California | Local

Deposit Statement

California | Local | By Coll Metcalfe | December 3, 1998
When locally owned and operated Citizens State Bank merged with much-larger Santa Barbara Bank & Trust last year, a little piece of Santa Paula and the staunchly independent Santa Clara Valley was lost. Read more

Sports

GETTING TO KNOW THE SOUTHLAND’S NEWEST…MAJOR PLAYERS

Sports | By Mike Digiovanna | December 3, 1998
Leave it to Angel pitcher Chuck Finley, chief executive officer of Analogies R Us, to put the team’s $80-million acquisition of free-agent first baseman Mo Vaughn in proper perspective. Read more

News

Gallery of Dreams

News | By Connie Koenenn | December 3, 1998
It’s the end of a workday and most folks have headed home, but the fifth floor of the Pacific Design Center is bustling with hammering, painting, hauling, draping and arranging as interior designers transform cubicles into exotic showrooms. Read more

Business

Sports Moguls Make a Pitch for Togetherness

Business | By Greg Johnson | December 3, 1998
In another example of how big-media markets are changing the way sports moguls court sponsors, Rupert Murdoch and Philip Anschutz have joined forces to create a marketing arm that will pitch baseball’s Dodgers, hockey’s Kings and professional soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy–along with Dodger Stadium and soon-to-be-completed Staples Center–to corporations seeking sports sponsorship deals. Read more

Entertainment

Ancient Egyptian’s Reincarnation

Entertainment | By Nicolai Ouroussoff | December 3, 1998
Like most American historic centers that have begun the arduous process of revitalization during the last decade, Hollywood has vacillated between guarding its historic fabric too preciously and rubbing it out entirely. Read more
 
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