Archive for Sunday, December 26, 1999

Culturally Rich

• Firefighter’s Family Brings Holiday to Him By Margaret Talev

• Prophecies Ushered Out the 19th Century By Sharon Cohen

• Firefighters at Ojai Blaze Get Special Holiday Gift By Margaret Talev

• Dear Genethia Hayes: Smaller School Districts Are Better By Shirley Svorny

• Project Approval Is a Jurisdictional Mishap By Brad Sherman

• Cleaning Up or Missing the Point?

• Approval of Project Is a Mishap By Brad Sherman

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Tom Gorman

• Flames of Inspiration - Art City show reflects on fires that devastated the complex a year ago. By Josef Woodard

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Matea Gold

• Budget Woes Not Likely to Sway Union Leader By Fred Alvarez

• Taste of Italy at Armani Cafe By Max Jacobson

• Interim CAO Quickly Charts Recovery Course By Margaret Talev

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Doug Smith

• Destitute Experience Christmas Spirit in Downtown Los Angeles By Doug Smith

• Police Assigned to El Monte High Schools Full Time By Edgar Sandoval

• Newspapers Turn the Page to 1900

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Margaret Ramirez

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Robert Lee Hotz

• Pupil to Lift Her Voice to the Pope By Karima A. Haynes and Kate Folmar

• An Effective U.N. Serves Local and World Interests By Thomas Prindiville Higgins

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Richard Winton

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Matt Lait

• Ruptured Confidence

• The Swollen Majority By Mark Baldassare and Cheryl Katz

• Fire Ravages Family’s House, but It Can’t Ruin Their Holiday By Peter M. Warren

• Without a House Doesn’t Mean Without a Home By William H. Thrasher

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Hilary E. Macgregor

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Ann W. O'Neill

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Ann W. O'Neill

• Energy Grid Ready for the Rollover By Joseph B. Verrengia

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Miles Corwin

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Jeffrey L. Rabin

• Blazes Led to New Tactics in Prevention, Firefighting By Mark Platte

• Independent Thinkers, Thinking About the Merits of Independence By Kimit A. Muston

• 1999: THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Jim Newton

• Primed for Tough Choices

• Maurice Couve de Murville; Former French Premier

• Jill Craigie; Pioneering British Filmmaker By Jon Thurber

• Celebrating Christmas With Classic Hollywood By Matea Gold

• Man Badly Burned as Propane Ignites

• Collision Near Somis Kills Oxnard Man By Catherine Blake

• Taking New Year’s Revelry to a Higher Plane By Steve Chawkins

• Sylmar Man Accused of Drunk Driving in Fatal Crash By Solomon Moore

• Plan Would Use Fewer Paramedics By Sue Fox

• Involved at the Local Level

• The Need Is Year-Round

• Caltrans Needs to Focus on Safety

• Everyone Ends Up a Winner

• A Traditional Christmas at an Unusual Home By Karen Alexander

• Two Ways of Looking at Latino Vote By Maria Elena Fernandez

• Task: Find Feathered Friends By Lisa Richardson

• Jiang Hua; Presided Over Trial of the ‘Gang of Four’

• Motorist Recovering After Being Trapped for 2 Days By Roberto J. Manzano

• Marcel Landowski; Master of Modern French Music

• Annie Plummer; Gave Dictionaries to Children

• Alton Lindsey; Scientist on Byrd Polar Expedition

• Proposal Targets Paramedic Shortage By Sue Fox

• The Pioneers of Ventura By Ann Shields

• Rescue Gives Gift of Life to Motorist By Roberto J. Manzano

• The Guns of August By Al Martinez

• Parents, Hold the Line

• Medicare Bill Could Save Lives, Dollars By Geeta Sikand

• A Clean Slate, a Second Chance

• Court Files By Ann W. O'Neill

• An Artful Compromise, Please

• Donation Provides Playground Equipment

• Apartment Building Fires Leave Residents Homeless

• This Santa Shortcut Sure Didn’t Pay Off By Dana Parsons

• Obituaries

Santa Fe by the Sea

• ‘Practice’ Takes Him to Brentwood By Ruth Ryon

• Vinyl Fences Beat Wood in Many Ways By James Dulley

• NEXT SUNDAY

• Send Us Your Remodeling Tale

• Agree on Pay Plan Before Remodel Starts By Danny Lipford

• Holiday Clutter Can Hinder Flow of Chi By Kirsten M. Lagatree

• Mortgage Envy: Portfolio Lender May Provide the Answer By Robert J. Bruss

• Pro-Tenant Legal Guide By Robert J. Bruss

• A Glossary of Feng Shui Terms

These Two Prove Benefit of Doubt Goes to Stanford

• Lakers Reach Another Level By Steve Springer

• Back On Track By Bill Christine

• No Minor Accomplishments By Scott Moe

• Century’s Best in His Mind Had to Be Ruth By Bob Oates

• Pac-10 Can’t Find Paradise in Hawaii

• Cherrington Seeking Happy Ending By Lon Eubanks

• Smolinski Finds Answers as Career Is Reborn in L.A. By Jim Hodges

• Lions Have That Rundown Feeling

• He’s Pushing the Envelope, Not That Anyone Notices By Diane Pucin

• Taft Freshman Creates Quite a Buzz By Eric Sondheimer

• He Might Be at New Level, But Arenas Is Rising Rapidly By Eric Sondheimer

• Rustlers Lead Way in Race for State Titles By Steve Kresal

• Allen Gets Fired, Then He’s Rehired By Earl Gustkey

• Rivaldo Taking a Lot of Flak for Player of His Caliber By Grahame L. Jones

• Shoe Pioneer Bowerman Dies

• Browns Will Find Out There Is No Mercy Rule By T J. Simers

• CAPSULES

• Pac-10 Can’t Find Paradise in Hawaii - Sankey Leads Wake Forest by Arizona State in Aloha Bowl

• Backup Quarterback Faces Tough Decision By Eric Sondheimer

• Lakers Activate Knight; Celestand on Injured List By Steve Springer

• Lakers Reach a Higher Level By J A. Adande

• Loss Not Easily Forgotten by Coach By Elliott Teaford

• CALENDAR

• Having a Field Day

• Fiset Better Prepared for Sharks By Jim Hodges

• Reserves Jones, Closs Make Their Presence Felt By Lonnie White

• Dodger Fans Hope He Can Overcome Giant Mistake By Grahame L. Jones

• Guerrero Seeking Dismissal of Case

• Report Says Kaufman Gets New Contract

• Alvarez May Coach From the Press Box By Helene Elliott

• Watts’ Bad Hamstrings Led to Olympic Gold By John Ortega

• A Bartender at 76, Seixas Has Trophies, but Little Money

• USC’s Hayes Stars in Blue-Gray Game

• Miller Sparks Pacers, 101-90

Casino Capers

• Sand in Your Shoes and Views of the Pacific on the Millennial Trail By John Mckinney

• Museum Celebrates ‘Gone With the Wind’

• Traveler’s Note …

• Government Issues Alert to New Year’s Terrorism By Edward Wright

• MILLENNIUM COUNTDOWN

• Pompidou Center to Reopen in Paris By John-Thor Dahlburg

• Been There, Done That? Check Out New Options By Arthur Frommer

• Cyber-Technology Makes Phoning Home Obsolete By Lucy Izon

• Native American Crafts Offered at Denver Market By Ellen Melinkoff

• Readers Recommend

• On Airplanes, Don’t Be a Bellyacher By Kathleen Doheny

• California Corner By Laurie K. Schenden

• Pole to Pole in 110 Days

• New Year’s in New York

• TWO FOR THE ROAD By Christopher Reynolds and Susan Spano

• New Web Site Beats Rivals at Finding Low Air Fares By Craig Stoltz

Picks of the Past

• Seeing the Next Century Through Youthful Eyes

• Funny Guy Makes an Eccentric Living Paying Homage to ‘Funny Girl’ By Michael Hill

• Are Failed Mars Probes Price of Cost-Cutting? By Robert Lee Hotz

• Russia Begins Major Assault on Chechen Capital By Robyn Dixon

• Brothers on Two Paths Have Two Visions for Guatemala By Juanita Darling

• Prayers for Peace Offered Around Globe

• Coup Leader Tightens Control Over Ivory Coast

• A Family of Three By Kathryn Bold

• Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men By Tracy Wilkinson and Richard Boudreaux

• State Aims to Distinguish Y2K Glitches From Everyday Snafus By Jenifer Warren

• As Jurist Sets Record, He’s Neither Shy Nor Retiring By Maura Dolan

• Cats, Dogs, Snakes and Reptiles, Oh My!

• Hijackers Demand India Free Prisoners By Shankhadeep Choudhury and John Daniszewski

• The End of the World for a Venezuelan Town By Sebastian Rotella

• Woman’s Death on Husband’s Pyre Inspires Hindus By Sutapa Mukerjee

• Where to Find the Chestnuts By Dawn Bonker

• By Guess and by Gosh, He Preserves Ozark Life By Jamie Stengle

• Reno Hotels Cut New Year’s Eve Prices

• How to Help

• Chicken-and-Egg Tale in Hurricane Creek

• Turn Solo Holiday Time Into a Gift to Yourself By Vicki Iovine

• ‘Texaco Man’ Ambivalent to Company

• River Rebirth Signifies West’s Shifting Sensibility By Jeff Barnard

• George Washington’s Crossing Reenacted

• California Laws 2000

• The Ritual of Saving Time in a Bottle

• Tornado Victim Discovers Her Own Christmas Miracle By Carol Cole

• Israel Attacks Guerrilla Targets in Lebanon

• LAUGH LINES

• Wishing You the Bests By Mike Downey

• 7 Killed in Mudslides in Colombia, 15 Others Missing

• Death Toll in Philippine Ferry Accident at 34

• Hubble Fixed, Freed; Scientists Await Its Reawakening

• Venezuela Jet Crash Kills 22

• New York Releases Statewide Cancer Maps By Cristina C. Breen

• Clinton Doling Out $1 Billion for Homeless By Marlene Cimons

• Bikers Take Book of Mormon on Road By Hannah Wolfson

• ‘Hypocritical’ Senator

• Once Again, He Has Stars in His Eyes By Jose Cardenas

• Legal Wheels Grind Back to Smoking By David G. Savage

• All-Day Rain By Nancy Smiler Levinson

• Kashmir Violence Leaves 10 Dead

• They Come to Honor a Dead Dictator

• Unstoppable Economy Has a Mind of Its Own By Peter G. Gosselin

• Japan Begins Search for a Place in the Country By Sonni Efron

• Jokes & Riddles

• FBI, Seeking Suspect, Hears of Ticket Sale

• Drug Makers Taxed Less Than Other Industries, Study Finds

• After Losing Everything, Woman Keeps Her Telethon Pledge By Dennis Patterson

Dubious ’90s Trump Greedy ’80s

• ’90s Wall Street: What We’ll Miss–and Won’t By Tom Petruno

• Stickel Appointed Chairman of eBuilt

• She Got MBA and Quit–Now What? By Susan Vaughn

• From Pokemon to Palm Pilots, It Was Year of the Consumer By Greg Johnson

• Anyone Need a 10-Year-Old Crystal Ball? By James F. Peltz

• No Specific Law on Water Temperature

• Start-Up Makes Mutual Funds Easy for Small Investor–Maybe Too Easy By Paul J. Lim

• Coming Up

• Answer to New Millionaire’s Problem Won’t Be Cheap, but It’ll Be Worth It By Liz Pulliam

• Some Harbingers of 2000–and Beyond By James Flanigan

• Looking for a Make-Over?

Gutenberg’s Triumph

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Dave Hickey

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Jacques Barzun

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Carlos Fuentes

• LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERS / December 26, 1999

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Frederic Morton

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Milan Kundera

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Robert Giroux

• DISCOVERIES By Susan Salter Reynolds

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Marina Warner

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Alain De Botton

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Anthony Bailey

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By J D. Mcclatchy

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Thom Gunn

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Wendy Lesser

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Gary Indiana

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Elmore Leonard

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Paul Muldoon

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By John Le Carre

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By G. Cabrera Infante

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Michael Henry Heim

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Julius Lester

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Cynthia Ozick

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Robert Conquest

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Pico Iyer

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By John Lukacs

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Thomas Flanagan

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Benjamin Schwarz

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Eugen Weber

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Noel Annan

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Nadine Gordimer

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Mindy Aloff

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By John Banville

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Noel Perrin

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Juan Goytisolo

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Margaret Atwood

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Andre Aciman

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Simon Leys

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Ben Sonnenberg

• Forgotten Treasures: A Symposium By Gregory Rabassa

Non-Slip Knives

• Jack Cakebread, Cakebread Cellars

• VOX, Vodka from the Netherlands By S. Irene Virbila

• The Midnight Filet By Abby Mandel

• Cococcino

• Anything But Broccoli By Diane Morgan

• A Double-Decker Pizza By Rose Dosti

• Recipes for the Bunker By Charity Ferreira

• Coping Class

• Pa^te in Pink By Barbara Hansen

• The Endless Revel By Russ Parsons

• Best of the West By Charles E. Olken

• Top o’ the Century By Jancis Robinson

• FOOD IN THE TIMES

• Back to the Future By Charles Perry

• A New Spin on Gyros

• Where to Donate to the Needy By Eunice Park

Passings

• UTTERLY QUOTABLE

• Is Hollywood Pulling Punches? By Amy Wallace

• Through a Child’s Eyes By Sean Mitchell

• Some Winning Sounds in a Sea of Mediocrity By Robert Hilburn

• The Loud and Quiet Explosions By Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

• BEST BETS / DECEMBER 26, 1999-JANUARY 1, 2000

• Big-Name Celebrities Light Up the Stage By Michael Phillips

• Notables Ranged From Adams to Zubin’s Nephew By Mark Swed

• Lining Up the Good and Bad, Two by Two By Howard Rosenberg

• Diverse Forces Remake the Seen By Christopher Knight

• A Refurbished ‘Beauty’ Among Season’s Brightest By Lewis Segal

• This Does Compute By Mark Swed

• Kevin Thomas’ Top 10 Films of 1999 By Kevin Thomas

• Berlin and L.A. Form a Tale of Two Cityscapes in Transition By Nicolai Ouroussoff

• A Dramatic and Very Animated Time By Kenneth Turan

• You Get What You Pay For By Christopher Knight

• DON SHIRLEY’S TOP 10 By Don Shirley

• Universal Music Leads Sales; BMG Fracas Gets Spotlight By Steve Hochman

• The Whims of War By Brian Lowry

• Was the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Both, Actually By Don Heckman

• The Consensus Top 10

• Best of ’90s: ‘Nevermind’ By Robert Hilburn

• MICHAEL PHILLIPS’ TOP 10 By Michael Phillips

Building on the Past for a Future Westwood

• For Castro, Tug of War Over Boy Is All Too Personal By Ann Louise Bardach

• A Difficult Year With Progress Hindered, but Not Without Hope By Frank Del Olmo

• A Latino Politician Who Could Rewrite the Eastside Playbook By Tony Castro

• An Icon Without Social Value By Gregory Rodriguez

• George Mitchell By Kelly Candaele

• How Government Money Pulls Religion’s Punch By Joseph Loconte

• New Hope on Water Sharing

• Concerns About Rail Merger

• Christmas Present By Anne Taylor Fleming

• Cold War’s Last Battle Lingers on By Paula R. Newberg

• Stitching a Community of Nations By Kofi A. Annan

• California’s Rail Pokes Along as Others Race Ahead By Marc B. Haefele

• Era of Genes and Dilemmas