What happened on June 25, 2000

NEWS

BOOKS

Breaking the News By Russ Baker, Russ Baker writes frequently on the media for the Columbia Journalism Review. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Esquire and The New Republic
How Blue Can a White Boy Be? By Jonathan Levi, Jonathan Levi is the author of "A Guide for the Perplexed: A Novel." He is a contributing writer to Book Review
Makes Me Wanna Holler By Kay Mills, Kay Mills is the author of "Something Better for My Children: How Head Start Has Changed the Lives of Millions of Children" and "This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer."
Murmur of the Heart By Thomas Curwen, Thomas Curwen is the deputy editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review
Wanderlust By Linda Jaivin
Forever Young By Charles Kaiser, Charles Kaiser is the author of "The Gay Metropolis" and "1968 in America."
Invisible Man By Ron Rosenbaum, Ron Rosenbaum is the author of "Explaining Hitler" and the forthcoming collection of nonfiction "The Secret Parts of Fortune."
Miscast By Karen Finley, Karen Finley is the author of "Pooh Unplugged: An Unauthorized Memoir" and the forthcoming "A Different Kind of Intimacy: The Collected Writings of Karen Finley."
Postscript By Lawrence Weschler, Lawrence Weschler, a staff writer at The New Yorker, is the author, most recently, of "Calamities of Exile" and "Boggs: A Comedy of Values."
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
Southern California Rating: FICTION 1 WHITE TEETH \o7 by...

ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIES George Clooney, above, Mark Wahlberg and Diane Lane...
With a Song in Her Soul By Lorenza Munoz, Lorenza Munoz is a Times staff writer
How L.A. Missed the Train By Christopher Knight, Christopher Knight is The Times' art critic
The Red Line: Architecture as Afterthought By Nicolai Ouroussoff, Nicolai Ouroussoff is The Times' architecture critic
Feeling More Lost Than Ever By Patrick Goldstein, Patrick Goldstein is a Times staff writer
Hollywood Is More Than Just Browsing By Patrick Goldstein, Patrick Goldstein is a Times staff writer
Notoriously Misunderstood By Isaac Guzman, Isaac Guzman is a staff writer for the New York Daily News
The Trouble With Great Expectations By Kenneth Turan, Kenneth Turan is The Times' film critic
Opera's Great Communicator By John Henken, John Henken is a frequent contributor to Calendar
The Right Pack for a Remake By Marshall Fine
A Three-Headed Distribution Partnership By Kathleen Craughwell
This Is Your Life . . . Well, Not Quite By Elaine Dutka, Elaine Dutka is a Times staff writer
Two Hearts Beat as One Act of Flamenco By Jennifer Fisher, Jennifer Fisher is a regular contributor to Calendar
Windows Into Shattered Psyches By Hunter Drohojowska-philp, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is a regular contributor to Calendar
After the Verve, Some Time Alone By Robert Hilburn, Robert Hilburn, The Times' pop music critic, can be reached by e-mail at robert.hilburn@latimes.com
Texas Country and New-Tech Tricks for Nelson By Richard Cromelin
A Ghost of April Past By Robert Hilburn
Just Consider Yourselves Forewarned By Steve Hochman
Small Faces
At Least It's Aptly Titled By Soren Baker
Chet Baker, John Coltrane: Stellar Reissues By Don Heckman, Don Heckman is The Times' jazz writer

BUSINESS

FOOD

Countdown to Fireworks By Donna Deane, TIMES TEST KITCHEN DIRECTOR
Learning to Love the Bombe By Charles Perry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Sly Slaw By Rose Dosti
Keep Your Cool
Not the Bombe By Charles Perry
The Essential Picnic By Abby Mandel, Mandel is a cookbook author

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

OPINION

All Decry System of Illegal Workers, While All Use It By Paul L. Montgomery, Paul L. Montgomery, a freelance journalist, has worked as a reporter for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal
The New Technopolis By Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior fellow at the Pepperdine Institute for Public Policy. He is the author of "The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution Is Reshaping the American Landscape," to be published this year
A Reliable Bastion of PRI Power By Sam Quinones, Sam Quinones, a journalist, is the author of "True Tales from Another Mexico," to be published this winter
Keep the Doctors and Entrepreneurs Separate in Gene Tests By Douglas Starr, Douglas Starr, co-director of the Program in Science Journalism at Boston University, is the author of "Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce."
The Nazi Past Underlying Politics Today By Martin A. Lee, Martin A. Lee is the author of "The Beast Reawakens," a book on neo-fascism
Staying Ahead Is Vital By Linda A. Divall, Linda A. DiVall, president of a public-research firm, was a senior advisor to Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign
Nice--and Carries a Stiletto By Robert G. Beckel, Robert G. Beckel, a political analyst, served as campaign manager for Walter F. Mondale in 1984
Jose Woldenberg By Sergio Munoz
Is That Your Final Answer? By Linda Lewis, Linda Lewis, a writer, conducts writing workshops for Write On, at O.A.S.I.S., a continuation high-school program that is a branch of Central High School in Long Beach. She has been a Census enumerator since April 2000
New Shape, New Faces
Remembering the Forgotten War
Take Advantage of Syria's Transition By Michael Young, Michael Young was editor of the quarterly Lebanon Report. He writes a weekly column for the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut
The Stubborn Spirit of Korea Is Reborn By Bill Starr, Bill Starr lives in Burbank. He served with the First Marine Divison in Korea in 1952-53
Put the Blame Where It Belongs: On Men By Jackson Katz and Sut Jhally, Jackson Katz, who directs the U.S. Marine Corps gender violence prevention program, and Sut Jhally, a professor of communication at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, are creator and director, respectively, of the film "Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity."
The Great Charter Awakening Sneaks Up on City Hall By Marc B. Haefele, Marc B. Haefele is a columnist and staff writer at LA Weekly

REAL ESTATE

Sites Unknown By Diane Wedner, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Cabinets vs. Refinishing: the Bottom Line By Kathy Price-robinson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Dream' Home in Brentwood By Ruth Ryon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Homeowners Share Their Pain on Web Inman News Features
Ionizers Are a Cheap Way to Purify Pool By James Dulley, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Save for Down Payment or Buy Now? Here's Math Help By Jack Guttentag, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Landlords Take Tenant-Screening Beyond Credit Check By Leta Herman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Service AC Now to Keep You Cool Later By Gary Abrams, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Shower-Curtain Shape-Up From Today's Homeowner

SPORTS

MAGAZINE

Paper, Meet Plastic By Dave Gardetta
Water Under The Stars By Debra J. Hotaling
Wet Unsuited By Lisa Leff
You Are Here On The Air Ball By Mark Ehrman
The Pastoral Los Angeles That Could Have Been By James Ricci
The Audacious Mr. Moller By Jordan Raphael, Writer Jordan Raphael lives in Los Angeles. This is his first story for the magazine
Worst-case Scenario By Fred Dickey, Fred Dickey last wrote about Jenny Craig International for the magazine
Me and My Icon By Barbara Thornburg
The Eames Team Remembers
i flipped for a surfer By Pamm Higgins, A Northern California-based writer, Pamm Higgins is a former senior editor of the Los Angeles Times Magazine
Prize Catch By S. Irene Virbila

TRAVEL

What happened on June 25, 2000

NEWS

SOSOCAL: The Best...The Beautiful...And The Bizarre By Andy Resnik, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Are We Seeing the Tail End of the Bumper Sticker Craze? By Roy Rivenburg and Martin Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Flocking to the Church of Oprah By Mimi Avins, TIMES STAFF WRITER

When It Comes to the Topic of Fat, We Should Just Lighten Up By Sandy Banks

Greetings! Cards With Personal Notes Are the Latest E-Service By David Streitfeld, WASHINGTON POST

Complex Tale of a Civil War Loses Its Impact on Tape By Rochelle O'Gorman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Rosie's Visit By Nancy Smiler Levinson, Children's author Nancy Smiler Levinson is enjoying writing stories about Rosie, Grandmother and Wags for young newspaper readers

The Case of the Environmental Overachievers By Gideon Kanner, Gideon Kanner is professor of law emeritus at the Loyola Law School and a columnist for the National Law Journal

Philadelphia Takes Aim at Youth Violence By Jennifer Brown, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Historians Hope to Devise Plan to Restore Structure to Its Former Glory By Rik Stevens, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canadian Police, Social Service Groups Battle Pervasive Child Sex Trade By Tom Cohen, ASSOCIATED PRESS

It's Garbage In, Golf Out at Ohio Site By Andy Resnik, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Urban Schools on Wrong Side of Teacher Pay Gap By Christopher Newton, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Company Helps Create Memories for Grieving Parents By Amy Kuebelbeck, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Moms Pay a Price for Helpful Boss By Sonja Barisic, ASSOCIATED PRESS

La Nin~a's Watery Birthplace: The Peruvian Pacific By Ira Dreyfuss, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Farmers' Hopes Wither Amid Record Drought By Sharon Cohen, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Unexpected Dangers on the Runways By Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Chief of Staff Cements His Place in Kremlin's Hierarchy By Robyn Dixon, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Law Doesn't Deter Cuban Smugglers By Mark Fineman, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Prosperity Keeps Race in Mexico a Close One By James F. Smith, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Convention's Race for Funding Nears Finish Line By Jim Newton and Ed Chen, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Ethnic Friction Disturbs Peace of Glendale By Erin Texeira, TIMES STAFF WRITER

50 Years Later, the Battle of Chosin Ends By Paul Richter, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Unconventional Financing By Mike Downey

Voters Electing New Ways to Cast Ballots By Steve Padilla, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Zimbabwe Voting Off to Impressive Start By Ann M. Simmons, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Gunman Kills 11 at Disco in Colombia Associated Press

Fiji Gunmen Release 4 Female Hostages From Associated Press

Viking Ship Departs Iceland on Atlantic Journey From Associated Press

With Tensions Easing, South Korea Tones Down War Commemoration By Valerie Reitman, TIMES STAFF WRITER

4 Hurt as Israeli Troops Fire on Revelers at Lebanon Border From Associated Press

Airline Maintenance Chief Steps Down From Times Wire Reports

2 More Security Breaches at Los Alamos Reported By Robert L. Jackson, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Navy to Resume Vieques Bombing From Times Wire Reports

High Court Scales Tilt on Weight of 2 By David G. Savage, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Clinton Seeks Expansion of Drug Plan for Elderly By Ronald Brownstein, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER

This Season, Green Is More Visible By Julie Cart, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Iraqi Tanker Bound for Emirates Seized From Times Wire Reports

Rebels in Philippines Free 1 Captive Associated Press

Serbs Attack U.N. Building in Kosovo From Times Wire Reports

Albright Arrives for Democracy Talks From Times Wire Reports

Vote Brings Assad Closer to Presidency From Times Wire Reports

Car Bomb Injures 4 in Basque Region From Times Wire Reports

Pretzel Logic at Southland Airports Raises Risks on Runways By Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Australian Police Seek Man Who May Have Set Deadly Hostel Fire From Associated Press

Father Jailed in Baby's Death Associated Press

Mother Charged in Girl's Death by Pacemaker Failure Associated Press

Britain Indicts 2 in Migrant Deaths Associated Press

A Lesson in Hard Knocks as Charter School Closes By Deborah Sullivan Brennan, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Store Must Provide Space for Disabled By Davan Maharaj, TIMES STAFF WRITER

As Bay Area Booms, So Do Nannies' Salaries From Associated Press

Counties Spraying Bugs to Gain Time Against Threat to Wine Industry By John Johnson, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Slain Meat Inspector's Family Pleads for Stricter Gun Control From Associated Press

Scores of Garofalo's Votes Favored Business' Advertisers By Jean O. Pasco and Theresa Moreau and Monte Morin, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Canadian Police, Social Service Groups Battle Pervasive Child Sex Trade By Tom Cohen, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Moms Pay a Price for Helpful Boss By Sonja Barisic, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Historians Hope to Devise Plan to Restore Structure to Its Former Glory By Rik Stevens, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Company Helps Grieving Parents Cope By Amy Kuebelbeck, ASSOCIATED PRESS

It's Garbage In, Golf Out at Ohio Site By Andy Resnik, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Record Drought Shrivels Crops, Drains Streams, Withers Dreams By Sharon Cohen, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Twin Killing Keeps Angels Off the Pace By Mike Digiovanna, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Kluwe Has Finishing Kick for California By Mike Bresnahan, TIMES STAFF WRITER

How to Have an L.A. Garage Sale By Mimi Pond

A Programming Parody By Susan King, TIMES STAFF WRITER

BOOKS

Breaking the News By Russ Baker, Russ Baker writes frequently on the media for the Columbia Journalism Review. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Esquire and The New Republic

How Blue Can a White Boy Be? By Jonathan Levi, Jonathan Levi is the author of "A Guide for the Perplexed: A Novel." He is a contributing writer to Book Review

Makes Me Wanna Holler By Kay Mills, Kay Mills is the author of "Something Better for My Children: How Head Start Has Changed the Lives of Millions of Children" and "This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer."

Murmur of the Heart By Thomas Curwen, Thomas Curwen is the deputy editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review

Wanderlust By Linda Jaivin

Forever Young By Charles Kaiser, Charles Kaiser is the author of "The Gay Metropolis" and "1968 in America."

Invisible Man By Ron Rosenbaum, Ron Rosenbaum is the author of "Explaining Hitler" and the forthcoming collection of nonfiction "The Secret Parts of Fortune."

Miscast By Karen Finley, Karen Finley is the author of "Pooh Unplugged: An Unauthorized Memoir" and the forthcoming "A Different Kind of Intimacy: The Collected Writings of Karen Finley."

Postscript By Lawrence Weschler, Lawrence Weschler, a staff writer at The New Yorker, is the author, most recently, of "Calamities of Exile" and "Boggs: A Comedy of Values."

Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds

ENTERTAINMENT

With a Song in Her Soul By Lorenza Munoz, Lorenza Munoz is a Times staff writer