- L.A. schools chief threatens to retire, then backs off
- Up next for Kings: Sunday at Calgary
- Harry Welch can't wait to get back to his team
- Saturday's TV highlights
- Rays rally to beat Rangers, 6-3, and avoid elimination
- YouTube channel tells gay teens: It gets better
- U.S. let chance for German Coach Joachim Loew slip away
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo: Inside the heart of a gentle 'subversive'
- Horoscope: Oct. 9
- What now for weight loss?
- Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights filled with mazes and monsters
- Quick Takes: Trailer for 'The Dilemma' pulle over joke
- Measure puts tighter restrictions on who may work in home healthcare program
- Pentagon destroys former intelligence officer's memoir
- American Apparel names Tom Casey acting president
- Unraveling the torture knot
- Lakers back in town, and back to work, in a big way
- Finally, a way out for Chile's 33 trapped miners
- Governor's veto ax falls heavily on welfare, child care and special education programs
- Jennifer Jones Film Series
- How the Bank of America foreclosure freeze affects California homeowners
- Cal's Shane Vereen beats familiar opponents in UCLA
- UCLA fans ignored warning and look at them now
- USC adds Stanford loss to the waste line
- Lawmaker criticizes USDA actions in Sherrod firing
- Stocks rise, oddly, on bleak jobs report
- Party in rural Washington ends with 12 hospitalized, possibly drugged
- Dustin Brown has grown with the Kings
- Newsom for lieutenant governor
- Lakers say they realize the field trip is over
- USC done in by bad defense in last-second disaster
- Chiang for state controller
- Brody estate plantings
- Head of troubled charter school company resigns
- Judge rejects motion to put Bruce Lisker back in prison
- USC falls to Stanford on last-second field goal
- A bit of tarnish on marijuana's benign reputation
- Chase drivers hope to close on Jimmie Johnson at Fontana
- L.A. council members propose measures to curb spiraling pension costs
- Unemployment stays at 9.6% as schools, governments slash jobs
- Tim Lincecum may start Game 4 for Giants
- Yankees sweep Twins out of playoffs, again
- North Koreans celebrate newly anointed Kim Jong Eun
- School lunchboxes: How to make them eco-friendly?
- Obama's national security advisor to leave post
- There's a hole at the top of college football's poll
- Chiefs near historic reversal of fortune
- Battling over bike lanes
- Questions surround closers in Giants-Braves division series
- Chivas USA needs a makeover before next season
- Under Obama, a reinvigorated FDA
- BofA halts foreclosure seizures nationwide
- Events happening Saturday
- Hassan Astani: The scrapper
- Sriracha chili-sauce factory to spice up a bleak lot in Irwindale
- It's not even a matter of degrees — ESPN's 'Heat Index' is off-the-charts silly
- Catcher Carlos Ruiz is the backstop, and maybe the backbone, of the Phillies
- Web Buzz: Howjsay.com helps you pronounce foreign words
- Bruins' offense has little firepower against Golden Bears
- Wisconsin's reasoning is a little shaky
- 'CHiPs' TV cop Wilcox to plead guilty
- On the Media: Candidates are MIA during 2010 elections campaign
- Pakistan to investigate video of executions it first dismissed as fake
- Gunman captured in school playground shooting
- Weekend TV talk shows
- Prosperity is more than UCLA can bear, as Cal rolls to 35-7 victory over Bruins
- Dustin Brown has grown with the Kings
- Boehner returns to stump, aiming to frame election as a referendum on Obama
- Garrett Eckbo's philosophy is clear at Holmby Hills estate
- Carl Icahn taking Lions Gate to court
- A sweet start for Kings after playoffs' bitter end
- John Lennon's Son Unveils Monument on Anniversary
- Crash ruins Danica Patrick's best NASCAR run
- Chris Erskine: Man of the House
- Movie review: 'My Soul to Take'
- Arab League agrees to give U.S. more time to salvage Mideast peace process
- Teamwork is a goal for homeless soccer player
- Malta guards Europe's gates against African immigrants
- Jurors will be allowed to see ex-Countrywide CFO's e-mails
- Whitman and Fiorina court key Latino vote in rare joint appearance
- Bishop's empire faces an uncertain future
- Nobel Peace Prize honors dissident, sends a message to China
- Democrats urge Brown to apologize over remark about Whitman
- Like father, like son? Not with the Chopras
- For the record - Oct. 9, 2010
- North Koreans celebrate newly anointed Kim Jong Eun
- Angeles National Forest chief reassigned
- For Ryan Murphy, a deal to sing about
- Refining the search for extraterrestrial life
- Scary bars to visit around the world, just in time for the Halloween season
- Football: Friday's scores
- Football: It's the Long Beach Poly of old
- Football: Crespi holds on for 53-47 victory
- Football: Loyola leads Valencia, 39-24
- Football: Bercovici throws fifth TD pass
- Football: Stenhouse throws 6th TD pass
- Football: Thomas catches third TD for Taft
- Football: Stenhouse stays hot for Crespi
- Football: Bercovici throws third TD pass
- Football: Another TD pass for Hales
- Football: Valencia scores touchdown, but Loyola leads, 32-24
- Football: Stenhouse throws fourth TD pass
- Football: Pettway catches TD for Long Beach Poly
- Football: Loyola extends its lead over Valencia
- Football: Thompson scores third TD for Taft
- Football: Allie Long gets 100-yard kickoff return
- Football: Turnover gives Taft momentum
- Football: Loyola leads Valencia, 25-17, in third quarter
- Football: LB Poly leads Lakewood, 14-7
- Football: Crespi leads 32-20 at halftime
- Football: Blocked punt sets up Crespi TD
- Football: Long Beach Poly 14, Lakewood 7
- Football: Lucien's third TD gives Crespi the lead
- Football: Loyola leads Valencia, 22-14, at halftime
- Voter Guide
- Football: Lucien TD catch gets Crespi closer
- Football: Lakewood 7, LB Poly 7
- Football: Thompson run puts Taft back in front
- Saturday's TV Highlights: “Auctioneer$” on TLC.
- Football: Loyola leads Valencia, 22-7, late in second quarter
- Football: Johnson's run pulls Crespi even
- Football: Loyola leads Valencia, 15-7
- Football: Taft regains lead over Crespi
- Football: Long Beach Poly puts together impressive drive
- Football: Crespi strikes quickly on first drive
- Football: It's a wild one in Encino
- Football: Taft looks impressive on opening drive
- Hallmark Channel shakes up programming ranks in wake of Martha Stewart ratings woes
- Football: Taft will receive opening kickoff
- Football: QB duel highlights Crespi-Taft matchup
- Angels coach Ron Roenicke to interview for Milwaukee managerial job
- Bet you haven't seen this before
- Jamie McMurray wins pole in Fontana for NASCAR's fourth Chase race
- Governor signs budget but vetoes nearly $1 billion
- No way: David O. Russell now back with 'Drake's Fortune'
- KCRW's 'Morning Becomes Eclectic': The math and the music of Caribou
- One year ago: Pierre Cabrol
- Fendi celebrates new Beverly Center store
- Anna Kendrick, Amy Adams celebrate Elle's '25 at 25'
- Michigan governor touts film tax credit program amid criticism
- <b>PHOTOS:</b> 2010 New York Comic Con
- Football: Long Beach Poly fans are getting restless
- Tom Verducci's postgame interview with Tim Lincecum proves it's not as easy as it looks
- Opinion: George Bush and Obama presidencies now viewed about the same by Americans
- Harry Potter bets on purists over prices -- this time
- Will Jennifer Weiner get to the little screen?
- 'Glee': Brittany Notable Quotables
- Gloves come off over headline's use of 'gantlet'
- John Stamos extortionists each get four years in prison
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck to join 'Good Morning America'
- Steve Lopez: Meg Whitman is a hypocrite, not a whore
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Reaction in Latin America turns on Nobel winner's political views
- Irving Berlin piano spotlighted at National Museum of American Jewish History
- Last-minute deal for Fresno developer helps stitch together final budget deal
- Peanut Butter Wolf premieres an exclusive mix in advance of this Sunday's 10/10/10 celebration
- Turmoil at Yahoo puts struggling Internet giant and its CEO in the spotlight
- The MPAA's mystifying call on 'Blue Valentine'
- Live review: Arcade Fire at the Shrine Auditorium
- For Rufus, winningest bull terrier in breed history, life as a retired show dog is still busy
- Critical Mass: 'Secretariat'
- Jazz review: Nels Cline and David Breskin's 'Dirty Baby' at LACMA (updated)
- Willie Mitchell, Kings ready for Saturday's opener in Vancouver
- Scene & Heard: L.A. Philharmonic opening gala is a night to remember
- Jerry Brown announces NOW endorsement one day after Meg Whitman slur
- 'Deadliest Catch' captains will return to film Discovery's seventh season, after all
- Jerry Brown's Twitter feed: From policy proposals to cat pictures
- Florence + the Machine to perform on 'Dancing With the Stars'
- When jealous girlfriends attack: Kim Kardashian drenched
- More Fed help for economy now just a matter of time
- LIBYA: Tripoli cracks down on 'sex-positive' URL shortener
- Music review: Gustavo Dudamel's second L.A. Phil gala at Disney Concert Hall
- At Anti-Defamation League awards, NBC Universal's Jeff Gaspin tells online users to put away their sharp knives
- Weekend Talk Shows
- TV This Week: October 10 - 16
- Additional evidence helped overturn decision on Mater Dei linebacker
- Podcast: Tom Petruno talks bond funds
- Gustavo Dudamel hip-hops it, John Adams shakes it, Neil Diamond plays it cool it at LA Phil Gala
- Los Angeles PBS affiliate KCET exits network fold to go independent
- Fashion infestation: Bedbugs are so hot right now
- The history of the future: A clean, green tech lesson with Alexis Madrigal
- A celebration of Julius Shulman
- Warner Bros. cancels 3-D version of next Harry Potter installment
- MEXICO: Felipe Calderon criticizes California's marijuana legalization measure
- Weekend Shopping: Them Atelier launches a collection; Paul & Shark trunk show; Nordstrom beauty event
- Jazz review: Esperanza Spalding at the Broad Stage
- The Times to publish voter's guide Sunday, with insights on governor's race and propositions
- The 'Kings of Pastry' comes to Los Angeles
- The Project: D.I.Y. pork belly banh mi sandwiches
- Your morning adorable: Twin red panda cubs make their debut at the Calgary Zoo
- Gospel singer Albertina Walker dies at 81
- Football: The real season begins next week
- GMO corn: An organic farmer's best friend?
- This crop of pears requires the kid-glove treatment
- Universal yanks its 'gay joke' trailer for 'The Dilemma': New promo due later today
- SYRIA: Foreigners' interest in traditional furnishings counteracts weak local demand
- Abigail Ahern lamps gleefully rock a little granny style
- The Dry Garden: Long Beach lawn rebates prove just how beautiful change can be
- Opinion: Social media wrap: Charlie Crist's worst pitch ever (we're talking about baseball)
- Pot proposition burning topic at forum
- Opinion: Jerry Brown, learn to hang up a phone
- '30 Rock' recap: The rainbow coalition
- L.A.'s CleanTech corridor: new visions for the riverfront
- Exclusive: Joe Gibbs talks about the differences between Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch
- The Metropolitan Opera's live movie screenings turn 5, despite early skepticism
- Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
- What does the boom in mergers & acquisitions tell us? A conversation
- University of Connecticut admits recruiting violations in mens' basketball
- Window Display Designer
- Question of the day: Which major sport is most likely to have a work stoppage that will delay or cancel the season?
- Johnny Depp surprises London students with a visit from Capt. Jack Sparrow
- Your guide to L.A. Opera's outdoor screenings of 'Il Postino'
- Wall Street Roundup: Junk bonds shine. Soros and Greenspan are gloomy.
- 'Fringe' recap: That wasn’t supposed to happen
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: What do Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga have in common? (Hint: They both rock!)
- Monster Mash: Long-lost Vivaldi concerto identified; Disney Theatrical Group to shut L.A. office
- 'Community' recap: So long, Mom
- About (Late) Last Night: Jon Stewart ribs an absent Sean Penn
- Rex Morgan: The doctor is no longer in
- Manolo Blahnik holds book signing at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills
- The Morning Fix: MGM finally unveils restructuring plan! Former 'ChiPs' star Larry Wilcox pulled over. AEG has cable play plans.
- Opinion: Social media wrap: The pitter patter of digital footprints -- remember, Obama warned you
- Water polo: Loyola topples No. 1 Mater Dei
- Meet the new boss, same as the old boss: Frank McCourt back running team -- see, he is the owner
- Dancing celebrities flip over disparaging judges on ABC and Univision
- Medical marijuana patients will be able to smoke openly at this year's Cypress Hill Smokeout
- HSN lines up name designers for 48-hour event
- Opinion: Republicans and Democrats begin playing the Expectations Game over Nov. 2 midterms
- 'The Social Network,' a timely publicity moment for anti-Zuckerbergians
- Opinion: Joe Biden update: Frustrated at lack of outrage, he calls donors 'dullest audience I've ever spoken to'
- Opinion: Obama confession: I didn't run to be popular (but please send me $3 anyway)
- Lou Dobbs to MSNBC: 'I have never hired an illegal immigrant'
- Meg Whitman opens her checkbook again
- Critic's Notebook: Mario Vargas Llosa's work and life push boundaries
- PASSINGS: Dolores Wilson, Sidney J. Weinberg Jr.
- SEIU defeats insurgent group to continue representing Kaiser healthcare workers in California
- Democratic Reps. Waters and Rangel to face ethics trials after elections
- Blasts kill 8 at Sufi shrine in Pakistan
- Is music a muse for athletic performance?
- Loyola hands Valencia its first loss
- Republican-leaning U.S. Chamber of Commerce buys ads supporting Democrats
- Score Harlem Globetrotter tickets with Howard Johnson hotel stays
- Rizzo may seek more money
- Hungary's leaking toxic sludge reaches Danube
- A flurry of deals delays state budget
- Movie review: 'Leaving'
- Rangers make it two in a row over slumping Rays
- 'IRT Deadliest Roads' info
- Friday's TV highlights
- ESPN's 'GameDay' visits matter, especially to Pac-10 towns
- Los Angeles affiliate KCET is leaving the PBS network
- Levels of worrisome chemical higher in female cashiers
- Five things to watch with the Kings this season
- Movie review: 'Kings of Pastry'
- Gay teen endured a daily gantlet
- Brown or aide is heard slurring Whitman
- Up next for Ducks: Saturday at Nashville
- Schwarzenegger honors Fresno man who rescued kidnapped girl
- UCLA vs. Cal: Bruins aim to stop their Berkeley losing streak
- UCLA must defend against Cal's air attack
- Connecticut says men's basketball program committed major NCAA violations
- Amino acid cocktail extends life by 12% -- in mice
- Senate vote brings end to California budget impasse
- Manly-man TV
- Friday's TV talk shows
- Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel for literature
- He lost his feet and hands to a rare disease but not his passion to play football
- Mistakes prove costly for Reds in 7-4 loss to Phillies
- Europe praises choice of Liu for Nobel
- USC's Matt Barkley feels no extra pressure going against Stanford's Andrew Luck
- USC vs. Stanford: Trojans face a tense present against Stanford and an uncertain future this season
- Search continues for 2 who kidnapped pharmaceuticals deliveryman
- 'Leaving' info
- Bill Lockyer for treasurer
- Quick Takes: Toni Braxton's money woes
- Gold medals instead of gold stars: Schools with healthy makeovers get awards -- and money
- Would it earn Papa's seal of approval?
- 'Secretariat' info
- Alain Johannes adjusts to the dawn
- No. 22 Oklahoma State beats Louisiana-Lafayette, 54-28
- LAPD officer convicted of fleeing scene of accident
- 'Kings of Pastry' info
- Leading contenders march on in soccer's 2012 European Championship qualifying
- Playing in Vancouver has extra meaning for Kings' Willie Mitchell
- L.A. Unified layoffs proposal: Putting students first
- Deal with ACLU would reward teachers at some L.A. Unified campuses if they boost academic performance
- Opera and Broadway singer
- General freeze on home seizures sought
- Happening Friday
- Brisk back-to-school sales a relief for retailers
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono's deportation battle
- Movie review: 'Secretariat'
- Movie review: 'Nowhere Boy'
- Geithner's stature and influence at the White House increase
- Breast cancer stories that compel us to think pink
- State investigates cause of Knott's Berry Farm coaster accident
- Kings measure Drew Doughty's growth in leaps and bounds
- Astros extend contract of Manager Brad Mills
- As the going demands more toughness, can USC get it going?
- Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Movie review: 'Tamara Drewe'