California
A Los Angeles broker who sold more than $1.5 million in fraudulent diamond and money market schemes while working for a Costa Mesa boiler-room operation was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison.
Dec. 17, 1987
Business
Will AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney become the John L.
Nov. 3, 1996
Politics
In a sharp setback for combative Minority Whip Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and hard-line conservatives, House Republicans on Monday rejected his candidate for the No. 3 leadership post and reelected a moderate Californian, Rep.
Dec. 4, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
The Tony-winning revival of Charles Fuller’s 1981 drama ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ directed by Kenny Leon, arrives at the Ahmanson Theatre with a cast that includes Norm Lewis and Eugene Lee.
May 26, 2023
Books
Once upon a time, there was a man named Mr. Van Nuys . . .
Jan. 16, 2000
I. A.
Aug. 20, 1990
Archives
Lewis Arquette, character actor, comedian and the connecting generation in a long Arquette acting lineage, has died.
Feb. 13, 2001
Police said Camile Lewis, 44, hit a man in the face with a bag that had a laptop in it, causing “a small laceration to the victim’s left check.”
May 27, 2023
In a sharp setback for combative Minority Whip Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and hard-line conservatives, House Republicans Monday rejected his candidate for the No. 3 leadership post and reelected a moderate Californian, Rep.
Sports
Welcome to a make-or-break weekend in Vegas, where the computer geeks are clearing out for the boxing freaks and a building-sized Britney Spears watches over you, and a current, not former, heavyweight champion greets you at the hotel, and if someone offers you odds on the total sightings of Don King and/or any Maloof brother, bet the over.
Nov. 17, 2001