Arts Jan 07 Peter Yarrow of folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86 Peter, Paul and Mary rose to overnight fame in 1962 when they blended their voices in stunning harmonies as they sang out against war and social injustice.
Arts Oct 25 Phil Lesh, influential bassist and Grateful Dead founding member, dies at 84 Lesh was the oldest and one of the longest surviving members of the band that came to define the acid rock sound emanating from San Francisco in the 1960s.
Arts Jun 18 Meet the woman who founded Father’s Day with a ‘renegade spirit’ A Renaissance woman, the mother of Father’s Day was a painter, poet and businesswoman, running a funeral home with her husband while raising the couple’s only son.
Arts Feb 10 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78 As the founder of one of the most explicit adult-oriented magazines, Larry Flynt constantly challenged the establishment and became a target for the religious right and feminist groups.
Economy Feb 29 Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s markets, dies Joe Coulombe envisioned a new generation of young grocery shoppers emerging in the 1960s, one that wanted healthy, tasty, high-quality food they couldn’t find in most supermarkets and couldn’t afford to buy in the few high-end gourmet outlets.
Health Jan 31 Virus rattles Chinese American communities, canceling new year events As the virus has spread overseas, many residents of majority-Asian cities just east of Los Angeles say they are staying inside as much as they can and wearing surgical masks when they go out.
Nation Dec 07 PG&E says it has reached $13.5 billion wildfire settlement Iran and the U.S. conducted a prisoner exchange Saturday that saw a detained Princeton scholar released for an Iranian scientist held by America, marking a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions.
Nation Jul 08 California quakes serve as ‘wake-up call’ to be better prepared California is spending more than $16 million to install thousands of quake-detecting sensors statewide after two large earthquakes shook the state.
Health Apr 26 Los Angeles colleges quarantine over 900 possibly exposed to measles The action at the University of University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Los Angeles — which together have more than 65,000 students — reflected the seriousness with which public health officials are taking the nation's measles outbreak.
Nation Nov 24 What makes a California wildfire the worst? Deaths and size Figuring out just how bad a wildfire is requires taking into account several statistics.