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What happened on April 20, 1999
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Lottery Winner Loses in Child Support Case DANIEL YI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
James Copp Dies; Put 'Genius' Into Children's Music ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
False Publicity Bars Turbodyne From Trade BENJAMIN MARK COLE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Idaho Man Sentenced for Attempt to Sell Cannons DAVID ROSENZWEIG
Plans for Police, Fire Center Announced PAMELA J. JOHNSON
Paramedic Training for Firefighters Nears OK PAMELA J. JOHNSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Business Calendar
Do More for Refugees
San Clemente Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Government Contract Awards
Costa Mesa Andrew Steven Harris, (949) 574-4232
Fountain Valley DeAnna George, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 21
California Amplifier's 4th-Quarter Sales Up 19.3%
Superior Industries Wins $50-Million Contract
Making Connections
Vitesse Semiconductor Posts 2nd-Quarter Gains
Allegations of Slurs Add to Turmoil NICHOLAS RICCARDI and GREG KRIKORIAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Mayor Offers a 'Fair Share' to the Valley PATRICK McGREEVY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Charter Pacific Plans Separate BankCard Entity
Couple Pays the Price to Save Home ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tustin James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Orange Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
Man Gets Probation in Alcohol Clinic Death
A Father-Son Discussion on Affirmative Action AGUSTIN GURZA
Santa Ana Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Villa Park Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Santa Ana Woman, 76, Is Hit, Killed by Van While Crossing Street CRYSTAL CARREON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Los Alamitos Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Natrol to Move Tea Division to Chatsworth
Cypress Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
A Winning Combination
Placentia Jasmine Lee, (949) 574-4211
Huntington Beach Marissa Espino, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 15
Lake Forest Daniel Evans, (949) 574-4206
Santa Ana OKs $1.2 Million for Bowers' Funding JEFF GOTTLIEB and JASON KANDEL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Buena Park Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
La Palma Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Seal Beach Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Once In, It's Easy to Forget Who Opened the Door AGUSTIN GURZA
Mission Viejo Jenifer Ragland, (949) 574-4207
Countywide Jack Leonard, (714) 966-7896
Ventura County Business
Plate Column
Teacher Pay
Nicaraguan Hurricane Relief
Marijuana Plants Seized at Home; No Arrests Made
Police Seek Help Finding Mentally Disabled Man SCOTT GLOVER
The Safety Zone: Action Log
Forum Set on Forest Parking Fee
Stability Marks County Budget NICHOLAS RICCARDI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Anaheim Scott Reckard, (714) 966-7715
Yorba Linda Jasmine Lee, (949) 574-4211
Profit in Shorting Stocks
Man Is Killed When He Leaps in Front of a High-Speed Metrolink Train LOUIS SAHAGUN and PHIL WILLON
Judge Tentatively Denies Motions in Freeway Suit
Security Cameras
Riordan Is Just an Acting Mayor STEVE HARVEY
Quake Damage Case Sent to State High Court MARTHA L. WILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
6th Member Appointed to Board at JeTech BARBARA MURPHY
Valley People
Business Calendar
MTA Should Get Back on Bus
Gas Price Hikes
Tran's Attorneys Claim D.A. Has Shown Bias, Want Office Off Case HARRISON SHEPPARD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
5 Finalists Identified for Top Pierce College Post SOLOMON MOORE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Healthy Economy Leaves Surplus for Welfare CATHERINE SAILLANT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Decathlon Champs Get Heroes' Welcome ERIC C. SANITATE
Forum to Study Risks of Pesticides to Pupils NANCY FORREST
Residents Told of Plan to Reinforce Casitas Dam GARY POLAKOVIC, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fitch IBCA Gives A+ to Hueneme School Bonds BARBARA MURPHY
Government Contract Awards
Dana Point Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Irvine James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Laguna Beach James Meier, (714) 966-5988
Laguna Niguel Rebecca Harris, (949) 574-4205
It's Unseemly To Cast Stones at Strawberry ROBERT SCHEER, Robert Scheer is a Times contributing editor. E-mail: rscheer@aol.com
Annual Rite of Standardized Tests Brings Anxiety to Campuses IRENE GARCIA and ART MARROQUIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Pierce College Narrows Search for President to 5
Airing It Out, for Fun and Profit ROBERTA G. WAX, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Garden Grove Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Jack Kevorkian
'Food Libel' Laws
State Senate Advances 5 Bills Regulating Cosmetic Surgery From Wire and Staff Reports
Obituaries
Fullerton Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Pain at the Pump
He Was 'Everyone's Friend' DAVID HALDANE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Drug Treatment Network Told to Halt New Federal Research TERENCE MONMANEY, TIMES MEDICAL WRITER
Man Killed by Train in Apparent Suicide
Laguna Hills Jason Leopold, (949) 574-4204
Target of Little Saigon Protests Seeks Removal of D.A. From Video Case HARRISON SHEPPARD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
High Court to Rule on Felon's Bid to Forgo Lawyer DANIEL YI and DAVID G. SAVAGE, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Torn Apart by War KURT STREETER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Gets 5 Months in Attempted Cannon Sale
Tom Bane
Tip Leads Searchers to Human Remains
'A Grand Ol' Day' BONNIE HARRIS and CRYSTAL CARREON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Big One--Stanford 9--Puts Schools to the Test IRENE GARCIA and ART MARROQUIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
District Poised to Adjust Its Ethnic Policy KATE FOLMAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It's Time to Move On
6 County Contractors Get Auto Club Awards BARBARA MURPHY
Sheriff Seeks Expert to Fight Harassment TINA DAUNT and ANNE-MARIE O'CONNOR, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Newport Beach Andrew Steven Harris, (949) 574-4232
O.C. Lincoln Club Leader Coalson Morris Dies at 82 JEAN O. PASCO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Props. 187, 209
A Vital Change for Chameleons JOHN L. MITCHELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Police Wound Unarmed Man Who Fled Officers
Ex-Official Pleads No Contest in Theft of Funds
Warner Bros. Names Sound Stage for Eastwood
Pharmavite Signs 10-Year Lease for Valencia Complex
La Habra Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Apparel Label Maker RVL Acquires New Jersey Firm BARBARA MURPHY
Woodbury Is School Where Business Is King Karen Robinson-Jacobs
Nuclear Threat and Kosovo
Golf Tourney Raises $1,000 for Make-A-Wish HOLLY J. WOLCOTT
9 Hurt as School Bus Collides With Pickup
San Juan Capistrano Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Sport Chalet to Open Store in Porter Ranch
Obituaries
Program Presents Entrepreneurs With a Challenge COLL METCALFE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Navy Shows Wild Side at New Center MATT SURMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Cartoonist Roman Signs Deal for Feature Film
Jeweler at Oaks Mall Changes Store Name BARBARA MURPHY
Mistakes Common in Hiring Workers Gary Izumo
Woman Gets 4-Year Term in Death of Her Newborn DEBORAH HAAR
Ex-Altar Boy Barred From Approaching Mahony
Ventura County People
Laguna Woods Jason Leopold, (949) 574-4204
KCLU Fund Drive Sets $75,000 Goal MICHAEL GOTTLIEB
Remains Found in Mountains May Be Teen's TINA DIRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Curb Imperial Power of Prosecutors FRANKLIN E. ZIMRING, Franklin E. Zimring is a professor of law at UC Berkeley
BUSINESS
Changes Afoot at DreamWorks--and Spielberg Will Help Oversee Them CLAUDIA ELLER
A Master Swindler Takes His Turn as Victim JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Surfing Magazine Sets Out to Catch a Wave of Readers LESLIE EARNEST, Leslie Earnest covers retail businesses for The Times. She can be reached at (714) 966-7832 and at leslie.earnest@latimes.com
MasterCard Spending Rose 8% in 1998 Bloomberg News
Nissan Hopes New SUV, Redesigned Cars Give Sales a Lift JOHN O'DELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wynn's Income Remains Steady
Orange County Earnings
US Airways Takes 1st Place in Service Survey From Associated Press
Sell-Off Slams Growth Stocks THOMAS S. MULLIGAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Earnings Reports
Rockwell Posts 17% Gain for 2nd Quarter JONATHAN GAW, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Smaller Lending Companies Post Bigger Yields From Bloomberg News
First American Stock Rises 18% Edmund Sanders
High Court Affirms Indecent-Speech Ruling From Reuters
Orange County Earnings
Anticipating a High Trade Deficit
Financial Services
How IMF Sees It
Real Estate Trends
2 Financial Firms' Profits Beat Forecasts From Bloomberg News
USC Students Win Planning Contest With Arena Study From a Times Staff Writer
Gasoline Prices Fall as Production Rises Bloomberg News
Lots of People Are Walking the Block LESLIE EARNEST, Leslie Earnest covers retail businesses for The Times. She can be reached at (714) 966-7832 and at leslie.earnest@latimes.com
'Cyclical' Stocks Show Muscle, but Will It Last? WALTER HAMILTON
Developments' Success Riding on the Rails MORRIS NEWMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
EU May Yield in Banana Fight After WTO Backs U.S. EVELYN IRITANI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Earnings Watch
Interest Rates Up for 3-, 6-Month T-Bills Associated Press
More On Tech Bloomberg News
REIT Stocks: Time for Turnaround?
Immigrants' American Dream: Add Stocks, Retirement Plan SUZY HAGSTROM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in HIV Settlement From Bloomberg News
Interstate Electronics to Be Sold to Lockheed Spinoff From Bloomberg News
South Coast Plaza Publishes Drawing of Planned Bridge LESLIE EARNEST, Leslie Earnest covers retail businesses for The Times. She can be reached at (714) 966-7832 and at leslie.earnest@latimes.com
BellSouth Will Acquire a 10% Stake in Qwest From Reuters
Santa Ana's Town Square Getting Face Lift LESLIE EARNEST, Leslie Earnest covers retail businesses for The Times. She can be reached at (714) 966-7832 and at leslie.earnest@latimes.com
GM, Toyota Team Up to Develop Technologies DONALD W. NAUSS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Merger Plan Likely to Delay EToys Stock Sale Debora Vrana
Company Town Film Profit Report
More On Tech Karen Kaplan
Sumitomo Sells Finance Unit to GE Capital Bloomberg News
'Sector' Bets Offer Ways to Play Cyclicals A Times Staff Writer
More On Tech
Mid-State Bank to Buy City Commerce Bloomberg News
Aetna Sued Under Anti-Racketeering Law Associated Press
Pilots Granted Stay on Damages Payment Reuters
Court Rejects Viacom's Claim to TV Rights for Spider-Man MICHAEL A. HILTZIK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Looking for Value in Russia's Vimpel and in Pillowtex JAMES PELTZ and MICHAEL HILTZIK
Crescent CEO Gets Hefty Stock-Options Package From Bloomberg News
New Net Stock Warnings Issued Amid Tech-Heavy Nasdaq's Tumble Times Staff and Wire Reports
Ticker Talk: News and Notes Bloomberg News
U.S. Wine Exports Increased 20% in 1998 Reuters
No Decision Yet on Telecom Italia Deal From Bloomberg News
President Let Go at Programming Unit of Diller's USA Networks BRIAN LOWRY
Hertz Group Seeks to Sell Former University Club Site From a Times Staff Writer
DEALS : Bally Total Fitness Signs $10-Million Lease at Imperial Centre
Arena Venture to Seek Entertainment District JESUS SANCHEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More On Tech Bloomberg News
DreamWorks Buys Playa Vista Property JAMES BATES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NEWS
For Nation's Scam Artists, Crime Really Does Pay JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Turkey's Gray Wolves Nip at Heels of Power AMBERIN ZAMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Debate Rises on Mediation of Proposition 187 DAN MORAIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Black Workers Say Agency Is Biased From Times Wire Reports
A Tribute to the Lowrider SUSAN CARPENTER
Emergency Talks on East Timor Planned From Times Wire Reports
Judge Refuses to Reject Report That Found Breast Implants Safe From Associated Press
Report Faults Energy Dept. on Security From Associated Press
A Right Not to Have a Lawyer? DAVID G. SAVAGE
Mayor to Unveil Rosiest Budget in Recent Years JIM NEWTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Little Call for Remedies by Phone
Much Ado About a Box of Beans SANDY BANKS
Today's Living Best Bets
An Indelible Love of Free Tacos NANCY WRIDE
NATO May Have Hit Civilians in Convoy, General Says JOEL HAVEMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
500 Gather to Mark Bomb Anniversary From Times Wire Reports
Environmentalists Keep Finding Reason to Celebrate PATT MORRISON
Support Grows for Inspections of Amusement Park Attractions NANCY HILL-HOLTZMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
On the Web
War Wrap-Up
Berlin Regains Its Old Role as Germany's Hub CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
GOP's Hard Sell: Showing How Bad It Is MARK Z. BARABAK, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Hunt for Grissom's Space Capsule Begins From Times Wire Reports
Charity Scorecard HEATHER STEWART JORDEN
Neo-Nazis Claim Bomb Responsibility From Times Wire Reports
Florida Wildfires Force Highway Closure MIKE CLARY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mars Surveyor Scientists Working on Balky Antenna From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Transsexual Awarded $755,000 Over Strip-Search From Associated Press
Animal Activists Win Standing in 2 High Court Rulings DAVID G. SAVAGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Migrants' New Roots Transform Rural Life BETTINA BOXALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Behind the Mask--and Ducks' Playoff Bid DIANE PUCIN
Obituaries
What's Gore Trying to Eliminate? It's the Talk of the Town GERALDINE BAUM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Kids in Town MELANIE NEFF and PETER YOON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Sudden Heart Death Family Link Found From Times Wire Reports
Assisted-Suicide Debate Shifts to State MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Discovery of Arms Caches May Destabilize Macedonia T. CHRISTIAN MILLER and ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Involvement Opportunities
Amanda Shanklin / Track
When Less Is More KATHRYN BOLD
New Kids in Town PETER YOON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Brotherhood of Music JOSE CARDENAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Snow Lovers Get on Board for Breast Cancer BOOTH MOORE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Walks Help Guide Direction of the L.A. River BRENDA REES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
European Telecom Deal to Be Announced From Associated Press
Jet Crash May Symbolize Failure in Life CYNTHIA RICHMOND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Battle for Kosovo Shows Europe Still Needs U.S. JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Oil Blockade Option Rejected by France, Italy, Greece JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and ROBIN WRIGHT, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
School Helps Ground Uprooted Children MARC LACEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Military Out in Farce for Foundation Fund-Raiser ANN CONWAY
How to Make This Weekend Matter LYNN O'DELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Probe Sought Into Century Freeway Flaw VIRGINIA ELLIS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Story of Layered Oppression MICHAEL HARRIS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
After 15 Days Alone, Refugee Speaks to Dad ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
He Hates Her Pager: Truly, Madly, Beeply MARTIN MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton Asks for $6 Billion for War on Yugoslavia NORMAN KEMPSTER and JOEL HAVEMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Hardcore on Hard Court DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jeff Wootton / Volleyball
ENTERTAINMENT
Eddie Murphy's Charmed 'Life' ROBERT W. WELKOS
Holding History and Hope Up to the Light NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, TIMES ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
Tomorrow In Calendar
Violinist Shaham's Recital Shows That He's a Serious Romantic RICHARD S. GINELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Alexander Quartet Plays With Energy, Control DANIEL CARIAGA, TIMES MUSIC WRITER
For the Record
Finding Child Care: Nightmare on Your Street LYNNE HEFFLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Dress' Delights as It Irons Love's Wrinkles T.H. McCULLOH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Actresses and Fear of the 'M' Role BRIAN LOWRY
Dinner Benefit for Young Actors Company
Pianist Pasqua Leads Worthy Tribute to Byard DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Reporter Arnett Departing CNN ELIZABETH JENSEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ensemble Brings Schnittke's Haunting Works Vividly to Life MARK SWED, TIMES MUSIC CRITIC
Ayckbourn's 'Garden' Sprouts Funny Romance at SCR DON SHIRLEY, TIMES THEATER WRITER
Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services And The Nation's Press. SHAUNA SNOW
SPORTS
El Toro Wins Tournament Thanks to Throwing Error MARTIN HENDERSON
Top To Bottom / Nhl HELENE ELLIOTT
A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here. EARL GUSTKEY
Flores a Big Winner Going Away BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rambis Gets His Point Across TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ford Must Have Some Insomnia LONNIE WHITE
Rockets Have Right Touch From Associated Press
Clippers Cry Foul After Latest Defeat LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hawkins Ends Nine-Month Losing Streak From Associated Press
Johnson Has a Choice to Make JASON REID
After He Turned 17, the 'Shoe' Really Fit EARL GUSTKEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Week Ahead
Glaus Makes Progress at Plate MIKE DiGIOVANNA
THERE IN SPIRIT : DiSarcina Knows About Life on the Disabled List, but Teammates Who've Been on DL Have Plenty of Advice JOHN WEYLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
African Dominance Continues With Commanding Victories From Associated Press
Nothing Average About O'Neal's Play TIM KAWAKAMI
Richardson the Blocking Back for the NFL in L.A. T.J. SIMERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cypress Defeats Riverside
Stars Are Plenty, but What's Lacking Is Greatness HELENE ELLIOTT
Braves Can't Get Enough of Perez JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
He's Convinced That This Bruin Is All Bear MAL FLORENCE
Kings to Seek New Line of Ascension JIM HODGES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Visalia Breaks Open Game With Nine Runs in 5th, 6th
Unseasonably Warm ELLIOTT TEAFORD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In other softball games:
Bengals, Redskins Release Veterans O'Donnell, Allen From Staff and Wire Reports
In Century League golf:
Alumni Report
Kennedy's Success Gets Expensive for Booster DAVE DESMOND
U.S. Baseball Team Unbeaten at Junior Pan Am Games
The World On A String LAUREN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Edmonds to Have Shoulder Surgery MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Her Religion Is Opponents' Biggest Ally SCOTT MOE
Cappuccilli Has Grown as a Hitter MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rockies Overtake Expos With Own Late Surge From Associated Press
Reluctant Coach Balks at Team's Mark to Dye For From Staff Reports
Boys
Sailer, Walendy to Sign With 49ers
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