Archive for Thursday, December 18, 1997

• Proposal Would Make Waste Water Fit for Drinking By Hope Hamashige

• Sexy Olde England By Steve Harvey

• Another Selling Job on Bosnia

• Airport Noise Issue Quiets Down Slightly By Tom Becker

• Agents Raid Home of Writer on Medical Use of Marijuana By Sue Mcallister

• Trustees Shun Hughes, Elect Birch President By Susan Deemer

• Obituaries

• Too Much Togetherness May Be a Military Problem

• Water Board Told to Keep Sessions Open By Chris Chi

• County Broke Walsh Contract, Jury Decides By Jean O. Pasco and Thao Hua

• Food Bank Gives Turkeys, Toys to Needy Families

• A Little Dickens By Steve Chawkins

• Church Is at Heart of Holidays By Jose Cardenas

• Board Puts Superintendent Back on Monthly Contract

• Cultural Panel Denies Landmark Status to Hanna-Barbera Studios By Larry Gordon

• On the Internet

• Man, 18, Is Stabbed in Front of High School

• I Didn’t Know That

• Town Council Opposes Escalon School Expansion

• Officers Catch Drivers in Acts of Kindness By Kimberly Lisagor

• Twin Towers Staff Delivers Gifts to Adopted School By Vanessa Hua

• City Seeks to Put Recycling Negotiations on Fast Track By Liz Seymour

• BUENA PARK - City Council Seeks to Join County Airport Authority By Lisa Addison

• Teaching Kids That Guns Aren’t Toys By Diane Wedner

• Case Clothed: Police Catch Robery Suspect By Steve Carney

• Suspect’s Wife Tells Jury About Deputy’s Killing By Tracy Wilson

• Mechanical Santa Claus Is Back at Tree Lot

• An Active Past By Kate Folmar

• Owner Finds 3 Dogs Poisoned in Street

• Probe of Charter School Tests Is Inconclusive By Duke Helfand

• Man Sought in Kidnap Attempt By Steve Carney

• Stalking of Spielberg Alleged in Testimony By Greg Krikorian

• A ‘New’ River for Los Angeles

• Scholarship Fund Begun in Name of Accident Victim

• Gift of Christmas Benefits Thousands By Darrell Satzman

• Man Found Guilty of Threatening Garcetti By Matea Gold

• At a Loss By Bonnie Hayes

• $24.6 Million for Schools if County Settles By Davan Maharaj and Shelby Grad

• Council Overrules DWP Board, Extends Worker Protections By Beth Shuster

• No Bite in Assault Gun Rule

• Too Close for Comfort By Hope Hamashige

• Brief Fire on Oil Pier Touched Off by Torch By Scott Steepleton

• Parent Reports Mountain Lion Near Preschool By Nick Green

• Some City Employees to Get 2% Raises Under Pact By Julio V. Cano

• City OKs Grant for Site Near Airport By Sylvia L. Oliande

• … Conservatives Need to Face Facts By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

• Scientists Use Mirrors, Lasers to Measure Earth’s Distance From Moon

• Mothers of Slain Children Sponsor Toy, Food Drive

• Feeling the Weight of the World? There’s Good Reason By K C. Cole

• Panel to Hold Hearing on Village Center Westwood

• Liquor License Law Strengthening Backed By Darrell Satzman

• City to Iron Out Agreement to Fix Railroad Crossings By Russ Loar

• Seniors Organization Marks Anniversary By Edward M. Yoon

• Parent Aide Testifies About Child’s Burn By Tracy Wilson

• The Belle of St. Luke’s

• Stars to Die for By K C. Cole

• Liberals Want a Racial Monologue … By David Horowitz

• Police to Hand Out Food, Toys to Residents

• Pharmaceutical Firms May Have Used Relief Effort to Dump Useless Drugs

• Cause of House Fire Being Investigated By Scott Steepleton

• New Members Named to Planning Commission By Chris Chi

• Moratorium on Pot Clubs Fails to Fly By Miguel Bustillo

• 3-Week-Old Twins Hurt in Pet Ferret Attack

• Overkill in Anaheim

• 12 Arrested at Motel in Prostitution Sting

• A Bitter Victory in Compton By Bill Boyarsky

• Council Lightens Leaf-Blower Penalties By Henry Chu

• James H. Andros; OSS Veteran of World War II

• Officer Charged in Bank Heist That Netted $722,000 By Matt Lait and Eric Lichtblau

• Council Votes 3-2 to Limit Officeholders to 2 Terms By Debra Cano

• New Vote on School Boundaries Expected By Lisa Fernandez

• Woman Found in Trunk of Burning Car in Inglewood By Deborah Belgum

• Top Community College Officials Get 12% Raises By Nancy Hill-Holtzman

• Community College Board OKs Administrators’ Raises By Nancy Hill-Holtzman

• Police Detective Admits to Bigamy, Is Fined $750 By Thao Hua

• Popocatepetl Erupts as More Crater Deformations Are Observed

• Group to Open Clinic for West Valley Indigent in ‘99 By Claire Vitucci

• Immigrant Students Reenact Their Drama By Edward M. Yoon

• Air-Conditioning Bids to Be Reexamined

• Lies and Spies and Media Hype By Alexander Cockburn

• State Sen. O’Connell to Meet Constituents By Rob Selna

• Planning Panel OKs Huge Development

• Young Artists Sought in Poster Design Contest By John Canalis

• Investigation of Charter School Tests Is Inconclusive By Duke Helfand

• Septic Tank Disposal Sites OKd by Council By Sylvia L. Oliande

• Boy Hospitalized in Pit Bull Attack By George Ramos

• Freeway Extension Foes Show U.S. Transit Chief Their Outrage By Richard Winton

• City Blocks Use of Bonds for ‘Affordable’ Housing By Mimi Ko Cruz

• El Toro Chief: Base-Sharing Plan Won’t Fly By Lorenza Munoz and Shelby Grad

• Falcon Cable Told to Repay Customers By Coll Metcalfe

• Building Gets a Monthlong Reprieve By Beth Shuster

• Killer of Retired Officer Is Sentenced to Death

• Charter Panel Appoints New Administrator By Ted Rohrlich

• Newhall Plan Approved Despite Local Objections By Sharon Bernstein and Nick Green

• AWOL Marine Is Lone Suspect in Slaying By Steve Carney and Bonnie Hayes

• Employee Foils Takeover Robbery of Drugstore

• A House of Hope By Jean Merl

• Antonovich Wants Annual Cross-Checks of Votors, Jurors By Claire Vitucci

• Lace, Love and La Vida Loca By Scott Harris

• Opera Pacific Manager Leaves Company By Chris Pasles

• ALL-COUNTY GIRLS’ TENNIS

• Angels Open Season at Home

• He Hasn’t Fared Well in His Goodbyes By Tim Kawakami

• Firing Is Difficult for Some to Handle By Robyn Norwood

• Southland Names of Year: Tiger, Venus, Philip and Ed By Randy Harvey

• Southland Names of Year: Tiger, Venus, Philip and Ed By Randy Harvey

• A Wild Ride for USC

• Toronto Takes the Initiative By Elliott Teaford

• Bullfrog Owner to Join New Pro League By Paul Mcleod

• Northridge Out of Luck in Ohio By Steve Henson

• Terry Grants Lancers a Title, 43-42

• Husky Kreutz Lured by NFL

• MEN By Rob Fernas

• All-League Girls’ Tennis Teams

• Westlake Shuts Down Its Wrestling Program

• Payton: Barry Tougher as Off Guard By Chris Baker

• UCLA Makes Him Offer He Couldn’t Refuse By Paul Mcleod

• GIRLS’ BASKETBALL By Martin Henderson

• THE NEW GUY By T J. Simers

• Robinson’s Dismissal May Have a Ripple Effect By Eric Sondheimer

• Bora to Coach Nigeria in France

• Ice Dogs Prevail in a Shootout

• SCC’s Cezar Has an Easy Name to Remember By Michael Itagaki

• Carll, Good Are Keys for Concordia

• BOYS’ SOCCER By Dave Mckibben

• GIRLS’ SOCCER By Melanie Neff

• She Has a Big Game Despite Stature By Dave Mckibben

• United They Fell and It Was Ugly By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Birmingham Able to Hang No. 10 By Mike Bresnahan

• BOWL SCHEDULE

• Iowa State’s Floyd Has Surgery

• Johnson Still in Reserve By Tim Kawakami

• Get Over It Already, Tennessee By Julie Cart

• No. 4 Irvine Holds Off Laguna Hills Wrestlers By Erik Hamilton

• PREP ROUNDUP

• LOCAL NOTES

• WRESTLING By Erik Hamilton

• Matadors’ Luck on Road Holds and It’s All Bad By Steve Henson

• Women’s Basketball By Earl Gustkey

• MEN By Chris Foster

• THE HOT CORNER

• More Opinions on Rice’s Injury

• ‘Slammin Sam’ Gives Some Tips By Greg Sandoval

• Selanne Shows Speed Off Ice By Elliott Teaford

• Lakers Are Victims of Jordan Takeover By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Toronto Takes the Initiative By Elliott Teaford

• STINGRAYS TONIGHT By Earl Gustkey

• THE FALL GUY By Bill Plaschke

• Lindros Scores Big Contract –on an Assist From Kariya

• GIRLS’ WATER POLO By Mike Itagaki

• Romanowski Fined for Spitting

• Michigan Can’t Keep It Going

• WOMEN By Earl Gustkey

• Mourning Returns in Heat Loss

• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

• BOYS’ BASKETBALL By Paul Mcleod

• BOYS’ WATER POLO By Erik Hamilton

• Cypress Defeats Long Beach in Double Overtime, 108-100

• Good Will to All –Well, Mostly–in Avalanche Tie

• Rousseau Sheds Interim Title By Earl Gustkey

• Storr Recalled; Yachmenev Isn’t By Lonnie White

• THE MIDDLE MAN By Chris Dufresne

• Ill Children in Kyrgyzstan Used as Pawns By Vanora Bennett

• Another Aleutians Quake

• Use of Property Tax for Schools Illegal in N.H.

• It’s Never Too Soon to Adopt Healthy Habits

• An unhelpful current for unwanted fish By Stephen Braun

• Cuba Owes $200 Million for Shoot-Downs, Judge Rules

• Jamaican Vote Arrives With Eerie Calm By Mark Fineman

• Boy, 3, Shows Police Father’s Marijuana By Scott Steepleton and Andy Rose

• A Consumer Guide to the Information Age By Paul D. Colford

• Day In, Day Out By Connie Koenenn

• Wiesenthal Center Compiles List of Hate-Based Web Sites By Jennifer Oldham

• Punch Lines

• Parties on the Rocks, With a Twist By Pamela Warrick

• Geologists Say Simi Fault May Be Active By Kate Folmar

• Conservatives Desert Connerly Over Gay Rights By George Skelton

• O.C. Is Given Credit for Bankruptcy Recovery By Shelby Grad

• Dam Destruction in N.C. Shaking Up Northwest By James Gerstenzang

• Studying Reasons Why Teens Turn to Violence

• Media Anoints New Top Dog in Capital

• Norman Neuerburg; Expert on State’s Historic Missions By Myrna Oliver

• NATO Forces Arrest 2 Suspected Balkan War Criminals

• Gunman at Day-Care Center Frees Most of Its Children

• Some New Software Is Able to Carry a Tune By Larry Blasko

• Time of Year for New Launches, Milestones By D. James Romero

• What If You Don’t Want to Shop Till You Drop? By Geri Cook

• N.J. Settlement OKs Adoptions by Gay Couples By John J. Goldman

• USC Fires Robinson–Without Quite Saying So By Robyn Norwood

• Your Turn

• Japanese Cartoon Pulled by Video Chain, TV Network

• Shopping for a High-Tech Holiday By Larry Blasko

• Kidnapped U.S. Citizen Is Released

• Doctors’ House Calls Decline; Training Cited

• Clinton’s Race Panel Asks for Debate, Gets It

• Septuplets Get Own Publicist

• FBI Agrees to Briefing on Freeh Fund-Raising Memo

• Tear Gas on Subway in Tokyo Injures 60

• Armed Man Holds Hostages at Child-Care Center

• Pasadena Helps Disabled Enjoy Annual Rose Parade By Lisa Tripp

• Don E. Fehrenbacher; Pulitzer-Winning Historian at Stanford

• Judge Hears 2 Views of Obese Girl’s Mother

• Man Sentenced for Role in Cosby Case

• Clinton Strongly Denies Claims of Sexual Harassment

• L.A. Grower Helped to Popularize Poinsettia

• VALLEY NEWSWATCH

• Pint-Sized Punch Lines

• Judge Upholds Wilson Ban on Prenatal Care By Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• Nicolette Larson; Award-Winning Singer By Myrna Oliver

• Police See Through Suspect’s Disguise

• Clinton Strongly Denies Sexual-Harassment Claims

• Footloose Lion Is Recaptured in Florida Tourist Territory By Mike Clary

• 12 Days of

• Moody’s Boosts Orange County Bond Rating By Shelby Grad

• ‘Dissident’ Soaps Put Mirror to Mexico By Mary Beth Sheridan

• Trade Consultant Girds for New Business By Daryl Strickland

• Bren Gift Funds New UC Graduate School By Nick Anderson

• Owens Valley Rejects L.A.’s Anti-Dust Plan By Frank Clifford

• Newhall Ranch Wins Key Vote on Zoning Plan By Sharon Bernstein and Dade Hayes

• Black Magic By Kathleen O. Ryan

• Lillian Disney Dies at 98; Began Concert Hall Project By Diane Haithman and Myrna Oliver

• Planning Is Key Tool in Renovation By Karol V. Menzie and Randy Johnson

• Clinton Set to Extend U.S. Troops’ Bosnian Mission Well Beyond June By Tyler Marshall and Elizabeth Shogren

• Handpicked Mbeki Replaces Mandela in ANC By Dean E. Murphy

• Typhoon Paka’s Damage Assessed

• Early Birds Flock to the Getty By Ann Conway

• He Never Swore to Tell the Whole Truth By Irene Lacher

• Doctor Wins $12.2 Million in AIDS Lawsuit

• U.S., 33 Countries Sign Bribery Pact

• Miscarriage Ends Attempt at Surrogacy By David Reyes

• U.S. Moves Toward Normal Economic Ties With Vietnam By Jim Mann

• Talk of Hanoi Pact Good News for O.C. Firms By Patrice Apodaca

• A Whole Lot of Bonding Going On By Bill Higgins

• Court Orders New Trial for Convicted Killer By Henry Weinstein

• A ‘Garden’ Party by the Book

• Santa Versus Grinch in 2000? This Poll Raises the Question

• Clinton Race Panel Stirs Passions for First Time–on the Sidewalk

• Social Security to Review Cutoffs to 45,000 Children

• Irvine Co. Owner Gives UCSB $15 Million By Nick Anderson

• Bomb Trial Jurors Deliberate 2nd Day, Fail to Reach Verdict

• Guam Reels From Typhoon’s Punch

• Day In, Day Out By Kathryn Bold and Connie Koenenn

• Undecided S. Korea Voters Hold Election in Hands By David Holley and Sonni Efron

• Popular Adult School Draws Ire of Neighbors By Lisa Fernandez

• Presidential Campaign 2000: It’s High Time for a Head Start By Robert Shogan

• Designs of Historic Proportions By Betty Goodwin

• CIA Probe Absolves Agency on L.A. Crack By Doyle Mcmanus and James Risen

• $100 Million to Begin Bay-Delta Restoration By Frank Clifford

• Her Chance to Get All Dolled Up for Holidays By Carrie St. Michel

• Also…

• Also…

• Goodyear Apologizes to NAACP for TV Ad

• Dollar Sinks Against Yen; Stocks Mixed

• Another Author Challenges Spielberg By Robert W. Welkos

• New Buy for Irvine Apartment Communities By E. Scott Reckard

• Russian TV Ads Face a Colorful Challenge

• Baxter Selling Heart Valve in Europe By Barbara Marsh

• Pepsi Wrapping Up Year With Blue Packaging

• Ad Ratings

• General Automation Unit Buys Software Firm

• At Least 120 Cut From Press-Telegram Staff By Eric Rimbert

• L.A. Venture Plans Undersea Cable Lines By Debora Vrana

• Pacific Gulf Buys 5 More Industrial Properties By E. Scott Reckard

• Stacking UP Sales

• Intel Gets Hopping on BunnyPeople Sales

• Index of Leading Indicators Rises 0.1% in Oct.

• New CEO, New Growth for Stock? Not Necessarily By Tom Petruno

• TRW and ICO Plan to Form Satellite Venture By Karen Kaplan

• White Cap to Buy Distribution Firm

• Teamsters Try to Organize Bloomingdale’s By Russ Stanton

• 2 Thrifts Will be Renamed By Debora Vrana

• Will Sega Score With Twisted Commercials? By Denise Gellene

• STM Wireless Buys Telecom International

• Burnett to Buy 49% Stake in London Agency

• Quick Sellers

• A Whole New Mall Game By Jesus Sanchez

• IMH Commercial to Change Name to Impac

• Metromedia to Sell Art Film Theaters By Marla Matzer

• ARV Denies Stock Deal Broke Amex Rules

• Partners Want to Spin Off Andersen Unit

• A Whole New Mall Game By Jesus Sanchez

• Timeless Traditions By Greg Johnson

• It Was a Very Good Year By Diane Seo

• Bloomingdale’s Clerks Ponder Unionizing By Russ Stanton

• Medical Quality Commission Finds Services Not Wanted By Barbara Marsh

• Shoe Makers Sizing Up Performance of Celebrity Endorsements By Greg Johnson

• NextLevel Gets $4.5 Billion in Set-Top Box Orders

• Dow Off 19 as Dollar Sinks Against Yen

• Job Safety in ‘96 Best Ever, Study Says By Stuart Silverstein

• Judge Sides With 3 Waiters in Wage Suit Against Chain By Marla Dickerson

• Talk of Trade With Vietnam Puts Gleam in Southland’s Eye By Daryl Strickland and Patrice Apodaca

• ChromaVision, USC Test Cancer Product By Barbara Marsh

• Pimco Advisors to Pay $15.4 Million to Settle Suits By James S. Granelli

• Hormel’s Disco Veggies Are Cute, but … By Denise Gellene

• Sharp Sense of Humor Should Sell Some Cheese By Denise Gellene

• Guess ‘Sweatshop-Free’ Ads Come Under New Criticism By Stuart Silverstein

• Spotlight: Hambrecht & Quist Founder to Retire

• 3 Firms Form Online Classified Partnership

• Bergen Brunswig Unit Gets Supply Deal

• Kaiser Agrees to Pay $5.35 Million as Settlement in Malpractice Case By David R. Olmos

• Justice Dept. Again Targets Microsoft By Jube Shiver Jr.

• Citicorp May Buy AT&T Universal Card

• Dun & Bradstreet to Split, Take a Charge

• Four Media to Buy Pacific Ocean Post By Marla Matzer

• Pushing the Boundaries By Connie Benesch

• Taste of Paradise By Max Jacobson

• Greek Classics By Juan Hovey

• ‘Thing’ on a Shoestring By F. Kathleen Foley

• The Power of ‘Shoah’ - The 9 1/2-hour film is the final offering in the ‘Really Long Film Series.’ By Kevin Thomas

• On a New Wavelength? By Judith Michaelson

• Radio Outreach By Robyn Loewenthal

• My Favorite Weekend

• Yuletide Titles By Frances Halpern

• Nightmare Creatures Is a Dream to Play; Lost World Struggles to Find an Edge By Aaron Curtiss

• What’s Hot

• Multiplication Puts Brooks’ ‘Sevens’ Past 2 Million - Country singer’s album sells 528,000 copies last week, outdistancing No. 2 Dion’s ‘Love.’

• Surveying the L.A. and Holiday Scene By Angela Pettera

• There’s Substance Behind Dandy Warhols By Sara Scribner

• Chamber Society Rises to the Challenge By Timothy Mangan

• Morning Report By Jerry Crowe

• Holiday Notes By Corinne Flocken

• 8:30 pm: Dance

• Imax Version Cuts ‘Nutcracker’ into Smaller Piece By Lynn Smith

• Family

• Plan Ahead / Next Weekend

• Taj Mahal of Tile By Jane Hulse

• Dancing to No End in South Bay - Night-meister Johny Taylor brings his hip brand of funk to the Redondo Beach Pier. By Tracy Johnson

• Videos Reflect Unsinkable Fascination With Titanic By Susan King

• Get on That Lumpy Gravy Train By Charles Perry

• Itinerary / Las Posadas By Booth Moore

• The Art of Aging By Josef Woodard

• Preserved in Ice By Laurie K. Schenden

• Viewing Group Dynamics Through a Funhouse Mirror By Josef Woodard

• Yule Countdown By Geri Cook

• Capote for Christmas By F. Kathleen Foley

• Adding It Up By Zan Stewart

• Club Hoppin’ By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Pop / Date Book By Jerry Crowe

• The Dish on 1997 By Max Jacobson

• O.C. Fans’ Choices

• A Focus on Tranquillity By David Pagel

• O. Henry ‘Gift,’ Alcott’s Women and Santa Too By Robert Koehler

• Words of Nostalgia By Richard Kahlenberg

• Ends This Weekend

• Surveying the Local and Holiday Scene By Angela Pettera

• Freewheeling Dylan Shows He’s Again Where It’s At By Robert Hilburn

• Les Deux Cafes in Hollywood Gets Its Own Dining Room, and a Bit Pricier By S. Irene Virbila

• Bob Dorough Becomes a Schoolhouse Teacher By Don Heckman

• Taj Mahal of Tile - Malibu’s historic Adamson House is a showcase of the colorful ceramic material. By Jane Hulse

• ’ Annie Warbucks: The Sequel’ Entertains Despite Thin Plot By T. H. Mcculloh

• Theater

• Getting In-Line to Play Hockey By Benjamin Epstein

• Out of Town: Washington, D.C.

• 1:30 pm: Radio Theater

• Something to Chew On By S. Irene Virbila

• Pork Chops

• A Time to Give - Many local organizations offer children an opportunity to help needy during holidays. By Valerie J. Nelson

• A Truly Jazzy Album for Children By Lynne Heffley

• KHAY Radio Planning a Tunes for Tots Fund-Raiser By Robyn Loewenthal

• Stage Change By Todd Everett

• Getting to the Getty By Diane Haithman

• Gifted Green By Josef Woodard

• Musical Offspring By James E. Fowler

• A Guide to Reel Gifts By Robin Rauzi

• Morning Report By Jerry Crowe

• 3 pm: Jazz

• Elaine, Is That You? - ‘Seinfeld’s’ sauciest character steals the opening of Woody Allen’s new film in a scene that could be the work of her wacky TV persona. By Steve Weinstein

• Making His Stand By Max Jacobson

• 7:15 pm: Movies

• Mallternatives By Benjamin Epstein

• Art

• An Artist Films Her Take on Horror Genre By Jan Herman

• Fancy Footwork By Irene Garcia

• Holiday Specials Ready to Open Under TV’s Tree By Susan King

• Toasting the Holiday By Leo Smith

• Words of Nostalgia By Richard Kahlenberg

• Best Restaurant Arrivals By S. Irene Virbila

• Electric Hot Tuna By Bill Locey

• Mixed Bag of Gifts By Robin Rauzi

• Bonding With the Score By Jon Burlingame

• Akbar, Billboard Live Team Up for ‘King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Warmth and Whimsy ‘Completely’ for Kids - Paula Poundstone pulls together a group of celebrities for children’s album. By Lynne Heffley