“My subject has yet to reveal itself,” says painter Esme (Steve Longmuir), our guide through “The Quality of Light” at the Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theatre. They’ve also funneled more than $2.4 million to charities in southern Placer County over the last two years, becoming what tribal spokesman Doug Elmets called the largest philanthropic organization [...]

“We are prepared, within a defined, just framework and without any discrimination, to hold a dialogue about common concerns.”Iran will have “weeks, not months” to decide whether it is willing to negotiate and suspend its enrichment-related activities, Western diplomats said.They added that the decision would be a tough one for the Islamic Republic; it would [...]

Diaz crochets a blue hat while watching the heart-pounding drama. The federal contractor that oversees organ transplants nationally has proposed putting UCI Medical Center’s kidney transplant program on probation, after a scandal that forced the closure of the hospital’s liver transplant unit in November.The move by the United Network for Organ Sharing, outlined in a [...]

We are really in a mess, and so many things need to be sorted out. In the Potomac itself, seven of 13 largemouth bass exhibited female characteristics, including three that were producing eggs.Although the frequency discovered was surprisingly high, Blazer cautioned that the sample size was relatively small, with about 10 male and 10 female [...]

Mahony, about coming to the jail to counsel inmates.”The goal is to start a dialogue with the Latino inmates in such a fashion that they’re appealing to their common good as human beings,” he said “There is no magic answer here There’s no magic wand. “Everything — fish, water, everything — got sucked into that [...]

Intel Corp., as expected, will win a Vietnamese government license to build a $605-million chip and computer-parts factory.Intel applied in early January to build the plant in Ho Chi Minh City. Brown, the Democratic governor from 1959 to 1967, won government reforms and progressive social programs by working within the legislative process, and with both [...]

Wiggins was driving in Lane 3 when the gunman fired from Lane 1 or 2, the detective said.The earlier Harbor Freeway shooting occurred March 29 about five miles north of Wednesday’s incident, killing Michael Livingston, 20, of Long Beach. At home, she always got the kids to bed early and up early; now she has [...]

Most were taken by Watson Davis, the Science Service managing editor who covered the trial. Allowing the Mexican government to act as immigration reform’s chief lobbyist in Washington, which it essentially did, was counterproductive, a gift to nativist anti- immigrant groups. But the goal, Fortson said, is not to dominate but to lead and be [...]

8, 2000, in Nazareth, said he found it “absurd” that Israeli authorities could not determine from whose gun the deadly bullet was fired.”If they wanted to know, they could have known to whom this bullet is linked,” said Yazbak, a professor at Haifa University. We feel he’s an integral part of the bullpen.”*Bartolo Colon, who [...]

SAG’s board recently paid Hessinger about $500,000 to avert a lawsuit over his dismissal.Hessinger’s firing was orchestrated by a guild faction that won control by pledging to take a tougher line in negotiations.. Hoping for a hit, though, Microsoft probably wouldn’t mind if it did.. by a Spanish-language album since SoundScan began monitoring U.S. A [...]