- New Year's countdown begins
- Mexican state seeks to join California in carbon emissions effort
- Mercury General to cut auto insurance rates by 10% for many customers
- Martina Navratilova hospitalized after attempting to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
- Movie review: 'Night Catches Us'
- Movie review: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'
- UCLA's Matt Carlino announces plans to transfer
- Phil Jackson keeps emotions in check as he says goodbye, probably, to United Center
- Papers shed new light on Eisenhower's farewell address
- Nick Lamaison leads Mt. SAC into state title game Saturday
- He's seen SEC football, War Eagle and all
- Italy: Voyage Prive packages offer discounts at Bauers hotel in Venice
- Fast Track: Miley Cyrus courts controversy with a bong
- Burning of home filled with explosives goes as planned
- 'Night Catches Us' info
- For the record - Dec. 10, 2010
- James Moody dies at 85; jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Holiday CDs for every musical taste
- Thomas J. Ahrens dies at 74; Caltech geophysicist
- Market Watch: The art of <i>hoshigaki</i>-making
- Holiday jazz CDs
- 'The Vampire Diaries' recap: It takes two to make it through
- Kings defeat Calgary, 2-1, to extend winning streak to three games
- ISRAEL: Rabbinical ruling sparks controversy, racism charges
- After two at Staples: Kings 1, Calgary 0
- Boys' basketball: Chatsworth improves to 6-1
- After one at Staples: Kings 1, Calgary 0
- Art review: Stop. Move. at Blum & Poe
- 'Big Bang' recap: New stud in town
- James Cameron takes a trip to Cirque du Soleil
- Occidental Petroleum to sell Argentina assets to Chinese firm for $2.45 billion
- Friday TV Highlights: 'The Good Guys' on Fox
- Art review: Larry Mullins at Blythe Projects
- Friday's Talk Shows
- Russell Martin reportedly has received four offers
- Pasadena Playhouse raises $2 million through matching grant, announces new fundraiser
- What recession? High-end pet boutiques stock over-the-top pet gifts
- Dodgers officially sign Vicente Padilla to a one-year contract
- This week's recipes from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen
- Sarah Palin's moose hunt: A comic version of caribou killing
- Chatroulette, Justin Bieber and iPad top Google's hottest searches of 2010
- The Doors' Jim Morrison pardoned for indecent exposure
- Art review: Martin Mull at Samuel Freeman
- Church's 'iBand' performs Christmas carols entirely on iPads and iPhones
- Art review: 'The City Proper' at Margo Leavin
- Opinion: Obama lights the National Christmas Tree, says 'Merry Christmas' three times
- Video game industry rebounds at end of tough year
- Number of hospital visits related to dog bites has increased, study says
- Edison International announces management changes
- Theater review: 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at Ruskin Group Theatre
- Opinion: How much is online privacy worth to you?
- Boys' basketball: Let's appreciate Dominique Dunning
- UCLA football: LB Akeem Ayers named Walter Camp All-American
- Sunday Books: coverage for December 12, 2010
- Cat bound in duct tape and placed in clothes dryer in Riverside is reunited with her kittens
- With J.M.W. Turner film, Mike Leigh looks to a new landscape
- Will you brighten Wesley Snipes' prison Christmas?
- Obama episode of 'MythBusters' draws 2.2 million viewers
- Colombia's Alvaro Uribe reached out to rebels, rebels to the U.S., cables show
- New Miramax will look to acquire completed movies and other libraries
- Merger of Nara and Center will create largest Korean-American bank in U.S.
- Controversy over video censored by Smithsonian continues to build steam
- Chevron announces 2011 spending plans
- Why the WikiLeakers are not quite Rosa Parks
- Opening Ceremony gets on the grid with 'Tron: Legacy' collaboration
- The L.A. Times' Greenspace environmental blog looks at Chiapas; Cancun talks
- Theater review: 'Caught' at the Zephyr Theatre
- Motherly love: Holiday gifts for new and expectant moms
- Google's Cr-48 Chrome notebook shipped to pilot users
- The women of Warpaint go for unbroke
- Howard Stern contract comes on anniversary of last Artie Lange appearance
- A rising stock market helps boost household net worth
- Directors Guild board approves new contract with studios
- Ryan Phillippe selling gym for $7.2 million (with a sweet bachelor pad attached)
- Toy to the World -- Laugh Factory sets new world record
- Jazmine Sullivan: 'I definitely don’t want to be known as the angry chick'
- Justin Timberlake: I'm obviously not the best actor in the world
- KCET divides new programming lineup into themed blocks
- Movie projector: New 'Narnia' looks solid, 'Tourist' will struggle as Christmas movie season begins
- Mercury to cut auto insurance rates more than 10% for some customers
- Two spills in six months dump 1,300 gallons of oil in Salt Lake City
- Steve Martin + 'Colbert Report' + art = ?
- Kings' Dustin Brown and Make-A-Wish foundation will help a dream come true
- Bebo brings back founder as strategic advisor
- Pictures: Wesley Snipes through the years
- Jenn Sterger's manager says she won't sue Brett Favre if the NFL takes action
- Andy Roddick returning to Davis Cup play
- In our pages: 13 cookbooks for the gifting
- Alec Martinez, Alexei Ponikarovsky back in Kings' lineup
- Just call Dodgers announcer Charley Steiner 'doctor'
- Lions Gate prevails against Icahn in court
- Football: Time Warner adds final games
- Top ten MPAA screw-ups
- A lacrosse showdown in Santa Monica
- Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King through the years
- SpaceX's 'secret' payload? A wheel of cheese
- Opinion: Rep. Ron Paul gets his dream job
- Schwarzenegger praises Sunrise Powerlink transmission line groundbreaking
- Weekend jazz picks: The Bad Plus, 'Feed the Blue Whale' and more
- Theater review: 'On Emotion' at Son of Semele Theater
- Poll: Americans' views of Fed turn more hostile
- Workers' comp insurer State Fund to cut back operations
- Opinion: Rep. Hal Rogers' pork: red meat for 'tea partiers'
- Twitter chardonnay, anyone? Lunch with co-founder Biz Stone is included
- 'The Tourist' trounced by critics: Has Johnny Depp ever looked this bad in a movie?
- 'Get the Xanax ready': Authors respond to BookScan on Amazon
- Aeromexico flight attendants held in Spain after cocaine shipment found in luggage
- Your morning adorable: Zoo Atlanta's giant panda cub has a checkup
- SeaWorld to replace Shamu show in 2011
- Coal mine near Bryce Canyon?
- 'Hell's Kitchen' recap: It's a red-headed showdown
- Chiapas to California: preserving forests for dollars?
- John Du Pont, heir to chemical fortune, dies in prison at 72
- Pantone says 'honeysuckle" to be the hot hue for 2011
- Mandy Patinkin returns to TV in 'Homeland'
- Angels take another hit Thursday ... in the Rule 5 draft
- Buyers return to bond market, pushing yields lower after recent surge
- Opinion: The reaction: Obama locks horns with Democrats on tax-cut deal
- Stephen Colbert talks art with Steve Martin, with help from Shepard Fairey et al.
- Madison Square Garden to buy the Forum
- 'Survivor' recap: Trust and consequences
- Question of the day: Who should be and who will be the next Florida football coach?
- Consumer Confidential: Gift cards lose shine, P&G says 'tweet,' home movies for the rich
- Wesley Snipes reports to federal prison in Pennsylvania
- WikiLeaks: Amazon U.K. sells parts of diplomatic cables in e-book
- Nissan Leaf video review: a revolutionary, but enjoyable, electric car
- Holiday Gift Guide: Newbarks for tired but still fashionable feet
- How 'Community' stole Christmas: Behind the scenes of the big holiday episode
- Doors open to Virtual Holiday Craft Fair
- Boeing's Connexion is reconnected ... sort of
- Dov Shilansky, Israeli advocate of Holocaust victims, dies at 86
- Howard Stern has a new five-year contract with Sirius XM
- Elizabeth Edwards' funeral Saturday open to the public
- Sunrise Powerlink transmission line breaks ground in San Diego County
- Boys' basketball: Wednesday scores
- Girls' basketball: Wednesday scores
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Taylor Swift photo shoot for Cover Girl is done
- Time flies in an hourglass with silver-plated sand
- Freddie Mac reports fourth week of rising mortgage rates
- San Fernando is forced to vacate City Section wrestling title
- Miramax names former News Corp. executive Michael Lang as CEO
- Monster Mash: Metropolitan Museum of Art sued over Cezanne; Playboy artwork sells at auction
- White House economic advisor takes to the whiteboard to sell Obama's tax cut deal
- Key Wall Street advisory firm endorses three Icahn picks for Lions Gate board
- Guillermo del Toro forms new production studio
- Kenneth Turan's film pick of the week: 'White Material'
- Football: Vista Murrieta is facing tough task
- Howard Stern staying put at Sirius XM
- Angels look to 'move on' after losing Carl Crawford to the Red Sox
- Pictures: John Lennon through the years
- Secondhand Serenade tries to break a single through SoundHound
- Do Dodgers really think Dioner Navarro is an upgrade over A.J. Ellis?
- About (Late) Last Night: Stephen Colbert, Steve Martin and Shepard Fairey talk art and commerce
- The Morning Fix: Stern stays with Sirius! Disney makes nice with Netflix. Zucker farewell tour continues.
- Opinion: Having helped 'Fire Pelosi!' might the same fate now await GOP Chairman Michael Steele?
- 'Modern Family' recap: The case of the stolen thunder
- IRAN: Four journalists jailed on 'security' charges
- DIY felt ball wreath, courtesy of the Pickles blog
- 'Top Chef All-Stars': Are these cooks kidding?
- Amazon gives Nielsen BookScan to authors
- 'Inception' score, now with barking dogs, flushed toilets; Hans Zimmer talks iPhone app, gets pestered on 'Dark Knight Rises'
- One year ago: Gene Barry
- Spork Foods brings vegan fare to the online masses
- Phil Keoghan loves that girl power dominates 'The Amazing Race' season finale
- Around town: Cowboys, gangsters and groupies on the big screen
- Kale Caesar
- Dr. George Washington Carver's sliced sweet potato pie
- Not Uncle Rocco's tuna
- Gruyere and walnut bread
- Dutch baby
- Opinion: Biden schmoozes House Democrats on Obama's tax cut package, but the message is firm: No changes
- Derek Fisher discusses his game-winning shot against Clippers
- The Review: Obikà Mozzarella Bar
- PASSINGS: Lester Ziffren, Gus Mercurio
- Wine of the Week: 2006 Gulfi Nero d'Avola 'Neroibleo'
- Recipe: Not Uncle Rocco's tuna
- Recipe: Torta di Noci (Rosangela's flourless walnut cake)
- Recipe: Dr. George Washington Carver's sliced sweet potato pie
- Memorial service set for Sri Daya Mata
- Frank S. Emi dies at 94; Japanese American fought effort to draft WWII internees
- At 51, David Shannon stays in touch with his inner child
- Recipe: Gruyère and walnut bread
- Alan Armer dies at 88; TV producer won Emmy with 'The Fugitive'
- He's ready for a fight
- Judge tentatively OKs plan to spread the pain of L.A. Unified layoffs
- Holiday gifts: A baker's dozen of great cookbooks
- Movie review: 'Rare Exports'
- Lakers' Andrew Bynum expects to play again on Tuesday at Washington
- Anaheim Servite's Malik Felton 'took that chance and ran with it'
- House Democrats in open revolt over tax-cut deal
- Recipe: Duck breast and beer sandwich
- Bringing vegan to the people
- Bond market takes a hit
- '127 Hours': Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy's key scene
- Senate convicts Louisiana federal judge in impeachment trial
- Wine of the Week: 2006 Gulfi Nero d'Avola 'Neroibleo'
- Gold dealer Superior Gold is seized, assets frozen
- FCC to seek bigger role in cable, satellite disputes
- Unemployment benefits to run out Saturday for 185,000 Californians
- Candy Spelling gets $12-million price break on new penthouse
- Justice Department probes TCW's fight with DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach
- Sam Farmer's NFL picks for Week 14
- 'Don't ask, don't tell' repeal rejected in the Senate
- Tough love translates to success for Crenshaw football Coach Robert Garrett
- Baltimore man arrested in foiled terrorism plot
- Brown may ask voters to rip off budget 'Band-Aid'
- Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy: After 'Slumdog Millionaire,' risking it with '127 Hours'
- 'Black Swan' director Darren Aronofsky likes a challenge
- No long flight delays while on tarmac in October
- Aaron Sorkin finds just the right words for 'The Social Network'
- What scene was key to the film?
- Kirsten Dunst back on firm ground with new movie, 'All Good Things'
- The missing Nobel laureate
- Madoff trustee goes after 7 global banks for more than $1 billion
- Dear Assemblyman Cedillo
- What sommeliers will bring to holiday parties
- Recipe: Not Uncle Rocco's tuna
- High-speed rail project hit by civil rights complaint
- Mitchell will proceed with Mideast talks despite breakdown
- (Brand name) here, there, everywhere
- Dodgers are ahead of last year's curve
- Spotlight doesn't shine on Jaguars' runaway sensation Maurice Jones-Drew
- Obama's tax-cut deal upsets many major donors
- Younger trade-ins are hopeful sign for car sales
- Netflix reaches deal to stream Disney and ABC reruns online
- Preserving night-time beach access
- Movie review: 'Hemingway's Garden of Eden'
- Downtown women's center has new home
- Mammogram guidelines fail to persuade women
- Lakers' Derek Fisher lets fans know he's still got it
- Auburn's Cam Newton collects two postseason awards
- Island shelling jolts South Korea out of complacency
- House Democratic caucus angrily objects to tax-cut package
- Up next for the Ducks: Friday vs. Calgary
- Palm Springs: Check out new Renaissance hotel, with $100 daily credit
- Facebook co-founders pledge to give away at least half their fortunes
- Holiday cards' future isn't merry or bright
- Dig this: It's Truffle Festival time in Napa Valley
- Vote result spurs Haiti riot
- Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak's odd pairing for '127 Hours'
- Exhibition Review: Architect Stephen Kanner, a quiet cosmopolitan
- Supreme Court appears divided over state laws against illegal immigration
- Initial jobless claims fall 17,000 to 421,000
- Okibá Mozzarella Bar details: Location, prices and more
- Obama gets tough -- with liberals
- Recipe: Gruyère and walnut bread
- House passes immigration Dream Act
- Porn industry health clinic shut down by L.A. County health officials
- Reid to delay Senate vote on DREAM Act
- Up next for the Lakers: Friday at Chicago
- Senate convicts federal judge Thomas Porteous of corruption and perjury
- 'Blue Valentine' wins an 'R' rating on appeal
- California denies license to porn industry clinic
- The Review: Obikà Mozzarella Bar
- What to do about WikiLeaks
- Senate approves delaying Medicare pay cut
- Deficit commission chiefs call for serious action on fiscal report
- Angels can't hit for power in the winter
- Household wealth up slightly as Americans whittle debt
- Aretha Franklin, pancreatic cancer -- and research to benefit everyone
- Thinking of a nip or tuck? First come to this web chat Friday
- Legion of Honor award underscores this doctor's bravery and determination
- House-burning went just as planned, San Diego officials say
- Stroke slips from third-leading cause of death to fourth; U.S. life expectancy declines
- Small victories rather than big wins for Dodgers at winter meetings
- Body believed to be that of missing hiker is found on Mt. Baldy
- Goldman has an unexpected ally in court: federal prosecutors
- Kings show the passion needed to earn 2-1 victory over Flames
- N.Y. union seeks to block disclosure of teacher evaluations
- After decades, German Turks still feel like outsiders
- Researcher: Estrogen-only therapy may prevent breast cancer in some women
- Mariners sign catcher Miguel Olivo
- '127 Hours': Director Danny Boyle's key scene
- Top free agents keep getting away from L.A.
- McRib helps sales at McDonald's climb 4.9% in November
- Word of Mouth: Depp and Jolie cross borders with 'The Tourist'
- Quick Takes: MusiCares to salute Barbra Streisand
- 'The Way Back': Director Peter Weir returns with a tale of survival
- Two midterm election contests finally end, and Democrats win both
- Gates says troop infusion is making a difference in Afghanistan
- India rocked by mobile license scandal
- The state of estates
- Devastating wildfire in Israel; Michael Hiltzik on Obama's need to fight back; and the dangers of Scouting
- He's ready for a fight
- Howard Stern in 5-year deal with Sirius
- Imagine each bite, and maybe you'll eat less
- David Seidler, 'The King's Speech' writer, and his commoner cause
- Director Tom Hooper on 'The King's Speech'
- Recipe: Dr. George Washington Carver's sliced sweet potato pie
- Recipe: Torta di Noci (Rosangela's flourless walnut cake)
- 2011 Nissan Leaf at a glance
- Egg farmer seeks court ruling on animal cruelty act
- Boxing's always been a hit with Hollywood
- 22 mortgage providers accused of unfair lending practices
- Prep football finals: The players and the picks
- Movie review: 'Inspector Bellamy'
- Go ahead and raise your voice, but be careful if your job depends on it
- Andy Roddick will play for U.S. Davis Cup team in 2011
- NFL negotiator says 18-game schedule is key to new labor agreement
- Just in time for National Influenza Vaccination Week -- a flu-shot gift card