Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) back issues from January 2008:
KINGS NOTEBOOK: BROWN'S GAME GROWING.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer With two goals Sunday in Chicago, including the winning score in overtime, Kings forward Dustin Brown set a career high with 18goals. Today's rematch against the Blackhawks at Staples Center will mark the midway point ...
CLIPPERS NOTEBOOK: DUNLEAVY REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ON CLUB.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe Stevens Staff Writer Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy isn't one to set New Year's resolutions. He isn't the type to yearn for a fresh start with the changing of the calendar. But the coach did express optimism about the Clippers' future on the ...
LAKERS NOTEBOOK: TEAM STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rich Hammond Staff Writer So, now what? The Lakers became NBA darlings by winning 10 of 12 games, then received a beating Sunday from the Boston Celtics. What does it all mean? Are the Lakers contenders, pretenders or something in between? ...
USC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: BOOTY EXPECTS BEST FROM ILLINI.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Wolf Staff Writer Maybe it was the loss to Stanford, but USC quarterback John David Booty said the Trojans will not be able to intimidate Illinois with their reputation today. "I don't really know if we have an advantage. I think teams are ...
ILLINOIS FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: BIG TEN PRIDE ON THE LINE.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Doug Padilla Staff Writer Illinois' performance in the Rose Bowl today should go a long way in determining the strength of the Big Ten Conference. After an unimpressive bowl season last year, the conference is trying to shake the image that it is ...
TROJANS HOPING TO AVOID A LETDOWN COLLEGE FOOTBALL: USC, WHICH ENTERED SEASON AS NATIONAL TITLE FAVORITE, WANTS TO CLOSE OUT ON A WINNING NOTE.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Wolf Staff Writer USC coach Pete Carroll always says the Rose Bowl is the Trojans' yearly goal, but the reality is slightly more complex, because winning the New Year's Day game barely meets the minimum standard for a successful season. ...
UCLA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: NEUHEISEL TALKS WITH WALKER.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel met with defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker on Monday morning, but Washington made strides in its effort to land the Bruins' defensive guru later in the day, sources said. Walker and the Huskies, ...
TOP 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UCLA'S ROLL OUT WITH FOOT INJURY.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Staff and Wire Services No. 5 UCLA will be without junior wing Michael Roll when Pacific-10 Conference play begins Thursday at Stanford after he ruptured the plantar fascia in his left foot during Monday's practice. He will have an MRI on Wednesday, but could ...
BECKS AN EFFECT FOR THE MLS.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: NICK GREEN With the mid-summer arrival of one David Robert Joseph Beckham, Los Angeles solidified its stature as the epicenter of American soccer. Some critics dismissed Beckham and his influence on the sport as over-hyped, over-blown and over here. ...
CLIPPERS GO ON THE RUN NBA: OUTSCORE MINNESOTA 32-12 IN FOURTH QUARTER TO END SIX-GAME LOSING STREAK. CLIPPERS 91, MINNESOTA 82.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Joe Stevens Staff Writer The Clippers' New Year's celebration came about four hours early. A bit after 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve, they bombarded the Minnesota Timberwolves with a spectacular run to open the fourth quarter. They might have ...
USC'S DEFENSIVE PROBLEMS ARE AN OPTION RUNNING QUARTERBACKS, SUCH AS TEXAS' YOUNG AND OREGON'S DIXON, HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION FOR THE TROJANS.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Wolf Staff Writer When he first watched Illinois, USC coach Pete Carroll thought about breaking out some game films from the 1970s for the Trojans. "It's option football, like when Oklahoma ran the wishbone," Carroll said. "It's just option ...
ILLINOIS HAS THE JUICE AFTER BEING MALIGNED EARLY THIS SEASON, ILLINI QB WILLIAMS EARNS THE RESPECT OF FANS, TEAMMATES WITH UPSET WIN OVER OHIO STATE AND ROSE BOWL BERTH.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Doug Padilla Staff Writer CARSON - In the waning moments of the most important football game of their lives -- to this point anyway -- Illinois put all of its faith in a young quarterback who the fan base had recently disparaged. In the first half ...
NEUHEISEL IS RETURN MAN UCLA FOOTBALL: WITH CHARISMA ON FULL DISPLAY, FORMER BRUINS QUARTERBACK IS BACK AS TEAM'S NEW HEAD COACH.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer Dressed in a gray suit with a school pin on the left lapel, new UCLA football coach Rick Neuheisel stood in front of a gaggle of reporters, and was cheered by an overflow crowd of boosters upon being introduced Monday in the press room ...
NEW YEAR, NEW START AT UCLA.(Sports)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE DILBECK A new day, a new year, a fresh beginning. It's traditionally what New Year's Day signals. Clean slates. Quiet resolutions. New promises. It was never more evident than at UCLA on Monday when Rick Neuheisel, once a seeming ...
VALLEY-AREA LAWMAKERS SEEK TO BRING MEASURES BACK TO LIFE NEW BILLS: PROPOSALS INCLUDE BREAKING UP LAUSD, PET NEUTERING.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Harrison Sheppard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO -- Facing a tough year because of the state's growing budget deficit, San Fernando Valley-area legislators plan to revive several controversial measures they couldn't get through this year -- while avoiding any ...
PUBLIC FORUM.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Dangerous beasts We should be just as alarmed about dangerous escaped dogs as we are about tigers. Our animal regulation department is not doing a good job of monitoring or removing dangerous animals. I live on a quiet cul-de-sac in Northridge. I had no idea that at the ...
EDITORIAL FORWARD TO REFORM WILL 2008 BE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA OF EDUCATION?(Editorial)(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008 ... TO say the least, 2007 was not a great year for education in Los Angeles. Neither test scores nor dropout rates improved appreciably. Teachers often didn't get paid, and the new payroll system was so buggy it took more than the original cost to fix it. Worse, Superintendent ...
EDITORIAL YEAR OF RECKONING LOCAL, STATE OFFICIALS WILL HAVE TO SPEND 2008 CLEANING UP MESSES OF 2007.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008 ... IF 2007 was the year of irresponsibility in Sacramento and Los Angeles City Hall, then 2008 will be the year of reckoning. The new year begins with Sacramento facing a Gray Davis-like deficit of $14 billion, the result of absurd budget-making last summer that ignored the ...
NEW YEAR, NEW IMAGE CELEBRITY STYLIST SHARES EASY MAKEUP TIPS: WE CAN ALL TRY.(LA.COM)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: CARLEY DRYDEN >LA.COM Barbara Dally has been an artist since childhood. It just took her some time to discover her canvas., As a child growing up in Panorama City, Dally would color in the faces of the people in coloring books -- nothing else, just ...
STYLE > CONCRETE CATWALK.(LA.COM)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: >SYLVIA MASUDA Janis Joplin owned her bohemian look. For the Ramones, it was leather jackets and classic T-shirts 'n' jeans. The White Stripes deck themselves out in red, black and white. Many bands use what they wear to identify themselves -- indeed, it's not hard to ...
RETIRED JUDGE KEHIAYAN, 80, DIES AFTER LONG LEGAL CAREER.(News)(Obituary)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer A funeral Mass will be held Thursday for retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Haig Kehiayan, a veteran and established attorney who died in his sleep Dec. 25 in his Santa Clarita home. He was 80. Kehiayan was appointed ...
AROUND THE VALLEY.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... WOODLAND HILLS Two arrested in club beating Two Glendale men were behind bars Monday in connection with the beating death of an 18-year-old Reseda man outside a Woodland Hills nightclub. Marco Antonio Herrera was beaten outside the Club Red Square, 20001 ...
AROUND THE REGION.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... ANTELOPE VALLEY Man dies, three hurt in collision LANCASTER -- A Lancaster man was killed and three others were injured when the sedan they were in ran a red light and collided with an SUV at 20th Street West and Avenue K-8, authorities said Monday. The ...
FLOATS PRIMED BY PETAL PUSHERS PARADE: BURBANK, GLENDALE ENTRIES GET READY FOR TODAY'S SHOW.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer BURBANK -- Volunteers put the finishing touches Monday on Burbank's Rose Parade entry by sticking roses on a float that has been the culmination of a year's worth of work. "It's looking fabulous, it really looks wonderful," said ...
SHOP > GOTTA HAVE IT.(LA.COM)
Jan 01, 2008 ... PERFECT PURSES Fashionistas know how to pick the perfect bag for every outfit. But for the rest of us, GiGiMilan.com, a designer handbag supplier, offers tips on how to choose the right bag for every body type and what the color of a woman's handbag says about her personality. ...
BILL WOULD MAKE RADIO PAY PERFORMERS FOR PLAY ROYALTIES: BROADCASTERS SAY BERMAN'S MEASURE WOULD BE INDUSTRY'S DEATH KNELL.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lisa Friedman Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. Howard Berman has introduced legislation that would require radio stations to compensate performers for songs played over the airwaves. But broadcasters insist the legislation -- which lawmakers ...
OUR PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Angelenos awake today to a new year filled with both vast potential and vicious pitfalls. From a looming drought, sagging housing market and government budget woes to high-stakes politics, Hollywood antics and sports dramatics, our crystal-ball gazing ...
STATE SET FOR MORE POLITICAL PARALYSIS OBSTACLES: CALIFORNIA'S $14 BILLION DEFICIT IS ONLY ONE OF THE PROBLEMS AHEAD.(News)(ST)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Steven Harmon Staff Writer SACRAMENTO -- If you thought last year at the Capitol was ugly, you ain't seen nothing yet. While the past year was rife with unfulfilled expectations as lawmakers failed to produce hoped-for reforms in health care, water ...
NORTON LOOKING AT UCLA.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: -- Billy Witz and Scott Wolf PASADENA -- Perhaps Rick Neuheisel isn't the only former Bruin heading back home. USC linebacker coach Ken Norton, a former All-America linebacker and a teammate of Neuheisel's at UCLA, did little to quash speculation that he ...
USC NOTEBOOK: RACHAL PONDERS JUMPING TO PROS.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Wolf, Billy Witz and Fred J. Robledo Staff Writers PASADENA -- USC offensive guard Chilo Rachal said he might turn pro and would probably make up his mind in the next few days. "I just want to set back and talk to my family," Rachal said ....
MENDENHALL KEEPS ILLINI IN RUNNING ILLINOIS FOOTBALL: JUNIOR BACK IS ONE OF TEAM'S LONE BRIGHT SPOTS.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Doug Padilla Staff Writer PASADENA - If Illinois' junior Rashard Mendenhall is indeed about to leave for the NFL, he sure looked ready. Mendenhall, the Big Ten's offensive player of the year, was one of the few Illinois players prepared to handle ...
GAME COMES TO MCKNIGHT USC FOOTBALL: FRESHMAN RB MAKES MOST OF BROKEN PLAYS.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Phil Collin Staff Writer PASADENA -- Joe McKnight doesn't talk. Well, that's the impression he might leave with most of the folks he runs across. For instance, he didn't have a lot to say to Illinois in the Rose Bowl on Tuesday. He just kind of ...
PUTTING SQUEEZE ON JUICE USC: TROJANS DEFENSE HAS NO PROBLEM SOLVING THIS RUNNING QUARTERBACK.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Billy Witz Staff Writer PASADENA -- Ell Roberson, Dennis Dixon, Jake Locker, Isaiah Stanback, Bryan Randall, Patrick Cowan and, of course, Vince Young. Since Pete Carroll arrived, the Achilles' heel of USC defenses has been playing against ...
UCLA BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: ROLL'S INJURY COULD AFFECT KEEFE'S STATUS.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer Michael Roll's left foot injury will shake up UCLA's rotation and could bring James Keefe out of his redshirt season. Roll ruptured the plantar fascia in his left foot again, although in a different spot, Ben Howland said ....
CLIPPERS VS. NEW ORLEANS.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: -- Joe Stevens When: 7:30 p.m., Staples Center. TV/Radio: FSN Prime Ticket/710-AM. Matchup: The Clippers (10-19) snapped a six-game losing streak with a 91-82 victory over Minnesota on Monday night. Cuttino Mobley scored a team-high 18 points, and ...
FROLOV STILL TRYING TO GET HEALTHY KINGS VS. CHICAGO (LATE).(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Lindsay Czarnecki Special to the Daily News The nagging groin injury that just won't seem to go away is hurting the overall effectiveness of forward Alexander Frolov. "He's showing signs that he's rounding into contention, showing signs that he has ...
GOOD THINGS COME IN 3S FOR L.A. NHL: NAGY'S HAT TRICK HIGHLIGHTS KINGS' THIRD CONSECUTIVE VICTORY.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Lindsay Czarnecki Special to the Daily News There were so many reasons to celebrate Tuesday night that even the Kings probably weren't sure where to start. Nine goals, career highs and a sparkling power play all were at the top of the list as the ...
DUCKS VS. COLUMBUS.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: - Daily News Faceoff: 7 p.m., Honda Center. TV/Radio: FSN West/830-AM. Matchup: The Ducks (19-17-5) lost two of three in their post-Christmas swing through western Canada, including a 2-1 defeat Sunday in Vancouver. Ryan Getzlaf scored ...
IT'S SHOW TIME TROJANS MAKE STATEMENT AGAINST ILLINI - AND TO NATION - ON WHICH TEAM JUST MIGHT BE BEST IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Wolf Staff Writer PASADENA -- USC's frustration with its Rose Bowl opponents forced the Trojans to adopt a cocky game plan with another dreary Big Ten Conference opponent sent here on New Year's Day. The Trojans were not worried they would ...
BOOTY FAILS TO LIVE UP TO PREDECESSORS' GLORY.(Sports)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: PAUL OBERJUERGE PASADENA - How should John David Booty be remembered? For leading USC to a 20-3 record in 23 starts over two seasons. How will John David Booty be remembered? As the quarterback the two years the Trojans didn't play for a ...
ALL ABOUT ROSES THE PAST AND PRESENT OF PASADENA'S BIG DAY.(KNOW)
Jan 02, 2008 ... A TIMELINE OF ROSES The Rose Parade is rooted in tradition stretching back more than a century. When the parade first rolled down Colorado Boulevard in 1890, just 2,000 people were on hand. During Tuesday's event, more than 1 million spectators lined the parade route, while 400 ...
GET COOKING! DISCOVER YOUR INNER CHEF THROUGH A VARIETY OF CLASSES.(LA.COM)(Recipe)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: A.K. WHITNEY >LA.COM Will 2008 be the year you finally learn how to cook? To cook at home more often? To throw actual dinner parties for more than four people? Whether you are one of those who feels boiling water is too complicated, or are an apt home chef ...
COOL STUFF DU JOUR.(LA.COM)
Jan 02, 2008 ... POMEGRANATE 7UP Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages has introduced limited-edition Pomegranate 7UP, a blend of natural pomegranate flavor with the lemon-lime taste of 7UP. The drink flavor is very subtle -- you can hardly even tell it's pomegranate. It has a burgundy color, is ...
CRAVE > TIME TO WINE WHAT THE EXPERTS THINK YOU SHOULD BE SIPPING THIS WEEK.(LA.COM)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: PAT HODGE >LA.COM All Corked Up 26340 Diamond Place Santa Clarita (661) 799-7979 www.allcorkedup.com Yoon Lee, owner >WHITE OF THE WEEK: Wente Riva Ranch Chardonnay, Livermore, ...
EDITORIAL JUDICIAL HANGOVER RULING SETS BAD PRECEDENTS FOR L.A. BUSINESS, DEMOCRACY.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Jan 02, 2008 ... NEW Year's celebrations started early last week for Los Angeles city leaders and their special-interest handlers when a judicial panel gave them good reason to break out the bubbly on Thursday. Too bad their partying will likely create a perpetual hangover for the voters and ...
EDITORIAL TAX TARDINESS PUBLIC MUST PAY TAXES ON TIME, SO SHOULD IRS.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Jan 02, 2008 ... SHOULD you decide that April 15 is an inconvenient time for paying your federal taxes, and opt to wait until finances improve on May 15, the IRS would be none too happy. Hefty penalties and nasty letters later, you'd probably refrain from such tardiness in the future. ...
PUBLIC FORUM.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Old Testament Re "Bitter facts" (Your Opinions, Dec. 25): It appears that Bobken Safarian doesn't know too much about God. He seems to have forgotten all about raining for 40 days and 40 nights, the seven plagues, turning people into pillars of salt, an eye for an ...
AROUND THE VALLEY.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... GLENDALE First slaying of 2008 Los Angeles' first homicide of 2008 has a macabre twist -- a man found shot to death at a cemetery. The body of a Latino man was discovered Tuesday at Forest Lawn-Glendale in the 1000 block of Glendale Avenue, police said. ...
TEEN WHO TOOK HIS LIFE REMEMBERED SUICIDE: GRANDFATHER FACING CHARGES OF TORTURE.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LAKE LOS ANGELES -- Philesha George remembers the last day she spent with Gregory Smith, her friend since middle school who was an artist and liked to make people laugh. It was Aug. 29, 2006, about two weeks after school had started ...
LANDMARK PROJECT TO GO FOR REGIONAL PLANNING OK.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Daily News The first phase of the massive 21,000-home Newhall Ranch project, Landmark Village, is set for a final review next week by the county Regional Planning Commission. The five-member panel has tentatively approved the tract -- 1,444 single-family ...
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS VALLEY RESIDENTS SEEK TO MAKE THE MOST OF 2008.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer LAKE BALBOA -- From resolving to earn more money for house payments to thanking God for the gift of conception, San Fernando Valley residents aimed Tuesday to make the most of 2008. Exercise and good health was the ...
TOLL LANES MAY BE PRICE FOR FREEWAYS THAT MOVE.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: SUE DOYLE Some Californians have long believed in the concept of the free and open road, but with freeway speeds today crawling as slowly as 17 mph by 6 a.m., that free-spirited thinking could soon dead end in Los Angeles. And good riddance. While roads may be ...
NEW HOPE FOR FORMER DUMPSITE SUN VALLEY: LATEST OWNER IS RESURRECTING PLANS TO DEVELOP LANDFILL AFTER FALSE STARTS.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer Nearly five years ago, Los Angeles city officials sold 21 acres in Sun Valley at a rock-bottom price to a developer that pledged to turn the former dumpsite into the largest new industrial project in the Northeast Valley. ...
WILL TEAM OF BILL AND HILLARY KEEP RESONATING WITH DEMS? CAMPAIGN: PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS AMONG THOSE NOT KEEN ON POWER COUPLE.(News)(ST)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Castro Staff Writer As she stepped onto the stage at the Wadsworth Theater in West Los Angeles last year, Hillary Rodham Clinton's chunky-heeled slipper seemed to catch on the flooring, and for just a moment there was a skip in her step. The ...
THRASH TALKING TROJANS: PROGRAM THAT CAME OF AGE IN 2002 NOW LOOKS LIKE IT'S READY TO TAKE ON ALL COMERS.(News)
Jan 02, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE DILBECK PASADENA - Want to know how otherworldly USC's football program has become? That USC team that just pushed Illinois around all over the Rose Bowl on Tuesday might be the best team in the country. And the worst USC team in the past six ...
PAC TO THE TOP WITH FIVE TEAMS RANKED IN THE TOP 25, THE PAC-10 MAY BE THE BEST CONFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY, MEANING ALL 10 TEAMS ARE IN FOR A ROUGH RIDE AS THEY BEGIN PLAYING EACH OTHER TODAY.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer UCLA men's basketball coach Ben Howland and his colleagues weren't just paying lip service when they deemed the Pacific-10 Conference the best in the country before they played a game. The Pac-10 might even be better than its own ...
THESE THINGS ARE BOUND TO HAPPEN.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE DILBECK With the Rose Bowl game over and the hangovers dulled, the sports scene takes a small breath. Out with the old year, in with the new. It figures to be filled with surprises, though fingers and toes are crossed in the hope it's not ...
WALKER STAYING WITH BRUINS UCLA FOOTBALL: COVETED DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR HAD BEEN WOOED BY PAC-10 RIVAL.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer Rick Neuheisel has won his first recruiting battle: DeWayne Walker is staying at UCLA as defensive coordinator. When he was announced as UCLA's new head coach over the weekend, Neuheisel had said that Walker was his No. 1 ...
TROJANS LOOK TO FUTURE USC FOOTBALL: DEPTH IS NOT AN ISSUE, BUT WHO WILL EMERGE?(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: Scott Wolf Staff Writer USC knew following last year's Rose Bowl victory that it would be the favorite son of every preseason poll, with almost an entire defense and Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback returning. It's not so clear cut for the ...
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: -- Tom Hoffarth The PGA Tour begins today in Maui. When Joe Torre says so. The new Dodgers manager officially has the title of "honorary starter" for the Tour's first event, the Mercedes Benz Championship -- meaning he will make the announcement at 12:44 p.m. ...
STEWART SET TO DEFEND CHAMPIONSHIP MOTOR SPORTS: SUPERCROSS TITLE HOLDER'S PATH STARTS IN ANAHEIM.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: Keith Lair Staff Writer Ricky Carmichael is gone, so will James Stewart truly be cleaning up when the Monster Energy AMA Supercross series begins on Saturday at Angel Stadium? Stewart, 22, won 13 races last season en route to his first major ...
CHATTER: HIGHLAND WINS GOLDEN LEAGUE OPENER, EXTENDS STREAK TO 35.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Although it led to a frustrating first month of the season, the Highland of Palmdale girls' soccer team reaped the benefits of its challenging nonleague schedule Wednesday night. The Bulldogs began pursuit of their fourth consecutive Golden championship with a 3-0 victory over ...
BOYS' BASKETBALL: H.-W. CONTINUES DOMINANCE HARVARD-WESTLAKE 64, VERBUM DEI 53.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Now that Verbum Dei High of Los Angeles has joined Harvard-Westlake of Studio City in the Mission League -- beginning last season -- two of California's most storied programs get to go head to head on a regular basis. ...
BOYS' BASKETBALL: HIGHLAND RALLIES FOR LEAGUE WIN HIGHLAND 57, KNIGHT 51.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: Jacob H. Pollon Special to the Daily News PALMDALE -- Highland of Palmdale fought back from a 12-point first-half deficit and recorded a big win on the road to open up Golden League play Wednesday night in a 57-51 boys' basketball victory over Knight of ...
USC BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: GIBSON WON'T BE A SURPRISE.(Sports)
Jan 03, 2008 ... Byline: Phil Collin Staff Writer A year ago, Taj Gibson was USC's pleasant surprise, until Pacific-10 Conference defenses began to figure out ways to slow the 6-foot-9 forward. Now, the sophomore at least has a pretty good idea what's coming as the No. 22 ...