Archive for Saturday, December 18, 1999

HOLIDAY LIGHTS

• Authentic and Homey By Jose Paul Corona

• Mother’s Arraignment Postponed By Tracy Wilson

• This Is Crazy, But You Be the Judge By Steve Harvey

• From the Heart By Agustin Gurza

• Santa’s Little Yelpers By Tony Lystra

• Area Postal Workers Deliver Toys to Kids By Irene Garcia

• Near-Record Highs Keep Season Toasty By Catherine Blake

• LAPD Officer Doctored Documents, Suit Alleges By Scott Glover and Matt Lait

• That Last-Minute Gift By Nancy Kinsey Needham

• You Can Keep Those Buns of Steel Forever, if You Bronze Them By Terry Mcdermott

• Giveaway Helps Spread Christmas Spirit By Hector Becerra

• Parents of Slain Oak View Teen File Wrongful-Death Suit By Tracy Wilson

• A Cure for Teen Cynicism: Involvement By M. Janine Wise

• Spending as the Clock Ticks By Robert Roman

• Jurors May Get Soto Murder Case Monday By Margaret Talev

• God’s Wish: That We All ‘Do Justice’ By Lex Woodbury

• A Flood’s Hold on Human Memory By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Cuban American Voices in L.A. Weigh In on Fate of Rescued Boy By Antonio Olivo

• Reagan Had Winning Mix of Charisma, Convictions By George Skelton

• Candice Kerns; Leukemia Victim, 15, Was Active in Athletics, Church By Karima A. Haynes

• Mystic Had Raptures, and a Head for Business By Nora Gallagher

• One Step Beyond an Ice Cream Bar on Balboa Island By Janice Jones Dodds

• UC Irvine Professor to Be Honored

• County a Hotbed of Christian Music By William Lobdell

• Would You Please Repeat That for the Interpreter? By Steve Harvey

• Valley’s Aviation History Is Full of Soar Spots By Martha L. Willman

• Socorro Caro Charged; Arraignment Postponed By Tracy Wilson

• New Deli By Rodney Bosch

• Religion Notes

• Wife Killer Sentenced to 26 Years

• A Mountain of Interest

• Flu Sufferers Swamp Area Care Facilities By Maria Elena Fernandez

• For Many, New Year Is a Time for Reflection By Elaine Gale

• Corporate America Doesn’t Care By Deborah B. Smith

• Homeless Family’s Story Prompts Offers of Help By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

• Investor Buys 2 Office Buildings By -Matt Surman

• Churches Set Services for Advent By Gena Pasillas

• Park District Seeks Tax for Upgrades By Josh Goldstein

• Police Investigate Fatal Shooting By Sue Fox

• City Agrees to Kill 7% Fee Surcharge By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Rabbinical Seminary Elected to Council By Larry Stammer

• Obituaries

• Deputies Kill Carjack Suspect at Mall By Roberto J. Manzano

• Three Hours Is Enough to Shop By Gary Gallinot

• UCLA Students Face Discipline in Clashes By Monte Morin

• Man Gets Prison, Fine in Celebrity Fraud Case By Evelyn Larrubia

• Muslim Group Criticizes Schools

• City Pushes Battery-Run Leaf Blowers By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Colosseum Used by Death Penalty Foes

• Theories Arise on Pipe Burst’s Cause By Phil Willon and Scott Martelle how The Pipeline Broke

• Key L.A. Official Backs Move to Break Up MTA By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Reagan Library Holiday Exhibit Is Extended By Catherine Blake

• At Christmastime, Luring Back the Lost By Nancy Kinsey Needham

• Jury Awards Injured Man $10.5 Million

• 4th Sunday of Advent Among Holiest Days of Holiday Season By Larry B. Stammer

• Cardinal Mahony to Say Mass

• Boy’s Menacing Note Being Investigated By Alex Katz

• Somis Dumpster Fire Leads to Evacuation By Holly J. Wolcott

• Charges Filed Against Porn Filmmakers By Sue Fox

• Obituaries

• Schools Testing Threat Analysis By Lisa Richardson

• Fire Triggers 8-Hour Traffic Jam on the 405 By Maria Elena Fernandez

• Community Health Center Opens Doors By Irene Garcia

• Appliance-Recycling Event Scheduled By Catherine Blake

• Victim Kept Poison Snakes Illegally, Agency Says By Roberto J. Manzano

• Area Hospitals Are Swamped With Flu Patients By Willoughby Mariano and Doug Shuit

• Charges Filed Against Porn Filmmakers By Sue Fox

• Air Show Fails to Snag Major Jet Team By Tony Lystra

• Tollway Pacts With Caltrans Restrict 3 Roads By Meg James

• Demand for Food Aid Rose in Cities

• Greek Orthodox Web Sites Available

• Burton Enrollment Audit Planned By Hilary E. Macgregor and Kristina Sauerwein

Coming Home

• Soaring Robin By Fernando Dominguez

• Making the Cut on Field of Dreams By Eric Sondheimer

• Mission Viejo Defeats Weary Eagles By Melanie Neff

• So This Is What Triangle Means By Tim Kawakami

• San Clemente Beats Newport Harbor By Ben Bolch

• Errorless Ducks Win Third in Row By Elliott Teaford

• Matadors Hope Feats Fill Seats By Vince Kowalick

• Matadors Glad to Have Saleem By Vince Kowalick

• Eagles and Conditions Rained on Rams’ Parade

• Pepperdine, WCC Holding Court By Steve Henson

• Forward Conlon Is Signed to Take Skinner’s Roster Spot By Lonnie White

• You Thought You Were Sick of Him? By T J. Simers

• Coming Home By Tim Brown

• Errorless Ducks Win Third Game in a Row By Elliott Teaford

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK By Eric Sondheimer

• Laguna Hills’ Herrera Wins at World Junior

• Master’s Extends Winning Streak With Group Effort

• Hernandez Gets Hot Hand in Second Half to Lift Oxnard, 65-51

• His Trade Was Stroke of Genius By Grahame L. Jones

• Times’ All-Sports Award

• University’s Lawrence Scores 20 in Victory

• Merlo, Capistrano Valley Defeat Irvine in Overtime

• Calvary Chapel Pulls Rank in 53-22 Win By Erik Hamilton

• Bure’s Hat Trick Sinks Sabres, 4-2

• Trojans Pressed for Answers in Losses By Mike Terry

• Houston Beats Ice Dogs in Shootout

• Gray Scores 37, Santa Ana Beats Pasadena in Double OT

• Collins Back as a Scout With Cubs

• Southern Section Upholds Result of Diamond Bar Game By Gary Klein

• Ex-Pro Lutz to Coach at San Clemente By Dave Mckibben

• UC Irvine Women Rout Northern Illinois, 65-41

• Gomez Sparks Bruins By Earl Gustkey

• Rush Could Return After Christmas By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Audette Is Moved Down By Jim Hodges

• COLLEGE BASKETBALL DAILY REPORT By Chris Foster

• Dolphins Let Underwood Go

• NCAA Slaps Irish With Probation

• Gledhill’s Courtship Over at Taft By Mike Bresnahan

• Jury Rules in Favor of Hornet Owner

• Greathouse Is Just Too Good By Mitch Polin

• McElwee Graduates With Honors

• Selig: No Call Yet on Beltre By Ross Newhan

• Winning Present is Rider’s Seasonal Wish for Kingsmen By Steve Henson

• Jackson Calls Shaq Half Bad By Tim Kawakami

• Wake Forest’s Victory Proves Costly

• Littlerock Trips Gardena, 67-58 By Mike Bresnahan

• Team Sticks to Measured Reaction By Elliott Teaford

• Also-Rans at Breeders’ Cup, 2-Year-Olds Seek Better Results By Bill Christine

• Hornets’ Record Doesn’t Worry Coach By Steve Kresal

• Littlerock Rolls in Overtime, 59-53

• Trotter Works Overtime to Lead Brea Olinda to Victory

• HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

• AREA COLLEGE NOTEBOOK

• Long Beach State Eliminated by Stanford By Scott Moe

• Burroughs Gets By Thousand Oaks By Steve Galluzzo

• Ghedina Dominates Downhill

• Odom Makes Lasting Impression By Lonnie White

• Gugliotta Has Seizure After Suns’ Victory

Y2K Eve Stirs Big Fears–of Datelessness

• G-8 Fails to Slow Russian Attacks on Chechnya By Carol J. Williams

• Canal Treaty Foes Say Enemies Have Gained a Beachhead By Juanita Darling

• Giving Tragic News Among Hardest Jobs in the Military By Tony Perry

• Fickle Russians Make Outcome of Upcoming Elections a Guessing Game By Maura Reynolds

• Grover Washington Jr.; Saxophonist Helped to Popularize Jazz-Fusion By Jon Thurber

• Canal Treaty Foes Say Enemies Have Gained a Beachhead By Juanita Darling

• Winds Abort Bid to Sail Across Atlantic

• Tree-Sitter, Lumber Firm Reach an Agreement By Mary Curtius

• Fickle Russians Make Outcome of Upcoming Elections a Guessing Game By Maura Reynolds

• Unlikely Support for Drug Tests on Welfare Applicants By Stephanie Simon

• Death Toll in Venezuela Flooding Climbs to 202

• U.N. Approves Plan to Return Arms Inspectors to Iraq By Maggie Farley and John J. Goldman

• Man Is Charged With Smuggling Nitro Into U.S. By Eric Lichtblau

• Peace Talks Split Israeli Parliament By Rebecca Trounson

• Suspected Serial Killer Gets 52 Years in Rape, Death of 2 Colombian Boys

• Ian Watt; Critic, POW Camp Survivor By Elaine Woo

• WTO Is Still Smarting From Fiasco in Seattle By John-Thor Dahlburg

• 392 Power Plants Ordered to Cut Drifting Smog

• British, Irish Lawmakers Launch Council

• Germany Pledges $5.2 Billion for Slave Laborers By Carol J. Williams

• State Scraps Plans for Privately Run Prison Facilities By Dan Morain

• Students’ Use of Club Drug Ecstasy Up 55% By Melissa Healy

• Club Aids Diplomats’ Wives Who Have Been Left Behind By Maggie Farley

• 18-Year-Old Jailed in Columbine High Internet Threat

• Other Caltrans Tollway Deals Hurt Freeways By Meg James

• Gingrich, Wife Reach Divorce Settlement

• Club Aids Diplomats’ Wives Who Have Been Left Behind By Maggie Farley

• TV Interview Shows

• Deputy Director to Take No. 1 Job at ATF

• Estimate of Bodies in Juarez Graves Overstated By Mary Beth Sheridan

• Work Begins to Raise Sunken Marine Chopper

• Rain, Clouds Scrub Launch of Shuttle

• Early Wright; Mississippi ‘Soul Man’ Deejay By Jon Thurber

• Gore, Bradley Tangle Over Health Plans By Ronald Brownstein

• Germany Pledges $5.2 Billion for Slave Laborers By Carol J. Williams

• ‘Virtual’ Child Porn Is Legal, Court Says By Greg Miller and Henry Weinstein

• 2 Killed in Argentina in Protests Demanding Back Pay for State Workers

• DNA Test Frees 18-Year Louisiana Inmate By Henry Weinstein

• 2 U.S. Peacekeepers Hurt in Melee

• Clinton Signs Bill Extending Benefits for Working Disabled

• OBITUARIES

• Hatch Urges End to IRS, Replacing Income-Based System With Sales Tax

• Medical Emergency Declaration to Be Sought for Needle Swaps

• Babbitt Praises California for Water Policy Progress By Tony Perry

Icicle Lights Are Red-Hot This Holiday Season

• Small Firms Find Niche on Net By Jonathan Gaw

• Southland Theme Parks Show Mixed Attendance Results By Greg Hernandez

• Liberty Media to Buy Stake in TCI Satellite

• Odetics Subsidiary to Go Public as Iteris Inc.

• New-Home Building Sags as Mortgage Rates Climb

• Kelly Named New President at Tickets.com

• Magic Software to Buy Its Dutch Partner By (p J. Huffstutter)

• 8 Are Indicted in Alleged Medical Billing Scheme By Robin Fields

• First Alliance Shutting Down Five Branches By (edmund Sanders)

• GE to Split Stock, Hike Payout

• O.C. Women’s Magazine Folding–Into Another By Marc Ballon

• Ask Jeeves Faces Patent Suit by MIT Scientists

• Ernst & Young to Pay $335 Million in Audit Lawsuit By Vivien Lou Chen

• Star Cruises Bids for Rest of Norwegian

• Monsanto Reportedly in Merger Talks By Noelle Knox

• BRIEFLY / TECHNOLOGY

• BRIEFLY / RETAILING

• Italy Fines Coca-Cola $16 Million

• AltaVista, a Web-Search Pioneer, Files to Go Public By Ashley Dunn

• Microsoft Loses in China Software Piracy Suit

• Broadcom Stock to Soar to $300, Analyst Predicts By (p J. Huffstutter)

• Tandy, Short of Phones, Sees Shares Drop

• Nasdaq Just Keeps Rising, Up 71% in ‘99

• MBK Sells Senior-Housing Unit By Daryl Strickland

• Drug Shows Promise Against Asthma

• Dole Warns of Disappointing Earnings

• Buried Under the Wallpaper By Lorenza Munoz

• Notorious B.I.G. Is Top in Nation, but Dr. Dre and Santana Rule Here By Richard Cromelin

• 2Pac’s Charisma Survives in Unreleased Recordings By Soren Baker

• Not All ‘Marley’ Matches Legacy By Richard Cromelin

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

• Record Rack By Soren Baker

• Writers Firing Complaints at ‘Line’ By Paul Brownfield

• Record Rack By Ernesto Lechner

• COMING SUNDAY

• Just Think of NPR Hosts as the Anti-Shock Jocks By Judith Michaelson

• ‘Colors of Christmas’ Show a Pleasant Cerritos Tradition By Don Heckman

• Whatever Became of Film Series? By Elaine Dutka

• La Danserie’s Novel Pieces Fade Too Soon at Highways By Lewis Segal

• Customs Finds Blast Material, Arrests Man

• Agents Probing Theft of Big Cache of Bombing-Making Materials in Arizona

This Year, Make It a No-Holds-Barred Party

• Reindeer Not His Only Mode of Transport By Ralph Kovel and Terry Kovel

• Recipes for Cool Kitchens By Mark Chalon Smith

• Music, Angels Theme for a Festive Home

• Hillary Clinton Urges Tree Planting to Celebrate Millennium

• Gift Givers, Read All About Them

• KEEP THE HOLIDAY EVER GREEN By Julie Bawden Davis

• Terrariums Are Making a Comeback; Projects Can Be Fun, Educational