For the second consecutive year, reports of major crime in Los Angeles dropped in 1984, down an overall 3.2% from the year before, with burglaries falling 13.1%, police said Friday.
Ed Catchings scored 24 points and Richie Adams added 20 Saturday night to lead Nevada Las Vegas to its 16th straight victory, a 101-83 decision over Utah State.
Norco High School exploded for three second-period touchdowns Friday night on its way to a 35-13 victory over Orange at Norco Field.
After stagnating for six months, the nation's overall unemployment rate fell sharply to 6.9% in August, the lowest level in more than five years, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Nelson Jatico, at 5-4, was the hardest player to find in the huddle Friday.
Ireland's inflation rate fell to 5.2% in the year ended in mid-May, the republic's government said, the lowest rate since 1968.
The stock market settled for a mixed showing Tuesday after some late selling concentrated in the blue chips.
Consumer spending soared in September as Americans' auto-buying spree continued, but personal income gains remained sluggish, the government reported today.
San Diego State's women's volleyball team had a two-game lead over UCLA in the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Women's Volleyball Tournament, but lost to the Bruins, 10-15, 12-15, 15-8, 15-7, 15-11, Friday night at Pauley Pavilion.
When San Fernando High claimed the championship title of the 45-team soccer competition at this summer's L.
One of the most stable Italian governments since World War II collapsed Thursday as Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, in a startling and bitter farewell speech, blamed the United States for bringing down his government.
Local restaurateurs seem to be returning to the honorable practice of bestowing their own names upon their establishments.
Pressured by community groups and the federal government, the City of Long Beach hired Latino employees at an unprecedented rate during the last fiscal year, but Latinos remained the most under-represented ethnic group in local government, city statistics show.
Chevron Corp. reported net income for 1984 slipped 3.5%, while its fourth-quarter earnings rose 7.7% from the same period a year ago.
The parent company of Los Angeles-based Home Savings of America said profits fell 24% in the fourth quarter and 49% for the entire year, compared to year-earlier totals.
Chapman College blew a 15-point lead in the second half and lost to UC Santa Barbara, 65-57, in a nonconference game at Santa Barbara.
The dollar fell slightly against most major currencies in light trading Thursday as dealers waited for fresh evidence about the strength of the U.S. economy.
Temperatures near zero chilled the upper Midwest and snow fell Saturday from the Great Lakes to the northern Atlantic Coast for the first day of winter, but warm air pushed into the northern and central Plains.
Cal Lutheran Coach Ed Anderson said that Friday night's game against Cal Poly Pomona in the opening round of the Pomona-Pitzer Tournament would help put the Kingsmen "over the hump."
An 18-year-old amateur boxer from Gillette, Wyo., died Saturday at St.