A Buzz of New Restaurants JOHN WHITLEY, Whitley is associate editor of the London newsmagazine "The Week" and the former restaurant critic of the Daily Telegraph
Development Framework Makes Faulty Growth Presumptions MIKE HUFF, Mike Huff is a senior majoring in economics at Cal State Northridge. He studied the framework for a project in an economics class on the San Fernando Valley economy
2 Agencies in Showdown Over Hospital Site KENNETH R. WEISS and JEFF McDONALD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Kenneth R. Weiss is a Times staff writer and Jeff McDonald is a correspondent
Tupac Shakur Fans Rush to Buy Slain Rapper's Works MAKI BECKER and JEFF LEEDS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Becker reported from Los Angeles and Leeds from Las Vegas. Contributing to this story were Times staff writers Ed Boyer and Rich Connell
With Rights Come Tough Decisions VLADIMIR CERNA, Vladimir Cerna is student body president at Cal State Northridge and as such serves as president of the student senate. He cast the tie-breaking vote when the senate deadlocked 11-11 on Sept. 3 over whether to bring David Duke to CSUN to debate affirmative action
Sports Arena No Sure Fix for Downtown L.A. J. EUGENE GRIGSBY III, J. EUGENE GRIGSBY III is director of UCLA's Center for Afro-American Studies and a professor in the university's School of Public Policy and Social Research
Now, Gentle Readers, On to the Matter of Hollywod Manners and Commerce... Verlyn Klinkenborg, Verlyn Klinkenborg is the author of "Making Hay" and "The Last Fine Time." His last poece for the magazine was a profile of Martha Stewart. He lives in Housatonic, Mass., and considers himself a consummate Hollywood outsider
The Call of the Pickup Truck JOHN BALZAR, John Balzar is a Times national correspondent. He once owned a 1937 Chevrolet pickup but now drives a Honda Civic
In Cambodia, as in Bosnia, Issue Is Punish or Pardon Floyd Abrams and Diane F. Orentlicher, Floyd Abrams, a constitutional lawyer and professor of First Amendment law at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, and Diane F. Orentlicher, law professor and director of the War Crimes Research Office at American University, are the authors of "Kampuchea: After the Worst" (Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights)
An Antimissile Defense? You See It Only in Movies Gregg Easterbrook, Gregg Easterbrook is a contributing editor of the Atlantic Monthly. His most recent book is "A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism" (Viking)
The Truth About Crime Michael A. Males, Michael A. Males, a social ecology doctoral student at UC Irvine, is the author of "The Scapegoat Generation: America's War on Adolescents" (Common Courage Press)
Ernesto Zedillo Sergio Munoz, Sergio Munoz is an editorial writer for The Times. He interviewed Ernesto Zedillo in the president's office in Mexico City
Dole Hurt by Loss of Nerve in GOP Congress Mary Matalin, Mary Matalin, co-author of "All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President" (Random House/Simon & Schuster), is host of "The Mary Matalin Show" on CBS radio. She served as deputy campaign manager for George Bush in 1992
And the Dependency Court Shall Lead Them . . . Charles L. Lindner, Charles L. Lindner is a past president of the Los Angeles Criminal Bar Assn. He sat as a part-time Juvenile Court referee for eight years
As the Great Tocqueville Never Said JOHN J. PITNEY Jr., John J. Pitney, Jr. is associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. E-mail: jpitney@mckenna.edu
The Criminalization of the Latino Identity Makes Fighting Gangs That Much Harder David E. Hayes-Bautista and Gregory Rodriguez, David E. Hayes-Bautista and Gregory Rodriguez, associate editors at Pacific News Service, are, respectively, executive director of the Alta California Research Center and research fellow at the Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy