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What happened on December 23, 2000
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Disneyland Installs Warning Signs on Ride Cars MEG JAMES and KIMI YOSHINO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Disneyland Safety Signs Follow Injuries MEG JAMES and KIMI YOSHINO, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Vivian Weinstein; Children's Advocate ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hotel Valet Checks Guest's $175,000 Ferrari Into a Tree JACK LEONARD and RICHARD MAROSI, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Ray Bell; Game Officer Nursed Smokey Bear Back to Health After Forest Fire From Associated Press
N. Richard Nash; Playwright and Screenwriter
Parking Is No Perk at Mall LOUISE ROUG, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
An Array of Angels JOSEF WOODARD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Talks Underway With a Potential Buyer for Janss Marketplace MARGARET TALEV, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Admiring the Religious Gifts Others Treasure BENJAMIN J. HUBBARD, Benjamin J. Hubbard is a professor and chair of the Department of Comparative Religion at Cal State Fullerton
Christmas Day
Decision on Police Retrials Is Delayed
UC Renews Hope for Students Who Missed Program MARTHA GROVES, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Holiday Closings
$4.1-Million Grant Will Aid Homeless DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cities' Bright Idea: Give Traffic Signals a Change for Better DENIENE HUSTED and CATHERINE BLAKE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Board Firm on Enlarged Musick Jail JEAN O. PASCO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Driver Charged With Manslaughter From a Times Staff Writer
Latinos Asserting Voices Through Votes Agustin Gurza
Stadium Signs Dark During Crisis JENNIFER MENA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Valley 10 / People Who Will Make News In 2001
More Traffic Officials Are Giving LED Bulbs the Green Light CATHERINE BLAKE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
High School Exit Exam
Obituaries
Man Arrested in Stabbing of Former Girlfriend at Mall
Live: Joseph, Mary, Baby ALEX MURASHKO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Ventura County's Air Cleanest in 3 Decades JENIFER RAGLAND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
South L.A. Curfew Sweeps to Be Enforced by Sheriff, LAPD ANA BEATRIZ CHOLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No 'Florida' Here
Injury Sidelines 'Cinderella' Soloist
Service Planned for Nick Stewart
Holiday Throngs Throw Disneyland a Curve E. SCOTT RECKARD and BONNIE HARRIS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Only in L.A. columnist Steve Harvey is on vacation... Steve Harvey
Woman Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Accident ROBERTO J. MANZANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Heavy Fog Delays Hundreds of Flights in L.A. Area From a Times Staff Writer
Sisters Arrested in New Illegal Bail Bond Case JENNIFER MENA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Religion Notes Pamela Davega Carr
LED Bulbs Getting Green Light in County CATHERINE BLAKE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Dependent Clauses GAIL DAVIS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
County's Air in 2000 Cleanest in 3 Decades JENIFER RAGLAND, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Congested Roads Test Travelers and Authorities KATIE COOPER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Sheriff's Officials Seek Public's Help in Locating 4 Fugitives KATIE COOPER
Local Students Join in Cancer Fight NANCY FORREST-YOSNOW
District Expedites Harbor Dredging CATHERINE BLAKE
Plans for Park's Future to Be Released CATHERINE BLAKE
Obituaries
The Gift of Reading ANN SHIELDS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Christmas, Thy Name Is Compassion CAPTAIN LEE LESCANO, Captain Lee Lescano is coordinator for the Salvation Army Orange County
Out of Place in the Sun DAVID LANSING, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Man Charged in Stabbing at Mall ROBERTO J. MANZANO
Temporary Shelter for Homeless OKd MARTHA L. WILLMAN
A Perplexing Reinterpretation of Jesus' Life ZACHARY KARABELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lieberman Story Tops Reporters' List Associated Press
Baptist Groups Back Conservative Reform Associated Press
Bishop to Be Punished for Affair Associated Press
In Lieu of the Office Gift Exchange KATHLEEN VALLEE STEIN, Kathleen Vallee Stein lives in Monrovia
Hold the Garlic NORINE DRESSER
Robbers Tie Up Trucker, Steal Wine ROBERTO J. MANZANO
Holiday Closings
Christian Rallies Draw More Women Associated Press
15 Faiths to Light the Way in Huntington GENA PASILLAS
Traffic Columnist Hits the Road With LADOT Team ROBERTO J. MANZANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
3 Workmen Still Critical After High-Rise Explosion GINA PICCALO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Mother Accused of Trying to Drown Infants Evaluated SHARON NAGY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Christmas Eve Service to Celebrate Multiculturalism TERESA WATANABE
Aging Eastsiders Find Strength in Shared Memories JEANNETTE SANCHEZ-PALACIOS
An Oasis in Need of Help MARGARET RAMIREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It Started With a Christmas Tree SADHANA NEURGAONKAR, Sadhana Neurgaonkar, a science teacher, she lives in Thousand Oaks
What Do You Know About the Nativity? WILLIAM LOBDELL
Eliminate Middlemen in Power Market
Mesa Verde Teacher to Head Science Fair NANCY FORREST-YOSNOW
* Franklin C. Price; Controller, Longtime Musician
MTA, Mechanics Union Tentatively Accept Pact JEFFREY L. RABIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gold Theft Scheme and Earlier Plot May Be Linked, Police Say RICHARD WINTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sisters With LAPD Link Booked in Bail Dealings JENNIFER MENA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Suspected Killer Is Found Dead RICHARD FAUSSET and MICHAEL KRIKORIAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Slaying Suspect's Body Discovered RICHARD FAUSSET and MICHAEL KRIKORIAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Woman Abducted, Raped in Simi Valley CATHERINE BLAKE
HOME & GARDEN
Wicker Furniture's Long History RALPH KOVEL and TERRY KOVEL
Holidays With Roots JULIE BAWDEN DAVIS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Living Trees Appeal to Owner Taste and Space JULIE BAWDEN DAVIS
Nurturing Living Trees Adds a Growing Tradition JULIE BAWDEN DAVIS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Making the Season Bright
Colorful Pansies Thrive Here U.C. MASTER GARDENERS
BUSINESS
Investors Buy 2 Big O.C. Apartment Complexes DARYL STRICKLAND, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Northrop-Litton Deal: Best-Kept Secret in Town PETER PAE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Edison to Cut 400 Jobs, Dividend Amid Crisis CHRIS KRAUL and NANCY VOGEL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Sales of Intuit's TurboTax Software Lagging Bloomberg News
Also. . .
Analyst Not Cheered by Rally, Sees Rough Sledding for Next 2 Quarters From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Spending Increases 0.3% in November From Times Wire Services
Boeing Gets $6-Billion Defense Contract Bloomberg News
S&P Drops Ratings on Polaroid Debt Bloomberg News
Microsoft to Stagger Launch of Game Console Alex Pham
La-Z-Boy Warns of Lower 3rd-Quarter Profit Bloomberg News
Outboard Marine Files for Chapter 11 Bloomberg News
UAL, US Airways to Extend Merger Review Bloomberg News
Nasdaq Gets Pre-Holiday Boost but Can't Erase Week's Losses From Times Wire Services
Reliance Bond Bid Pits Icahn and Steinberg From Reuters
Fourth-Quarter Net Income Tumbles for Bridgford Foods
SRS Labs Executive Is Leaving for New Post Dow Jones
Destination Group, Partner Invest $85 Million in Firms DEBORA VRANA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hot Wheels, Barbie PCs Missing Under Trees This Holiday ABIGAIL GOLDMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Offices No Longer in Ambassador Site Plan JESUS SANCHEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Federal Judge OKs Money-Transfer Case Settlement LEE ROMNEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Weyerhaeuser Gets Settlement Approval Bloomberg News
Rockefeller Center Sold to 2 Shareholders Associated Press
Leather Orders Too Much of a Stretch LESLIE EARNEST, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NEWS
Farewell to 'Chief': In Death as in Life, Firefighters Care for Friend JOHN J. GOLDMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Anti-Fujimori Mutineers in Peru Win Amnesty From Associated Press
U.S. Return After Jail in Russia From Associated Press
Air Traffic Delays Called Better, Worse From Times Wire Reports
Estrada Falsified Papers, Banker Testifies Associated Press
Judge Delays Decision on School's Race Policy From Associated Press
Mexico Closes Army Base in a Goodwill Gesture to Zapatista Rebels From Associated Press
D.A.'s Staff Can Take Part in Bombing Case From Times Wire Reports
Boys' Basketball Roundup MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Inmates End 4-Day Standoff With Troops From Times Wire Reports
Clinton Weighs Sending Envoy to Mideast as Peace Talks in U.S. Near End NORMAN KEMPSTER and TRACY WILKINSON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Abortion Site Buffer Zone Law Reinstated From Times Wire Reports
Technology Firms Getting Into the Spirit of (Political) Giving EDMUND SANDERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
L.A.'s Latest Luminary TERENCE MONMANEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton Pardons Former Rep. Rostenkowski ROBERT A. ROSENBLATT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Colombia, Station Spreads Yule Cheer From Reuters
Serbian Elections Could Fuel Demand for Milosevic's Arrest PAUL WATSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clothing Store Settles Charges It Monitored Black Customers STEVE LeBLANC, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rampart Verdicts Voided ANN O'NEILL and TWILA DECKER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Madonna's Wedding: It's VIP and Zip From Associated Press
Suspect Hurt in Blast at Leftist Newspaper From Times Wire Reports
With EU Role and Bush's Visit, Sweden's Moving Into the Fold CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Whitman, More Than Just a Caretaker at EPA ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bush Chooses Ashcroft to Head the Justice Dept. JAMES GERSTENZANG and ROBERT L. JACKSON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Nominee Is a Man the Right Loves, the Left Loathes NICK ANDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Disneyland's Unexpected Sardine Ride E. SCOTT RECKARD and BONNIE HARRIS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Russia Admits Wrongdoing in Death of Wallenberg MAURA REYNOLDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Philippine Vice President Waits in Wings as Political Drama Unfolds DAVID LAMB, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Russian Mogul Gusinsky Released From Jail in Spain From Reuters
Prison Journalist May Be Freed CLAUDIA KOLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Beijing Tourists Soon May Spell Relief With 4 Stars HENRY CHU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Financier Convicted of Plotting Judge's Murder From Associated Press
Babbitt Asks Clinton to Designate New Monument Areas From Associated Press
Syphilis Stubbornly Keeps Its Grip on Society's Fringes JULIE MARQUIS, TIMES HEALTH WRITER
3 U.S. Teens Guilty of Murder in Germany CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Seals Deal to Cut Share of U.N. Dues From Times Wire Services
Workplace Sex Bias Suit Upheld by Japanese Court From Associated Press
Amid Violence, Silent Nights for Bethlehem MARY CURTIUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bush Transition Team Transitions to Its New Office From Associated Press
SPORTS
Charron Gets His Ducks in Order, Hiring Miller and Promoting Simpson ELLIOTT TEAFORD
Iverson Injured in Loss to Knicks From Associated Press
Blake Says Trade Will Not Be Easy for Kings JIM HODGES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Armstrong Gets Strong-Armed in Loss STEVE HENSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Trepagnier's Long Wait Apparently Nearing End MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Woodbridge Reaches Final
ABC Called for Delay of Game BILL DWYRE
Tonight PAUL McLEOD
Titans Fall to 1-8 With 65-52 Loss to Valparaiso From Staff and Wire Reports
Badgers Will Try to Ground It Out BILL SHAIKIN
Fiset Is Forced to Leave Because of Knee Injury JIM HODGES
Hammonds Signs With Brewers From Staff and Wire Reports
Bruins Face a Tall Order in No. 15 North Carolina SAM FARMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Southland Events
Rambo Has Cast on Hand Times Wire Services
Williams Inspires Teammates STEVE SPRINGER
Culpepper Better, but Status Uncertain From Times Wire Services
Panthers Can't Get Past Brodeur, Devils From Associated Press
Mater Dei Is Good, Just Not Nation's Best BEN BOLCH
Nfl Top To Bottom ROBYN NORWOOD
Ducks Still Have a Wing and a Prayer ELLIOTT TEAFORD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In The Driver's Seat? ROBYN NORWOOD
Today's Games ROY JURGENS
Victory Leaves Something to Be Desired MIKE TERRY
Consistency Becomes Next Challenge LONNIE WHITE
His Social Calendar Is Getting Kind of Full
There Are Two Sides to Almost Every Story
Kings Need to Think About Future Right Now
He Gets A for Effort
Uh, Just a Guess Here, Maybe Fines for Collusion?
Do They Like Carroll Any Better This Week?
Another Tough Break for Flutie and His Fans
Dodgers Put the 'Off' in Baseball Off-Season
It Was Nice of Fox to Keep Spirits Afloat
All Signals Point to a Controversial Laker Season
This New Affliction Is Called A-Rod Rage
Long Beach Battles Back to Defeat Texas A&M From Staff and Wire Reports
Mater Dei in Final of Florida Tournament
He Left a Big Impression on Cummings SAM FARMER
Bryant Nursing Sore Right Shoulder TIM BROWN
Any Win Is a Good Win for UCLA at This Point
Reis, Keller, Tinsley in Alumni Event
No. 1 Connecticut Routs Wake Forest Associated Press
Tennessee, Slay Take It to Syracuse From Staff and Wire Reports
Jailer Testifies Adams Killed Over Drug Deal From Associated Press
Reserve Running Back Is Suspended by Purdue HELENE ELLIOTT
NCAA Makes Technical Interpretation
In a Way, They Are Both Meat Markets LARRY STEWART
No. 1 Troy Puts Clamps on Aztecs MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Another Walkover for Buena DAVE DESMOND
Parris Shakes Off Bad Ankle VINCE KOWALICK
El Camino Real Kicks Into Higher Gear CHRIS SHAFFER
She Enjoyed Every Step of the Way JOHN ORTEGA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tournament Of Champions
Women's Basketball
All-region Girls' Cross-country Team
Threatening Note to Stevens Leads to Arrests BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Shaq Laughs Last in Laker Victory TIM BROWN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It Takes a Village Idiom to Impress
Simi Valley's Bender Doesn't Break, 49-48 MITCH POLIN
Newport Harbor Gets Good Result MICHAEL ITAGAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sonuyi Proves a Quick Study DIANE PUCIN
ENTERTAINMENT
Laugh Lines
Young German, Southland Pros Join in Love of Big Band DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Scarface Produces Mostly Mixed Results in Performance at the House of Blues STEVE APPLEFORD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Spanish-Language KVEA Moves to Bulk Up Newscasts DANA CALVO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rare and Precious Music
Uninformed Reviewer
Don't Ruin the Surprise
Early Departures
Babe's Legacy
This Prince and Cinderella Are a Real Couple With Regal Style LEWIS SEGAL, TIMES DANCE CRITIC
Remember Carradine
Gasping Audience?
Moment of Truth ELLEN BASKIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Chinese, Not Japanese
Filmmakers and the Truth: It Can Be Tricky Relationship
Streisand-Produced Series Seeks Centenarians
Morning Report STEVEN LINAN
Xzibit Shows He Can Outpace Backstreet Boys, if Not Beatles RICHARD CROMELIN
After 1999's Glitches, Y2K Offers Reassurance ROBERT HILBURN, TIMES POP MUSIC CRITIC
Yes, the Slipper Fits JENNIFER FISHER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Could This Mean the End for 'ER's' Put-Upon Dr. Greene? VERNE GAY, NEWSDAY
Unworthy 'Tiger'
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