Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) back issues from March 2008:
'OPRAH'S BIG GIVE' IS BIG IN HEART, SHORT ON DRAMA.(LA.COM)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Kronke TV Critic "Oprah's Big Give," a reality competition series in which contestants raise funds for deserving individuals, features surprisingly little of Oprah Winfrey outside of the title. Sure, at the beginning she phones up those ...
STAYING IN > GARDENING DILL CAN BE A DILLY OF A CONTAINER PLANT.(LA.COM)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: > JOSH SISKIN I love to cook using fresh herbs, but I either overwater or underwater them, especially dill. I want to grow dill in a pot outside. I have both south and west exposures. What type of light does dill require? Can I use the hydroponic method described in last ...
A MOVING EXPERIENCE L.A. BALLET POISED TO PREMIERE LOCAL DANCER'S WORK.(LA.COM)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Vicki Smith Paluch Los Angeles Ballet principal dancer Melissa Barak couldn't possibly be any busier. She has created a new ballet for the company, and she will be dancing lead roles in two masterpieces by George Balanchine when the company returns to the ...
THAR THEY BLOW: WHALES ARE ON THE MOVE AGAIN.(LA.COM)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Melissa Heckscher Staff Writer It's that time of year again, when Pacific Gray Whales make their lumbering way from winter calving grounds in Baja California to summer feeding grounds in Alaska. To celebrate their annual journey, the Point Vicente ...
GETTING OUT > EVENTS 'STAR TREK THE TOUR'.(LA.COM)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: >Leo Smith "Star Trek the Tour" may very well live long and prosper, as Mr.Spock might say, but it's not going to be at the Queen Mary Dome in Long Beach after this weekend. The interactive "Star Trek" exhibit began a planned five-year, 40-city national tour ...
STAYING IN > GARDENING.(LA.COM)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: >Jack Christensen 1. APPLY: Snails will soon be awakening with hearty appetites. They love to chomp away on tender spring growth and can seriously shred foliage over night. Apply snail bait regularly -- either the meal or granule form. Replenish it every 10 days or so to ...
DO THE LOS ANGELES MARATHON: NO RUNNING REQUIRED.(LA.COM)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sylvia Masuda, Staff Writer Blisters, battered feet and the feeling you could drop dead any second -- it's all part of the "fun" of a 26.2-mile run. Sunday's Los Angeles Marathon will be an opportunity for tens of thousands of people to push their athletic limits. But if ...
CELEBS > METHOD LINEUP UNVEILED.(LA.COM)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Producer-director-writer-actor Garry Marshall was one of the celebs who showed up Thursday night at Pierce College for the announcement of the lineup for this year's Method Fest. Marshall, director of "Pretty Woman" and producer of numerous TV hits, has a cameo in one of the festival's ...
AIRPORT INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO CAREERS.(Business)
Mar 01, 2008 ... More than 60 career counselors from three dozen Los Angeles-area schools came together Friday at Van Nuys Airport for Flight Path to the Future, a forum to get students interested in aviation- and aerospace-related career paths. Participants heard from panelists representing ...
HAS THE LOST ARK BEEN FOUND? A UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PROFESSOR CALLED THE 'BRITISH INDIANA JONES' SAYS A LINK TO IT HAS AND THAT HE LOCATED IT, BUT OTHERS AREN'T SO SURE.(FAITH)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Like another famous swashbuckling treasure hunter, he has a fear of snakes. He's not adverse to associating with mystics, charlatans and crooks in his quest for prized artifacts. But unlike his fictional alter ego, the ...
ASK THE CLERGY.(FAITH)
Mar 01, 2008 ... A new poll shows many Catholics and Protestants in American are leaving the churches of their childhood, either embracing other faiths or claiming no religion at all. Why do you think this is? Rev. Mark J. Jaufmann Ecumenical Catholic Community of St. Andrew & St ....
GREUEL URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION ON GANG PLAN VIOLENCE: CONTROLLER LAURA CHICK GIVES HER SUPPORT TO COUNCILWOMAN.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Setting the stage for a potential internal City Council struggle, Councilwoman Wendy Greuel made a series of proposals Friday to move immediately on recommendations that would place Los Angeles' anti-gang operations in the offices of ...
AROUND THE VALLEY.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Man charged in fatal stabbing PASADENA -- A San Gabriel man accused of fatally stabbing a Burbank man at his home was charged Friday with murder. Jorge Ernesto Villalobos, 41, is accused in Tuesday's stabbing death of Glenn Giles at the victim's home, authorities ...
DANGEROUS CROSSINGS FOR CHILDREN GET A BIT SAFER TRAFFIC: IMPROVEMENTS ADDED OVER PAST SIX MONTHS.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brandon Lowrey Staff Writer The city has added 15 safety improvements in the past six months to some of Los Angeles' most dangerous street crossings for schoolchildren after hiring more construction crews to clear years of backlog. Department of ...
CONSERVATIVE FEMALE CANTOR FITS IN RELIGION: LINDA RICH FOLLOWS SWEET-VOICED FOREFATHERS' CAREER PATH.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Holly J. Andres Staff Writer ENCINO -- When Cantor Linda Rich is davening -- singing the Jewish prayers -- at Temple Ner Maarav's Shabbat services, she urges congregants to join in, rather than just listen. She fits in well at this small, ...
AROUND THE REGION.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... ANTELOPE VALLEY Palmdale Flyer starting in April LANCASTER -- The Palmdale Flyer, a new bus service connecting the Palmdale airport to Amtrak/Metrolink stations in the Santa Clarita Valley and Van Nuys, will begin operating in April, officials said Friday as they ...
TESTS CONFIRM HIGH LEAD LEVELS AT CHATSWORTH PARK SOUTH.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer CHATSWORTH -- One-third of the soil tested last month at the shuttered Chatsworth Park South contains enough lead to exceed state standards for home and child play areas, according to a report. The city closed the ...
DAILY NEWS LAYS OFF 22 NEWSROOM STAFF.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Daily News The Los Angeles Daily News laid off 22 newsroom employees Friday amid a national and statewide squeeze on the newspaper industry. The layoffs of reporters, photographers, editors and library and clerical staff at the 150,000-circulation newspaper ...
SHOOTINGS PROMPT TALK OF REGULATIONS GUN CONTROL: CITY PANEL SEEKS NEW SOLUTIONS FOR VIOLENCE.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Citing February's bloody toll in Los Angeles and across the nation, a city panel on Friday began looking at ways to regulate guns within city limits. Recognizing constitutional protections, Councilman Jack Weiss, chairman ...
FEDERAL CUTS SQUEEZING LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES SHORTAGES: PROBLEMS IN ECONOMY FILTER DOWN TO AGENCIES THAT HELP NEEDY.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer Federal cuts to pantries have forced some local agencies to turn away needy seniors who want to sign up for government subsidized foods. At the West Valley Food Pantry in Woodland Hills, where nearly 250 food boxes are ...
SERIOUSLY, ELLEN SPEAKS OUT.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Ellen DeGeneres usually kicks off each episode of her daytime talk show with a funny monologue. But on Friday, the comedienne was dead serious when she used the show's opening segment to talk about the Feb. 12 slaying of 15-year-old Lawrence ...
TEEN CREATING SOME MAGIC WITH HIS SIX FLAGS MUSEUM ATTRACTION: PARK HOPES TO LURE FAMILIES.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer VALENCIA -- The purple fur of the troll costume was matted and the plastic eyes were scratched, but 19-year-old Brandon Bruce eyed it as a piece of local history and the building block he needed. The refurbished ...
FALSE FIRE ALARMS HAVE CITY INFLAMED COSTLY: NEEDLESS CALLS WASTE ABOUT $9 MILLION A YEAR IN FIREFIGHTERS' TIME.(News)(ST)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer Aiming to recoup an estimated $9 million a year spent sending firefighters to false alarms, one Los Angeles city leader and the city firefighters union are proposing fines for unneeded calls. The Los Angeles Police Department ...
NO BUTTS IN RENTAL UNITS? SMOKING: LAWMAKER WANTS PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP TENANTS FROM LIGHTING UP, CITING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Harrison Sheppard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO -- Advancing California's continuing war against smoking in public and private, a San Fernando Valley lawmaker is pushing a statewide measure that could prohibit renters from smoking inside their own homes. ...
ASTRONAUTS COME TO EARTH AS MOONWALKERS STORIES: DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES HUMAN SIDE OF SEVEN SURVIVING APOLLO MISSION PIONEERS.(News)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer They're living legends, America's space pioneers who first walked on the moon, and they're telling their individual stories now about their journeys into the outer limits. Buzz Aldrin, now 78, was born to fly. His father ...
DODGERS NOTEBOOK: SCHMIDT FORCED TO TAKE A REST ATLANTA 10, DODGERS 3.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Jackson Staff Writer KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Right-hander Jason Schmidt, who has been battling fatigue in his surgically repaired shoulder in recent days, has been told not to throw again until further notice. Schmidt is expected to resume throwing ...
DUCKS REMEMBER HOW TO WIN NHL: FOUR-DAY LAYOFF DOESN'T AFFECT ANAHEIM, WHICH WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT. DUCKS 3, CALGARY 1.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: J.P. Hoornstra Staff Writer ANAHEIM -- It's been five days since the Ducks last played an actual hockey game, and some things were just a little off when they came back Friday. Head coach Randy Carlyle, bothered by flu-like symptoms, wasn't on the ...
AVENGERS RALLY FOR VICTORY IN OPENER AVENGERS 59, N. ORLEANS 42.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Justin Frank Special to the Daily News When New Orleans VooDoo wideout Wendall Willams returned the opening kickoff 54 yards for a score, it wasn't quite the start the Avengers were hoping for in their Arena Football League season opener Friday at Staples ...
DUCKS REMEMBER HOW TO WIN NHL: FOUR-DAY LAYOFF DOESN'T AFFECT ANAHEIM, WHICH WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT. DUCKS 3, CALGARY 1.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: J.P. Hoornstra Staff Writer ANAHEIM -- It had been five days since the Ducks last played an actual hockey game, and some things were just a little off when they came back Friday. Head coach Randy Carlyle had to leave at midday with the flu and ...
TIAGO CARRIES CREDENTIALS SANTA ANITA: HORSE THAT WON THREE BIG RACES LAST YEAR IS "READY TO GO.".(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Art Wilson Staff Writer ARCADIA -- Handicappers can make cases for several of the 14 horses entered in today's $1 million Grade I Santa Anita Handicap, one of the most wide open Big 'Caps in recent memory. On paper, 10 of the 14 starters would ...
LAKERS NOTEBOOK: FARMAR'S WORK HAS PAID OFF.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elliott Teaford Staff Writer PORTLAND, Ore. -- Lakers coach Phil Jackson was sitting in his office Tuesday afternoon when he noticed a lone figure in the team's El Segundo gym shooting jump shots long after the other players had gone home. Jordan ...
CITY SOCCER ROUNDUP: GOALIE GUIDES SOCES TO TITLE.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alex Valladares Special to the Daily News Samantha Meyer stood at midfield with a big smile. The senior, who was the starting goalkeeper in last year's loss to Foshay Learning Center in the inaugural City Section small-school girls' soccer ...
CHATTER: AVC SHOOTS DOWN SOUTHWEST.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Antelope Valley College made 21 of 32 field goals in the first half en route to an easy 94-78 Southern California Community College regional semifinal victory at Los Angeles Southwest College. Raymond Cody, a freshman from Antelope Valley High, scored a career-high 22 points, ...
SOCCER NOTEBOOK: CAPTAIN'S WORDS CARRY TEAM.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News It will go down in the annals of Moorpark girls' soccer as "The Speech." With the Musketeers' playoff hopes beginning to slip away following a 2-1 home loss Jan. 30 against Thousand Oaks, Cal-bound sweeper ...
BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: CAMPBELL HALL STAR EYES NO. 2.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer With 2,473 career points, Campbell Hall's Jrue Holiday needs 34 more to eclipse Greg Goorjian as the area's No. 2 all-time scorer. He will get his chance in today's 9 a.m. Div. III-AA championship against Price of Los Angeles at ...
GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: TRANSFERS KEY FOR BELL-JEFF.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jacob H. Pollon Special to the Daily News Bell-Jeff of Burbank and St.Mary's Academy of Inglewood know each other quite well. The teams met twice in Santa Cruz League play, each winning at home. They've been ranked at the top of the Southern ...
TASK IS TOO BIG FOR SIERRA CANYON GIRLS' BASKETBALL: TRAILBLAZERS CAN'T COPE WITH CROSSROADS' SIZE.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jacob H. Pollon Special to the Daily News LONG BEACH -- Tiny Sierra Canyon of Chatsworth thought the third time would be the charm in trying to beat Delphic League rival Crossroads of Santa Monica. The Trailblazers were wrong. Sierra ...
USC BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: JEFFERSON EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE DESPITE LEG INJURY.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Phil Collin Staff Writer After USC's 70-58 victory over Arizona Thursday in Tucson, Ariz., the Trojans' first order of business on Friday was what has become commonplace: checking out an injury. This time it was freshman forward Davon Jefferson, ...
COLLEGES: WAVES RALLY FOR VICTORY IN TOURNEY.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Daily News Ryan Heroy singled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning to help Pepperdine defeat Tulane 4-2 Friday at the Dairy Queen Classic in Minneapolis. Heroy's single gave Pepperdine (4-1) a 3-2 lead, and Denny Duron added an RBI groundout ...
COLLEGES: WAVES RALLY FOR VICTORY IN TOURNEY.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Daily News Ryan Heroy singled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning to help Pepperdine defeat Tulane 4-2 Friday at the Dairy Queen Classic in Minneapolis. Heroy's single gave Pepperdine (4-1) a 3-2 lead, and Denny Duron added an RBI groundout ...
UCLA BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: BRUINS SET FREE BY THREE.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer TEMPE, Ariz. -- UCLA center Kevin Love said the first 15 minutes of Thursday's win against Arizona State "was ugly, one of the ugliest first halves we played this season," but there is a reason the next 25 minutes weren't nearly as ...
CHAMBERS HAS A VERY GOOD VIEW OF LIFE RUNNING: WHILE BATTLING CANCER, HE WILL WALK IN L.A. MARATHON -- A RACE HE HAS NEVER MISSED.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer ENCINO - Craig Chambers made his way on foot through the hills north of Ventura Boulevard on a beautiful, clear evening. He always has company on these walks and stories to tell or puzzles to dissect, even if there's ...
RUBBER MATCH TO BE A THRILLER.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: ROBERT MORALES BOXING Israel Vazquez had already celebrated many big victories in his career as he headed into a rematch with Rafael Marquez last Aug. 4 in Hidalgo, Texas. But it's doubtful he enjoyed a win as much as he did his sixth-round knockout that ...
A FAMILY FILLED WITH LOVE, ON AND OFF THE COURT.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE LOCAL CHATSWORTH - They called her 'Mom' right from the start. It wasn't awkward or weird, even though they had only known her a few months. She didn't even ask them to. It just felt right. Michelle Chevalier had been their ...
PITCHING SUCCESS WINNING HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE FOR ECR, O.C. GIRLS' SOCCER.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Erik Boal Special to the Daily News Jan Hethcock and Eric Choi have never stood on a soccer field together, yet they both know what it feels like to walk on hallowed ground. One was brought to Oaks Christian of Westlake Village to build an elite ...
FOR TAFT, TO PLAY IS THE THING BASKETBALL: TOREADORS WANT TO ERASE MEMORY OF '07.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Larry Drew Jr. has been fidgety and antsy all week, but there's nothing anyone could do about it. There's no problem with his game. The Taft High of Woodland Hills talent remains among the nation's premier point guards ...
WOODEN INJURED IN FALL AT HOME UCLA BASKETBALL: LEGENDARY COACH, 97, IS HOSPITALIZED WITH BROKEN LEFT WRIST AND COLLARBONE.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer John Wooden was hospitalized Friday for a broken wrist and collarbone sustained in a fall at his Encino condominium. According to a release from UCLA, Wooden is in good spirits and resting comfortably in an area hospital ....
LAKERS' STREAK IS LOST IN A BLAZE NBA: PORTLAND IS BETTER DOWN THE STRETCH AS LAKERS' 10-GAME RUN ENDS. PORTLAND 119, LAKERS 111.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elliott Teaford Staff Writer PORTLAND, Ore. - You knew it was getting serious when the Blazermaniacs brought the "Beat L.A." chant out of mothballs midway through the third quarter. The Portland Trail Blazers and their fans seemed to take a special ...
LAKERS' STREAK IS LOST IN A BLAZE NBA: PORTLAND IS BETTER DOWN THE STRETCH AS LAKERS' 10-GAME RUN ENDS. PORTLAND 119, LAKERS 111.(Sports)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Byline: Elliott Teaford Staff Writer PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers were deadlocked with less than three minutes remaining Friday night at the Rose Garden. It seemed to be only a matter of moments before the Lakers pulled away, ...
MAKING HER CASE FOR WOMEN IN CHARGE.(LA.COM)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: David Kronke TV Writer While Dee Dee Myers will be signing copies of her new book, "Why Women Should Rule the World," Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton will be closely watching primary results out of Texas and Ohio to see if she can bring Myers' thesis closer to ...
ON DVD > WATCHING AT HOME.(LA.COM)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Rob Lowman / Entertainment Editor Into the Wild> Like the landscape its young idealist traverses, Sean Penn's "Into the Wild" is exhilaratingly beautiful and other times dark and depressing. Christopher McCandless (played in what should have been ...
ICKY VALENTINES AND NOSEBLEEDS: THAT'S AMORE.(LA.COM)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: David Kronke TV Writer Fox's new sitcom "Unhitched" deals with dating disasters so unhinged and mortifying that the life of a hermit seems a viable option. Executive-produced by Peter and Bobby Farrelly, best-known for their big-screen gross-out ...
FASHION STATEMENT AMY ADAMS TRIES ON A NEW PERSONALITY IN 'MISS PETTIGREW'.(LA.COM)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Strauss Film Writer Amy Adams sparkles in just about everything she plays. Even if it's someone with layers of tarnish on her reputation. In "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," Adams' Delysia is an amoral American actress trying to get ahead in ...
LUXURY WITHOUT GAMING? BET ON IT.(Great Escapes)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Melissa Heckscher Staff Writer HENDERSON, Nev. -- Sure, you could stay on the Las Vegas Strip. You could have the sound of cha-chings pounding through your head as you cross a smoke-filled casino floor the morning after a long night of "What happens in Vegas, ...
VEGAS IN RESIDENCE SIGNATURE, PALAZZO SWAP HOTEL EXPERIENCE FOR CONDO COMFORT.(Great Escapes)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Rob Lowman Staff Writer When you think you have a good hand, sometimes the best strategy is to raise the bidding. That's what Las Vegas is doing as high-end luxury suites are springing up along (and not far from) the city's four-mile Strip, ...
BRINGING YOUR OWN BAG IS NOW THE TRENDY WAY.(Business)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Muhammed El-Hasan Staff Writer Reusable bags have become trendy, with companies and groups handing them out for free at festivals and other events to promote themselves. The popularity of reusable bags has created a niche industry of suppliers. ...
GREEN BAGGING IT PAPER OR PLASTIC? SHOPPERS SAYING, 'NO, THANKS' REUSE: PERSONAL TOTES POPULAR AS AWARENESS GROWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE FROM SINGLE-USE BAGS.(Business)(ST)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Muhammed El-Hasan Staff Writer Education consultant Johnetta Fleming searched for butternut squash with caramelized onions at a Whole Foods Market deli counter, while carrying in her shopping cart her contribution to the planet's welfare: three reusable ...
MORE HOMEOWNERS FIND THEMSELVES GASPING FOR AIR.(Business)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX With each passing day, the water gets deeper. And more homeowners are struggling to keep their heads above the water line as dark clouds dump more rain on the housing market. At some point, opportunity should bubble to the surface. ...
BARGAIN HUNTER SMART SPENDER.(Business)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: JULIA SCOTT TheStreet.com, a Web site full of highbrow investment advice, gives these tips on how to save $100 from daily routines. Start haggling. Consider asking for a discount from your cable TV, gym, phone and Internet service providers.Visit ...
COURT DRAMA NEAR PEAK ON GAY-MARRIAGE ISSUES EXPLOSIVE: CALIFORNIA SEEN AS KEY LEGAL BATTLEGROUND.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Howard Mintz Staff Writer It has taken four years, but the fierce conflict over gay marriage has finally shifted from its cradle at San Francisco City Hall to the California Supreme Court, just a few hundred yards away. The state's high court on ...
ALMA MATER HONORS SLAIN SWAT OFFICER PRIZED AS FAIRFAX GRAD POLICE: OUTPOURING OF RESPECT, DONATIONS CONTINUES FOR SIMMONS, HIS FAMILY.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Brandon Lowrey Staff Writer Angelenos on Saturday honored slain Los Angeles Police Department Officer Randal Simmons, with high schoolers from his alma mater dedicating a baseball season to him while others washed cars to raise money for his family. ...
AROUND THE REGION.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... ANTELOPE VALLEY Dust storm slows traffic LANCASTER -- A dust storm developed Saturday in the Antelope Valley as heavy winds swept out of the west and flipped over at least one truck on the Antelope Valley Freeway. California Highway Patrol officers at noon ...
AROUND THE VALLEY.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... SHERMAN OAKS Man arrested after hitting pole, store A 23-year-old drunk-driving suspect was in custody Saturday after crashing into a telephone pole and liquor store in Sherman Oaks, authorities said. The first crash occurred when the man -- who was not ...
LAWMAKER LOOKS TO EXPAND LOTTERY PROFITS TINKER: LOOSER RULES PROPOSED TO LURE MORE GAMBLERS AND DOLLARS.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: Steve Geissinger MediaNews Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO -- A California lawmaker is proposing loosening state lottery rules to lure more gamblers and their dollars -- but the move could draw the wrath of two of the most powerful interests in the Capitol. ...
3 CHEERS FOR 'TWO AND A HALF MEN'.(News)
Mar 02, 2008 ... Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer might not look or act anything like each other on or off the screen, but they are so good at playing brothers on "Two and a Half Men" that the show is the No. 1 comedy on television. The two actors joined their ...