Archive for Sunday, December 28, 1997

• New Hopes for the New Year

• Obituaries

• For Some, Titanic Was All Too Real By Tina Carlson

• Many Child Workers Not the Ones You See By Ted Anthony and Verena Dobnik

• Illegal Immigrant, 15, Said She Was 21 to Get a Job By Todd Spangler

• The Sweet Fruit of Kwanzaa - Celebration of African Principles Harvests Community Pride, Bridges ‘Cultural Gaps’ By Tina Nguyen

• Baldness Pill Prompts a Hair-Raising Plea By Steve Chawkins

• Council Seeks to Expose LAX Solicitation Fraud

• Police Turn a Profit With Computers By Daniel Yi

• Work to Begin Jan. 5 on Palos Verdes Golf Links

• State Warns It Might Take Over S. County College District Finances By Robert Ourlian

• Youngest Farm Workers Face Pesticides on Job With Little Protection By Matt Crenson

• School Reform

• Huntington Teen Dies in Accident

• Stanley Cortez; Leading Cinematographer

• Denver Pyle; Uncle in ‘Dukes of Hazzard’

• Rush for the Roses

• Congregation Loses Lease, but Members Keep Faith By Lorenza Munoz

• Woman Held in Hit-Run Death of Taft High Student By Dan Weikel

• Santa Monica Will Help Recycle Christmas Trees

• Don’t Bar the Public Eye at Executions By Bill Boyarsky

• ‘Enormously Toxic’ Pesticides Suspected in Cancer Cluster By Matt Crenson

• Local Councils Make an Impact By Lauri Flack

• Driver Killed, 2 Passengers Hurt in Early Morning Freeway Crash

• Preserving Our Farmland

• Minding the Store By Jon Steinman

• Leaking Gas Disrupts Rides at Disneyland

• James M. Nabrit Jr.; Rights Leader

• Petal to the Metal By Michael P. Lucas

• Substitute Shortage - Schools Cutting Class Sizes Hire Many as Full-Time Teachers By Susan Deemer

• A Quiz to Recap the Year By Scott Harris

• Visitors to Getty Urged to Make Parking Plans

• Drug Case

• Christmas Hues Make Holiday Missives Slow By Tim Whitmire

• Autopsy Planned on Body Found in Ocean By Scott Steepleton

• Central Cities Face Challenges - But demographic changes also create opportunities

• Lincoln School Gets Spiffed-Up Playground By Kimberly Lisagor

• Big Names Lose a Few Rounds During a Litigious Year By Ann W. O'Neill

• The Options–and Price–for Saving Farmland By Miguel Bustillo

• Tiny Water District Refuses to Pull Plug By David Reyes

• Japanese Toddler Gets a New Heart

• Lots That Was Odd

• Shop Owner’s Shooting of Man Probed By Karima A. Haynes

• ONE STEP FORWARD / ONE STEP BACK By Larry Gordon

• O.C.’s Prospects for Recovering Damages By Philippe Jorion

• Notes about your surroundings

• Passing On: Some Lives That Left Their Mark on L.A.

• A Just Response to Hazing Case

• Shelter From the Streets - Huntington facility offers welcome help for homeless teens

• Some Resolutions for a New Holiday Season By Allison Johnson

• Voices of ‘97

• Stars in the Field of Astrophotography By Nick Green

• Running the County - A clear, strong role for the CEO is important

• Where the Rubber Soles Meet the Road

• So Far, a Safe Holiday for County’s Motorists By Scott Steepleton

• Obituaries - Jane Van Wart, 100; Retired Saleswoman

• An Agenda for 1998

• Rush for the Roses

• Singer’s Audience Grows Younger By Amanda Covarrubias

• Phoenix Snowbirds Help Foul Winter Nest By Michelle Rushlo

• Woman Held in Hit-Run Death of Watts Youth By Dan Weikel

• Major Issues Coming Up for Voters By Andy Rose

• Writing a Column? Nothing to It By Dana Parsons

• Robber Holds Up Woodland Hills Bank

• Junkyard Fire Does Minimal Damage

• ‘High-LTV’ Lending Is on the Rise By Kenneth R. Harney

• Play Politics in Your Own Backyard By Marcie Geffner

• Family Planned By Phyllis Palone Sturman

• When Remodeling Becomes a ‘Dig’ By Kathy Price-Robinson

• Keep Off the Grass

• A House With H’wood History By Ruth Ryon

• Real Estate Trends

• Saffron May Not Bloom Until Fall By Robert Smaus

• When Communication Is the Key By Jan Hickenbottom

• Bruins’ Fill-In Post Man Delivered By Tim Kawakami

• Fullerton Women Roll Past Santa Monica, 92-77

• COACHES: LLOYD CARR - Old-Fashioned Values, Fatherly Demeanor Leave a Lasting Impression on Sons of Michigan By Helene Elliott

• IT ISN’T HICKSVILLE By Jim Hodges

• ROSE BOWL REPORT By Robyn Norwood

• Harvard-Westlake Falls to Marshall Plan By Paige A. Leech

• Arizona Finishes Strongly With Some Tomey Foresight

• Trojans Outlasted by 49ers By Greg Sandoval

• It’s Broncos in Big Rush to Judgment By T J. Simers

• Canyons Rallies to Beat East L.A.

• Perfect Pairs

• Manning Leery of Hurt Knee

• Tai, Randy Glide Into a 30th Year By Beth Harris

• Nagano Is Still Kwan’s Target By Mike Penner

• STINGRAYS TODAY By Earl Gustkey

• NFC Can Extend Its Super Streak Over AFC to 14 By Bob Oates

• Woods’ Victory in the Masters Voted Top Sports Story of Year

• Huskies Get Their Guard Up By Eric Sondheimer

• BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• Mater Dei Advances in Soccer Tournament

• Burroughs Rally Not Enough in Alaska Tournament, 60-53

• Funny How Life Floats By, Especially In This Parade By Mike Downey

• Toledo Seeking Tradition By Jim Hodges

• In Ecuador, They Found It Tough to Concentrate By Grahame L. Jones

• Hebert Ponders Olympic Option By Elliott Teaford

• Westlake Finds an Ego Booster in 96-67 Victory By Mike Bresnahan

• Detroit (9-7) at Tampa Bay (10-6) By T J. Simers

• ROSE BOWL REPORT By Chris Dufresne

• Grey Gives Mater Dei Lift in Victory By Martin Henderson

• COACHES: MIKE PRICE By Robyn Norwood

• Kings on Defensive in Defeat By Lonnie White

• Roski Sets High Goal: NFL’s Return to L.A. By David Wharton

• Century Beats Artists in Overtime By Wyatt Haupt

• Titans Can’t Overcome Blahs, Wisconsin Green Bay Defense By Lon Eubanks

• Calendar

• TOP TO BOTTOM By Mark Heisler

• StingRays Overpower Williams By Earl Gustkey

• An Immaculate Recollection - Incredible Touchdown Still Amazes Franco Harris 25 Years Later By Alan Robinson

• Freshman Swillis Is Impressive By Greg Sandoval

• Reseda Flexes Muscle in Runaway Victories By Tris Wykes

• For Cal State Fullerton, Playing Wisconsin Green Bay Is No Holiday By Lon Eubanks

• Season Is Over for Butler

• Now Bruins Can Size Up Kambala By Tim Kawakami

• Talk Is Cheap and So Are Hits NHL Players Taking By Larry Wigge

• Robinson Resuscitates Clippers By Chris Baker

• Somehow, Vikings Are Still Kicking By Bill Plaschke

• Simi Valley Can Finally Relax a Little By Dave Desmond

• Shaq Comes Back (at Least to Practice) With Return Near By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Miami (9-7) at New England (10-6) By Bill Plaschke

• Ducks Tie–and Anger–St. Louis By Elliott Teaford

• INDEPENDENCE BOWL

• Wright Doing Job on the Boards By Chris Baker

• Jordan, Rodman Send a Message to East Challengers

• Resolutions? What This League Needs Is Solutions By Mark Heisler

• Bruins and Trojans Are Both Winners

• Louisville a Winner at No. 4 Kentucky

• Spielbuehler, Hart Rebound By Lauren Peterson

• For Michigan Defenders, Only the Fittest Survive By Helene Elliott

• I Ain’t Bluffing Is Winner of La Brea Stakes–Honest By Bob Mieszerski

• A Devilish Choice for Bentley

• Canucks Fight Back to Tie the Stars, 3-3

• From the Line, They’re Still Weak By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Robinson Creates a New Speed Line By Lonnie White

• Those Were the Days, These Are Leaf’s Days By Jim Murray

• The Price of H20

• Plum of a Problem for Airport Security

• Readers Recommend

• Eye-Opening Deal on Caribbean Cruise

• SO MANY PLACES, SO MANY FACES By Christopher Reynolds

• Traveler’s Notes …

• Getting the Outside Story By John Balzar

• Festivals, Feasts & Fairs By Amy A. Weber

• Plane Crazy and Pressed to Make Sense: A Year of Folly By Jane Engle

• Orient Express in Australia

• Tossing First Ball in Cathedral City

• U.S. Warns of Risk in Costa Rica By Edward Wright

• Smart Aleck

• Scientist Uses His Brain to Turn On TV By Jarrod Harlow

• Into the Mojave with Bruce Dern; PBS offers ‘Carmen’ and comedy; the ‘Magnificent’ 7 return By Steven Linan

• The Ultimate Party Animal By Nancy Wride

• Smart Aleck

• Man Wins Fight to Keep Desert Memorial to Son

• ‘Hear My Song’ By Kevin Thomas

• 825 Illegal Migrants Rescued From Ship

• Jeweler Donates His Retirement Stash

• Bosnian Serb Parliament Off to Rocky Start By Tracy Wilkinson

• Beyond the Martinia By Chris Rubin

• 2 Killed, 30 Hurt After Train Hits Car

• Anti-Pet Rules Dog Singaporeans By Jasmina Kuzmanovic

• ‘Star Wars’ By Michael Wilmington

• 825 Migrants–Mostly Kurds–Rescued

• U.S. Businessman Eyes Prospects for Wildlife Park in Mozambique By Pat Reber

• N. Ireland Prison Killing Imperils Talks

• AFTER THE BURN; One Man’s Struggle for Life: FIRST in a four-part SERIAL By James Ricci

• Medical Care in County Jails Beset by Serious Ills By Tina Daunt

• The Morning After By Jeannine Stein

• Lethal Storms Leave Thousands in Dark

• Seizure of Movie by Police Called Illegal

• The Big Squeeze By Marnell Jameson

• Illinois Household Grows by Leaps and Bounds as 8 Orphans Join Mix By Sharon Cohen

• Valley Emerges From ‘97 With a New Sense of Self By Henry Chu

• Movie Spotlight By Kevin Thomas

• SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS By Mary Rourke

• Female Doctors Favor Hormone Therapy for Selves By Erich Smith

• Islanders’ Dentist Visits Focus on Extractions By Frank D. Roylance

• Saudi King’s Power, but Not His Crown, Passes to Prince By Robin Wright

• New Economic Era Opening in S. Korea, Japan By James Flanigan

• Mischief a Specialty for Mir’s Doctor in Residence By Marcia Dunn

• Mystery Surrounds Chiapas Massacre

• 3 Militants in Egypt Get Death Sentence

• Land of Rising Sun Faces Twilight-Years ‘Boom’ By Joseph Coleman

• Tiny Nevis Makes Big Plans: Nationhood By Mark Fineman

• U.S. to Slash Limits on 83 Species of Pacific Fish By Frank Clifford

• Kaczynski’s Rift With Lawyers Outlined

• Turkey Launches Attack on Rebel Kurds

• Mayor Is Charged in Chiapas Massacre

• Ivory Coast’s HIV Patients Frustrated By Amba Dadson

• Tornado Provides a Wild Ride for Florida Woman

• WHAT I DID IN 1997 By Tony Peyser

• Final Push Made in Presidential Race

• The Bard and the Junkyard Dog

• A Figurehead With Absolute Powers By David Lamb

• Clinton Cites Medicare Boost for Cancer Tests

• ‘Shampoo’ By Michael Wilmington

• Activist’s Tactics Anger Many in Medical Marijuana Movement By Mary Curtius

• Pint-Sized Punch Lines

• The Schmoozefest Tour By Irene Lacher

• Logging Profit Not a Given, Official Says By Scott Sonner

• Punch Lines

• 1 Mother, 3 Fathers, 6 Babies That Died: Was It SIDS or Homicide? By Lindsey Tanner

• Household Grows by Leaps and Bounds as 8 Orphans Join Mix By Sharon Cohen

• U.S. Hits 42-Year High in ‘97 With 74 Executions

• Main Japan Opposition Party Disbands; New Group Vowed

• Iraq Oil-for-Food Exports to Resume

• Old Floor Plan Offers Clues to Mission Life By Hilary E. Macgregor

• Decision on El Toro Plan Is Waiting in the Wings By Lorenza Munoz and Shelby Grad

• Talking in the New Year By Susan King

• Two sisters and one ‘Smart Guy’; a knockout ‘Muppets’ show; celebrating New Year’s on Nickelodeon By Lee Harris

• Argument Swirls Around House That Junk Built By Stephanie Simon

• Detective’s Sites Real Page Turners By David Colker

• Fever Pitch By Beverly Beyette

• Study Suggests Blood-Cell Role in Cow Disease

• Visualizing a Better World By Anne Beatts

• Israel Rejects Arafat Troop Plan for West Bank

• Kevorkian, Associate Assist in 2 Suicides

• 27 Holiday Travelers Die in Bus Accident

• The Year in Preview By Stuart Silverstein

• The Year in Preview By Karen Kaplan

• The Year in Preview By Myron Levin

• Asia’s Crisis May Cool O.C. Growth By Patrice Apodaca

• The Year in Preview By Jube Shiver Jr.

• The Year in Preview By Donald W. Nauss

• The Year in Preview By Evelyn Iritani

• The Year in Preview By Denise Gellene

• The Year in Preview By Martha Groves

• The Year in Preview By Karen Kaplan

• BIZ QUIZ By James F. Peltz

• The Year in Preview By Nancy Rivera Brooks

• For State, Answer Is a Qualified Yes By Don Lee

• The Year in Preview By Thomas S. Mulligan

• The Year in Preview By Chris Kraul

• The Year in Preview By Sallie Hofmeister

• Ports Must Chart New Course in ‘98 By Evelyn Iritani

• The Year in Preview By James F. Peltz

• The Year in Preview By Jesus Sanchez

• The Year in Preview By James Bates

• The Year in Preview By David R. Olmos

• California Lesson: Adaptability Breeds Confidence By James Flanigan

• The Year in Preview By Chris Kraul

• In Tech, Some See Signs of a Bubble By Greg Miller

• The Year in Preview By Debora Vrana

• The Year in Preview By Greg Miller

• The Year in Preview By Marla Dickerson

• The Year in Preview By Michael Hiltzik

• The Year in Preview By Chuck Philips

• The Year in Preview By George White

• O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag By Mona Simpson

• Recovered Memories By Edward Jay Epstein

• BESTSELLERS

• Peripheral Vision By Max Kozloff

• A New Year’s Story By Andre Aciman

• STEICHEN: A Biography. \o7 By Penelope Niven\f7 . \o7 Clarkson Potter: 754 pp., $45\f7 - REAL FANTASIES: Edward Steichen’s Advertising Photography. \o7 By Patricia Johnston\f7 . \o7 University of California Press: 384 pp., $55\f7 By Neil Baldwin

• CROWN OF WEEDS. \o7 By Amy Gerstler\f7 . \o7 Penguin: 92 pp., $14.95\f7 By Christopher Merrill

• READING L.A.

• Colorlessness, by Amy Gerstler

• Atlantic Powers Faltering Warner By Steve Hochman

• Puccini, Passionately and in Reverse Order By John Henken

• FACADES TO WATCH

• MIXED MEDIA By Elysa Gardner

• San Gabriel Group Eyes the Alex By Don Shirley

• MIXED MEDIA By Steve Hochman

• RECORDINGS By Josef Woodard

• Here’s Who’ll Be Who

• Keeper of the Flame By Suzanne Muchnic

• Dance Lessons: What We Learn at the Movies By Lewis Segal

• RECORDINGS By Timothy Mangan

• To Make a Very Long Story Short By David Kronke

• Alms to the Ensembles By Jan Breslauer

• Making His Presence Felt By Don Heckman

• MMMBop ‘Til You MMMDrop By Natalie Nichols

• RECORDINGS By Timothy Mangan

• TERESA WRIGHT / ACTRESS By Steve Hochman

• Talking Up the Queen of Silents By Susan King

• Tale of the Tape By Jan Stuart

• RECORDINGS By John Henken

• RECORDINGS By Josef Woodard

• 1997’s Who’s Who, What, Where, How

• What Are You Drinking?

• You Want Briary? We’ll Give You Briary By Charles Perry

• Sips and Bites By Janet Mccracken

• Warmups By Joan Drake

• Lucky and Light By Donna Deane

• On Dubious Vittles By Charles Perry

• Waffles Night By Marion Cunningham

• New Chicken Labels Take Wing By Russ Parsons

• 1997 Lenswood Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc, South Australia (About $19) By S. Irene Virbila

• Holiday Spirits By Janet Mccracken

• Start the Party Right By Abby Mandel

• Auto Club Eats By Russ Parsons

• Auld Flank Syne By Mayi Brady

• grapevine By Janet Mccracken

• Fronsac Vintners Making Comeback By Hendon Chubb

• Anyone for Croquette? By Rose Dosti

• First Line Israel Draws Will Suffice By Henry Siegman

• The MTA Makes a Right Turn: Will It Stay on Course? By James E. Moore II, Peter Gordon, and Harry W. Richardson

• The Bailout Bubble By Kevin Phillips

• Another New Year’s List By Bruce Mccall

• Gold-Filled Gala

• Computers Won’t Fix Schools

• The Problem That Won’t Go Away By Steven Schlossman and Michael Neiberg

• A Life in New Year’s Eves: Sparkles–and Fizzles By Ilene Beckerman

• Two Passings Open Door For Change By Sam Quinones

• Daniel Hillis By Steve Proffitt

• Reshaping Intelligence in an Era of Excess Information By Gregory F. Treverton and Kevin M. O'Connell

• Cold War Is Over, But Hot War Drags On By Paula R. Newberg

• Breath of Fresh Air

• Blame It All on Prop. 13 By Mark Baldassare