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What happened on December 10, 2000
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
The Last Days of Nick Markowitz SUE FOX, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kidnap, Killing of West Hills Teen Unfolds in Testimony SUE FOX, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ramadan Puts Fasting Athletes in Tough Spot WILLIAM LOBDELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Legacy of Measure F
Safety First, Not Politics
Peace Talks Have Begun in 7-Year Hospital War DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Court Files Ann W. O'Neill
Supervisors Should Set Own Pay
Extraordinary Effort by Officers
Fox's Nomination of Masry
The City Council and the Boy Scouts
Affirmative Action, Racial Profiling
Speeding on Streets, Freeways
'Living Wage' Demands
Voters Have Spoken About Supervisors
Slow Commuting Via MTA
A Scaled-Back El Toro? No Way
Mighty Ebell
Land for Schools Needed in Tustin
O.C. Voters Accepting Diversity
Tribal Leader's Plan to Create 'Nation's Wastebasket' Trashed HANNAH WOLFSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
L.A. Officers Moving to the Suburbs
Drunk Driver
In Silence, Even More Harm
Fashion and News
* Charles William Kelly; Ventura College Teacher
Evergreen Scene JENIFER RAGLAND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
For Longtime Tradition, a Happy Ending
Car Kills Pedestrian Near Orange STUART PFEIFER
O.c. Books And Authors
Compromising Standards for Affordability Is No Bargain STEVE SOJKA, Steve Sojka is a Simi Valley City Council member
Union Co-Founder's Condition Improves
Lawyers' Windfall Is Out of Order
Missed Deadline for University Program
And Now for Some Good News--and a Colossal 'If' BOB RECTOR, Bob Rector is opinion editor for the San Fernando Valley and Ventura County editions of The Times
Schools, Teachers Warrant Support
Aviation
With Words, Paint, Plane Victim, 78, Created Legacy of Artful Memories MAI TRAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Insurance Rates for SUVs
Closed Tustin Base Still Faces a Long March to New Life JEAN O. PASCO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Schools Harness Power of High Expectations AL MIJARES, Al Mijares is superintendent of the Santa Ana Unified School District
Nurturing the Childrens Hospital in Its Early Stages Cecilia Rasmussen
Check It Out
Respite From Chain Shopping STEVE CARNEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
HMO Plan Merits Study
Huntington Didn't Report Massive Sewer Leaks MEG JAMES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pride on Parade DAVID PIERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Measure F Voided; Will Airport Now Be Built?
Pining for Perfection JENIFER RAGLAND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
LAPD Officers Moving to the Suburbs
Sound of Gunfire Diminishing in Washington's Autumn Woodlands NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gun Laws, Suicide
Alaskan Teaches Students How Alcohol, Pregnancy Don't Mix DAN JOLING, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Subsidized Taxis Would Be a Blight
Folkart Service
Both Sides Miss Whole Truth in RU-486 Debate JENNY BIOCHE, Freelance writer Jenny Bioche has three children and lives in Newport Beach. She can be reached at chatwithjenny@hotmail.com
Dancers in the Dark Al Martinez
Don't Add to a Teacher's Mug Museum CINDY HALE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Oxnard's Problems
Newbury Park Couple
2nd-Career Teachers See Pluses, Minuses ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Banning Books Might Backfire
A Good Start for Pierce Plan
Injudicious Disparity
Cash for Test Scores: How Smart Is That? DANA PARSONS
Eloise McGraw; Award-Winning Children's Author ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Grizzly Deaths Linked to Bears' Hunt for Food From Associated Press
Experts Investigate Building Collapse PATRICK J. McDONNELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Muslim Athletes Develop a Game Plan for Fasting WILLIAM LOBDELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Police Rescue Kidnapped Teenager JASON SONG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Post Offices Extend Hours for Holidays
Actors Contract
Female Mayor Steers Her City Through Texas' Macho Culture MEGAN K. STACK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Community Outreach Meetings
It's Time We All Paid the Price for Nontoxic Farming ELISE WRIGHT, Elise Wright is a board member of Community and Children's Advocates Against Pesticide Poisoning (CCAAPP). CCAAPP can be reached at (805) 654-4186
Neighborhood Councils Experiment Needs Clear Guidelines to Succeed DOUGLAS R. DOWIE, Douglas R. Dowie chairs VICA's Charter Implementation Committee. He is senior vice president, senior partner and general manager of Fleishman-Hillard's Los Angeles office
Solving a Vocational / Academic Problem MARY PAT HUXLEY, Mary Pat Huxley is statewide director of the biotechnology economic development program in the California community college system. She is based at Ventura College
* Howard McElroy; Retired Business Owner
Obituaries
Professionals Finding 2nd Careers in the Classroom ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Westlake Village Man Dies in Auto Accident JENIFER RAGLAND
Negotiate an End to Santa Paula's Nightmare JOHN PROCTER, John Procter is a Santa Paula City Council member
Secession Efforts Are Part of an American Activist Tradition JEFF BRAIN and ANDREI CHERNY, Jeff Brain is president of Valley VOTE. Andrei Cherny is the policy director and a member of the executive board of Valley VOTE
Giving Their School an F JOE MATHEWS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SPORTS
L.B. Poly Beats Loyola in Overtime GARY KLEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Penguins Lose Focus and Then the Game From Associated Press
Heading Home, Hundley Agrees to Cub Contract JASON REID, From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Sprewell Turns Words Into Action From Associated Press
One Saving Grace Has Been the Play of Hebert in Goal CHRIS FOSTER
Southland Roundup Associated Press
No. 3 Duke Falls to Clemson, 93-75 Associated Press
Women EARL GUSTKEY
Southland Roundup LON EUBANKS
Grimson Forging New Identity JIM HODGES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mitchell Can't Believe He Lost Award BILL SHAIKIN
Garnett Takes Clippers to School LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bowl Schedule
Nba Top To Bottom MARK HEISLER
Orange Lutheran's Upset Bid Falls Short BEN BOLCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Fast Fade ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jagr Not Happy With Production From Associated Press
BCS: Bowl Confusion Series HAL BOCK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elmore Leads Easy Victory at Sacramento
He Won't Feel Weight of Guilty Conscience JIM HODGES
Spain Has Advantage After Doubles Sweep From Associated Press
Boxing Top 10 Steve Springer
Connecticut Gets a Little Help in Win From Staff and Wire Reports
Six-Game Trip Yields One Victory LONNIE WHITE
Monarchs Look Better Than Ever PAUL McLEOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Smith Still Going Strong JAIME ARON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baseball Notes
From Booth to Sidelines HOWARD FENDRICH, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Marbury's Play Can't Prevent Losing Ways From Associated Press
Trojans Pull Off Escape MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Running Wild BARRY WILNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Watson Plays Without Splint BILL SHAIKIN
Modern Era Is Within Their Grasp BOB OATES, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Snyder Is Not Thinking Ahead THOMAS BOSWELL, WASHINGTON POST
Usc Report
Southland Roundup Times Wire Services
Spurrier: Move to Redskins Is Unlikely Associated Press
Riley's Waiting Game Continues DAVID WHARTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southern Section Football Championships STEVEN HERBERT
Burwell, Hagedorn Help OCC Roll Over Grossmont
Ebell Finishes Big to Lead Ventura to Division IV Title MIKE BRESNAHAN
Titans Improve, but Cowboys Ride Away With Win LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Riverside Stuns Oregon State at Corvallis Associated Press
Southern Section Football Championships MITCH POLIN
Women From Staff and Wire Reports
Southern Section Football Championships BEN BOLCH
Playoff Picture
Bei Has Enough in End to Catch Siraki for Title MIKE KENNEDY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bruins Lean on Kapono BILL SHAIKIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Delta State Rushes to Division II Title
Old, Straight-Shooters Go Way of the Dinosaurs MARK HEISLER
Espinoza Steps to the Front BOB MIESZERSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ventura wins on 2nd Wind MIKE BRESNAHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pearson's 33 Points Carry Notre Dame to Tournament Title DOUG FERBER
Girls' Basketball
Roundup JEFFREY JEN
Siraki in First Until the Last JOHN ORTEGA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Well, It Sounds a Little Better Than Drew Drive MAL FLORENCE
UCLA Battles Back, but Falls to Wisconsin
Trailing by 21, No. 9 Illinois Rallies, Beats No. 7 Seton Hall Associated Press
Dreifort, Dodgers Close JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southern Section Football Championships WILL ETHERIDGE
San Clemente Towers Over Esperanza MARTIN HENDERSON
Girls' Basketball Roundup
Newport Harbor Edges Marina in Water Polo
High School Football Playoff Roundup STEVEN HERBERT
Southern Section Football Championships
Connecticut Player Might Transfer
Woods, Duval on Roll From Staff and Wire Reports
No. 6 El Toro Wins Bill Reynolds Classic
Bryant, Stackhouse Go Way Back to Philadelphia TIM BROWN
Dunking Women ELIZABETH A. DAVIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vikings' Green Rewards McCombs, Who Stood by Coach Against All Advice BILL PLASCHKE
Narrow Vote Gives Weinke the Heisman CHRIS DUFRESNE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Coliseum Makes It Clear It Will Protect Its Turf GRAHAME L. JONES
Girls' Water Polo STEVE GALLUZZO
There's Nothing Like a Great Fight to Rekindle Spark STEVE SPRINGER
High School Football Brings Some Life to Edison Field DIANE PUCIN
Brotherly Love Building Kings PETE HERRERA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Altos Makes It a Repeat WILL ETHERIDGE
A Four-Bagger for the Spirits MITCH POLIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Stiles Takes Shot at Breaking NCAA Career Scoring Record From Associated Press
Booker Gets Lift After Five Scores JOHN KLIMA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Ventura Saved Its Best for McCune's Last STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Girls' Soccer CHRIS SHAFFER
He Finds Success to Be Hit and Miss ERIC SONDHEIMER
Now They're Playing Like St. Louis Rams of Old ROBYN NORWOOD
REAL ESTATE
A Conventional Rent Increase Is Preferable to 'Pet Rent' Charges KEVIN POSTEMA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Place to Call One's Own KAREN RIZZO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Partnership Will Aid Minority Buyers From Inman News Service
Home Prices Buck an Economic Cooling Trend KENNETH R. HARNEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Events Calendar
Remodeling Hilarity
Old-World Estate for a Big Family RUTH RYON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southland Arachnids Are Numerous But (Mostly) Not a Threat ANDREA KITAY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Timely Warning About Faulty Attic Furnaces
Spending on Holiday Party a Way to Build Community JAN HICKENBOTTOM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Town Hall Is Beckoning From Your Monitor JENNIFER OLDHAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Project Aims to Meet Needs of Elderly Gays JULIE CLAIRMONT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Double the Space in Hancock Park Ruth Ryon
NEWS
Chess JACK PETERS, INTERNATIONAL MASTER
Ex-'Junk Bond' King Milken Seeking Presidential Pardon RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Today's Trendy Tattoos Have Character--Japanese and Chinese, That Is LEE UEHARA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Exempt Status of Salaried Workers Must Be Honored
E. Coli Cases Linked to Recalled Beef at 32 From Times Wire Reports
Santa Comes Early in Record Bonuses From Times Wire Reports
Think You're Wealthy? Then You're More Likely to Be Healthy From Associated Press
Rich Taste of Late U.S. Aristocrat Fills a Newly Renovated Museum CARL HARTMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Connoisseur's Nightmare From Associated Press
Memory or Illusion? It Can Be Hard to Tell MATT CRENSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Heiress' Trove Put Emphasis on Eclecticism CARL HARTMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Got Bots? You're Tangling Web of Commerce WILLIAM SCHIFFMANN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Verizon Acts to Cut Delays in Its E-Mail From Times Wire Reports
Nostalgia for Babies in the Aisles of Toyland SANDY BANKS
Ivory Coast Elections Delay Is Rejected From Associated Press
Premier's Reelection Strategy Could Easily Backfire TRACY WILKINSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Day 32: A Summary
Wahid Loses Bid to Free 5 Rebels in Indonesia From Associated Press
EU Still Searching for a Blueprint JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Decisions, decisions LISA GIRION
Russia Calls Back-to-Back Bombs in Chechnya a Trap; at Least 19 Die MAURA REYNOLDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Turkey Delays Inmate Transfers Amid Protests, Hunger Strikes From Associated Press
Court to Release Tape Associated Press
Barak Says He'll Quit, Call New Elections MARY CURTIUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pardon Likely for U.S. Man From Associated Press
'See You Guys': Shuttle Crew Departs Alpha From Associated Press
Few employers play Santa LISA GIRION
Laugh Lines
High Natural Gas Prices Not Going Away Soon RICHARD MASON, Richard Mason is a forensic pathologist for the Santa Cruz County sheriff-coroner and has testified frequently for that county's district attorney's office
25,000 Protest Rightist March in Germany From Associated Press
Federal Judge Refuses to Boot Overseas Ballots From Associated Press
Ex-President Bush Gets New Left Hip From Times Wire Reports
Activist Held by Police, Sudan Group Says From Associated Press
When Good News Hits, Remember, There's No Telling What's Around the Corner JAMES GERSTENZANG and MEGAN GARVEY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Tribe Pushes for Nuclear Dump Despite Opposition HANNAH WOLFSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Text of the U.S. Supreme Court Order Halting Recounts
Counties Ponder Ballot Logistics SCOTT GOLD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
HR Exec Utilizes Technology to Enhance Human Side of Corporate Life AMY WILSON, FAST COMPANY
Clinton Urges Passage of New Education Funds From Associated Press
Cuba to Let U.S. Father Visit 5-Year-Old From Associated Press
Countdown to Christmas
Amid Shouts and Mutters, Judges Start, Stop Recount Inside Tallahassee Library MICHAEL FINNEGAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
D.C. Tree Gets Wrapped Up and Ready for Ahs From the Washington Post
Patient Americans Pounded by All Hype, All the Time JOSH GETLIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
How Memory's Fallibility Imprisons the Innocent MATT CRENSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Did Justices, in Word and Deed, Tip Their Hand? DAVID G. SAVAGE and HENRY WEINSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Bushwhacked MIKE DOWNEY
Holiday Cards a Bah-Humbug Chore for Many From Associated Press
California Tycoon Holds the Ultimate E-Ticket: Spaceflight MARCIA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Worse May Come in State's Lingering Power Emergency NANCY VOGEL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tycoon Leaves His Church $60 Million, and Thus a Christian Challenge RUSS BYNUM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Young Athlete Balances Grief for Sister With Determination on Field AARON BEARD, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ex-Premier of Pakistan Exiled to Saudi Arabia From Times Wire Services
Sudan Mosque Gunman Said to Bear Grudge From Associated Press
Kennedy Nephew Has Yet to Go to Trial in '75 Slaying From Associated Press
In Keeping Its Cheetos Pure, Frito-Lay Sees Supplies Dwindle From Associated Press
Cattle Grazing Threatens Key African Water Source CHEGE MBITIRU, ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Duval County, Views of Vote Process as Different as Black and White JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Family Banks on Pei's Fame to Save Old Homestead CHING-CHING NI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Clash of Glamour and Grunge REED JOHNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wine Industry Urges the Reform of Rules on Interstate Shipment LINDA ASHTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bequest Strikes Chord in Needy, Greedy RUSS BYNUM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
For Every Cheer, There's a Jeer From the Other Camp RONALD BROWNSTEIN, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
For Hill-Jumping Teenagers, Speed Kills DAVID GREBE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Teachers Seek to Spice Up the Sciences GEIR MOULSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Historical Caper Revisits the Teapot Dome Era DICK LOCHTE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Ties to the Farm Loosening for Amish From Associated Press
Today's Trendy Tattoos Have Character--Japanese and Chinese, That Is LEE UEHARA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smitten With Kittens MIMI AVINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ways to Send Kids' Hearts a-Leaping
Deck the Doors With Twigs and Berries PATRICIA DANE ROGERS, WASHINGTON POST
Looking on the Lighter Side of 'The Change' SUSAN VAUGHN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Calming the Waters TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Make Your Merry Way to Shows, Events
A Political War to End All Waged Over Recount Votes BOB DROGIN and LISA GETTER and STEPHEN BRAUN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
A Little Dickens for the Holidays SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Wall Street Trailblazer Listens to Her Gut Instincts SUSAN VAUGHN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Divided 5-4, U.S. Supreme Court Orders Halt to Florida Recounts MARK Z. BARABAK and RICHARD A. SERRANO, TIMES POLITICAL WRITERS
Neuroscience Weighs In on Men's Grocery List Problem ROB HIAASEN, BALTIMORE SUN
Office Pressure Cookers Stewing Up 'Desk Rage' LISA GIRION, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Law Is Unclear on When Expenses Must be Paid
Architect Offers a Rendering of Clinton Library From Associated Press
Forest Service Proposes New Restrictions for Sierra Nevada Back Country BETTINA BOXALL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Employers Adopt a More Aggressive Approach to Screening Workers LISA GIRION, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Closing the Book on a Landmark LYNELL GEORGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
MAGAZINE
Preacher At The Orgy TOM GORMAN, Tom Gorman is a Times staff writer. His last article for the magazine explored the future of Las Vegas
Valley Residents Defend Their Turf
Love Through a Fractured Lens JOEL M. DEUTSCH, Joel M. Deutsch is a Los Angeles writer
A Sprout Among the Redwoods HANK ROSENFELD
The Buzzzz at Caltech JOEL GROSSMAN
Saving School Libraries
Writer's Block: JAMES RICCI
Pre-Dinner Theater LESLEE KOMAIKO
Sushi With Sophistication S. IRENE VIRBILA
From Tijuana, Con Amor CAROLYNN CARRENO, Carolynn Carreno last wrote for the magazine about a traditional Thanksgiving in Santa Barbara
As the Tables Turn DARCY RICE
Sumptuous Succulents SUSAN HEEGER
Defining Tom Hayden MONA GABLE, Mona Gable is a Los Angeles writer whose work appears in Salon magazine's anthology "Mothers Who Think" (Villard)
TRAVEL
Frey Hotel Reopens in Palm Springs
California Corner LAURIE K. SCHENDEN; Schenden's e-mail address is lkschenden@msn.com.
Deal Of The Week
Cruise Ship Scores
New Hostels Open in Mexico City LUCY IZON
Films & Programs
Some Like It Hot, so Vegas Hotel Rates Rise TOM GORMAN, Times Staff Writer
A Grab Bag of Luxuries for Photo Fans JUDI DASH
Money, Money, Money
A Multi-Sport Adventure Around New Zealand KARIN ESTERHAMMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
British Museum Opens Up to Sky and Public
Deerly Concerned
Browsing the Web for Holiday Gifts LAURA BLY
Are You Two Together? Solving Trip Conflicts KATHLEEN DOHENY
In Tortola, Keeping Stress at Bay JOSH MEYER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Legend Airlines Suspends Operations
Nibbling Around the Delights of Coimbra G. FRANCO ROMAGNOLI, G. Franco Romagnoli is a food writer and educator based in Watertown, Mass
Airline Consolidator Selling E-Tickets
Welcome Mat Isn't Always Out for Young Travelers CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Whodunits by Women Make Great Travel Books, and It's No Mystery Why SUSAN SPANO, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Nine Places to Find Vacations That Give Your Wallet a Holiday ARTHUR FROMMER
Packing Tips for a World Tour: Mind Your Socks, Forget Bandanna MIKE McINTYRE
Unhurried in Havasu ELLEN CLARK, Ellen Clark is a freelance writer and photographer based in Los Angeles
Readers Recommend
Pioneering a Visit to New Disney Park
New York's Noel SUSAN SPANO
A Beach Stroll in the Shadow of a Luxe Resort JOHN McKINNEY
BOOKS
Books For Kids
First Fiction MARK ROZZO
Speak, Memory ROBERT LEE HOTZ, Robert Lee Hotz is a science writer for The Times
Los Angeles Times Children's Bestsellers
Wishing You Were Here EUGEN WEBER, Eugen Weber is a contributing writer to the Book Review and the author, most recently, of "Apocalypses" and "Peasants into Frenchman: The Modernization pf Rural France, 1870-1914."
Discoveries SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
A Psalm of Life Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Frenzy of Renown RICHARD SCHICKEL, Richard Schickel is the author of "Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity." He reviews movies for Time magazine
Longfellow's Radical Americanism ALAN TRACHTENBERG, Alan Trachtenberg teaches American literature and American studies at Yale University
Best Books of 2000
God Hunger Michael Ryan
No Respect GAVIN LAMBERT, Gavin Lambert is the author of "Nazimova" and "Mainly About Lindsay Anderson."
OPINION
GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster ROBERT SCHEER, Robert Scheer is a Times contributing editor
Hussein Is Getting the Last Laugh Charles Duelfer, Charles Duelfer, a guest scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is former deputy executive chairman of the U.N. Special Commission
Rule of Law Has Begun to Chafe JAMES P. PINKERTON, James P. Pinkerton, who writes a column for Newsday in New York, worked in the White House of President George Bush. E-mail: pinkerto@ix.netcom.com
Democratic Loyalists May Bolt Gerald Horne, Gerald Horne is the author of "Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s" and, most recently, "Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham du Bois."
Should Clinton Face Indictment?
2004 Team
Olympics--Do the Numbers First
Kennedy on Cops
Power Shortage
Faith in the Courts
Life Without Bill May Be No Different Susan F. Rasky, Susan F. Rasky is senior lecturer in the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley
Perchlorate Study
One Man, One Vote? Alex Keyssar, Alex Keyssar, professor of history and public policy at Duke University, is the author of "The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States."
There Is a CRA Scandal, But Not the One Tuttle Thinks Gideon Kanner and Michael M. Berger, Gideon Kanner is professor emeritus at Loyola Law School and editor of Just Compensation, a monthly on the law of eminent domain. Michael M. Berger is a lawyer in Santa Monica
Affirmative Action Is Good for State's Economy DENISE G. FAIRCHILD, Denise G. Fairchild is founder and president of the Los Angeles-based Community Development Technologies Center
Florida's Slate of Electors
We Should Not Jump to Conclusions on Lee Shooting RICHARD MASON, Richard Mason is a forensic pathologist for the Santa Cruz County sheriff-coroner and has testified frequently for that county's district attorney's office
Electricity Shortage: Grinch 2000
Vicente Fox Blesses the Americanization of Mexico Gregory Rodriguez, Gregory Rodriguez is a fellow at the New America Foundation
Cambodia's Newspapers Clean Up, Start to Make a Difference Peter Eng, Peter Eng is a former correspondent for the Associated Press who frequently writes about Southeast Asia
Drooyan Joe Domanick, Joe Domanick is the author of "To Protect and to Serve: LAPD's Century of War in the City of Dreams."
The Secrecy Police Will Be Back Soon David Wise, David Wise is the author of "Cassidy's Run: The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas."
BUSINESS
TOP 10 STORIES / Dec. 4-8 Abigail Goldman and Liz Pulliam Weston and Leslie Earnest and James F. Peltz and Charles Piller and Lee Romney
A Power Supplier Fires Back
Modern Is Back, With a Tech Twist JESUS SANCHEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Doggy Day Care Is Howling Success for Owners and Their 'Children' GINA CAPPELLO, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bond Funds Still in Shadows Despite Their Bright Year TOM PETRUNO
High Natural Gas Prices Not Going Away Soon JAMES FLANIGAN
Retailer Picks Up Beat of Teen Fashion Fringe JERRY HIRSCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Buyproduce Names Lally President, CEO
Wife's Unknown Whereabouts a Major 'Technicality' in Getting 401(k) Funds LIZ PULLIAM WESTON
Careful Year-End Tax Planning Can Save Investors a Bundle in April KATHY M. KRISTOF
ENTERTAINMENT
Lee's Troupe
Sure as Shooting
The Art of Outreach
'Wedding' Bouquet
Long and Winding Road
Provocative Opera
Best Bets / DECEMBER 10-16, 2000
Hey, They're Only Following the Money ROBERT HILBURN, Robert Hilburn is The Times' pop music critic
Banging the Drum for Persuasive Percussion DON HECKMAN
Out of Their League
He's Unleashing an Experiment SOREN BAKER, Soren Baker is a regular contributor to Calendar
Small Faces
Mexico's Cafe Tacuba Eyes the Global Market STEVE HOCHMAN
Just Plain Folks Sharing the Stage DON SHIRLEY, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
A Cause for Celebration's New Director DON SHIRLEY, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
A Little Bit Country, a Lot Weird PAUL BROWNFIELD, Paul Brownfield is a Times staff writer
One Temptation She Didn't Resist DAVID GRITTEN, David Gritten is a regular contributor to Calendar
Voices From the Cornerstone Community
Getting in Touch With His Inner Cary Grant SEAN MITCHELL, Sean Mitchell is a regular contributor to Calendar
A Latin Link Just Got Stronger SUZANNE MUCHNIC, Suzanne Muchnic is The Times' art writer
Far From Home, a No-Frills Multiplex SCOTT WILSON, Scott Wilson is a research librarian for The Times
Worthy Students Who Passed the Test ROBERT HILBURN
Movement in a Democratic Direction JENNIFER FISHER, Jennifer Fisher is a regular contributor to Calendar
An Intimate Take on a Public Gem SCARLET CHENG, Scarlet Cheng is a regular contributor to Calendar
The Celluloid Battle of the Sexes--Waged at Work SUSAN KING, Susan King is a Times staff writer
Who Knew Rejection Could Be So Inspiring? F. KATHLEEN FOLEY, F. Kathleen Foley is a regular theater reviewer for Calendar
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