Archive for Tuesday, December 07, 1999

Keeping Judaism Young

• Home for the Holidays - Seabees Get Warm Welcome on Return From 7-Month Assignment in Europe By Tony Lystra

• Living With Pearl Harbor Memories By H G. Reza

• Demand Soaring for Flights of Fancy Trappings By Michael P. Lucas

• MacDonald Killers Won’t Face Death By Richard Marosi

• Many Smaller Businesses Flying Away By Martha L. Willman

• Van Nuys Airport Emerging as Jet Center By Martha L. Willman

• Flight Schools Often Grounded by Unfavorable Economics By Bob Howard

• Arraignment Set for Slain Boys’ Mother By Tracy Wilson

• At-Risk Students Get Free Computers By Caitlin Liu

• An Honest Answer, but Not Exactly Full Disclosure By Steve Harvey

• Card-Server Business Booming in Cyberspace By Karen Robinson-Jacobs

• Area Firm Landed Mars Contract By Catherine Blake

• Muslims, Jews Sign Agreement By Jessica Garrison

• Ford Drives Ford in Right Direction By Kevin J. Sweeney

• Prosecutors Delay Caro Arraignment Date By Tracy Wilson

• Supervisors to Consider Plan Against Fire Ants By David Reyes

• Baton Rogue - Fabio Mechetti, who conducts in Washington, Florida and Rio, goes wherever the music takes him. This week it’s Costa Mesa. By Chris Pasles

• Sunday Night Shows at Comedy Club Will Benefit Boyle Heights Bakery

• Officials Offer Tax Funds for Juvenile Hall By Catherine Saillant

• Popular Credit Union Moves to Bigger Quarters By Gail Davis

• Many Smaller Businesses and Users Take Off By Martha L. Willman

• Transforming Disabled Students’ Lives With Flip of Switches By Ana Cholo-Tipton

• Terrorism Rends a Time Meant for Peace By Larry Gordon

• Second Man Sentenced in Kidnapping By Jessica Garrison

• Trustees to Meet Tonight on Gay Alliance Club By Kate Folmar and Marissa Espino

• LA PALMA By Andre Briscoe, (714) 966-5848

• SAN CLEMENTE By Eric C Sanitate, (949) 248-2152

• Internet Access Provider NetZero Acquires AimTV

• Man Found Dead in Lexus Identified as Israeli Citizen

• Like It or Not, We’re All in the Same Boat By Robert Scheer

• Council Chooses Schoolteacher Sandy Smith as City’s Mayor By Gail Davis

• LA HABRA By Geoffrey C. Upton, (714) 520-2508

• Purported ‘Former’ Con Man Is Sentenced Anew

• Nominations Sought for Teachers Award By Tony Lystra

• SANTA ANA By Chris Ceballos, (714) 966-7440

• City May Get Court Order to Access Land By Patrick Mcgreevy

• FULLERTON By Geoffrey C. Upton, (714) 520-2508

• PLACENTIA By Deniene Husted, (714) 520-2503

• Libraries to Expand Program for Porn-Free Web Sites By Patrick Mcgreevy

• THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

• Hoping to Avoid a Technical Knockout By Chris Ceballos

• Weather Forces Shelters to Open By Irene Garcia

• DANA POINT By Eric C Sanitate, (949) 248-2152

• Cell Research: Welcome Controls

• Majority on Council Against Rail By Megan Garvey and Judy Silber

• Obituaries

• Ventura County Sheriff, D.A. Agree to Give Up Surplus Taxes By Catherine Saillant

• Man Hospitalized After Jumping in Front of Train

• GARDEN GROVE By Chris Ceballos, (714) 966-7440

• Auditions for School of American Ballet Are Jan. 8

• Electronic Clearing House Nets $1.3 Million in Income

• Anaheim Council Votes to Fight Light Rail Plan

• Teen Challenge Gets Help From Inmates By Tony Lystra

• Obituaries

• Action Expected on Plan to Eradicate Fire Ants

• 2 Seriously Injured in Head-On Crash By Katie Cooper

• VALLEY PEOPLE

• City Pursues Land for Potential Police Station

• ORANGE By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879

• Jutland Buys Professional Wrestling Alliance Corp.

• LAKE FOREST By Alex Katz, (949) 574-4206

• LAGUNA WOODS By Deepa Bharath, (949) 574-4205

• Anti-Trade Route Is Loser for Democrats By James P. Pinkerton

• ANAHEIM By Judy Silber, (714) 966-5988

• Permanent Injunction Against Gang Set Back by LAPD Corruption Probe

• SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO By Kenneth Ma, (949) 248-2157

• Valencia Bank Acquires First Valley National

• HUNTINGTON BEACH By Jim Perez, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 21

• Patagonia Lauded for Working Conditions, Environmentalism By Gail Davis

• Southeast County Group Wants Out of L.A. Schools

• Navy Seabees Return From 7 Months in Kosovo

• Group Sues District Over Document By Gary Polakovic

• State Treasurer Refuses to Back 91 Express Lanes Bond Issue By Meg James and Megan Garvey

• NovaStor Releases Latest Online Backup Software By Rodney Bosch

• FOUNTAIN VALLEY By Jim Perez, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 21

• Man Sentenced in Ambush

• NEWPORT BEACH By S J. Cahn, (949) 574-4268

• Library to Widen Use of Computers Filtered for Children By Patrick Mcgreevy

• BANKRUPTCY FILINGS

• IRVINE By Kristiane M. Ridgway, (949) 764-4309

• Panel Rejects Fee for Brush Inspection By Patrick Mcgreevy

• LAGUNA NIGUEL By Deepa Bharath, (949) 574-4204

• SEAL BEACH By Alex Murashko, (714) 966-5974

• YORBA LINDA By Jasmine Lee, (714) 520-2513

• VILLA PARK By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879

• Wife of Slain Officer Puts Blame on ‘Lie’ By Evelyn Larrubia

• Ex-Principal and Spouse Charged With Theft By Louis Sahagun

• TUSTIN By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879

• CYPRESS By Andre Briscoe, (714) 966-5848

• BUENA PARK By Ana Cholo-Tipton, (714) 966-5890

• BREA By David Ryan, (714) 520-2511

• Judge’s Suit Accuses Police of Racial Profiling By David Rosenzweig

• Chernobyl Up From the Grave

• Cabdriver Killed in Wreck Was an Anaheim Resident By Matthew Ebnet

• Variflex Net Income Down Slightly; Revenues Up By Rodney Bosch

• Countrywide Acquires Balboa Life and Casualty

• GOVERNMENT CONTRACT AWARDS

• It Wasn’t a Very Merrill Time Either By Steve Harvey

• Right Step on Cable Access

• Pierce College Explores Uses for 240-Acre Farm

• LAGUNA HILLS By Dana Bushee, (949) 574-4207

• Democracy Will Come, but Land First By Daoud Kuttab

• No Brush Fee, Fewer Inspections Urged

• Israel, Say No to Torture

• Plea Ends Case Involving Lie, Officer’s Death By Evelyn Larrubia

• Standard & Poor’s Adds THQ to SmallCap Index

• LAGUNA BEACH By Tricia Schwennesen, (949) 248-2168

• MISSION VIEJO By Sean Kirwan, (949) 574-4202

• BUSINESS CALENDAR

• Homestore.com Enters Into E-Commerce Alliance By Rodney Bosch

• Ahmanson Ranch Plan Endangered by Rare Plant By Margaret Talev

• BUSINESS CALENDAR

• Council to Discuss Funds for Homeless By Stacy Brown

• EOS Signs Distribution Pact With British Power Solutions Company By Rodney Bosch

• VENTURA COUNTY PEOPLE

• Hawker Pacific to Overhaul China Southern Airplanes

• SMTEK Reports Drop in Income; Revenues Increase By Rodney Bosch

• Dick Clark to Produce More Episodes of ‘Greed’

• Meeting Sows Seeds of Hope for Future of Pierce College Farm By Solomon Moore

• Remembering Pearl By H G. Reza

• LOS ALAMITOS By Ana Cholo-Tipton, (714) 966-5890

• Keeping Faith With Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Image By Agustin Gurza

• COSTA MESA By Alex Coolman, (949) 574-4268

• STANTON By Judy Silber, (714) 966-5988

• Officials Seek Listing of Rare Plant to Stop Ahmanson Ranch By Margaret Talev

• WESTMINSTER By Alex Murashko, (714) 966-5974

• Experts Sow Seeds of Hope for Pierce Farm By Solomon Moore

• Litton Sells Moorpark Facility to Calabasas BCD By Rodney Bosch

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

• TOUGH ENOUGH By Bill Plaschke

• Fitting In - Ducks’ Cullen Learning What It Takes to Be Successful as a Center in the NHL By Elliott Teaford

• Redell Answers the Call by Joining Oaks Christian By Eric Sondheimer

• ‘Greatest Comeback’ Preceded 49ers’ NFC West Dominance By Earl Gustkey

• Mater Dei Gets Off to Customary Start

• First Victory Gives Caldwell Much More Positive Outlook By Lon Eubanks

• Buccaneers Are Kings for a Day By Steve Springer

• Monmouth Gives DePaul a Rough Ride

• THE HOT CORNER By Earl Gustkey

• Boxer Died of Head Injuries

• ON THE DEFENSIVE By Bob Oates

• The Best Stories of Year That Could Have Been By Randy Harvey

• Decision on Beltre’s Status Expected at End of Next Week By Ross Newhan

• Moorpark Wins State Wrestling Title

• Harvard-Westlake Relies on Lakey

• Bruins Are a Few Steps Away From Another Banner Year By Scott Moe

• Football Playoff Matchups

• Huntington Beach Wins in OT

• Taylor Gets Up, Puts Flames Down

• Baseball, ESPN See Air of Ways By Larry Stewart

• City Isn’t Problem, Circles in Which He Travels Are By Mal Florence

• Clippers Just Feel Heat in the End By Lonnie White

• Seattle’s Canty Still Groggy

• NHL TOP TO BOTTOM By Helene Elliott

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Paige A. Leech

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Mike Bresnahan

• Ferraro Wishes Kings Well, but … By Helene Elliott

• This Ending May Not Have a Nice Ring to It By Steve Springer

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By John Ortega

• Palffy Questionable for Wednesday’s Game By Jim Hodges

• BOYS’ SOCCER

• Crescenta Valley Defensive Lapses Open Door for Hart, 3-1 By Chris Shaffer

• MIGHTY DUCKS REPORT By Chris Foster

• Kings Suffer Surprising Loss to Nets

• TONIGHT By Steve Henson and Lon Eubanks

• Dao Advances at Teammates’ Expense By Steve Galluzzo

• State Mark for Rushing Could Fall to Marshall By Dave Desmond

• Northridge Gets Rid of Aftertaste By Vince Kowalick

• Ramsay Sees the Potential By Lonnie White

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Dave Desmond

• Westbrook Accuses Official

• Haller Joins Practice but Isn’t Ready to Play By Elliott Teaford

• Chatsworth’s Drell Back in Form By Eric Sondheimer

• DUCK SOUP

• Bailey Among Trio Rewarded By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Turner Has More Tough Luck By Mike Terry

• Mater Dei Tournament Has Elite Field By Melanie Neff

• CS Northridge Bounces Back By Vince Kowalick

• Bryant to Become a Starter Soon By Tim Kawakami

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Steve Henson

• ICE DOGS REPORT

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Mike Bresnahan

Plunging Ahead

• Year in Review

• Year in Review

• Year in Review

• PREPNET / SPEAKOUT

• Ending Centuries of Illiteracy By Dexter Filkins

• A Changing Picture By Beverly Beyette

• Billionaire’s Death Blamed on Employee By John-Thor Dahlburg

• ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

• R.M. Eakin; Professor Depicted Famed Scientists By Myrna Oliver

• Chechens Warned to Flee City or Die By Richard C. Paddock

• 13-Year-Old Shoots Four Schoolmates By Claudia Kolker

• Amid U.S.-Cuba Storm, Boy Gets a Party By Mike Clary

• Wherever We Go in the Southland, We’re Java Talking By Marnell Jameson

• A New Drama Begins After Play Is Canceled By Elizabeth Mehren

• Gibson’s Vision of the Future Grows Fuzzy Around the Edges By Michael Harris

• Dorothy Allison; Volunteered to Aid Police as ‘Psychic’ By Myrna Oliver

• This Probably Wouldn’t Work for No. 2 Pencils By Booth Moore

• Jewish Groups Scrambling to Sign Dodgers’ New Star By Karen Alexander

• Trail Blazers By Dan Arritt

• Hibernian Eyes Were Smiling at American-Ireland Benefit By Patt Diroll

• Elizabeth Gray Vining; Quaker Who Tutored Japan’s Emperor-to-Be By Elaine Woo

• Mars Probe Still Silent; Outlook Bleak

• Park’s Solid Play Jump-Starts Villa Park By Peter Yoon

• California Classroom

• Quotas to Slash Take of Some Fish Species By Bettina Boxall

• Settlement Expansion Stalls Mideast Talks By Rebecca Trounson

• Officials Destroyed Records on Native Americans, Judge Says By Robert L. Jackson

• Picky Pilot Gets Fired

• INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• 105 Killed in Latest Floods to Hit Vietnam

• Good Times Yield Child Care Crisis By Beth Shuster

• Good Times Yield Child Care Crisis By Beth Shuster and Karen Alexander

• Supreme Court to Reconsider Miranda Rights By David G. Savage

• 2 Troubled Teens Remain at Large, 5 Found After Escaping Utah Camp

• Brea Is Looking to Make History By Ben Bolch

• Former Rwandan Militia Leader Guilty of Genocide

• Man Charged in Slaying

• Ex-Politicians Never Can Say Goodbye By Faye Fiore

• Remains of 2 More People Found Near Juarez

• Reform Party Votes to Move Convention From Long Beach

• Labor Pinch Has Midwest Pitching Woo By Don Lee

• Nightmare Stirs Up Religion, Sexuality By Cynthia Richmond

• Trail Blazers By Dan Arritt

• Airline-Maintenance Firm Convicted of 9 Violations Linked to ValuJet Crash By Mike Clary

• Reports Detail Cycle of Violence in Kosovo By Paul Watson

• Question Corner - What Are You Doing Over the Holidays?

• Man Arrested in Slayings of 5 Women

• On Several Fronts, President Targeting Major Medical Errors

• Toll Road Transfer Deal Bothers State Treasurer By Meg James and Megan Garvey

• The Art of the Coffee Order

• Hannah’s Hanukkah By Mel Gilden

• Ramadan, Season of Restraint By Sandy Banks

• Fund Begun for 6 Massacre Funerals

• Davis Seeks EPA Waiver for Gas Conversion

• Drug Treatment for Imprisoned Addicts Backed By Eric Lichtblau

• Alleged Crime Boss Can Run for Duma By Richard C. Paddock

• Marriage Initiative Authors Challenge Its Renaming By Jenifer Warren

• Panel Finds 54,000 Possible Holocaust Accounts in Swiss Banks

• Social Security Age Projection Questioned By Robert A. Rosenblatt

• Army Engineers Agree to Help Build L.A. Schools By Doug Smith

• Shocking Street Attack Puts N.Y. Senate Race in Focus By Josh Getlin

• No Knockouts but Many Jabs at GOP Debate By Mark Z. Barabak

• Jokes & Riddles

• LAUGH LINES

Advice to 24-Year-Old: Sit Tight and Salt It Away

• Coca-Cola CEO Ivester to End Troubled Reign By Greg Johnson

• Ex-AT&T Executive to Head Global Crossing Web Unit By Karen Kaplan

• Cedar Fair to Ink Deal Today for Water Park By E. Scott Reckard

• Area Apartment Values, Rents to Continue to Climb By Bob Howard

• Rates Decline on Short-Term T-Bills

• Shares Tumble as J.C. Penney Cuts Quarterly Cash Dividend

• Family Limited Partnerships Can Be the Answer for Some By Liz Pulliam

• Ticker Talk

• DEALS

• Ford Says Global Warming Exists

• Seagram Mulling Moves for Internet Assets

• ColorMax’s Color Vision Treatment OKd By Robin Fields

• AT&T to Spin Off Wireless Group With IPO to Boost Ailing Stock By Elizabeth Douglass

• Stock Guru’s Rumored Move Denied

• Pittston to Sell Coal Unit, Fold Into One Stock

• Projected November Fund Flows Reduced

• Dense-Pac to Expand at Present Location

• O.C. Commercial Real Estate

• Wireless Merger Coupled to Divestiture

• IBM Plans Gene Research Supercomputer

• States Join U.S. Government to Press Antitrust Case Against Microsoft By Jube Shiver Jr.

• Swiss Reinsurance to Buy Underwriters Re

• Honda Settles Suit Over Bribery Scheme By John O'Dell

• BSkyB to Buy Stake in German Broadcaster By Kirch Group

• Office Rents Inch Upward in Tight Southland Market By Jesus Sanchez

• Company Town Film Profit Report

• Also…

• THE ECONOMY

• Tustin Firm’s Colorblindness Lenses OKd By Robin Fields

• David Hagan to Be Chief Executive of firstsource.com

• Davis Names AIDS Activist Director of Managed Care By Sharon Bernstein

• Century City High-Rise Retains Major Tenant By Brad Berton

• Excite@Home Looks Dysfunctional; Drilling Schlumberger By James Peltz and Michael Hiltzik

• Nestle USA to Sell Coffee Brands to Sara Lee By Greg Johnson

• Roche to Spin Off Fragrance, Flavors Unit

• Pittston to Sell Coal Operations, Combine Three Stocks Into One

• Also

• GE Capital Acquires Autobytel Japan Stake

• Exxon Mobil Halts Health Benefits to Domestic Partners By Jeff Leeds

• Times Mirror Selects Zimbalist as New Chief Financial Officer

• Ziff-Davis to Sell Unit

• Univision Agrees to Lease New Hughes Center Office Complex By Brad Berton

• Knott’s Parent Buying San Diego Water Park By E. Scott Reckard

• Experian to Abandon Orange, Build Lush Costa Mesa Campus By Greg Hernandez

• Surge in Net Stocks Fueled by Europe Study

• Investment Group Offers Up Suggestions to Drug Maker ICN By Rhonda L. Rundle

• Securitas Purchases 2 More U.S. Firms

• Mitnick Associate Sentenced By Greg Miller

• Knickerbocker Near Deal With Creditors By Leslie Earnest

• Marquardt Resigns as Day Runner’s CFO

• US Bancorp’s Stock Slides on Profit Shortfall By Edmund Sanders

• Tech Surge Obscures Small-Cap Bargains

• Kroger Profit Leaps but Its Stock Slides

• McCormick May Face U.S. Suit on Pricing

• Dow Slips Post-Rally; Nasdaq at New High

• Also …

Boomers’ Tastes Define the Prime Time of Life

• Douglas Beats the Count By Robert W. Welkos

• ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS. By Shauna Snow

• L.A. Imax Says No, So Disney Builds Its Own Huge Screen By Christopher Noxon

• L.A. Museums Are Exhibiting Y2K Readiness By Suzanne Muchnic

• Vigil, March to Mark John Lennon’s Death

• KPWR-FM Owner Makes Bid to Buy Rival Channel KKBT By Steve Hochman

• The Campaign Speech You Will Never Hear By Brian Lowry

• Chamber Orchestra of South Bay Delivers a Masterful Concert By Daniel Cariaga

• One Week Is Not Enough for ‘Toy Story 2’ By Robert W. Welkos

• Guitarist Ritenour Displays the Range of His Musicality By Don Heckman

• Six-Sketch ‘All Alone Together’ Falters After a Strong Start By Jana J. Monji

• TOMORROW IN CALENDAR

• Tapestry Weaves Through the Centuries With Precision By Richard S. Ginell