For the record - March 20, 2010

Toyota incident: An article in Business on Tuesday described efforts by Toyota Motor Corp. to replicate an incident in which a driver said his Prius accelerated uncontrollably. The subheadline, “Toyota says it couldn’t make the car involved in last week’s incident malfunction again,” erred in using “again.” As the article pointed out, it has not been conclusively determined whether the vehicle had malfunctioned.

Trees for veterans: An article in Sunday’s Section A about a tree-planting program to honor veterans described Frankie Sanchez as a Vietnam War veteran. Sanchez served in the Army during the Vietnam War era but never deployed to Vietnam.

Supervisors’ spending: An article in Section A on March 11 about Los Angeles County supervisors’ discretionary spending said their office accounts included $27 million in unspent funds, enough to cover the salaries of 216 social workers for a year. In fact, it is enough to cover the cost to the county of 216 social workers for a year, including benefits and clerical support.

Copyright battle: An article in Friday’s Business section about a simmering fight between Viacom Inc. and Google Inc. over programming on the Internet said Cartoon Network was a Viacom channel. It is a unit of Time Warner Inc.

Willie Davis memorial: In Wednesday’s Sports section, a Day in Sports item about the memorial for former Los Angeles Dodger Willie Davis said the event was held at the Stadium Club at Dodger Stadium. It was held at the stadium’s Dugout Club.

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