Archive for Friday, December 12, 1997

• Pierce College Plans Reunion of ‘Pioneers’ By Sylvia L. Oliande

• Complex to Get Funds to Aid Drug Fight By Claire Vitucci

• Coastal Agency OKs Removal of Oil Piers By Nick Green

• Santa Ana Street Overpass Will Be Closed for 18 Months By Debra Cano

• Robert Fisler Chosen to Head School Board By Mimi Ko Cruz

• Blue Lights Keep Memories Alive By Scott Glover

• Medical Center to Give $5,000 to Charities By Lisa Addison

• Driver Charged With Murdering 2 in Crash By Abigail Goldman

• One Burglar Who Made a Clean Getaway By Steve Harvey

• Authorities Search for Missing Kayaker in S. County Waters

• Lotto Pool Just the Ticket for 3 Local Residents By Richard Warchol

• MTA Chief Recommends a Breather By Richard Simon

• Convicted Rapist Gets 50 Years to Life By Veronique De Turenne

• Man in Critical Condition After Stabbing at Mall

• Chick, Katz Tell MTA It’s Time to Put Valley on the Gravy Train By Henry Chu and Hugo Martín

• School Board Elects New President By Lisa Fernandez

• With Luck, Holiday Events Will Be a Breeze This Time By Nick Green

• Shootout Survivor Urges Use of Bulletproof Vests

• Obituaries

• Red Cross Opens Blood Donor Center By John Canalis

• D.A. Asked to Review Campaign Donations By Jeff Kass

• Council Agrees to Purchase Home of Ex-City Manager

• Council to Take Legal Action to Buy 2 Motels By Cathy Werblin

• Elderly Man Wins Right to See Wife By Jon Steinman

• Uninvited Gusts Tear Up County By Scott Martelle and Tini Tran

• Deported Nazi Tries to Reenter U.S. By Alan Abrahamson

• Blowin’ in the Wind By Veronique De Turenne and Lisa Fernandez

• It’s a Dog’s Life, and Death By Patt Morrison

• United Way Fund Drive Behind Schedule By Scott Martelle

• Blue Lights Keep Memories Alive By Scott Glover

• Glitch Forces Test-Takers to Be Turned Away By Tina Nguyen

• A Mess in L.A. Probation Dept.

• Man, 92, Who Eloped With 84-Year-Old Is Allowed Visits By Jon Steinman

• Simi Man Hurt in Home-Invasion Robbery By Veronique De Turenne

• Trustees to Restore Some School Bus Cuts By Debra Cano

• Baiting the Parking Lots By Jose Cardenas

• Part of Warner Ridge Project Gets Go-Ahead By Sylvia L. Oliande

• Council OKs Bailout for Historical Society By Nick Green

• Santa Is on His Way to a Site Near You By Mimi Ko Cruz

• Man Fatally Shot Outside Restaurant

• Charge Reduced Against Teen Driver By Robert Ourlian

• Air Crash Hearings Pay Off

• District Will Pay $50,000 to Settle Bustillos’ Suit By Liz Seymour

• A High for Santa Without a Ladder By Lesley Wright

• Planners Identify Los Rios Panel Issues By Susan Deemer

• El Rio Man Guilty in Highway Attacks on Women By Andy Rose

• Lobbyists Retained for Long Beach Freeway Project

• Flawed Effort by Wilson to Fix State’s School Woes

• A Winter Wish Come True for Ill Children

• Donut Inn Owner Must Pay Ex-Franchisees By Andrew Blankstein and Evelyn Larrubia

• Woman Hit by Truck Was Jaywalking By Veronique De Turenne

• School Attendance Boundaries Drawn By Lisa Fernandez

• Trustees Are Urged to OK Bankruptcy Settlement By Davan Maharaj and Shelby Grad

• Lopez Is Reelected School Board Chief By Jeff Kass

• Penalty to Be Decided Today in Hate Murder By Scott Martelle

• Developer Fee Aimed at Boosting Parks By Russ Loar

• Garcetti Gets to See Courtroom From Other Side–as a Juror By John M. Glionna

• City Opposes Plans for Complex in Long Beach By Cathy Werblin

• Obituaries

• Council Panels to Discuss Special Needs Housing

• Ex-Lawyer Gets Felony Charge After Taking Case By Scott Glover

• Post Offices Extend Hours as Christmas Rush Begins By Chris Chi

• Council Backs Tying Growth to Schools By Miguel Bustillo

• School Crossing Guards Laid Off in Budget Cuts

• Minister’s Death Was a Homicide, Coroner Finds

• Quackenbush Ads Spark Complaints By Kenneth Reich

• Misdialed 911 Thwarted Call for Help By Matea Gold

• Scientists Question Seismic Threat By Kenneth Reich

• A State Board That Can’t Do the Math By Judy Codding

• City Council Revising Juvenile Curfew Ordinance

• Sanchez Scoffs at Dornan’s Call to Resign By Peter M. Warren

• When Is a People Killer Not Deadly? By Tom Diaz

• Homeless Veterans Get a Helping Hand at Fair By Julia Scheeres

• A Simple Act of Decency By Al Martinez

• Donald Bren Gives UCI $5 Million By Steve Carney

• Caltrans Isn’t Ready to Build Linking Roads By Jose Cardenas

• EIR for Project Stirs Fear of Valley Fever By Regina Hong

• Free Sandbags Offered to County Residents By Steve Carney

• CSU Officials to Move to Hospital Site By Fred Alvarez

• $17.5-Million Project OKd for Resort Area By Debra Cano

• Holiday Parade Set to Step Off Sunday By Edward M. Yoon

• Master Plan OKd for Heritage Park Project By Lisa Addison

• Panel Backs Retail Complex at Former Site of Lawry’s

• Deputies Testify in Slaying of Colleague in Meiners Oaks By Andy Rose

• Entrepreneur to Open Long-Awaited Card Club

• Woman Opens Hospice in Honor of Grandmother

• Birthday Plans Include Activities for All By Dade Hayes

• Deputies to Help Out 130 Area Families By Veronique De Turenne

• From U.S. Children, With Love By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Laguna Canyon Road to Close 4 Hours Today By David Reyes

• Permit Renewed for La Terraza Restaurant By Julio V. Cano

• Panel OKs Pact With DWP’s Largest Union By Beth Shuster

• Vintage Surfboard Auction to Be Held By Julio V. Cano

• Dental Office Shows Teeth in Reporting Drill By Dana Parsons

• Consuela Buckwalter; Lifelong Ventura Resident

• 14 Students’ Artwork to Appear in Calendar By Lisa Addison

• Library in Line for Online Access By Hilary E. Macgregor

• Student Had the Answers on SAT By Lisa Addison

• Santa Highlights ‘Winter’ Youth Party By Edward M. Yoon

• Kennedy High Marks Theater Renovation By Darrell Satzman

• Fraud Suspect Had Mobile Operation By Veronique De Turenne

• Water District Offers Pay-by-Phone Service By John Canalis

• The Luxury of Going Nowhere By Shawn Hubler

• National Guard Ready to Respond to El Nino By H G. Reza

• Walsh Asking $723,802 for Her Demotion By Jean O. Pasco

• Panel OKs Pact With DWP Union By Beth Shuster

• Card Club’s Political Consultant Indicted in Theft of $380,000 By Jeff Leeds

• As City Hall Santa, Riordan Leaves Some Off His List By Beth Shuster

• School Officials Probe Porn Sites Visited on Internet

• They’re on Pace for Awful Finish By Chris Baker

• Timing Is Better Late Than Never By Chris Foster

• MLS, Disney Continue Talks on Bringing Soccer to Stadium By Bill Shaikin

• It Takes Time, but Bruins Beat Hasek

• Devils Extend Contract of Goaltender Brodeur

• Former Cy Young Winner Drabek Signs With Orioles

• Old Times at the Pond, or the Same Old Story? By J A. Adande

• Tonight’s Championship Games

• Fargas Watch

• 4-A CHAMPIONSHIP By Michael Lazarus

• Buccaneers Head Pro Bowl List

• Irvine Lake on Anglers’ Map, but Don’t Use Thomas Guide By Pete Thomas

• Notre Dame Offensive Line Has Its Own Bag Man

• Shaq Out at Least Another Week By Scott Howard-Cooper

• AROUND THE CORNER By Michael Lazarus

• Cherney’s 20 Lead Edison Past Century

• You Win Some and You Win Some

• FISH REPORT

• Matadors Lose Higgins Indefinitely By Steve Henson

• He’s Not Ewing and Ahing Over Patrick’s Play By Mal Florence

• McClain’s Late Free Throw Lifts Glory

• Mission Viejo Finishes Third at Tournament

• Veteran Courtnall Regaining His Stamina and Timing By Lonnie White

• Angels, Olivares Agree to One-Year Deal By Bill Shaikin

• SPECTATOR SPORTS FRIDAY 12

• Ninth-Ranked El Toro Girls Deliver Message to Canyon By Melanie Neff

• UCI Goalkeeper to Focus on Field Goals By Chris Foster

• Notre Dame’s Line Has Measured Up By Tris Wykes

• Strickland, Murray Fined

• Local Mountains Dressed for Winter

• WEST / You Can’t Go Home Again By T J. Simers

• Marquee Matchup: Fox Challenges ESPN By Larry Stewart

• SEASON OF CHANGE By Paige A. Leech

• Garrett, Robinson Meet By Robyn Norwood

• For Some Taft Players, a Bigger Test Comes Saturday

• LOCAL NOTES

• TONIGHT’S GAME By Rob Fernas

• In other nonleague girls’ soccer:

• Manning Heisman Preview?

• Augustine Probably Will Miss Next Game By Greg Sandoval

• Look Who’s Talking

• NFL TOP TO BOTTOM By T J. Simers

• CITY SECTION STATISTICS

• High School Football / Championship Week By Dave Desmond and Tris Wykes

• Paraclete Attack Is Breech-Loaded By Dave Desmond

• FOOTBALL

• Only a Coincidence? You Make the Call By Bill Plaschke

• Loss of Focus or Loss of Shaq, Losses Add Up By Jason Reid

• For Page, Kariya a Coach’s Delight By Elliott Teaford

• STINGRAYS TONIGHT By Earl Gustkey

• Greatness of Scott’s Arm to Be Tested By Paul Mcleod

• Division V

• 3-A CHAMPIONSHIUP By Paige A. Leech

• SOUTHERN SECTION STATISTICS

• Many Happy 49er Returns By T J. Simers

• DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP By Tris Wykes

• WEST / Rice Is Easy to Prepare By T J. Simers

• Cavaliers Feeling Special

• San Pedro Got Back on Course After Receiving Dose of Reality By Gary Klein

• Prep Realignment Talks Will Start All Over Again By Mike Terry

• Cypress Easily Beats Oxnard at Tournament

• Georgetown’s Sheffey Pleads Guilty to Charges

• PUCKNET / NHL By Mark Pargas

• NICK’S KNACK - Cappelletti’s Son Making Name for Himself on Other Side of the Line By Martin Henderson

• Lavin Doesn’t Hesitate to Ask Loyd for More By Tim Kawakami

• They’re Taking Stock in Futurity By Bob Mieszerski

• It’s Season for Giving By Elliott Teaford

• UNLIKE FATHER LIKE SON By Martin Henderson

• Quality Control for North Hollywood By Dave Desmond

• Clinton to America: Name That Puppy

• U.S. Missile Strays, Smashes Into Japanese Computer Station in Utah

• ‘Carlos the Jackal’ Faces Last Audience–the Court By John-Thor Dahlburg

• Plane Flies 250 Miles, Glides to Safe Crash Landing After Pilot Passes Out

• Clinton to Hold News Conference Monday

• Wife Delivers Startling Blow to Nichols’ Defense By Richard A. Serrano

• Native Returns to Lithuania for a Chance at Higher Office By Richard C. Paddock

• Luck Was With Him By Dennis Mclellan

• Key Deal Near on Shift of Water to Cities From Farms By Tony Perry

• Wilson Vetoed School Oversight Panels in 1992 By Dave Lesher

• Winds Rip Southland for 2nd Straight Day By Stephanie Simon

• Pint-Sized Punch Lines

• A Little Boy, a Stray Bullet, a Life Lost By Sandy Banks

• Williams’ Take on ‘Gull’: A Sea Change By Michael Frank

• Islamists Assail Israel, Talk Up Muslim Unity By John Daniszewski

• Doing Time in Colombia May Be Quick Stint By Juanita Darling

• Body of Controversial Envoy Is Removed From Arlington

• This Is Rich By Daryl Strickland

• Therapy to Block Kidney Rejection OKd; Researcher’s Son Will Benefit

• VALLEY NEWSWATCH

• Herpes Scientist Dies; Got Viral Fluid in Eye

• Singleton to Be Retried in Murder

• Quackenbush Ads Spark Complaint to Ethics Board By Kenneth Reich

• Cos and Effect By Elizabeth Mehren

• Sinn Fein Leader, Blair Hold Historic Meeting By William D. Montalbano

• Spot Highway Inspections of Diesel Trucks to Resume By Frank Clifford

• Opting for the Job of Mothering By Judy Pasternak

• Imelda Marcos Arrives in U.S. for Eye Treatment

• Still a Thrilla in Manila By David Lamb

• Punch Lines

• COMING SUNDAY

• At Least 5 Die as 36 Vehicles Crash in Fog By Carl Ingram and Max Vanzi

• Clinton Seeks to Stop Flow of Drugs at Mexican Border By Elizabeth Shogren

• Parents Face Charges in Fire That Killed Five Children

• Kremlin Doctors Deny Yeltsin Heart Trouble By Vanora Bennett

• Frosty Reception Awaits Global Warming Accord By James Gerstenzang

• Ex-HUD Secretary Indicted, Accused of Lying to FBI By Robert L. Jackson and Ronald J. Ostrow

• U.S. to Complete Removal of Mines From Cuba Base

• Charge Reduced for Driver in Crash That Killed Student By Robert Ourlian

• Canadian High Court Ruling Gives Support to Indians’ Land Claims

• Winds Rip Southland for 2nd Straight Day By Stephanie Simon

• Child’s Giving Extends Beyond Border By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• 12 Days of

• Don’t Over-Inflate Tires; Stick With Car Maker’s Original Pressure Recommendation By Ralph Vartabedian

• Scottish Author Makes Comeback of Sorts By Karol V. Menzie

• Police Press Hostage-Taker to End Siege

• Mystery Fumes Sicken 15 at Washington Airport

• A Roman Holiday for kids and Adults By Elizabeth Mehren

• Eastwoods Give $6-Million Ranch to Big Sur Land Trust

• McKinney Court-Martial Unfurls List of Army Sex Cases By Paul Richter

• Judge Halts Web Browser Strategy of Microsoft By Michael A. Hiltzik

• First Lady Gets a Big Boot in Big Apple By Eleanor Randolph

• Albright Urges Reconciliation in Rwanda By Norman Kempster

• Body of Controversial Envoy Is Removed From Arlington By Tony Perry

• Incentive Money for Children’s Coverage Cut

• Westfield to Buy St. Louis Area’s Largest Mall

• Mortgage Rates Inch Up From 22-Month Low

• Growth Spreading to Other Areas of State By Patrice Apodaca

• FedEx Reports 3% Rise in Quarterly Profit

• Also…

• COMING SUNDAY

• L.L. Knickerbocker Reveals China Venture By (james S. Granelli)

• Business’ Biggest Problem Is Shortage of Good Help By Patrice Apodaca

• Spotlight: More Households to Purchase PCs, Survey Finds

• AT&T in Talks to Buy N.Y. Phone Firm, CNBC Reports

• Fluor Chief Says Firm Is in ‘Excellent’ Shape By John O'Dell

• Valenti Urges China to Open Up to U.S. Films

• Retail Sales Rise Just 0.2% in November

• Taxable Sales Expected to Keep Moving Up By Patrice Apodaca

• Mitsubishi’s Recchia Named to New Post By John O'Dell

• World Financial Services Pact’s Prospects Dim

• Shoe Pavilion Files for $18-Million IPO

• First Fed to Reduce Loan-Loss Provision

• Strength in Numbers? By David R. Olmos

• Asia Turmoil Knocks 129 Off Dow; Yields Fall

• BankAmerica to Acquire Credit Card Unit

• Powerwave Directors OK Stock Repurchase

• Fountain Valley Fitness Center to Be Acquired

• Stocks Plunge in Global Sell-Off; T-Bond at 5.99%

• AT&T in Talks to Explore Links to Cable, Internet Firms By Sallie Hofmeister

• Fluor Chief Ailing but Says Company’s in ‘Excellent Shape’ By John O'Dell

• Asian Woes Affecting Fund Purchases

• TV Ratings Report

• Avon’s Executive Search Bypasses Top Women

• O.C. EARNINGS

• Pacific Gulf Properties Swallows a ‘Poison Pill’

• AT&T, 13 Others to Build U.S.-Asia Fiber-Optic Phone Cable in 1998

• Ritz’s Suite Deal Comes With a Mercedes 600SL By Daryl Strickland

• Also…

• A Few Tax Moves Before Jan. 1 Hits By Charles A. Jaffee

• Tenet Eyes Rival’s Hospitals

• Sneaker Stocks Slip and Slide By James F. Peltz

• U.S. Won’t Push for Faster Payout of S. Korea Package By Art Pine

• Word of Mouth By Claudia Eller

• American Telecasting to Distribute DirecTV

• Many Calif. Workers Will Lose Daily OT By Stuart Silverstein

• Rockwell Unit Wins American Airlines Contract

• Stock Fund Purchases Slow Sharply

• Diedrich Coffee Posts Loss for Third Quarter

• NASD Rule Aims to Counter Stock Fraud

• Airports Need $2 Billion Annually

• Low-Budget ‘Bang’ Hits Real and Raw L.A. Nerve By Kevin Thomas

• ‘Hugo Pool’ Doesn’t Reflect Well on Downeys Jr. and Sr. By Jack Mathews

• The Later Stages - For SCR’s Founding Actors, ‘A Christmas Carol’ Is a Reunion By Jan Herman

• Allen, Alley a Good Team in ‘Richer’ By Kevin Thomas

• BET to Air Gala Jazz Museum Opening

• Nostalgic Choices in N.Y. By John Anderson

• Greenlief Trio’s Improv Impresses By Josef Woodard

• Violinist Muresanu Delivers Some Promising Sounds By Daniel Cariaga

• A Too-Brief Glimpse of Herbie Nichols By Don Heckman

• ‘Home’: Latest in Line of Mean-Spirited Slapstick By David Kronke

• Dynamic Trio Stays True to the Music By Don Heckman

• A ‘Twisted’ Tale of Souls Rising Above Corruption By Kevin Thomas

• ‘Poetics Project’ Relives Group’s Heady Days By Susan Kandel

• Thin ‘Retrospective’ Needs Full Leon By Robert Hilburn

• Two Shows That Celebrate Philanthropy By William Wilson

• Ignore the Ratings (and the Spelling) By Howard Rosenberg

• NAACP President Says Post Will Be Set Up in L.A. in ‘98 By Greg Braxton

• Eccentric Humor Is a Big Part of the Problem By Sara Scribner

• A Fine Re-Creation of ‘Mice and Men’ By Jana J. Monji

• Comissiona Takes the Slow Approach By Chris Pasles

• New Voices Join in an Alternative to ‘Carols’ By Paul Brownfield

• Square Deal By John Roos

• When ‘Harry’ Met Woody By Kenneth Turan

• Coming Sunday

• KKBT-FM to Stage Holiday Toy Drive

• Aiming for Urgency in ‘El Hajj Malik’ By F. Kathleen Foley

• Green Day Combines Antics and Inspiration By Sandy Masuo

• Morning Report By Shauna Snow

• Well, You’d ‘Scream’ Too By Kevin Thomas

• A Look at Other Theaters By Jan Herman

• Comissiona Lets Energy Flag By Chris Pasles