What happened on December 05, 1999

MAGAZINE

Solo in the City ALLISON ADATO, Allison Adato is based in New York City. This is her first piece for the magazine
Planet of the Ppuppets Russ Spencer
Keeping the World Straight When Memory Is a Trickster PATT MORRISON
Are Movie Theaters the Real Dinosaurs?
Since When Are Bikes Gender-Specific?
High Lights A. Grey Le Cuyer
The Only Game in Town S. IRENE VIRBILA
In Praise of Francesca Lia Block's Simply, Playful and Colorful Language
The Pinnacle of a Distinguished Career
Hummer Lovin' Monica Corcoran
Too Much Emphasis on JPL's Malina and Not Enough Attention to Von Karman
Let Them Shake Salt Mark Ehrman
Tea and China Leilah Bernstein
Gut Check At Mach 1 ALAN ABRAHAMSON, Alan Abrahamson, a Times staff writer, last wrote for the magazine about a Los Angeles couple's fight to collect on a Holocaust-era life insurance policy
Saving Art by the Sheet Dianne Bates
The Sport of Exiles JESSE KATZ, Jesse Katz is a Times national correspondent. His last piece for the magazine was on Southwest Airlines
Jenny Armit, Interior Designer Leslee Komaiko
Viva la Diffa MICHELLE HUNEVEN, Michelle Huneven's last article for the magazine was on Chinese cooking. She is the author of "Round Rock," a novel

REAL ESTATE

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

All Eyes on DMX SOREN BAKER, Soren Baker writes about hip-hop for Calendar
Recordings JOHN HENKEN
Recordings DANIEL CARIAGA
A Year-End Rally for Rock En Espanol Two recent releases display the budding genre's true vitality. ERNESTO LECHNER
Small Faces
Recordings : Rattle Delivers Decadent Treats MARK SWED
Ring In the New
Symphonic Corea, Solitary Jarrett, and More DON HECKMAN, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer
Allow Her to Illuminate DARYL H. MILLER, Daryl H. Miller is a Los Angeles-based entertainment reporter
Recordings Mark Swed
Best Bets / DECEMBER 5-11, 1999
Two Troupes Making NoHo Their Home DON SHIRLEY, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
Back to the Cradle of Conflict JOHN CLARK
Y2K: Trailer-Compliant Kathleen Craughwell
Building a Vision From the Ground Up HUNTER DROHOJOWSKA-PHILP, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is a frequent contributor to Calendar
From Eternity to Here SCARLET CHENG, Scarlet Cheng is a frequent contributor to Calendar
One Giant Leap AMY WALLACE, Amy Wallace is a Times staff writer
Going Against the Usual Wisdom CHRISTOPHER NOXON, Christopher Noxon is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer
Pointe Shoe Confidential JENNIFER FISHER, Jennifer Fisher was last seen in pointe shoes in 1971
Aida, Meet Elton PATRICK PACHECO, Patrick Pacheco is a regular contributor to Calendar
MTV Aims to Keep It Totally Honest on 'Total Request Live' STEVE HOCHMAN

BUSINESS

SPORTS

BOOKS

OPINION

The Silence That Won't Go Away Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto is the author of the novel "Why She Left Us."
Skewered in Seattle John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge are U.S. correspondents for the Economist. Their new book, "A Future Perfect: The Essentials of Globalization," will be published in May
Make Those Airports Tighter
Register Your Car and Your Commitment SHERRY LANSING, Sherry Lansing is a member of the UC Board of Regents and chairman of Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group. Information on the AIDS research license plate: http://www.4acure.org
Is Villaraigosa a True Consensus-Builder? Steve Scott, Steve Scott is political editor of California Journal, a nonpartisan monthly that covers California government and politics
Finding Neighborhoods in L.A.
Separate Schools
Lost and Found
Blue Line Accidents
Drug War
Skewered in Seattle Walter Russell Mead, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition." and that they could not agree on an alternative agenda
Elian Gonzalez
Don't Complete the Belmont Learning Complex Ira Reiner, Ira Reiner, a former L.A. district attorney, was executive director and chief counsel of the Belmont Independent Commission
Najee Ali
Internet Access
Democratic Convention
Another Step Toward Peace, Another Obstacle Kelly Candaele, Kelly Candaele is a contributing writer for Irish America Magazine and has written extensively on Northern Ireland for several national publications
Dictators
Seeking to Be the 'Founder,' Arafat Tightens His Grasp Amy Wilentz, Amy Wilentz, who has written about Israel for the New Yorker, is now working on a book about Israel
Lee Kuan Yew David Lamb, David Lamb is Southeast Asia bureau chief for The Times
When Politics Is Also Psychology Peter Wolson, Peter Wolson, a psychoanalyst, is director of training at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies
Why Not Create the $100,000 Teacher? LOWELL MILKEN, Lowell Milken is chairman and co-founder of the Santa Monica-based Milken Family Foundation. His report "A Matter of Quality: a Strategy for Assuring the High Quality of America's Teachers" is available at http://www.mff.org
Deaths From Medical Error
Hospital Errors' High Cost

TRAVEL

Food for Thought and Stomachs in Indonesia KARIN ESTERHAMMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
D.C. Monument to Close for Repairs ASSOCIATED PRESS
California Corner LAURIE K. SCHENDEN
Millennium Countdown
All Aboard
Small Pleasures
Is Bigger Better?
Latin American Savings in High Season ARTHUR FROMMER
Hyatt to Open Resort Near Vegas
If Fares Drop, Fliers Are Due a Refund--Maybe CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Stolen Moment
Smithsonian to Open Hall Devoted to Africa
A City Girl Learns About Taking to the Woods--Without Help From a Man SUSAN SPANO, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
In Canada, Schuss Farther on Packages LUCY IZON, Lucy Izon is a Toronto-based freelance travel writer and author of "Izon's Backpacker Journal." Internet http://www.izon.com
Tips for Staying on the Slopes and Out of the ER KATHLEEN DOHENY, Kathleen Doheny can be reached at kdoheny@compuserve.com
Cruise Ship Scores
Hawaii Plans Fee for Diamond Head
Touring Hawaiian Coffee, Sugar Farms
Cooking Up Some Shipboard Memories SHIRLEY SLATER and HARRY BASCH, Shirley Slater and Harry Basch travel as guests of the cruise lines. Cruise Views appears the first and third week of every month
Transcending Time at Taos GRACE LICHTENSTEIN, Grace Lichtenstein, who formerly covered the Rocky Mountain West for the New York Times, lives in Corrales, N.M., and New York City
Jackson's Blazing New Trails DAVID GONZALES, David Gonzales is a freelance writer and photographer in Jackson Hole, Wyo
Hitting the Sand at Huntington, Bolsa Chica JOHN McKINNEY
Getting Instant Photo-Gratification JUDI DASH
Culver City Culture
Getting Those Toddling Tots on the Ski Slopes EILEEN OGINTZ
Bitten by the June Bug DAN BLACKBURN, Dan Blackburn is a freelance writer and television correspondent in Los Angeles
Five Winners in the Wasatch JOHN BRILEY, John Briley is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C

What happened on December 05, 1999

MAGAZINE

Solo in the City ALLISON ADATO, Allison Adato is based in New York City. This is her first piece for the magazine

Planet of the Ppuppets Russ Spencer

Keeping the World Straight When Memory Is a Trickster PATT MORRISON

High Lights A. Grey Le Cuyer

The Only Game in Town S. IRENE VIRBILA

Hummer Lovin' Monica Corcoran

Let Them Shake Salt Mark Ehrman

Tea and China Leilah Bernstein

Gut Check At Mach 1 ALAN ABRAHAMSON, Alan Abrahamson, a Times staff writer, last wrote for the magazine about a Los Angeles couple's fight to collect on a Holocaust-era life insurance policy

Saving Art by the Sheet Dianne Bates

The Sport of Exiles JESSE KATZ, Jesse Katz is a Times national correspondent. His last piece for the magazine was on Southwest Airlines

Jenny Armit, Interior Designer Leslee Komaiko

Viva la Diffa MICHELLE HUNEVEN, Michelle Huneven's last article for the magazine was on Chinese cooking. She is the author of "Round Rock," a novel

REAL ESTATE

Disabling Fireplace Damper Keeps Home Safe From Fumes BARRY STONE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Malibu Buyer Is His Newest Role Ruth Ryon

Written Rental Contract Is Always Best KEVIN POSTEMA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Bay Area Gaining on Southland in High-End Sales JENNIFER OLDHAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Inspection Can Keep Fireplace Usage Safe GARY ABRAMS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

R.I. Sues Makers of Lead Paint From Inman News Features

Awash in Elegance KATHY PRICE-ROBINSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Furnace Tuneup Cuts Bills JAMES DULLEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Mystery Amplifies Grief at Service for Huntington Couple BONNIE HARRIS, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Parks 'Passport' Touts Area Sites STEPHANIE STASSEL

Harold Wertz; 'Bouncy' in 'Our Gang' Films MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Yvonne Chan : Education First, Partitioning the District Second, Says Charter Reformer BOB RECTOR

Changes Planned After Jail Clash LOUISE ROUG and JACK LEONARD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Episcopalians Plan Ecology Campaign LARRY B. STAMMER, TIMES RELIGION WRITER

Squatters Go Upscale Across the Valley SUE FOX, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Dralions and Acrobats and Clowns, Oh My! T.H. McCULLOH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

'Blue Ribbon' School's Move Criticized MARTHA GROVES, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER

WTO Focus on Trade Threatens Family Farms JIM CHURCHILL, Jim Churchill grows tangerines and avocados in Ojai. E-mail him at jrchurchill@earthlink.net

Creation of Superagency a Catalyst for Calamity CATHERINE SAILLANT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Jekyll and Hyde Go Shopping AL MARTINEZ

Van Hits Boy as He Runs From Police HOLLY J. WOLCOTT

Students Chart PATH of Resistance to Sex KRISTINA SAUERWEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Area Schools Called Tops for Latinos ANNA GORMAN

Put Tobacco Settlement Cash to Good Use WILLIAM AULENBACH, The Rev. William Aulenbach is a retired clergyman connected with St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Laguna Beach and is co-chair of the Interfaith Coalition

Home-Buying Course Offered by Agency MATT SURMAN

A Meal Steeped in History KAREN NEWELL YOUNG, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Bicyclist Seriously Injured in Collision With Van ANNA GORMAN

Why Did It Take a Crisis to Point Out Long-Term Problems? STEVE MAULHARDT, Steve Maulhardt is a certified public accountant and former executive director of the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce. E-mail him at SMaulhardt@aol.com

450 Firefighters Battle Blaze in Ventura County ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Attorneys Give Legal Aid, Comfort to Needy ROBERTO J. MANZANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Preaching Earthly Concerns LARRY B. STAMMER and SEEMA MEHTA, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Woman Dies in Simi Valley House Blaze HOLLY J. WOLCOTT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Cultivating Gardens of Self-Sufficiency PAULINE ARRILLAGA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

From Wright Brothers to 'Right Stuff,' a Dream Took Wing, Took Over DAVID FOSTER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Special Events for the Holidays ANN SHIELDS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Republicans Propose Infrastructure Fund for Rebuilding GEORGE RUNNER, Republican Assemblyman George Runner represents Lancaster, Palmdale and Santa Clarita

When The Reading Light Went On MARIA ELENA DURAZO, Maria Elena Durazo, 46, president of Hotel and Restaurant Employees Local 11 and commissioner, city of Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Parks:

New Mexico Could Be the Poster Child for Hunger in America PAULINE ARRILLAGA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Attacks Spur Call for Cougar Hunts LUIS CABRERA, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Baker Provided an Opportunity for Change DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Brush Fire Consumes 3,330 Acres ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

State Farm Suit Seeks Return of Data Critics Say Indicate Redlining JOHN M. GLIONNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Worshipers Visit Replica of the Virgin of Guadalupe HOLLY J. WOLCOTT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Fan Slaps Leno With Suit After In-Your-Face T-Shirt Giveaway ANN W. O'NEILL

Many in O.C. Will Ring In 2000 in Style ANN CONWAY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Man Killed by Police Is Identified SUE FOX

Episcopalians Plan Ecology Campaign LARRY B. STAMMER, TIMES RELIGION WRITER

Going Off the Beaten Path : Volunteers Work to Clear a Rancho Mission Viejo Trail DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Why Overpay on the Eve of Y2K? KATE FOLMAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Shell Game : Hollow female sculptures inspire strong reactions in Ventura College show. JOSEF WOODARD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Special Education's Value: Dignity, Not Dollars and Cents BILL BOWMAN, Bill Bowman is executive director of Regional Center of Orange County, a nonprofit organization to help people with developmental disabilities and their families

Corporate Logos Help Add Some Green to Needy Parks' Budgets NICHOLAS RICCARDI, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Their Story Inspired 'Ramona' CECILIA RASMUSSEN

Officials Identify Woman Killed in Crash in Tarzana SUE FOX

Amgen Sponsors Habitat Project ANNA GORMAN

Newest Squatters Are Going Upscale Across the Valley SUE FOX, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Ice Age Giant Is Going . . . Going . . . STEVE CHAWKINS

Stevie Wonder Asks About Eye Surgery JEFF WILSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Reporter's Contribution to the Latino Movement AGUSTIN GURZA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

For Baker, It Was a Tale of Two Counties TINA DIRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

The Powers That Be BILL OVEREND, Bill Overend is editor of the Ventura County Edition of The Times

Titles on 'Tender Topics' WILLOUGHBY MARIANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Ventura Attorney Is County Bar Chief TRACY WILSON