The idea that classical music is the province of the older generation got a bracing comeuppance at Saturday's splendid opening night performance of the Music@Menlo Festival.
Andy Pettitte outpitched All-Star Justin Duchscherer, getting just enough run support from Jason Giambi's homer and a sacrifice fly by Alex Rodriguez to help the New York Yankees hold off the visiting A's 2-1 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.
Scattered showers forecast for California's northern mountains Sunday won't likely extinguish stubborn wildfires still threatening homes but could mean more lightning for the charred region, fire officials said. A low-pressure system moving in off the coast...
A motorcyclist who was shot four times Saturday evening after stopping at a red light in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco has died from his wounds, authorities said. The unidentified victim, said to be in his 20s, suffered two gunshot wounds to his...
A 25-year-old man died after he was shot in the head late Saturday night inside a residence on MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland, authorities said. The unidentified victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, which happened at about 11:30 p.m.,...
The Oakland Police Department said today that one or more of its officers shot and wounded at least one person Saturday night after chasing a vehicle into neighboring San Leandro. Little information was immediately available about the incident, but police...
Turns out Padraig Harrington's wrist was strong enough to hit all the right shots in the British Open. Better yet, it was strong enough to lift the silver claret jug. Harrington became the first European in more than a century to win golf's oldest...
LaDainian Tomlinson campaigned in Times Square, shaking hands and handing out bumper tickets. He did the talk-show circuit, saturated the media with ads and sent volunteers into the streets of major cities to deliver leaflets. The San Diego Chargers star isn'...
Brett Favre stuck to the script, declining to address his public rift with the Green Bay Packers in an appearance at Lambeau Field on Saturday. In town to present former teammate Frank Winters for induction into the Packers' Hall of Fame at a banquet Saturday...
AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said.
AP - The Pentagon's top military officer said Sunday a specific time frame for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq could jeopardize political and economic progress, leading to "dangerous consequences."
AP - Tropical Storm Cristobal dumped rain and brought rough seas to the North Carolina coast Sunday, and forecasters predicted the weakening system was headed for the open Atlantic.
The idea that classical music is the province of the older generation got a bracing comeuppance at Saturday's splendid opening night performance of the Music@Menlo Festival.
Andy Pettitte outpitched All-Star Justin Duchscherer, getting just enough run support from Jason Giambi's homer and a sacrifice fly by Alex Rodriguez to help the New York Yankees hold off the visiting A's 2-1 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.
The geographic line that divides Ventura and Los Angeles counties is not an especially pretty place to start what is expected to be a beautiful weeklong journey along our county's coast.
Years of rain and runoff from Highway 1 have eaten away at sand and rock, creating a gully lined with prickly pear cactus and trunks of manzanita that threaten hikers following the beach access sign. As the morning sun tried to poke through the gray haze that carpeted the sky, I picked my way down the worn path, past the beer bottles and cactus, down the eroded wash to the beach below.
The moon hasn't yet risen, and the road is dark. On the first midnight run of a two-night journey from Camp Ramadi to a small outpost a few miles from the Syrian border, a long convoy of armored semitrailers snakes past darkened farms, dusty hamlets and Iraqi police checkpoints.
Using a special microtool, 17-year old Mariana Prestigia of Santa Barbara slowly and carefully picked at the dirt matrix surrounding several bones sitting on a table in front of her.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is poised to take control of a long-sought survey of radiation contamination at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a sprawling hilltop facility south of Simi Valley.
Andy Warhol theorized that in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. If you believe that, then you will entertain this corollary: Live in Southern California long enough, and you'll somehow stumble your way into a reality TV show. That's how I felt standing on a corner of an anonymous industrial zone of the San Fernando Valley on a recent afternoon.
Members of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department will serve as celebrity servers Tuesday at Wood Ranch BBQ and Grill in Camarillo, with all their tips going to Ventura County Special Olympics.
Meadowlark Service League will hold its 20th annual A Taste of Camarillo Wine and Food Festival from 1 to 4 p.m. July 27 at Camarillo Ranch, 201 Camarillo Ranch Road.