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What happened on July 23, 2000
REAL ESTATE
Once Again, He's Going Elsewhere RUTH RYON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Battle Against Ants Calls for a Tenant-Landlord Alliance ROBERT J. GRISWOLD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
HUD Offers Tips on Purchases, Repairs
Wachs to Address Association Issues at L.A. Luncheon
Weigh Upheaval as Well as Value of Major Upgrade KATHY PRICE-ROBINSON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Unsettled Claims
Shaken to the Core DONNA MASON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Information on Foreclosure Too Dated to Be Useful ROBERT J. BRUSS
Get an Expert to Test Ceiling for Asbestos POPULAR MECHANICS, FOR AP SPECIAL FEATURES
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
The Graying of Orange County Is Underway JAMES L. DOTI, James L. Doti is president and professor of business and economics at Chapman University
Chemistry Concepts and Experiments
Man Killed in Shooting Identified; 2nd Victim in Attack Still Critical ROBERTO J. MANZANO and SUE FOX, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Victim of Shooting in Panorama City Identified ROBERTO J. MANZANO and SUE FOX, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Hats Off to Surfing and Rodeo Spirit CATHERINE BLAKE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Fullerton Fire Chief Dies After Battling Cancer LISA RICHARDSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Green Waste From Los Angeles
Oxnard Art Assn. Names Exhibit Winners
6 Students Accept UCSB Scholarships ANNA GORMAN
The Shadow of Seattle AL MARTINEZ
It Could Be Three Parks and You're Out DANA PARSONS
Hands Off the Health Initiative
Recreation Area Plans Events
Peachy Idea: Giving Parents a Few Plums JENNY BIOCHE, Jenny Bioche is a Newport Beach writer who has three children. She can be reached at chatwithjenny@hotmail.com
Fire Chief in Fullerton Dies of Cancer at 50
Holding Firm on Right to Pot TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Numbers Demand Action
Garden Grove Fire Displaces 14
Cities Should Ante Up
Recreation Area Plans August Events GARY POLAKOVIC
Chase Knolls Designation
Buying Land to Preserve It
Deputy Bigger Danger Than Dog
Which Amendment Was That?
Laguna Hills Should Back Off
Challenges to the Family Farm
El Toro Editorial Was Accurate, but Story Smacked of Opinion
L.A. Then and Now columnist Cecilia Rasmussen is on... CECILIA RASMUSSEN
Agriculture Wages
County Is Home to High-Tech Firms
Ventura City Worker Turnover
Huntington Needs Its Own Shelter
Cheers for Fuentes' Appointment to South County College Board
The Court's Abortion Stance Is a Mistake
Corn Maze Opening
Obits on the Web
'Potter' Popularity
Mother Maintains Innocence in Girl's Starving Death CAITLIN LIU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Making Merry By the Sea CATHERINE BLAKE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Mozart Series Set for Irvine, Newport CHRIS PASLES
Discovery Center Deal
Sell the Tobacco Stocks
SuperScooper Purchases
Arts Festival Members Vote on Recall LISA RICHARDSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Van Nuys Choppers
Do the Math on Downey Sentence, Lawyers Say ANN W. O'NEILL
Reward Offered in Dog Abuse Case HOLLY J. WOLCOTT
Mother Maintains Innocence in Girl's Starving Death CAITLIN LIU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A 911 Wake-Up Call
Sacred Indian Sites Pit Almighty Buck Against the Almighty PAULINE ARRILLAGA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Waste Disposal at Santa Susana
1 Dies, 1 Injured in Lake Forest Crash
'Synectic Falls' a Downer, Lagunans Say SCOTT SCHUDY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Tale of 2 Cities, and 1 Housing Project HUGO MARTIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hospitals Shun Offers by Tobacco Initiative's Foe DAVID KELLY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Coast Guard Rescues 6 After Boat Mishap HOLLY J. WOLCOTT
Agency Offers a Range of Used Goods GARY POLAKOVIC
Constellations of Bright Ideas KENNETH R. WEISS, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
The Five Books You Would Take To A Desert Island And Why GLORIA ROMERO, Assemblywoman Gloria Romero, 45, represents the 49th District in the San Gabriel Valley. She is on leave as a psychology professor at Cal State Los Angeles
Parents, Taxpayers Will Be the Judges of Pricey School Reforms GEORGE RUNNER, Republican Assemblyman George Runner represents Lancaster, Palmdale and Santa Clarita
Regional Plan With Multiple Options Makes Sense SHEILA JAMES KUEHL, Assembly member Sheila James Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) represents portions of the San Fernando Valley
Year-Round School for Students
Driver Killed, Passengers Hurt in Crash
Schoolteachers Are Getting in the Loop MARTHA GROVES, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Beyond Chase Knolls, a Larger Issue SHIRLEY SVORNY, Shirley Svorny is professor of economics at Cal State Northridge
Red Line Ridership
State's Medicinal Pot Law Proves to Be Can of Worms TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
From Wiping Runny Noses to Rushing Crash Victims to a Hospital, Paramedics Spend Their Days . . . TINA DIRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bring Hate Crime Into the Light
For San Fernando High Students, Future May Be in Front of Class EDGAR SANDOVAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Laguna Beach May Move Fountain SCOTT SCHUDY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Smart Law Enforcement
Anaheim Says It's Ready, Awaiting New Adventure MONTE MORIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Is Critical After Panorama City Shootings ROBERTO J. MANZANO and SUE FOX, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
From Pet to Pork Chop: Facts of Life at the Fair HECTOR BECERRA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Hanna, Tough Times Come and Go MEAD GRUVER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sacred Sites in Peril Associated Press
The Big Picture ANTONIO OLIVO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Welcome Back, Teacher EDGAR SANDOVAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Details Emerge in Pico Rivera Slayings BETH SHUSTER and MANUEL GAMIZ JR., TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Ewe Bet: Fullerton Pins Hopes on Fake Sheep THUY-DOAN LE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Sales Tax Agreement
A Little Slow Fun
Pointing the Finger of Blame
Edward Stotsenberg; Headed Pickford Foundation
William Russell Mote; Founded Marine Laboratory
Tollway Debate Raises Objections
Prospects for Wyoming Town Are Closing Along With Its Coal Mines MEAD GRUVER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lier Fier; Holocaust Survivor, Magazine Publisher
YMCA to Host Family Fun Night SARAH TORRIBIO-BOND
Engineer Represents City on MWD Board SARAH TORRIBIO-BOND
ER on Wheels TINA DIRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
AIDS Group to Offer Free HIV Testing SARAH TORRIBIO-BOND
Access Is the Law, Old Attitudes the Harsh Reality ALLISON CAMERON GRAY
CSUN Extends Its Reach
A Night for Starry-Eyed Astronomers STEVE CHAWKINS
Spreading It on Thick KAREN NEWELL YOUNG, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Death Penalty: Who Wins When the State Sanctions Killing? NATHAN TIERNEY, Nathan Tierney teaches ethics at California Lutheran University
A Link Between Times, Places RICH HANDLEY, Rich Handley is an educator and writer who lives in Ojai
Medicinal Pot Law a Can of Worms TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Reseda Woman Dies in Freeway Crash ROBERTO J. MANZANO
Dead Poets: Good Society for the Aging Teacher ALICIA A. REYNOLDS, Alicia A. Reynolds lives in Ventura and teaches English at Oxnard High School
'Boring' Texts No Excuse for Doing Less in High School CAROL JAGO, Carol Jago teaches English at Santa Monica High School and directs the California Reading and Literature Project at UCLA. She can be reached at jago@gseis.ucla.edu
Chopper Loses Power While Fighting Fire SUE FOX
Health Inspectors Close Restaurants MARGARET TALEV
MAGAZINE
Searching for Ricky Jay MAX JACOBSON, Max Jacobson is a food and wine journalist whose last piece for the magazine was on Disneyland food. He is currently working on making his waistline disappear
Bread Winner DAVID DOWNIE, Paris-based writer David Downie is the author of several books, including "Enchanted Liguria: A Celebration of the Culture, Lifestyle and Food of the Italian Riviera."
A Close Look at the Fabric of St. John Knits
Politics Can Be Nice n' Easy RACHEL USLAN
Greetings From... PATT MORRISON
She Spied a Good Read
Making the Acquaintance of a Few Smiling Faces in a Sea of Humanity JAMES RICCI
What Are You Collecting? LESLEE KOMAIKO
Rock Star DEBRA J. HOTALING
Cleaning Out One's Conscience
Red, White and Whew LESLEE KOMAIKO
A Subtle Distinction SUSAN HEEGER
Getting To Know The General JOHN M. GLIONNA, John M. Glionna last wrote for the magazine about writer/performance artist Sandra Tsing Loh
And You Thought Brain Surgery Was Tricky MARTIN J. SMITH
Ice Cream Couture HEATHER JOHN
The Road From Trang Bang MARK EDWARD HARRIS, Mark Edward Harris is a photographer and writer based in Los Angeles. His book "Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work" (Abbeville Press) features the work of 20 of the century's most acclaimed photographers
BUSINESS
Workers Can Be Fired Without Documentation
Productivity Enhancement's New Chief
Publisher Scrutinized
Music Industry Would Do Well to Follow Film Model
Airbus Has a Lot Riding on New Jumbo as It Seeks to Jettison No. 1 Boeing STANLEY HOLMES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Africa Has a Future, and World Has a Stake JAMES FLANIGAN
Engineer Can't Expect Firm to Pay License Fee
Seed Seller Burpee Branches Into Plants MICHAEL RUBINKAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
For Single Parent, Facing Debts Might Be a Better Move Than Bankruptcy LIZ PULLIAM WESTON
Singapore Loosens Its Reins to Get Internet Economy Running EVELYN IRITANI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Farmers Reeling From Cooperative's Collapse MELINDA FULMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Restless Retiree Resetting Clock for Herself and Fellow Seniors SUSAN VAUGHN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
ENTERTAINMENT
A Good- Looking Bunch KENNETH TURAN, Kenneth Turan is The Times' film critic
Best Bets/ JULY 23-29, 2000
Eminent Trumpeters on Different Paths DON HECKMAN, Don Heckman is the Times' jazz writer
In Brief SOREN BAKER
Style Guidelines
Air Command
Quick Cuts Kevin Crust
A.S.K. Helps the Ford With New Plays DON SHIRLEY, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
More From Rap's Queen of the Serene SOREN BAKER
Moby, Mann React to Old Labels' New Plans STEVE HOCHMAN
In Brief SOREN BAKER
In Brief STEVE APPLEFORD
In Brief NATALIE NICHOLS
An Old Hand at Death F. KATHLEEN FOLEY, F. Kathleen Foley is a regular theater reviewer for daily Calendar
The One and Only J.S. Bach? Not So Fast . . . MARK SWED, Mark Swed is the Times' classical music critic
A Grounded Crew STEVE HOCHMAN, Steve Hochman is a regular contributor to Calendar
Meet the Garcia Bunch DANA CALVO, Dana Calvo is a Times staff writer
A Dream Project
Small Faces
Moves in a Journey of Self-Discovery JENNIFER FISHER, Jennifer Fisher is a regular contributor to Calendar
The Masked Men of Mayhem KASTLE WASERMAN, Kastle Waserman is a Times staff writer
Exploring the Visual Desert SUZANNE MUCHNIC, Suzanne Muchnic is The Times' art writer
Ancient Politics for Our Time DON SHIRLEY, Don Shirley is The Times' theater writer
A Visible Crack in a Fragile Art CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, Christopher Knight is The Times' art critic
This Is Not Your Mother's Library NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Nicolai Ouroussoff is The Times' architecture critic
The Sound of Work Leaving L.A. JON BURLINGAME, Jon Burlingame is a regular contributor to Calendar
SPORTS
Hussman Single-Minded on Comeback DAVE DESMOND
It Can' Be Done, but . . . Call It 'Manifest Destiny' DAVE KINDRED, THE SPORTING NEWS
Dodgers Need Help With This Delivery BILL PLASCHKE
U.S. Is Just a Clay Pigeon Against Spain LISA DILLMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Not Everything Here Can Be Had for Peanuts ROSS NEWHAN
Funny, but This Doesn't Sound All That Safe SHAV GLICK
Everything Turns Up Peachy for Beachley DAN ARRITT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
There Will Be Trades, but No Blockbusters MICHAEL KNISLEY, THE SPORTING NEWS
Monarchs Edge Mercury, 61-60 Associated Press
It Goes Much Better for Reed Against Braves From Associated Press
Heinrichs Likes a Winner From Associated Press
Johnson Won't Waste Health, Time Worrying About His Job Status PAUL GUTIERREZ
Paris Spree Is All That Remains for Armstrong JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
There's Something Different About Cone, but Not Result From Associated Press
Top-Ranked Team Moves Closer to Olympic Berth
From A's to Zito, Angels' Cooper Learns a Lesson MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
This BAT Hits 1.000 HAL BOCK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shea Lopez Makes His Move Too Late, So Cory Advances JOHN WEYLER
Beachley Battles Her Way to the Top DAN ARRITT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Never-Ending Cycle of Heroes, It's a Long Climb to Recognition TONY KORNHEISER, WASHINGTON POST
Sparks Tonight EARL GUSTKEY
MetroStars Win Their Fifth Straight, 4-2 From Associated Press
Weinke Makes Right Moves to Help Himself, Seminoles TOM DIENHARt, THE SPORTING NEWS
No. 2 Pick Arrington Getting Top Dollar From Associated Press
Class of '75 Holds a Reunion Today JIMMY GOLEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gossett Now in It for Cash THOMAS BONK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Newswire From Staff and Wire Reports
Two Teams Might Hold a Bake-Off ROSS NEWHAN
Bad Legs Almost Tripped Up Taylor MIKE PENNER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hall Of Fame Inductees Associated Press
Noise Suddenly Abates Leading to 200 Crescendo MIKE PENNER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Baseball's Triple Crown Is More Elusive Than Ever PETER SCHMUCK, BALTIMORE SUN
Sam Snead DON MARKUS, BALTIMORE SUN
Hill Says Now Is the Time to Get Something Started MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Tiger Has Margin for Era THOMAS BONK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sound Familiar? Webb Pulling Away in Open From Associated Press
Everett Not Offering a Mea Kulpa ROSS NEWHAN
Pay Per Practice HANK KURZ Jr., ASSOCIATED PRESS
Favorite Kumari Continent Finally Makes Grade in Oaks BOB MIESZERSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Galaxy Can't Compensate for Missing Components GRAHAME L. JONES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. to Face a Desperate Costa Rica Team From Associated Press
Show Ball Has Chatsworth's Number Again, 15-8 LAUREN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Arnold Delayed but Not Derailed JOHN ORTEGA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Seidman Found He Had to Flat-Out Get Better ERIC SONDHEIMER
Extra Effort for Lancaster
This Week's Schedule
Ortiz Continues Hot Streak in Triple A LON EUBANKS
Quotebook
Reds Don't See Deal for Larkin From Staff and Wire Reports
Jack Nicklaus DOUG FERGUSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gagne, Dodgers Bottom Out in 5-2 Loss to Giants PAUL GUTIERREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Matthaeus and MetroStars Need a Parting of the Ways GRAHAME L. JONES
The Summer of Marion Jones DAVE KINDRED, THE SPORTING NEWS
Johnson Favored but No Sure Bet RANDY HARVEY
Tiger Has Margin for Era J.A. ADANDE
Heads-Lane Misses Lifts, Still Makes Olympic Team
Trinidad Keeps Record Perfect From Staff and Wire Reports
California Prep Stars Hold Off Florida, 21-11 JIM BARRERO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Matchup of Two Top States Leaves Much to Be Desired DIANE PUCIN
Flirting With .400 WILLIAM GILDEA, WASHINGTON POST
Johnson Puts Law, Life on Hold for Olympics TIM KORTE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reminisces Flow When Old-timers Track Alumni Gather BERT ROSENTHAL, ASSOCIATED PRESS
White Has Rosy Start in Pasadena MIKE BRESNAHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
On Deck TIM BROWN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Boston Pops for the Wrong Guy TIM BROWN
Tony Mota Makes Impression at Triple A LON EUBANKS
It's Cash, Carry On for Rebs' PAIGE A. LEECH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Schilling's Multiple Personality Disorder TIM BROWN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NEWS
Three Businesses Score With Schools' Rush to Standardized Exams JAY MATHEWS, WASHINGTON POST
U.N. Secures Key Highway in Sierra Leone From Reuters
Rebels Shell Federal Posts in Chechnya From Times Wire Reports
Mideast Talks Slow on Eve of Clinton's Return From Times Wire Services
Work Speeds Up as Hollywood Braces for Strikes JAMES BATES and CLAUDIA ELLER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Health Care Firms Spend Big to Head Off Reforms JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
China Quells Sect Anniversary Rally From Associated Press
Democrats to Laud Gore as Fighter MICHAEL FINNEGAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
EDUCATION / Reading and the classroom; Issues, people and trends SUE FOX
The G-8 Communique Associated Press
Ousted Premier of Pakistan Gets 3rd Prison Term From Associated Press
Pigs 1, Golfers 1: Hogs Stay; Links to Be Music-Free From Associated Press
Emotional Colleagues Eulogize Coverdell From Associated Press
Ex-Official Admits She OKd Bugging of Sinn Fein Car From Reuters
Socialists Elect 'New Way' Leader From Times Wire Reports
Court Rules Spain Owns Sunken Ships From Times Wire Reports
Defying Conventions MIKE DOWNEY
Teen Love Gets in Way of Mom's Nights Out Sandy Banks
Economic Summit Targets Illiteracy EDWIN CHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Blast at Market Kills 9, Injures 28 From Times Wire Reports
40 People Trapped in Truck Are Rescued From Times Wire Reports
Clinton Again Threatens Veto of Marriage Penalty Bill EDWIN CHEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
IOC Passes on Bull Market, but That May Change ALAN ABRAHAMSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bills Seek to Preempt State Laws PHILIP BRASHER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Loan Scandal Threatens Egypt's Banks SALAH NASRAWI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Woman to Head Baptist Fellowship From Times Wire Reports
Clinton May Have the Will, but the Way to Peace Pact Remains Elusive NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Music May Be More Than Meets the Ear MATT CRENSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Clinton Praises, Admonishes U.S. Troops From Associated Press
Laugh Lines
Bodies From Copter Crash Retrieved From Times Wire Reports
In Mexico, Women Take a Siesta From Housework MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Offering Greenlanders a Deal They May Find Hard to Refuse CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
No. 17 for Jupiter: Discovery of Tiny Moon Is Reported From Associated Press
Anger Over U.S. Forces' Presence, Conduct Grows in S. Korea SONNI EFRON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When Naming Witnesses Means They'll Be Killed MAURA DOLAN, TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
Traffic Hits the River as Congo's Roads Revert to Jungle TIM SULLIVAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Loma Linda University Tops 'Pork' Funding List, Report Says From Associated Press
Cities Make Their Own Weather ERIN McCLAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
'Sopranos' Casting Call Draws a Mob From Associated Press
Bill Would Lift Legal Cloud From Apologies TIM FIELDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Com Air P.J. HUFFSTUTTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cape Canaveral Celebrates 50 Years of Launches MARCIA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Despite a Few Squeaky Planks, Parties Stand on Their Platforms MARK Z. BARABAK, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Mesa Verde Wildfire Intensifies, Spreads Into Indian Reservation From Associated Press
Mexican Navy Comes to Aid of Island's Wildlife-Killing Goats ERIC NIILER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Swat Team GREG MORAGO, HARTFORD COURANT
Inside IOC's Books: A Tangled Web of Wealth, Mystery ALAN ABRAHAMSON and DAVID WHARTON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Dealing, but No Wheeling TOM GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Creating a School for Okinawa's Biracial Children VALERIE REITMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Healing Environment SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
As Poachers Purge Jungles, Species Face Extinction JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRAVEL
The Price of a Room
Traveler's Notes . . .
California Corner LAURIE K. SCHENDEN
My Favorite Hotel
WWII Sacrifices
Something Fishy
Australia Begins New Nationwide Tax
Taking a Trip to the Past on Interstate 80
Readers Recommend
Tap Into Student Travelers' Resources LUCY IZON
Nuggets of History in California Gold Country KARIN ESTERHAMMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Finding Cheaper Routes to Your Roots ARTHUR FROMMER
The Price of a Room
Americans Urged to Leave Unstable Fiji EDWARD WRIGHT, Edward Wright is a former assistant foreign editor at The Times. His column appears monthly
From Society Doyenne to Architect, Women Left Marks on California Parks SUSAN SPANO, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Training for Peak Vacation Enjoyment KATHLEEN DOHENY
Niagara's Second Act SHARON WATSON, Sharon Watson is a freelance writer in the Washington, D.C., area who specializes in theater and dining
Carnival Cancels 4 Caribbean Cruises BLOOMBERG NEWS
On a Balinese Tour, Hours Fly By With the Birds MIKE McINTYRE
First Gas, Now Car Rental Rates Go Up
New Bus System Aims to Cut Yosemite Congestion CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
SUMMER IN Sun Valley CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, TIMES TRAVEL WRITER
Dept. of Fish and Games MARLA CONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER; Marla Cone is an environmental reporter for The Times
Take a Walk on the Park's Mild Side JOHN McKINNEY, John McKinney is the author of "Day Hiker's Guide to California's State Parks" (Olympus Press, $14.95)
'Wander Year' Snobs
In Emilia-Romagna, Music and Food in Concert GWEN O'SULLIVAN ROMAGNOLI, Gwen O'Sullivan Romagnoli is a freelance writer who recently returned to Boston after a six-month stay in Italy
BOOKS
Class Act SYLVIE DRAKE
Discoveries SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
Ouch ! MERLE RUBIN
What, Me Worry? TODD GITLIN, Todd Gitlin is the author of "The Sixties"; "The Twilight of Common Dreams"; the novel, "Sacrifice"; and the forthcoming "The Infinite Glimmer of Images."
First Fiction MARK ROZZO
The Caw of the Upstart Crow A.R. BRAUNMULLER, A.R. Braunmuller is co-general editor, with Stephen Orgel, of the Pelican Shakespeare Series and a professor in the English department at UCLA
Monster Mash LYNDA OBST, Lynda Obst, a producer at Paramount Pictures, is the author of "Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches."
The Shadow and the Myth ZACHARY KARABELL, Zachary Karabell is a contributing writer to Book Review
OPINION
Paper Misses a Turnaround in Blame NARDA ZACCHINO, Times Associate Editor Narda Zacchino is the readers' representative
The Distance Between Two Points May Narrow With Time AMOS OZ, Israeli novelist Amos Oz's latest book is "The Silence of Heaven," (Princeton University Press, 2000)
Inmate Terms Are Cheap Fuel for Davis' Ambition By JEAN ARNOLD, Jean Arnold, a freelance writer in the Bay Area, taught night classes at San Quentin for six years. E-mail: jasq@aol.com
Gore Once More, With Feeling ROBERT KUTTNER, Robert Kuttner is co-editor of the American Prospect
LAPD: Getting to 'Yes'
Have You Heard About the Incredible Recovery? Charles Wolf Jr., Charles Wolf Jr. is senior economic advisor and corporate fellow in international economics at Rand, and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution
Breathing Room for Mexico Victor
Clinton Street
Cost of Health Care
Jerusalem's Compelling Presence Amy Wilentz, Amy Wilentz, who lived in Jerusalem for four years, has written about the Middle East for the New Yorker. She is working on a book about Jerusalem
Sprawl Reaches the Wilderness Richard Nelson, Richard Nelson is author of "The Island Within," which received the John Burroughs Award for nature writing
The Surviving Brother Is the Message KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, Karen Grigsby Bates is a Los Angeles-based writer
Long-Haul Rules for Truckers
Genes Not Invented
EV Freebies
West Confronts the Riddle of Putin Walter Russell Mead, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of "Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition."
As We Gather at the River D.J. Waldie, D.J. Waldie is a city official in Lakewood and the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir."
1960 Convention
How to Build Affordable Housing for Low-Wage Workers Nico Calavita, Nico Calavita, a professor in the graduate program in city planning at San Diego State University, is the former chair of the City of San Diego Housing Trust Fund Board of Trustees
Livin' La Vida Logo Ilene Beckerman, Ilene Beckerman is the author of "Love, Loss and What I Wore" and the recently released "Mother of the Bride: The Dream, The Reality, The Search for a Perfect Dress."
Pills for What Ails You Socially Scott Gottlieb, Scott Gottlieb is a resident in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and a staff writer for the British Medical Journal
Monsters in Yellowstone
Catching the Wave
Francisco Arias Cardenas Sandra Hernandez, Sandra Hernandez, a former staff writer for LA Weekly and the Associated Press, has written extensively about immigration, Latino issues and Latin America
Ban Tobacco, or Let People Choose?
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