Dog (animal)

The perfect burger

2013-05-20 08:49:00

A word of advice. Never use the phrase "just a burger" with Nancy Silverton. I did and was promptly challenged on every aspect of burger-making, starting with where to buy the meat, what grind, size of patty, how to cook it, what to serve with it, what...

In pursuit of the Yucatan Peninsula's gray ghosts

2012-06-07 10:34:00

Welcome to the end of the road. If you're going to Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, it stops here, near the tip of a long, skinny peninsula about 100 miles south of Cancun. Scrub jungle encroaches on the village, fishermen wait for the opening of lobster...

Another patient dies after Lap-Band surgery

2011-09-23 00:00:00

An Orange County woman has died after weight-loss surgery at a West Hills outpatient clinic, the fifth person to die shortly after Lap-Band procedures at clinics affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign since 2009, according to lawsuits,...

Westminster: Malibu's wire fox terrier Eira goes for the double-crown

2012-02-13 00:00:00

I’m a mutt fancier myself -- or "multicultural canines," as my dogs prefer -- but like millions of other lovers of canines of all kinds, I’ll be tuning in Monday to watch the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, the 136th. There’s at least...

Patt Morrison Asks: Diane Keaton

2012-01-14 00:00:00

If you're lazily inclined to define Diane Keaton by the crossword-puzzle-sized word "actor," you need to get out more. Add to that her work as director and producer, photographer, restorer of venerable houses, board member of the Los Angeles Conservancy...

Patt Morrison Asks: Doris Day

2012-01-07 00:00:00

Add it all up, and Doris Day's singular singing voice has spent more than 11 years on the Billboard charts. Her three dozen-plus films made millions of fans and dollars. And now, after nearly two decades of living below the radar in Carmel, Doris Day is...

Robert Miles Parker dies; artist, architectural preservationist

2012-05-07 00:00:00

Robert Miles Parker, a free-spirited artist who sparked an architectural preservation movement in San Diego and translated the personalities of Los Angeles and New York into distinctive pen-and-ink drawings of their buildings, has died. He was 72. His...

Coastal Orange County hotels and restaurants

2011-05-29 00:00:00

WHERE TO STAY Bay Shores Peninsula Hotel, 1800 W. Balboa Blvd., Newport Beach 92663; (949) 675-3463 or (800) 222-6675, http://www.thebestinn.com. About a block from the beach on Newport Bay. 25 rooms. No pool, but free parking, Wi-Fi, breakfast buffet,...

Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment

2012-01-30 00:00:00

The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...

Mary Tyler Moore's taboo-breaking shows seen in new light

2012-01-29 00:00:00

In recent months the name Mary Tyler Moore has been bandied about with unexpected regularity bordering on reckless abandon. This is not just because she recently made her first TV appearance in many moons on pal Betty White's show "Hot in Cleveland" or...

Supreme Court to rule on drug-sniffing dog case

2012-01-06 16:43:00

David Thewlis is the 'Anonymous' actor who's everywhere

2012-01-12 00:00:00

Rescued dogs flown from Van Nuys Airport to new homes.

2012-12-07 00:00:00

so he took the class. Here he works on the chest compressions of the demonstration (fake) dog to help try and restart the dogs heart as Class Instructor (and professional dog trainer) Laurie Scible helps him out with the proper techniques.

2012-11-21 13:52:00

SeaWorld Rescue team members (L-R) Anita Yeattes, Suzanne Pelisson Beasley and Jessica Decoursey pose with rescue dogs onboard the Southwest Airlines flight. Sixty orphaned dogs and cats are being flown across the country from Newark Liberty International Airport on November 17, 2012 in Newark,

2012-11-17 00:00:00