- Architecture: Star architects emerge, but even they find limits
- Live blog: Crenshaw vs. Concord De La Salle
- Girls' Basketball: Saturday Nike Tournament of Champions Update
- Football: De'Anthony Thomas is putting on a show
- Boys' basketball: Notre Dame keeps winning
- Football: Servite kicker is the hero in victory
- Sunday's Highlights: 'The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty' continues on A & E
- Football: Where's the Crenshaw Nation?
- Live blog: Servite vs. Rocklin
- Clippers vs. 76ers: Update
- James Cameron nearly died while filming 'The Abyss'
- Clippers in-game report
- Lakers vs. Nets: In-Game report
- Opening the vault: The Top 12 recipes of 1985
- Bad week for Lil Wayne: Law dog smells drugs, sentencing date set, 'Rebirth' released too soon
- Jackson sounds like he's on fence about his future
- Boys' basketball: Campbell Hall-Taft matchup looming
- Ducks defeat Phoenix, 4-2, at Honda Center
- USC Men's Basketball: Trojans upset No. 9 Tennessee, 77-55
- The Top 12 recipes of 1987
- Opinion: While you shop, Congress talks: Healthcare comments here from Boehner, Obama, Steele, others
- Now you can try the citrus family's 'caviar'
- Ducks after two: Ducks 3, Phoenix 1
- Snow removal crew at M&T Bank stadium
- USC men's basketball: Trojans lead No. 9 Tennessee 33-20 at halftime
- Amy Winehouse's ex-husband says he's also going to be her next husband
- Wild ride, open ending in Copenhagen
- Live blog: Gardena Serra vs. Marin Catholic
- Gifts for cooks: 'The Way to Cook'
- Dan O'Bannon and the story of 'Alien'
- Opening Sunday: Rimowa in Beverly Hills
- Ducks after one: Ducks 1, Phoenix 0
- USC men's basketball: Tennessee pregame
- Music review: Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' at Disney Concert Hall
- Football: La Habra running back picks BYU
- Joe McKnight story was 'rushed,' Santa Monica businessman says
- Girls' basketball: Friday highlights from the Nike Tournament of Champions
- 'Backyard' ('El Traspatio'): Mexico's Academy Award entry for foreign-language films
- Senate resumes healthcare debate after read-a-thon ends
- Brian Kelly meets Notre Dame fans
- UCLA basketball: Halftime report from Notre Dame
- Opinion: Sunday shows: Alexander, Durbin, Snowe, Bloomberg
- TV This Week: December 20 - 26
- 'Contradictions' keep Grammy Award-winning singer Ramon Ayala in police custody in Mexico
- Football: Another day, another coach resignation
- Theater review: 'Absinthe, Opium and Magic' at Art/Works Theatre
- Theater review: 'Italian American Reconciliation' at Ruskin Group Theatre
- Theater review: 'Women Behind Bars' at Celebration Theatre
- Obama's politics of hope inform healthcare, climate change efforts
- UCLA basketball: Drew Gordon update
- A perfect day for football at Home Depot Center
- King family special plays on
- Reviewing the decade in the arts
- Which celebrities' fashion trends do you hope end with 2009?
- 'Survivor': Shambo dishes on Russell, the chickens and her infamous mullet
- Snow shutters D.C., doesn't stop politics
- Art review: Kristin Morgin at Marc Selwyn Gallery
- CBO report gives all sides ammunition in healthcare debate
- 'Dollhouse': Victor's 'Stop Loss' and somebody's in 'The Attic'
- Art review: Nathaniel de Large at Cirrus Gallery
- Boys' basketball: Friday's scores
- Girls' basketball: Friday scores
- 'Clash of the Titans' done shooting? That's a myth
- The decade in reading: How bad is it?
- Saturday's TV highlights: Wrestlers entertain the troops on NBC
- Best of 2009 - Kenneth Turan
- The Deal: 30% off almost everything at SMMoA's Gracie shop
- Dodgers: an addition and a departure
- Nick Cannon plays race car driver in an Audi R8
- Boys' basketball: Calabasas makes a statement
- ISRAEL: Gilad Shalit talks said to be at key juncture -- again, or still
- Tree of the Week: Ubiquitous oleander seems to thrive on neglect
- Does Disney's Abe Lincoln honestly sound like the original?
- Opinion: Did Obama give Wen Jiabao another wow bow?
- Opinion: Weekly remarks: McCain sees more healthcare costs, new taxes, Obama sees evil insurers fighting reform
- Recording family histories before it's too late
- 'The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story'
- A protege's perspective of Tony Duquette
- City may renew LAX cab agency's contract despite critical audit
- Keeping control of classrooms; the lessons of a cyber-bullying case; an interview with atheist Bobbie Kirkhart
- Up next for Clippers: Saturday at Philadelphia
- Dave Matthews Band rocks to the top in concert revenue
- Horoscope for Dec. 19
- Decorating books: something for everyone
- Climate deal fails to lift delegates' mood
- Dan O'Bannon dies at 63; screenwriter of 'Alien'
- Backdating stock options, and the law
- Timeout with 'Doctor Who's' David Tennant
- Climate summit ends with major questions: 'Breakthrough' or 'cop-out'?
- Afghan Cabinet to retain ministers favored by West -- and notorious ex-warlord
- A teen mom hopes to overcome her violent past
- Santa Monica man arrested in alleged murder plot
- 76ers end Celtics' win streak at 11 games
- Behind scenes of 2010 Rose Parade
- Recording family histories before it's too late
- The NCAA and USC
- A protege's perspective of Tony Duquette
- Moving against movie piracy
- Duson in Silver Lake mixes it up, in a good way
- Electricity ratepayers to benefit from DWP settlement
- Salesman arrested in alleged sexual assault in the Valley
- Google reportedly near deal to buy Yelp
- Top North American tours of the decade 2000-09
- A sorcerer of the big screen
- USC investigating tailback Joe McKnight's use of vehicle
- Southland results
- Holdout Nelson agrees to back healthcare bill
- Avatar: The Game isn't your usual movie tie-in
- 'The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story'
- Lakers, Pau Gasol agree on contract extension; Kobe Bryant next?
- Bail is set at $10 million for LAPD detective accused of murder
- Filming 'El Traspatio' was a death-defying act
- 'Doctor Who' details
- Death of a Mexican drug lord
- More Is More, by Hutton Wilkinson
- Copenhagen by the numbers
- 'Dream House' by Ulysses Grant Dietz and Sam Watters
- Doughnuts a sticky issue in school labor dispute
- Hercule Poirot is back on the case
- Women's AP top 25 results for Friday
- Ted Roberts: Yes, he's Santa Claus
- Oceanside wins Division I state bowl game
- Saturday's bowl games
- Newlywed convicted of throwing his bride off a cliff in Rancho Palos Verdes
- Weekend Talk Shows:
- Up next for Ducks: Saturday vs. Phoenix
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Clippers slip and fall in the Garden
- Up next for UCLA: Saturday at Notre Dame
- Cirque du Soleil putting together its Hollywood show
- French court shuts down Google Books project
- USC's T.J. Bryant makes case for Emerald Bowl start
- Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies
- Up next for Lakers: Saturday at New Jersey
- Saboteur is a racy imitator of other action-adventure series
- Previews of Saturday's prep football state championship games
- 'The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story'
- Joyful, all ye relations arrive
- 76ers end Celtics' win streak at 11 games
- Unhappy holidays in a partisan Senate
- Villanova defeats Montana for FCS title
- Bruins' inexperience is showing
- Southwest Airlines' 'bags fly free' strategy pays off
- U.S. prosecution links drugs to terrorism
- Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby-sized hopes for Lookin At Lucky
- Suicide bomber hits Pakistani mosque, killing 11
- Iran tries to ease worries over missile test
- News about the news
- GM to close Saab after sale talks fail
- Letters
- Abortion deal in sight in Senate healthcare negotiations
- Another sponsor pulls back from Tiger Woods
- Summit alters the climate in Copenhagen
- Senate healthcare bill poised for passage by Christmas
- Orange County Courthouse tree survives a challenge
- Defense bill clears key Senate hurdle
- Bamboo crock pot popular in Southland
- A dark Arctic tale set after the ice melts
- Long Beach development director demoted after scandal with lobbyist
- Owen Dell: The 'sustainable' drillmaster
- First Federal Bank of California and Imperial Capital Bank of La Jolla closed
- Top five investing lessons of 2009
- Saturday's Highlights
- L.A.-area movie ranch hits upon a sequel after fire
- Rolling Green rolls into L.A.
- Business Briefing
- Parents of suspect in Hemet teen's death arrested
- 'Avatar' opening weekend could flake out
- Tribal nature and 'Palestine, New Mexico'
- Up next for USC basketball: Saturday vs. No. 9 Tennessee
- Times beat writer Mike Bresnahan answers readers' questions about the Lakers
- Magazine salesman arrested in sexual assault, home invasion in Valley
- USC's Mike Gerrity to start at point guard against Tennessee
- L.A. city retirements threaten a deep and lasting legacy
- Taking his swings at Tiger Woods
- 'Kid Made Modern' by Todd Oldham
- Napolitano responds to surge of homegrown terrorism cases
- Dodgers continue search for starting pitchers
- Designer Kelly Wearstler has new 'Hue' color book out
- Stanley Tucci will direct 'Lend Me a Tenor' on Broadway
- California's death row grows as death sentences decline nationwide
- Obama hails Copenhagen deal as 'unprecedented breakthrough'
- Men's AP top 25 results for Friday
- 'Hue' by Kelly Wearstler
- No longer the New Orleans Ain'ts
- 'Kid Made Modern' update crafts
- Time Warner customers could lose Fox programming
- A woman in need gives back
- Events happening Saturday
- America's 'Dream House'
- Throw pillows and rugs that add warmth to a room
- California's unemployment rate shrinks - but so do the number of jobs
- Crenshaw and De La Salle: different paths to storybook seasons
- UCLA tackle Jess Ward won't let a little pain stop him
- For the record - Dec. 19, 2009
- Bail is set at $10 million for LAPD detective accused of murder
- The arts see encouraging news in NEA survey
- From the Archives: Ex-security guard convicted in Palmdale parking lot murder
- Family-interviewing tips
- Deluged in toyland
- Samantha Harris sells Westwood home for $1.64 million
- Eye candy: Tar Pit opening shots
- Live blog: Oceanside vs. San Jose Bellarmine Prep
- Copenhagen's lukewarm deal
- Boys' basketball: No. 2 Taft cruises to victory
- Boys' basketball: Verdugo Hills stuns Palisades
- 'Marvin the Martian' prepares for liftoff
- Friday morning at Disney Hall: Vivaldi’s 'Four' at 11
- Czech zoo plans to send rare northern white rhinoceroses to the wild in Africa
- Live blog: Modesto Christian vs. San Diego Parker
- Google ready to buy Yelp?
- News Corp. talks to acquire MGM reach impasse
- Boys' basketball: Crespi wins tournament opener
- 'Avatar' on track for a $25-million-plus Friday, $80-million weekend, but snow is wild card
- That dumb jock might be smarter than he looks
- Events: Psychology-themed programs to PBS in January, February
- Art review: 'The Newest' at Phil
- Faith the two-legged dog to be reunited with rescuer
- The World Health Organization’s Copenhagen pitch on climate change
- Book: Prosecutors were prepared to indict Clintons
- Art review: Cordy Ryman at Mark Moore Gallery
- Joe McKnight's relationship with businessman being investigated by USC
- Huge, toothless, endangered: Can change in dam operations save the Kootenai River white sturgeon?
- Lawmakers in Spanish region of Catalonia consider banning bullfights
- Dodgers: Potential Aaron Harang deal 'all but dead'
- David Kipen's entirely unofficial NEA exit interview
- Monday's Talk Shows: 'Charlie Rose' interviews former Sen. George Mitchell
- Shopping with the stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kellan Lutz and Tori Spelling
- Weight may factor into attitudes about health club workouts
- 'Pan's Labyrinth,' best of the decade?
- Last-minute gifts: Hollywood memorabilia that helps a good cause
- NEA survey shows that the arts have it bad, but sports and movies have it worse
- More brain drain from TCW: Mutual fund chief leaves for new rival DoubleLine
- Shane Sparks, 'America's Best Dance Crew' judge, arrested on suspicion of child molestation
- Shooting 'The Abyss': The day James Cameron nearly died
- Weekend Talk Shows: George Stephanopoulos recalls the year in politics, Saturday on ABC
- Theater review: 'Southern Comfort' at Theatre 40
- PHOTOS: Sentenced to death in L.A. County in 2009
- Santa Fe Springs: Jonathan Gonzalez, 18
- Boyle Heights: Jose Fuentes, 43
- Jewelry designer Michael Spirito debuts a rockin' collection for Sears
- Jefferson Park: Alvaro Mora, 34
- Broadcasters' tough talk with cable is not without risks
- Dionne Parker, 8 months
- Pregnancy could mean court-martial for soldiers in Iraq
- Watts: Rayshawn Boyce, 31
- Tips for Russell Ferguson's next dance routine
- Times coverage: Authorities investigating shooting death of attorney examine 2005 case
- Football: Live blogging from bowl games
- Dan O'Bannon, writer of 'Alien' and 'Total Recall,' dies at 63
- Kings activate Ryan Smyth, assign 4 players to Manchester
- Opinion: 'Meet the Press' comfortably on top of ratings again
- Keira Knightley in 'The Misanthrope' in London: What did the critics think?
- Home prices rise 0.2% in third quarter after two years of depreciation, study says
- Adam Levine, Seth MacFarlane help Brent Bolthouse celebrate his 40th birthday
- Lakers get back to work
- Time Warner customers could be missing Lakers (and much more) soon
- The Dry Garden: New 'Tree Rings' book puts climate change in terms young readers can understand
- Art 2009: Christopher Knight's Top 10
- Rodent of the Week: Chemo disrupts birth of new brain cells
- Landon Donovan signs winter loan deal to Premier League
- Opinion: Poll: Killing, then resurrecting, the 'death tax'
- 'Avatar' midnight ticket sales: $3.5 million
- Divorce in bulk: Jon and Kate Gosselin, Tiger's wife Elin, Beyonce's mom
- MoveOn.org seeks to block Senate healthcare bill
- Palin cuts short vacation after McCain visor flap
- Your morning adorable: Baby South American tapir explores at Switzerland's Zurich Zoo
- A look at the newest digital reader: A pro's take on the Barnes & Noble Nook
- 'Lost' fans get a holiday gift from ABC and DirecTV
- Man charged with stalking Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck
- Get a glue gun and steal this holiday look:<br>Barneys New York's recycled wreath
- A boot-e-ful night at Fred Segal
- Morning Money Links: Dollar bulls run wild; Bill Gross' bond shifts; the food-stamp economy
- Poll finds Pennsylvania's Specter tied with Toomey in U.S. Senate race
- Senior Turner Broadcasting exec Shirley Powell leaving
- Rob Marshall's 'Nine': What did the critics think?
- Football: Big bet on Servite-Rocklin game
- Dodgers complete Juan Pierre trade
- The L.A. Times test-drives e-readers on video
- Boys' basketball: Pangos Dream Classic set for Jan. 9
- Football: Erik Terry takes over at Irvine
- A fight is breaking out among software developers: Web apps or native apps?
- About 1% of U.S. children have autism spectrum disorder, the CDC says
- Football: Top Mission League honor for Marable
- Boys' basketball: Fremont coach gets milestone victory
- Federal spending motivates NFL player's Congress run
- Football: New coach at West Adams
- Football: St. Genevieve coach resigns
- Snoop Dogg plus Martha Stewart plus brownies equals moments of pure televised joy
- D.C. mayor signs gay marriage bill
- 'Avatar' has us blue in the face
- The Deal: Inexpensive garden gifts along Abbot Kinney
- Will the violent death of Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva bring more bloodshed?
- U.S., Russia close to arms treaty
- Opinion: Democrats' 2010 weapon: George W. Bush
- 'The Snow Queen': It's not 'The Nutcracker'
- 'Real Housewives of Orange County': Mad men
- Baby car seat carriers recalled
- Boys' basketball: Thursday's scores
- Girls' basketball: Thursday's scores