Archive for Sunday, December 21, 1997

• 3 Teens Arrested in Skateboard Robbery

• Sally Marr; Comedian, Lenny Bruce’s Mother

• Man Killed While Walking on Freeway

• Learning From Youths’ Activism

• 2 Men Arrested in Home, Car Burglaries By Scott Steepleton

• Whatever Set Gunman Off, a Reader Knows the Feeling By Dana Parsons

• * Wiley Tonnar; Retired Army Colonel, Educator

• Sobriety Screening Results in 2 Arrests By Scott Steepleton

• Death After Long Workday Spurs Suit By Ann W. O'Neill

• L.A. Should Draw Attention to Animation By Scott Harris

• Latinos Accuse Colorado Schools of Slighting Culture in Big, Small Ways By Carl Hilliard

• Driver Killed When Car Slams Into Utility Pole

• Warfare Center Engineer Scores Direct Hit in Film By Chris Chi

• The ‘Bloody Christmas’ of 1951 By Cecilia Rasmussen

• Family Values By Daryl Kelley and Carlos Chavez

• Bird Lovers Aiming High for an Accurate Yule Census Count By Jon Steinman

• Rolling Into the Future By Richard Simon

• Charter Teachers Face Choice By Duke Helfand

• Fuel Spill Closes 91 Freeway for 15 Hours By Thao Hua

• Stop and Pay Heed to New School Bus Law By Nick Anderson

• Obituaries

• Police Arrest 4 Suspected in Commercial Burglaries By Thao Hua

• Stabbing Victim’s Car Found in Nevada; 2 Teens in Custody

• Juzo Itami; Leading Japanese Filmmaker

• Child Gets Neck Caught in Car Window

• Mayor Settles Dispute Over His Disability By Miguel Bustillo

• David Schramm; Expert on Big Bang Theory

• Christmastime and the Big To-Do By Brenda Loree

• Sandal-Maker Alleges Wal-Mart Copied Design By Matt Kelley

• State-Run Programs Teach Skills Needed by ‘Outdoorswomen’ By Chelsea J. Carter

• Tea Cakes, With Black History Origins, Offer Connection to Future By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Valley Briefing

• Unity Is Best in Bankruptcy Suit

• Golf Proposal Is Out of Bounds By Walter Wehtje

• Rocky Mountain High Can Prove Deadly By Mary Boyle

• Gift Wrappers Don’t Bow Under Pressure By Carla Hall

• Steven W. Lew By Bob Rector

• Fortunes Turn for Pasadena’s City Manager By Nicholas Riccardi and Richard Winton

• A Bike Path to Progress

• ‘Honesty’ vs. ‘Duty to God’ By Davan Maharaj

• 2 Party-Goers Injured in Drive-By Shooting By Scott Steepleton

• Man Held on Suspicion of Trying to Buy Drug By Scott Steepleton

• Setting Their Sites on Internet By Frank Messina

• Remarkable Verdict on Oil Spill

• Fatal Hit-and-Run Case Solvable, Police Say By Tom Becker

• Regulating Day Laborers

• Hot Rod Icon Tries to Reconcile Mormon Beliefs With Outlaw Past By Mike Carter

• The Right Side of the Tracks By Vicky Gonzales

• Clue by Clue, Military Detectives Solve MIA Mysteries in Asia By Lisa Marinelli

• Caspers Park Welcomes Kids After Rules Ease By Tina Nguyen

• Rape Exam Facility Long Overdue

• Even Clinton Can’t Counter Boxer’s Left By Kenneth L. Khachigian

• County’s Off to a Good Start on Road to Reform By William G. Steiner

• After 32 Years on Force, Sierra Madre’s Acting Chief Seeks a Normal Life By Susan Abram

• Hit-and-Run Debris May Help Police Solve Crime By Tom Becker

• Requiring Gas Valves a Good Turn

• Packaging El Toro

• A House of Hope By Jean Merl

• Taxpayer Advocate Plans Assembly Bid By Scott Steepleton

• Top D.A. Official Closes Case on His Career By Michael G. Wagner

• Police Seize Drugs, Cash, Arrest 6 By Scott Steepleton

• Scrtch Scrtch Scrtch By Robert A. Jones

• THE VALLEY 10: People who will make news in 1998.

• Park It Here

• Pros and Cons of Buying ‘Trophy Home’ By Ellen James Martin

• Removing Acoustic Ceiling Can Be Hazardous

• Increase in Loan Limits Will Help Would-Be Buyers By Lew Sichelman

• Ask Before Adding Air Conditioner

• FHA Appraisals Turn Nightmarish for Families By Kenneth R. Harney

• Shed Sleeve on Poinsettia to Save Leaves By Robert Smaus

• A FRESH START By Kathy Price-Robinson

• No More Horsin’ Around for Him By Ruth Ryon

• Mothers and Sons and Guns By Celeste Fremon

• Both Sides Now - Fashion forward–and behind

• Confrontations With Death By Patt Morrison

• Old Growth, New Garden By Susan Heeger

• Life in a Laboratory of Ideas By Aron Betsky

• Roll With It By Jon Regardie

• COVER STORY By Barbara Isenberg

• Finns De Sicle By Lisa Leff

• Have Yourself a Very Retro Christmas By Mary Mcnamara

• Pop Culture - Picture books that speak volumes By Debra J. Hotaling

• Living on Fruitcake Time By Nancy Spiller

• SO SOCAL By Jean Winegardner

• Dolls of the Valley By Ed Leibowitz

• Drawing the Clothes Line By Hilary Sterne

• French From the Garden By S. Irene Virbila

• It Was 20 Years Ago Today

• Manning Finally Leaves the Hospital By Associated Press

• Oregon Strikes Quickly, Downs Air Force, 41-13

• SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP By Lon Eubanks

• Big of Build, Sleight of Hand By Jim Murray

• Tar Heels Show Why They’re at Head of Class

• Patterson Takes the Charge By Vince Kowalick

• Trojans Try Another Starting Lineup By Greg Sandoval

• Fullerton Turns Defensive Against Portland By Lon Eubanks

• BOYS’ BASKETBALL / IRVINE WORLD NEWS TOURNAMENT

• Barry Sanders Has Saved NFL Season By Paul Attner

• U.S. Spoils the Party for Canada By Helene Elliott

• King Victory Over Calgary Is a Real Kick in the Pants By Lonnie White

• Fitch Is Left Livid as Calls Go the Timberwolves’ Way By Chris Baker

• Reasons Abound for Team’s Skid By Elliott Teaford

• Divac Considers Return to L.A. By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Chaminade Victory Steals Spotlight By Tris Wykes

• Master’s Doubles Up on Point Loma, 88-69

• This Saturday Is a Good One for Pepperdine By Rob Fernas

• No. 2 Mission Viejo Shuts Down Griffins in Girls’ Soccer

• MEN By Ara Najarian

• SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP By From Staff Reports

• From Tiger to Tyson, Marv to Marlins, This Year Definitely Packed Some Bite By Mike Downey

• Finally, All-Suspension Five By Associated Press

• And the 1997 Awards Go to … By Eric Sondheimer

• Rams Make Vermeil Proud; Mills Retires

• Lipinski Impressive in Olympic Tuneup

• Woodson Won’t Rest on His Laurels By Chris Dufresne

• Thompson Sets La Reina Soccer Record

• Stanford Upsets Penn State to Win Title

• Nation’s Best Too Much for Greco & Co. By Dave Desmond

• Three Veteran Players Cut From U.S. Olympic Roster By Helene Elliott

• Laser Streak Now at Seven

• Guess This Broadcaster’s Name: Hint, His Wardrobe’s All-Black By Tony Kornheiser

• Roberts Says He Holds No Grudge By Chris Baker

• Lakers’ St. Nick Delivers By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Perreault’s Flash Got Him Slashed By Lonnie White

• La Canada Chops Down Bishop Montgomery, 66-58 By Mitch Polin

• Matadors Could Be Right at Home in Tournament By Steve Henson

• Baseball’s Rolling the Dice Again By Thomas Boswell

• Ice Dogs Lose to Utah in Shootout

• Lipinski Impressive in Olympic Tuneup

• Ewing Goes Down, so Do the Knicks

• It’s Still Football, but Without the Testosterone By Julie Cart

• Top to Bottom By Mark Heisler

• Spitting on a Person Is a Slap in the Face By Bill Plaschke

• BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• Freshman Reserve Helps Spark Brea Olinda to Victory

• Pepperdine Finally Enjoys Saturday Night By Rob Fernas

• CHARLES WOODSON By Harry Atkins

• SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP By Jim Hodges

• Burroughs Gets the Best of Douglas and Guards By Steve Galluzzo

• USC Sees Too Much Redd at Ohio State By Greg Sandoval

• WOMEN

• Long Named Coach at New Mexico By Eric Sondheimer

• Woodbridge’s Balance Topples Irvine for Title By Dan Arritt

• TODAY’S GAMES

• Full Effort in Second Half Lifts Titans Over Portland By Lon Eubanks

• Going Is Slow, so UCLA Roughs It By Tim Kawakami

• North Hollywood Claims Title By Lauren Peterson

• Jordan’s Air Is Still a Bit Too Rarefied for Heir Kobe By Mark Heisler

• STINGRAYS TODAY By Earl Gustkey

• Ice Fishermen: Some Like It Cold By Peter Strescino

• Rest Pays Off for Capitals

• O’Brien’s NFL Challenge Has Chance to Be Quite a Circus By Mike Penner

• Fullove Carries Simi Valley in Vegas

• RYAN LEAF By Nicholas K. Geranios

• Kempton Leads SCC Past The Master’s, 88-63

• TIMES NFL WRITER T.J. SIMERS POSES–AND ANSWERS–THE BURNING QUESTIONS ON GAME DAY By T J. Simers

• Favre Gets a Scare, Tasker Is Ejected

• MEN By Chris Foster

• Real Win Comes in Ohio for Mandella By Bill Christine

• WOMEN

• Ludwicki Leads OCC Past Cuesta in Semifinal

• Bench Is Benched for Second Half By Tim Kawakami

• For Raiders, No Pride and No Poise By Shaun Powell

• Whittier California Is Just Too Much for Tustin By Mike Terry

• Native American Museums Debut

• Making Yourself at Home Down Under By Lucy Izon

• Some Presents for a Small World By Eileen Ogintz

• Tailing the Tiger By Maria Horback

• Readers Recommend

• Up With Kids By Amy Pyle

• Carving a Niche in a Festival of Snow By Ellen Melinkoff

• Water Walks By John Mckinney

• Mercury Is Rising to Meet the Demands of Upscale Travelers By Harry Basch and Shirley Slater

• End of the Road for Microsoft Web Site

• Traveler’s Notes …

• Mettle to the Pedals Through Loire Valley By Karin Dominello

• California Offers Online Bookings

• Being Privy to Strategies for Finding a Restroom–Fast By James T. Yenckel

• Festivals, Feasts & Fairs By Amy A. Weber

• JUST THE FACTS

• Student Gives Up a Dream, Saves a Life By Jackie Hallifax

• The Scene of the Crime By Donna Mungen

• Younger Teens’ Drug Use Leveling Off, Study Finds By Alissa J. Rubin

• Short on Elf-Esteem By Irene Lacher

• Telling White Lies to Ski the White Stuff By Esther Schrader

• Power, Shelter, Holiday Cheer in Short Supply on Typhoon-Ravaged Guam By Dan Breeden

• ‘Tis the Time to Judge Books by Their Covers By Anne Beatts

• Archeologists Battle Thieves for Peru’s Treasure By David Koop

• Reviving a Christmas Memory By Susan King

• Some Simple Ways to Get the Internet to Do Your Bidding By David Colker

• Country Music Expert to Head NEA

• Cash Cows By Beverly Beyette

• ‘Little Women’ By Kevin Thomas

• Unabomb Prosecutors Emphasize Team Effort By Mark Gladstone

• IMF Sees Asia Undermining World Economy–to a Degree

• Movie Spotlight By Kevin Thomas

• Oops, There Goes Another Octopus … By Peter H. King

• Cruising With Santa By Kimberly Lisagor

• High-Nicotine Tobacco a Quiet Commercial Success in Brazil By Todd Lewan

• Stress Zones Help Students Cope With Finals By P. Solomon Banda

• SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO By Lee Harris

• Punch Lines

• Girl Paralyzed in Shooting Still Upbeat By Ted Bridis

• Santa, Take a Message

• Caught Up in the Holiday Web

• No Tax Cuts Planned for Clinton Budget By Peter Baker and Eric Pianin

• Big Rig Overturns, Shutting Freeway By Thao Hua

• Casting Celebrities to Make Them a Hit on Political Stage By Faye Fiore

• Bad Winters Suggest Arctic Ozone May Recover Slowly By Matt Crenson

• Rainy Day People

• Cambodia’s Past Haunts Its Present By David Lamb

• U.S. Budget Posts a Rare 12 Months of Black Ink By Janet Hook

• U.S. Victims of Jet Crash Identified

• Ruffled Palms By Tom Gorman

• Wreckage of Ukraine Jet Found in Greece; All 70 Aboard Dead

• Chechen Court Wants Yeltsin Beheaded, Rebel Leader Says

• A Grimm opera comes this way; Hume Cronyn never walks ‘Alone’; sharing holiday stories By Steven Linan

• Lessons in the Art of Dying–and Living By Maria L. La Ganga

• Immigrants Hit With Pressure to Repay Benefits By Patrick J. Mcdonnell and Alissa J. Rubin

• Extradition Case Shows Violence of Drug War

• Intel Chairman Grove Named Time’s Man of Year

• Right-Wing Militia Blamed in 40 Deaths

• ‘Beavis and Butt-head Do America’ By Kevin Thomas

• Woman Who Abducted San Diego Girl to Ask for Permanent Custody

• El Toro Cargo Plan Divides Area Businesses By John O'Dell and Lorenza Munoz

• Farmers Till Technology to Boost Yields By Curt Anderson

• Mysteries By Dick Lochte

• Anne of Green Gables Finds Countless Kindred Spirits in Japan By Hugh A. Mulligan

• Pint-Sized Punch Lines

• Some Kids Find Chill, No Thrill in Visit to Santa By Carolyn Thompson

• Smart Aleck

• Russian Helps Free Hostage, Dies

• Prayer on the Go By Mary Rourke

• This Kid’s ‘Gang’ Includes Folks Like Muddy Waters, B.B. King By Paisley Dodds

• Overused, Underdeveloped ‘Highways’ Put India’s Drivers on Road to Ruin By Donna Bryson

• ‘Fly Away Home’ By Kenneth Turan

• 79 Dead in Flare-Up of Pre-Vote Violence

• What Clinton Knew By Glenn F. Bunting, Alan C. Miller, and David Willman

• Loser Disputes Presidential Vote

• Rose Bowl Has Tourism Blooming By Daryl Strickland

• Cruising With Santa - Tooling Around in His Rolls-Royce, St. Nick Brings Holiday Cheer in Ventura By Kimberly Lisagor

• Move Over, Barbie By Michael Quintanilla

• Smart Aleck

• Diana’s Family Said to Plan to Sue Fayed

• Moon Found to Be About 4.5 Billion Years Old By A J. Dickerson

• Government Launches Study to Better Predict El Nino Rain By Scott Sonner

• Cozy Up to a Classic By Michael Quintanilla

• Intel Chairman Grove Named Time’s Man of Year

• Mr. Kamen’s Magnum Opus

• Company Obligated to Uphold Holiday Policy

• Remote Control-Maker Relocates to O.C. By (james S. Granelli)

• Times’ Investment Conference

• Bear Market Wild Card: Testing the ‘Wealth Effect’ By Tom Petruno

• Tax-Saver Accounts Can Provide Considerable Savings to a Company’s Employees By Carla Lazzareschi

• Coram Considers Buying Apria

• These Managers Can Take Their Lumps … in Coal By Charles A. Jaffe

• Japan Should Focus on Rebuilding Confidence By Richard C. Koo

• CKE Completes Franchise Purchases

• Give Notice Before or After Company’s Holiday Hiatus?

• Pacific Gulf Sells Apartment Property

• What You Need to Ask to Make an Informed Decision By Marla Dickerson and Chris Kraul

• Market Investors: Are You Ready to Face Bear Facts? By Tom Petruno

• Furon Executive Gets New Position

• 2 Irvine Dealers, Brokerage Fined for IPO Violations By James S. Granelli

• The Horns and the Halos: A Look at Who Kept Us Company This Year By Martha Groves

• By Chris Kraul

• COMING THIS WEEK

• A Message in Lipstick About Global Economics By James Flanigan

• GOD AND THE AMERICAN WRITER.\o7 By Alfred Kazin\f7 .\o7 Alfred A. Knopf: 270 pp., $25\f7 By Benjamin Schwarz

• BESTSELLERS

• READING L.A.

• The Poetry of Wisdom By Lawrence H. Schiffman

• Family Affair By Paula Friedman

• Billy the Kid, et al. By Charles R. Morris

• Master’s Hymn from ‘The Community Rule’

• Lonesome Dove By Elizabeth Hawes

• Pawn To King’s Four

• RICHARD EDER By Richard Eder

• ‘The rains at length have ceased,’ by William Wordsworth

• RIVER OF TIME.\o7 By Jon Swain\f7 .\o7 St. Martin’s: 282 pp., $22.95\f7 By David Lamb

• Jesus the Jew By Edward Mcglynn Gaffney Jr.

• The Book of Wine

• I Cooked Her Goose By Michelle Huneven

• Thoroughly Modern Meringue By Janet Mccracken

• Grapevine By Janet Mccracken

• Cookstuff

• Toast Under the Tree By Janet Mccracken

• Sauce for Bivalves By Russ Parsons

• Turkey Tipple, the Sequel

• Marketing Manias By Charles Perry

• Tamales on the Move

• In the Spirit of Sharing By Jocelyn Stewart

• An Apple (or More) a Day By Russ Parsons

• Who Needs Gravy? By Donna Deane

• BACKGROUND By Jocelyn Stewart

• A Big Stretch

• Crabby Calories By Rose Dosti

• Tomato Bores By Charles Perry

• Falling Into Place By Mark Swed, Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles Times, and Matt Black / For The Times

• Rising Above the Anonymous By Robert Hilburn

• Finding a Place in the World By Christopher Knight

• Swans to Dervishes: A Year Troupes Out By Lewis Segal

• Million Dollar Moments

• Five Easy Choices By Kenneth Turan

• Ellen’s ‘Heart Issue’: A Friend’s Report

• Pay No Mind to That Band Behind the Curtain By Steve Hochman

• OTHER TIMES REVIEWERS’ TOP PICKS OF THE YEAR

• L for Lack of Interest By Howard Rosenberg

• The Best and the Worst, at Times By Laurie Winer

• Really! They Did!

• Our Favorite Film Ratings of ‘97

• Heavyweight With the Gift of Jab By Emory Holmes II

• Ridiculous and Sublime By Howard Rosenberg

• It Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This By Nicolai Ouroussoff

• Our Top Teen List By Sarah Vowell

• What in the World Happened to Techno? By Robert Hilburn

• All the Elements of Drama By David Freeman

• After ‘Blade,’ Billy Bob Carves a Wide Path By Steve Hochman

• Report Card on State of the Stages By Don Shirley

• The Consensus Top 10 By Richard Cromelin

• Marsalis, Sure, but Monk Too By Don Heckman

• To Gift of Hope, Add a Bonus: Love By Frank Del Olmo

• For the FAA, a Please-Do List

• Clinton Avoids Repeating History in Lee Appointment By Robert Dallek

• Holiday Specials: the Fine Print Writ Large By S J. Diamond

• The System Is Stacked Against the Unions By Ellen J. Dannin

• America’s Emerging Nemesis By Steven Merritt Miner

• Obsessed With its Nazi Past, Germany Misses Neo-Nazis By Jacob Heilbrunn

• Testing the Principals

• Increasing Incivility By Martin E. Marty

• Achilles’ Heel of the DWP Deregulation Plan: Union Clout By Michael T. Moore

• A Deal That Could Restart the Warfare of Times Past By William Fulton

• Where Have Parents Gone? By Richard Rodriguez

• The Corruption of Africa’s Darling By Helen Watson Winternitz

• Jose Millan By Sandra Hernandez

• Tokyo, You Call That Bold?