Archive for Thursday, December 09, 1999

Lifestyles Clash in Topanga Canyon

• Fir Shortage By Matt Surman

• Residents Hand Over Taxes–and Views on County By Tina Dirmann

• A Most Precious Present By Ann Conway

• Suspect Deposited Himself in Jail By Steve Harvey

• Homes for the Holidays By Holly J. Wolcott

• Attorney Enters Race Against Garcetti By Peter Y. Hong

• Army Corps’ Help Sought in Belmont Decision By Doug Smith

• Woman Arrested After Freeway Chase By Catherine Blake

• Midwife Delivers for Mothers By Diane Wedner

• Sister Gives Kidney to Brother, a Fellow Officer

• Bristling With Pride By Alex Murashko

• Engineer in Train Crash Faults Light By Phil Willon

• Day Program Adults Donate Toys, Food By Karima A. Haynes

• San Onofre Mitigation Work to Be Checked By Seema Mehta

• Racial Slurs Uttered on Police Line By Louise Roug and Jack Leonard

• Playing With Tradition By Todd Everett

• City Council OKs Dump’s Expansion By Patrick Mcgreevy

• ‘Dr. Laura’ Suit Dismissed By Jeff Gottlieb

• Transit’s Been On the Move for 100 Years By Stephanie Stassel

• Thieves Steal 8 Bikes From Shop By Roberto J. Manzano

• A Lasting Legacy from Bradley’s Five Terms By Bill Boyarsky

• Slaying Suspect Held in Arizona By Andrew Blankstein

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

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

• Man Arrested in Connection With Restaurant Robbery By Holly J. Wolcott

• Cal State Wants to Open Grade School on Campus

• Coral Colonies Taking Hold on Oil Drilling Rigs Off Europe

• Landfill Expansion OKd; Opponents Vow to Sue L.A. By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Jupiter’s Gravity May Have Sent 2 Planets to Edges of Solar System

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

• Puffing Smoke in the Eye of Judicial Restraint By Douglas W. Kmiec

• LA HABRA By Jin Whang, (714) 520-2510

• THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

• Young Killers Found Likelier to Use Guns By Julie Marquis

• Rail Project Violated Pollution Standards, Documents Show By Dan Weikel

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

• SAN CLEMENTE By Eric C Sanitate (949) 248-2150

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

• FULLERTON By Jin Whang, (714) 520-2510

• Planners OK Facility for Assisted Living By Gail Davis

• Cardinal Mahony to Bless Mission School By Nancy Forrest

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

• Martyr Festival Lights Up CLU By Chris G. Denina

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

• Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Growing Marijuana

• BREA By David Ryan, (714) 520-2511

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

• Greek Theatre Contract Extended By Beth Shuster

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

• Board Says Its Staffing Levels Have Held Steady By Fred Alvarez

• Honors Student Wins Essay Contest By Stacy Brown

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

• Obituaries

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

• COSTA MESA By Andrew Glazer, (949) 574-4275

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

• Illegal Immigrants Raped, Beaten by Smugglers, Man Says By David Rosenzweig

• Speed Controls Sought at Site of Actor’s Crash

• * Una B. Bignell; Retired Laboratory Technician

• Officials Abruptly Halt Plan to Sell Toll Road

• Trial Scheduled in Carjacking Case By Evelyn Larrubia

• Council Decides Against Renewing Van Nuys Golf Course Lease By Sue Fox

• Two Rescued After Their Car Takes Dive Into Lake in Irvine By Louise Roug

• Dr. Laura’s Slander Lawsuit Tossed Out

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

• Hearing on Shatto Park Gang Injunction Delayed

• Obituaries

• The West Should Stand Up for Chechnya By Mark Kramer

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

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

• Japan’s Rx: Corporate Overhaul

• Gun Makers in a Vise

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

• NEWPORT BEACH By Noaki Schwartz, (949) 574-4232

• Light Rain, Cold Temperatures Expected Tonight

• Officials Probe Racial Slur on Police Radio By Louise Roug and Jack Leonard

• School Worker Convicted of Molesting His Stepdaughters By Daniel Yi

• County Computers Ready for Y2K, Official Says

• Engineer Says He Had No Warning of Other Train By Phil Willon

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

• Awaiting Proof for Physicists’ Theories By K C. Cole

• Hearing Held on Quake Preparedness By Solomon Moore

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

• Elementary School Planned for CSUCI By Anna Gorman

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

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

• Anti-Androgen Treatment for Prostate Cancer May Lower Risk of Recurrence

• Citing Cost, District Nixes Teachers’ Contract Proposal By Marissa Espino

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

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

• A Bank’s Bitter Lesson

• Jolly Dude to Visit Surf City Till Dec. 22 By Jim Perez

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

• Navy Puts Damper on Irvine’s Plans to Annex El Toro By Jean O. Pasco

• Spirit of Independents

• LAGUNA HILLS By Dana Bushee, (949) 574-4203

• Suburban Kids at Risk By Kay S. Hymowitz

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

• Tax Deadline Nears

• Unlicensed Providers, the Day Care of Last Resort By Shawn Hubler

• County Tightens Rules on Gifts to Employees

• JERRY HICKS By Jerry Hicks

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

• City Enters Escrow on Fire Station Site By Patrick Mcgreevy

• 4 Held on Suspicion of Fraud, Drug Possession By David Haldane

• Council, Conservancy Clear the Air on Brush Removal By Patrick Mcgreevy and Sue Fox

• Man Gets 2 Years for Impersonating a Lawyer

They’ve Lost Their Golden Groove

• Golden Boy By Steve Henson

• Kariyas Better Than Game By Elliott Teaford

• Barkley Injured in Philly Farewell

• Fedorov’s Return Lifts Red Wings

• Flores Takes Road Show to Florida By John Ortega

• Hart Shows It Hasn’t Lost a Step By Chris Shaffer

• Aztecs Weren’t Quite Ready to Beat El Toro By Martin Henderson

• THE HOT CORNER By Shav Glick

• They Love Playing the Pain Game By Ben Bolch

• Alemany Steals Away With a Win By Dave Desmond

• The Rust Was History in Robinson Comeback By Earl Gustkey

• FINAL EXAM By Gary Klein

• Kings Take It to the Blank By Jim Hodges

• PIGSKIN PROPHECIES

• Kruse Feels Right at Home, and Right on Target By Tim Brown

• He Could Be First to Go Like 60–for an Hour By Martin Beck

• RIDING TO THE RECORD

• Leapin’ Wizard By Chris Foster

• Call It a Tough Loss for Fountain Valley By Dave Mckibben

• Lakers Are Kings for Only One Day By Tim Kawakami

• It’s the Height of Investigative Reporting By Elliott Teaford

• Long Beach State Rebounds in Time

• Ice Dogs Lose Penalty-Filled Game

• Roster Doesn’t Include Hamm

• Piatkowski Is Hopeful Amid Gloom By Lonnie White

• Oakland at Tennessee, 5:15, ESPN

• Granada Hills Gets Doubles Triple By Steve Galluzzo

• New High School Lures Redell From St. Francis By Gary Klein and Eric Sondheimer

• Four Area Players on All-City Team

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Mike Bresnahan

• Sutton’s Legacy Quickly Eclipsed By Mike Bresnahan

• Fullerton Starts Fast, Tops Victor Valley

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK - Fockaert Wants to Ace Last Final By Dave Desmond

• Brande Will Coach UCI Women Too

• Calendar

• BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• In other games:

• UP NEXT

• It Was a Magic Weekend for 3 Elite Club Players By Chris Shaffer

• Oxnard’s Curtis Delivers Against Newbury Park By John Ortega

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

• Badran-Grycan, Carter Share Volleyball Honor By Gary Klein

• Eighth-Ranked Rosary Rolls Past Corona

• Escobar, Mejia Go Nationwide on Saturday By John Ortega

• Kariyas Compete on Even Terms By Elliott Teaford

• Colts’ James Already Sounds Like Best Son By Mal Florence

• This Is One Sports Trend That Needs to Continue By Randy Harvey

• WOMEN By Earl Gustkey

• Trojans Get the Message(s) in 85-56 Romp Over Hawaii By Mike Terry

• USC Can’t Keep Up With 49ers By Earl Gustkey

• League Going to Court Over Web Sites

• Jones Is Leading Man Again for the Hornets

• UCLA, Pepperdine Playing for Shot at No. 1 Penn St. By Scott Moe

• New Kids On Campus Pose Threat to Elders By J A. Adande

• Martin Rules the Inside for Cincinnati

• Rider Makes Sure Clippers’ Losing Streak Reaches Seven By Lonnie White

• Freshman Class Making It Look Like Basketball 101 By Chris Dufresne

• Maturity May Make Difference for Bruins By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Palffy’s Back Not Ready for Comeback By Jim Hodges

• PREP ROUNDUP

• Santa Margarita Proves It Still Has Woodbridge’s Number By Brent Shaver

• Pincay Is One Short By Bob Mieszerski

• SOCCER ROUNDUP

• GAMES OF THE WEEK

• Teenage Hockey Player Charged With Battery

• Selection Should Be Easy One for U.S. By Grahame L. Jones

• More Gold Not Goal for O’Neal By Tim Kawakami

• COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP TO BOTTOM By Chris Dufresne

• Douglas Lifts Purdue Over Notre Dame

Dreaming of a Green Christmas

• Ex-LAPD Officer Is Suspect in Rapper’s Slaying, Records Show By Scott Glover and Matt Lait

• Bid to Close Road Sparks Bitter Fight By John M. Glionna

• Her Vintage Is Hardly Old Hat By Booth Moore

• They Want You to See Kerosene Lamps in a More Romantic Light By Connie Koenenn

• Partial Victories for Cuba in Custody, Hijacking Cases

• Somers Takes First ‘Step’ to Malibu By Ruth Ryon

• Senate Candidate Urges Phaseout of Income Tax By Greg Krikorian

• Why Is Hatch Running? Few Know By Art Pine

• Planting Ideas By Robert Smaus

• The Pain of Being Gentrified By Jean Merl

• 91 Toll Lanes’ Sale Is Halted Amid Outcry By Meg James and Megan Garvey

• Russia Seizes Chechen Town in Heartland

• Bush’s Winning Glow Dims After Poor Debate Reviews By Mark Z. Barabak

• Israel and Syria Agree to Resume Talks for Peace By Edwin Chen and Norman Kempster

• Russia, Belarus Sign a Pact to Unite By Richard C. Paddock

• John Archer; Actor, Radio Announcer Who Uttered Introduction to ‘The Shadow’ By Myrna Oliver

• King Was Victim of Conspiracy, Jury Finds By Eric Slater

• California Classroom

• Do More Than Pray, Dalai Lama Says By Dean E. Murphy

• Obituaries

• Uganda, Sudan Move to Restore Ties

• U.S. Wants More Sunlight on Researchers By Marlene Cimons

• Hannah’s Hanukkah By Mel Gilden

• Migrants Are Being Evicted From Capital

• Taking a Stroll Along the Rodeo Drive of the Net By Jura Koncius

• U.S. Options Limited on Chechnya By James Gerstenzang

• Gay Clubs Bring School Use Debate Back Into Spotlight By Scott Martelle and Kate Folmar

• At 84, Still Peddling Salvation Cell-to-Cell By Michael E. Ruane

• The Genie in the Lobby By Mimi Avins

• Court Seems Troubled by Redistricting Initiative By Maura Dolan

• The Old Family Tree Is Now a Wide Web By John M. Moran

• Barak, Assad May See Window of Opportunity By Tracy Wilkinson and Rebecca Trounson

• Rival Party’s Troubles Aid Schroeder By Carol J. Williamsbd

• In Clinical Trial, Hormone Shows No Effect on Autism By Thomas H. Maugh II

• The Face Behind That Rockin’ Rhythm By Jonathan Levi

• LAUGH LINES

• CAPITOL JOURNAL By George Skelton

• Are Innocent Toys Just Getting a Bad Rap? By Don Oldenburg

• Clinton Alone at Times Due to Dual Campaigns By Edwin Chen

• Nevada Couple Ordered Before Grand Jury Probing Bomb Plots

• After 25 Years, Still Hoping to ‘Make Things Right’ in Tragedy By Michael Leahy

• Obituaries

• U.S. Arrests Russian Envoy Linked to Bug at State Dept. By Tyler Marshall and Eric Lichtblau

• 5 Cuban Exiles Acquitted of Plotting to Kill Castro

• Bush’s Winning Glow Dims After Poor Debate Reviews By Mark Z. Barabak

• Last 2 Teens Who Fled Camp Captured

• What Are You Doing Over the Holidays?

• Clinton, Lawmakers Reaffirm Support for NASA Programs By Art Pine

• Anti-Gay Marriage Measure’s Title Is Upheld by Judge By Jenifer Warren

• Japan Halts Work on Troubled H-2 Rocket

• Check Out Bottom Line on Shopping Bots By Leslie Walker

• Garden Calendar

• A Balancing Act for Schools in Gay Club Debate By Scott Martelle and Kate Folmar

• Sex-Change Webcast Stirs E-thics Debate By Matthew Ebnet

• Jokes & Riddles

• Yugoslav Army Seizes Airport in Montenegro

• Militia Head Jailed on Bomb Plot Charges

• Soldier Guilty of Premeditated Murder Charge

• Lockerbie Trial Postponed Again

• Government Admits Evidence Shredding

• 5 N.Y. Wholesalers Accused of Selling Fish Tainted With PCBs

Click Here

• Objects of Desire

• Baxter Names Four Directors of New Firm

• In-N-Out Exec’s Death Raises Succession Questions By Greg Hernandez

• Airbus to Gauge Demand for Super-Jumbo Jetliner

• The Times Music Index

• Booming DVD Market Shows Up Others’ Debuts By Jennifer Oldham

• Appeals Court Upholds Ruling on Picket Right By Nancy Cleeland

• New Gateway CEO

• Mattel Seeking Alternative to Plastic By Caroline E. Mayer

• Tapping Into Asian Buying Power By Richard Chang

• 32 Times Workers Laid Off in Reorganization By (from A

• Former Infoseek Executive Admitted Guilt, CEO Testifies By Greg Miller

• Also …

• MGM Grand Names Co-Chief Executives

• Death Puts In-N-Out’s Future as Family-Run Business in Doubt By Greg Hernandez

• Boxer Requests Probe of 2 Oil Firms’ Actions

• Historic Warner Studios Hollywood Lot Being Sold By Jeffrey Gettleman

• Canadian Airlines OKs Air Canada Bid By Maggie Farley

• Nextlink Buying Rest of Internext

• Hong Kong Disneyland Should Have That Familiar Look to It By E. Scott Reckard

• Angling at Home Eliminates Fish Stories By Aaron Curtiss

• Enron Dedicates New Wind-Power Project By (nancy Rivera Brooks)

• Date Set for Caldera Lawsuit

• Mid-Size Chrysler, Dodge Cars Flunk Crash Test

• Save Now! Y2K Hotel Stays on Sale By E. Scott Reckard

• Bid to Review Community Bank Vote Dropped By (lee Romney)

• 3 Firms Team to Offer High-Speed Services

• Panel to Discuss Milk Standards in Hearing By Melinda Fulmer

• Guide to the Week Ahead by LATimes.Com By Elaine Zinngrabe

• Subcontractor Comes Up Short By E. Scott Reckard

• Fed Survey Finds Growth Continuing

• Stocks Close Broadly Lower; Bond Yields Up

• Cooper Companies Completes Purchase

• EU Defers Decision on Imports of U.S. Beef

• Lands’ End Sales Weaker than Expected By Bloomberg News

• Media General Plans to Acquire Spartan

• Adelphia to Buy Cable Systems From Cablevision By Jonathan Make

• In Shift, Qualcomm Offers Free Version of Eudora E-Mail By Elizabeth Douglass

• Wall St. Weighs Auction Market in NYSE Stocks

• Corning to Buy Siemens Units to Expand Telecom

• STM Stock Flies High on Contract News By Jonathan Gaw

• Sudikoff Agrees to Pay in SEC Action By David Rosenzweig

• Fluor Raises Quarterly Dividend

• 4 Tax Professionals Join L.A. Office of Deloitte & Touche

• Media Network Names N. America Executive By Greg Johnson

• A Venture Fund for Small Investors

• TRW Develops Digital Chip That Runs at 69 Gigahertz Per Second By Karen Kaplan

• Andover’s Debut Hits Pay Dirt in Hambrecht’s 3rd ‘OpenIPO’ By Debora Vrana

• O.C. Building Permits

• Citigroup, State Street Form Benefits Firm

• Honda Adds Funds to Settlement of Lawsuits

Where Angels Tread

• Shipping in Time for Christmas By Allison Cohen

• 6 pm: Pop Music

• 4:30 pm: Theater

• No-Frills Fast Food With a Greek Twist By Barbara Hansen

• 7:30 pm: Dance

• Arcadia Makes Itself at Home on the Pier By Dianne Bates

• Italy in a Big Way By Max Jacobson

• Being Orson Welles By Marshall Fine

• 7:30 pm: Theater

• Battling Society’s Monsters By Randy Lewis

• Itinerary: Chinatown By Robin Rauzi

• Haven’t We Met? By Don Heckman

• Her Vigorous Violin By John Clark

• VENTURA COUNTY This Weekend

• Millennium Countdown

• Movies Tackle Everything From Criminal Doings to Holiday Hopes By Susan King

• For L.A. Radio Gossip, These Web Sites Are Tuned In By Steve Hochman

• ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Arrives Loaded With Bells and Whistles By Susan King

• Compulsion, Power, Submission Figure Into Lebrun’s World By Leah Ollman

• Ends This Weekend

• Harry Shearer By Robin Rauzi

• Pop Date Book

• Slay ‘Em With Spoof By Jana J. Monji

• Get in the Spirit By Laurie K. Schenden

• Out of Town: Dallas

• Board of Review Picks ‘American Beauty’ By Susan King

• The Morton Method By David Gritten

• THE VALLEY This Weekend

• It Works: The Joke’s on Them By Robert Koehler

• Change Is the Order of the Day at Cienega By Angela Pettera

• Corn Tamales By Jessica Strand

• Hawaiian Punch By Tracy Johnson

• Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

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

• A Spaghetti Western for Those With Harsher Taste By Susan King

• What’s Hot

• A Smaller Venue, a Funnier ‘Catechism’ By F. Kathleen Foley

• Faithful ‘Singin’ ’ Revival Even Supplies the Rain By Jana J. Monji

• ‘Spirit of the Holidays’ Readings for Children

• Floating to Smooth Jazz and Beyond, With Keiko Matsui By Don Heckman

• TV Smarts

• TV Smarts

• Screening Room

• In Its Early Stages, Theater-Adjacent Cirxa Performs Well By S. Irene Virbila