Three construction workers helping to build a movie theater were killed Monday when a concrete block wall toppled over on them, police said.
The dollar plummeted Wednesday in a wave of selling that dragged it to its lowest level of the year.
MGM/UA Entertainment Co., blaming a disappointing summer at the box office, said Thursday that its earnings in the first fiscal quarter plunged to $1.7 million, down 85% from $10.96 million for the same period a year earlier.
Corona del Mar's Fran Wynn scored 39 points to break the school single-game scoring record, but the Sea Kings still lost to Woodbridge, 64-61, Wednesday, in a Sea View League game at Corona del Mar.
Eleventh-seeded Tomas Smid of Czechoslovakia eliminated No. 9 Yannick Noah of France 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 today to move into the semifinals of the $1.8-million Lipton International Players Championships tennis tournament.
The dollar, undermined by lower U.S. interest rates, fell against major foreign currencies Tuesday.
Wall Street was still searching for its first gain of 1985 as the stock market staged a late retreat Thursday to scuttle an attempt at a rally.
Brett Smith had a home run and three RBIs to lead St.
Chevron reported Tuesday a 38% plunge in second-quarter earnings, compared to the same period last year, blaming the decline primarily on a slump in oil prices.
Worldwide orders for semiconductors declined in July for the third consecutive month, a trade group reported Monday, blunting hopes for a solid recovery in the loss-plagued industry.
The dollar fell against most major world currencies on Wednesday. Gold prices rose.
Initiative petitions submitted by a citizens group calling for an extensive overhaul of the city's government do not contain enough valid signatures to qualify the measure for the June ballot, the Los Angeles County registrar's office and City Clerk Pamela Swift have determined.
Oil futures prices passed another historic milepost Tuesday, sinking below $15 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange for the first time since the exchange began trading in crude oil futures in 1983.
Occidental Petroleum on Monday reported net earnings were off by 71% in the fourth quarter but up by 22% for the year, with most of the changes attributed to gains from the sale of assets.
Jurors in the alien-smuggling conspiracy trial of 11 sanctuary movement members went home Friday on their second day of deliberations because one juror was ill.
The dollar drifted lower in an erratic session Tuesday as interest rates fell in the United States.
In his column on May 22, Thomas Middleton, whom I enjoy reading, rages against the coming of the barbarian night, in this case represented by the indiscriminate substitution of the subjective case for the objective case ("The Strange Case of the Objective Case").
Pacific Inland Bank of Anaheim has backed out of its previously announced agreement to purchase financially troubled Valencia Bank's $30-million trust department.
A 100-foot-long tile facade on a row of Sherman Oaks shops in the 1300 block of West Moorpark Street crashed down onto the sidewalk this morning, injuring one woman and trapping 28 people inside stores, Fire Department officials said.
Dana Orent turned aside 26 shots and U.S.