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What happened on January 26, 1997
MAGAZINE
The David Viscott You Didn't Know Nora Zamichow, Times staff writer Nora Zamichow's last article for the magazine was on the post-earthquake reconstruction of the Santa Monica Freeway
All Hail the Worm King! Dave Gardetta, Dave Gardetta's last article for the magazine was about the Sunset Strip
Southern Comfort Emory Holmes III
The State Of Kate
Southern California Stark
Grump For Joy
Fancy Fish Feast
An American Renaissance S. IRENE VIRBILA
Breezy Does It
Nsyde Da Chineez Herb Shoppe Daniel Nussbaum
NEWS
A Natural High JANET WISCOMBE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Black Male Singers Feel Like 'Invisible Men' of U.S. Opera VERENA DOBNIK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cancer-Stricken Kevorkian Aide Lives to Fight for the Right to Die JUSTIN HYDE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jeane L. Dixon; Psychic Predicted JFK's Death From Times Staff and Wire Services
Love Him or Hate Him, but Don't Forget Him JOHN PENNER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
TURN ON, TUNE IN OR MISS OUT : The sinkable Brittanic, Titanic's lost sister, on 'Nova'; Anjelica Huston goes to Bravo's 'Actors Studio' STEVEN LINAN, TIMES STEAFF WRITER
Chechnya's Songs of Faith, Defiance Now Sung in Open VANORA BENNETT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Slain Boy's Mother, Stepfather Try to Carry On Under Cloud of Suspicion GEOFF BOUCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Philosophy of Squatting Nancy Reckler
Rep.'s Son Charged With Trafficking MARC LACEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
City Joins Trend of Providing Bikes From Times Staff and Wire Reports
3 Settle Bias Claim Against Army Corps From Times Staff and Wire Reports
TV Repairman Focuses on the Sky, Finds His Fifth Comet Associated Press
Peru Stresses It Wants Peaceful End to Standoff SEBASTIAN ROTELLA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fearing Army Move, Aid Workers Flee From Times Wire Reports
Graham's Tell-All Tickles Washington NANCY BENAC, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today's Vet Heals Both Flock, Farmers GEORGE ESPER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Albanian Investors Who Lost Money Seize Town, Attack Minister, Police From Times Wire Services
Promising AIDS Drugs Seen as Becoming Easier to Use MARLENE CIMONS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
State Fails to Stop Compton Schools' Slide Into Decay JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Flooding Is Less Than Feared in N. California MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kids' Fund Drives Show a 5 O'Clock Shadow SARAH NORDGREN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
'Brother's Keeper' Peter Rainer
So Much TV --Well, It's Just Sick NANCY WRIDE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Pelle the Conqueror' Kevin Thomas
Forest Service Fees Too Low, Government Audit Says PHILIP BRASHER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Perot Tells Reform Party to Avoid Splits From Associated Press
Study Explores Effect of Nicotine on Brain Associated Press
'The Journey of August King' Jack Mathews
Man Arrested in Coma Victim Assault From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An Eye for an Eye . . . PETER H. KING
'Wedding' Party SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Place Where Very Little Is Held Sacred PETER CARLSON, THE WASHINGTON POST
Exposure to Sunlight Gives Sharks a Tan Associated Press
Eel-Like Creature's Fossil May Be Oldest in 'Chordate' Group Associated Press
Confusion Greets New 562 Area Code SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
He's Trying to to Get Rid of an Inheritance GREG KRIKORIAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Trading a Shack for a Subdivision SHERYL STOLBERG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Storm Brings Mud, Floods to N. California MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Contractors Accused of Labor Law Violations HUGO MARTIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Taliban Boycotts Peace Talks in Iran From Times Wire Reports
Preserving Pieces of the Refugee Experience RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Crowds Flock to Opening of Art Museum ZAN DUBIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton Previews Cabinet at Club From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Peru Stresses It Wants Peaceful End to Standoff SEBASTIAN ROTELLA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Parks, Clayton Named to New Posts at Times From a Times Staff Writer
Wedded Bliss?
China Frees Hong Kong Journalist MAGGIE FARLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Fears Move to Mute Train Whistles CAROLYN THOMPSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Defiant Gingrich Says He's Victim of Double Standard MARC LACEY and PAUL RICHTER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Cyclone in Madagascar Leaves 100 Dead or Missing Reuters
Sheriff's Captain Arrested on Suspicion of Drunk Driving From a Times staff writer
Squatters' Fight to Stay in New York City-Owned Buildings Goes to Court NANCY RECKLER, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON POST
Four-Star Films : 'The Palm Beach Story' Michael Wilmington
U.S. Shifts Strategy for Probes Into Abortion Clinic Attacks JAMES RISEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Religious Broadcasters Look to the Future LEE ROMNEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tornadoes Leave Power Outages, Damage From Associated Press
To Help Sudanese Children, UNICEF Vets Help Cows KARIN DAVIES, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Soap Actor Guilty in Murder of Co-Star From Times Wire Reports
Write of Passage? SUSAN JAQUES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Extremes of Anonymity, Fame Shade Slayings JIM NEWTON and JODI WILGOREN and MILES CORWIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Looking Back at a Life Devoted to Giving MARY LOU LOPER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ailing French Smoker Challenges Law, Culture JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When Family Values and Popular Culture Lock Horns LYNN SMITH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
1 Dies, 1 Hurt as Plane Crashes Into Auto Wrecking Yard From Associated Press
Researcher Suggests Ebola May Be to Blame for Ancient Athens Plague MATT CRENSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Werner Aspenstrom; Swedish Poet Who Quit Nobel Group From Associated Press
SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Super Sunday options include 'Stupid Bowl' and 'Stupendo Bowl' on cable; WB's 'Freakout Friday' LEE HARRIS, TIMES WRITER WRITER
Comforting Sounds to Soothe Baby to Sleep
State Fails to Stop Compton Schools' Slide Into Decay JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
ENTERTAINMENT
Grounded in the Landscape of Denmark Kristine McKenna, Kristine McKenna is a regular contributor to Calendar
In Brief Cheo Hodari Coker
The Long and Short of 'Spirit' Kenneth Turan, Kenneth Turan is The Times' film critic
New Name, Familiar Faces Don Shirley, Don Shirley is a Times staff writer
Synthbore
'House' Afire
Arizona Filmways
Roots Plus 20 Greg Braxton, Greg Braxton is a Times staff writer
Deep Space $250,000 Claudia Puig, Claudia Puig is a Times staff writer
Is Nothing Sacred? (Nope) Scott Collins, Scott Collins is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Zing Went Strings on 'Goldberg' Variations Chris Pasles, Chris Pasles is a staff writer for The Times' Orange County Edition
Polara Blends the Sweet, Soulful Robert Hilburn
It Makes Them Feel Like . . . Steve Hochman
'Don' Lives On
Small Faces Steve Hochman
In Brief Sara Scribner
In Brief Steve Hochman
Not The Brom
Something Wilder Elysa Gardner, Elysa Gardner is a freelance writer based in New York
Must-hear Tv Steve Hochman
ROOTS PLUS 20 : Present at the Creation Susan King, Susan King is a Times staff writer
The Freedom to Create Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer
Germ Free
It Still Packs a Force Kenneth Turan, Kenneth Turan is the Times' film critic
Trivial Pursuit Steve Hochman
Abstraction Is in His Nature Hunter Drohojowska Philp, Hunter Drohojowska Philp is a frequent contributor to Calendar
Making Waves Again Jan Breslauer, Jan Breslauer is a regular contributor to Calendar
REAL ESTATE
Best Advice in Town: The Times Home Buyers Fair
Some Pitt Stop He's Building RUTH RYON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
So you don't own gems or blue-chip stock. Imagine a curtain of fire or a wall of water destroying those priceless family photographs. For a little peace of mind, consider . . . : Playing It Safe JOHN MORELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; John Morell is a Woodland Hills freelance writer
A Plumber's Paradise
A Small Town in the Big City TERESA YUNKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Teresa Yunker is a freelance writer
TRAVEL
Coping With Sudden Death: Air Fares Substantially High CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Trailing Pinto Man Into the Desert JOHN McKINNEY
Traveler's Notes . . .
Driving Ambition Satisfied in Vegas
Festivals, Feasts & Fairs AMY A. WEBER
Two Views on Checks
Saving on Calls
Remote Island, But Prices Within Reach LUCY IZON, Izon is a Toronto-based freelance writer
Terrorist Attacks Still Worrisome in Israel EDWARD WRIGHT, Wright is a former assistant foreign editor at The Times. His column appears monthly
South Dakota's Parks and Their Side Effects KARIN DOMINELLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Evita's Buenos Aires JACK MATHEWS, NEWSDAY
Sloping Toward A Snow Break HANK KOVELL
To Chiang Mai for Good Buys LISA MARLOWE, Marlowe is a Malibu freelance writer
Napa Nest MICHAEL WALKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mapping Our State's Oddities
THE True Turkey DALE M. BROWN, Brown is a writer and editor based in Alexandria, Va. and editor of Time-Life Books' archeological adventure series, "Lost Civilizations."
Legacy of the Blue and the Gray LOWELL E. SUNDERLAND, BALTIMORE SUN
The Check, Please
Packing It In, Packing It Out KATHLEEN DOHENY
Russian Jewels in U.S. Show
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Group Says County Let Dump Pollute GREG SANDOVAL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Treasured Maps : California Map Society Meets at CSUN, Home of Cartographic Gems PATRICIA WARD BIEDERMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Council Too Eager to Blame Manager
Archeologists at Monticello Excavate Slave Cabin From Associated Press
Computers Can't Replace Teachers
Tip Leads Deputies to Body in a Car
Newport Center Expansion Advocated HOPE HAMASHIGE
Charities Need Help Year-Round
AIDS Drug Extends Lives but Poses Challenges DAWN HOBBS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
2 Former Valley Lawmakers Named to State Posts ERIC SLATER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Dangerous Mixture Associated Press
Some Glitches Mar Area Code Switch SHELBY GRAD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Church Hospice Gets $20,000 Donation SCOTT HADLY
Youngsters in a Pack of Trouble CHARLES E. BAILEY, Charles E. Bailey writes from Placentia
Time Is Right to Solve Key Issues ANTHONY C. BEILENSON, Anthony C. Beilenson, a Democrat, recently retired after 20 years in Congress. He represented the 24th Congressional District, which includes much of the San Fernando Valley
The Time to Change County Contract System Is Now
Numskull and Crossbones
Fighting Drug Use
Lobbyists Are the Real Culprits
MCA Hearing
Police Panel Stirs Debate
Gallegly Crosses Decency Borderline
Valley Secession
Bystanders Watched Hospital Slip Away
Newhall Ranch Land Donation
Happiness May Truly Come From Within
Newhall Ranch Water Supply
Obituaries
David Gutierrez Mora; Restaurant Cook
El Toro, Capacity at John Wayne
Health Clubs Failing to Flag Heart Trouble IRA DREYFUSS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
3 Adults, 1 Juvenile Arrested in Heroin Bust COLL METCALFE
Citizens Coalitions Step Up : The resolve of a grass-roots group in Placentia is encouraging
L.A. School Board to Receive Revised Ebonics Proposal
Thousands Evacuated Amid Bomb Scare BETTINA BOXALL and CARLA HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Budget Problems Keep Bringing Santa Paula's Adair Back to Earth SCOTT HADLY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Horror Stories Not Believed
It's Time We All Wised Up About Dumbed-Down Schools JOANN BYRNE, Joann Byrne teaches business communication and writing at Cal State Fullerton
Officials to Meet on Hospital Conversion FRED ALVAREZ
Necessity and the Students of Invention LILY DIZON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Edward Nave; Cosmetics Supplier for Hollywood
Diana V. Hoffman; Community Leader
Historical Facts
Anatomy of an Adoption Susan Sterner, Associated Press
Landau to Blame
District Considering Baccalaureate Classes JENNIFER LEUER
Wet Weather Expected to Stick Around Another Day COLL METCALFE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Garbage Combine Leaves No Scraps
Housing Dept. to Blame for Lag in 'Ghost Town' Repairs
On the Wrong Track
A Passion That Could Be Better Directed BARBARA ANTHONY RHODES, Barbara Anthony Rhodes is a professor at Cal State Northridge and director of the university's DuBois-Hamer Institute for African American Achievement
An Officer's Close-Up Look at Crash Deaths, Shattered Families MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bomb Hoax Prompts Mass Evacuation BETTINA BOXALL and JEFF LEEDS and CARLA HALL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Past Drug Lab Raids May Be Spawning Cancer RICHARD GREEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jeanne Bartlett; Screenwriter, Preservationist
Where's the Money in a Zeanah Recall?
Easing Commute for the Masses
Coastline Registration Offered on Feb. 3
School Loyalty Pushes Families to Extremes REGINA HONG, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Some Lessons From a Tour of Education Hell BILL BOYARSKY
System Makes Father Pay the Price for System's Mistake DANA PARSONS
Armed Citizen Stops Suspected Car Thief From staff and wire reports
Teachers Point, Click Way to New Methods NICK ANDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Professor Honored for Her Work With Refugees LILY DIZON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rap Music
Slain Teen Buried; Suspect Found ABIGAIL GOLDMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Seattle-Area Natural Medicine Clinic Builds a Bridge of Options LINDA ASHTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fans Hail Map-Making Revolution PATRICIA WARD BIEDERMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Labor Law Violations Charged HUGO MARTIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Like Its Clients, Refugee Center Faces a Need to Adapt and Grow LILY DIZON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Conference to Honor Anti-Tobacco Efforts REGINA HONG
Art Museum Opens With Big Crowds ZAN DUBIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ceremony Held for New Footbridge Over Stream COLL METCALFE
County's Slogan Less Than Perfect
LAPD Officer Accused of Sexual Battery ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ground Zero
Late for Dawning of the Age of Aquarius SCOTT HARRIS
Into the Blue : Free-Diving Hunters Hold Their Breath in Hopes of Spearing a Big Fish DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sudden Losses : Traffic Accidents That Claimed 75 Lives Last Year Leave Families and Friends Struggling to Cope MACK REED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Urban Sprawl Bites Off the Food Chain
BOOKS
The Real Thing : THE OXFORD MARK TWAIN: Twenty-Nine Volumes. Edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin . Oxford University Press: $295 before June 30; $395 after; single volumes $16.95 to $25 : LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture. Edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin . Oxford University Press: 264 pp., $25 GREIL MARCUS, Greil Marcus is the author of several books, including "Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music," "Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century" and the forthcoming "Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes."
The Odyssey : THE SASKIAD. By Brian Hall . Houghton Mifflin: 382 pp., $23.95 RICHARD EDER
Yakety-Yak : THE BOOK OF YAAK. By Rick Bass . Houghton Mifflin: 190 pp., $21.95 PAM HOUSTON, Pam Houston is the author of "Cowboys Are My Weakness" (Norton)
Save the Date
Decline and Fall : DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER: The Fall of the Soviet Empire. By Michael Dobbs . Alfred A. Knopf: 528 pp., $30 ANDREW NAGORSKI, Andrew Nagorski, Newsweek's Berlin bureau chief, was based previously in Moscow and Warsaw. He is the author of "Reluctant Farewell" (Henry Holt) and "The Birth of Freedom" (Simon & Schuster)
Lord Knows : SILENT WITNESS. By Richard North Patterson . Alfred A. Knopf: 494 pp., $25.95 MARGO KAUFMAN, Margo Kaufman is the author, most recently, of "This Damned House" (Villard)
Crying Wolf : THE GREAT AMERICAN WOLF. By Bruce Hampton . Holt/John Macrae: 298 pp., $29.50 JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the author of "When Elephants Weep" and the forthcoming "Dogs Never Lie About Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Our Best Friends."
Race in America : COLOR-BLIND: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race-Obsessed World. By Ellis Cose . HarperCollins: 260 pp., $24 JUAN WILLIAMS, Juan Williams, the author of "Eyes on the Prize" (Viking/Penguin), is writing a biography of Thurgood Marshall (Times Books)
Market Blues : EVERYTHING FOR SALE: The Virtues and Limits of Markets. By Robert Kuttner . Alfred A. Knopf: 362 pp., $27.50 JEFF MADRICK, Jeff Madrick is the author of "The End of Affluence" (Random House) and editor of Challenge magazine
Killing Time : THE MEASURE OF REALITY: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600. By Alfred W. Crosby . Cambridge University Press: 257 pp., $24.95 JOHN ALLEN PAULOS, John Allen Paulos, a professor of mathematics at Temple University, is the author of "Innumeracy" and "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper."
Harlem Lost and Found : STILL LIFE IN HARLEM. By Eddy L. Harris . Henry Holt & Co.: 276 pp., $20 JERVIS ANDERSON, Jervis Anderson is the author of "This Was Harlem: A Cultural Portrait, 1900-1950" (Noonday/Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
BUSINESS
Widow Can Protect Social Security Benefits From Attachment by Credit Card Issuer CARLA LAZZARESCHI
Fewer Steps Up Available to Temps From Reuters
Luther Medical Products Posts $400,192 Quarterly Loss
SC Bancorp's Fourth-Quarter Net Up 50%
A Pressing Matter GREG JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Once-Struggling Dutch Economy No Longer in the Nether Land CHARLES TRUEHEART, WASHINGTON POST
With So Many to Consider, Can the 'New' Fidelity Keep 'Em All Happy? TOM PETRUNO
Teens Learn Finance Firsthand at Their Own Credit Union KATHY M. KRISTOF
Now It's Time to Play by the Right Numbers ROBERT A. LEVINE, Levine is a senior economist emeritus at Rand Corp., a think tank in Santa Monica
Tapping From a Small Pool Can Put Management in Rut
Drop in Health-Care Costs Isn't a Prescription for Bigger Raises STUART SILVERSTEIN
A Word to the Rise Regarding Dividends RUSS WILES, Russ Wiles is a financial writer for the Arizona Republic
Arizona Makes Itself Attractive to Seniors JERRY NACHTIGAL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
PepsiCo Serves Up a Good Lesson for Policy JAMES FLANIGAN
Messina Named President, Chief Executive at Troy Systems
SPORTS
At the End of the Day, the Story Will Be Glory and Triumph. But Some Had to Overcome Serious Obstacles. For Them, Getting to the Big Show Was . . . No Big Easy STEVE SPRINGER and T.J. SIMERS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Toga Toga Toga Makes the Grade BOB MIESZERSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Shula, With His 347 Victories, Leads Way Into Hall of Fame BOB OATES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Probe Continues in Bungee Death
Nonconference GEORGE DOHRMANN
A Real Veteran Matchup CHRIS BAKER
Teams Gain With Cooperation MIKE HARRIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fullerton Sends UCI Crashing Back to Reality CHRIS FOSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mixed Doubles Win for Leach Associated Press
Top to Bottom : CAPSULES AND RANKINGS MARK HEISLER, Times Staff Writer
Laguna Hills' Haneef Gives All--and More MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Why Super Bowl Superiority? There's a Four-Part Answer BOB OATES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Check on Rucchin Rankles Teammates ROBYN NORWOOD
Stewart Helps Burn St. Francis After Misfire JOHN ORTEGA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Early Start on Course Works in His Favor STEVE KRESAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
South Carolina Quietly Makes Way to Top of the SEC From Staff and Wire Reports
Montreal Poses No Problem for Blues, 8-1 From Associated Press
Kings LONNIE WHITE
College Basketball / Southland Roundup CHRIS FOSTER
Mistakes? What Mistakes? SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
He Was an Under-a-Cheever Until Now SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bruins Lose Game of Chances TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Praise Goes Hornacek's Way From Associated Press
Williams Enjoys Titans' Efforts Without Him LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bomb Scare Gave KCAL Reel Concerns LARRY STEWART
Hingis Comes of Age From Associated Press
No Love Is Lost in Tie LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Northridge Baseball Games Against Cal Poly Postponed
There's No Gray Area When It Comes to Scoring for Cal Guard From Staff and Wire Reports
No Layoff Letdown by Harvard-Westlake
Senator Seeks to Ban Louganis From Associated Press
Marina Girls Battle Back to Beat San Clemente
Pistons Honor Daly's Double Associated Press
Clark Keeps Canyons on a Roll
Ducks' Pronger Fills In for Fallen Rucchin ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Concordia Easily Defeats Westmont, 73-56
Long Beach's Self-Help Plan Is Producing Results JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Canseco, McGwire Reunion Looms From Staff and Wire Reports
It's Time for Boys' Coaches to Take Shot at Using Clock PAIGE A. LEECH
Mighty Ducks ROBYN NORWOOD
The Hot Spots DAVID WHARTON
Sampras One Cool Customer From Associated Press
Super Bowl Has a Twist: Parcells vs. the Packers DAVE GOLDBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ventura Shows Cuesta Who's Still the Boss FERNANDO DOMINGUEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Witt's End Near in Basketball : Louisville High's Two-Sport Star Dribbles Down to the Finish; She Plans to Concentrate on Playing Center Field at Fresno State VINCE KOWALICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Plenty of Style but No Substance in Anaheim MIKE PENNER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Proverbial Edge Goes to White JIM MURRAY
By the Numbers HOUSTON MITCHELL
It's Too Bad He Doesn't Use Brain of Brains MAL FLORENCE
Retirement Near for Bills' Kelly? Associated Press
Tale of the Tape
A Super Primer for XXXI T.J. SIMERS
A Super Primer for XXXI : READY FOR PRIME TIME PLAYERS STEVE SPRINGER
A Super Primer for XXXI : READY FOR PRIME TIME PLAYERS T.J. SIMERS
If Ditka Marches In, Will Aints Become Da Saints? T.J. SIMERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sharks Get Belfour in 1-for-3 Deal Associated Press
This Really Happened in the Enlightened '90s MIKE DOWNEY
Pepperdine Can't Overcome Slow Start in Loss JASON REID, From Staff and Wire Reports
For a Rivalry, Bulls-Knicks Is Awfully One-Sided MARK HEISLER
A Cheesy Place : Fanatics of the Green Bay Packers Have Made Themselves a Little Bit of Home at West Hills Pizza Joint DAVID WHARTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Matadors' Catalyst Isn't Run of the Mills JEFF FLETCHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lakers Today SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
Tiger Plays an Ace, but Jones Trumps It From Staff and Wire Reports
No Love Is Lost in Tie LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
College Basketball / Southland Roundup
Put on the Rally Caps! He Found College Baseball BILL PLASCHKE
No. 4 Wake Forest Has Too Much Firepower for Florida State From Associated Press
Baseball Teams, 1 Through 28, From Atlanta to Pittsburgh BUSTER OLNEY, BALTIMORE SUN
OPINION
Elia Kazan: Can 'Naming Names' Be the One Unforgivable Sin? Martin E. Marty, Martin E. Marty, a professor of the history of religion at the University of Chicago and senior editor of the Christian Century magazine, directs the Public Religion Project, a nonprofit group analyzing the role of religion in American life
A New Generation of Enviro-Activists David Kraut, David Kraut is a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs in New York City and will attend New York University Law School in the fall."
Will Pakistan Again Compromise Principle? Paula R. Newberg, Paula R. Newberg, senior associate at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, is the author of "Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan" (Cambridge University Press)
Give It Back, Sacramento : State should start returning property taxes to city and counties
Subway
Litter
21st Century
Republicans
Farewell to 'Rrrrrrppp' : The gods of technology turn thumbs down on venerable Botts' dots
Graffiti Pit
In Campaign Reform Issue, One Word Stands Out: Now : With Americans' trust at an ebb, fast action is crucial
Limited Options Will Lose Wars GORDON R. SULLIVAN, Retired Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan was Army chief of staff from 1991 to 1995
Choosing a Police Chief Is More Than a Professional Decision Xandra Kayden, Xandra Kayden, a political scientist at UCLA's School of Public Policy and Social Research, is writing a book on the political structure of Los Angeles. She is the author of "Surviving Power" (Free Press)
Clinton's Mission: In (Some) Government We Trust William Schneider, William Schneider, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a political analyst for CNN
Charter Reform
Connect the Stadium to the City William Fulton, William Fulton is editor of California Planning & Development Report and a senior research fellow at Claremont Graduate School Research Institute. His book, "The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles," will be published by Solano Press Books in May
Milosevic's 'Tolerance' of Marches Is Part of His Game to Stay in Power Michael Meyer, Michael Meyer, a Newsweek correspondent during the early years of the Balkan war, recently returned from Belgrade
Lack of Money Isn't Why Janie Can't Read : Failed teaching methods are at the root of California students' poor performance. Lance Takeo Izumi, Lance Takeo Izumi is codirector of the Center for Innovation in Education at the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy in San Francisco
Court on Patient Care at Kaiser Permanente
Car Trouble in 'Dangerous' Areas
Don't Reward What Doesn't Work : Addiction: Harvard honors the U.S. drug czar and others for pursuing failed treatments. Are we ready for contrary messages? STANTON PEELE, Stanton Peele is a fellow of the Lindesmith Center, a drug policy research institute in New York City, and the author of "The Truth About Addiction and Recovery" (Simon & Schuster)
Bad News for the LAPD: The Tabloids Offer Big Rewards Joseph D. McNamara, Joseph D. McNamara, the retired police chief of San Jose, is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His latest book is "Code 211 Blue."
Arnoldo Aleman : On Healing a Nicaragua Divided by War, Corruption and Poverty Juanita Darling, Juanita Darling is Central America bureau chief for The Times. She interviewed Arnoldo Aleman in a suite at Intercontinental Hotel in Managua, Nicaragua
Prop. F and LAPD Accountability
President Clinton, You're No Teddy Roosevelt Kathleen M. Dalton, Kathleen M. Dalton, a Charles Warren fellow at Harvard University, is writing a biography of Theodore Roosevelt for Knopf
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