Archive for Thursday, December 16, 1999

Making It Click

• Heartbreak Hotel–for the Management By Steve Harvey

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Boys’ Slayings By Caitlin Liu and Tracy Wilson

• High-End Outlets Enjoying Season By Matt Surman

• 9 Hurt in Crash on Reagan Freeway By Karima A. Haynes

• Good Samaritans Brighten the Holidays By Joe Mozingo

• Man Convicted of Fatally Shooting Santa Paula Teen By Tracy Wilson

• The Fun’s Just Starting By Holly J. Wolcott

• Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Boys’ Slayings By Caitlin Liu and Tracy Wilson

• Collage Try By Roberto J. Manzano

• One for the Money, Tudor for the Show By Ann Conway

• Doctor Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Wife

• UCLA Student Missing; Police Seek Leads

• See You Around, Charlie Brown

• Community Grieves, Seeks Answers After Fatal Bus Crash

• Jonestown’s Horror Fades but Mystery Remains By Jeff Brazil

• Leadership Gala

• Fillmore’s Language Rule Lifted By Margaret Talev

• Seabees Share Time for Food Share By Tony Lystra

• City to Track Bad Contractors By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Her Day, 107 Years in the Making By Chris Ceballos

• Helen Susan Mayr; Funeral Home Co-Founder

• Searchers Find Body of Missing Diver By Holly J. Wolcott

• Rotary Club Plays Santa to Needy Kids By Chris G. Denina

• Holiday Magic

• Encino Boy Honored for Stamp Design By Roberto J. Manzano

• Activism, Anger Lurk Beneath Suburbia’s Bliss By Miguel Bustillo

• Census Bureau’s Counting on Latinos By Maria Elena Fernandez

• THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

• Obituaries

• Jim Brown Fails in Bid to Disqualify Judge

• Phone Link to County Board Meetings Proposed

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

• Getty Villa Expansion OKd Despite Residents’ Protests By Beth Shuster

• $2-Million Settlement OKd in County Bias Suit

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

• Family Conversations That Can Change–or Save–a Life By Kenneth Reich

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

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

• 2 Forest Roads Closed for Season By Catherine Blake

• 39 Charged in Crackdown on Fraud in FHA-Backed Loans By David Rosenzweig

• FOUNTAIN VALLEY By Angelique Flores, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 14

• Rivals Lay Some Blame for Rampart on Garcetti By Peter Y. Hong

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

• The Beverly Wilshire: All Shook Up By Steve Harvey

• Obituaries

• L.A. Region Still Key Gateway for Drugs, Study Says By Eric Lichtblau

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

• City OKs Raises for Manager, Attorney By Milo Peinemann

• Man Dies of Burns From Car Explosion By Holly J. Wolcott

• Worth Chirping About By Todd Everett

• Slain Officer’s Family Is Still Awaiting Justice By Jerry Hicks

• HUNTINGTON BEACH By Eron Ben-Yehuda, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 13

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

• Syria-Israel: Eliminate the Negative By Edward P. Djerejian

• Audit Urged of Schools’ Construction Program By Doug Smith

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

• Customers Conserve Water in Wake of Pipeline Rupture By Louise Roug and Bonnie Harris

• South African Discovery Could Shed Light on Origins of Man

• Non-English Speakers Denied Welfare-to-Work Services, Suit Says By Annette Kondo

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

• Anti-Gay Efforts: Oppression Disguised as Civic Duty By Shawn Hubler

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

• Park for Skateboarders Approved by City Council

• Astronomers Report Seeing Light Reflected by Extrasolar Planet

• Take a Giant Step to Right Rampart Wrongs By Erwin Chemerinsky

• Boy Charged in Plot to Storm School By Lisa Richardson

• Water Users Heeding Call to Conserve By Louise Roug, Phil Willon, and Bonnie Harris

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

• What Was Gained at the WTO Conference Could Easily Be Lost By Todd Gitlin

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

• New Class of AIDS Drug Offers Advantages in Ease of Use

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

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

• Ordered to Yield Winnings, Divorcee Seeks Bankruptcy By Ann W. O'Neill

• 3,300 and Counting

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

• 2 Men Convicted in Kidnapping of S. Pasadena Girl

• I Didn’t Know That …

• Man Sentenced to Jail in Racial Attack By Andrew Blankstein

• Suit Planned Over Welfare-to-Work Program By Annette Kondo

• Suspect Arrested in Slaying of Woman

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

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

• Padilla Confronts Chief Problem in Staff, Critics Say By Patrick Mcgreevy and Miguel Bustillo

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

• BREA By David Ryan, (714) 520-2511

• 1st Professor Hired at Valley College Dies By Solomon Moore

• Non-English Speakers Denied Welfare-to-Work Services, Suit Says By Annette Kondo

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

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

• Information Overload Clouds Internet Access Debate By Jim Newton

• FULLERTON By Young Chang, (714) 520-2506

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

• Restrict Government, Not Campaign Funds By Gary M. Galles

• Irvine Unified Weighs 4th Try at Parcel Tax By Kate Folmar and Mathis Winkler

• Preparing to Combat a Deadly Influenza Pandemic By Sylvia Pagan Westphal

• Former Band Boosters Official Held in Theft By Holly J. Wolcott

• Landlords Clean Up Tina-Pacific Neighborhood By Judy Silber

• Lawsuit Accuses 2 LAPD Officers of Wrongful Arrest By Scott Glover and Henry Weinstein

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

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

• Claim Against Sheriff Aide Withdrawn

• Claremont Honors Officers Involved in Controversial Death By Joe Mozingo and Richard Winton

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

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

• Volunteers Locate Body of Missing Diver From Irvine

• NEWPORT BEACH By Greg Risling, (949) 574-4226

• City Has No Assets List, Official Says By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Council Denies Bar’s Bid to Go Topless By Patrick Mcgreevy

• City Steps Up Fight Over Rules on L.A. River Water

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

• After Brief Ventura Stint, Official Resumes Old Job

• Child Aid Efforts Cannot Wait

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

Simply the Best

• O’Connell Is on Hot Streak on Pro Surfing Tour, Fever Notwithstanding By John Weyler

• Sylmar Does Its Homework Again By Paige A. Leech

• Kings Find Same Old Problems in New York By Jim Hodges

• No Cakewalk, but Brea Wins By Paul Mcleod

• Finley Expected to Join Indians for Three Years at $26 Million By Mike Digiovanna ross Newhan

• Edison Hammers Home Point, Defeats El Dorado By Dave Mckibben

• He Stepped Into a Key Role at Chapman By Dan Arritt

• No Holiday on a Busy Sports Scene By Gary Klein

• Chlebicki, Marina Turn Tables on Villa Park By Michael Itagaki

• Ducks Definitely Up to Challenge By Elliott Teaford

• This Rookie Overcame Conventional Wisdom

• Roland Embraces Hollywood By Gary Klein

• ALL FOR ONE By Paige A. Leech

• Alive & Kickin’ By Chris Dufresne

• The Hot Corner By Helene Elliott

• Harvey Jumps at This Chance By Jim Hodges

• UCLA Talks to Agent About Rush Contacts By Lisa Dillman and Scott Howard-Cooper

• BOYS’ SOCCER ROUNDUP

• Still in Search of Shaq Backup By Tim Kawakami

• Defenseman Shuttle Goes Nonstop By Elliott Teaford

• Dismal End to Trip May Undo Fast Start for Struggling Kings By Helene Elliott

• Sparks Lose Starting Guard in Expansion Draft By Earl Gustkey

• IBF Chief Lee Faces Charges on Tax Evasion By David Wharton

• COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25 By Chris Dufresne

• Samaranch Sparkles in Washington By Alan Abrahamson

• Titans No. 2 in Preseason Baseball Rankings By Lon Eubanks

• Handling Defeat Is Part of Formula for Being a Success By Eric Sondheimer

• Arroyo Standing Tall in Middle for Bell-Jeff By Eric Sondheimer

• Moorpark Takes First Step in Glendale Tournament

• Carruth Is Found Hiding in Car Trunk in Tennessee

• Around the Majors

• Recker Hopes to Play Earlier at Iowa

• Narbonne Warms Up by Making History By Gary Klein

• Public Golf Course Opening in Sylmar

• HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• ANGELS By Bill Shaikin

• Next Dodger Act Needs Audience Participation By J A. Adande

• Trotter, Brea Are Looking to Rebound in Santa Barbara By Martin Henderson

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By John Ortega

• No-Overtime Rule May Be Reconsidered By Ben Bolch

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Dave Desmond

• Patriots Assigned Penalties By Chris Shaffer

• Loyola Marymount Suffers Bad Night

• Sampras, Agassi to Play Davis Cup for McEnroe By Lisa Dillman

• Ryder Cup Players Will Get Money to Donate to Charity

• FOOTBALL - Orange Coast College fullback Jimmie Banks has committed to play at USC next year, Pirate Coach Mike Taylor said. - Banks, 6 feet and 250 pounds, rushed for 663 yards this season, averaging six per carry. He also had seven touchdowns and

• Odom Not in a Good Groove By Lonnie White

• Buster B Bimbo Wins for Pincay By Bill Christine

• Taking the Fifth Ends in Injustice By Fernando Dominguez

• Man Defense Puts Borchart In Zone Against Bellflower By Eric Sondheimer

• Ducks Make Best of a Sticky Situation, 4-2 By Elliott Teaford

• Game of the Week

• BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• Penguins Keep Momentum

• Temple Receives Boost From Wadley

• Curtin Leads Ice Dogs to 4-2 Win

• Turner Healing on Schedule By Mike Terry

• Will He Line Up on the Port Side or Starboard? By Grahame L. Jones

• Spotlight on Hornacek as Jazz Extends Streak

• Littlerock Comes Through at Line, Defeats Ventura By Mike Bresnahan

• PREP ROUNDUP

• Edison Girls Win With Defense Again By Mike Besack

Going Out in Tile

• McCain Skilled at Using Finance System He Reviles By Judy Pasternak and Nick Anderson

• Russia Tests Defenses in Chechen Capital By Robyn Dixon and Maura Reynolds

• Israel and Syria Begin Landmark Talks for Peace By Tracy Wilkinson and Norman Kempster

• Making an Art of the Sob Story By Kenneth R. Weiss

• Paul Cadmus; Artist Shocked Many With Homoerotic Themes By Myrna Oliver

• Looking for the Next Best Thing By Ruth Ryon

• Venezuelans Vote to Boost Power of Chavez

• Caltrans Let Safety Work Ride to Help 91 Toll Lanes By Meg James and Megan Garvey

• New U.S. Envoy Begins Stint in China By Henry Chu

• Often Imitated, Never Invitated

• Cities’ Residency Rules Hit Home By Stephanie Simon

• Fund-Raiser’s Testimony Shocks No One By Alan C. Miller

• Poetry in a Notion By Beverly Beyette

• The Legacy of the Nutcracker Sweet

• Virtual Pear Tree, Real Partridges By Susan Carpenter

• Bridge Partners Say Tripp Told of Recordings

• Using the World Wide Web to Throw Light on Holiday Decorating By Connie Koenenn

• Anarchists Deployed New Tactics in Violent Seattle Demonstrations By Kim Murphy

• Milton Rudin; Hollywood Attorney By Myrna Oliver

• Around the Yard By Robert Smaus

• Victorious Brown Pledges to Reward S.F. By Mary Curtius

• 5 Officials Ousted After Boot Camp Abuse Charges

• A Present for the Teacher By Barbara Marron

• Forecasts See State’s Economy Slowing–a Bit By Don Lee

• McCain Pushes Conservative Goals in S.C. By Anne-Marie O'Connor

• JOKES & RIDDLES

• Cubans Release Fellow Prisoners

• Charles Earland; Jazz Organist By Jon Thurber

• Darlene Neel; Key Figure in Southland Dance Community By Myrna Oliver

• Old Money, Murder Add Up to Book Deal By Paul Colford

• U.N., Kosovo Albanians Sign Power-Sharing Deal

• Gore’s Health ‘Outstanding,’ Doctors Say By Edwin Chen

• What Are You Doing Over the Holidays?

• LAUGH LINES

• New Natural History Museum Envisioned By Josh Meyer

• Tax Credit for Ailing Schools’ Teachers Urged By Amy Pyle

• Intellectual’s Travelogue Follows Journeys Taken in Dream-Time By Cara Mia Dimassa

• Barak’s Israel Can Afford to Negotiate By Tracy Wilkinson

• 4 U.S. Followers of Falun Gong Held

• Pedestrians Often Blamed When Struck By Richard Marosi and Ray F. Herndon

• Replicating the Look By Robert Smaus

• Ousted Premier Gets 1-Day Parole

• Traditional Scarves Point of Debate

• Alcohol, Job Woes Cited in Domestic Violence By Julie Marquis

• CAPITOL JOURNAL By George Skelton

• After Long Struggle, South Vietnamese to Get What’s Due By Robert L. Jackson

• A Learning Link to the California Science Center

• The Story of One Ethnic Stereotype That Stuck

• Bosnian Serb Found Guilty of Genocide

• Debit Card Users Can Get Cash at Post Office

• Hat and Tails Optional; Jacket Required

• Discovery Launch Set to Fix Hubble

• Two Public Homes and Gardens Full of Tile By Robert Smaus

• Counter Tops Take Center Stage in Redesigns

• WTO Failure Spurs Regional Alliances at Expense of U.S. By Evelyn Iritani

• Contract Bars Work on Riverside Freeway By Meg James and Megan Garvey

• Final Approval Granted for Desert Landfill

• Ed Jones; Served 20 Years in Congress

• Measure on Detaining Mentally Ill Planned By Dan Morain

• Obituaries on the Web

• Arrests in Jordan Led to Travel Warning By Tyler Marshall

Objects of Desire

• Web Sites Focus on Family Photos and Aim for Profits By Karen Kaplan

• Click Here By Michelle Maltais

• Hotels Have Rooms to Spare By Leslie Earnest and Stephen Gregory

• Some Hotels Cut Dec. 31 Rates By Leslie Earnest and Stephen Gregory

• MTV Subject of Antitrust Probe Over Purchase of Competitor By Chuck Philips

• VW Hiring Former BMW Chief Executive

• Big Techs Boost Indexes but Broad Market Falls

• Time Warner to Set up High-Tech Fund By Michael A. Hiltzik

• FCC Expected to OK Bell Atlantic Application By Jube Shiver

• Bridgford Foods OKs Stock Buyback

• Also …

• FCC Weighing Free TV Time for Candidates By Jube Shiver Jr.

• Watchmaker Warns Shoppers to Avoid Its Products Online By Greg Miller

• Boeing Revises Way It Tallies Orders, Cutting Airbus’ Lead by 183 Planes

• Pacific Sunwear Will Sponsor ESPN Event

• Latest Indiana Jones an Adventure in Tedium By Aaron Curtiss

• 3 Charged in Web Scheme to Boost Price of Tiny Stock By Walter Hamilton

• 38-Year-Old Takes the Wheel at Mazda

• Ticker Talk

• Infonet Shares Go for $21 in Initial Offering

• Suit Accuses K.B. Toys of Discrimination

• Deal Channels Saturn Inquiries to Autobytel

• SEC Proposes Measure to End ‘Selective Disclosure’

• Wet Seal to Lower Prices, Cut Inventory

• Industrial Output Rises 0.3% in Nov.

• Coldwell Banker Southland Unit Acquires Coast Newport Properties By Daryl Strickland

• Exxon Mobil Sees Greater Cost Savings, More Layoffs

• Isis’ Drug for Crohn’s Disease Fails By Paul Jacobs

• Oakley Authorizes Repurchase of Shares

• Dell Investing in New Online Tech Support Firm

• Online Retailer CarsDirect Acquires Autos.Com Domain Name for $2.2 Million By Jonathan Gaw

• Rexall to Buy Supplement Firm Met-Rx By E. Scott Reckard

• Pink Dot Rolls Into Huntington Beach

• O.C. Building Permits

• $2.1 Billion in Vietnam Aid Pledged By David Lamb

• Also …

• Peregrine Joins GoldMine in Marketing Deal By Karen Kaplan

• Florida Firm Buys Met-Rx Nutrition for $78 Million By E. Scott Reckard

• Cisco Drops 2.1% on Report of Slowing Sales By Scott Lanman

• FCC Proposes Fine for Faxed Ads

• FCC Wants Details on MCI-Sprint Merger

• Food Workers to Stage Protest at Staples Center By Nancy Cleeland

• Nortel Agrees to Buy Qtera in Bid to Outflank Rivals

• Hasbro to Offer Games Online With Go2Net

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

• AOL, Yahoo Team with Retailers

• Online Grocer Moving In on L.A. By Melinda Fulmer

• Columbia Pictures President Promoted to Chairwoman By Claudia Eller

• State Panel Hears Minimum-Wage Testimony By Nancy Cleeland

• Ericsson Spins Off, Renames Brea Division

• Bergen Brunswig Signs $1-Billion Pact

• Australian Firm to Buy L.A.-Based Elite

• Another Split for CMGI

• Dun & Bradstreet Plans to Spin Off Moody’s

• Dense-Pac Turns Profit in Third Quarter

• Record Year for Merger Deals Winds Down By Debora Vrana

• Biotech Facility Planned for Pasadena’s High-Tech Zone By Paul Jacobs

• Universal Sued by Kirch Over Film Quantity, Quality By James Bates

• Microsoft Shares Rocket on Windows 2000 News

10,11 & 11:30am

• all day

• Martha, Ralph Fiennes: Siblings and Comrades - The first-time filmmaker and her famous brother join forces on ‘Onegin,’ a project seven years in the making, based on Pushkin’s 1830 novel. By David Gritten

• BEST BETS: Thursday 12/16

• Winter Solace By Valerie J. Nelson

• 2pm Dance

• Itinerary: Long, Long Nights By Robin Rauzi

• Of Faith and Fame By Randy Lewis

• At Leo’s Rib Joint, It’s Bone-Appetit By Charles Perry

• How Swede It Is - Christmas smorgasbord at Gustaf Anders in Santa Ana is as authentically Scandinavian as it is a memorable dining experience. By Max Jacobson

• Bawdy Surfing By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Restoration Is Simply ‘Grand’ By Susan King

• What’s Hot

• Knowing the Score - Stan Ridgway, who’ll play Friday at the Coach House, is finding a welcome challenge in writing music for film. By John Roos

• Out of Town: San Francisco

• Holiday Happenings

• Still Starry-Eyed By Lynne Heffley

• A Classical Scrooge By Don Shirley

• Santa Is Back on Track at Griffith Park’s Travel Town By Brenda Rees

• Marley Tribute, Radio City Gala, 48 Hours of ‘Mil-Looney-um’ By Susan King

• Michael Connelly By Robin Rauzi

• Ends This Weekend

• Fending Off Anxious Suitors, KKGO Mines Mozart Crowd By Judith Michaelson

• Welles Considered ‘The Trial’ His Best Film; Your Verdict? By Kevin Thomas

• Pop Date Book By Richard Cromelin

• Donaldson Leads the E-Way - Veteran TV anchor takes a chance on the Internet with a 3-day-a-week program aimed at folks at work. By Verne Gay

• Bu^che de Noel By Jessica Strand

• It Could Have Been a Boogie Night at the Coconut By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• O.C. on Ice

• MORE BITES

• NBC Draws Fire for Language in ‘Will,’ ‘SNL’ By Dana Calvo

• TV Smarts

• Plan Ahead: Next Week

• New Interior, Old Menu Put Dal Rae in the Winner’s Circle By S. Irene Virbila

• For New Year’s, Bring Appetite, Credit Cards By Angela Pettera

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

• A Subdued but Still Vital Night With Los Lobos By Steve Appleford