Lovlier Linda wore down Dont-stop Themusic in the final yards Wednesday and narrowly won the $84,900 Santa Monica Handicap at Santa Anita.
Foggy Moon overcame trouble on the far turn with a strong finish Thursday and won the $40,000 feature race at Santa Anita.
Jockey Russell Baze tied the single-season record for victories at Bay Meadows by notching his 118th winner of the winter meeting aboard Bare Minimum in Sunday's $54,600 The BART Handicap.
Although most vehicle occupants are now required to wear safety belts in California, passengers sitting in the back of pickup trucks remain free to ride unrestrained--sometimes with fatal results.
Coming Up Roses picked up its second blue ribbon in the Junior Riders on Walking Mares or Geldings class for riders 12-14 years of age Sunday during the 48th annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration.
--Tom Thrasher's jump from an airplane at 12,500 feet may have made him the first person to sky-dive after receiving a heart transplant.
Although sporadic gunfire was reported around the Liberian capital of Monrovia, it appeared Wednesday that troops loyal to Samuel K.
This is a story of survival against the odds: the survival of a two-year private college that some gave up as doomed 12 years ago.
Mayor Tom Bradley has declared Oct. 5 "Safe Rides Saturday."
The familiar strains of "The William Tell Overture" resounded from a pipe organ as the spotlight focused on the tall, broad-shouldered man wearing a black mask as he entered the auditorium through the rear of the darkened theater.
Cowboy Gary Robyn was tending his horse, talking in an easy, slow manner about how his future became muddled this week with the Irvine Co. announcement that it will soon end its cattle-raising operation.
Free taxi rides for holiday celebrants who have had too much to drink will be provided beginning at
The figures that Quadratron Chairman Karl Klessig ticks off are impressive.
Programs offering free rides to drunk drivers have been busy so far this holiday season, but the
Quip Star, ridden by Martin Pedroza, grabbed the lead at the furlong pole Thursday and drew off to win by 3 1/2 lengths in the $25,000 feature race for claimers at Hollywood Park.
Gary Stevens lost his original mount in Saturday's Silver Belles Handicap when Outstandingly was scratched from the $137,150 stake.
Very Subtle, with Bill Shoemaker aboard, was bumped in the initial strides but moved up to prompt the pace and won by 5 1/2 lengths Saturday in the $79,500 Railbird Stakes at Hollywood Park.
Fiesta Gal, ridden by Angel Cordero Jr., took the lead entering the stretch and drew away to a 3 1/2-length victory Sunday over Mint Cooler in the $287,500 Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont Park.
Stuart Baumgard of Encino slices through the turns of automobile race tracks across nation with the precision of a surgeon.
Senior citizens who have been riding city buses at no charge will continue to do so, thanks to a unanimous vote by the City Council.