Clik here to view.
Many readers unimpressed by financial overhaul
The Senate has passed a sweeping financial reform in a major win for President Obama. It's considered the most far-reaching overhaul of the financial sector since the Great Depression. For a more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hasta la vista, baby -- Schwarzenegger's job approval is lower than ever
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't exactly the most-liked man in Sacramento.The governor is now just as unpopular as Gray Davis was when Californian voters recalled him and crowned Schwarzenegger.The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barack Obama's legislation: 'Big Things' or bad things?
It was fun while it lasted. Times columnist Doyle McManus wrote in an op-ed Sunday that "Obama's era of Big Things is over." The landmark legislation passed under President Obama's watch will come to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Free Lindsay?: Lohan ordered to jail -- but for how long? [Updated]
After much ballyhoo, a judge in Beverly Hills ordered actress Lindsay Lohan to jail Tuesday morning and promised there would be no electronic monitoring or house arrest that could reduce the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hurdles' great Allen Johnson exits the field
A few things have slipped by while I was working on other things. Among them: Allen Johnson left competitive track and field at age 39. If hardly anyone noticed when the high hurdler quietly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mystery language on a border sign
The photo that accompanied an article Saturday about deaths of illegal immigrants in the Arizona desert showed a sign that carried instructions in three languages. The sign was posted on a...
View ArticleLatin America Digest: Cuba, Venezuela and Guatemala
TODAY'S ONE-LINE NEWS BRIEFS: Havana -- Cuba has accused Chilean businessman Max Marambio, a former close friend of Fidel Castro, of bribery, fraud and other crimes, and summoned him to appear before...
View ArticleOlympic panel's recommendation was no honor for Ueberroth
The U.S. Olympic Committee board last week rejected the Tagliabue committee's recommendation to stop having immediate past chairmen serve as honorary president and attend board meetings. It was the...
View ArticleSports designer, movie editor, science writer named
The following staff changes have been announced in the last week: Josh Penrod has joined the design staff as senior designer, sports. Josh will serve as lead designer on a talented staff of designers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
White House apologizes to former USDA employee forced to resign over racial...
The White House apologized on Wednesday to a black Agriculture Department employee who was sacked for her remarks about race, acknowledging that officials didn't know all the facts when she was fired....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cycling's ageless wonder Longo still improving at 51
Old gold: Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli riding to her 57th national title June 24 in France and, below, holding the gold medal. (Photos: AP / David Vincent) By Philip Hersh A few things have slipped by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chicago needs to join next U.S. World Cup
The opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup at Soldier Field (AP file photo) By Philip Hersh A few things have slipped by lately while I was working on other things. I'm getting to them one-by-one --...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Share your memories of Marc Abrams -- Silver Lake's 'Walking Man' dies at 58
Residents of Silver Lake have lost a neighborhood staple. The Los Angeles County coroner's office early Thursday confirmed the death of Marc Abrams, 58, who was simply known as the "Walking Man."Abrams...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Chamorro wins journalism prize -- again
Thirty-three years after his father was awarded the prestigious Maria Moors Cabot journalism prize, Carlos Fernando Chamorro has received the same honor. The veteran Nicaraguan journalist said he was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With two years to run, Coe says London in 'killing zone' of its Olympic...
The London 2012 Olympic Stadium as it looked earlier this month. (Associated Press / Kirsty Wigglesworth) By Philip Hersh Tuesday marks two years to go to the July 27, 2012 opening of the London...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pacific Time podcast: The story behind two Los Angeles Times stories
In Friday's episode, we go behind the text and photos of two compelling Los Angeles Times stories this week. On July 15, The Times exposed that in one of the poorest cities in Los Angeles County, city...
View ArticleGulf oil spill: Computer glitches plagued the Deepwater Horizon rig,...
Computers on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig had a history of malfunctions, a rig technician told federal investigators Friday.A computer that could be used to control all rig drilling functions...
View ArticleGulf oil spill: Deepwater Horizon was due for major overhaul
The Deepwater Horizon was in poor condition prior to its exploding in the Gulf of Mexico and triggering the worst U.S. offshore oil spill in history, an engineering technician told federal...
View ArticleGulf oil spill: Witness gives harrowing account of escaping Deepwater Horizon...
To Mike Williams, the first clue to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon was a hiss.Williams, a rig engineer technician, was in an office on the phone with his wife when he heard announcements over...
View ArticleGulf oil spill: Crew of Deepwater Horizon failed to see warning signs, expert...
Oil rig workers failed to properly complete key tests aboard the Deepwater Horizon that could have shown the risk of a surge of natural gas from the undersea well to the rig, a Louisiana State...
View Article