- Your weekly ScamWatch
- Hair, nails and abs
- Jack V. Pandol dies at 87; pioneered produce importing
- Bramwell Tovey mixes a mean musical cocktail
- In Sunday books: A new anthology speaks volumes on black L.A.
- Charlotte Russe grows up
- PASSINGS: Reginald Levy, Derf Scratch, Robert Tucker
- City walk
- Discoveries: 'Proust's Overcoat' by Lorenza Foschini
- 'Inception' dreams big, unlike its architect
- The L.A. Flower District is not just for wholesalers; the public's invited too
- Gerson Goldhaber dies at 86; particle physicist discovered 'dark energy'
- Benefits push Bell ex-manager's compensation to more than $1.5 million
- What city managers usually earn
- Setting the scene
- Coming soon: Science books try to deliver big answers in the fall
- A private enclave in Malibu
- Look what's in store
- The streets are alive
- Quenching every thirst
- Seeds and stems and a hit or two in "Baked"
- A great place for leash
- In Sunday books: There's big trouble down on the bayou in James Lee Burke's "The Glass Rainbow"
- In this Sunday's Books: 'Death to the Dictator!' by Afsaneh Moqadam
- Tony Judt dies at 62; leading historian of postwar Europe
- Scene & Heard: Rubbing elbows
- Book Review: A history of the upending of physics in "Quantum"
- A lofty approach to design
- 'Bo's Light Show'
- A prime time for artful designs
- In this Sunday's Books: 'Death to the Dictator!' by Afsaneh Moqadam
- Seeds and stems and a hit or two in "Baked"
- Plan to shop like a pro
- The honeymooners
- Where to find pet services in downtown L.A.
- A private enclave in Malibu
- A lofty approach to design
- Book review: 'Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us' by Daniel Pink
- South Korea crime 'reenactment' practice gets boost
- Lessons and legacies of Israel's Gaza withdrawal
- Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins the Maloof Money Cup
- Svetlana Kuznetsova ends title drought, but Agnieszka Radwanska makes her earn it at Carlsbad
- Chess: A 31-month cliffhanger
- Cut Chemist plays with African sounds on
- Charles McNulty / Steven Leigh Morris info box
- A lawman, a lawyer and a junior high
- Some Republicans are on the endangered list
- Planning your trip to Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard
- Shanghai's Peace Hotel back in the swing of things
- War casualties
- Army Staff Sgt. Conrad Mora, 24, San Diego; among 4 killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
- Northern California nursing home is fined $100,000 over patient's death
- World Tetris Championship brings together nation's top-ranked players
- The best way to Jackson, Wyoming, and Grand Teton National Park
- Shopping around for title insurance can cut closing costs
- Zenyatta is still the first lady
- Nerves on edge as election nears in Rwanda
- Bob Boozer put his NBA dreams on hold to play for a dream team
- Video games are serious business for Blizzard CEO Michael Morhaime
- PASSINGS: Reginald Levy, Derf Scratch, Robert Tucker
- Chris Cole repeats in Maloof Money Cup
- U.S. and EU fail to isolate Iran
- Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational with final-round 64
- David Nalbandian wins ATP title
- Book Review: A history of the upending of physics in "Quantum"
- 'Peepli Live' explores a troubled India rarely seen by outsiders
- Canyon retreat
- Three arrested in Santa Clarita brush fire
- Coffee shops are taking Wi-Fi off the menu
- Retired military families not eligible for autism treatment benefit
- As Garret Anderson exits, Jay Gibbons comes on the scene
- Marijuana legalization receiving fewer contributions than previous drug-related propositions
- Underrated/Overrated
- The perils of the marijuana trade
- Travel calendar: Logger's Jamboree in Shaver Lake, Calif.
- Elena Kagan sworn in as Supreme Court justice
- Ryan Lochte finishes U.S. nationals with another big win
- Tina Thompson breaks WNBA career scoring mark in Sparks' loss
- Indie Focus: Ruba Nadda's 'Cairo Time'
- Charlotte Russe grows up
- Pat Tillman's mother on Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal: I told you so
- Casa Adobe's importance
- A great place for leash
- Travel letters: The joys of going it alone
- Gun owners backing 'open carry' law run into dilemma in Redondo Beach
- If you can't say anything nice…
- Pride in competition for skid row basketball teams
- Angels' Hideki Matsui sits out again
- Jerry Brown emphasizes green energy in jobs plan
- When Facebook goes to the hospital, patients may suffer
- TV highlights
- A skid row project that deserves a chance
- In China, protests underscore a rift over dialects
- Jack V. Pandol dies at 87; pioneered produce importing
- Grief threatens to topple a family's silent world
- Jackson, Wyoming's abundant natural wonders
- Scene & Heard: Rubbing elbows
- Buying coupons for deep discounts carries risk
- Planning your trip to Ubud, Bali
- Some girls' puberty age still falling, study suggests
- Angels fall again to the Tigers
- Planning your dude ranch trip
- Hotels with a savings grace
- Brett Simpson wins second U.S. Open of Surfing title in a row
- Bruins hope new offense won't leave them outgunned
- Bramwell Tovey mixes a mean musical cocktail
- Dialogue: Critics Charles McNulty and Steven Leigh Morris discuss the state of L.A.'s small theaters
- New On DVD: 'Date Night' and 'Death at a Funeral'
- In Sunday books: A new anthology speaks volumes on black L.A.
- Dora: The pint-sized superstar
- GPS mobile apps that can help you reach the final destination
- Home of the Week update
- McDonald's shares remain golden, despite stiff restaurant competition
- The chemical process
- Dodgers' worth is the sticking point
- Benefits push Bell ex-manager's compensation to more than $1.5 million
- Gerson Goldhaber dies at 86; particle physicist discovered 'dark energy'
- Bell councilman 'ashamed,' 'disgusted' that Rizzo earned $1.5 million
- Dodgers' role players are worthy of attention in 8-3 victory over the Nationals
- Tenant's hoarding is a 'safety hazard.' What to do?
- Tours and cruises: Santa Fe and vicinity
- The Anne Rice defection: It's the tip of the religious iceberg
- Coming soon: Science books try to deliver big answers in the fall
- Anna Sew Hoy elevates the everyday
- 'Inception' dreams big, unlike its architect
- Discoveries: 'Proust's Overcoat' by Lorenza Foschini
- Guardians of the nation's attic
- The streets are alive
- Mind reading is on the market
- Unbearable
- A ragged final at La Costa also offers a breath of fresh air
- holiday-horoscopes 08/08/10
- A Second Look: Revisiting Terry Zwigoff's early documentaries
- The modern conservative movement; CalPERS and its investment strategies
- Quenching every thirst
- Marcos Ambrose wins again at Watkins Glen
- Prime choices
- Smart List: Steve Carell and Tina Fey in 'Date Night'
- The Sunday Conversation: Conrad Anker
- Dude ranches: Roping, riding and karaoke
- Readers recommend: Grampian Hotel in Dundee, Scotland
- Setting the scene
- An urban makeover
- Chris Dufresne's preseason college football top 25: No. 25 Washington
- Israeli filmmaker revisits his army stint with 'Lebanon'
- The myth of the Social Security system's financial shortfall
- In Los Olivos, pairing wine with the equine
- The L.A. Flower District is not just for wholesalers; the public's invited too
- How charge cards affect credit scores
- Vespa as urban accessory
- Alonso lifts Real Madrid over Galaxy
- Tony Judt dies at 62; leading historian of postwar Europe
- Taliban ambush kills aid workers
- Angels fall to Detroit, 9-4, with a 'creative' lineup
- Slain American volunteers were devoted to service
- Mitch Mustain provides USC with quite a backup plan
- In Sunday books: There's big trouble down on the bayou in James Lee Burke's "The Glass Rainbow"
- New home sale fee unites divergent groups in opposition
- Films & Programs
- Political reality checks
- Mexico drug cartels thrive despite Calderon's offensive
- Hair, nails and abs
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Class of 2010
- Five crucial questions facing the Bruins as they open training camp
- Obituary: Patricia Neal dies at 84; Oscar-winning actress
- A mosque near ground zero: It's the wise choice
- Beyond the beach: Try Maui's tropic scape or Point Reyes' dunes
- City walk
- Rahsaan Bahati wins cycling race, but doping issue pervades sport
- Look what's in store
- Bali, soul of replenishment
- 'Gotcha'-getters are now spreading gaffes in real time
- What city managers usually earn
- Military deaths
- Deputy's conviction highlights rising drug presence in county jails
- Pinnacles National Monument might become national park
- For the record - Aug. 8, 2010
- Anderson Silva stuns Chael Sonnen at UFC 117
- James Loney's single in 10th lifts Dodgers over Nationals, 3-2
- Opera review: 'Don Giovanni' among the revelers in Santa Barbara
- 'True Blood' Saturdays: Let's talk about spoilers
- Dodgers reap benefits of Brad Ausmus' commitment
- Sunday's TV Highlights: 'Army Wives' on Lifetime
- With 'Game of Thrones,' HBO is playing for another 'True Blood'
- TCA Press Tour: Spike Lee goes back to the bayou in HBO documentary
- TCA Press Tour: 'Boardwalk Empire' is finally Steve Buscemi's empire
- UFC 117 Live Coverage
- Angels' Torii Hunter reverses course on appealing suspension
- Angels' Torii Hunter suspended four games
- Baseball: Sementelli among four locals on national team
- Boys' basketball: Chaparral's Johnson participates in camp
- Football: Locke's Bell commits to San Diego State
- TCA Press Tour: Eric Mabius ditches the fashion world for a space odyssey in 'Outcasts'
- The Last Tour of Endor party will send off Disney's Star Tours in style
- TCA Press Tour: 'Spartacus': 'Gods of the Arena' or gods of TV?
- Opinion: Sunday shows: Olson, Odierno, Browner and Boehner
- TCA Press Tour: The magic of Starz's new series 'Camelot' is in the 'political essence'
- Scholar Tony Judt has died
- 105-year old Dawson's Book Shop begins clearance sale
- Go ahead, play with your food
- Social Security: Doing away with the 'lockbox' myth
- LEBANON: Government considers suspending BlackBerry services over security concerns
- The formative tunes of Bramwell Tovey
- Kathy Goodman: Every game counts
- Now the losing leaves Dodgers with mental hurdle
- TCA Press Tour: Getting schooled by Tony Danza
- One year ago: Carleen Hutchins
- Opinion: Ticket photo of the week: Blown away
- In the Studio: Anna Sew Hoy
- Recall roundup: This week's consumer product recalls
- Opinion: Weekly remarks: Obama on Medicare, GOP Rep. Peter Roskam on the economy
- Marilyn Buck dies at 62; leftist incarcerated for 25 years for role in violent attacks in the 1980s
- Donald P. Shiley dies at 90; co-inventor of Bjork-Shiley heart valve
- Suso Cecchi D'Amico dies at 96; screenwriter worked with some of Italy's leading directors
- Hot Property: Writer-director Nicholas Meyer lists Pacific Palisades home
- Lost L.A.: Rancho Los Alamitos
- Eden's garden
- Book review: 'Savages' by Don Winslow
- Saturday's TV highlights
- New York Jets' Antonio Cromartie is headed for a key season
- Anna Nicole Smith's bodyguard tells of her drug, alcohol abuse in her last days
- BP well could be sealed for good by next week
- Overtime pay for farmworkers; a racial dialogue in the U.S.; how to figure a restaurant tip
- The Dodgers' latest loss is Dunn early
- Ryan Lochte finishes with another big win
- Up next for Sparks: Sunday vs. San Antonio
- 'Savages'
- Summer Camp Campaign: Camp Titan takes a positive approach
- Chael Sonnen is talking tough going into UFC 117 against champion Anderson Silva
- Quick Takes: Spaniard to head Russia's Mikhailovsky Theatre
- Next up for Chivas USA: Saturday at Toronto
- Svetlana Kuznetsova will face a familiar foe in final at Carlsbad — Agnieska Radwanska
- Healthcare law has strengthened Medicare, Obama says
- Judicial myopia in Los Angeles
- My Favorite Weekend: Dylan McDermott
- Book calendar: Author events for the week of August 8, 2010
- Dodgers' Ramon Troncoso says he's back
- Home of the Times: A thoroughly Modern couple
- GOP blocks two federal judges' nominations
- holiday-horoscopes 08/07/10
- Brewing legal disputes could define Kagan's early tenure
- Chivas USA falls to Toronto FC, 2-1
- Xabi Alonso lifts Real Madrid over Galaxy
- Man of the House: He can speak volumes about the demise of books
- Hot Property: Writer-director Nicholas Meyer lists Pacific Palisades home
- Delivering on a promise of new hope
- L.A. Salary Highlights
- Up next for Galaxy: Saturday vs. Real Madrid
- Africa looks to vast forests for carbon credits
- All is forgiven as USC fullback Stanley Havili returns to the fold
- Angels: Week Ahead
- There are two sides to a baseball deadline trade
- No more horse racing, but future appears sweet for Rick Baedeker
- Prior hasn't given up
- Demand Media plans stock sale
- Lost L.A.: Rancho Los Alamitos
- Eden's garden
- U.S. job market shrinks again
- He put a spin on Rice's fame
- Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd resigns under cloud
- The crack epidemic's toxic legacy
- With Uribe era ending, Colombia looks back and ahead
- Dora: The pint-sized superstar
- Devon Kennard is in the middle of Trojans' plans for a revamped linebacker corps
- FCC's plan for 'Net neutrality' rules falters
- Sean O'Hair and Ryan Palmer tied for lead at Firestone
- Angels' Torii Hunter accepts four-game suspension
- Former Bell city manager's compensation totaled $1.5 million a year, records show
- Carissa Moore wins women's final at U.S. Open of Surfing
- No racial bias found in L.A. County sheriff's arrests for obstruction of police
- Should the Fed try to push long-term interest rates even lower?
- Dodgers: Week Ahead
- Ecuador's untapped oil
- 6 Americans among 10 charity workers killed in Taliban ambush
- Yankees' Alex Rodriguez hurt in batting practice
- Angels' Scott Kazmir looks strong in 10-1 victory over Tigers
- Book review: 'Savages' by Don Winslow
- Mexico drug cartels thrive despite Calderon's offensive
- Calculating future revenue from TV and land development is far from easy for Dodgers
- Shoppers swarm remodeled Santa Monica Place mall
- British, Pakistani leaders pledge to 'stand together'
- KCET without PBS? Audience says no
- Schwarzenegger, Brown urge resumption of gay marriages
- Elena Kagan sworn in by Roberts to become 112th Supreme Court Justice
- Train robbers ride the rails in India
- An illegal bulls-eye?
- Dodgers beat Nationals, 3-2, on James Loney's walkoff hit
- L.A. city employee salaries posted online
- Happening Saturday
- Los Angeles approves business tax break
- Bell admits more hefty city salaries
- Woman files $500,000 sex claim against Rialto police
- Google to acquire social-games firm Slide
- Weekend TV talk shows
- Pierre-Luc Gagnon wins the Maloof Money Cup
- Anne Rice discusses her decision to quit Christianity
- Senate leaves credit-starved small businesses hanging
- Movie Review: 'Cemetery Junction'
- Taliban kills 10 aid workers in Afghanistan
- Boeing gets major satellite contract