World & Nation
A 109-year-old veteran of the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion, believed to be the United States’ oldest serviceman, died Thursday at the age of 109, officials said.
Dec. 8, 1985
National Briefing
March 18, 2010
Sports
The Ducks on Monday sent center Saku Koivu and goalie Viktor Fasth home to Anaheim for evaluation and treatment of their injuries.
Oct. 28, 2013
Hearing: Two oversight offices are created to monitor research, House panel probing West L.A. facility is told.
April 22, 1999
Business
GTE Government Systems Corp. of Thousand Oaks won an $18-million contract from Rome Laboratory in Rome, N.Y., for imagery exploitation support system. * Litton Systems Inc. of Woodland Hills won a $4.5-million contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center in Patuxent River, Md., for carrier inertial navigation systems and technical data, and a $4.4-million contract from the Navy in Philadelphia for mode selector units. * Sergent’s Mechanical Systems Inc. of Oxnard won two $786,000 contracts from the Army Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles, one for building repairs and the other for property maintenance and repair. * Intertex General Contractors Inc. of Valencia won a $1.4-million contract from Engineering Field Activity West in San Bruno for architectural and engineering services. * Trusco Tank Inc. of Laguna Hills was awarded a $502,837 contract from Ventura County to build Tierra Rejada Reservoir just west of the Moorpark Freeway in the Carlsberg development in Moorpark.
May 27, 1997
Science & Medicine
Over the past three decades, the selection and screening of organs for transplant has had an element of trial and error.
Oct. 25, 1993
Nation Now
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Oct. 28, 2009
Entertainment & Arts
Henry Holt, a conductor and music educator who began his opera career in Los Angeles and gained international fame for conducting Wagner’s “Ring” cycle in Seattle, has died.
Oct. 7, 1997
The Defense Department last week also identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq: * Bradley T.
Nov. 28, 2004
California
After adding more California military installations to its review list, the federal base-closing commission will travel to San Diego early next month to hold a new round of regional hearings, according to a commission source.
May 25, 1993