- The lore of Southern California permeated Frank Zappa's music and self-image
- A Second Look: The urgency of 'Germany in Autumn'
- Discoveries
- L.A. crews begin repairing thousands of potholes
- College sports mascots extend the action well beyond the playing field
- Miami Heat travels to Chicago to face Bulls on Saturday
- Ducks beat Sharks, 1-0, as Jonas Hiller posts second consecutive shutout
- Letters
- Art-house films find a colder welcome in L.A.
- Book review: 'Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage' by Kenneth Silverman
- Teen girls in film showcase true grit
- Goodwill CEO has made a career out of helping others
- Expert sees growing problem of youngsters with eating disorders
- Shopping: Splendid Littles for Target
- Up next for Clippers: Sunday vs. Golden State
- Defense Secretary warns China over stealth fighter
- Corona Centennial's Dominique Dunning gives his all all the time
- Crowd members took gunman down
- Mutual fund review: Coping with a turn in the bond market
- Tax changes not a problem for Intuit's stock
- Tips for limiting fat from meat
- Tighter belts, later bumps
- Gov. Jerry Brown wants to tame budget with tax extensions, deep cuts
- Mother of Christina Green, slain in Arizona shootings, mourns loss
- Lakers play rough around the edges and hammer the Knicks, 109-87
- Speech impediment didn't stop Dave Taylor from success
- Joe Flacco passes Ravens past Chiefs, 30-7
- Iran confirms arrest of woman described as American spy
- Former Auburn basketball star Charles Barkley on the Tigers
- Former Oregon All-American Ahmad Rashad on the Ducks
- These Knicks are no longer an endangered species
- 6 die in Tucson rampage
- Cleric Muqtada Sadr strikes a measured tone in his return to Iraq
- Obama calls for moment of silence at 11 a.m. Monday for victims of Arizona shootings
- Lakers forward Ron Artest is about to get more chances
- A rising superstar lifts downtrodden Clippers
- In BCS title game, Pac-10 will show superiority over SEC
- Mammoth Lakes fears financial ruin after legal judgment
- Mindfulness therapy offered in various forms
- Love it or hate it, BCS has lifted all of college football
- Music really is like a drug, researchers say
- Football: Thomas is standout at U.S. Army All-American Bowl
- Boys' basketball: Taylor leads Fairfax to title
- Kings, Jack Johnson near long-term extension
- Consumer Electronics Show: Kno your textbook tablet
- Consumer Electronics Show: Raw Talent Guitar makes you a real hero
- Fluoride in drinking water: Will the EPA get tougher?
- Has Joe Torre finally made up his mind? He's reportedly in talks to become an MLB VP -- if he doesn't buy Dodgers
- TCA Press Tour 2011: Tavis Smiley in talks with AEG Live to move TV show to downtown Los Angeles studio
- Opinion: Obama on Arizona shootings: 'A tragedy for our entire country'
- UCLA women pull away for 61-42 victory over USC
- TUNISIA: Protesters continue to take to the streets
- TCA Press Tour 2011: PBS chief says talks that failed to keep KCET in network fold went down to the wire
- UCLA women lead USC, 26-13, at halftime
- Consumer Electronics Show: Laser Shot trains hunters at home
- Consumer Electronics Show: Pandora's Tim Westergren on car connectivity, smartphones and a potential IPO
- Discuss: California budget balancer
- From the Archives: The Times' original review of 'Downton Abbey' found 'plenty of sex and secrets, romance and treachery to go 'round'
- Opinion: Sunday shows: Kyl, Ryan, Durbin, Alexander, Clooney
- Midseason TV Preview: Where we left off and what's new
- Jiri Dienstbier, first foreign minister of Czechoslovakia after fall of communism, dies at 73
- Elsa Longhauser's 10 years at the helm of SMMOA
- Kitchen confidential: Laguna Beach 'Flea Marketeers' invite us on in
- Consumer Electronics Show: Is 3-D hot or not?
- Overview of the California state budget
- Consumer Electronics Show: Housebroken wind turbines from Urban Green Energy
- Rene Pape: Rock star?
- Netflix CEO deflects criticism with humor (and Albanian army dog tags)
- Boys' basketball: Friday scores
- Girls' basketball: Friday scores
- EGYPT: Some Copts and Muslims come together during Orthodox Christmas
- ALGERIA: 2 dead, hundreds injured in riots over food prices
- What are you drinking this weekend?
- Consumer Electronics Show: Moving your DVD collection to the cloud?
- KUWAIT: U.S. confirms detention of American citizen who claims being beaten
- Consumer Electronics Show: Karotz, a bunny to do your bidding
- Tired of girly perfumes? Check out what guys are wearing
- ‘Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art’ Features Work by Keith Haring, Spencer Tunick, Shepard Fairey and Banksy
- Do the Dodgers have a problem hitting left-handers?
- Consumer Electronics Show: Chumby wants to be your pal
- Opinion: Ticket pic of the week: They need Sully Down Under
- Consumer Electronics Show: The gloves don't have to come off
- Lucinda Childs among choreographers for OCPAC-Bolshoi partnership
- Retail roundup: retail sales, Kardashian Kard drama, new Starbucks logo, Borders and Pinkberry
- Home tour: Spanish Revival meets flea-market mania
- Consumer Electronics Show: Blue Microphone's New Yeti Pro and Mikey for Flip sound off
- Dispatch from New York: A soprano's second debut
- Opinion: Weekly remarks: Obama vows more jobs are coming; Eric Cantor vows GOP will be party of 'cut and grow'
- L.A. Times January MMA Rankings
- Julia 'Judy' Bonds dies at 58; environmental activist fought coal giant Massey
- Sylvia Bursztyn dies at 62; created Sunday crossword puzzles for the L.A. Times
- 'Bob's Burgers': When to watch
- Aron Kincaid dies at 70; actor appeared in 1960s 'beach' movies
- Campaigning for disclosure
- Interfaith group seeks to protect California deserts
- UCLA's Joshua Smith has been a big man on campus since he was 5
- Sidelined research chimpanzees given longer reprieve
- On an upward spiral
- San Diego State defeats Utah, 71-62
- 'Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey' info
- Shooting from the lip in reaction to Gabrielle Giffords tragedy
- 'Bob's Burgers': When to watch
- Palm restaurant in West Hollywood gets a new landlord
- Expo Line bidders under new scrutiny in fraud and construction problems
- KB Home unexpectedly reports profit, has eye on California
- Redlands police redeployed to assist in investigation of fatal shooting of 2 youths
- Crosstown showdown in women's basketball is all UCLA, 61-42
- USC Coach Lane Kiffin says defense, not offense, will decide the BCS title game
- Six Southern California flea markets
- Jack Black buys Flea's home in the Los Feliz area
- Rioting spreads across Tunisia; unrest also reported in Algeria
- Doing away with the filibuster; should Michael Vick be allowed to own a dog; Doyle McManus on the upward mobility gap in America
- 'Kennedys' miniseries pulled by History Channel
- Robin Fraser, Greg Vanney look forward to challenge of turning around Chivas USA
- A new way to view award nominees: iPhone, iPads or iPod Touch
- Weekend TV talk shows
- Americans top Belgium for Hopman Cup tennis title
- A rank injustice
- Washington rallies past Oregon State, 103-72
- Dolphins recommit to Tony Sparano after brief flirtation with Jim Harbaugh
- In battle for political center, Obama has an edge
- Judge refuses to lift medical marijuana injunction
- Aron Kincaid dies at 70; actor appeared in 1960s 'beach' movies
- Sunday's bowl game: Fight Hunger Bowl
- Germany's dioxin scare -- and what it says about the food chain
- Kings end five-game losing streak with win over Blue Jackets
- Can Ravens' new receivers catch fire?
- San Clemente landslide leaves four houses on the brink
- Miami takes over top spot in The Times' NBA rankings
- Oregon's Kenjon Barner has no fears about going all-out against Auburn
- Web Buzz: Playground for a visual thinker
- Some right-wing groups to skip GOP event
- Julia 'Judy' Bonds dies at 58; environmental activist fought coal giant Massey
- Three lead at Kapalua
- Lakers' problems aren't internal, and they're worse than you might think
- A calm voice in a divided district
- James Stewart is not about to change riding style
- UCLA's Rahim Moore will enter NFL draft
- Women tell of relationships with Dr. Conrad Murray
- GOP pressing ahead with vote to repeal healthcare law
- In tough times, schools try to keep homeless students' education on track
- Modern humans wore clothing way back
- California's new Board of Education
- At season's halfway point, Kings are still searching for an identity
- Quick Takes: KCET's ratings plummet
- Sylvia Bursztyn dies at 62; created Sunday crossword puzzles for the L.A. Times
- Alexei Ponikarovsky, Willie Mitchell likely to return to Kings' lineup
- Literature and language scholars feel the pinch
- What got into Hitchcock's 'Birds'?
- Clegg vows to restore civil liberties in Britain
- Jared Lee Loughner, shooting suspect, leaves YouTube rants
- Israeli soldiers kill 65-year-old Palestinian man in raid
- Written off, unfairly
- Horoscope: Jan. 8
- A San Francisco standoff a comedian would relish
- Many see influence of teachers union in Gov. Jerry Brown's shakeup of California Board of Education
- Consumer Electronics Show: Booth models are back
- Nicolas Berggruen: Change agent
- Douglas Dowie loses appeal of prison sentence in fraud case
- 'Huck' and 'Rent' done wrong
- Laguna Beach house is part hacienda, part flea-market haven
- Television review: 'Bob's Burgers'
- Bigger crowds, but where's the 'wow'?
- Up next for the Kings: Saturday vs. Columbus
- Key party rejoins Pakistan's ruling coalition
- Bad news for us, or just for birds?
- On the Media: It's time for NPR to broaden its mix
- Unemployment rate drops to 9.4%, but analysts find little to cheer
- On the Spot: A bedbug-free hotel stay in New York City
- Man of the House: So far, 2011 is looking good
- Suicide bombing in Afghan bathhouse kills 17
- Pawlenty book could be foreword to presidential run
- Aristocrats and servants face a changing world in 'Downton Abbey'
- Taking a trip into history with the Freedom Riders
- Lower unemployment rate may mean people just gave up looking for jobs
- Up next for Lakers: Sunday vs. New York
- Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot
- Agensys to expand Santa Monica operations
- Attempt to slash Los Angeles graffiti removal budget sparks criticism
- Secret Service joins probe into Sierra Madre credit card fraud
- Eagles might run more to protect Vick, or not
- Mindfulness therapy is no fad, experts say
- In Gabrielle Giffords shooting, many on left quick to lay blame
- Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot in Tucson
- Showtime tweaking a successful formula
- Jerry Brown says he'll slash $6.4 million from own office budget
- Saturday's TV highlights
- Horoscope: Jan. 7
- Mystery surrounds suspect in rampage
- Led by Gasol, Lakers' big men make their presence felt against Hornets
- Head trauma is not a death sentence
- Supreme Court to hear dispute over data from prescriptions
- AEG, Farmers Insurance close to naming-rights deal for downtown NFL stadium
- Auburn's Gus Malzahn says he's in no hurry to become a head coach
- End is in sight for Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony
- AEG close to securing naming-rights deal for downtown NFL stadium
- Dwight Howard comments on Hedo Turkoglu's improved conditioning
- Organic vegetables don't have extra nutrients, researchers say
- Happening Saturday
- Dark Passages: New starts and second chances
- Iran confirms arrest of American woman
- Lakers' Matt Barnes has torn knee cartilage, will miss several weeks
- Gabrielle Giffords shooting stirs outpouring of concern and support
- Ryan Villopoto wins supercross season opener
- USC-UCLA basketball showdown could be decided inside
- For the record - Jan. 8, 2011
- Boys' basketball: Brendyn Taylor is playing for Fairfax
- Boys' basketball: Guerrero keeps scoring for St. John Bosco
- TCA Press Tour 2011: From Kate Winslet to Pee-wee Herman
- Consumer Electronics Show: Pogoplug puts a cloud in your house
- Kings Coach Terry Murray still unhappy with Marco Sturm
- History Network pulls plug on Kennedy miniseries
- Prairie dogs go missing from Columbus Zoo
- TCA Press Tour 2011: 'Game of Thrones' will bring winter to April
- Saturday's Highlights: 'Clash of the Titans' on HBO
- Is using Frodo to create a 'Hobbit'-'LOTR' connection a bad idea?
- Coming Sunday: Expanded health coverage
- Theater review: 'Hair' at the Pantages Theatre
- Consumer Electronics Show: Livio puts Pandora in a new box
- Black Swan Theory: Watch movie. Drink tequila. Then what?
- Cotton Bowl 2011: National Anthem by Little Big Town is sort of an encore performance
- Las Vegas doubles down on luxe shopping
- Consumer Electronics Show: Who's the bigger celebrity, in terms of buzz? (Besides Lady Gaga)
- Music review: Gustavo Dudamel starts off the L.A. Phil year with new beginnings
- NPR: Juan Williams and Ellen Weiss are gone and nobody gains
- Galaxy should forget loaning David Beckham to Tottenham and just sell him outright
- Former Angels pitcher Ryne Duren dies at 81
- State controller to legislators: Don't 'hope for a miracle'
- Jane Krakowski of '30 Rock' is pregnant
- Performance review: Sutton Foster at the Orange County Performing Arts Center
- Consumer Electronics Show: USC group helps shape future of entertainment
- 13 MLA panels we missed
- Opinion: Obama State Department deletes 'Mother, 'Father' from forms for more correct 'Parent One, 'Parent Two'
- Consumer Electronics Show: Competing visions of interactive TV from Yahoo and Vualla
- Disney still flogging away at its 'Toy Story 3' best picture campaign
- Raven-Symone's weight loss: Is that hot or what?
- Consumer Electronics Show: Thermal imaging for the masses
- Fun with year-end sales numbers: Death to the '80s, indies rule and rap takes a step forward
- Ted Williams stays up 'Late Night' with Jimmy Fallon
- Blake Griffin's top 10 dunks
- Currently Coveting: Convertible Kicks
- TCA Press Tour 2011: Starz continues plans for Season 2 of 'Spartacus' without lead Andy Whitfield
- Opinion: United Teachers Los Angeles dukes it out with Mayor Villaraigosa over education reform
- Critical Mass: 'Season of the Witch'
- Most college bowl games are tackled for a loss
- Knott's Berry Farm to relocate WindSeeker thrill ride, delaying launch
- $15 million in California tax refunds waiting to be claimed
- Consumer Electronics Show: General Motors goes green with EN-V
- Weekend Talk Shows
- James Franco's 'Maybe I'm just gay' -- and why we love it
- Kings expect Ponikarovsky, Mitchell to return Saturday
- Would 'The Three Stooges' work better or worse with younger, less prestigious actors?
- 'Thurgood,' starring Laurence Fishburne, coming to HBO in February
- Film commissioners in New Mexico and Ohio leave as new administrations take over
- SUDAN: Referendum might mark birth of a new nation, though fear of violence looms
- Raven-Symoné isn't wild about the weight-loss attention
- KCET-TV's ratings plunge 50% in first week after PBS exit
- Lip Service: New gloss sticks for spring
- LEBANON: Game over for Beirut's famous Gemmayzeh Cafe
- Consumer Electronics Show: Pens that read
- Massachusetts high court slaps Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank over improper foreclosures
- Britney Spears set to debut comeback single 'Hold It Against Me' Tuesday
- Consumer Electronics Show: Around the Web
- Obama completes his new economic team with additional appointments
- Fox News' Tucker Carlson enters Charles Barkley's doghouse: 'He's a nobody!'
- 'Jersey Shore' delivers MTV record of 8.4 million viewers in Season 3 premiere
- Florida wildlife experts say mysterious orange alligator must be dyed
- Girls' basketball: View Park will play Narbonne in tournament championship
- Murder? Madness? Hamlet will get his day in court before Justice Kennedy
- Consumer Electronics Show: Gesture recognition heats up
- Bill O'Reilly to interview President Obama on Super Bowl Sunday
- Consumer Electronics Show: LG reinvents the chalkboard
- TCA Press Tour 2011: A&E's 'Breakout Kings' should warm hearts of 'Prison Break' fans
- TV THIS WEEK: Jan. 9 - 15
- Consumer Electronics Show: Through the eyes of booth babes
- What are people reading this Friday?
- Hungry Girl is trading the computer screen for the TV screen
- Times is bringing back Bridge column
- Consumer Electronics Show: Ford Focus electric vehicle revealed with smart-phone apps
- Balenciaga taps L.A.'s Katherine Ross
- Older unemployed workers still suffering, jobs numbers show
- Colombian cellphone company cancels puppy raffle after PETA protests
- John Edwards engaged to Rielle Hunter? His camp says no
- Opinion: Beltway forecast: The new congressional session will be rife with animated confrontation and graphic violence
- Weekend Shopping: Trunk shows for Dior, Juicy Couture and Cerrera eyewear; sales from Hilary Rush and Judith Ripka
- Stocks slip, bond yields fall after weak jobs report
- Director Ed Burns casts his vote in favor of Comcast-NBC Universal merger
- Party remix for a Friday: Señor Coconut reworks Tom Tom Club's 'Genius of Love'
- Ted Williams copes with sudden fame, considers job offer
- The new Broad and BCAM: Where have we seen that before?
- The Project: Neapolitan-style ragu
- Consumer Electronics Show: Gorilla Glass strengthens mobile device screens
- AMC brings back 'Mad Men,' 'Breaking Bad,' sets a date for 'The Killing'
- Girls' basketball: The Samuelson sisters combine for 54 points in league opener
- Consumer Confidential: GM goes wireless, gas goes Loko, tamales are recalled
- Consumer Electronics Show: Sphero, a toy ball driven by smart phone or tablet
- Don't call Rebecca Minkoff's military-inspired men's accessories 'murses'
- HBO picks up new comedy 'Girls,' from Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow
- Vince Vaughn, pregnant Jennifer Connelly at 'The Dilemma' premiere
- If tablets are the talk of Consumer Electronics Show, wherefore ebooks?