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O.J. Simpson, white Bronco and a freeway chase that changed L.A.

O.J. Simpson, white Bronco and a freeway chase that changed L.A.

  • Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES � There had been high-speed pursuits before on L.A. freeways. But nothing compares to the surreal day of June 17, 1994, when O.J. Simpson and his white Bronco captivated the world's attention. One lawyer at the time called it "the day Los Angeles stopped." Driven by Simpson's boyhood friend and former NFL colleague Al "A.C." Cowlings, the ex-football star led police on a two-hour ...

Dianne Feinstein made history. Could she be honored with a post office?

Dianne Feinstein made history. Could she be honored with a post office?

  • Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES � After a barrier-breaking career over more than a half-century that took her from being the first woman mayor of San Francisco to the longest-serving female Senator in U.S. history, California's late Sen. Dianne Feinstein may be honored with a post office named for her. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, who, along with California's junior senator, this week proposed naming a San ...