- Baseball: Brewers win (and lose) at Area Code Games
- Football: Getting set for the opening stretch
- Football: Boo! Radley could frighten City Section foes at Taft
- Adams-Normandie: Martha Cruz, 18
- Football: Mayfair linebacker Gavert headed to San Diego State
- Van Nuys: Juan Espinoza, 19
- Exposition Park: Roy Anthony Sutherland, 48
- Football: La Habra's Ghandour picks San Diego State
- Sylmar: Antonio Arenas, 35
- East Rancho Dominguez: Lucio Rodarte, 40
- South Gate: Roberto Alvarado, 18
- Vermont Square: Wilber Panameno, 21
- Unincorporated Los Angeles: Jamil Lyles, 17
- Rooks show there may be some truth to Aesop's fable 'The Crow and the Pitcher'
- Boys' basketball: Boykin commits to Long Beach State
- Boys' basketball: It's California for Solomon
- Want a brouhaha? Start with a doll, add sucking sounds, sell it to kids ...
- Football: Alemany's Marable commits to Oregon State
- Dodgers' Elbert to start Sunday
- Softball: Los Alamitos 14-under team wins Western national title
- LACMA's Govan says donors step forward for film program
- The Dry Garden: Late bloomers are tough summer sirens
- Baseball: Los Angeles falls in RBI World Series
- Mass and visitation to be held next week for Loyola's Dawson
- Baby's Badass Burgers: Will a rolling sex-and-meat show sell? Probably
- DDOS attack slammed Twitter with 20 times normal traffic volume
- L.A.'s latest art fair? It's in Malibu
- Smart Choices: Coming to a supermarket near you
- 'The Lovely Bones' heads to screen
- Abreu called up from triple-A, Schmidt appears headed for DL
- Opinion: The unemployed need not apply
- On Sunday, LoftSEVEN's designer sample sale
- John Hughes' secret pen pal reveals why he left Hollywood behind
- Opinion: Recession brings hotter waitresses, emptier hotels and cheaper tacos
- Montana revokes permit for new coal-fired power plant
- Restoring lashes, tightening vaginas, plumping lips top wish list among those considering 'less common' cosmetic procedures
- Secondhand Los Angeles: Your guide to how to sell, what to buy and where to go
- Swimsuits are sold poolside at Standard Hotels
- Silver Lake Farms launches free urban gardening workshops
- Update from Hermosa Beach Open
- Culinary SOS: Sazerac cocktail
- Sweet Love Hangover to flip on its 'Lite-Brite' later this month
- Senate confirms Rocco Landesman as NEA head
- Korean BBQ Festival and Cook-off Saturday
- Surf/skate brand RVCA catches a wave into Bryant Park tents
- Julia Child at 80
- Consumer debt keeps shrinking, voluntarily and otherwise
- Music review: Nikolaj Znaider dazzles at the Hollywood Bowl
- Man blames cat for child pornography found on his computer
- Interview: Twitter service provider NTT America on DDOS attack
- UCLA football preview: the linebackers
- Chris Kattan's choreographed eccentricities
- American Cancer Society birthday cake, Round 2: The ACS has its say
- Hot Property photographs featuring J.K. Simmons, Melissa Joan Hart, David Lipman and Tony Curtis
- Rodent of the Week: Reconnecting axons in spinal cord injuries
- Cardinal and Blue meet on the green at U.S. Women's Amateur
- CalPERS: a looming disaster?
- TCA press tour: Show runners blast NBC, Leno
- Cyber attack that brought down Twitter was aimed at dissident blogger
- Willy DeVille dies at 58; founder of punk group Mink DeVille
- Art Review: Camilo Ontiveros at Steve Turner Contemporary Art
- Spend the weekend loving good cars -- clunkers or not
- Opinion: To Pelosi, healthcare protests are 'display of the democratic process'
- Where the wild things are furry
- Only in L.A.: El Conquistador in Silver Lake dons Lakers' colors
- Kawasaki's super commuter: The 2009 ER-6n
- 'So You Think You Can Dance': Chatting with winner Jeanine Mason
- 'G.I. Joe' reviews: How bad can they get?
- 'Brokeback Mountain' shirts on display at the Autry
- IRAQ: Smokers dismayed by tough anti-smoking legislation
- Now the actors are griping about the Emmy changes
- Garden news: L.A. County Arboretum taps new CEO
- Inside the jobs report: A 'dramatic scaling back of firings'
- Your morning adorable: Guinea pigs eat watermelon
- WORLD: Follow Los Angeles Times global coverage on Facebook
- If you thought wine in a box was bad, you might not want to read this
- Sampler Platter: Sonoran hot dogs, Central American chicken, coffee taste test
- On-location TV commercial filming up for second week in row
- Make that 40 candles
- Networks' big advertising gamble on economic recovery may not pay off
- Some stem cell lines are more equal than others
- Except for dementia, even very old people are happier
- Art Review: Lawrence Weiner at Regen Projects II
- Hot Property: Silent film star's Santa Monica beach house listed at $7.9 million
- Mexican day laborers are 'Los Bastardos' in fictional work
- Opinion: In today's pages: Secret votes, hate crimes and L.A.'s top cop
- 'Top Chef Masters': Where are your (truffle) chips?
- School of the rock 'n' roll novel
- Surprise, surprise: Florida is No. 1 in USA Today preseason coaches' poll
- Boys' basketball: Tiffin commits to UC Davis
- Baseball: Skaggs to sign with Angels
- Celebrating Julia Child
- 'Spider-Man' musical hanging by a thin web?
- Be sure to save room for a free Dodger Dog on Sept. 14
- Steroids can relieve sore throat
- Opinion: Surprise! Shepard Fairey doesn't think Obama is a socialist
- Rush Limbaugh flunks Graphic Design 101
- Swine flu: Don't be so quick to close schools
- Monster Mash: S.M. Puppetry Center closing; Dallas Cowboys decorate stadium; money problems for 'Spider-Man' musical?
- Corporate 'clunkers' turn to gold for yield-hungry investors
- IRAQ: Three American hikers held in Iran made a 'mistake'
- MIDDLE EAST: Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah rattle sabers
- Art Review: Aaron Morse at ACME
- The Morning Fix: Remembering John Hughes; why Fox won't do 'Family Guy' episode; women behind the 'Mad Men'
- My dinger with Andre Ethier
- Three children's product recalls
- Opinion: Obamas rent Martha's Vineyard vacation home from McCain supporter
- Kathy Goodman: There's a new group in town
- The Deal: Artesanos' hand-blown glass hurricanes for summer entertaining
- Will news of more upside-down borrowers = cramdowns?
- 'So You Think You Can Dance': America's favorite dancer is ... Jeanine!
- Hughes was a master of light, right notes
- John Hughes dies at 59; writer-director of '80s teen films
- Underworld at Hard Summer 2009
- Robert M. Takasugi dies at 78; Japanese American federal judge had been interned in World War II relocation camp
- Pakistan, U.S. check reports of Taliban chief death
- Year later, Russia win over Georgia cuts both ways
- Top-ranked Safina makes unlucky exit
- Indelible portrait of survival
- Ludwig races into uncharted territory
- Swine flu vaccine on track for September, WHO says
- Hillary Clinton's trip to Somalia signals new U.S. commitment
- Judge questions BofA settlement
- NASA says Kepler spacecraft proves it can find Earth-like planets
- Text messages from press row ...
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / HOLLYWOOD
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / RIVERSIDE COUNTY
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / AND FINALLY . . .
- BUSINESS BRIEFING
- BUSINESS BRIEFING
- Jackson flag order causes flap in Carson
- TV networks cut prices for ads but still sell less
- Chivas owner Jorge Vergara rides wave of popularity, criticism to success
- Fannie Mae seeks another $10.7 billion in U.S. aid
- Tweets fall silent as Twitter goes down for hours
- Gov. signs bill easing office pool penalties
- Britain says goodbye to Harry Patch, the last of its World War I soldiers
- Mexico's war on civil rights
- Reggie Wayne leads Indianapolis Colts' construction project
- Select E1 for board shorts
- Obama's counter-terrorism advisor denounces Bush-era policies
- Plan urged to save national parks from global warming effects
- Obama aims to overhaul immigration jail system
- They've got their fingers at the ready
- Memories of odd family life are far from fiction
- Philadelphia beats Colorado, 3-1
- Suit settled over Brutal Legend game
- Japanese American federal judge
- DVD sales down, not out
- CBS takes a hit in 2nd quarter but says recovery is coming
- L.A. County sheriff to supervise MTA security guards
- Glacier melt accelerating, federal report concludes
- Indie veteran launches firm
- Unsavory lawmaking
- Fines but no suspensions for Prince Fielder and Guillermo Mota
- Rashard Lewis suspended for taking banned substance
- Retail sales fall 5.1% in July despite back-to-school lures
- Wells Fargo increasing executives salaries
- Tackling the elephant in the room: overpopulation
- FTC issues rule on petroleum price manipulation
- Deathly superstition haunts Indian village
- Romero doubles to lead rally in 12th
- Quinn leads Sparks in overtime win
- New twist in battle for land near Malibu
- Psychiatric hospital is sued by ex-workers
- A bite out of crime
- Choosing the next police chief
- Jewish groups decry Obama award pick
- China lawyer who fought unfair arrest is arrested
- Rangers avoid four-game sweep
- Yankees finally defeat the Red Sox
- Ever thought of Newport?
- Kessy, Ross take momentum to Hermosa
- One sweet little run
- Padraig Harrington finds his game at Firestone
- 4 held in string of taco truck holdups
- Bombs, bullets and ballots
- Their honeymoon is over
- Stocks open higher after jobless claims report
- Salmonella outbreak is linked to ground beef
- Senate OKs more cash for 'clunkers'
- He listened to kids, gave them a voice
- He made biggest save of the Dodgers' season
- Just a regular Joe in real life
- A bull's-eye for Buick
- Workers get new help in Dole fight
- Minnesota hasn't hired Rambis to be coach just yet
- Picking the right guy isn't always a snap
- Athletic programs at public colleges feel California's budget ax
- SEC: Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg settles fraud charges
- Texas alcohol board reports violations in gay bar raid
- Like a chief in the night
- A sort of spin cycle
- Culinary sisterhood
- MUSIC REVIEW
- The need for a 'black agenda'
- BUSINESS BRIEFING
- A lot of bunks
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES
- BUSINESS BRIEFING
- THEATER BEAT
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW YORK
- Senate vote on Sotomayor scheduled for this afternoon
- A master of the light, right notes of teen life
- This guy's got inside game
- A deadly amendment
- Lyons doesn't let past slow down his mouth
- Abreu a member of an elite group
- 'Fragments' hard to piece together
- Gap founder's art trove remains homeless in S.F.
- Friends versus friends
- Ethier still has finishing touch
- School board member quits
- Weis needs a berth in BCS
- Recession squeezes Southland high school sports
- France's push-pull relationship with Jews
- Jackson was set for 2nd physical
- Fear is real, but bullet is soap
- 1984 Summer Olympics revisited
- British outfit's still at techno's vanguard
- Oh, to look like Marilyn Monroe
- Nasdaq to stop offering flash trading Sept. 1
- Afghanistan roadside bombs kill at least 26
- Angels outslug White Sox to snap two-game losing streak
- WORLD BRIEFING / TONGA
- EARNINGS ROUNDUP
- Bratton bows out
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / WASHINGTON, D.C.
- Special interests and partisanship
- WORLD BRIEFING / BELGIUM
- EARNINGS ROUNDUP
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / SANTA ANA
- BUSINESS BRIEFING
- TV PRESS TOUR
- WORLD BRIEFING / MEXICO
- EARNINGS ROUNDUP
- COMMENTARY
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / PENNSYLVANIA
- BUSINESS BRIEFING
- City Hall's fiscal circus
- COMPANY TOWN
- EARNINGS ROUNDUP
- FOR THE RECORD - Aug. 7, 2009
- QUICK TAKES - Aug. 7, 2009
- QUICK TAKES - Aug. 7, 2009
- QUICK TAKES - Aug. 7, 2009
- QUICK TAKES - Aug. 7, 2009
- QUICK TAKES - Aug. 7, 2009
- FOR THE RECORD - Aug. 7, 2009
- FOR THE RECORD - Aug. 7, 2009
- Greuel endorses Essel for 2nd District
- Memories of odd family life and a Salinger link
- From sea to shore
- Shoring up the reservoir road
- The water is a cooler
- Tonight's Dodger walk-off heroics, as tweeted by Bill Plaschke
- Has Broadway's "Spider-man" musical been halted?
- Lennox: Luis Pierson, 42
- Compton: Anthony Huerta, 25
- Florence: Santiago Morales, 23
- Florence: Guillermo Vargas, 32
- City Terrace: Anthony Olmos, 25
- Historic South-Central: Francisco Cornelio, 23
- Harvard Park: Jesse McWayne, 19
- Long Beach: Leonardo Benitez, 18
- Torrance: Torie Anderson, 32
- Vermont Vista: Reginald Paris, 56
- Art Review: Yo Fukui at David Salow Gallery
- Adopt-a-Pet: Stewie the Labrador-husky mix
- Opinion: Should the government own any part of the "good" Fannie and Freddie?
- A short-term drop in Wells stock may suit its execs just fine
- Dispute over no-longer-five-legged puppy to go to court (TV court, that is)
- Sparks' Lisa Leslie to come off bench tonight against Seattle
- Theater review: 'Franz Schubert: His Letters and Music' at the Odyssey
- TCA Press Tour: 'Human Target' brings the action hero to TV
- Santa Monica Puppetry Center closing its doors
- TCA press tour: 'Lie to Me' will get more personal in second season
- Michael Vick: Still no takers in the NFL for disgraced quarterback
- Very Small Bites, Part II: Stefan's, Eva, Caffe Roma, Reservoir
- Jay Leno's new show to include a 'green car' segment
- Fines but no suspensions for Guillermo Mota, Prince Fielder
- Very Small Bites, Part I: Veggie Grill, McCormick & Schmick's, Bluewater Grill
- Activision and Double Fine settle lawsuit over Brutal Legend game
- Obama, Bush and the Joker: Cultural double standard?
- R.I.P. John Hughes: The Tolstoy of American teenagers is gone but not forgotten
- A cancer-fighting cake? That may be oversell. (But hey, it tastes good.)
- Opinion: Limbaugh compares Obama's new healthcare logo to Nazi swastika
- Theater review: 'The Debate Over Courtney O'Connell' at Cafe Metropol
- Mark Cavendish, Team Columbia-HTC coming to Missouri
- TCA Press Tour: Gordon Ramsay coaches critics for 'CookALong Live'
- Discounts of 25% to 40% at Smith & Hawken liquidation sales
- Peaches and nectarines: How to choose, store and prepare
- Shelling beans: How to choose, store and prepare
- Kyoho grapes: How to choose, store and prepare
- Big Picture poll: Best John Hughes film ever?
- Gala apples: How to choose, store and prepare
- Eggplants: How to choose, store and prepare
- Pelican in search of snack eats cellphone at Idaho zoo
- Vino and Vixens: Irregular Wine Tastings and Suicide Girls at the Echoplex