called the Super Tucano said a new military transport aircraft being developed by Brazilian manufacturer Embraer would compete with the Boeing C-130 Hercules. That aircraft is in fact manufactured by Lockheed Martin.

Jimi Hendrix legacy: An article in Calendar on Feb. 14 about efforts to preserve Jimi Hendrix’s recorded legacy described Janie Hendrix as the guitarist’s stepsister. Jimi’s father, Al Hendrix, adopted Janie after marrying her mother, making Janie and Jimi half siblings. In a subsequent interview, Janie Hendrix confirmed that description as accurate but added that Jimi always referred to her as his “little sister.”

Beach volleyball: An item in the Day in Sports news roundup in Wednesday’s Sports section reported that the Assn. of Volleyball Professionals had selected Mike Todd as its commissioner. The correct spelling is Mike Dodd.

Olympic results: The daily results chart in Monday’s Vancouver Olympics section misspelled the first name of skier Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, the silver medal winner in the men’s super combined, as Iviva.

Olympic hockey: In Tuesday’s Vancouver Olympics section, an article about that day’s qualifying games in ice hockey said No. 7 seed Slovakia would take on No. 9 Norway for the right to face No. 3 Sweden. Norway is seeded No. 10, and Sweden is No. 2.

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