Gridlock for HOV lanes?
Transit experts concerned about impact of new hybrid-vehicle law
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law on Thursday a measure
that could let thousands of solo-occupant hybrid-vehicle drivers use the
car-pool lanes, but experts warned that HOV lanes already nearly full in
rush hours in the Los Angeles region and the extra traffic could jam up. ...[MORE]
Bush, Allawi pledge elections will go ahead
![]() WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ayad Allawi
of Iraq vowed in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday that Iraq would
hold free elections as scheduled in January, even though Bush acknowledged
the "persistent violence" in some parts of the country and Allawi
conceded that the elections "may not be perfect." ...[MORE]
Phone rates will go higher
SAN FRANCISCO -- SBC Communications Inc. won the right on Thursday to
charge its rivals an additional 19 percent to use its local phone network
in a contentious decision that upset almost everyone involved. ...[MORE]
• LAPD official sets off alert
• Dogs might have nose for sniffing out cancer
• Nuez relents on licenses
• Angeles Forest pot farm busted
Hart gets revenge
![]() Hart vs. Westlake: The Hart-Westlake rivalry simmered
over the past year, a colossal battle brewing between defending
Southern Section champions.
A controversial ending to the best prep football game played in
the area last season fueled the fire. Photo Gallery: High School Football Week 3 ...[MORE]
Dodgers pack lead for showdown trip
Dodgers: SAN DIEGO -- Twenty-four hours ago, the
Dodgers were bowed, broken and universally written off, and the
prospect of this weekend's three-game series in San Francisco had
the feel of impending doom.
Photo Gallery: Dodgers ...[MORE]
Call to arms is loud, clear
Steve Dilbeck: SAN DIEGO -- Sliding so fast, the slope slick,
fingers unable to claw into solid ground.
The Dodgers reach out for an arm to save them, to pull them back
to safety, but none reach back. ...[MORE]
• 'Hustle' lacks some muscle
• Two Troys in same boat
• 'Weakest link' for Trojans
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Hart gets revenge
The Hart-Westlake rivalry simmered
over the past year, a colossal battle brewing between defending
Southern Section champions.
A controversial ending to the best prep football game played in
the area last season fueled the fire. ...[MORE]
It's all in the family
When Rob DiMuro recently
left Notre Dame High of Sherman Oaks to take over as assistant
athletic director and girls' basketball coach at Louisville High of
Woodland Hills, he did more than make a move west on the 101
freeway. ...[MORE]
• N.D does it again
• Rally is recipe for victory
Daily Chatter | Athletes of the week | Local Watch | Upon Further Review | MORE IN PREP SPORTS >>
SAG's 'Membership First' slate dominates
The Screen Actors Guild's "Membership First" slate dominated
Thursday's election for seats on SAG's powerful national board and served a
blow to the "Restore Respect" slate backed by President Melissa Gilbert.
The following "Membership First" candidates were the top 13
vote-getters, which gives all but two of them a three-year term on the
national and Hollywood division boards of SAG: Lou Diamond Phillips, Valerie
Harper, Esai Morales, Kent McCord, Seymour Cassel, Bill Daniels, Frances
Fisher, Alan Rosenberg, Jane Austin, France Nuyen and Bonnie Bartlett. ...[MORE]
Guevara is face kids like to see for now
![]() Leo Vasquez sees Che Guevara's image emblazoned
on T-shirts and buttons in shopping malls everywhere -- but the face has
more meaning to him, and others, as a capitalist than a communist.
"I just know it from the cover of the 'Rage Against the Machine'
(album) cover," said Vasquez, a Woodland Hills teenager shopping at
Westfield Shoppingtown Topanga this week. ...[MORE]
• Guild reaches contract accord
• WGA, west, vote tally released
• Eisner down to his last multimillions
• Fannie Mae falls under scrutiny
• Miramax cuts work force
• WGA, west, keeps top leaders
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Chasing Che
He's an icon and, like most icons, the legend of his life has
overtaken the facts. In Bolivia, the site of his execution has become a
tourist mecca. In college dorm rooms, his image (defiant gaze, beret
adorned with a red star) remains a perennial favorite among wannabe
revolutionaries. Sartre called him "the most complete human being of our
age." Journalist Daniel Wolf, in a recent issue of England's Spectator
magazine, labeled him "one of the most oversold figures of the past half century."
Thirty-seven years after he was executed in Bolivia, Che Guevara lives
- and then some. The man who helped Fidel Castro spearhead the Cuban
revolution remains a potent and divisive figure, even though most North Americans today know him only as an image, an
abstract radical. ...[MORE]
• Meet a kinder, gentler Che in 'Motorcycle Diaries'
• Beer flows, zombies must go in 'Shaun of the Dead'
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