- U.S.-Saudi rivalry intensifies
- Army Spc. Preston J. Dennis, 23, Redding; killed in explosion in Afghanistan
- Villaraigosa to lead national group of mayors
- Cotton that's kinder to the planet
- KEEPING IT LOCAL
- Should food irradiation return to the table?
- Nutritionist Anita Jones-Mueller has a lot on her plate
- Precious solitude
- Tyler Chatwood helps Angels with arm and bat
- MMA coach Mike Van Arsdale lends training tips in a live web chat
- This check does please: L.A. County receives $10,000 from anonymous donor
- Travel: Films & programs
- Cameron Diaz feels good about 'Bad'
- Steampunk culture full speed ahead
- University's purpose
- Listing details: 2630 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles
- Book calendar events for the week of June 19, 2011
- Libya blames apartment bombing on NATO
- Virginia Fields dies at 58; scholar of early Mesoamerican art, archaeology at LACMA
- Book Review: 'Down From Cascom Mountain' by Ann Joslin Williams
- Planning your trip to Crestone, Colo.
- Heinz expects to see growth in emerging markets
- Serena Williams eager to put injuries behind her at Wimbledon
- Hotel recommendation in Killarney, Ireland
- Info: Mañana Forever, Mexico and the Mexicans By Jorge G. Castañeda
- Hate-crime arrests in Azusa evoke memories of attacks years ago
- Iran sanctions need work, some in Israel say
- Top-ranked Luke Donald welcomes a break after a tough U.S. Open
- Obama: Pursuing a white agenda?
- Jewelers turn buttons and bone into objects of beauty
- PASSED TIME
- Ex-British envoy sees war as wrong focus in Afghanistan
- Your Scene: Hampton Court Palace in greater London
- Tyler Chatwood pitches seven scoreless innings in Angels' win over Mets
- Payroll tax cuts rob the poor to feed the rich
- Time for a football stadium deal
- Namaste Farms puts a different spin on yarn
- Home of the Week: Van Griffith estate in Los Feliz
- Shopping: Goorin Bros. hat shop goes old school on Larchmont
- Fabrics at a glance
- How long should car be kept before replacing it?
- Drug war: One cartel falls, another rises
- Clarence Clemons dies at 69; saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
- Managers can adapt to teen employees
- Mexico launches high-profile crackdown on lower-grade crime
- No sign of deals at golf summit
- On the Spot: Advice for women planning to visit Turkey
- 100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 66
- Haren has a rare off night
- Not Just For Kids: 'Anya's Ghost'
- Gene Simmons: 'I do rock-star stuff, I'm not a plumber'
- A musical gumbo rich in Southern flavors
- Discoveries
- Sparks rout the Storm, 74-50, with balanced attack
- Congress turns bill titles into acts of exaggeration
- Critic's Notebook: Ears and eyes on Jon Benjamin
- The evolution of fatherhood
- Crystal Cathedral's tale of two ministries
- Critic's Notebook: Woody Allen, Terrence Malick engage in architectural nostalgia
- TV This Week
- Planning your trip to the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, N.M.
- Planning your trip to Yosemite's High Sierra Camps
- New on DVD: 'Cedar Rapids,' 'The Adjustment Bureau' and more
- Book review: 'The Hair of Harold Roux' by Thomas Williams
- From up here, there's no easy shot for these golfers
- The great shift from farm to city
- Up next for Sparks: Sunday vs. Seattle
- Proposal to reduce Costa Mesa police force puts city at risk, chief warns
- Ankle transplant surgery gave former baseball star Robin Ventura a new lease on life
- Federal substance-abuse agencies lumber toward a merger
- Details on California's dog-friendly B&Bs
- Helping seniors live at home longer
- Scene & Heard: Chrysalis Butterfly Ball
- This month's Money Makeover: Details
- War casualties
- European teams get wallets out
- Man who claimed to have Shaquille O'Neal sex tape testifies about his alleged kidnapping
- Fatah, Hamas delay unity talks
- Dodgers' Javy Guerra responds in a pressure situation
- U.S. advances in Gold Cup play with 2-0 victory over Jamaica
- Eric Whitacre soars beyond world of choral music
- Dogs find a welcome spot at California B
- CBS News' Jim Axelrod: What I learned about life from my dad
- Medical bill collection accounts may be depressing loan applicants' credit scores
- Theme park designers draw steady work in Asia
- Beyond cotton: Which alternative fabrics are eco-friendly?
- Prosecutors probe water district's payments for spouses' meals
- Santa Clarita woman's body found in Angeles National Forest
- Travel: Letters to the editor
- 'For the Love of Three Horses'
- Eccentrics, dreamers and seekers flock to Crestone, Colo.
- Bookmarks: 'American Veda' by Philip Goldberg
- Guitarist Julian Lage finds 'the common denominator'
- The Siren's Call: Doubt and faith
- Yosemite's back-country hikers have seen the light
- Unconventional ways to impress at the Craft and Folk Art Museum
- Cultural Exchange: Colombian authors consider their country's violence
- Underrated / Overrated
- Q&A with Peter Facinelli
- Upon further review, Dan Patrick does it his way
- '<i>Mañana</i> Forever?' by Jorge Castañeda
- Rally urges end to war on drugs
- Roger Federer returns to his Wimbledon comfort zone, and his pursuit of history
- Web Buzz: Sun and style on Beachtomato.com
- Hiroki Kuroda gets Dodgers on the way to 1-0 win over Astros
- South Korean pastor tends an unwanted flock
- Book review: 'Embassytown' by China Miéville
- Horoscope: June 19
- Unsuspecting extras go down in film history
- After two decades, time for couple to stop living day to day
- Fashion's defiant turn
- U.S. has contacted Taliban about an Afghan peace deal
- Effort to tie North Carolina shipwreck to pirate Blackbeard advances
- Ex-British envoy sees war as wrong focus in Afghanistan
- Rory McIlroy could be golf's next superstar, without the baggage
- Roswell UFO museum's fascinating space
- Travel calendar
- Book Review: 'The President and the Assassin' by Scott Miller
- Buzzing over the bees' plight
- Animated -- and driven
- For the record - June 19, 2011
- Dodgers drop fifth consecutive game; Rod Barajas leaves game with sprained ankle
- Baseball: Bowdien Derby is impressive for South
- Rookie Dylan Lupton sweeps twin NASCAR Late Model races at Irwindale
- Milan Fashion Week: Burberry Prorsum sends a raft of raffia down the runway
- Milan Fashion Week: John Varvatos strikes a chord with dusty duds and hand-painted roses
- Football: Long Beach Poly dominates in winning Saugus tourney
- Opinion: Father's Day proclamation by President Obama
- Say it ain't so: Now even starting pitching is letting Dodgers down
- Julie Taymor talks about 'Spider-Man' at Theatre Communications Group conference
- Los Angeles Film Festival: As buzz builds for 'Drive,' Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Refn contemplate a different genre
- Clarence Clemons is dead; Springsteen's 'Big Man' was 69
- David Arquette helps Habitat for Humanity -- before celebrating Coco's birthday
- Strikeforce live results: Overeem vs. Werdum
- E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons dies at 69
- Dan Haren suffers worst start of the season in Angels' 6-1 loss to Mets
- Bristol Palin memoir: She lost her virginity after too many wine coolers; Levi Johnston is a lying, cheating gnat
- Don Drysdale's youngest can really hit -- all the notes
- Live review: U2 at Angel Stadium
- Opinion: Ticket pic of the week: Here's one Obama who's shovel-ready
- Tom Cruise tweets shirtless 'Rock of Ages' photo
- Baseball: Clark, Kriske lead South to 7-2 win over North
- Opinion: Golf summit goes great: Bosses Obama and Boehner beat Biden and Kasich
- Peter Bourjos not in lineup for Angels' game against Mets
- Milan Fashion Week: Nothin' but net for Dolce & Gabbana
- Opinion: Ron Paul, yes, Ron Paul wins another straw poll; grass-roots surge for the Republican?
- Opinion: Sunday shows: Gates, Graham, Durbin, Lugar, Rogers
- Milan Fashion Week: Zegna takes a silky, sunbleached stroll on the sand
- A musical 'Twist' (as in Oliver), up next at the Pasadena Playhouse
- 'Drive' movie premiere: Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks get bloody, dreamy
- Milan Fashion Week: Jimmy Choo SS12
- 'Against All Enemies': A Tom Clancy summer
- JORDAN: Press freedom group condemns club-wielding mob's raid on news agency
- <b>PHOTOS:</b> Poker-playing model Ebony Kenney
- Li Na, French Open champion. Wimbledon next?
- Football: Westlake, LB Poly are the teams to beat
- Jazz guitar prodigy Julian Lage
- Jamie Oliver: 'Food Revolution' goes to the lunch ladies for support
- Novak Djokovic interviewed by Caroline Wozniacki
- Are Dodgers finally feeling the weight of ownership chaos?
- Football: Fairfax begins construction on new facilities
- <b>PHOTOS:</b> 'America's Next Top Model' auditions
- You do know tomorrow is Father's Day, right? Fire up the BBQ
- Kora jewelry creates a collection from unexpected objects
- FBI looking for weight-loss doctor charged with fraud
- Retail roundup: Borders bankruptcy update, J.C. Penney hires Apple exec as its new CEO, BJ's gets buyout offer, Costco workers win lottery
- Critic's Notebook: A midyear look at some of the best music of 2011 (so far)
- L.A.'s most colorful house? Owner Nely Galán, artist Patssi Valdez paint personality onto canal compound
- Seed Library of Los Angeles, sharing free plants and protecting personal food supplies
- Opinion: Weekly remarks: GOP's John Hoeven says trade pacts would spur new jobs; Obama salutes Father's Day
- PASSINGS: William S. Aiken Jr.
- Was Jon Huntsman campaigning while he was still ambassador?
- Zsa Zsa Gabor's Bel-Air home is for sale
- Larry 'Wild Man' Fischer dies at 66; vagabond singer made albums with Frank Zappa
- Zsa Zsa Gabor's Bel-Air home is for sale
- Glendale may slash $4 million in city services
- Quick Takes: Susan Boyle, the musical
- Television review: 'Outcasts'
- Government alters deportation program
- Off-roaders and Marines in contention for rugged desert
- Brown's budget veto won't break political deadlock
- Disconnected
- New details on bid to dissolve Vernon released
- Community has been the focus for this South L.A. health center
- Angels' minor league report
- Four days, alone, with the son-in-law? A good time is in the bag
- L.A. money manager Oaktree Capital plans IPO
- Silicon Valley status symbols emphasize mind over material
- L.A. delays decision on red-light cameras
- Black holes dating to the early universe
- Horoscope: June 18
- Tone down Pakistan rhetoric
- Blind Luck rallies from last to win Vanity Handicap
- For Robert Gates, caring for troops was job No. 1
- 100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 65
- Seeds of hope and change
- Countdown to freedom
- Tips for choosing paint color
- 'Come Fly with Me' info
- Happening Saturday
- It's all but over for Rory McIlroy … again
- From the street to the screen
- Shane McMahon looking to make his mark with China venture
- Jerry Brown warns GOP legislators he may go around them on budget
- Dodgers' minor league report
- Zena Edosomwan, Harvard-Westlake's basketball standout, gets serious recruiting attention
- United Airlines waives fees for travelers who were stranded due to computer glitch
- Panelists: The six fanatics who expressed views on how to improve baseball
- Here we go again! John Isner, Nicolas Mahut to face off at Wimbledon
- Wasserman Foundation donates $1 million to L.A. Unified
- Dodgers' Juan Uribe looks for consistency
- Venice home's artful burst of color
- Suicide bombers kill 9 at Kabul police station
- California employers drop 29,200 jobs in May
- Chinese naval maneuvers seen as warning to Vietnam
- United Airlines faces FAA fine over drug testing
- Kurt Busch wins NASCAR Sprint Cup pole again
- Mike Brown and Kobe Bryant are just fine, thanks
- Egypt's political groups deserve a level playing field
- Schwarzenegger's popularity among voters continues to slide
- Up next for Chivas USA: Saturday vs. Dallas
- Janice Hahn files FEC complaint over offensive video
- Worst comes to worse for Dodgers
- Minnesota Twins show some pluck in June after dismal start to season
- PASSINGS: William S. Aiken Jr.
- Saturday's TV highlights
- Skin cancer risk while driving in the car? Slather on the sunscreen
- Veterans as students at Stanford; the pros and cons of E-Verify; cutbacks by the city of Costa Mesa Letters
- Outside firm to probe death of Costa Mesa worker
- On the Media: 'Page One' can be read different ways
- U.S. halts new applications for waivers on health coverage rule
- Cable channels pull in more ad revenue
- Was Jon Huntsman campaigning while he was still ambassador?
- Newly healthy Chivas USA takes on FC Dallas
- Belgium honors Battle of the Bulge veteran
- Cancer deaths and education: Exploring the link
- Up next for the Galaxy: Saturday at Colorado
- Mexico says leader in kidnapping, killing of 72 migrants arrested
- The best and worst closers in baseball
- Caltrans-owned homes get costly new roofs
- Silicon Valley status symbols emphasize mind over material
- Color drama: Wild paint colors and the neighbor who hates them
- Gearing up for more fun in the snow and sun
- Tim Rutten: No turning back in California budget mess
- Trial in sweat lodge deaths nears conclusion
- Spotify's U.S. debut looks harder as music services proliferate
- 18 accused of defrauding indie-film investors
- Angels' Peter Bourjos held out of Saturday lineup against Mets
- MLB teams look internationally for big league talent
- Maria Sharapova says a 2011 Wimbledon win would be biggest Grand Slam of her career
- Defending <i>all</i> marriages
- Television review: 'Come Fly With Me'
- Supreme Court heads into final two weeks
- Easy does it, at U.S. Open, players say
- Fabricio Werdum out to prove he's no one-hit MMA wonder
- 'Outcasts' info
- Larry 'Wild Man' Fischer dies at 66; vagabond singer made albums with Frank Zappa
- Saudi women get in the driver's seat to defy ban
- Cirque du Soleil has a Kodak (Theatre) moment during sneak preview of new show 'Iris'
- Confusion proves costly for Chivas USA
- Baseball whispers: Hanley Ramirez supports Florida Manager Edwin Rodriguez
- Pro-Kadafi rally brings throngs to Tripoli's Green Square
- Mexico rallies and reaches Gold Cup semifinals
- Index of leading economic indicators rises 0.8%, higher than expected
- Morocco's king proposes constitutional reforms
- Alatorre asked to explain payments from developer now under scrutiny in fraud case
- South Bay beaches hit by swarms of kelp flies
- Thanks, Dad, for all you do, including being a guinea pig
- Was Jon Huntsman campaigning while he was still ambassador?
- More Fed stimulus? Don't count on it
- Travel gear: Ballistic JetCart bag comes with built-in seat
- Nic Harcourt: KCRW misrepresented my departure
- Weekend TV talk shows
- Dodgers just keep sinking lower in 7-0 loss to Houston
- For the record - June 18, 2011
- Santa Anita Derby winner Midnight Interlude wins in turf debut
- Dodgers flirt with some bad history after 7-3 loss to lowly Astros
- Alleged LulzSec chat posted online, features Rebecca Black 'Friday' parody
- Football: New faces create excitement
- Saturday's Highlights: 'The Inbetweeners' on BBC America
- Two-way play of Peter Bourjos leads Angels to 4-3 win over Mets
- Opinion: Immigration: Feds agree Secure Communities needs fixing
- Jack Black, dramatic actor?
- The Dry Garden: A tour of Park Nobel's cactus garden
- Opinion: Alabama's harsh immigration reform law
- Boys' basketball: Dwayne Polee Jr. will transfer to San Diego State
- Pulse news app raises $9 million in funding, passes 4 million downloads
- So much for Frank McCourt's promise to MLB that all up front TV money would go to team
- The L.A. Times' Battle of the Burgers: We picked our five favorites
- Band of Outsiders presents spring 2012 collections in Florence
- Joe Manganiello, Chris Bauer, AnnaLynne McCord and more turn out for Joseph Abboud's first watch collection
- Opinion: Sarah Palin questions report that she will decide about presidency next week
- Opinion: Escalation in Libya war dispute: Boehner says Obama's no-hostilities claim 'defies rational thought'
- Phyllis Gebauer, who made significant Thomas Pynchon donation, has died
- Critical Mass: 'Green Lantern' takes critics to blackest night
- Opinion: Kids selling lemonade fined $500 for not having permit on Thursday are allowed to sell again on Friday
- Photos: 'Ex Libris: The Art of Bookplates'
- Oil company sued over Santa Barbara spills
- California farmers paid to protect tricolored blackbirds
- A look at the U2 360 stage