Car Mechanics

The boy behind Kristallnacht

2013-04-25 15:00:00

On the night of Nov. 7, 1938, at the German Embassy in Paris, a 17-year-old Polish Jew named Herschel Grynszpan gained access to the office of a low-ranking Nazi named Ernst vom Rath by promising to turn over an "important document." Instead, Grynszpan...

George Lindsey dies at 83; 'The Andy Griffith Show's' Goober Pyle

2012-05-07 12:21:00

George Lindsey, the Southern-born character actor who played dim hayseed Goober Pyle, the genial gas station auto mechanic on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D.," died early Sunday morning. He was 83. Lindsey, who later was a regular on the...

High-tech cars -- and equally high-tech security issues

2012-01-04 16:36:08

Garden Grove man files suit against Firestone over burn injuries

2011-08-08 16:35:35

Garden Grove mechanic sentenced for sexual assualts

2009-11-06 21:33:44

O.C. auto mechanic accused of setting fire to transient

2010-01-05 16:33:48

Super-clinic finds super-need in L.A. region

2009-08-12 00:00:00

A homeless man spent the night camped outside the Forum, hoping to finally get glasses to help him see better. An unemployed grocery clerk waited in desperate need of root canal surgery. A former auto mechanic came with an aching back. One by one,...

A Death in Lockup

2006-05-28 00:00:00

On a Saturday in the summer of 2002, Ramon Gavira was pulled over for drunk driving and taken to Los Angeles County Jail. Five days after his arrest, the 43-year-old father of five was dead. Guards say they found Gavira dangling from the bars of a one-...

Rebels stay alive with 11-inning victory

2013-05-15 21:12:00

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 PREP BASEBALL DAMASCUS, Md. — The second trip to Damascus on Wednesday was positive for South Hagerstown. After a 3-3, eight-inning stalemate that was suspended by darkness on Tuesday, South returned and kept its season...

Mechanic Brad Marvel: A person, not a corporation

2012-10-22 15:04:00

I need to take a moment to tell you about Brad Marvel, a trained, certified, proud and professional automobile mechanic. I think I should add the he's sincere and earnest, and emphasize that he's a human being — a person, not a corporation. I had a...

The fight to win over the middle class

2012-09-15 05:00:00

Question: What is the most guaranteed applause line in American politics today? Answer: Anything that allegedly benefits that fine group of Americans known as the middle class. Want proof? Well, just about every other sentence uttered at the...

Auto mechanics: One of the final glass ceilings for women

2012-09-17 00:00:00

Evolution isn't just a theory in the world of auto mechanics. Your father's Oldsmobile with the heavy-metal components has given way to computers on wheels. The grease monkey has evolved into an electronics engineer. But one thing that hasn't changed:...

SEX DRIVE : In the sex comedy, Seth Green , left, plays an Amish auto mechanic and Clark Duke is one of three suburban Chicago teens who gets an eyeful from Amish teenagers.

2008-10-16 16:26:03