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What happened on April 02, 1999
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Studio Gives a New Image to Students By Jeffrey Gettleman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ex-Coach Pleads Not Guilty to Possession of Child Porn
Obituaries
$3.9-Million Settlement Is OKd in Paradise Cemetery Case By Caitlin Liu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sanchez Slightly Ahead of Padilla in Fund-Raising By Patrick Mcgreevy, TIMES STAFF WRITER
House Investigates Research Problems at VA Hospital in West L.A. By Terence Monmaney, TIMES MEDICAL WRITER
Civic Bread Cast on Water Often Just a Soggy Free Lunch By Patt Morrison
Sanchez, Padilla Pace Funds Race By Patrick Mcgreevy, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sesquipedalians and Other Obfuscations By Patricia Ward Biederman
Plan Calls for Alarms to Warn of a Dam Collapse By Gary Polakovic, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bottled Water News Hard to Swallow By Steve Chawkins, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SOAR Backer May Run for Supervisor By Massie Ritsch, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Ventura Port District Chief Resigns By Massie Ritsch, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Belmont Learning Experience
Camarillo Students Win Knowledge Bowl By Jennifer Hamm
Shelter Shuts Down for Warmer Months By Tony Lystra
Work to Begin on Emergency Room By Chris G. Denina
Work Detail Escapee Caught After Car Chase By Andrew Blankstein, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Place All Puffed Up With Pride By Steve Harvey
Trial Ordered for Simi Valley Woman in Elder Abuse Case By Tina Dirmann, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rep. Sherman Discusses Kosovo at Pierce College By Roberto J. Manzano
800 Summer Jobs Open to Youths Who Qualify By Agnes Diggs
Public Hearing Scheduled on Improvement District By Agnes Diggs
Times' Ventura Photographers Win 5 Awards
Duarte Picked as Oxnard's Schools Chief By Anna Gorman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Inmate Caught After Fleeing, Crashing Car By Andrew Blankstein, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lockheed Signs Deal to Sell Burbank Land to Developer By Karen Robinson-jacobs, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bridge Work to Shut Part of California 33 By Paula Pisani
Obituaries
Barriers at Wreck Sites Are No Help By Art Marroquin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Beatrice Perren; Mother of Ventura Judge
Obituaries
A Green Shocker
Read L.A. Can Make Difference
Face on the Risks of War
Holden Plays Loopholes
Figurative Females By Josef Woodard, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
*Foot Notes By James E. Fowler
Dancers Need Not Sit Out the Holiday Break By Robyn Loewenthal, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Persian Version By Max Jacobson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Clothes Circuit By Rachel Fischer, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Mindful Music By Josef Woodard, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Baring All By Bill Locey, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Gov. Davis Should Do the Right Thing on Prop. 187 By Douglas W. Kmiec, Douglas W. Kmiec holds the Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law at Pepperdine University
Making the World Safer for Business By Christopher Layne and Benjamin Schwarz, Christopher Layne is a MacArthur fellow in peace and international security studies. Benjamin Schwarz is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and the former executive editor of World Policy Journal
Page Turner By James E. Fowler
Lynwood School Chief's Leave Includes Pay
Ventura Freeway Bridge, Ramp Project Completed
Changing Course By Seema Mehta, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hundreds Seek Concealed Weapons on Carona's Pledge By Jason Kandel, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Pupils Beat Goal . . . Principal Pays By Lesley Wright
The Safety Zone: Action Log
Anaheim By Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
Brea By Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Buena Park By Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Costa Mesa By Elise Gee, (949) 574-4275
Cypress By Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Dana Point By Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Fullerton By Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Garden Grove By Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Huntington Beach
Irvine By James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Laguna Beach By James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Laguna Hills By Sean Kirwan, (949) 574-4202
Laguna Niguel By Rebecca Harris, (949) 574-4205
Laguna Woods By Jason Leopold, (949) 574-4204
La Habra By Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Lake Forest By Alex Katz, (949) 574-4203
La Palma By Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Los Alamitos By Lesley Wright, (714) 966-7824
Mission Viejo By Ellen Mccarty, (949) 574-4206
Newport Beach By Tina Borgatta, (949) 574-4233
Placentia By Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
San Clemente By Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
San Juan Capistrano By Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Santa Ana By Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Seal Beach By Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Stanton By Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
Tustin By James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Villa Park By Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Westminster By Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Yorba Linda By James Meier, (714) 966-5988
O.C. Religious, Aid Groups Gear Up to Send Relief to Kosovo Refugees
Airport Foes Will Seek 113,000 Signatures By Jean O. Pasco, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Anaheim's Game for Crush of Fans Headed to Hockey, Baseball Events By Crystal Carreon, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Pair of Animal-Rights Groups Protest Circus By David Haldane, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Campaign Reform
Air Hazards in Lompoc, L.A.
Book on Clinton
Sinking Section of Century Freeway
L.A. School Board
Carpool Lanes
For the Record
Woman to Stand Trial in Elderly Abuse Case By Tina Dirmann, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fountain Valley By Jennifer Anne Perez, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 14
Yosemite Killings
4 Hurt When School Bus and SUV Collide By Holly J. Wolcott, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Kosovo Crisis
12 Are Arrested in Prostitution Cases at Tanning Salons By Allison Cohen, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Forecasters All Wet By Eric Malnic, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nature Plays a Rainy April Fools' Trick on the Southland By Eric Malnic, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Saluting our Latino Soldiers By Frank Del Olmo, Frank del Olmo is an associate editor of The Times and a regular columnist
More Ammo in 'Zero Tolerance' Debate By Jack Leonard and Eleanor Yang, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Head Start Losing Its Site--but Who's Losing Sight? By Dana Parsons
The New Sorcerer's Apprentice By Jeffrey Gettleman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
High School Fire Set by an Arsonist, Officials Say By Richard Winton, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
For Casual Wear, Trek to Territory Ahead By Geri Cook, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
New Signs Up at Dangerous I-5 Interchange By Megan Garvey, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NEWS
Word-Weary Labels By Booth Moore, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Suit Seeks to Crack Case of Region's Higher Egg Prices By Martha Groves, TIMES STAFF WRITER
East L.A. Veterans, Neighbors of Captured Soldier Mobilize By George Ramos, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'We Cannot Do Everything . . . but We Must Do What We Can' From Associated Press
Be Patient With Dowdy Daughter By Jeannine Stein, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Shirts and Ideas Cut From a Different Cloth By Rose Apodaca Jones, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Today's Living Best Bets
No More Lost Soles By Booth Moore
Luck of the Drawer By Rose Apodaca Jones
A Declaration Especially for Independents By Irene Lacher
Planning Ahead
Poetic Peek Into Catholic School, With a Tartan Twist By Jonathan Levi, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Inspired by a Brush With Cosmetic Greatness By Barbara Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Laugh Lines
Where the Grass Really Is Greener By Roy Rivenburg, TIMES STAFF WRITER
How Does The Story End
Egg Hunt By Martha Tolles, Martha Tolles is the author of the Katie and Darci books, published by Scholastic, including "Darci and the Dance Contest" and "Who's Reading Darci's Diary?"
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Top Of The News By Mary Ellen Walker
The Buck Does Not Stop Here By Jonathan Peterson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Warning: Don't Mistreat 3 Captive GIs By John-thor Dahlburg and Art Pine, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Hometowns Fear for Seized Men By Donald W. Nauss and Nancy Trejos, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Options May Boil Down to One: Ground Forces By Tyler Marshall and John-thor Dahlburg and Norman Kempster, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Fraud Alleged in Children's Food Program By Virginia Ellis, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Military Wages War on New Enemy: Y2K By Tony Perry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Soldiers' Capture Puts a Face on a Faraway Place By Mike Downey
Peace Talks at Stalemate Over IRA Disarmament By Maura Reynolds, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Swiri' Not Just a Fish Story With Spy Community By Valerie Reitman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Targets Drugs, Violence in Schools By Eric Lichtblau, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cell That Can Grow Replacement Tissue Isolated by Researchers From Associated Press
Upper Plains States Blinded by Snowstorm From Associated Press
'Dollarization'--and Other Terms of Note
Marine Says He Burned Tape to Keep It Off TV From Times Wire Services
Gun Found Was Used to Kill Lawmaker
Illinois to Suspend Truck License of Driver in Fatal Amtrak Crash From Associated Press
Crash Kills Helicopter Pilot Reuters
Humane Society Sues U.S. Over Antibiotics From Times Wire Reports
Farrakhan Has Emergency Surgery From Times Wire Reports
Score 2 for Milosevic in the TV Air War: Seized GIs and a Smiling Foe By Paul Watson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Profiles of 3 Soldiers
With NATO Strikes, U.S. Hopes to Shore Up Balkan Dominoes By Carol J. Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kosovo Airstrikes: The Next Phase
U.S. 'Takes Care of Its Own,' Clinton Warns Yugoslav Leader By James Gerstenzang, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Oh,' the Intricacies of Balkan Diplomacy From Associated Press
DEA Helping Mexico Search for Missing State Governor From Reuters
Killer Gets Life Term in Britain's First War Crimes Trial From Associated Press
Indonesian Police Force Separates From Military From Associated Press
Court Says Driver Must Disclose Role in Crash Associated Press
U.S. Asked to Pay to Return Argentine Student's Body From Times Wire Services
Assembly to Consider Legislation to Crack Down on Medi-Cal Fraud By Julie Ha, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Search Intensifies in Torture Inquiry From Times Wire Reports
U.S. Army Unit in Panama Disbands Reuters
Germans Speak Up to Defend European Union Privacy Laws By Carol J. Williams, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When the Doctor's Office Is Also a Day Spa By Mimi Avins, TIMES STAFF WRITER
At Macedonian Border, Locals Support Serbs By Elizabeth Shogren, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Top of the World By Rose Apodaca Jones, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Northern Sierra Snowpack 45% Above Normal Associated Press
Enthusiasm in a Bottle
Lawyers Say Pact Prohibits Trial of POWs By John J. Goldman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tales of Terror From Refugees Fleeing Kosovo By John Daniszewski and Elizabeth Shogren, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
BUSINESS
CBS to Acquire 'Oprah' Syndicator King World By Sallie Hofmeister, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Boeing Cuts C-17 Price in Offer to Air Force Bloomberg News
Feuding Families Settle 4 Lawsuits Over Control of a St. John Division By Greg Hernandez and Leslie Earnest, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Icahn's Atypical Travel Agency Ticketed for IPO By James F. Peltz, TIMES STAFF WRITER
State Gets Closer to Program for Tax-Deferred College Accounts By Liz Pulliam, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Arco Chief Made Overture in BP Amoco Merger By Nancy Rivera Brooks, TIMES STAFF WRITER
O.C. Investment Group to Buy $1.7 Billion in Bad Japanese Loans By E. Scott Reckard and Mark Magnier, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Frederick's Ex-CEO Claims Wrongful Firing By Abigail Goldman, Retailing Reporter
Lower Option Strike Price for Ellis Execs By Jesus Sanchez, Commercial Real Estate Reporter
Balance Bar Shares Fall 31% on Earnings News By Melinda Fulmer, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gemstar Stock Gain Fuels AOL Deal Talk By Karen Kaplan, Technology Reporter
Restitution Ordered in Alleged Ostrich Scam From Bloomberg News
Slowing Job Growth?
FOMC Weighed Rate Hike in February Associated Press
Aerospace Bloomberg News
Also . . .
PUC Approves 2 Area Code Overlay Plans By Elizabeth Douglass, Telecommunications Reporter
Markets Closed
Oscar Tickets
Hughes Wins OK to Buy Rival Satellite Firm Bloomberg News
L.A.'s Hotel Room Rate Up 6.2% in February By Stephen Gregory, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Las Vegas Labor Protest Brought to L.A. Builder By Nancy Cleeland, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Home Mortgage Interest Rate Holds at 6.98% Associated Press
Early Test of Y2K Bug Gets Passing Grade By Ashley Dunn, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SBC-Ameritech Merger Raises FCC Concerns Associated Press
DaimlerChrysler Breaks Sales Record; Other Makers See Gains From Times Wire Services
Microsoft Reduces Virus Risk in Upgrade of Office By Leslie Helm, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Reports Show Economic Strength in Many Sectors From Associated Press
More On Tech
More On Tech
Profit 'Predictor' Lives Up to Billing in Test By Josh Friedman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More, Higher Fees Charged at ATMs, Study Finds By Robin Fields, TIMES STAFF WRITER
TV Ratings Report
Disney Names New Distribution Exec
Fund Company Stands to Gain From BP Amoco-Arco Merger From Reuters
Test Your Savvy
Hefty Fees Come With ATM Cash By Robin Fields, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ostrich Group Partner Told to Pay $890,000 From Bloomberg News
Orange County Earnings
Orange County Earnings
Fund Pushing Bergen to Drop Its 'Poison Pill' From Bloomberg News
Smartflex Systems Sets Layoffs After Takeovers By Jonathan Gaw
Knickerbocker Restructuring Ends in $28-Million Loss
eSat's Chief Executive Quits, Elevating CFO By Jonathan Gaw
Orange County Earnings
Hamburger Hamlet Spiffs Up Dinner Menu By Greg Hernandez
Buyer Will Pay Less for Centris Unit Bloomberg News
Y2K Survival Goods Sellers Say Demand Is Slowing Down By Ashley Dunn, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tyco, J&J Settlement Resolves Patent Disputes Bloomberg News
Late Rally Lifts Blue Chips Despite Rate, Kosovo Woes From Times Staff and Wire Reports
ENTERTAINMENT
Preparing to Feast on 'Hannibal' By Paul Lieberman and Robert W. Welkos, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Will Spike's 'Summer' Vision Remain Intact? By Amy Wallace, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Debating Gay Issues in School and on the Air By Howard Rosenberg
Altman Is One Smart Cookie By Kevin Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Morning Briefing By Shauna Snow
Willing to Face the Music By Robert Hilburn, TIMES POP MUSIC CRITIC
Fears Spill Over the Dam in 'The Weir' By Michael Phillips, TIMES THEATER CRITIC
Saturday Night's Other Comedy Show By Kevin Baxter, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Today's Best Bets
'Sparkler' Shines With Strong Performances, Imagination and Humor By Kevin Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Out-of-Towners' a Star Vehicle for Martin, Hawn By Kevin Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Goldberg to Moderate 'Minorities in Media'
'NYPD Blue' Stars to Host Benefit 5K
In This Evocative, Truthful Story, 'Angels' Indeed Walk Among Us By Kenneth Turan, TIMES FILM CRITIC
Director's Career Soars on Wings of 'Angels' By Kristin Hohenadel, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Future Looks Bright With Hunter, Cruz Leading the Way By Don Heckman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Glam Marvelous 3 Puts Antics in High Gear to Rock and Mock By Natalie Nichols
Latin Playboys: Lobos Cavorting Animatedly in the Moonlight By Randy Lewis
A Wild Blend of Wit and the Macabre Fills 'Madman and the Nun' By Philip Brandes
'Conception' Paints Kinky Picture of L.A. By Jana J. Monji
Life in Dark-Edged L.A. Takes a Surreal Turn in 'Fall Off Night' By Don Shirley, TIMES THEATER WRITER
Whether It's Moving or Still, Jules Engel's Work Is Animated By Claudine Ise, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lithgow's 'Singin' in the Bathtub' Is Awash in Engaging Songs By Lynne Heffley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Compelling 'Fires' Documents Church Burnings By Jon Matsumoto, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lobos in Playboys' Clothing Put on Solid Show By Randy Lewis, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Get Out!
Making Audience Smile--Eventually By Ernesto Lechner, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Red Ink Is Staining City's Art By Zan Dubin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Musical Visions of the Virgin of Guadalupe By Don Heckman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Parade of Characters as Real as They Are Fun By Corinne Flocken, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
GET OUT! / Last Days of 'Glory'
'American Dreams' Reveals the Struggle of the Asian Immigrant By Kevin Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SPORTS
Kiddie Corner By Jason Reid, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kiddie Corner By Mike Digiovanna, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Derby Before The Derby By Randy Harvey
Harrick's Bizarre Behavior By Jerry Crowe, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Derby Before The Derby By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Maine Gets a Ticket to Final By John Weyler, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Still Hanging Around
Thompson's Record Leaves Her Swimming in Money From Staff and Wire Reports
UCLA Tennis Team Takes on Stanford By Scott Moe
Did They Fire Up Cuban Cigars to Celebrate Coups? By Mal Florence
Hudson in a Friendly Environment By Lonnie White
Clippers Give a Better Effort but Still Can't Defeat Dallas By Lonnie White, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nets' Williams Breaks Leg From Associated Press
Rice Watches Practice but Is Expected to Play By Tim Kawakami
Wooden Award Winner Will Be Named Today By Robyn Norwood
Krog Lifts New Hampshire to Final By John Weyler, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southland Should Pick Up the Pace By Helene Elliott, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Around the Nation From Staff and Wire Reports
Season Record a Reasonable Goal for Few By Elliott Teaford
Fuhr Stops 27 to Lead Blues to 3-0 Victory From Associated Press
Same Old Excuses Wearing Thin By Jim Hodges
An Erie Start to NFL's Schedule By T.j. Simers
Time Change for 'Monday Night' Game By Larry Stewart
Look Who's Talking
Spectator Sports
It Could Be a Great Weekend for Britain By Bud Collins, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Another Surprising Loss for Seles Associated Press
To Win First Major, O'Meara Followed Bold Master Plan By Thomas Bonk
Waldorf Takes Lead by Equaling Course Record From Times Wire Services
New Roles for Vizcaino, Hollandsworth By Jason Reid, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cubs Sign Nomo to Minor League Deal Times Wire Services
Salmon Wants to Be Right in the Action By Mike Digiovanna
This Kind of Strike Wasn't Autry's Brand of Baseball By Earl Gustkey, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wygant Helps Camarillo Tear Up Rio Mesa, 76-51 By John Ortega, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Paraclete Gives Crespi Cold Shoulder, 6-0 By Eric Sondheimer
Several Area Basketball Players Chosen All-State From Staff Reports
Angelo Has Right Stuff, But Effort Goes to Waste By Paige A. Leech, TIMES STAFF WRITER
High School Baseball Roundup
Ex-Saugus Regulars Adopting New Site By Vince Kowalick, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Raiders' Patton Sweeps Sprints
Churchill Downs Seeking to Purchase Hollywood Park By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jackson Still Is Goal Oriented By Paige A. Leech, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Valenzuela Hits for the Cycle, 13-8
Calendar
No Minor League Regrets for Goring By Diane Pucin
Newswire From Staff and Wire Reports
Maine Goalie Gets It Done Without Flair By Ron Neal, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Orange Coast Pounds Out 40 Runs, 35 Hits in 2 Victories
Saddleback's Jackson Will Play Basketball at Hawaii
Katella's Stafford Sets School Mark
Lockhart Pitches 2-Hitter for Marina
Fountain Valley Girls Show Strength By Erik Hamilton, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Santa Ana Valley Uses Late Rally to Beat El Modena
Learning Zone By Chris Foster, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Late Shot Lifts Jazz to Victory From Associated Press
Owens Hits 2 Homers for Titans
Nevard Is Perfect for Camarillo, 9-0
Shark Attacks Very Troubling for Island Paradise By Pete Thomas
Breedlove's Sights Still Set on Regaining Land-Speed Record By Shav Glick
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