Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) back issues from February 2009:
Alessi is more in tune with limitations SUPERCROSS: Victorville native knows his victories will come as long as he's healthy.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Keith Lair keith.lair@sgvn.com Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Mike Alessi is not going to win any AMA Monster Energy Supercross series championships anytime soon. He is the first to admit that. But when the outdoor motocross season begins May 23 at Glen Helen ...
Wolf back in rotation MLB: Dodgers confident veteran left-hander from El Camino Real High can help after an injury cut his stay in '07.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Jackson, Staff Writer The Dodgers' signing of free-agent left-hander Randy Wolf, which had seemed likely for weeks and became all but inevitable in recent days, finally became complete on Friday when Wolf accepted a one-year, $5 million contract. The ...
IN A PICKLE ... ... ABOUT HOW TO SPEND VALENTINE'S DAY? DON'T WORRY! HERE ARE EIGHT COOL THINGS TO DO.(L.A. Life)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Sandra Barrera, Staff Writer Roses are red, violets are blue; this Valentine's Day, let's try something new. When it comes to the most romantic day of the year, nothing is worse than predictability. Flowers. Candy. Greeting cards. They're nice, but ...
CELEBS.(L.A. Life)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Peapod concert keeps growing Who needs the Grammys when you've got the annual Peapod Foundation Concert? The fifth year of that musical benefit hosted by the Black Eyed Peas (created to raise money to help at-risk and foster children learn about music) moved downtown to new digs ...
THE MISSING LINK AS UCLA TAKES ON NOTRE DAME, BRUINS STILL SEARCHING FOR SIGNATURE WIN TO BOOST NCAA TOURNAMENT STANDING.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Brian Dohn brian.dohn@dailynews.com Staff Writer Josh Shipp knows the four-letter abbreviations of UCLA and NCAA. They've been synonymous with each other during his five seasons with the Bruins. But ask Shipp what RPI stands for and he smiles, shrugs and ...
Manny season ain't over.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: TOM HOFFARTH, IT'S OUT OF THE QUESTION Football season is finally finished, Valentine's Day season is about to pierce our wallets, and yet, if a PajamaGram or Vermont Teddy Bear isn't the deal-breaker, how much are your hearts still set on the Dodgers and Manny Ramirez ...
AT HOME IN THE GARDEN.(L.A. Life)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Here are five things you can do this weekend. 1 Monitor: Watch your avocado trees to see when they start blooming. They will only set fruit if night temperatures remain above 58 degrees F during flowering time. If night temperatures dip below 58 degrees when the avocado ...
Alfonso, Loyola reign in win over St. Francis BOYS' SOCCER: Senior scores two goals as Cubs prevail.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Erik Boal erik.boal@dailynews.com Special to the Daily News LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - The rain eventually let up Friday night at St. Francis High's Friedman Field. Unfortunately for the host Golden Knights, Loyola of Los Angeles never did. After ...
Oaks Christian shows it can function just fine BOYS' BASKETBALL: Lions roll past Oak Park despite lengthy delay due to faulty scoreboard.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Jon Gold jon.gold@dailynews.com Special to The Daily News As if the Oaks Christian-Oak Park matchup needed any more buildup. First, a malfunctioning scoreboard delayed the end of the junior varsity game with three minutes left in the fourth quarter, postponing ...
PREP ROUNDUP: Lessons learned lead to lopsided win for Chatsworth.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Daily News It's rare that two straight losses turn out positive for anyone, but in the case of the Chatsworth girls' basketball, consecutive losses to Taft of Woodland Hills and Long Beach Poly might have been a good thing. Three weeks later, the Chancellors ...
She's meaningfully positive GIRLS' SOCCER: Canyon's Cabrera realizes she can be misunderstood with her desire to win.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Erik Boal erik.boal@dailynews.com Special to the Daily News CANYON COUNTRY - There isn't much Milan Cabrera can't do on a soccer field. Whether it's playing defense, setting up teammates or scoring goals, the Canyon High senior is among the area's most versatile players ....
Bruins recruit may still enroll pending test results.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: - Brian Dohn UCLA may not be done with its 2009 recruiting class, dependant on whether Riverside North High safety Lester White's test scores come back strong. White gave a non-binding oral commitment to the Bruins on Friday, with the idea he will enter ...
LAKERS NOTEBOOK: Intensity continues in Cleveland.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Elliott Teaford elliott.teaford@dailybreeze. Staff Writer BOSTON - The Lakers did what they could to move past the game of the season or the decade or the century or whatever else the pundits chose to call their overtime victory Thursday over the defending NBA champion ...
GARDENING UNPREDICTABLE SPRING WEATHER MAY AFFECT APPLE TREES.(L.A. Life)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: > JOSH SISKIN I have two apple trees. Previously, I pruned them in late January or February. This year they have some buds that have already started to open. Will it damage the trees if I try to prune them despite new bud growth? The trees are two years old, tall and ...
More rain drags out the process NHRA: Schedule for Winternationals in flux for finals.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Louis Brewster, Staff Writer POMONA - Rain washed out Friday's qualifying session for the NHRA season-opening Winternationals at Pomona Raceway, raising concerns among racers and fans about Sunday's scheduled final eliminations. A pair of qualifying runs for ...
KINGS at NEW JERSEY.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Faceoff: 4p.m., Prudential Center. TV/Radio: FSN West/1150-AM. Kings (22-21-7) update: After Thursday's 5-4 win at Washington, the Kings are 2-1-0 through three games of a five-game road trip through the Northeast. They can go 4-1-0 on a five-game road ...
DUCKS at CALGARY.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Faceoff: Noon, Saddledome. Radio: 830-AM (no TV) Ducks (26-24-5) update: Anaheim has lost nine of their last 14 and the first two games of a three-game road trip. They face Flames ...
BOOKS.(L.A. Life)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Go green Going green takes on a new meaning in the home garden with guidance from "Green Flowers - Unexpected Beauty for the Garden, Container or Vase" by Alison Hoblyn and photography by Marie O'Hara (Timber Press Inc.; $24.95). Homeowners doing research for plants that ...
Pletcher has at least these three for the show HORSE RACING: Trainer will bank on Cowboy Cal, Bittel Road and Monba in key Santa Anita stakes races today.(Sports)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: Art Wilson art.wilson@sgvn.com Staff Writer ARCADIA - Michael McCarthy, one of six assistants for four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher, is a little less busy these days. Pletcher had a string of more than 40 horses stabled with McCarthy at ...
'Gifted Hands' not so gifted in spots.(L.A. Life)
Feb 07, 2009 ... Byline: David Kronke, TV Critic By any standard, Ben Carson's life story is extraordinary. A severe underachiever as a child, Carson turned his life around and became the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at the age of 33 and, in 1987, performed a ...
IN DOGGED PURSUIT OF SHOW'S TOP HONOR.(L.A. Life)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: David Kronke, TV Writer What goes on behind the scenes at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show can be as colorful as what viewers see when they watch on television. Just ask Northridge resident Norman Bogdanow, who owns Brady, a Polish Lowland Sheepdog who has won Best ...
RISKY BUSINESS TARZANA ATTACK A WARNING FOR EXOTIC DANCERS VULNERABLE: DANCERS UNDERSTAND RISKS OF WORKING IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN INCLUDE DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND, SOMETIMES, VIOLENCE.(News)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Connie Llanos, Staff Writer Within the dimly-lit interiors of L.A.'s "gentlemen's clubs" or the less sophisticated strip joints or bikini bars, the women who take the stage as dancers are exposed to every vice imaginable. "There's drugs, alcohol, sex, ...
One year later, immigration raid at factory leaves lives in limbo POLICY: More than 100 workers waiting for cases to be resolved.(News)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Jerry Berrios jerry.berrios@dailynews.com 661-257-5253 Staff Writer A year ago, Gregorio Perez Cruz stood at his work station at a Van Nuys factory dismantling printer cartridges, as he had done for the previous two years. Forty-five minutes into his shift, ...
IT'S NO CONTEST UCLA BASKETBALL: BRUINS ARE AT THEIR BEST IN BEATDOWN OF VISITING NOTRE DAME. UCLA 89, NOTRE DAME 63.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Brian Dohn brian.dohn@dailynews.com Staff Writer UCLA committed six turnovers, and in coach Ben Howland's world of perfection there would be none. Notre Dame had 11 offensive rebounds, and Bruins center Alfred Aboya believes it led to too many second-chance ...
Bruins take fight out of Harangody.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: JILL PAINTER UCLA treated Luke Harangody like he was the head of some monster. The Bruins cut him right off. Harangody, Notre Dame's usually do-everything power forward, was garnering Player of the Year consideration until UCLA shackled him in ...
Lakers get two for the price of one NBA: L.A. sends disgruntled Radmanovic to Charlotte for pair of third-year players.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Elliott Teaford elliott.teaford@dailybreeze.com Staff Writer CLEVELAND - The Lakers don't expect a lot from forward Adam Morrison or guard Shannon Brown. They won't ask more of them than they're ready to give. Besides, the two third-year players have already helped them ...
THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR IN DOGGED PURSUIT OF SHOW'S TOP HONOR EXHIBITS, TV PROGRAMS, SPECIAL EVENTS FOCUS ON THE 16TH U.S. PRESIDENT ON BICENTENNIAL OF HIS BIRTH.(L.A. Life)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Rob Lowman, Entertainment Editor "He was preeminently the white man's president." That was Frederick Douglass speaking at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in memory of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1876, before an all-white audience ...
Birdsong's ready for a reunion.(L.A. Life)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ If you want to hear dirt about Diana Ross, don't bother asking Cindy Birdsong to dish any. The former Supreme has nothing bad to say about her famous one-time singing partner - a friend to this day. "I saw her on TV recently," Birdsong said ...
Super Bowl gave soldier a taste of home.(News)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY It's been a week since Super Bowl Sunday and a great football game that had everyone talking around the water cooler Monday morning. Do we still have water coolers in the office or are they gone, too? I hope you had a great day ...
MONEY & MARRIAGE GOOD FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION CAN SAVE RELATIONSHIP Good financial communication can save relationship.(Business)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Candice Choi, Staff Writer She cuts coupons and worries about retirement. He dreams of flat-screen TVs. For Melissa and Adam Zipper, residents of Willow Grove, Pa., the recession is laying bare their attitudes about money. "It can get frustrating ...
SMART SPENDER.(Business)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: SANDRA BARRERA Home Depot announced late last month that it is closing its 34 EXPO Design Centers, which carry upscale home-improvement and decorating items. And while the EXPO stores are having going-out-of-business sales - the closest location is in ...
EDITORIAL JOINING IN DEBATES IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.(Opinionated/Editorial)(Editorial)
Feb 08, 2009 ... MAYOR Antonio Villaraigosa's campaign has said he will not debate or in any way share a stage with the nine people challenging him during the municipal primary. Why should he? With the power of incumbency, more than $2.7 million in contributions and the backing of the city's ...
LET TAXPAYERS OFF HOOK.(Opinionated/Editorial)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Who really knows whether Nadya Suleman is a wacko, delusional, a deadbeat or a genuine, caring feeling mother. The near universal opinion is that the eight pregnancies could and should have been avoided. We do know this. Someone will have ...
BAD CASES MAKE BAD LAWS.(Opinionated/Editorial)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: JONATHAN DOBRER I don't want to get too Zen here, but should you be allowed to do something just because you can? I don't believe the state should legislate the number of births, the marital status or economic standing for parents. Still, Nadya Suleman's 14 ...
NO SYMPATHY FOR NADYA.(Opinionated/Editorial)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: ROB ASGHAR Mariel wants us to leave Nadya alone. Fair enough. We skeptics are not planning on stalking her or locking her up. But just as she was free to do what she did, we're free to criticize a person with limited resources for hogging health-care resources that are ...
RECALLING DR. FRANKENSTEIN.(Opinionated/Editorial)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: GAIL-TZIPPORAH SAUNDERS It's unfortunate someone couldn't have caught Nadya Suleman and her physician sooner so they could have tried channeling their energies into other areas. One cannot help but wonder where that doctor's head was, although Suleman has ...
WHAT ABOUT THE DOCTOR?(Opinionated/Editorial)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH OK, I'll leave Nadya alone. But I say we go after her doctor. Isn't one of the tenets of medicine "first, do no harm"? So what kind of doctor implants six embryos in an obviously fertile woman who does not believe in selective reduction, ...
LEAVE NADYA ALONE!(Opinionated/Editorial)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: MARIEL GARZA I'm pro-choice, and that means supporting a woman's private decision to have no babies - or to have 14 babies if her body is up to it. And that's the choice that Nadya Suleman, the Whittier mother of six who recently gave birth to octuplets, made ...
Theatrics by the teachers.(Opinionated/Editorial)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Richard J. Riordan, David A. Lehrer and Joe R. Hicks LOS Angeles is often referred to as the "entertainment capital of the world," with ample justification. The studios, stars and multimedia companies located here are truly the source of much of the world's diversions. ...
PUBLIC FORUM.(Opinionated/Editorial)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 08, 2009 ... What's left to 'sacrifice'? The premise of the question is wrong. We were never asked to sacrifice a "bit" of privacy in the interest of national security after 9-11. We sacrificed all of it, and didn't even know it. The Bush administration took away every right to ...
BUSTING OUT for a NIGHT MIXER: Comics store hosts event for mingling.(News)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Brandon Lowrey brandon.lowrey@dailynews.com 818-713-3699 Staff Writer NEWHALL - The guys huddled up along the comic book shelves on Friday night, casting furtive glances and timid waves at the ladies. Members of the fairer sex scanned the room from their ...
ON DVD.(L.A. Life)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Rob Lowman/Entertainment Editor W. After fevered takes on other American presidents - "JFK" and "Nixon" - Oliver Stone's "W." seems rather tame. Had the filmmaker let loose his outrage instead of keying in on our now former president's Oedipal ...
Students flex at Academic Decathlon QUIZ: Marshall takes top spot El Camino Real and Palisades tie for 2nd-place honors.(News)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Brandon Lowrey brandon.lowrey@dailynews.com 818-713-3699 Staff Writer The stadium erupted with screams and cheers Saturday as high school students and parents, armed with pompoms and video cameras, celebrated points scored. The champions representing their ...
Bicentennial events on TV, around the country.(L.A. Life)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Rob Lowman Did you know that the Lincoln family dog was named Fido? There isn't much you can't find out about our 16th president, who will be celebrated in many ways throughout the year. Surf through the Lincoln Bicentennial Web site - lincolnbicentennial.gov ...
Lincoln lives on in Huntington exhibit.(L.A. Life)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Michelle J. Mills, Staff Writer There is a document now on display at the Huntington Library's exhibition "The Last Full Measure of Devotion: Collecting Abraham Lincoln" known as the "death warrant." It's a pass written in Lincoln's hand sending his friend ...
Stalemate's human toll DILEMMA: If state halts payments to boarding home, autistic man will be removed.(News)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Melissa Evans melissa.evans@dailybreeze.com Staff Writer The state's historic budget crunch has put Redondo Beach resident Pat Boyer and her autistic son in a dire dilemma. Boyer, a widow, depends on Social Security payments her son receives for his ...
Ah, wilderness! STANLEY PARK SEEMS FAR FROM VANCOUVER'S RUSH.(L.A. Life)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Story and Photos by Eric Noland VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The ground was a spongy, fragrant carpet of fir, hemlock and cedar needles, and the air had a loamy scent from the previous night's rains. But this was no experience deep in the Canadian north woods. It was a ...
Darchinyan retains title belts BOXING: Arce loses by 11th-round TKO.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Robert Morales, Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Jorge Arce said he was hopeful that his fight with Vic Darchinyan would produce a lot of blood because he gets more motivated when the red stuff gets on him. Unfortunately for Arce, most of the blood spilled Saturday was ...
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Highlights of a Kobe Bryant Q&A from the February/March issue of Complex magazine that arrives on newstands Tuesday: On the one private failure that keeps him up at night: "Dog****? Like, I hate dog****. Ihave a dog and I do not clean the (bleep) outside. It's a ...
A LYTTLE PLAN FOR A LOT OF FUN.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: TOM HOFFARTH There's really very little that Larry Lyttle doesn't already know about how to keep people entertained. The big picture is how that translates to his latest off-Hollywood co-pilot project - ownership of the Lancaster JetHawks - which will ...
COLLEGES: Holmes scores 18 to lead Pepperdine past LMU.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Ryan Holmes scored 18 points to lead the Pepperdine men's basketball team to a 58-43 victory over Loyola Marymount on Saturday night at Gersten Pavilion. Keion Bell had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Waves (6-18, 3-5 West Coast ...
UCLA BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Howland: Aboya is 'relentless'.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Brian Dohn, Staff Writer Darren Collison's pressure on opposing point guards spearheads UCLA's defensive pressure, but Bruins coach Ben Howland doesn't think the senior point guard is his best defensive player. That honor, and it is a huge honor given ...
Thousand Oaks feels right at home on road GIRLS' SOCCER: Demirjian helps Lancers win fourth in a row at Westlake.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Erik Boal, Special to the Daily News Warrior Stadium isn't Taylor Demirjian's home field, but it's sure felt like it for the Thousand Oaks standout and her teammates in recent years. Demirjian, who recorded a hat trick in her last appearance on Westlake ...
PREP ROUNDUP: Agoura rebounds, wins twice.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Daily News For a girls' water polo team that rarely backs down from a challenge, Agoura suffered an uncharacteristic letdown Friday in a nine-goal loss to Edison of Huntington Beach in the Southern California Championships. But the Chargers bounced back ...
Chatsworth doesn't get fouled up in routing H.-W. GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Brandon overcomes early fouls, teams with Jackson to spark intersectional win.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Jacob H. Pollon jack.pollon@dailynews.com Special to the Daily News Three minutes into Chatsworth's nonleague girls' basketball showdown with Harvard-Westlake of Studio City, Gennifer Brandon picked up two early fouls. It could have spelled doom for the ...
Zirbel still looking for a scholarship.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: ERIK BOAL With the pomp and circumstance of national signing day having finally subsided, several local football standouts can now look to their futures on college campuses across the country. As for Saugus' Ryan Zirbel, he knows that opportunity might have ...
And you thought the Boston Celtics had something to prove?(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: RAMONA SHELBURNE Wait until you see the snit storm the Lakers walk into this afternoon at the Quicken Loans Arena against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Sure, there's that matter of revenge for the Lakers' resounding win over the Cavs back on Jan. 19 in Los Angeles, ...
Derby hopefuls turn it on HORSE RACING: Pioneer of the Nile, Stardom Bound win stakes at Santa Anita.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Art Wilson art.wilson@sgvn.com Staff Writer ARCADIA - The long, tumultuous road to the 2009 Kentucky Derby began in earnest in Southern California on Saturday when two heavily favored 3-year-olds, Stardom Bound and Pioneerof the Nile, delivered big victories in two of ...
Despite muddy track, Stewart wins again MOTOCROSS: Series points leader Reed can't keep up with Floridian.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Keith Lair keith.lair@sgvn.com Staff Writer ANAHEIM - James Stewart is finally comfortable on his Yamaha. That means the other AMA Supercross series riders better watch out. The rider from Haines City, Fla., could conceivably go undefeated the remainder of the ...
Weather finally eases up NHRA: After two days of rainouts, drag racers get to show their stuff.(Sports)
Feb 08, 2009 ... Byline: Louis Brewster louis.brewster@inlandnewspapers.com Staff Writer POMONA - Menacing rain clouds steered away from Pomona Raceway just long enough Saturday afternoon to get in a qualifying session for the NHRA's season-opening Winternationals. The break in the ...
HOW TO ... REAP THE BENEFITS OF VALENTINE'S DAY.(L.A. Life)
Feb 09, 2009 ... Little expressions of love can boost your physical and mental health - if you don't go overboard. Here are some do's and don'ts for a healthy and happy Valentine's Day. 1 Do buy dark chocolate for your Valentine:. The flavonoids have been shown to reduce blood pressure, lower ...
BOOKS.(L.A. Life)
Feb 09, 2009 ... Baby talk Model Cindy Margolis seems an unlikely person to write about infertility, but actually she is one of millions of people who struggle with the uncertainty, disappointment and medical chaos that comes with it. In "Having a Baby ... When the Old-Fashioned Way ...
Gangs steer clear of park STRATEGY: A court-ordered injunction appears to have been effective in one neighborhood.(News)
Feb 09, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Castro tony.castro@dailynews.com 818-713-3761 Staff Writer It's a tale of two gang turfs. Lanark Park in Canoga Park and Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Memorial Park share an unfortunate distinction: Each has played host to some of the San Fernando Valley's most ...
Perfect ending NBA: With Bryant ailing, Odom steps up to help Lakers deal Cleveland first home loss, finish 6-0 on trip. LAKERS 101, CLEVELAND 91.(Sports)
Feb 09, 2009 ... Byline: Elliott Teaford elliott.teaford@dailybreeze.com Staff Writer CLEVELAND - The Lakers had every reason to pack their bags and beat it out of town well ahead of schedule Sunday afternoon. And who would have blamed them for seeking a figurative early exit? ...
GOLD STANDARD PLANT, KRAUSS WIN FIVE TROPHIES, LIL WAYNE FOUR AND COLDPLAY THREE IN NIGHT OF DRAMA AND MUSIC.(News)
Feb 09, 2009 ... Byline: David Kronke, Staff Writer It was down to the wire Sunday night at the Grammy Awards at Staples Center, with three of the Album of the Year artists - Coldplay, Lil Wayne and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - having won multiple trophies before the evening's big winner was ...