Archive for Wednesday, December 08, 1999

Pressure Didn’t Crack Mr. Peanut

• Supervisors Call for List of Budget Cuts By Catherine Saillant

• Library’s New Entryway Is One Door You Can’t Knock By Steve Chawkins

• Up From the Ashes By John Roos

• Man, Teen Arrested in Robbery at Home By Leslie Simmons

• Keeping Success in Check By Jill Leovy

• Healing, Learning By Peter M. Warren

• Sisters Express Thanks for Rescue By Edward J. Boyer

• Wrongly Convicted Man Settles Lawsuit Brought by Ex-Wife By Daniel Yi

• Industrial Revolution

• UCLA Breaks Ground for $1.3-Billion Medical Complex By Monte Morin

• Family Funds May Be Used for Trial in Boys’ Deaths By Tracy Wilson

• TSOL Drummer Todd Barnes Dies By Randy Lewis

• Report on Simonian Released By Phil Willon and Jasmine Lee

• One Too Many Misfires

• Funds Sought for Memorial to Teen By Nancy Forrest

• Marketing That Animal Magnetism By Steve Harvey

• Baca Notes Successes, Concedes Missteps in First Year on Job By Tina Daunt

• Some Support Durand for CAO By Fred Alvarez and Daryl Kelley

• Humpty Dumpty Health Insurance By Daniel J B. Mitchell

• Sheriff’s Staffer Wins Bias Trial By Nicholas Riccardi

• Two Lutheran High Teachers to Appear in Rose Parade By Marissa Espino

• ‘Measure F’ Label Riles Airport Foes By David Reyes and Jean O. Pasco

• Ex-Rep. Harman to Run for Former South Bay Seat By Greg Krikorian and Jean Merl

• County Urged to Halt Appeal of $60,000 Bias Award By Nicholas Riccardi

• One for the Books By Rebecca Harris

• TV’s Wally George Files for Bankruptcy By Jack Leonard

• Councilman to Challenge Long By Margaret Talev

• Court Ruling Did Not End Ambivalence on Abortion By Cheryl Brownstein-Santiago

• Pepperdine to Elevate Its Top V.P. to Presidency By Kenneth R. Weiss

• Police Kill Two Men in Separate Incidents

• Opposing Forces Tug on Teachers By Richard Lee Colvin

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

• Animal Shelter’s Spay Plan OKd By David Reyes

• Motorcyclist Killed in Truck Collision By Louise Roug

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

• Council OKs Upgrade for City Heliport By Patrick Mcgreevy

• DANA POINT By Eric C Sanitate (949) 248-2150

• Area Needs More Licensed Child Care, Study Says By Anna Gorman

• NEWPORT BEACH By Alex Coolman, (949) 764-4325

• War Crime in the Making

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

• Delay Peace With Syria By Amos Perlmutter

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

• Felony Charges Can’t Be Used to Unseat 2 Trustees By Kristina Sauerwein

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

• L.A. County Sets Aside $10 Million for Child-Care Aid

• Organized Practice Fosters More Reliable Care By J. Thomas Rosenthal

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

• Veterans, Officials Mark Pearl Harbor Anniversary

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

• Masterful Sales for Pageant By Allison Cohen

• * Martha “Marty” Lehr; Former Dog Trainer

• Obituaries

• Rampart Scandal Figure Accused in Civil Suit of Planting Drugs By Henry Weinstein

• Small Quakes Rattle O.C.–and Some Nerves By Matthew Ebnet

• 7 Years Later, Disney Hall Breaks Ground Once Again By Diane Haithman

• Boy, 3, Not Seriously Injured by Dog Bites By Matt Surman

• COSTA MESA By Danette Goulet, (949) 574-4221

• Obituaries

• Man Cleared by Judge in Molest Case By Andrew Wainer, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 21

• BREA By David Ryan, (714) 520-2511

• Gay Student Club Barred by O.C. School Board

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

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

• Panel to Help Search for New Schools Chief

• School Officials Weigh Uniforms By Alex Murashko

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

• Night Closures on Freeway Scheduled By Catherine Blake

• Earth Attacks! But Fleep Varg Saves the Planet By Dana Parsons

• Internet Applications Soaring at California’s State Universities By Kenneth R. Weiss

• 2,000 Free Gun Locks to Be Distributed By Matt Surman

• City OKs $10,000 Reward in Killing By Irene Garcia

• Speaking of Traffic, Conference Causes Tie-Ups on the 57 By Louise Roug

• Road Theatre Company Enjoys Several Encores By Patricia Ward Biederman

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

• More Foreign Students Enrolling at U.S. Colleges

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

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

• 2 Armed Gunmen Rob Elderly Couple By Irene Garcia

• Committee Seeks Input on Budget By Patrick Mcgreevy

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

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

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

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

• Market Clerk Hurt in Takeover Robbery By Matt Surman

• Two More Cities Cast Votes on CenterLine By Judy Silber

• Stable’s Permit Won’t Be Revoked

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

• At the End of the Road By Al Martinez

• Police to Study Search Policy After Traffic Stop of Judge

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

• Inmate to Stand Trial in Monrovia Girl’s Death

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

• Man Convicted of Killing Chatsworth High Student By Evelyn Larrubia

• Family Funds May Be Used to Pay for Trial in Deaths of 3 Boys By Tracy Wilson

• THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

• O.C. Takes a Step in War on Fire Ants By David Reyes

• FOUNTAIN VALLEY By Andrew Wainer, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 21

• Make the WTO Transparent By Tom Plate

• Ventura County Supervisors Order a Listing of Areas to Be Cut By Catherine Saillant

• Santa Ana Man, 19, Fatally Shot; Police Seek Suspects, Motive By David Haldane

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

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

• OCC Dance Program Lauded in Book

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

• LA HABRA By Jin Whang, (714) 520-2510 and California Assembly District 72

• The Army to the Rescue

• Community Service Leads to Honors By Karen Robinson-Jacobs

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

• IRVINE By Mathis Winkler, (949) 764-4311

• Concern on Toll Road Sale

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

• Report Cites Abuses by Former City Manager

• Orange Unified Sued by Retired Teachers By Jeff Gottlieb

• Man Gets 2 Years for Attacking Officers By Andrew Blankstein

Collection Of Short Stories

• Junior Mint By Bill Christine

• Santa Margarita Stops Pulver, Defeats Villa Park By Michael Itagaki

• Bearing Down on Defense By Martin Henderson

• Finley’s Career as an Angel Ends Without a Bang By Tim Brown

• Reseda Claims Diluted Victory By Chris Shaffer

• THE HOT CORNER By Larry Stewart

• Inkster Reveled in Relative Obscurity By Diane Pucin

• For the Redskins, 73-0 Still Too Much to Bear By Earl Gustkey

• It’s Cold Night in Portland

• A Friendship More Than Skin-Deep By Eric Sondheimer

• Seven the Hard Way for Lakers By Tim Kawakami

• Young Arizona Guards Get a Lesson

• Aggressive Defense Catches Estancia’s Foes Off Guard By Dave Mckibben

• Sweet Smell Of Success By Eric Sondheimer

• For Angels, It’s Business as Usual By Ross Newhan

• Pepperdine Rolls Past Titans By Lon Eubanks

• El Camino Real Tattoos Grant Behind Aguinaga By Lauren Peterson

• Los Alamitos Overpowers Cabrillo

• MEN By Scott Moe

• Pelican Hill Hoping Matches Put It on the Map By Martin Beck and Steve Kresal

• Cowboys Waive Kicker, Re-Sign Linebacker Coryatt

• HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER ROUNDUP By Chris Shaffer

• Curry Puts On a Floor Show as Matadors Win By Vince Kowalick

• News Items Have Him Tossing and Turning By Randy Harvey

• Fast Start May Help Harper By Tim Kawakami

• AREA COLLEGE NOTEBOOK

• HIGHS SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• Murray a Reluctant Juggler By Jim Hodges

• GIRLS’ WATER POLO ROUNDUP

• Bailey’s Status Uncertain for Next Game By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Pepperdine Pressure Too Much for Fullerton By Steve Henson

• World Cup Draw Guarantees There’ll Be Fireworks in Europe By Grahame L. Jones

• Sydney Ticket Chief Leaves Post

• Olerud Leaves Mets for Mariners

• Elbow Injury Sidelines Aalto By Chris Foster

• Former Tustin Player Pleads Guilty to Assault Charges By Paul Mcleod

• WATER POLO

• HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER ROUNDUP

• Family Illness Caused Lopez to Withdraw By Martin Beck

• Lemieux Helps Devils Defeat Penguins, 2-1

• Better Without Taylor? He Says No By Lonnie White

• West Coast Powers UCLA, Pepperdine to Play in East By Steve Henson

• Second-Half Spurt Powers No. 2 Tennessee

• U.S.-Iran Encounter Part of Doubleheader

• WOMEN By Earl Gustkey

• Let’s See Him Weasel His Way Out of This One

• Granville Gets Green Light By Mike Terry

Pin Ultimate

• Faith and Festivity By Mary Rourke

• Detroit Schoolgirl Rapes Test Nerves, City’s Response By Stephanie Simon

• Customize for the Masses By John O'Dell

• Russia Looks to China as an Ally Amid West’s Ire By Henry Chu and Richard C. Paddock

• NASA Failures Prompt Vow of Program Reform By Robert Lee Hotz

• Audio Prequel Sets Insightful Launch for Complex ‘Dune’ Series By Rochelle O'Gorman

• State Taking ‘Hard Look’ at Road Sale By Meg James and Megan Garvey

• Genre Magazine Predicts Posterity By Booth Moore

• Crossing Language Barriers By Stuart Silverstein

• 2 Suspects in Pan Am Bombing Challenge Conspiracy Charges

• Seattle’s Chaos Shortens Career of Police Chief By Kim Murphy

• EVENTS CALENDAR

• German Arciniegas; Colombian Intellectual By Jon Thurber

• Robert A. Swanson; Biotech Pioneer, Financial Wizard Co-Founded Genentech Inc. By Myrna Oliver

• Dakota Quad Cab: It’s Nifty, but Have the Plywood Delivered By J0hn O'Dell

• For Every Action, an Equal, Opposite and Completely Ridiculous Reaction By Roy Rivenburg

• A Learning Link to The Times in Education Program

• For Superman, Letters of Hope By Beverly Beyette

• John Larkin; Scat Singer Overcame Stuttering By Myrna Oliver

• Japanese Firms Sued Over WWII By Teresa Watanabe

• The Sun and Stars and a Jar of Old Teeth

• Asia, Europe Try to Go Distance Without U.S. By Jim Mann

• Lights Were Full of Holiday Cheer, but Toddler Had Other Plans By Mary Mcnamara

• Tree-Sitter, Timber Firm Negotiating End of 2-Year Vigil By Mary Curtius

• * Enrique Cadicamo; Tango Composer

• Ex-Convict Accused of Conspiring to Kidnap Atheist O’Hair, Family

• 2 Men Held in Alleged Plot to Bomb N. California Sites By Mark Gladstone

• 5 Wounded in Shooting Rampage at Dutch School

• DMV Takes Steps to Keep Test Takers Honest By Ralph Vartabedian

• Homeless Pair Charged in Deaths of 6 Firefighters

• U.S. to Join Legal Fray Against Gun Makers By Myron Levin and Alissa Rubin

• Latest, and Perhaps Best, Entry in Dunbar’s Series Gets Personal By Dick Lochte

• Safeguards to Reduce Fatal Medical Mistakes Announced By Robert A. Rosenblatt

• Group’s List Alleges Slave Labor Use By Carol J. Williams

• Valiantly Riverdancing Their Way to the Goal By Chris Erskine

• LAUGH LINES

• Jokes & Riddles

• N.Y. School Officials Helped Students Cheat, Report Says

• AMA Says Doctors Can Notify State About Impaired Drivers

• State High Court to Rule on Initiative Before Election By Maura Dolan

• Gun in School Shooting Was Father’s, Police Say

• * Paul W. Speer; Building Contractor for Wright

• Defense Budget Priorities a ‘Disgrace,’ McCain Says By Anne-Marie O'Connor and Mark Z. Barabak

• Mexico Pensions at Center of Controversy By James F. Smith

• Cast of Sitcom Appears in Ad Against Prop. 22 By Jenifer Warren

• Medi-Cal Scandal Alarms Armenians By Rone Tempest

• Trial Begins for Private Charged in Army Slaying

• Hannah’s Hanukkah By Mel Gilden

• * Masaru Sato; Music Director for Kurosawa

• State Can Bar Sale of Records, Justices Rule By David G. Savage

• Orange Unified Trustees Deny Gay Club, 7-0 By Kate Folmar and Marissa Espino

• Maria Zuno; Former Mexican First Lady

• Gene Therapy Plumps Pigs, Study Says

• For more reviews, read Book Review

• Albright ‘Hopeful’ After Syria Talks By Norman Kempster

• Dispute Swells Over State Pot of Lost Gold By Dan Morain

• COMING TOMORROW

• 2 Bodies Reported to Be of FBI Informants

• One Last Hope for Teenager Who Deserves a Break By Mike Downey

• Crowds Reflect on Pearl Harbor

• Intelligence Agency Is First Under Civilian

• SALES REPORT

• 2 Million Tune In to Republican Debate

Kathy Windsor Named Director at Friess

• Founders’ Initial Sacrifices Lead to Big Gains at Staffing Agency By Karen E. Klein

• Online Perfumery Sniffs After Profit By Cyndia Zwahlen

• A Promotion for Disneyland’s Boss By E. Scott Reckard

• Latest Burger Toy: ‘Mini Red’ By Greg Hernandez

• New Marketing Exec for B of A’s Premier Banking Group

• 2 Executive VPs Named Co-Presidents at Fox TV By Sallie Hofmeister

• Go2 Signs Its First Merchants By Greg Hernandez

• Labor Costs Decline as Productivity Increases

• Northrop Drops 6.6% Amid Worries About Delays in Closing Key Sales

• How Recapitalization Will Help You to Reduce Risk By Juan Hovey

• Hasbro Reorganizes to Home In on High-Tech

• ALSO

• FTC OKs Hoechst, Rhone-Poulenc Merger

• Secure Server, Online Advice Key to Web Sales By Karen E. Klein

• Amgen CEO to Retire; Successor Named

• News Corp. Interested in Music ‘Opportunity’

• Debacle in Seattle Was a Defeat for the World’s Poor By James Flanigan

• Development Bank’s Budget Gets Council OK By Lee Romney

• GIRLS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• Yahoo Surges 24%, Propelling Nasdaq to Another High

• Apple’s Japan Unit Searched:

• Former Internet Exec Says FBI Pressured Him By Greg Miller

• Otis Elevator in Media Venture

• News Corp. Teams With Healtheon

• Visx Stock Dives 41% After ITC Patent Ruling

• W. Hollywood OKs $250-Million Hotel, Office Complex on Sunset By Jeff Leeds

• Hycor Biomedical Test Kit Gets FDA Nod

• New Type of Computer Virus Alarms Experts

• PUC Commissioner Hyatt to Resign; Championed Causes for Consumers By Elizabeth Douglass

• Avon Will Seek to Expand Internet Sales

• Exxon Mobil to Sell Europe Venture Stake

• TriZetto Inks Deal With Arkansas Health Plan

• American Vanguard Unit Plans Acquisition

• Employment Agency Settles Allegations

• PUC Drafts 424 Area Code Plan for South Bay By Elizabeth Douglass

• The Ritz in Newport Beach Tops Zagat’s List of O.C. Restaurants By Greg Hernandez

• This Time, Mendiola Strikes With Key Assist By Martin Henderson

• Linking With Online Pros Can Help Make Your Web Presence Felt By Stephen Gregory

• Shockwave Signs Creators of ‘South Park’ for Web Site By Greg Miller

• Cendant, Funds OK Record Settlement for Securities Fraud Suit By Stuart Silverstein

• Analyst Action: New Stock Ratings

• E-Stamp Awarded New Patents:

• Media Advertisers Ignoring Booming Latino Market

• Forum on Tech Views of Japan, California By Stephen Gregory

• Coke Bucks Standard, Gives 15-Year Stock Options to 7

• First American Buys Default Processor By (edmund Sanders)

• ALSO

• O.C. Bankruptcy Filings

• Video View

• ALSO

• Casino Workers Denied Class Status in Suit

• Homestore Expansion Plan Boosts Stock 9%

• Israelis Claim to Have Cracked Phone Code

• Ticker Talk

• Even a Small Firm Can Have an Intranet By Lawrence J. Magid

• Microsoft Plans Aggressive Push in Streaming Media By Stanley Holmes

• Mexico’s Cellular Phone Market Suddenly Busy By Chris Kraul

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.

• Mix Artists, Politics and ‘Cradle Will Rock’ By Kenneth Turan

• Jingle-Jangle Season By Don Shirley

• Mix Artists, Politics and ‘Cradle Will Rock’ By Kenneth Turan

• COMING THURSDAY

• ‘Christmas Carol’ Makes It Simple By Philip Brandes

• ‘Morrie’ Shines for ABC, but CBS Takes the Week By Brian Lowry

• ‘An O. Henry’ Cast Works Miracles By Daryl H. Miller

• The Seagram Acquisition, a Year Later By Geoff Boucher

• This Just In … the New Language of TV News By Howard Rosenberg

• Vulnerability Is at the Heart of Mann’s ‘Magnolia’ Songs By Natalie Nichols

• UPN Considers Introducing 15-Minute Series to Lineup By Brian Lowry

• LACMA to Screen Morris’ ‘Mr. Death’

• Counting Crows Search for Truth By Natalie Nichols

• Yet Another Visit With ‘Reindeer’ By F. Kathleen Foley

The Best of Lucks

• Something About Carrie By Barbara Hansen

• The Giving Loaf

• Magical Shrimp

• Little Lamb Pizzas By Barbara Hansen

• Hooked on a Chile By Mayi Brady

• Two-Fisted Tofu By Rose Dosti

• The In-Between Meal By Abby Mandel

• How Green Were My Baggies By Donna Deane

• A Real Treat By Charles Perry

• What Are You Drinking?

• Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List

• El Tesoro de Don Felipe, 100% Blue Agave Tequila, Mexico. By S. Irene Virbila

• What to Order in Chechnya By Charles Perry

• A Hopper New Year By Charles Perry

• Fishing in the Freezer

• How Dry Is Dry? By Rod Smith

• FOOD IN THE TIMES

• A Taste for the Holidays By Russ Parsons