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What happened on December 27, 1999
ENTERTAINMENT
'Sunday' Breaks Out of Holiday Weekend Pack By Richard Natale, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Watchdog's Bark and Bite By Howard Rosenberg, TIMES TELEVISION CRITIC
Animation Infinity and Well Beyond By Kenneth Turan, TIMES FILM CRITIC
Tomorrow In Calendar
'Humankind' Series Serves Up Inspiring, Surprising Stories By Jon Matsumoto, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Unwrapping Rap
The DGA Is Right, D.W. Griffith Was Wrong By Ted Elliott
Y2K-Ready or Not, He Plans to Talk Through Night By Judith Michaelson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sounds to Ring In the Millennium
'Anna and the King' Honors Thailand's Strength, Beauty By Malissa Drake
A Director Speaks Out Against Renaming Award By Curtis Harrington
Max Von Sydow, 'the Swedish Laurence Olivier' By Charlotte Innes, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
McNight Salutes Cowgirls at Cinegrill
For Now, He's Making Sure the Deck Is Stacked By Teresa Wiltz, WASHINGTON POST
Lee Has Campy Sexcapade Genre Down Pat By James Endrst, HARTFORD COURANT
NEWS
For Some, Holidays Have Had Lousy Timing By Kirstin Downey Grimsley, WASHINGTON POST
My Mother, Myself . . . My God! By Samantha S. Kimmel
Fare Labor Practices By Renee Tawa, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Your Quirky Ad Here By Susan Carpenter, TIMES STAFF WRITER
That Was the Year That Wasn't By Roy Rivenburg
The Heat of Battle: For Some, Fighting--and Making Up--Help Sex By Kathleen Kelleher, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Championing the Concept of Certainty in an Age of Relativity By Merle Rubin, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Off-Kilter By Roy Rivenburg
Laugh Lines
A Learning Link to the Natural History Museum
Grandma's First Kwanzaa By Dolores Johnson, Dolores Johnson is the author of "The Children's Book of Kwanzaa: A Guide to Celebrating the Holiday."
Book Reviews by Kids : Siblings Change Bodies for the Day
Jokes & Riddles
Sadness Expressed for Chinese Couple's Lost Son--and Daughter
Ramadan Stories Brought Joy
Hoping for a Revival of Calvin and Hobbes
Readers Remember
Insurance Hikes
Floods
Helicopter Accident
Blofeld's Cat
Bush Tax Cut Is Affordable
91 Express Lanes
Conservatives
Miller Case and 2nd Amendment
Customer Service
Loan Fraud
Government Aid
Santa Ana's Grim Safety Record Has Human Side By Scott Gold and Ana Cholo-tipton, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Day-After Shoppers Keep Sales Strong By Abigail Goldman and Ana Cholo-tipton, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
After-Christmas Shoppers Keep Sales Going Strong By Abigail Goldman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Abuse Claims Went Unprobed at 77th St. Station By Rich Connell and Robert J. Lopez, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Hijackers Set Deadline, Threaten to Kill Again By Dexter Filkins, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cop Trial's Move Roils New York By Josh Getlin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Chechens Say Real Horror Began After Battle Ended By Robyn Dixon and Mayerbek Nunayev, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Unsolved Bombings Stir Fear in S. Africa By Dean E. Murphy, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tito Guizar, Mexican Singer, Actor for 70 Years, Dies at 91 From a Times Staff Writer
Moderation Is Toast of '90s in California By Armando Acuna, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Senator Will Save You a Place at His Table By George Skelton
Aspen Battles Sky-High Home Prices By Julie Cart, TIMES STAFF WRITER
China Sentences 4 Sect 'Ringleaders' to Prison By Henry Chu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Guatemala Ushers In a New Power Base Reuters
Roaring Winds Lash Europe; at Least 48 People Are Killed From Times Wire Services
Auditing the Sprawling Spreadsheet of Bradley's Health Care Proposal By Ronald Brownstein
Israel Releases Five Lebanese Prisoners From Times Wire Services
Publisher's Murder Plot Indictment Rocks Israel By Tracy Wilkinson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Firefighters Pay Tribute to 3 Who Gave Their Lives Associated Press
Successful Astronauts Head Home Associated Press
Deposed Leader of Ivory Coast Flees to Togo Times Wire Services
New Camp to Serve as Base for Protest From Times Wire Reports
Shotgun Proves a Deadly Present From Times Wire Reports
Quakes Felt in Northern and Southern Calif.
Poll Gives Bush Commanding Lead in South Carolina From Reuters
Curtis Mayfield; R&B Songwriter, Singer, Guitarist With Gospel Roots By Jon Thurber, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Making the Choice of the Century By Paul Lieberman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BUSINESS
Expectations Are High for a Future That's Wireless By Elizabeth Douglass, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Things Sure Have Changed in Last 20 Years By Lawrence J. Magid
In Both Price and Volume, IPOs End 1999 With a Bang By Debora Vrana, TIMES STAFF WRITER
IPhone, Palm VII Signal What's Next for Post-PC Era By Joseph Menn, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Coming Thursday In Cutting Edge
Online Movies in Infancy, but Showing Promise By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Wild Ride's Far From Over By Charles Piller
California Mines for Golden Opportunities With Trade Strategy By Scott Doggett and Annette Haddad, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
South Korea to Delay Action on Daewoo From Bloomberg News
Mannesmann Denies Seeking Bid From Reuters
Rosy Economic Picture Expected in Reports Bloomberg News
Consolidations, Business-to-Business Auctions Coming By Jonathan Gaw, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Also. . .
A Safe Bet: There'll Be More Legislation By Greg Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ford Might Build New Vehicle in Chicago Bloomberg News
Software Giant Hears Footsteps on Internet By Stanley Holmes, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wireless Technology Poised to Become a Contender in Market By Ashley Dunn, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Industry Moves On After Year of Bad Publicity By P.J. Huffstutter, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Laws to Change the Face of Television By Jube Shiver Jr., TIMES STAFF WRITER
Magnetism May Cure the Achilles' Heel of Big Mechanical Devices By Lee Dye
A Virtual Language Packed With Meaning From The Washington Post
HEALTH
What's the Big Attraction? By Jane E. Allen, TIMES HEALTH WRITER
A Few Studies Support Magnets, but All the Evidence Isn't Yet In By Jane E. Allen
Resolved for 2000: An End to Polio By David Brown, WASHINGTON POST
Fighting a Global Killer By Claire Panosian Dunavan
Annual Resolutions That Won't Hurt a Bit By Jonathan Fielding and Valerie Ulene and Valerie Ulene and Jonathan Fielding
The Healing Properties of Tobacco--No Kidding By Marnell Jameson
Relaxation Is Just a Breath Away By Rochelle O'Gorman
Top Health Official Stresses Need for Access to Care From Reuters
Doctors Fear Their 'Gatekeeper' Role Results in Inadequate Care By Thomas H. Maugh Ii
Girls Striving for Weight Loss Are Likely to Gain, Study Finds From Washington Post
Five Simple Ways to Make Tough Changes By Dale A. Ogar and Sheldon Margen
An Easier Way to Detect Polluted Drinking Water? Go Fish From Associated Press
DNA Transfer Crosses Species From Associated Press
Health Bestsellers
The Master of Weight Loss Finally Keeps It Off By Mark Henry Shafron
Doing Yoga While Cooking Dinner? It's Not That Much of a Stretch By Carol Krucoff, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Hope's Very Real Healing Powers By Abigail Trafford, WASHINGTON POST
If Fitness-Product Claims Seem Too Good to Be True . . . By Stephanie Oakes, Stephanie Oakes is a fitness correspondent for Discovery Health Channel. She can be reached by e-mail at stephoakes@aol.com
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
A LOOK AHEAD * The popularity of a growing number of glitzy watering holes is beginning to rub some nearby residents the wrong way. City officials want a better mix of businesses for the area. : Downtown's Upturn Rattles Hermosa Beach By Jean Merl, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Age, Changing Times Thin Ranks of Hospital Thrift Shop Volunteers By Jessica Garrison, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Painter Fights Laguna Beach Crackdown on Outdoor Art By Scott Gold, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Regular Monday columnist Shawn Hubler is on vacation. By Shawn Hubler
Partners in Crime, but Not in Doing Time By Patt Morrison
2 Dead, 10 Injured--5 of Them Critically--in South L.A. Collision From a Times Staff Writer
A Reporter on the Wrong Side of Disaster By Sandy Banks, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Charmed Year for Davis
Mexico: Family Planning Gains
Rehabilitation, Not Brutality
More and More, Families Seem Eager to Take the Ritalin Step By Lawrence H. Diller, Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, who practices in Walnut Creek, is the author of "Running on Ritalin: a Physician Reflects on Children, Society and Performance in a Pill" (Bantam, 1998)
The Most Top-Secret of Secrets Have Their Own Way of Getting Loose By Sam Cohen, Sam Cohen is a retired nuclear weapons analyst who invented the neutron bomb concept
Rubbing Salt in a City's Wounds By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Earl Ofari Hutchinson is the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black" (1998, Middle Passage Press. E-mail:ehutchi344@aol.com
Keep the Embargo on Cuba Until Castro Opens the Doors By Alexis I. Torres, Alexis I. Torres, a Cuban American attorney in Los Angeles, left Cuba in 1983 but visits there often
Visual Journey Awaits NoHo Station's Riders By Annette Kondo, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Changes in Leadership Came to Schools in 1999 By Kristina Sauerwein and Solomon Moore, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Christmas Shooting Turns Cheer Into Grief By Caitlin Liu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sheldon Baker
Savvy Painter's Talent for Business Keeps Collectors Coming By Rosemary Clandos, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Man's Body Discovered in Remote Canyon By Andrew Blankstein
Post-Holiday Shoppers Jam Parking Lots, Brave Malls By Katie Cooper, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
County Ready for Y2K Environmental Hazards By Gary Polakovic, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Suit Against Simi Makes Top 10 Frivolous List By Holly J. Wolcott
Man Who Died in Crash Identified By Katie Cooper
Diane Caston; Former Schoolteacher
Weather Helps Crews Contain Ranch Fire By Katie Cooper, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Obituaries
Laguna Artists Decry Sales Law With 'Paint-In' By Scott Gold, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CEO's Tales Ring Untrue to Investors By Jean O. Pasco, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Right Place By Jerry Hicks, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spa Gutted in 2nd Arson at Strip Mall By Scott Gold, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Homeless Cats Finding Web Friends By Alex Murashko, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Buena Park By Ana Cholo-tipton, (714) 966-5890
Costa Mesa By Andrew Glazer, (949) 574-4275
Anaheim By Judy Silber, (714) 966-5988
Family Will Make a Second Trip to Help Needy Group in Mexico By Alex Murashko, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Volunteers Make Season Bright for Homeless By Chris Ceballos, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Free Course Offers Tips on Hair Care, Makeup, Shopping By Ana Cholo-tipton, (714) 966-5890
Cypress By Andre Briscoe, (714) 966-5848
Dana Point By Eric C Sanitate, (949) 248-2152
Fountain Valley By Angelique Flores, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 14
Fullerton By Thuy-doan Le, (714) 520-2510
Garden Grove By Chris Ceballos, (714) 966-7440
Huntington Beach By Eron Ben-yehuda, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 13
Irvine By Kristiane M. Ridgway, (949) 764-4309
Laguna Beach By Kenneth Ma, (949) 248-2157
Laguna Hills By Dana Bushee, (949) 574-4207
Laguna Niguel By Deepa Bharath, (949) 574-4204
Laguna Woods By Deepa Bharath, (949) 574-4204
Stanton By Judy Silber, (714) 966-5988
Tustin By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879
Westminster By Alex Murashko, (714) 966-5974
Seal Beach By Alex Murashko, (714) 966-5974
Villa Park By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879
San Juan Capistrano By Sue Doyle, (949) 248-2158
Santa Ana By Chris Ceballos, (714) 966-7440
La Habra By Young Chang, (714) 520-2506
Brea By David Ryan, (714) 520-2511
Lake Forest By Alex Katz, (949) 574-4206
Yorba Linda By Jasmine Lee, (714) 520-2513
San Clemente By Eric C Sanitate, (949) 248-2152
Placentia By Deniene Husted, (714) 520-2503
Orange By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879
Los Alamitos By Ana Cholo-tipton, (714) 966-5890
Mission Viejo By Sean Kirwan, (949) 574-4202
Newport Beach By Noaki Schwartz, (949) 574-4232
La Palma By Andre Briscoe, (714) 966-5848
The Safety Zone: Action Log
Precautions to Help Head Off Y2K Problems
'Hard-Core' Drinkers Don't Think and Drive By Chris Ceballos, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Know Your Teen's Real Party Plan By Jerry Hicks
Cause of Death Still Sought for Tustin Woman By Scott Gold
Enter Laughing By Dennis Mclellan, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Charities Plug Into the Internet in Quest for Donations and Volunteers By Carla Rivera, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SPORTS
Last Call By Chris Dufresne, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Santa Anita Opener Is a Stevens Closer By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Santa Anita Opener Is a Stevens Closer By Randy Harvey
Jaguars Hit Roadblock Near Finish By T.J. Simers, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Quiet Thunder By Helene Elliott, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It's Not Too Early to Take Swings Against Rocker By Tim Kawakami
A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here. By Larry Stewart
Slowly but Surely, the Cowboys Have Grown Tiresome By Mal Florence
Karalahti Learns From Experience By Jim Hodges
Coyotes Steal Victory From Kings in Overtime, 3-2 By Jim Hodges, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Another Breathtaking Display By Top Goalie From Associated Press
Houston Outlasts Ice Dogs Associated Press
Roussel Comes Back With Winning Effort By Chris Foster
Ducks Defeat Sharks With Blue-Collar Goal By Chris Foster, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clippers Have Enough Left to Stop Celtics This Time By Mike Terry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ford Appreciates the Perseverance By Mike Terry
Bulls Fail to Break Their Losing Spell From Associated Press
Pendulum Has Swung to the West By Tim Kawakami
Favre Blames His Bad Thumb
Bests of the Day
Two-Minute Drill
Tonight
Stats, Etc.
Seahawks Are Alive, Thanks to Kicking By Lonnie White, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For Raiders, It's a Bad Day on All Fronts From Associated Press
Redskins Emerge From NFC Least From Associated Press
Cardinals' Weaknesses Exposed From Associated Press
Count Vikings In for Playoffs From Associated Press
Panthers Victims of a Snow Job From Associated Press
Rams Not Holding Anything Back Now From Associated Press
For Buccaneers, This Victory Doubly Sweet From Associated Press
Bills Don't Foul Up in Bad Weather From Associated Press
Ravens Must Take Good With Bad From Associated Press
Playoff Possibilities
Turnaround Record Is Set in Come-From-Behind Win From Associated Press
Overlooking Fletcher Proves Costly By Helene Elliott
Cardinal Defense Programming Itself By Eric Sondheimer
Today's Game
Results and Schedule
Oregon State Players Stabbed From Associated Press
L.A.'s Auto Racing Heyday Began Early
Freshman Year Is Paradise for Brooks By Scott Howard-cooper
Women's Team Void of Veterans From Staff and Wire Reports
Ducks Work to Beat Sharks By Chris Foster, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Boys' Soccer By Dave Mckibben
Edison Tournament Features Strong Field By Martin Henderson
Boys' Basketball By Paul Mcleod
Girls' Soccer By Melanie Neff
Anteaters Dust Off Freshman Okoro, Rush Him Into Action By Chris Foster
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