- What are they eating in Coachella? We'll give you one guess
- Monday's Talk Shows: Raquel Welch is a guest on 'Tavis Smiley'
- Cuban cigar pioneer Alejandro Robaina dies
- Monday's Highlights: 'Earth Days' on 'American Experience' on PBS
- Most Americans distrust government, poll says
- On this day, Joe Torre makes all the right moves
- Arnold Schwarzenegger is on the way back in 'The Expendables'
- It was 60 years ago today, Vin taught the boys how to play
- IndyCar's Ryan Hunter-Reay wins Long Beach Grand Prix
- Theater review: 'Girlfriend' at Berkeley Rep
- 'America's Best Dance Crew': Arnel Calvario critiques the Champions for Charity episode
- Opinion: Should Scott Brown run for Miss Teen USA 2007?
- Let's get it out of the way now: Could this be the missing Link to Dodgers’ relief woes?
- Boys' basketball: Ocean View standout signs with USF
- Music review: Kahane, Denk and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
- Nicolas Cage baffled 'Kick-Ass' costars with his ad-libbed Adam West imitation
- Ervin Santana's gem leads Angels to 3-1 victory and sweep of Blue Jays
- Russ Ortiz cut, Jon Link promoted
- 'Kick-Ass' opens somewhat soft but still may have plenty of kick
- Music review: Jaap van Zweden conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall
- Lawn mower exchange gives green to cut grass
- Baseball: New rankings
- Lightweight boxing champ Edwin Valero arrested <br>on suspicion of murdering his wife
- Manny, Loney out today; Kuo, Belisario on way back
- YEMEN: Islamic lawmaker decries child marriage ban as part of 'Western agenda'
- Top designers get the Disney treatment in Elle Espana magazine
- Hunter gets day off in Toronto; Wood remains in lineup
- Bestsellers: Vietnam, a hot topic after all these years
- Sarah Palin takes aim at Obama's educational pedigree
- First look: Soft box-office start for 'Kick-Ass,' which is vying for No. 1 with 'Dragon'
- ISRAEL: Israel's ban of the iPad flaps on
- Baseball: Saturday scores
- Softball: Saturday scores
- At Chuck Norris' ActionFest, a touch of Cannes, a touch of a monster-truck rally
- A reason to drink, lazy gardening and a taste of life on food-bank fare
- Opinion: Anthony Weiner's 'navel-gazing' vs. Sarah Palin's 'Reload!' You decide
- Kings after deadline: Drew Doughty piles up the minutes, Sedins silenced
- In 'Girlfriend,' Matthew Sweet's lyrics tell the story
- Spreading the health
- Dede Allen dies at 86; editor revolutionized imagery, sound and pace in U.S. films
- Cole Gerst's 'Turf Wars' depicts perilous universe
- Guide to the 'Americas and Americans' festival
- Los Angeles Times bestsellers (paperback) for April 18, 2010.
- Builders likely to offer incentives after federal tax credits expire
- Jorge Garcia gives an insider's tour of 'Lost' locations in Hawaii
- Astral Weeks: A Grim, New World
- Laguna Beach house seamlessly blends art, architecture
- 'Nothing Happened and Then It Did: A Chronicle in Fact and Fiction' by Jake Silverstein
- Los Angeles Times bestsellers (hardcover) for April 18, 2010.
- Frank Herbert's 'Dune' holds timely - and timeless - appeal
- Gustavo Dudamel: Welcome to his world
- Letters: A G-rated solution to films on planes
- In Sondheim's company
- 'Eddie Signwriter: A Novel' by Adam Schwartzman
- 'Beatrice and Virgil: A Novel' by Yann Martel
- Home of the Week: Seaside style
- Pae White, an artist 'in the world'
- Discoveries: 'The Secret Miracle: The Novelist's Handbook'
- 'All That Follows: A Novel' by Jim Crace
- Jail's meditation course is not a hard cell
- Discoveries: 'The Secret Miracle: The Novelist's Handbook'
- Shopping: Chaz Dean Studio’s Wen products emphasize natural ingredients
- Who gets team when spouse is out at home?
- Attendance soars at Coachella 2010, even as some bands are grounded in Europe
- Celtics hold down Heat
- Army Pvt. Jhanner A. Tello, 29, Los Angeles; dies in Baghdad
- Video of Nigeria killings prompts outrage, arrest of officers
- Thunder's Russell Westbrook doesn't back down against Lakers
- Letters: A G-rated solution to films on planes
- Pae White, an artist 'in the world'
- In Sondheim's company
- Handle debt and bad credit one step at a time
- Hemp, from hippie to hip
- The keeper of the flame in Maui
- 'Beatrice and Virgil: A Novel' by Yann Martel
- Handle those store makeup testers with care
- Jim Furyk leads by one shot over Brian Davis in Verizon Heritage
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Diverse opinions and a plan of action at youth summit
- Ron Artest's defense on Kevin Durant is pretty special to Lakers
- Business Letters
- Scene & Heard: ‘Dancing Across Borders’ event to support Center Dance Arts
- Foreign Briefing
- Phil Jackson lays out the bear facts
- Dodgers change it up with Clayton Kershaw
- After the bust, prime parcels at cut-rate prices
- Census Bureau hopes its mailboxes are fuller this week
- 710 Freeway project redoes chunks of new concrete divider
- Chart: Reaching the finals
- Volcano expedition is a chopper ride to remember
- Fashion Diary: Lindsay Lohan’s 6126 stretches beyond leggings
- In Arizona, drawing lines over border law
- Dodgers look out of place in L.A.
- The Times’ top 25 baseball rankings
- Anze Kopitar, Kings are finally rewarded for extra effort
- She wants to fire her job-hating husband
- Jorge Garcia gives an insider's tour of 'Lost' locations in Hawaii
- Hawaii’s newest crop: Chocolate
- Tours & cruises in Morocco, Turkey and Hong Kong
- A monument to the steel industry
- Laguna Beach house seamlessly blends art, architecture
- Kings' Jack Johnson is becoming a power broker
- Plugging in a monopoly
- NFL draft preview: South
- Beauty: Carmindy shares her makeup secrets for getting spring’s freshest face
- Astral Weeks: A Grim, New World
- Karzai names election officials
- White supremacist rally at L.A. City Hall draws violent counter-protest
- Suicide bombers kill 41 at refugee camp in northwest Pakistan
- Daryl Gates: The star of his own police show
- Rockies get first no-hitter
- Ivory, without the Merchant
- The accent on Brits
- My (olive) tree of life
- Kobe Bryant looks weary but says he feels ‘good’
- MUSEUMS
- Lauren Hutton: 'I haven't slept in 10 years'
- 'Avatar' arrives in time for Earth Day
- 'Nothing Happened and Then It Did: A Chronicle in Fact and Fiction' by Jake Silverstein
- Planning your trip to Maui
- Home of the Week: Seaside style
- DWP rate increases; our complicated tax code; attempts to control L.A. rents
- Healthcare law hits home in complex ways
- Dede Allen dies at 86; editor revolutionized imagery, sound and pace in U.S. films
- Baseball rumors: David Ortiz's bad start may prompt Red Sox to make a move
- In Nigeria, no peace from police officers
- Manny Ramirez's pinch-hit homer lifts Dodgers to win over Giants
- Prime choices
- Walkingtheworld.com caters to trekkers age 50 and older
- Getting to the bottom of the GOP's visit to the wild side
- Jonathan Quick’s playoff victory is historic for Kings
- Manny Ramirez gives crowd what it wants in 2-1 Dodgers victory
- Angels infielder Brandon Wood makes progress
- Eisenstein at his most thrilling
- Films and programs on Asia, Alaska, canyoneering and solo travel
- Readers recommend: La Bella Roma restaurant in Cathedral City
- Daryl Gates' downfall
- Is this Phil Jackson's last shot?
- NFL draft preview: East
- Volcanic pall over Europe shows no signs of disappearing
- Sand Dune Park has had an uphill climb
- Airlines carry out test flights in Europe's ash-filled skies
- Police tapes tells of gambling kingpin's woes
- Edson Buddle scores both Galaxy goals in 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake
- European airlines test the ash cloud
- Lakers hit a few bumps while grinding out 87-79 win over Thunder
- North Korea denies role in South Korean naval disaster
- Military deaths
- Iran lashes out at U.S. during Tehran nuclear summit
- DAYTIME MOVIES
- 'Breaking Bad' just doesn't provide a rush
- 'All That Follows: A Novel' by Jim Crace
- L.A. artist Mark Bradford's first retrospective to appear in . . . Ohio
- In 'Girlfriend,' Matthew Sweet's lyrics tell the story
- Gustavo Dudamel: Welcome to his world
- EVENTS
- Horoscope: April 18
- Hollywood wonders if Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back
- 'Laughter in a Box'
- It's not all about the beach on Kauai
- Jail's meditation course is not a hard cell
- Spring makeup celebrates colors of the season
- From Oahu to Kauai by catamaran
- The week ahead for the Dodgers
- Iraq's Maliki makes case for holding on to post
- Jerry Brown calls for debate with GOP rivals
- War casualties
- Lottery results
- City of Lights event aims to capture Francophiles and others
- To succeed, be ready to lie
- Michael Hiltzik: Lap-band patients operate in the dark
- Beating the drum for Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum
- Events & Revivals
- MUSIC
- Los Angeles Times bestsellers (hardcover) for April 18, 2010.
- Book calendar
- Pulitzer winner, and his rivals
- The journalist and Daryl Gates
- Galaxy's Edson Buddle off to a quick start
- All-Star package prices are astronomical
- Southern Section coaches get more out of spring football
- Calendar: Fourth annual Vegas Uncork’d
- Joe Saunders is on the mark for the Angels
- Houston shuts out Chivas USA, 3-0
- Lakers' Andrew Bynum holds up his end in the middle
- When will the healthcare law lower drug costs?
- Boxer Cris Arreola has full plate
- Back on the trail, Jerry Brown visits South L.A. pulpits
- Need to Know: Mark Twain cabin gets cleanup
- Rainy season threatens earthquake-battered Haiti
- A web search in the Santa Monica Mountains
- Goldman Sachs case could help Obama shift voter anger
- Lakers come out of hibernation for a win over Thunder
- PAPERBACKS
- Cole Gerst's 'Turf Wars' depicts perilous universe
- 'Eddie Signwriter: A Novel' by Adam Schwartzman
- Frank Herbert's 'Dune' holds timely - and timeless - appeal
- Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi works out frustrations
- Los Angeles Times bestsellers (paperback) for April 18, 2010.
- Hawaii by catamaran
- More than two centuries of fashion in ‘Dreaming of Dior’
- Spreading the health
- Why cleaner air could speed global warming
- World Cup 2010 top 20 players
- These financial blogs are worth your time
- Mayor to name 'jobs czar' to head DWP
- Giants put Aaron Rowand on DL
- Previewing the world championship match
- GALLERIES
- Sunday's TV Highlights: Plácido Domingo puts on a 'Masterclass' on HBO
- UNDERRATED / OVERRATED
- Hail Xena; 'Vampire' the 2nd
- 'Oceans:' Cold-water diver photographs marine wonderland
- Hawaii: 20 Big Island meals for less than $20
- The abuser who wanted to be defrocked
- Chocolate tours in Hawaii
- Builders likely to offer incentives after federal tax credits expire
- A federal balancing act
- Graham Rahal's season doesn't get easier
- Kevin Garnett suspended for one game
- World Cup 2010: Group C
- Southern California office market continues to weaken
- In Oklahoma City, a new anti-government wave
- Guide to the 'Americas and Americans' festival
- Tina Fey is a master at playing a real mess
- Key to success lies with Afghan officials coming through
- Capitals rally to even series
- Lap-band patients operate in the dark
- MOVIES - April 18, 2010
- For the record - April 18, 2010
- 'Iron Man 2' was a pain in the back for Justin Theroux
- Gustavo Dudamel -- not grounded by Icelandic ash -- is en route to L.A.
- Scene & Heard: A dance film benefit and a Colburn School fundraiser
- You predicted it: Kings and Canucks go to OT in Game 2
- Boys' basketball: Bryce Jones is MVP
- Kings after two: Two goals in 35 seconds and it's 2-2 in Vancouver
- Kings after one: Canucks 2, Kings 0
- Girls' basketball: MVP honors for Kody Burke
- Starter the Dodgers didn't get could prove costly
- Photo ops: Coachella fashions
- Predicting a Dodgers' reliever is about to suffer a boo-boo
- Tim Lincecum pitches, hits Giants past the Dodgers
- Track and field: Beejay Lee pulls off the upset
- Veteran driver Paul Tracy enters Indianapolis 500
- Baseball: St. John Bosco upsets first-place Servite
- Black, white and scary at the Milan furniture fair
- Kings sit Justin Williams, Randy Jones for Game 2 vs. Vancouver
- Did A.J. Ellis kick Joe Torre’s dog?
- All-star basketball games are set to take place
- Football: Taft coach trains NFL prospect
- Dance review: Shen Wei's 'Re-' in Costa Mesa
- Brian Austin Green wins Long Beach celebrity race
- Track and field: Stanford-bound Kori Carter wins 300-meter hurdles
- Book Review: 'Difficult Personalities' by Helen McGrath and Hazel Edwards
- Saunders pitches Angels to 6-3 win over Blue Jays; Kendrick and Rivera hit home runs
- Jerry Brown meets the press
- Video: Strawberry dumplings
- Opinion: Sunday shows: B. Clinton, S. Brown, Gen. Odierno
- Brown challenges Republican rivals to three-way debates
- 'America's Best Dance Crew': This was for charity, but ...
- Baseball: Teams are still chasing Chatsworth
- Boxer takes swipe at three Republican rivals
- Michael Hiltzik: A death and the lap-band
- Baseball: Not a good week to be No. 1
- Speeches, endorsement battles on tap for Democrats
- Baseball: A first for Fulton Prep
- In the studio -- Pae White
- Future of baseball in Toronto is questioned
- 'Girlfriend': A little slice of gay teen life
- LEBANON: In Muslim Middle East, Jehovah's Witnesses congregate in secret
- Baseball: Friday scores
- Softball: Friday scores
- Getty Research Institute to convene task force that may help give art historians tools for the 21st century
- What it's like to work with Stephen Sondheim
- Vicente Padilla: From bullpen abuser to rescuer
- Former Sen. Fred Thompson, coming soon to a film festival near you?
- On the Market: Short sales
- Tumblr: 'We're pretty opposed to advertising'
- Cameron Carpenter, flash and substance on an organ (with or without pipes)
- Opinion: Weekly remarks: Obama wants more regulations; Eric Cantor warns of more taxes coming
- "Blockade Billy" by Stephen King
- Norman McFarland dies at 88; second bishop of Orange County's Roman Catholic diocese
- Dealing with depression in seniors
- Honoring a legendary teacher and his legacy
- Some helpful resources
- Pointless deals line Wall Street pockets, Goldman Sachs suit shows
- Second coming of Pavement
- Cameron Carpenter brings his organist showmanship to L.A.’s First Congregational Church on Sunday
- Obama displays plenty of fundraising steam
- Thai police botch attempt to capture protest leader
- Clean-air effort wins $15-million settlement
- Goldman Sachs: Timeline
- ‘Doctor Who’ info
- Never fear, ‘Doctor Who’ is here (again)
- Lane Kiffin appears set on changing the culture in Trojans’ program
- Mattel earnings rise on robust sales and new product lines
- Norman McFarland dies at 88; second bishop of Orange County's Roman Catholic diocese
- Hundreds of L.A. pot dispensaries to face closure
- Obama cancels plans to attend Polish president's funeral
- TIMELINE: A chronology