Archive for Tuesday, December 14, 1999

Picking Up Santa’s Slack

• Having a Mariachi Christmas By Chris Pasles

• Date Check Solves Baby Boom Mystery By Steve Harvey

• Bad News Shadows Ex-TV Anchorman By Carla Hall

• Personal Shoppers Take Clients’ Lists, Check Them Twice All Year By Kathleen O'Steen

• Easing Shoppers’ Woes By Karen Robinson-Jacobs

• Nonprofits Forced to Compete for Cash By Matt Surman

• 3 Hurt When Armored Truck Flips Over By Tina Dirmann

• Rotary Gives Holiday Party for Children By Kristina Sauerwein

• Cohan’s 1905 Hit Is Dandy for Youths By T. H. Mcculloh

• A Fatal Illness Made More Terrible By Antonio Olivo

• Selection, Service Are What Lures Some Buyers By Lisa Leff

• Huge Crowds Again Packing Malls By Jennifer Pendleton

• That’s a Perfectly Cupid Explanation By Steve Harvey

• How Smart Should a President Be? By Ross K. Baker

• Disaster Strikes Again and Again in Valley By Stephanie Stassel

• 7 Indicted in Man’s Beating Death on Ventura Street By Tracy Wilson

• AutoNation Store Shuts, Surprising Oxnard Officials By Matt Surman

• Ken Williams, Feisty D.A., Judge, Dies at 91 By Jerry Hicks

• Panel Election Poses Test for CRA Project By Patrick Mcgreevy and Irene Garcia

• Personal Shoppers’ Forte Is Saving Clients’ Time By Kathleen O'Steen

• Walking Trail That Tells Downtown’s Past Dedicated By Sylvia Pagan Westphal

• Aftershocks of Prop. 13 Are Still Being Felt By Dan Morain

• * Harold L. Evans Jr.; Ex-School Superintendent

• Festival of Arts Files Federal Suit Against Laguna Beach Over Rent By Tricia Schwennesen

• Light-Hearted Souls By Andre Briscoe

• Soto Feared for Her Life, Abuse Expert Says at Trial By Tracy Wilson

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

• JeTech Appoints New Operating Officer By Barbara Murphy

• LA HABRA By Young Chang, (714) 520-2506

• Pacific Asian Museum Site Named a Landmark

• O.C. Home Prices Continue to Rise at a Steady Pace By Edmund Sanders

• MISSION VIEJO By Renee Moilanen, (949) 574-4208

• Police Chief’s Resolution: Reorganize Department By Judy Silber

• An Air Disaster’s Legacy

• Public Library Offers Year-End Fine Amnesty

• GOVERNMENT CONTRACT AWARDS

• Project Pairs Elementary and High School Students By Nancy Forrest

• Books Donated to Local Schools By Kristina Sauerwein

• Concealed-Gun Permits Up By Jack Leonard

• Car Runs Off Freeway, Injuring Woman

• Taxpayers Group to Urge Board Review By Catherine Saillant

• Home Prices Up 14% From a Year Ago By Karen Robinson-Jacobs

• 7th Man Held in Sex Assault of La Habra Woman By Louise Roug

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

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

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

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

• ‘Lifer’ Illegal Immigrants Seek Release By Hilary E. Macgregor

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

• The Myth of Racial Fingerprints on Crime By Agustin Gurza

• Income and Revenues Rise at Flamemaster

• View Tech to Merge With New Jersey Firm By Barbara Murphy

• Pacific Softworks Reshuffles Management By Barbara Murphy

• UPCOMING

• VALLEY PEOPLE

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

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

• Suspect in KKK Cross Plantings Gets Mental Test By Caitlin Liu

• Dental Company Converts Stocks By Barbara Murphy

• Police Chiefs Assn. Names Incoming Leaders

• Release Sought for Illegal Immigrants Held by INS By Hilary E. Macgregor

• FOUNTAIN VALLEY By Angel Flores, (949) 574-4209

• Parking Garage to Open for Shoppers, Beachgoers

• Call Boxes Will Enable Hikers to Make Call From Wild By David Reyes

• La Paz Leads O.C. Charge on Quiz Day By Renee Moilanen

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

• Mission Viejo Wins Lawsuit Against Minor League Team That Left Town By Bill Shaikin

• What’s Left of Case Against Lee? Not Much By Robert Scheer

• Worker Dies After Falling From Roof By Tina Dirmann

• Scuba Diver Still Missing Off Ventura By Tony Lystra

• Need2Buy.com Announces Deal With Mitsubishi By Barbara Murphy

• FBI’s Tunnel Vision

• Panel OKs Grant for New Memorial By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Jerry’s Famous Deli Plans Reverse Stock Split

• Verdict Is In for ‘Don’t Ask’

• SAN CLEMENTE By Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150

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

• Wal-Mart Backers to Launch Campaign By Andrew Wainer andrew Wainer, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 15

• Stocks Chart

• Valley Redevelopment Plan Faces Crucial Vote

• COSTA MESA By Alex Coolman, (949) 764-4330

• Water Main Rupture Creates Big Sinkhole By Katie Cooper

• Festival of the Arts Sues City Over Rent

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

• S. County Pipeline Break Disrupts Water to 700,000 By David Haldane

• Water Pipeline Break May Affect 700,000

• One Place Ltd. Buys Broadcast Ministry By Barbara Murphy

• Memorial, Concert Scheduled for TSOL Drummer

• THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

• Obituaries

• Council OKs Funds for Sheriff’s Facility By Stacy Brown

• Suspect in Racial Incidents Undergoes Mental Exam By Caitlin Liu

• Sewage Spills Into Ventura Keys Area By Tina Dirmann

• 2-Year Term for CRA Chief to Be Studied By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Blue Line Train Collides With Car; 2 Women Injured

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

• Controversy Stops Sale of Toll Road in Orange County By Meg James and Megan Garvey

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

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

• Leslie’s Poolmart Reports Higher Sales

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

• Search for Missing Irvine Diver to Resume Today By Tony Lystra

• Hearing Set on Airport Ballot Language By Jean O. Pasco

• OroAmerica’s Income Down in 3rd Quarter

• HUNTINGTON BEACH By Andrew Wainer, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 15

• Man Arrested on Rape Charge By Caitlin Liu

• Pinochet Is Having the Last Laugh By Marc Cooper

• Community Chest

• Technicolor Signs 3-Year Pact With Microsoft By Barbara Murphy

• Orange County Light Rail Plan Advances

• MTA Buses, Metro Rail to Offer Free Holiday Rides

• BREA By David Ryan, (714) 520-2511

• Search Crews Fail to Locate Missing Diver By Tony Lystra

• Wheelchair Access to UCLA Arena Focus of Suit

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

• OCTA Votes to Finish Impact Study of Rail Plan By Phil Willon

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

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

• NEWPORT BEACH By Alex Coolman, (949) 574-4268

• National Technical Systems Reports Increase in Income

• PLACENTIA By Jasmine Lee, (714) 520-2513

• Diligence for Olympic Reform

• Number of Gun Permits Up in Orange County By Jack Leonard

• North American Scientific Reports Boost in Income

• LTC Properties Declares Dividend By Barbara Murphy

• Obituaries

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

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

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

• Casmyn Corp. Files for Chapter 11

• NetZero Buys AimTV for 1 Million Shares By Barbara Murphy

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

• 7 Indicted in Slaying Over Noise Complaint

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

• WEB LINKS

• Sierra Club Sues to Block Pepperdine Expansion

• Seizure Likely Cause of Student’s Death By Tony Lystra

• Stocks Chart

Major Overhaul Continues for the Rockies

• ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

• Saying Family Comes First, Ainge Quits as Coach of Suns

• Bryant Gets to Make and Call the Shots By Tim Kawakami

• THE HOT CORNER By Larry Stewart

• NO CONTEST By J A. Adande

• Wolverines Remain in the Chase By Paige A. Leech

• The Deckers’ Sister Act Reaches Final Curtain By Chris Shaffer

• No. 9 Santa Ana Beats No. 2 Woodbridge in Soccer By Dave Mckibben

• Gipp Still an Inspiration Long After His Death By Earl Gustkey

• Denver’s Reign Ends in a Driving Rain

• Agent Denies Role in Rush Case By Lisa Dillman and Scott Howard-Cooper

• Forsberg Becoming a Force Again By Lon Eubanks

• Clippers Richer for Sharing the Wealth By Lonnie White

• Dodgers Continue Remodeling With Hall By Jason Reid

• Roland Captures Girls’ Singles Title Again By Steve Galluzzo

• Edmonds Trade in Works By Mike Digiovanna

• Now They Wish She Would Drop This Lawsuit By Houston Mitchell

• Early Start to Out With the Old, In With the New By Steve Springer

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

• Trojans Start to Press the Issue By Mike Terry

• MEN

• Marina Players Do Public Service Work By Melanie Neff

• Butler Unhappy With Role

• It Appears to Be a ‘Hole’ New Ballgame for Dodgers By Randy Harvey

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK - Westlake Reaps Major Honors in Ventura County By Mike Bresnahan

• Jefferson Leads Arizona to Easy 70-41 Victory

• THIS WEEK By Chris Foster

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Dave Desmond

• DIGEST

• New Coach Nothing New at Tustin

• Louisiana Tech Stages Rally

• Robinson Is in His Element Once Again By Helene Elliott

• Edmonds Possibly Headed to Oakland By Mike Digiovanna

• Changes Afoot With Players Returning By Jim Hodges

• Mater Dei-Poly Outcome Could Force Rule Change By Ben Bolch

• Larry Enjoys Oregon Homecoming By Vince Kowalick

• FOOTBALL ALL-STARS

• Puck Soup

• Domination of Weak Club Seen as a Good Sign By Elliott Teaford

• TONIGHT By Tim Kawakami

• PREP ROUNDUP

• Highlander Duo Wins City Title By Steve Galluzzo

• Olowokandi Facing Bigger Assignment By Lonnie White

• Fenwick Fired at New Mexico By Eric Sondheimer

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Paige A. Leech

• NHL TOP TO BOTTOM By Helene Elliott

• ICE DOGS REPORT

• Dafoe Doesn’t Shut Out Advice

• NEWSWIRE

• NEWSWIRE

• Dodger Deal for Dollars Just Appears Senseless By Bill Plaschke

• De La Hoya to Fight Coley Next Unless Goossen Has a Say By Steve Springer

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Lauren Peterson

• COLLEGE NOTEBOOK By Steve Henson

Bush, McCain Tussle Over Campaign Reform, Taxes

• First Team

• First Team

• PREPNET / SPEAK OUT

• Emotional Moments

• First Team Singles

• First Team Doubles

• Father Figures By Mimi Avins

• Here’s to Noel Coward: Center Theatre Group and Pals Join in Toast By Patt Diroll

• ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

• 100,000 Croats Turn Out for Cortege of Leader With Tainted Image in West By Carol J. Williams

• Sailing Off With More Championships By Michael Itagaki

• In Rise and Fall of Malls, Weaker Ones Get ‘Demalled’ By Morris Newman

• Supreme Court-Ship By Dave Mckibben

• Throwing a Lifeline to Gay Teenagers By Booth Moore

• Sudan Braces for Battle Between Feuding Leaders By John Daniszewski

• Hate-Filled Tapes Detail Columbine Killers’ Plans By Julie Cart

• Cool in the Cage By Eric Hamilton

• A Learning Link to the Page Museum

• 91 Express Lanes Owner Abandons Plans to Sell By Meg James and Megan Garvey

• Deadly Rebel Attack Dims Hopes for Colombian Truce By Juanita Darling

• A Plea in the Desert: Let There Be Dark By Diana Marcum

• State Jingling Small Change for a Bunch of Big Names By Patt Morrison

• Joseph Heller, Author of ‘Catch-22,’ Dies By Elaine Woo

• Parliament Backs Barak in Bid for Peace With Syria By Rebecca Trounson

• Rise in Mental Disorders Seen as Boomers Age By Melissa Healy and Julie Marquis

• Oil Tanker Sinks Off France; Heavy Seas May Limit Damage

• 2 Pension Funds May Bypass Health Insurers By Sharon Bernstein

• Tenet, Chemdex Teaming to Sell Medical Supplies Online

• SECOND TEAM

• New York Talks Seek to Avert Transit Strike

• In a Position to Conquer Her Phobia By Virginia Gilbert

• Lee Refused Bail in Nuclear Secrets Case By Bob Drogin

• A Present for the Teacher By Barbara Marron

• Fraud Alleged in N.Y. Schools’ Attendance Rolls

• Navy Ends Search for Wreckage of Marine Helicopter

• Bradley, McCain Double Their Support in State, Poll Finds

• U.S. Aides Meet With Cuban Boy’s Father By Mark Fineman

• Rebels Report Fierce Fighting in Chechnya

• Year in Review

• Never Too Old for the Magic of St. Nick By Sandy Banks

• Senate Panel Researches Medical Mistakes Problem

• Irish Leaders Meet With New Coalition

• In a Nod to Competition, Bush Jumps Into Fray By Ronald Brownstein

• Ex-Officer Gets 30 Years in N.Y. Police Torture Case

• COMING TOMORROW

• Supreme Court Declines Another School-Voucher Case

• Witch May Conjure Up Childhood Issues By Cynthia Richmond

• Petition Asks Status of Clinton Ethics Inquiry By Robert L. Jackson

• LAUGH LINES

• Wars, AIDS Are Threats to Kids’ Gains, Study Says

• YEAR IN REVIEW

• Ex-Starr Aides Rally to Tripp’s Defense in Taping Case By Eric Lichtblau

• Gore Says He’d Allow Gays in Military By James Gerstenzang

• Stane Dolanc; Yugoslav Leader

• Leo Smit; Pianist, Composer and Teacher By Daniel Cariaga

• Reputed Site of Mary’s Tomb Is Hit by Flood

• Border Patrol Agent Who Sank Raft Carrying People to Resign

• No Place Like Home By Lynn Smith

• Retrieval Begins of EgyptAir Crash Remains By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• What Are You Doing Over the Holidays?

• Year in Review

• Workers Rolling the Dice By Peter G. Gosselin

• Second Team

• GOP Senators Unveil Plan for Surplus By Carl Ingram

• Tax Foe Davis Quietly OKs New Payroll Bite By Dan Morain

• JOKES & RIDDLES

• State High Court Pulls Initiative Off March Ballot By Maura Dolan and Mark Gladstone

• EU Sending More Oil to Foes of Milosevic

AutoNation Shuts 23 Sites; 1,800 Laid Off

• Interscope Emerges as Star Act for Seagram By Chuck Philips

• Uncle’s Stock Gift Could Be Ticket Out of Debt and to New, Part-Time Career By Liz Pulliam

• City National Names Investment Exec

• Drug Stocks Weaken Anew on Reform Fears

• PharmaPrint Eliminates 10 Positions

• How Stock Grants Are Taxed By Liz Pulliam

• 15 Companies to be Changed in Nasdaq 100

• StarBase Shares Nearly Double Amid Analysts’ Strong Ratings

• Cordiant to Buy 80% of Hyundai Unit

• MRV Surges on Spinoff Expectations By Tom Petruno

• Techs Continue Surge in Mixed Close; Dow Off

• FileNet and Aspec Form Joint Venture

• AutoNation Shuts 23 Used-Car Stores and Lays Off 1,800 By John O'Dell

• 5,000 Janitors to Get Health Benefits in January By Nancy Cleeland

• New Executive for Disney Consumer Unit By James Bates

• Anaheim’s Bridgford Foods Reports 4% Rise in 4th-Quarter Income

• Bally May Have Room to Gain; JDS Overpriced or the Next Cisco? By James Peltz and Michael Hiltzik

• The Cooper Companies Inc.

• Real Estate Trends

• Hotel Industry to Gather at Conference

• Company Town Film Profit Report

• AOL, Nokia and Motorola to Spend $225 Million for Shares in 3Com Palm Unit

• Northwest Leads Carriers in Leisure Sale

• Onyx Files to Offer $20 Million in Notes

• 2 Cities Appealing ATM-Fee Injunction By Edmund Sanders

• DEALS

• Options Can Help Investors Protect Profits on Hot Tech Stocks By Walter Hamilton

• Deal With Qualcomm Boosts Net2Phone Shares

• Zland.com Acquires Pair of Companies

• Ex-Broker Pleads Guilty to Fraud By Jeff Leeds

• Huffy Recalls Mountain Bikes After Injuries

• ALSO

• Cooking.com Gets a Partner By Karen Kaplan

• Netgateway to Buy Galaxy Enterprises

• Oakley Sets Sights on Online Sales By Leslie Earnest

• New Malls, Renovations Planned By Leslie Earnest

• Venture Created to Help Firms Deal With Fluctuations in Power

• Bell Industries’ Stock Leaps on News of Buffett Holding By Siobhan Hughes

• O.C. Commercial Real Estate

• RCN Seeks to Enter Midwest

• IBM Vice President Moves to Rival Dell

• Harman to Cut Jobs, Move Some Assembly to Mexico By Jeffrey Gettleman

• Prudential Securities Acquires Volpe Brown

• Allergan Treatment Approved by FDA

• Rates on Shorter-Term T-Bills Rise at Auction

• Investors Cool Toward Whittman-Hart’s Plan to Acquire USWeb By Duncan Martell

• Seminar to Examine Trends, Next Generation of Retail

• Judge Dismisses Miami-Dade’s Gun Lawsuit

• Maguire Reviving Plans for Pasadena Project By Jesus Sanchez

• Top Stocks in Power Ratings Up 42% Since August Update By Josh Friedman

• At Many Party Rental Companies, It’s Too Late for Y2K Reservations By Leslie Earnest

• PacketVideo Will Appoint Pimco’s Cvengros as CEO

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

• Onstage, a Sure Bette By Robert Hilburn

• Passions Still Turn the Table By Michael Phillips

• There’s a Method to Disney’s Dumbness By Patrick Goldstein

• A&E Series on Top Figures of Millennium Now on Home Video By Martie Zad

• Arts Groups Rewarded by Howard Foundation

• Learn How to Start Japanese New Year

• C-SPAN Series Thrives on Presidential Arcana By David Daley

• TOMORROW IN CALENDAR

• Burton and Ozone Unite for a Joyful, Far-Reaching Recital By Don Heckman

• These Days, Everything’s a ‘Classic’ By Brian Lowry

• Three Is a Magic Number for Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio By Daniel Cariaga

• Hanks Manages to Edge Hanks By Robert W. Welkos