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.
Western Airlines, blaming fierce fare wars that began late last year, said Thursday that its first-quarter earnings dropped by 18% despite a large gain from the sale of aircraft.
Missy Conn had another big hitter muttering to herself Friday, but Nancy Roe of Northern Colorado regained her composure early on and took apart the Cal State Northridge junior in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II women's tennis championships.
Bradley Ogden went to Europe for the first time carrying two pounds of blue cornmeal.
Rancho Santiago College defeated Palomar, 2-0, at Napa College Sunday to win the state community college softball championship for the second straight season.
Falling oil prices and fewer purchases of foreign industrial goods helped cut the nation's merchandise trade deficit by more than $2 billion during April, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
The first thing to understand about the National Invitational Volleyball Tournament at UCLA is that everything is big .
Stock prices took a downward turn Thursday in a session marked by weakness in some prominent blue chips.