- Hector Tobar learns some lessons in Tijuana
- Dodgers acquire Jon Garland and Jim Thome
- JFK's Addison's probably caused by rare autoimmune disease
- Wolf hunting to resume in Idaho if judge doesn't intervene
- Gadgets that used to be cutting-edge
- Daytime Emmys droop to record ratings low on CW
- Recap: 'True Blood' Season 2, Episode 11
- Writers Guild Presidential Candidate John Wells calls out Verrone
- USC's Shareece Wright declared ineligible
- Tuesday's TV Talk Shows: Charlie Rose interviews some high tech king pins.
- Downtown developer sells 77 units in one day at auction
- Despite Wall Street's scorn, speculators don't give much ground
- Kathy Goodman: Better late than never
- Farm animals from Acton sanctuary Animal Acres are evacuated because of Station fire
- The Big Deal: Marvel is Disney's new family brand
- No, Blizzard's DRM doesn't require players to always be online
- Station fire threatens station towers
- Opinion: In Illinois, they're racing the tax man to the bar
- Opinion: Oops. Changed our minds. Save us after all!
- More Southern Californians plan to stay home this Labor Day
- Opinion: Twitter: live news updates and analysis from Michael Muskal
- Robin Benway's favorite storytelling songs
- Gasoline prices hold steady before Labor Day
- Academy to use preferential voting to pick best picture
- Michael Jackson's death ruled a homicide
- Best of Your Scene: Readers' photos of the Southern California wildfires
- America's Next Top Model: Cycle 13 - Meet the Models
- Washington Intelligence Unit
- Odds are USC will be in the hunt for Bowl Championship Series title
- Music review: 'Ask Your Mama!' at the Hollywood Bowl
- You are what you drink: New Yorkers urged to cut back on sugary drinks
- Oh my! A dog birthday party in Angeleno Heights
- Opinion: As nation's schools open, Obama hails black colleges
- Marvel characters tied up in numerous movie, TV, theme park and video game deals
- Street style from the ENK trade show in Las Vegas
- SEC chief sees risk to investors in broker bonus plans
- Brad Penny headed to Giants
- L.A. fires threaten historic Mt. Wilson Observatory
- UCLA football: Dye close to winning safety job
- BBC's Last Night of the Proms coming to Hollywood's Mann Chinese
- Retail medical clinics fine for routine care
- Football: Scholarship should be elementary for Watson
- Sampler Platter: Chrissie Hynde protest scrapped, R.I.P. Sheila Lukins, flavors of Little Saigon and the long-gone Chili Bowl chain
- California homes account for 9 out of 10 of the nation's most-searched-for dwellings
- The Heidi Chronicles, Chapter 47: The dogs of 'Legally Blonde'
- Beach volleyball: Local girls' duo seeks success
- Marvel is a Mickey Mouse operation now
- Quarterback questions abound
- 'Top Chef' Ilan Hall goes downtown with the Gorbals
- Don't look for surge of deals in wake of Disney-Marvel
- Football: Dominguez seeks stability under Donerson
- Question of the day: Who can scare the Yankees?
- Yankees, Dodgers top sabermetrics list.
- Disney's premium for Marvel: Not enough, or too much?
- Domingo tops Villaraigosa, Kobe as L.A.'s preferred lunch date
- Free solar energy information sessions from Southern California Edison
- Baseball: Orange Lutheran infielder commits to UNLV
- Flu prevention messages go 'American Idol'
- IRAQ: Baghdad-Damascus feud heats up again after bombings
- Hybrids' thirst for metal causes mining concerns
- Football: Gane makes incredible comeback at Edison
- UCLA football: Officials monitoring fire, Saturday game still on
- Boys' basketball: King arrives at Mater Dei
- Your morning adorable: Rescued seal pup relaxes by the pool
- Where to score some of that pot culture merchandise
- Football: Birmingham loses Briggs to injury
- Long Beach's Vania King win first-round match at U.S. Open
- Football: St. Bonaventure's Sanchez out for season
- 'We kinda' broke his heart': Ben Stiller on Budd Schulberg and 'Sammy'
- Stephen Strasburg gets the paparazzi treatment
- Acton sanctuaries Shambala and Animal Acres have different strategies for dealing with Station fire
- Monday's TV Highlights: Mickey Rourke is a guest on 'Inside the Actor's Studio'
- Continuum's masterful 33 1/3 series
- Monday's TV Talk Shows: 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' welcomes Rachel Maddow
- Chan Gailey fired by Kansas City Chiefs
- Pacific Symphony offers half-price tickets for entire 2009-10 season
- Mexico's artistic community feels the economic crisis
- S&P warns Mexico on debt rating as oil revenue falls
- Football: Turnovers prove costly to Orange Lutheran
- Kim Clijsters wins at U.S. Open
- Club Monaco's mad men
- Debbie Allen reconnects with 'Fame'
- Planned home births are safe, study says
- Big cat animal preserve in Acton readies for fire
- Auto News Roundup 8-31-09: Porsche non-sports cars to be axed by VW, Penske to close all Canadian Saturn dealers
- Opinion: First Dog Bo sports a new leash. Of course he loves Obama (photos)
- Mexicans take on 'Thriller' dance record and beat it
- Jack Nicklaus is back at the Masters
- Air quality at hazardous levels in foothill cities
- Opinion: Vicki Reggie Kennedy: lawyer, widow, next U.S. senator from Massachusetts?
- All-American Selections: 'Project Runway' for flowers
- Football: Wild fire is creating havoc for St. Francis
- Girls' water polo: UCLA lands top goalie
- Monster Mash: Michael Jackson 'Thriller' event draws thousands; Geffen Playhouse's discount ticket scheme; Meryl Streep monologues
- Viacom hoping the Beatles will change its money-losing ways in video games
- Football: Pullard is ready to provide leadership for Crenshaw
- Opinion: Tom DeLay’s Texas two-step on 'Dancing With the Stars' has critics hissing – first photos
- Football: Orange Lutheran comes up short in Ohio
- Tedy Bruschi to retire
- Sonia's new Play line of smudge-free bath vanities
- Today's poll: Who should be USC's starting quarterback?
- The Morning Fix: Disney buys Marvel; Robinov to be renewed by Warner Bros.; Viacom's Beatle bet; Paris Hilton in Dubai
- 'Please Step Back' and the art of fictional pop
- Disney to acquire Marvel in deal worth $4 billion
- 'Mad Men': 'My Old Kentucky Home'
- Caring for animals amid the flames
- Bush daughter Jenna Hager hired by NBC 'Today' as a Washington-based correspondent
- Industrial 'zombies' could threaten U.S. recovery
- 'America's Best Dance Crew': Heroes, Kings, Monkeys and more
- Opinion: Let felons vote? Dems and GOP (surprise!) disagree (in Wisconsin anyway)
- Kiss My Bundt Bakery's Red velvet cake recipe
- The Deal: Loll modern outdoor furniture
- Hot Property: Baltimore Ravens player sells Calabasas home
- Rock Band abandoning hardware, Guitar Hero focusing on new audiences
- IRAN: Tehran prosecutor 'promoted' into obscurity?
- Geffen Playhouse counts -- and discounts -- on its stars
- <b>Pictures:</b> Britney Spears over the years
- Opinion: Hey, Keith. Here's what pals say while you sleep
- Barbara Lauwers Podoski dies at 95; launched psychological campaign against Germans in WWII
- Geffen Playhouse addresses money blues
- Actress Leslie Kim buys West Hollywood condo for $1,485,000
- Crazy 'death panel' claims? Thank Roe vs. Wade
- 'Hell' by Robert Olen Butler
- Cancer tests are priceless
- For newspapers, outlook is not black and white
- Dissecting Democrats' healthcare bills
- Scientists explore garbage patch
- Residents defy orders to evacuate
- The CIA's black sites, illuminated
- It's been 2 years without a game for quarterback Kevin Prince
- On the fly, Kemp shows sky's the limit
- Meet the only man to pinch-hit for Ted Williams
- Money blues at Geffen theater
- Streisand unchains melodies
- A wee Scottish, a wee Jewish
- It's Chula Vista as the champion
- Music to their ears?
- Firefighting not hurt by state budget cuts -- so far
- 500 groups urge Obama to halt immigration police program
- Letters to the editor
- Scott Kazmir admires Angels' commitment to winning
- Slocum wins Barclays
- When speech arouses boycotts
- McCabe gives KAMP a lift
- Cheney lashes out at Obama administration
- Bad air, closed schools and busy animal shelters
- Ban on interstate business may be relaxed
- Hunting for psyllids in Echo Park
- Darfur the intractable
- Cutler, Bears win in Denver
- Moving here 'because they can'
- John Lackey earns 100th victory with Angels
- Goal for this season: Make every game count
- Sparks' energy levels off, but they still finish off Sun
- Kobe Bryant's no different in NBA 2K10
- Brain may read sugar substitutes
- Even angels need help
- KNBC tops local Emmys competition
- A night of giggles and pot
- Giants top Rockies; wild-card race tied
- Rancho Verde's Ronald Powell is a jack of many positions
- Cancer tests are priceless
- US--WallStreet-WeekAh
- Northrop Grumman to spend $21 million on San Gabriel Valley water cleanup
- This small piece of black history is still standing
- Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert indicted on corruption charges
- The new nabobs of negativity
- Spotlight is placed on other receivers
- Long road to a convention
- That's one hell of an afterlife
- Dodgers defeat the Reds in 12 innings
- At U.S. Open, it's all about the Williams sisters, as usual
- HEY, SWEETIE
- Horror movies in 3-D are a hit
- Exploring America's spiritual mysteries
- Minnesota defeats Texas, 5-3
- Dodgers trade for Belliard to fill utility role
- Straight approach
- Officer shot after traffic stop
- Battleship Missouri to get a $15-million makeover
- Suicide bomber kills 15 police trainees in Pakistan
- They get back to the glorious grind
- Arizona pitcher Qualls injured in win over Astros
- Daytime's big night
- Polls apart
- Chris Dufresne's preseason top 25: No. 4 USC
- Review: 'The Final Destination'
- Mexico museums exhibit stress
- OSS operative undermined German morale in WWII
- An American success story
- Byrd is sharp in first start in nearly a year
- 2 firefighters die, 18 homes burn
- How does Usain Bolt do it?
- Census outreach is key in L.A.
- Waiting to bid a dynasty goodbye
- Jeff Bridges makes 'The Open Road' worth the trip
- Much at stake in Mt. Wilson fight
- Raikkonen wins in Belgium again
- Staging area for success in Iraq
- Discovery and space station rendezvous
- Japanese voters reject longtime ruling party
- Thousands of Myanmar refugees stream into China
- Honduras' coup must not stand
- Taylor Mays is already USC's comeback player of year
- Favre hasn't conquered all the Vikings
- NATIONAL BRIEFING
- This week, 'Fringe' and 'Glee' will be all a-Twitter
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING
- NATIONAL BRIEFING
- HIGH SCHOOLS
- NATIONAL BRIEFING
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING
- WORLD BRIEFING
- CONCERT REVIEWS
- Multi-taskers prone to distraction
- A use for kudzu
- 'Wait and see' gains ground
- Hope's potent tonic
- 'Halloween II'
- Medical testing in your home
- Follow directions on home test kits
- SAG looks to end discord
- Bush's daughter gets a new job on 'Today'
- WORLD BRIEFING
- WORLD BRIEFING
- PASSINGS
- WORLD BRIEFING
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING
- WORLD BRIEFING
- LETTERS
- NATIONAL BRIEFING
- LETTERS
- WORLD BRIEFING
- WORLD BRIEFING
- Here's Liza to a T
- Richard Moore dies at 83; cinematographer and co-founder of Panavision
- PASSINGS: Beryl W. Sprinkel, Richard Hamtok Pae
- 8 killed at street party in Mexico
- 'Entourage': Crash and burned
- Nick Joanides wins NASCAR Whelen All-American California State Championship
- Fox goes tweet, tweet, tweet on your TV screen during reruns of 'Fringe' and 'Glee'
- Opinion: What the Blazes? No KFWB Out There Eating Smoke
- Kings' Hockey Fest: Wrapping up
- Baby Jogger strollers recall is caused by faulty seatbelts
- Daytime Emmys: Arrivals
- Kings' Hockey Fest: All telecasts to be in HD this season
- Huge amount of forest lost to Station fire
- Kings' Hockey Fest: Dany Heatley not invited
- Critic's Notebook: Billy Bragg does Beethoven
- On the hunt for truffles in Western Australia
- Taking aim at Alice Waters, Michael Pollan & Co., and rethinking that Diet Coke
- Two new blood thinners better than Plavix and warfarin, studies say
- Moviegoers line up for horror films; 'Final Destination' gets big 3-D boost
- Review: Liza Minnelli at the Hollywood Bowl
- Personal space is mostly in your head
- L.A. Equestrian Center fills up with horses, donkeys in path of fire
- Fire brings another bad air day
- A painter's 25-year break is over, way over
- 'Halloween 3D' coming in summer 2010
- Rearview: E.L. Doctorow's 'Ragtime'
- Second-life statues? Company transforms your characters into figurines
- Dodgers: Manny Ramirez rests
- First look: 'Final Destination' arrives at No. 1; 'Basterds' beats 'Halloween'
- Ed Smart: Children need more protection from predators
- Ways to reduce federal deficit include changes in homeowner deductions
- After 25-year delay, Albert Contreras is on track
- 'A Village Life: Poems' by Louise Gluck
- Asian-inspired contemporary in North Tustin
- Guidelines can help make renting out a room a livable situation
- He's a driving force in the world of electric cars
- On the Market: Homes in the Valley for about $700,000
- If the appraisal of your house seems low, appeal it
- Wanting time off work before a mass layoff
- PASSINGS: Robert Schindler, Richard Egan
- 'Homer & Langley' by E.L. Doctorow
- Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Aug. 30, 2009
- Ideas to cut the federal deficit could cost homeowners billions
- Lester Glassner dies at 70; Collector of pop-culture and dime-store merchandise
- 'Three Solos and a Duet'
- Should whites direct black plays, and vice versa?
- Discoveries: 'Traveling With Pomegranates' and more
- One author asks, Can I get a little credit, please?
- 'The Thing Around Your Neck' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Siren's Call: Bigfoot and secret societies
- Los Angeles Times bestsellers for Aug. 30, 2009
- To Mikhail Baryshnikov, time is a great teacher
- 'Love and Summer: A Novel' by William Trevor
- 'The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom' by Graham Farmelo
- Alan Gilbert readies for New York Philharmonic debut
- 'The Hustler's Handbook' by Bill Veeck
- Off the Shelf: Adventures in language, in the land beyond 'literal'
- Alt comedy as the new mainstream
- L.A. spinning in circles over golf cart bids
- Myanmar troops attack minority militia in north
- Up next for the Sparks: Sunday vs. Connecticut
- Wozniacki wins title at Pilot Pen
- Pierre plays role; it's not about the bread
- Haeger knows pitfalls of pitch
- 18 killed in attacks across Iraq as Iranian minister visits
- Doctor says Tom Brady's left knee looks good