Archive for Friday, December 31, 1999

When O.C. Never Had It So Good

• Fears Over a Dark Toyland By Caitlin Liu

• Many Residents Stockpiling ‘Just to Be Safe’ By Matt Surman and Catherine Blake

• ROSE PARADE

• The 20th Century’s Longest Revolution Still Has Work to Do By Ruth Rosen

• Getting a Jump on New Year’s Revelry By Jessica Garrison

• A Veteran’s Search for a House to Call Home By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• New Year, New Lineup By Bill Locey

• Saluting ‘99’s Oddities, Ends By Steve Harvey

• Valley of Variety By James E. Fowler

• Volunteers Bring Party to Disabled Patients By Edgar Sandoval

• Time for Pyrotechnics, Parties–and Policing By Anna Gorman and Tina Dirmann

• Spending the Day Stockpiling for Y2K By Matt Surman and Catherine Blake

• Gallery Glories By Josef Woodard

• Growing Up By Robert Koehler

• The Truth Could Have Spared the Nation Pain By Richard A. Serrano

• Youths Party and Pray By Elaine Gale

• The Month Ahead

• A Final Salute to 1999’s Odds, Ends and Oddities By Steve Harvey

• Dennis Mori

• Kay Haley; GOP and Museum Fund-Raiser By Holly J. Wolcott

• Neighbors Save Garden Grove Family From Flames By Louise Roug

• 1999’s Last Batch of Deputies Graduates By Zanto Peabody

• Gaffney’s World: Not Always Fair By Randy Lewis

• Divergent Tastes By David Lansing

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

• Armed Robber Takes Cash From Bank By Holly J. Wolcott

• Florence B. Dawson; Pioneer Family Descendant

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

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

• For 1999, These Shops Were a Perfect 10 By Geri Cook

• SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO By Sue Doyle, (949) 248-2158

• Couple to Drive Team of Horses in Rose Parade By Katrina Dean

• Shooting Puts Holiday Display in Jeopardy By Caitlin Liu

• PLACENTIA By Jasmine Lee, (714) 520-2511

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

• Condo Resident Drowns in Hot Tub By Andrew Blankstein

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

• COUNTYWIDE By Megan Garvey, (714) 966-4674

• Fishing Firm Fined Over Dumping of Squid Parts By Gary Polakovic

• COSTA MESA By Greg Risling, (949) 574-4226

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

• THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

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

• Equipment Problem Blamed for Fire By Tony Lystra

• O.C. Fans’ Choices

• Too Drunk to Drive? Call Auto Club

• Disneyland, National Guard Are Set for Y2K By E. Scott Reckard and Jack Leonard

• Measure F Survives Court Test By David Reyes

• A Lifetime Sentence, a Cry for Help By Michael Arnold Glueck

• Port Hueneme’s City Manager Search Ends By Nancy Forrest

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

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

• YORBA LINDA By Deniene Husted, (714) 520-2503

• LAKE FOREST By Jennifer Kho, (949) 574-4209

• State Fines Firm Over Dumping of Squid Parts Into Harbor By Gary Polakovic

• LAGUNA BEACH By Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150

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

• Time to Ring in the New

• Follow the Bouncing Ball Into Next Century By Robert B. Reich

• A Working Holiday for Officials By Ana Cholo-Tipton

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

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

• Can’t Stop the Music - Despite Y2K, the cultural calendar is brimming with classical events even in January, often a transition period. By Josef Woodard

• Just Another New Year at Senior Center–Maybe By Ana Cholo-Tipton

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

• Obituaries

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

• Shelter Steps Up Distemper Fight By Peter M. Warren

• Driver Charged in 5-Car Crash That Killed 3 and Injured 9 By Johnathon E. Briggs and Edgar Sandoval

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

• A Sketch of a Century

• BREA By David Ryan, (714) 520-2511

• foot notes By James E. Fowler

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

• Pollution Alerts Persist at 4 Area Beach Sites By Gary Polakovic

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

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

• Fighting With Paint, and Having a Ball By Alex Field

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

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

• Lawyer, 33, Sworn In as Court Commissioner By Tracy Wilson

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

• Safari Grub By Max Jacobson

• You Know L.A.–It’s Always Something! By Patt Morrison

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

• Arcadia Wildfire Is Contained, Officials Say By Johnathon E. Briggs

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

• 3 Plead Not Guilty in Fraud Scheme By Karima A. Haynes

• Holiday Closures

• Obituaries

• Vietnamese Preparing for Different Celebration By Chris Ceballos

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

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

• Kaiser Gives $3,800 for Child Safety Seats By Bobby Cuza

• Banquet for an Art By Patricia Ward Biederman

GAME OF THE WEEK

• By Putting On Pressure, Taft Pulls Off Upset By Eric Sondheimer

• Troy Passes Test, Beats Mater Dei By Martin Henderson

• From Mountains to Sea, Stories of Joy Followed by Sorrow By Pete Thomas

• 100 Years of Memories By Fernando Dominguez

• IT’S THEIR TIME By Helene Elliott

• IT’S THEIR TIME By Robyn Norwood

• To Air Is Human, but Babe’s the Man By Bill Plaschke

• Golden Oldie By Paige A. Leech

• For Birthday, Woods Gets an Even-Par 70

• Kings Blast Out of a Slump By Jim Hodges

• Taylor Takes Some Shots in Big Loss By Lonnie White

• Boise State Keeps Surging in Big Time

• Jagr Has a Magnificent Seven

• Jordan, Woods Really Know How to Sell It

• Look Who’s Talking

• Clemson Is Silenced by Mississippi State

• Hawks Lose Touch, and Game By Ben Bolch

• Miller Mourns Baseball’s Lost Generation By Diane Pucin

• Krayzelburg Raising His High-Water Mark By Lauren Peterson

• Clemente Died in Quest to Help Quake Victims By Earl Gustkey

• Bowl Organizers Say They’re Ready for Clock Management By Jim Barrero

• Wykoff, Houser Had the Mettle to Earn Their Medals By John Ortega

• THE HOT CORNER By Larry Stewart

• UCLA Finds Escape Hatch By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Rusty Rutgers Pulls Away Late From USC

• Kaatz, Brown Lead Marina Past Estancia

• Mater Dei Gets a Win, and Revenge By Dave Mckibben

• Beamon’s Moment Soars Beyond Any of the Rest By Randy Harvey

• Royal Victory Is Bittersweet By Dave Desmond

• Prolific Illinois Leaves Virginia Feeling Very Miserable

• BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• Jaguars Test First-Timer By Jerry Crowe

• FISH REPORT

• Bad Mood in Green Bay By Jerry Crowe

• Tough Fit for Selanne, Kariya By Elliott Teaford

• Lack of a Long-Term Plan Shortened Stevens’ Career By Bill Christine

• Buena Tripped Up in Final of Northwest Tournament

• SOUTHLAND By Lon Eubanks

• UP NEXT

• UC Irvine Women Keep Rhode Island Winless By Chris Foster

• BOYS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP By Eric Sondheimer

• Titans Get Small and Run Past Eastern Kentucky By Lon Eubanks

• Garrison Resigns as Coach at North Hollywood High

• Jets Find Redemption By Jerry Crowe

• A New Low for Audette By Jim Hodges

• Master’s Romps Past Cal State Los Angeles, 85-70

• WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

• It’s Time for Braxton By Jerry Crowe

• Pacific Rides Wave Past Pepperdine, 64-58

• SOUTHLAND

• Tough Choices for Rams By Jerry Crowe

• No. 1 Newport Harbor Tops No. 10 Corona del Mar

• Time to Digest and Forget 25-5 Start By Tim Kawakami

• T.J. SIMERS’ RANKINGS By T J. Simers

• Capistrano Valley Loses in Title Game

• Badgers Sold on Thompson By Helene Elliott

• Under Abedi, the Dolphins Are Having a Coming-Out Party By Erik Hamilton

• Free Throws Lead Wright State Upset

• Ducks’ Act No Longer Good Enough to Pack House By Chris Foster

• Hanour Scores 38, Laguna Beach Wins Title

• Trojans Hope Momentum Carries Over By Mike Terry

• Northridge Stingy Against San Jose State By Mitch Polin

• TODAY’S BOWL GAMES

• Giants Alive but Baffled By Jerry Crowe

• Pistons’ Victory a Real Long Shot

• After Tests Establish Carruth Paternity, Judge Freezes His Assets

• Vernon Traded to Panthers

• CS Northridge Knows the Way Past San Jose By Mitch Polin

• After CBS Fall, Musburger Rises at ABC By Larry Stewart

• Borchart Becoming Valuable By Mayar Zokaei

• Saugus Stretches Winning Streak, Claims Hart Title By Steve Galluzzo

• Fullerton Beats Irvine Valley to Win Tournament

• UC Irvine Fights Back to Win By Chris Foster

• Hawks Suspend Late Rider

• Bolsa Grande Rallies to Defeat Katella

• It Was the Perfect Schedule By Chris Dufresne

• GIRLS’ BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

• SOUTHLAND By Chris Foster

• Pitts Is Prepared to Step Up By Eric Sondheimer

• Costa Mesa Writes a New Ending, Wins Tournament By Peter Yoon

• Tiger Inspires This Kind of Daring Robb-ery By Grahame L. Jones

• In other nonconference women’s basketball:

• Partner Missing From Lawler List By Lonnie White

L.A. Then AND NOW

• World Textures By Lynell George

• TOP OF THE NEWS By Mary Ellen Walker

• Ex-Beatle Harrison Hurt by Intruder at His Home By Marjorie Miller

• Scandal Shows Why Innocent Plead Guilty By Ted Rohrlich

• Rampart Case Takes On Momentum of Its Own By Scott Glover and Matt Lait

• A Blast of Cool Himalayan Culture Blows Into Venice By Barbara Thomas

• 5 Killed, 3 Hurt in Florida Hotel Shooting By Mike Clary

• Hijack Talks Reportedly Snag on Issue of Sanctuary By Dexter Filkins

• The City of the Angels Is Still the City of Tomorrow By Ed Leibowitz

• Sarah Knauss, 119; World’s Oldest Person

• 3rd ‘Secret of Fatima’ Fuels Millennial Fears for Some By Scott Gold

• Japanese Princess Had Miscarriage, Palace Reports

• In the Words of Robert Zimmerman: Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Write By Roy Rivenburg

• When Parents Drive, CHP Says, Care Can Be Casualty By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Richard Simon

• Venezuela’s Woes Pose Twin Tests for Chavez By Sebastian Rotella

• Killer of Gay Student Is Spared Death Penalty By Julie Cart

• A Repackaged Linda Tripp Is Revealed

• A Learning Link to the Natural History Museum

• U.S. Arrests Man in N.Y. as Terror Inquiry Widens By John J. Goldman and Eric Lichtblau

• A Wishful Blueprint for Fashion Utopia in the New Millennium By Jeannine Stein

• Surfing the Next Wave of Style Divas By Booth Moore

• Grandma’s First Kwanzaa By Dolores Johnson

• Flock of Ads Means Voting Season Near By Janet Wilson

• Man Dies Retrieving Toy From Power Line

• Spy Case Opens Rift Between Feinstein, UC By Eric Lichtblau

• Appeals Court Delays End to North Carolina Busing By Sam Fulwood III

• Vatican Transfers Bishop From Chiapas

• Obituaries

• Why Have Algerians Emerged as Terrorism Suspects? By Robin Wright

• Flurry of Activity Planned as Century Draws to a Close By Eric Bailey

• Rebels Block Troops From Central Grozny

• O.C. Stocks Soar in 1999 as Tech Sector Takes Off By P J. Huffstutter and Edmund Sanders

• 200-Pound Tumor Removed in Surgery

• Israel Frees 7 Palestinian Inmates, Returns Them to East Jerusalem

• Man Arrested; 4,200 Blasting Caps Seized

• Bush Still Well Ahead in the Money Race By Nick Anderson

• Flurry of Activity Planned as Century Draws to a Close By Dan Morain

• LAUGH LINES

• What to Do When Your Mom Keeps Running Off at the Fingers? By Phaedra Hise

• Companies and Consumers Y2K Ready–or Not By Jeff Leeds

• Gov. Ventura Says He Can’t Back Buchanan

• Gore Hopes to Bear Down on Contrast With His Rival By James Gerstenzang

• Harry Monty; Munchkin in ‘Wizard of Oz’ By Myrna Oliver

• Michael McEachern McDowell; Horror Novelist Also Wrote Movie Chillers By Myrna Oliver

• 320 Die in Week of Clashes, Indonesia Says

• World Turns to New Zealand for Timely Answers By Virginia Ellis

• Alleged Serial Killer Surrenders at Office

• Some Portable Generators May Pose Fire Hazard, Safety Panel Says

• Cooperation Training Boosts Colombia’s War on Drugs By Juanita Darling

• Cancer Ruled Out by Tipper Gore’s Doctor

• Radar Problems Blamed for ‘Close Calls’ in Palm Springs By Tom Gorman

• A Glimpse Into the Goofy Year That Lies Ahead By Mike Downey

• Militia Leader Pleads Not Guilty in Plot

A Few Rush to Exploit New Biotech Crops

• Weather Is Rocking Boat for Crabbers in Northern California By Kiley Russell

• North American Production Sets a Record

• Guatemala’s Tobacco Suit Dismissed By Bill Miller

• Ants Software Falls 34% After Below-Market Sale

• Two More Cargo Carriers Boost Fees

• Planet Hollywood to Close Beverly Hills Outlet By Greg Hernandez

• Buying to Flying, No Discouraging Words By (abigail Goldman)

• EToys Offers to End Trademark Fight Against Collective By Richard Leiby

• Big, Bold Bets for 2000: Satellite TV Will Soar; Allen to Buy Universal By Sallie Hofmeister

• Oasis Resorts Strikes Deal With Asian Outfit

• Pacific Gulf Properties to Build in Sacramento

• Y2K Watch / A Roundup of Business News and Buzz Surrounding the Start of Year 2000

• Y2K Watch / A Roundup of Business News and Buzz Surrounding the Start of Year 2000

• Lockheed Awarded 3 Fighter Contracts

• Stocks Wilt During Quiet Session as Early Gains Evaporate

• Financial Planner By Liz Pulliam

• Wahlco Parent Firm Files for Bankruptcy By Marc Ballon

• South Coast Plaza Annex Readies for Macy’s Overhaul By Leslie Earnest

• Your Weekend Viewing/Listening / Some highlights of business programming. (All times are Pacific time)

• Y2K Watch / A Roundup of Business News and Buzz Surrounding the Start of Year 2000 By James F. Peltz

• Tale of 2 Investors Reflects Split in Market

• AIG Suit Says Ex-Cigna Unit Skirted State Law to Limit Loss By Ted Hampton

• Jobless Claims Fall as Economy Closes Out Year on a High Note

• Marina Mortgage Is Purchased By Edmund Sanders

• Lawsuit Charges Burger King With Negligence

• 2 Chains Ban Engineered Foods By Melinda Fulmer

• Study Conducted on Amgen Weight-Loss Drug

• Dow Jones Selling Unit to Platinum Equity

• Warning Issued on Portable Generator Tanks

• Y2K Watch / A Roundup of Business News and Buzz Surrounding the Start of Year 2000

• New Norton Update Fixes Quicken Error

• Mitsubishi Posts Record Sales in a Banner Year By (john O'Dell)

• Wal-Mart Chairman Sells Chunk of Stock

• Cash Inflows to Stock Mutual Funds Slow Slightly in November

• BizRate.com Taps Ex-Disney Officer

• Bethlehem Acts to Block Takeover by WHX

• Continental Buys 28% Stake in Gulfstream

• Boeing Says Deliveries of Jetliners Hit a Record in ‘99

• Black & Decker to Pay Penalty to CPSC

• Tustin’s Techniclone Receives Cash-Infusion Agreements

• Some Resolutions to Help You Get Your Finances in Order For the Coming Year By Linda Stern

• TheStreet.com Founder to Get Paid in Options

• SEC Charges 2 ATTC Executives With Securities Fraud Linked to Firm

• Sprint Reaches N.C. Deal as Union Strike Looms

• Computer Sciences Wins Army Contract By Karen Kaplan

Special-Effects Revolution Is Giving Reality a Bad Name

• The Face, the Talent Are Easy to Recognize By Matt Coltrin

• Personalizing a Mass-Produced World By David Pagel

• TODAY’S BEST BETS

• More Than a Touch of the Blarney in Irish Films By Deborah Hornblow

• On ‘Death’ and Documentaries By Ellen Baskin

• Ideas for an Unstable World By Nicolai Ouroussoff

• ‘Fantasia’: An Idea Gets Imaxed Out By Kenneth Turan

• Lewinsky: Return of A Dubious Celebrity By Howard Rosenberg

• Laid-Back Jay-Z’s ‘Life’ Lacks His Spectacular Wordplay By Soren Baker

• COMING SUNDAY

• High Quality–at Very High Decibels By Mark Swed

• Balancing Art, Minds, Money By Christopher Knight

• Capturing the Magic Moment By Elizabeth Jensen

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

• A Big Salute to Legendary John Carter By Bill Kohlhaase

• Building Bridges in Hopes of Creating a Wider Niche By Lorenza Munoz

• An Odd Couple With Brilliant Flashes By Don Heckman

• Benefit Planned for Pasadena Troupe

• Record Rack By Elysa Gardner

• Enough With the Stand-Up Sportscasting By Brian Lowry

• Record Rack By Steve Appleford

• Future Is Online and Sometimes Kooky By Erika Milvy

• Master Classes Offered for Symphony Aspirants

• Record Rack By Soren Baker

• Where to Spend TV Time Outside of Times Square

• Little Tokyo Hosts Activities for New Year