It's a White, White TV World Out There HARRY PACHON and MANUEL VALENCIA, Harry Pachon is president of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute and a professor at Pitzer College at Claremont Graduate University. Manuel Valencia is president of a public relations firm in Pasadena
Ideas Caught in Web of Impractical, Cliched JONATHAN GAW, Jonathan Gaw covers technology and electronic commerce for The Times. He can be reached at (714) 966-7818 and at jonathan.gaw@latimes.com
Auto Dealers Race in Cyberspace but Run Out of Gas JONATHAN GAW, Jonathan Gaw covers technology and electronic commerce for The Times. He can be reached at (714) 966-7818 and at jonathan.gaw@latimes.com
Shopping.com's Woes Dog Former Executives JONATHAN GAW, Jonathan Gaw covers technology and electronic commerce for The Times. He can be reached at (714) 966-7818 and at jonathan.gaw@latimes.com
Behind the Masks Was a True Actor MICHAEL KEARNS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Michael Kearns is an actor based in Los Angeles and was a close friend of actor Charles Pierce. Pierce died last Monday at age 73 of cancer at his home in Toluca Lake
If It's High in Fiber, It's Rich in Benefits SHELDON MARGEN and DALE A. OGAR, Dr. Sheldon Margen is professor of public health at UC Berkeley; Dale A. Ogar is managing editor of the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter. They are the authors of several books, including "The Wellness Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition."