Archive for Thursday, July 29, 1999

Eucalyptus Trees and Environs Falling Victim to Insidious Pest

• A Memorial for ‘the Very Best’ By Tom Gorman

• Public Misses Meeting By Miguel Bustillo

• 53 High School Students Look Upward at CLU By Nancy Kinsey Needham

• Woman Who Awoke From Coma and Gave Birth Leaves Hospital

• Crisis Group Packs Bags to Lighten Load By Diane Wedner

• Keep Wisecracks to Yourself, Hollywood By Steve Harvey

• Plenty of Spice By Holly J. Wolcott

• Neighbors Object to Development Below Power Lines By Bob Pool

• Secession Backers Get Necessary 20 Signatures By Miguel Bustillo and Eric Malnic

• Clues Sought in Woman’s Disappearance By Louise Roug

• Man Held in Phony-Lawyer Scam By Agustin Gurza and Maria Elena Fernandez

• L.A. Launches Sidewalk Ramp Project to Aid the Disabled By Matea Gold

• NASA Deserves Better

• Help Sought in Search for Missing Girl By Agnes Diggs

• Insect Ravaging State’s Eucalyptus Trees By Caitlin Liu

• Boycott Urged Over Alleged Racism By Hugo Martín

• Slain Girl Showed No Signs of Rape, Doctor Testifies By Tracy Wilson

• * James. R. Alger; Dairy Farmer, Rancher

• Protesters in Costa Mesa Demand Reforms in Iran By Scott Martelle

• Board Considering School Bond Vote By Milo Peinemann

• Peeping Tom Defendant Pleads Guilty By Tina Dirmann

• Getting Off the Ground By Robert Lee Hotz

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

• Rare Diabetes Can Disable in a Moment By Tini Tran

• ORANGE By Susan Mccormack, (714) 966-5879

• Something Short of Paradise By Shawn Hubler

• Police Seek Help in Finding Teenage Girl

• Courts: an Open Door

• Airport Panel Approves Payment to Lockheed By Andrew Blankstein

• Alarcon Plans to Make a Splash at Dedication of Lakes By Patrick Mcgreevy and Miguel Bustillo

• THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG

• CYPRESS By Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440

• Fire Starts in Same Hotel Room Where Meth Lab Was Discovered By Louise Roug

• Permanent Site Is Found for Valley Fair By Roberto J. Manzano

• FULLERTON By Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440

• Watts Group Protests at Svorinich’s Office

• Something About Phone Fee Explanations Rings Hollow By Kenneth Reich

• STANTON By Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835

• Others Follow O.C.’s Lead on Water Testing By James Rainey

• ANAHEIM By Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835

• OTHER AREAS By Noaki Schwartz, (949) 574-4208

• Twice-Convicted Con Man Denied Bail in Latest Case By David Rosenzweig

• BUENA PARK By James Meier, (714) 966-5988

• 2 Refurbished CSUN Buildings Reopen By Solomon Moore

• Experts Plot Against Bugs Ravaging Eucalyptus Trees By Caitlin Liu

• Woman Settles Rights Suit Over Breast-Feeding

• DANA POINT By Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150

• 2 Train Accidents Delay Commuters

• 46 Schools to Be Inspected After Ceiling Collapses

• LOS ALAMITOS By James Meier, (714) 966-5988

• Official Faces Trial in Water Theft By Margaret Talev

• State Orders Firms to Remove Online Investment Pitches By Jeffrey Gettleman

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

• LA HABRA By Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440

• Obituaries

• L.A. Asks for New Review of Ahmanson Ranch Plan By Kurt Streeter

• Fire Closes I-5 Near Pyramid Lake

• Big-Rigs’ Accident Slows Rush Hour By Meg James

• FOUNTAIN VALLEY By Ellen Mccarty, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 14

• Look Beyond Belmont Hysteria By John Sepich

• Partial Funds for Airport Site OKd By Andrew Blankstein

• I Didn’t Know That …

• Irvine Police Seek Clues in Pair of Slayings By Scott Martelle and Jason Kandel

• Star Tours

• LAGUNA NIGUEL By Rebecca Harris, (949) 574-4205

• Collapse of School Ceiling Prompts Inspections By Roberto J. Manzano

• Truck Starts Blaze Near Pyramid Lake By Art Marroquin

• SEAL BEACH By Louise Roug, (714) 966-5977

• SAN CLEMENTE By Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150

• SANTA ANA By Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848

• Imported Lizards Are Being Killed by Poisonous U.S. Fireflies

• BREA By David Morrill, (949) 574-4268

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

• City OKs Annexing Site for 353 Homes By Brynn Mandel

• GARDEN GROVE By Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848

• Official to Be Tried for Alleged Water Theft

• 2 Attacks Linked to West Valley Rapist By Agnes Diggs

• COSTA MESA By Elise Gee, (949) 574-4275

• Leads Sought in Case of 2 Slain Music Teachers

• City Directs 2nd Look at Transit Funds Share By Kurt Streeter

• YORBA LINDA By Michelle Devera, (949) 574-4210

• For Complex Concepts, a Model of Simplicity By K C. Cole

• TUSTIN By James Meier, (714) 966-5988

• Kids Stand to Lose the Most in Budget Fight By Paul Wellstone

• SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO By Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150

• Valley Firms Ordered to Halt Web Solicitation By Jeffrey Gettleman

• PLACENTIA By Veronica Duran, (949) 574-4213

• The General Takes a Hit

• LAGUNA WOODS By Andrew Glazer, (949) 572-4204

• Police Link Suspect to 2 New Attacks By Agnes Diggs

• Obituaries

• Lawmaker Denounces Pace of Water Cleanup Effort By Richard Winton

• Caltrans Faces Inquiry on Truck Routing Errors

• The Pirates of Cabrillo By Todd Everett

• It Takes a Village to Prevent Elder Abuse By Jerry Hicks

• Olympic Planners Still Seeking Settlement

• Admit It, Taiwan Is a Nation By Daniel C. Lynch

• Accountability Missing in Mexico Politics By Sergio Munoz

• VILLA PARK By Allison Cohen, (714) 966-5835

• Probe Will Be Crashed Into Moon’s Surface in Search for Water

• WESTMINSTER By Louise Roug, (714) 966-5977

• Human Cells Turned Into Tumors for 1st Time by Manipulation of Genes

• New Review Sought for Ahmanson Ranch By Kurt Streeter

• NEWPORT BEACH By Stacy Brown, (949) 574-4232

• Prosecutor Who Spoke Out on Case Wins Award

• Private High School Closes Its Doors By Nancy Forrest

• Treatment Plant Project Approved By Michael Gottlieb

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

• Reward Offered for Leads in School Fires

• City to Host Alcohol-Free New Year Fetes By Patrick Mcgreevy

• LAGUNA HILLS By Andrew Glazer, (949) 574-4204

• LA PALMA By Louise Roug, (714) 966-5977

A Sorry Day for Bruins

• Perez Enduring ‘Toughest’ Year of His Career By Steve Springer

• PERPETUAL MOTION - Fordianis Travel the World Searching for Various Athletic Challenges By Martin Beck

• The Day Mr. Dodger Retired From Managing By Earl Gustkey

• McDowell on Firmer Ground Than Finley By Mike Digiovanna

• THE HOT CORNER By Larry Stewart

• Like His Best Rides, Curren’s Career Just Keeps Going By Erik Hamilton

• Rogers Is Doing Well in Old Neighborhood

• NFL: Show Us More Public Money By T J. Simers and Jim Newton

• There’s a Flip Side to Ferreira By Diane Pucin

• Gooden Is Good Enough

• Dodgers Take Step Forward With Checo By Steve Springer

• Suspensions Will Affect Bruins By Scott Howard-Cooper

• Umpires Take Shot at Phillips By Ross Newhan

• Momentum Keeps Going for Twins

• Graduation Stakes Marred by Fatal Breakdown of Favorite By Bob Mieszerski

• Sanders Running Behind a Screen By T J. Simers

• Defenseman Tverdovsky Agrees to Deal With Ducks By Chris Foster

• Spinning Hawk Will Compete in Oceanside By Martin Beck

• Walker to Attend Funeral

• Road Looks Good to Diamondbacks

• Bollini Reaches Match Play at Junior Amateur

• Duval’s Talk of Boycott Ruffles Ryder Cup Team By Thomas Bonk

• A Sorry Day for Bruins By J A. Adande

• U.S. Finally Overcomes Cuba in Baseball

• Guatemala Rises at El Salvador’s Expense By Robyn Norwood

• Blue Jays Get Segui in Trade

• Belcher Nearly Ready to Return to Rotation By Mike Digiovanna

• One Bad Break Costs the Galaxy By Grahame L. Jones

• U.S. Impresses but Loses to Brazil

• Hasek Expected to Retire at End of Next NHL Season

• Baseball Today Has Left Him Disenfranchised By Mark Heisler

• Short Triathlon Getting Long List of Entrants By Martin Beck

• U.S. Finally Overcomes Cuba in Baseball

The California Collection

• An Easy Elegance By Mimi Avins

• Buy the Floor They Walk On By Pamela Warrick

• Final $1.2 Million Added to Thai Workers’ Settlement By K. Connie Kang

• His Love of Trucks Is Tested by a Storm and Drags on the Engine By Eric Malnic

• Jim Rogan: Hero or Villain? By Faye Fiore

• Art From the Bargain Basement By Lynell George

• Southland Roadside Stops for Those With a Taste for the Authentic By David Colker

• A Red-Hot Time for Color By Robert Smaus

• Some Officials Dismayed at Treatment of Clark By Paul Richter and John-Thor Dahlburg

• Merger Mania Spinning Our Wheels? No, Just Our Heads By John O'Dell

• Basic Instinct: Cut Home’s Asking Price By Ruth Ryon

• Running That Red Light Is Going to Set You Back Plenty of Green By Kathleen Doheny

• Shuttle Chief Eclipsed Earhart, Gore Proclaims

• USC Medical School to Get $110 Million By Kenneth R. Weiss

• Mayor Waves a Red Flag Over New York’s City Hall

• Pooling Design Ideas By Connie Koenenn

• Serbs Mourn 14 Farmers as Violence Continues By Scott Glover

• TODAY’S LIVING BEST BETS

• Honda’s New S2000 Roadster: The Heart Races By Paul Dean

• A Touch of Vintage By Connie Koenenn

• Just Call It the Energizer Volvo: It Keeps Going and Going and . . .

• Garage Sensors a Guiding Light for Drivers Who Hit the Wall By Lynn Simross

• Little Squirt Turns Big Shot By Greg Miller

• Bill Signed Bolstering Holocaust-Era Claims By Henry Weinstein

• PLANNING AHEAD

• Sect’s Extent Caught China Off Guard By Henry Chu

• Armadillo Crossing By Karen English

• Love or Hate Them, These Cows Are Big in Chicago By Eric Slater

• Ogden to Manage Snowboard Park By Leslie Earnest

• Report Accuses Israel of Expulsions By Tracy Wilkinson

• A Sky-High Drive to Delight the Senses, Not Test Reflexes By John O'Dell

• Bomb Killed Man on Mower, ATF Says

• Donors Pledge $2 Billion in Kosovo Aid

• Jury Hits Guru With $907-Million Verdict

• Envoy Inquiry Botched, Panel Says By Norman Kempster

• Hitsgalore’s Auditor Quits Over Disclosure

• Pint-Sized Punch Lines

• A Baffled Boy in a World Gone Awry By Susie Linfield

• HMOs Perform Best for the Healthy, Doctors Say By Sharon Bernstein and Robert A. Rosenblatt Alissa J. Rubin

• Obituaries

• Missile Program Criticized Despite 1st Successful Test By Paul Richter

• 15 Ex-Officers Get 40 Years in Rape Case

• Stocks and the Dollar Give Up More Ground

• Retail Milk Prices Expected to Increase By Melinda Fulmer

• Miss Information’s Guide to Auto Activities

• Government to Boost Its Computer Security

• La Raza Cheers Gore, Asks ‘Where’s George?’ at Meeting By Claudia Kolker

• Latino Scholarship Program Gets Boost

• From Carriages to Corvettes, Public Will Get a Nostalgic Ride By John O'Dell

• Gore’s People Are Handling the Clinton Thing By Art Buchwald

• Utilities Get Low Marks on Easing Public’s Y2K Fears By Nancy Hill-Holtzman

• How Hot Is Midwest? Deadly Hot By Stephanie Simon

• Cars on Cusp of Collectibility By Paul Dean

• Safeway to Spend $1.4 Billion for New Markets, Remodeling By Melinda Fulmer

• Davis Rejects Gender, Racial Hiring Efforts By Dave Lesher

• Tamil Lawmaker Killed

• Are Insurers Steering Drivers Wrong on Auto Body Shops? By Ralph Vartabedian

• Imperial Credit Shares Sold at a Loss

• Taliban Targets Afghan Foes

• Insurers’ Body Shop Plans Draw Criticism

• 4 Bodies Recovered at U.S. Plane Crash Site

• Party Lines Apparent in Senate Tax Debate By Janet Hook

• CAPITOL JOURNAL By George Skelton

• Law Limiting Drug Reports Struck Down

• Around the Yard By Robert Smaus

• Latino Scholarship Program Gets Boost

• LAUGH LINES

• Alexander Ad Takes Aim at Bush’s Cash

• IMF Approves $4.5 Billion in Aid to Russia

• Tests Find Leak Probably Caused Tar Balls By Janet Wilson and Deborah Schoch

• Davis Won’t Appeal Prop. 187 Ruling, Ending Court Battles By Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• INS Agent Indicted in Smuggling of Illegal Immigrants

• Quiz Whizzes

• Question Corner

• Pollution Warnings at Beaches Expected to Rise By James Rainey

• Whitewater Witness Wasn’t Paid, Probe Finds By Robert L. Jackson

• Clinton Regales Teens with Tales from History

GameSpy Is Playing for Keeps in Live, Online Entertainment

• Stephen Lind Gets New Post at Autobytel

• Click Here: A roundup of recommended Web sites By Michelle Maltais

• Stacking Up Sales

• Agency Followed ‘Simple’ Equation for Honda Success By Greg Johnson

• Leo A. Daly Names New Design Director

• L.A. Development Bank Asks for Higher Loan Cap By Lee Romney

• Borders Online President Quits to Join Dell

• Indebted Consumers Face Rate Hikes

• FTC Cracks Down on Loan Practices

• Sony Profit Drops Less Than Anticipated

• HP Plans Spin-Off

• Fleetwood Says Earnings Will Be Lower

• Microsoft’s Maritz to Scale Back Role

• In S.E. Asia, Peril Now Is Complacency By David Lamb

• Compaq to Cut 7,000 Jobs in Turnaround Effort By Joseph Menn

• Healthy Job Growth Expected to Offset Losses in Some Areas By Stephen Gregory

• Cadillac, Jaguar, Volvo Push Saturn From Its Buyer-Satisfaction Perch

• R&D Write-Off in Mergers Stands

• ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

• ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

• O.C. Fare War Underway By E. Scott Reckard

• Study Finds Job Agency Race Bias By Stuart Silverstein

• Kofax to Be Purchased for $75 Million in Cash By Jonathan Gaw

• IMF Approves $4.5 Billion in Aid to Russia

• Orange County Health-Care Firms Post Profit Gains

• There’s Yet Another Phone Fraud: ‘Sliding’ By Elizabeth Douglass

• O.C. Building Permits

• ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

• Launch Media’s Sales Rise 88% By Karen Kaplan

• Activists Want Cable Lines Opened to ISPs By Jube Shiver Jr.

• COMPANY TOWN ANNEX

• COMPANY TOWN ANNEX By Chuck Philips

• Charter Communications Plans $3.45-Billion IPO By Sallie Hofmeister

• Miller Picks New Ad Agencies for Lite, Genuine Draft Beers

• Customizer Sues Volkswagen, Dealers By Leslie Earnest

• CarsDirect Gaining on the Field By Jonathan Gaw

• Home Depot Warns Vendors to Avoid Net

• Stocks and the Dollar Give Up More Ground

• MGM Grand Casino Opens Today in Detroit

• Chip Stocks Rally as World Demand Grows

• America West Discounts Flights Out of O.C., Sparking Fare War By E. Scott Reckard

• Disney Goes Ape With ‘Tarzan’ By Aaron Curtiss

• ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

• Shares of Trimedyne Climb to 52-Week High By Marcelo Prince

• ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

• Nasdaq IPO Could Raise Up to $1 Billion

• Broadcom Share Prices Jump 10%

• ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

• Retail Milk Prices Expected to Increase By Melinda Fulmer

• Belo to Acquire Hemet, Moreno Valley Papers By Jeff Leeds

• Only 1 in 5 in State Has Sought Housing Rebate By Liz Pulliam

• FINANCIAL SERVICES

• Also…

• Free-PC May Trade 20,000 Computers for Information By Karen Kaplan

• CBS Signs New Contract With CEO Moonves

• Orders for Durable Goods Rise Slightly

• In Mutual Fund Industry, Less Cash Funnels to Fewer Firms By Paul J. Lim

• Expanded Coverage of Personal Technology

• Occidental May Sell Stake in Canadian Firm

• Key Parts of Landfill Case Tossed Out By Myron Levin

• Safeway to Speed Up Expansion in 2000 By Melinda Fulmer

• Pimco Advisors Earnings Rise by 19%

• O.C. Health Care Firms’ Profits Are in the Pink

• ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

• ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS

• Events on the Internet By Elaine Zinngrabe

• Welcome to Thursday Cutting Edge

• Omega Fire Sprinkler Recall Fund Won’t Cover Claims, Regulators Say By Robin Fields

The Gospel According to Whitney

• all day: Movies

• all day: Movies

• 9 pm: Theater

• all day: Art

• Twin Filmmakers With a Single Vision By Matt Coltrin

• Itinerary: West 3rd Street By Matea Gold

• ‘Documental’ Explores Two Very Different Worlds By Kevin Thomas

• A Loaf of Bread, Jug of Wine and Outdoor Music By Karen Newell Young

• Middle East Feasts - Ali Baba serves up excellent Persian fare, and at Sahara Falafel, sliced meat is heavenly. By Max Jacobson

• It’s Not Just Any Port in a Storm - An eclectic clientele is among the attractive features of Hurricane’s. By Gena Pasillas

• A Taste of Success By Charles Perry

• Garry Marshall By Kevin Baxter

• TV Smarts

• A Night Flight to France By Mark Swed

• Blood Hounds

• Most Unusual Night of the Week By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Music Is in the Air: ‘Hard Rock,’ the Monkees and Melissa Etheridge By Susan King

• KFI Celebrates 10 Years of Stirring Up ‘More Stimulating’ Talk By Kevin Baxter

• Out of Town: Santa Barbara

• Crafty Concept Uncrafted By Robert Koehler

• TV Smarts

• ‘Much Ado’ in Old California By Lynne Heffley

• What’s Hot

• Pop Date Book By Geoff Boucher

• Bound Beirut Hostages ‘Watch Over’ the Others By Philip Brandes

• Ends This Weekend

• Ramblin’ Man Reborn By Steve Hochman

• The Tall Chariots By Laurie K. Schenden

• Choices to Make ‘Millionaire’ Fans Happy By Susan King

• Make-Up to Pack Its Kit at Halloween By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Plan Ahead: Next Weekend

• In Newport Beach, Roy’s Reaching for the Flavors of Hawaii By S. Irene Virbila

• CLUB HOPPIN’

• Barney, ‘King and I’ Show Kids the Wonders of World of DVD By Susan King

• Shrimp Dumplings

• To the ‘Schoolhouse’ to Study Education’s Rockin’ Role By Corinne Flocken

• Ford Looks for Land for Organic Chadwick By Angela Pettera

• Korn’s ‘Freak on a Leash’ Has 9 Shots at Winning MTV Video Music Award

• A Pop Queen, a Folk Legend, Animals Aplenty By Lynne Heffley

• A Midsummer’s Night Hop By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• An Unsettling but Fast-Paced ‘Good Day’ at Glaxa Studios By Jana J. Monji

• Goulet Still Master of ‘Impossible Dream’ By Daryl H. Miller

• Bucking the Trends By Mike Boehm

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

• At the Movies