Business
Darden Restaurants CEO Clarence Otis Jr. has a lot on his plate
Sept. 26, 2010
Books
One of the odd pleasures of the California desert is the chance discovery of a ruin that harks back to some mysterious habitation of the distant past.
July 29, 1992
World & Nation
A state lawmaker asked for an investigation into the death of Clarence Otis Cole, a black man whose body was found hanging from a tree in northeast Texas this month.
April 27, 2001
Darden Restaurant Inc. has agreed to sell its Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain to San Francisco private equity firm Golden Gate Capital for $2.1 billion, flouting the warnings of some of its shareholders.
May 16, 2014
Darden Restaurants Inc. reported a 29% drop in quarterly earnings Tuesday as a decline in customers hurt sales and food and acquisition costs rose.
Dec. 19, 2007
Darden Restaurants Inc., which operates the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurant chains, said Thursday that it agreed to buy the owner of the LongHorn Steakhouse and Capital Grille chains for about $1.19 billion in cash and notes.
Aug. 17, 2007
The same day that Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants Inc. said it will not bump down existing full-time workers to part-time status to skirt healthcare costs, a petition calling on the company’s chief executive to clarify his position is gaining steam.
Dec. 6, 2012
Petition calls out restaurant execs on ‘Obamacare’ [Google+ Hangout]
California
Long a decaying reminder of a former age’s optimistic elegance, the Higgins Building on the southwest corner of 2nd and Main streets, currently being renovated, stands as one of downtown Los Angeles’ temples of triumph and tragedy.
Oct. 31, 1999
Television
Tonight’s two-hour biographical drama “Darrow” turns on a bloody event that shaped the economic and political history of Los Angeles, consolidated the power of the Los Angeles Times and cost the brilliant Clarence Darrow a devastating setback at the height of his career.
June 5, 1991