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What happened on May 12, 1996
TRAVEL
Let the Games Begin--After the Web LAURA BLY
Savoring natural beauty on a drive around Lake Iseo PAMELA J. DILLET, Dillett is a freelance writer who lives in Italy
Ascending to the Kingdom of Almost Heaven JOHN McKINNEY
Finding a Travel Medicine Specialist KATHLEEN DOHENY
Paperback Prices
Santa Fe Unveils Arts Packages
Down Under and Over the Top
More Vacation Break
Museum Reopens in Paris
More Places to Hang Your Hat LUCY IZON
Time-Share Tales
The Way It Was : A Few Peaceful Oases Reminiscent of Days Gone By SHARON BOORSTIN, Boorstin is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Orchestrating a Path Into Composers' Lives KARIN DOMINELLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Putting Mettle to the Pedal HANK KOVELL
An afternoon saunter through Lake Garda's Salo BRUCE SCHOENFELD, Schoenfeld is a Colorado-based author and freelance contributor to Sports Illustrated, Esquire and other publications
Exploring Personal and Visual Landscapes JOHN MUNCIE
'Faust's' Tavern Now a Restaurant Reuters
An Eccentric's Secret Garden : An Englishman's Xanadu mirrors a fantasy world created by Poe GERALD JONAS, Jonas, a staff writer for the New Yorker for 30 years, is also the author of six books
Festivals, Feasts & Fairs MARY FRANCES SMITH
In literary footsteps through northern hill towns LUREE MILLER
Dollar Value in Europe Is Better Than Last Year CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
A Beer Lover's Bike Tour : Intoxicating views and rich, cold brews DON RUSSELL, Russell is a reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News
BUSINESS
In Japan, Flight Attendants Have an Air About Them PETER LANDERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
A Low, Stable Dollar Will Attract More Japanese Money to the U.S. RICHARD C. KOO, RICHARD C. KOO is senior economist at Nomura Research Institute in Tokyo
Investment Watch
Realtor: Nothing Sells Like Bad News
Best to Prepare for the Bear While Times Are Still Good TOM PETRUNO
Making Cents: Tricks When You're Upside-Down
Making Cents: Old Books or Stocks?
Nonprofits Assuming Corporate Look GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Company Must Pay Worker for Promotional Giveaways
Cable Modems Promise a Glimpse of the Future JAMES FLANIGAN
Banking on the Leader THOMAS S. MULLIGAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Harvard Not on Par With Anderson School
A Fashioned Statement : Annual Reports Do Much More Than Chart the Bottom Line. Done Properly, They Convey Where a Company Is Going, Not Just Where It's Been GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ex-Baldwin Co. Executive Is Awarded $2.2 Million JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Working Half a Year Before Tax Freedom
New Fund Family Off to Strong Start RUSS WILES, RUSS WILES, a financial writer for the Arizona Republic, specializes in mutual funds
Why Were Full-Time Child Rearers Ignored?
Companies Must Ensure That 401(k) Participation Is Balanced Among Pay Levels CARLA LAZZARESCHI
Speaking Up as a Shareholder KATHY KRISTOF
Tips From an Etiquette Guru: Eat Neat and Don't Lick the Wine Cork MARTHA GROVES
NEWS
Official Defends Safety of Marine Aircraft in Crash ERIC HARRISON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pomona Officer, Wearing Vest, Is Fatally Shot JEFF BRAZIL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
14 Killed in Marine Copter Crash in N.C.; 2 Injured ESTES THOMPSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
F-14 Crashes Raise Questions of Age, Safety ART PINE and RALPH VARTABEDIAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Volkswagen Sues GM for $6.6 Million, Accusing U.S. Firm of Defamation From Reuters
Decorated Officer on Trial for Shooting TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dorothy Page Emerson; Staged Antique Shows
DC-9 Crashes Into Everglades; All 109 Are Feared Dead MIKE CLARY and ELIZABETH SHOGREN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Destroying the Balance of Nature MARLA CONE, TIMES ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
Clinton Calls for 2-Day Hospital Birth Coverage RONALD BROWNSTEIN, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Mitsubishi Plant Split on How to Define Writing on the Wall STEPHEN BRAUN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Drug Runners Arrested at Border Often Go Free H.G. REZA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Isabel Patterson; Long Beach Philanthropist, Civic Leader
U.S. Allies' Arms Aid to Bosnia Detailed JOHN POMFRET and DAVID B. OTTAWAY, WASHINGTON POST
William Nelson Copley; Painter, Art Collector MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
This Limo Stretches Too Far, CHP Says Reuters
Salli Terri, 72; Singer, Soloist With Chorale
Boland Gaining Political Clout on Secession Drive DOUG SMITH and LISA LEFF, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Do School Ethnic Clubs Unify or Divide? DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Colby Collapsed Before Dying, Autopsy Finds Associated Press
Seeking Soldiers' Remains From Associated Press
'The Browning Version' Peter Rainer.
St. Petersburg Offers Russians a Political Preview CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Don Stewart; Insurance Industry Activist
Man Makes Good Use of Snake That Bit Him Associated Press
Deputy Helps 15 Escape From Apartment Fire
Ghana to Reject Liberians Aboard Freighter From Times Wire Services
Migrants' Rebellion Quelled in Hong Kong MAGGIE FARLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Picketers at Mitsubishi Dealers Protest Alleged Sex Harassment From Associated Press
Nation IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : 3 Die After Taking Counterfeit Drug From Times Wire Reports
Are You Turning Into Your Mother?
First of 2 Trials to Open for Key N.Y. Blast Figure ROBIN WRIGHT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nation IN BRIEF : CONNECTICUT : Paralyzed Woman Identifies Attacker From Times Wire Reports
'Nostradamus' Kevin Thomas
MARILYN: From Both Sides Now SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mitsubishi Replacing Legal Team; No Settlement Talks Planned From the Washington Post
Dole Advocates No Parole for Violent Crimes EDWIN CHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Life Along Kashmir's 'Shooting Gallery' IAN STEWART, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reform Party Activists Look Beyond Perot for Candidate RONALD BROWNSTEIN, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Chess : International News JACK PETERS, INTERNATIONAL MASTER
Make That a Double Cheese and Confession on the Side From Associated Press
Chinese Government Sole Access to Internet RENEE SCHOOF, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lebanon Assault Alienates Arab Israelis MARJORIE MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Michiganders Tiring of Endless Winter Wonderland JOHN FLESHER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Official Defends Safety of Marine Aircraft in Crash ERIC HARRISON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Burial Mix-Up Keeps Vietnam War Deaths Alive for 3 Families SHARON COHEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nation IN BRIEF : ALABAMA : Candidate Ends Bid Over Slavery Issue From Times Wire Reports
A Swami in the Cold Awaits Sentencing for Racketeering DAVID SHARP, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khat Makes Yemen's World Go 'Round HAMZA HENDAWI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
As Ethnic Clubs' Popularity Rises, so Do Tensions DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Paul Roth; Fashion Consultant Promoted California Apparel
Simpson in Britain for TV Show, Oxford Appearance From Associated Press
Bad Interpretation of Holy Scripture
7 Muslim Soldiers Suspected of Murder Surrender in Bosnia From Times Wire Services
SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : 'In the House' with hoops; a darling 'Heidi' and a 'Freaky Friday' on Disney; the 'Werewolf' of Fox LEE HARRIS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'If Spray Paint Is Outlawed . . . ' PETER H. KING
J.L. Velazquez; Aeronautical Design Engineer
Stroke Survivors' Anxiety Is Often Missed, Study Says JANINE ZUNIGA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Garth Williams; Illustrated Many Classics From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Colleagues Cringe, but Vet's Patients Give Tails Up NANCY SHULINS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
'Lenders of Last Resort' Can Be Very Risky for Business DEBORA VRANA and JAMES S. GRANELLI and GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
'Cookie Man' Cabby Drives Sweet Chariot JOHN STRAUSS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Four-Star Films : 'The Heiress' Michael Wilmington.
Vietnamese Refugees Exchange Life in Hong Kong Camps for Marriage : Expatriates: Women denied asylum agree to wed men they barely know to avoid repatriation. RAYMOND CHOW, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bilingual Education Segregates Children to Their Disadvantage
Bank's Customer Loyalty on Deposit as It Rejects Conglomeration JULES LOH, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Home on the 'Net With Martha JEANNINE STEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Voicing Concern : Wilson's Lingering Throat Problems Are Still Affecting Him DAVE LESHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
News You Can Use Tailored for Your Needs LYNN SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
With One Voice BRAD BONHALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
What's in a Surname? A Lot, to California ROBIN ABCARIAB
'Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy' Kenneth Turan
USC Salute to Riordan Raises Funds for Scholarships MARY LOU LOPER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Grand Tour SHARON BOORSTIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
OPINION
LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Piedad Robertson : Fighting to Educate College Students in a High-Tech and Low-Budget Age Amy Wallace, Amy Wallace covers higher education for The Times
Gentleman Bankers? Hah! Swiss Used 'Paraguay' Rules Walter Russell Mead, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a presidential fellow at the World Policy Institute. He is the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition" (Houghton Mifflin) and is writing a book about U.S. foreign policy
A Question of Political Language Gregory Freidin, Gregory Freidin, chairman of the Slavic department at Stanford University, is co-author of "Russia at the Barricades: Eyewitness Accounts of the August, 1991, Coup" (M.E. Sharp Publishers)
Riots' Effects in Koreatown
Cypress Park
Good Thinking Down Under : Sweeping crackdown on firearms is shaping up in Australia
GOP Again Confronts Divisive Abortion Issue John P. Sears, John P. Sears, a political analyst, served as campaign manager for Ronald Reagan in 1976 and 1980
A Reform-Minded MTA Chief Finds Himself at Square One : Drew needs time from board to set up necessary systems
Mass Transit
Central Library
Ed Davis
Ed Davis
Presidential Politics Infuses Gas-Tax Debate Robert G. Beckel, Robert G. Beckel, a political analyst, served as campaign manager for Walter F. Mondale in 1984
Product Liability Laws
Riots' Effects in Koreatown
Where the Law Should Not Tread Diane Johnson, Diane Johnson, novelist and critic, is author of "Health and Happiness" (Knopf). Her forthcoming novel, "Le Divorce," will be published by Dutton
Reforming Public Education Should Begin in the Classroom Ruben Navarrette Jr., Ruben Navarrette, Jr. is the author of "A Darker Shade of Crimson: Odyssey of a Harvard Chicano" (Bantam) and editor of the forthcoming newsletter Reconciliation
Nabobs of Negativism : American optimism is the last refuge of rubes and Babbitts, say the influential pessimists. But can a society without hope still try to improve itself? Gregg Easterbrook, Gregg Easterbrook is a contributing editor to The Atlantic Monthly. His book, "A Moment on the Earth," has just been released in paperback by Penguin
One More Reason to Clean Up Bay : New findings on human health risk should lead cities to act
A Red Flag for a Red Line Consortium : MTA: Before shelling out another billion, ask questions about two groups bidding on the Eastside Metro extension. FRANK del OLMO, Frank del Olmo is assistant to the editor of The Times and a regular columnist
Proposal to Revitalize MacArthur Park
Workers
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Friends Replace Family as Sources of Advice ANDREA HECHT, Andrea Hecht is a North Hills freelance writer who owns a public relations firm
San Gabriel Valley Gets Its 1st Food Pantry for People With HIV MAYRAV SAAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
County's Crude Corruption Merits Chicago-Style Ribbing Dana Parsons
Veteran Salutes a Forgotten Group of Mothers MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rising to the Challenge : Response to Brea Rubber Plant Fire Was Truly Heartening
Fertile Soil Yielding Bumper Crop of Homes KENNETH R. WEISS and DAVID R. BAKER and TRACY WILSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Driver Hospitalized After Hitting Tree MARY F. POLS
Deputies to Monitor Busy Intersection GALI KRONENBERG
Secession Bills Boost Boland's Profile DOUG SMITH and LISA LEFF, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Something Has to Give : With the Plight of Children Worsening, It's Time for Action
Enforcement, Not Exposure
A Darker View of the Air Show
Moorhead Story
Taking Board to Task Over Restructuring
Art for Art's Sake, Not for City Hall's
Mayor Criticized for Day Laborer Remark
Parsons' Columns Touch a Nerve
Pray for Residents, Not O.C. Leaders
Crystal Cove Plan Will Destroy It
Volunteer Effort Rewarded at Polls
Ain't This Cab in New York? Hail No, We Won't Go Out of Our Way to Be Nice Associated Press
Orange Trustee Clarifies Funding
Cuban Embargo
Motel Owners
No. 2's Quest for No. 1 Job AMY PYLE, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Fire Interrupts Wedding Parties at Hotel
Fans Want Valens in Rock Hall of Fame KATE FOLMAR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
What Hong Kong's Future Portends for O.C. Business DICK TORRE, Dick Torre is a principal in an Irvine-based firm specializing in international trade. He has been to Hong Kong more than 30 times in his business career
Educator's View Appreciated
Mexican History
School Board Gives Gays Legitimate Chance Scott Harris
200 Athletes Compete in Special Olympics Games MARY F. POLS
Precinct Tally in Supervisor Race
Four-Legged Friend or Foe?
County Benefits in Keeping Safety Net From Unraveling : Government Has a Role in Helping the Less Fortunate
Camarillo Hospital Ballot Proposition
Rocketdyne and Justice
Many in Valley Back No. 2 for No. 1 Job LUCILLE RENWICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Way of Life Is at Stake in Secession Fight Bill Boyarsky
Home of Hopes : 3 Women Give Abandoned Teens the Mothering They Never Had, and Futures They Never Dreamed Of JANE GROSS, TIMES URBAN AFFAIRS WRITER
Sale of Warner Collection
4-Year Plan for Cal State Stuns Local Colleges' Chief KELLY DAVID, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
It's Not Just a Park, It's an Adventure GEOFF BOUCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Candidates Need Educating on 'Goals 2000' GALAL KERNAHAN, Galal Kernahan writes from Leisure World in Laguna Hills
Salli Terri; Singer, Soloist With Chorale
GOP Crusades for the County's Soul
Development of Greenbelt Areas
Remembering Valley Matriarchs
Vigil Held for Women Slain Last Mother's Day NICHOLAS RICCARDI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A South County Jail? No, Thanks
Two Grads Went to Great Lengths for CLU Honors NICK GREEN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Jewish Home in Reseda to Hold Mother's Day Gala
Obituaries
Two More Lawsuits Filed in UCI Fertility Clinic Scandal From Associated Press
Stadium Deal Needs Revision
AIDS Curriculum Alive and Well KEVIN WRIGHT CARNEY, Kevin Wright Carney is a member of the board of trustees of the Antelope Valley Union High School District
It's Oftelie Who Deserves Blame
Elizabeth Broderick
A Chorus of Thanks DIANE SEO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Trustee Actions Draw Criticism
Protecting Farmland From Development
Limousine Driver Killed in Crash
Tempers and Rhetoric Already Unseasonably Hot in Supervisorial Campaigns
Black Gold : A occasional look at Orange County issues
New Camarosa Berry Has One Thick Skin
Sheriff's Department Salaries and Benefits
Obituaries
In the Hubcap Realm, One Queen Reigns DEBORAH HASTINGS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Huntington Beach Man, 60, Dies After Jump From Bluff H.G. REZA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Economic Rift Follows the Utah-Nevada Border in Tiny Desert Town KRISTEN MOULTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
William Nelson Copley; Painter, Art Collector MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Party Recipe: Mix Two Cultures, Serve DEXTER FILKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Animals Come First for Rodeos
For Generation Xers, It's Time to Grow Up
Pomona Officer Fatally Shot Despite Vest JEFF BRAZIL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Senator's Surgery Called Success
Pockets of Land Need Protection
Man With Ax Accused of Charging Firefighter MARY F. POLS
When Lives Collide : Denver Hit-and-Run Kills One Man--Then One More SANDY SHORE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mom's the Word RENEE TAWA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Vocational Education Statistics Troubling, Though Misleading
Three Suspects Arrested in Buena Park Stabbing Death
Putting a Lid on Trash Problems
2 Moms Overcome Aborted Adoption and Infant Death for Another Chance JILL LEOVY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
MAGAZINE
Serious Antiques, Serious Money, Seriously L.A. Irene Lacher, Irene Lacher is a Times staff writer
Silicon Beach Mary Melton
Hello, Dali Phyllis Sonoma
Back From The Edge Mark Heisler, Mike Heisler covers the NBA for The Times and is the author of two books about baseball. His last article for the magazine was on Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis
SOCAL FUNNIES : Fashion Trends Around the Cornor Greg Clarke
Women of the PTA need a Sharper Image
Hollywood and the 21st Century
That Baby Comes With Standard Equipment Only
SHELF LIFE : The State Room Dave Gardetta
Socal Past Susan Straight, Susan Straight's new novel "The Getting Place" will be published next month by Hyperion. Her last novel, "Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights," is available in paperback from Anchor
Hollywood and Washington
Q & A / Warren Wilson Mary Melton
Style / Restaurants : Stealing the Show S. Irene Virbila
Inspiration from the Port Side
Look. Look. See the Spot Run. Look. Look. See the Spot Grow. Look. Look. See the Future of Soaps. Patrick E. Cole, Patrick E. Cole is a Los Angeles-based correspondent for Time Magazine
SPORTS
An Arrogant Marge Schott Is an Embarrassment to Baseball THOMAS BOSWELL, WASHINGTON POST
Good Thing for Fox There's No Coffin Corner in Baseball MIKE DOWNEY
Olympics From Staff and Wire Reports
MYSTERY MAN : No One Is Sure How Bowman Does It, but He Does It Better Than Anyone HELENE ELLIOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
He Didn't Throw Away That Bat JIM MURRAY
Cypress Edges San Bernardino, Sweeps Series STEVE KRESAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : No Cuts Until Percival Gets Nicked MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Southern Section Playoffs / Baseball, Softball Pairings MARTIN HENDERSON
JETHAWKS REPORT : Cruz Might Help End the Strain Today JEFF FLETCHER
Selfless Augustine Puts Team First as Jethawks' 3rd Catcher JEFF FLETCHER
Madness in His Methods ANDREW BEYER, WASHINGTON POST
Gray and Wysocki Belie Age; Watts Doesn't Show RANDY HARVEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Angels Start to Worry MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Titans Have Nothing to Show for Torrid Start MIKE PENNER
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Question Lingers: Park or Astacio? BOB NIGHTENGALE
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : No Cuts Until He Gets Nicked MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Baines Beats Yankees With Two-Run Homer From Associated Press
Jazz Comes On Strong and Takes a 2-1 Edge From Associated Press
Cal Lutheran Goes Zero for III in Regional CARI COPE
Lasorda's Bullying Pays BOB NIGHTENGALE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Manchester Wins FA Cup Associated Press
Littlerock, Palmdale Make It a Golden Day DARIN ESPER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
BASEBALL / ROSS NEWHAN : Butler's Ashburnian Career May Be the Last of Its Kind ROSS NEWHAN
Baseball Daily Report Associated Press
Angels Start to Worry MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Knicks Outlast Jordan MARK HEISLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cal Lutheran Goes Zero for III in Regional CARI COPE
Loyola Boys, Laguna Hills Girls Win in Division II ARA NAJARIAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
8-7 Defeat Gets Canyons Sacked From State Playoffs
Dallas Rallies for 3-2 Victory From Associated Press
JetHawks Up Early but Go Down Again JEFF FLETCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Titans Blown Out by 49ers' Big Inning LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Chapman Steps Up, Marches Back to National Tournament JEFF SEIDEL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Ripken Quietly Streaks Toward a World Record DAVID GINSBURG, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Valley's Best Try to Heat Up PETER YOON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Rymer's 61 Ties Course Record From Staff and Wire Reports
Cypress Hangs On, 5-2, Advances to State STEVE KRESAL
Onxard Gets Shuts Down, Knocked Out by Harbor, 3-1 FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lemieux and Jagr Lead Ouster of Rangers From Associated Press
Mater Dei Could Earn High Seeding MIKE TERRY
Nobody's Perfect, but Indians' McDowell Comes Close CHRIS FOSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CSUN Has Answers STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Aaron: The Ball Is Wound Tighter BOB NIGHTENGALE
Hoernig Gets High Marks in Pole Vault MATT FARMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Magill, Bostick in the Running JOHN ORTEGA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Let Bob Do It Does in Will Rogers Handicap BOB MIESZERSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Official Touch : Rodman, Van Exel and Magic Incidents Put the Spotlight on Contact, but Some Say It's an Aberration, Not a Trend ROSS NEWHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A.J. Foyt Remains Loyal to Indy 500 MIKE HARRIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A No-Hitter on Leiter Side From Associated Press
Rodman the Talk of the Towns MARK HEISLER
Star Standard Is Special for Zito at Pimlico From Associated Press
Rymer's 61 Ties Course Record From Staff and Wire Reports
Brayton Wins in Pole Vault SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Community College Softball / Southern California Playoffs
La Quinta Doubles Pleasure With Two Titles MELANIE NEFF, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
No Pushing at Front of the Line for Boylan MICHAEL LAZARUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Brea Olinda's De Simone 2nd in Gymnastics
Fatur Hits for Calabasas Like the Ball Is Still on a Tee TRIS WYKES
Ventura's Whalen Earns Coach Award
Fountain of Youth : Middle-Age Players Renew Water-Polo Careers on Championship Team IRENE GARCIA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Vasser Heats Up a Cold Day in Michigan From Associated Press
Laguna Hills Uses 2nds, 3rds to Finish First ERIK HAMILTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Snow's Strategy Shows in Victory JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Brea Olinda Boys Finish Third at Division III Swimming Finals ERIK HAMILTON
Piranhas Put Sting on Rattlers With Game-Saving Play at End DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Brogna's Two Homers Help Brawling Mets Beat Cubs, 7-6 From Associated Press
McEnroe Finds Another World to Conquer MAL FLORENCE
Piazza Letter Was Juicy, but Turns Out to Be Thin BILL PLASCHKE
REAL ESTATE
Watch Lender-Paid Mortgage Insurance KENNETH R. HARNEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Staying Put
Advice to Settle Suit Questionable?
Bring a Wagon to West's Biggest Plant Sale ROBERT SMAUS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
He Suggests Saying No to Windmill System
Room for All Her Friends RUTH RYON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Her Cat May Have Left a Few Gifts for the New Tenant From Project Sentinel
'Snoop' Tour Set
Nine Conservancy Awards
Shedding Light on Picking Fluorescent Bulbs Special to The Times
Softies behind the teeth JOHN MORELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Ozone Is a Solid Pool, Spa Purifier JAMES DULLEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
ENTERTAINMENT
Royalty Hike Jolts Producers Don Shirley, Don Shirley is a Times staff writer
The Biggest Cyberstars of Summer Jaclyn Easton
Independents Take Bite Out of Foreign Market Claudia Puig, Claudia Puig is a Times staff writer
Precocious and Prime Don Heckman
In Brief Sandy Masuo
In Brief Cheo Hodari Coker
'Odyssey' Journeys to La Jolla Daniel Cariaga, Daniel Cariaga is The Times' music writer
In Brief Sandy Masuo
'World'-Class Funk by Davis Don Heckman
Doogie Doubter
Cirque Du Dave
The Jarmusch Clan
They've Got the Cutest Little 'Babymugs' Lynne Heffley, Lynne Heffley is a Times staff writer
How Fresh Can He Get? David Kronke, David Kronke is a regular contributor to Calendar
He Accepted the Mission David Kronke, David Kronke is a regular contributor to Calendar
Hey, Mom and Dad Are in the Family Too Judy Brennan, Judy Brennan is a regular contributor to Calendar
Refiguring the Lush Life Lorraine Ali, Lorraine Ali writes about pop music for Calendar
Unearthing the Glory of a Once-Proud City Christopher Knight, Christopher Knight is a Times art critic
Reopening a Chapter on Race Laurie Winer, Laurie Winer is The Times' theater critic
For the 'Faithful'
'Home Show II' Houses Range of Ideas William Wilson, William Wilson is a Times art critic
Ms. Clean Slate Bronwen Hruska, Bronwen Hruska, based in New York, is an occasional contributor to Calendar
Let the Invasion Begin Jack Mathews, Jack Mathews is the film critic for Newsday
Reader Rejoinders
Michael's Maturity Takes Its Toll Elysa Gardner
Taking Our Medicine
Red Five Tops the Hot Six Heidi Siegmund Cuda
Schoenberg, Sure, but Bach Too Daniel Cariaga, Daniel Cariaga is The Times' music writer
Bring On the Debris Patrick Goldstein, Patrick Goldstein is an occasional contributor to Calendar
Hot, Bothered and Listed RICHARD CROMELIN
Give Us Your Visionary . . . Sean Mitchell, Sean Mitchell is an occasional contributor to Calendar
BOOKS
The Nobel Prize for Pain : POETRY : FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: New Poems and a Memoir, By Tomas Transtromer , translated by Joanna Bankier, Samuel Charters, Robin Fulton, Malena Morling and Robert Bly (Ecco: $22; 71 pp.) Rika Lesser, Rika Lesser's most recent book of poems is "All We Need of Hell" (University of North Texas Press). She has been translating Swedish poetry for 20 years
Nonfiction SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
Fiction SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
Nonfiction SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
Fiction SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
Not Only Real, But Physical
Criminal Pursuits MARGO KAUFMAN
Fiction SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
AND I QUOTE / What Political Books Are Saying : LET'S BE HEARD, By Bob Grant (Pocket Books: $22; 243 pp.) John Balzar
Attacking The Defense
Nonfiction Susan Reynolds
The Accidental Terrorist : NOVEL : SHOOTING ELVIS, By Robert M. Eversz (Grove/Atlantic: $21; 217 pp.) Dave Shulman, Dave Shulman is a regular contributor to LA Weekly
A Big Story Under the Big Sky : FICTION : BUCKING THE SUN, By Ivan Doig (Simon & Schuster: $23; 412 pp.) Judith Freeman, Judith Freeman's most recent novel, "A Desert of Pure Feeling," has just been published by Pantheon Books
Orwell And 'Animal Farm' Live On In Student Reviews
In Clear Perspective, by GUNTER GRASS
In the Beginning and Before : SCIENCE : THE TIME BEFORE HUMAN HISTORY: 5 Million Years of Human Impact, By Colin Tudge (Scribner: $27.50; 366 pp.) Alexander Stille, Alexander Stille's most recent book is "Excellent Cadavers: The Mafia and the Death of the First Italian Republic" (Pantheon)
The Soul's Speedometer : FICTION : SLOWNESS, By Milan Kundera . Translated from the French by Linda Asher (HarperCollins: $21; 165 pp.) RICHARD EDER
Keeping and Questioning the Faith : RELIGION : CHRISTIANITY: Essence, History and Future, By Hans Kung (Continuum: $44.50; 936 pp.) Mary Rourke, Mary Rourke is a Times staff writer
Lying: A Life Story : BIOGRAPHY : JERZY KOSINSKI: A Biography, By James Park Sloan (Dutton: $27.95; 505 pp.) Julia Bloch Frey, Julia Frey's recent biography, "Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life," won the 1995 Pen Center West award for nonfiction and was a finalist for a 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award
Flannery Will Get You Nowhere : NOVEL : AN ECHO OF HEAVEN, By Kenzaburo Oe (Kodansha: $25; 204 pp.) John L'Heureux, John L'Heureux's most recent book is "The Shrine at Altamira." His new novel, "The Handmaid of Desire," will be published in October
How We Became the Way We Are : CHILDREN OF THE ICE AGE: How a Global Catastrophe Allowed Humans to Evolve, By Steven M. Stanley (Crown/Harmony Books: $25; 278 pp.) Douglas Preston, Douglas Preston writes about archeology and anthropology for the New Yorker. He is the author of six books, including the novel "Jennie," about an anthropologist who raises a chimpanzee in his family as a scientific experiment. His last book was a medical thriller entitled "Mount Dragon."
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