Frank Parker

Los Angeles gives up its once-prominent stop on men's tennis tour

2012-11-16 17:55:00

Bob Kramer spoke of the loss he is about to suffer, admitting he has a hole in his heart. He wasn't grieving a child or a parent, just a best friend. Kramer is director of a tennis tournament that will be no more. The Los Angeles men's tennis event that...

'CSI' creator launches new movie project on Yahoo

2012-03-21 21:33:21

Dying on our dime

2005-06-26 00:00:00

The stench of manure from a nearby fertilizer factory slips past the razor wire and the sharpshooters manning the watch tower. The smell follows the inmates everywhere, from the grassy courtyard where they read or play ball to the two-woman cells...

TV Gal Sees Double

2006-07-14 11:03:38

As has been previously entered into evidence, I watch TV like it's my job. So if I have trouble keeping all the new fall shows straight, what will become of the average viewer? This new fall season is like the Noah's Ark of TV. There's two of everything....

Chicago Humanities Festival, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble play the music of Jelly Roll Morton

2000-11-14 00:00:00

Throughout the 1920s and '30s Jelly Roll Morton bragged about everything from romantic prowess to creation of an American music called jazz. His own life seemed to refute those boasts as personal demons haunted him while racism and unscrupulous publishers...

Deb Parker, center, and her husband, Frank Parker, right, of American Red Cross, check out hurricane damages with Ron Krodel, a resident at Elizabeth Lake Drive, in Foxhill area, Hampton, on Sunday.

2011-08-27 21:00:00

Inmate Frank Parker at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. Parker estimates the state has paid more than $1 million for medical treatment during his 20 years in prison.

2005-06-21 10:26:44