Her Only Extravagance Was Her Love of Family By Robin Abcarian, Robin Abcarian co-hosts a morning talk show on radio station KTZN-AM (710). Her column appears on Wednesdays. Her e-mail address is rabcarian@aol.com
The Homecoming Meal By Mai Pham, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Pham is chef-owner of Lemon Grass restaurant and cafes in Sacramento and author of "The Best of Vietnamese and Thai Cooking (Prima Publishing, 1995)
Jump-Start the Urban Classroom Networks By Eric A. Benhamou, Eric A. Benhamou, chairman and CEO of 3Com Corp., serves on President Clinton's Advisory Council on High Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology and Next Generation Internet
This 'Reform' Assures a Do-Little Legislature By Bill Hauck and Fred Silva, Bill Hauck, former chairman of the California Constitution Revision Commission, is president of the California Business Roundtable. Fred Silva, former executive secretary of the commission, is a visiting policy analyst with the Public Policy Institute of California
Days of Wine and Chocolate Pudding By Jenijoy La Belle, Jenijoy La Belle is a professor of literature at Caltech. E-mail: jlb@cco.caltech.edu