First there was Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
The election of John MacDonald to the county Board of Supervisors on Nov. 4 completed a transformation in county government that has seen five feuding fiefdoms give way to a group of elected officials who say they are intent on reaching regional goals with a minimum of rancor.
Wine coolers were being mixed in tubs on the beach when Oregon adopted its tough bottle law 15 years ago--an anti-litter statute that became a model for the nation.
It was a night most high school running backs wouldn't dare dream about.
Twelve-year-old Victoria Edrington may not yet grasp the significance of what is being done in her name, but the technology underlying Project Victoria may well be commonplace before she leaves her teens.
Admitting to some nervousness in the aftermath of the murder of 21 Jews in an Istanbul temple last month, synagogues in Southern California have beefed up security for the Jewish High Holy Days, which begin tonight with the celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
"I went to Hollywood High," Mary Carver said breezily, "but I was never one of those ladies who was discovered at an ice cream parlor."
The growing presence of value-added taxes around the world has added a new dimension to comparison shopping.
When David Douglas, the Scottish botanist after whom the Douglas fir tree is named, hiked up this 13,784-foot volcanic mountain in 1834, he noted that the "highly picturesque and sublime" scene included a forest of mamane trees stretching up to 9,300 feet.
The Los Angeles Board of Education expects its district to gain 70,000 students in the next five years as a result of a surging birth rate in the greater metropolitan area, officials said Monday.
Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou proposed Monday that Parliament amend Greece's constitution to reduce the powers of the president and increase those of the prime minister.
Everything ran pretty true to form Thursday night at the Forum.
A campaign to reduce crime in Los Angeles' Griffith Park and other recreational areas in the city has cleared its first hurdle with a City Council committee's approval of a proposal that would nearly double the park ranger staff and allow the new rangers to carry guns.
Kingdom Hall, a church on the northeast corner of Harvard Avenue and Fairview Street, will add a
The Los Angeles school board gave preliminary approval Monday to a $12.8-million plan to place 202 portable classrooms on several campuses and bus 5,700 students from inner-city schools to the San Fernando Valley and the harbor area as a way to stem overcrowding.
Woodbury University students' view of future fashion comes wrapped in Hefty trash bags, double-strength plastic and Pampers disposable diapers.
Forget the sheep-shearing contest.
Los Angeles Unified School District planners have proposed that 10 more San Fernando Valley schools take in students bused from inner-city schools to relieve crowding.
In an effort to ease overcrowding at Bell High School, the City Council has given the Los Angeles Unified School District permission to place four portable classrooms on a faculty parking lot across the street from the main campus.
James Bruce, a Northrop vice president and general manager of the division, said the openings, which will be added by the end of 1986, will be mostly for experienced technical and engineering people.