From the archives: Times writers Mary Moore and Adrian Maher report from the scene in Westwood after UCLA defeated Arkansas for the 1995 NCAA title.

The following is former Times columnist Mike Downey's story on the improvisations coach Jim Harrick made during the Bruins' 1995 NCAA title victory.

NFL draft scouts question the all-around ability of Wisconsin Jonathan Taylor, but the running back has NFL speed and size.

At some point, the coronavirus outbreak will subside enough to allow fans to attend football games again. The question is how many UCLA fans will make it to the Rose Bowl.

Outbuilding and fence panels destroyed by fire.

Firefighters rescued a woman from the ground floor

Owen Bieber, who shepherded the UAW through a recession, the Reagan era, industry downsizing and rapidly expanding global competition, dies at 90.

The actress played the legendary Maria Callas at the Mark Taper Forum in L.A. before moving on to Broadway and winning her final Tony for the role.

Alleged to be a prolific killer, Franzese was finally released from prison when he was 100

After he retired, Tidwell pleaded guilty to taking hundreds of guns from evidence lockers

The former GE chairman and chief executive mentored people who went on to run some of the world's best-known companies.

Swedish actor Max von Sydow, the stately import whose theater roots laid the groundwork for a vast onscreen career in nearly a dozen Ingmar Bergman productions, has died.

Roger Mayweather, uncle and trainer to Floyd Mayweather Jr. who won 59 career bouts, died Tuesday at age 58.

Joseph E. Lowery, civil rights leader who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 98.

Tom Webster, who led the Kings to their first division title and was suspended for throwing a stick on the ice toward a referee, died at 71.

Ring announcer Howard Finkel, the first employee hired by WWE in 1980, has died at 69. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004.

At the mercy of Mother Nature, Mt. Waterman has reopened. Snow is good at the landmark resort in the Angeles National Forest. It will be running on Saturdays and Sundays.

I turned our encounters over and over in my head, wondering if I had been too boring, unattractive, or callow. Why would he text, then drop me, then text again?

Ruggable's two-part rug system is driving social media crazy — in a good way. We talk to the Los Angeles-based entrepreneur behind it all, and she explains how it all started with her dog, and an accident. And a rug empire was born.

The Midcentury Modern home in South Pasadena is just one of 32 homes designed by architect James Allen Walter. Asking price: $2.25 million.

These sweet pillows designed by Catstudio husband-and-wife artists Terrell and Carmel Swan could be a cozy reminder of someplace special in your relationship — meeting at USC, for example, or that romantic trip to Yosemite or a honeymoon in Santa Barbara.

We raised four kids in this old house. There were birthdays and proms, bloody knees and Scout meetings. We changed a million diapers here. We matched a lot of socks.

Tucked away in the San Gabriel Valley, West Covina offers a bit of an escape from the traffic-and-concrete of Los Angeles. While the big source of commercial business is at the Plaza West Covina, there several shops to explore off the beaten path.

This is the earliest Tomatomania has started in its 30-year-plus history, with 11 sales events scheduled between Santa Barbara and San Diego counties.

No matter how hard I tried, plastic kept sneaking its way back into my life.

Millions of people around the world might be working from home for a while. Try to enjoy it.

I wasn't going to plead or beg her to stay. I felt my actions of the past week — and during the more than three years we had been together — had done all my talking for me.

Theodore Payne offers 30-plus virtual tours of native plant landscapes.

Doesn't really pay for me to be appealing to my captors. They are snarky, and increasingly restless. They pass the long evenings mixing up different flavors of White Claw just for kicks, the way Millennials will.

When can we go back to work? No one knows. Until then, try to be good to yourself.

Working from home with a bunch of plants is strange. Here's how my days go.

My daughter would've been married this weekend. Like a lot of life events, it was postponed. But when it comes, what a day it will be.

Local health officials give catastrophic estimates of potential coronavirus deaths if stay-at-home orders aren't followed.

The CDC now recommends that the public wear cloth face masks while also urging that high-grade equipment be reserved for medical personnel.

Is it safe to have sex with my partner or with a person I met on Tinder? Can I pick my nose at home? Do I need to disinfect my groceries? A virologist answers.

California coronavirus curve: Fewer deaths, long quarantine

The coronavirus changed our lives. Health experts discuss how we might get back to normal.

Chinese companies producing faulty testing kits and masks are marring Beijing's attempts to assert leadership in the fight against the coronavirus.

Wear a mask when inside an essential business, or when riding a bus or train. The cities of Long Beach, Pasadena and L.A. have issued similar orders.

A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest 'megadroughts' of the past 1,200 years.

Is a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak inevitable? Scientists say that depends on the nature of the virus itself as well as our own behavior.

HBO's "Avenue 5" is set 40 years in the future. Costume designer Suzie Harman's challenge: Figuring out what we'll all be wearing then.

Actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson are showing off the face masks they're wearing for air travel as the coronavirus spreads.

Paris Fashion Week: Repurposed duvets, recycled plastics and curve-hugging cashmere add up to a stellar collection.

The star-studded event honoring Renée Zellweger featured a performance by the Jonas Brothers. Guests included Tom Ford, Katie Couric, Lisa Rinna and Paris Hilton.

The rapper's musical ministry event wasn't the only last-minute addition to the schedule. His Yeezy collaboration with Adidas will be presented in Paris on Monday night.

The work-in-progress collection Kanye West showed took inspiration from the rapper's ranch, hired help and hazmat suits.

Pops of purple, novel knits and head-to-toe leather join the cape among the season's top five trends.

Vegan Fashion Week will livestream its runway behind closed doors. "The public event might be canceled, but the message cannot be," says founder.

The coronavirus outbreak has closed malls and most stores. Disputes are brewing over rent. Retail may look quite different in the future, experts say.