What happened on September 12, 2001

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Novice Forest Fire 'Mop-Up' Crews Have to Be Ready for Front Lines LISA LEFF, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Private School Tuition Up, but Demand Is Still Strong MASSIE RITSCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
School Is Part Dream and Part Obsession DUKE HELFAND, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
God Have Mercy, War Has Come Home JOHN BALZAR
Asian Americans Flex Growing Political Muscle RICHARD WINTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lou Grant, 81; Wry Cartoonist MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Feeling Grateful to Be Alive
Cost of Terror to a Free Society
Cleo Stater, 89; Began Supermarket Chain DENNIS McLELLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Santa Monica Living Wage May Go to Ballot BOB POOL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
S.F. Law on Benefits Is Upheld From Associated Press
Panel Backs Concept for El Toro Airport JEAN O. PASCO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Plan Would Bury Sewage Deep Below L.A. Harbor LOUIS SAHAGUN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Supervisors Bolster O.C. Elections Office DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Please Federalize Airport Security
Today's Harsh Global Realities Demand Complex Defenses LEON FUERTH, Leon Fuerth, a visiting professor of international relations at George Washington University, was national security advisor to Vice President Al Gore
Police to Serve on New Mental Health Panel CATHERINE SAILLANT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Can Anyone Now Justify 'Star Wars'?
California Leads U.S. in Preserving Land KENNETH R. WEISS and ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Contaminants Close Catalina Public School
U.S. Resolve: Unshattered
Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold R. JAMES WOOLSEY and MANSOOR IJAZ, R. James Woolsey, an attorney in Washington, was director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1993 to 1995. Mansoor Ijaz, an American Muslim of Pakistani origin, negotiated Sudan's counterterrorism offer to the United States in 1997
Sheriff's Sergeant Accused of Child Abuse JACK LEONARD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fear and Fragility Sound a Wake-Up Call DAVID RIEFF, David Rieff is the author of several books, including "Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the West" (Simon & Schuster, 1995)
Terrorism Strikes the United States
Attack Will Test How Much We Believe in America PATT MORRISON
Compton Regains Control JOE MATHEWS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Surfers, Bikers Are Drawn to Malibu's 'Net' GINGER ORR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

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World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11, 2001 By Matea Gold and Maggie Farley, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

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What happened on September 12, 2001

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Novice Forest Fire 'Mop-Up' Crews Have to Be Ready for Front Lines LISA LEFF, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Private School Tuition Up, but Demand Is Still Strong MASSIE RITSCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER

School Is Part Dream and Part Obsession DUKE HELFAND, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER

God Have Mercy, War Has Come Home JOHN BALZAR

Asian Americans Flex Growing Political Muscle RICHARD WINTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Lou Grant, 81; Wry Cartoonist MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Cleo Stater, 89; Began Supermarket Chain DENNIS McLELLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Santa Monica Living Wage May Go to Ballot BOB POOL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

S.F. Law on Benefits Is Upheld From Associated Press

Panel Backs Concept for El Toro Airport JEAN O. PASCO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Plan Would Bury Sewage Deep Below L.A. Harbor LOUIS SAHAGUN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Supervisors Bolster O.C. Elections Office DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Today's Harsh Global Realities Demand Complex Defenses LEON FUERTH, Leon Fuerth, a visiting professor of international relations at George Washington University, was national security advisor to Vice President Al Gore

Police to Serve on New Mental Health Panel CATHERINE SAILLANT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

California Leads U.S. in Preserving Land KENNETH R. WEISS and ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Sheriff's Sergeant Accused of Child Abuse JACK LEONARD, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Fear and Fragility Sound a Wake-Up Call DAVID RIEFF, David Rieff is the author of several books, including "Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the West" (Simon & Schuster, 1995)

Attack Will Test How Much We Believe in America PATT MORRISON

Compton Regains Control JOE MATHEWS, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Surfers, Bikers Are Drawn to Malibu's 'Net' GINGER ORR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

NATIONAL

World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked on Sept. 11, 2001 By Matea Gold and Maggie Farley, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

NEWS

2 Planes Hit Twin Towers at Exactly the Worst Spot USHA LEE McFARLING, TIMES SCIENCE WRITER

ARCHIVE: In New York, a Day of Fire and Fear By Geraldine Baum and Paul Lieberman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

A Chilling Voice From the Sky: 'Our Plane Is Being Hijacked' ROBERT JACKSON and PAUL BROWNFIELD and GEOFFREY MOHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Orchestrated Carnage Is a Telling Story RICHARD A. SERRANO and DAVID WILLMAN and BOB DROGIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Big Court Battle Shaping Up Over Firms' Cobra Knockoffs ROBERT BEAMESDERFER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Terrorists Attack New York, Pentagon MATEA GOLD and MAGGIE FARLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Terrorism: 'The Face of War in 21st Century' ROBIN WRIGHT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

World Leaders Condemn 'New Evil' CAROL J. WILLIAMS, TIMES STAFF WRITER

In Shock, Teachers Downplay Tragedy MARTHA GROVES and ERIKA HAYASAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

In Crippled Capital, a Dazed Sense of Unreality FAYE FIORE and GREG MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Foreign Aid Workers Choose Their Lawyer From Times Wire Reports

State Court Deliberates on Kevorkian Appeal From Times Wire Reports

Performers Silent, Museums Close LISA FUNG, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Judge Says Migrants Must Be Allowed to Land From Times Wire Reports

Making the Great Outdoors Your Private Space LYNELL GEORGE, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Aspirin Linked to Drop in Heart-Related Deaths From Times Wire Reports

Knives Are Sometimes Legal Aboard Jetliners From Times Wire Reports

A Source of Power Also Brings a Sense of Frailty STEVE LOPEZ

Listen to the Stories of a Long and Winding Road MARY McNAMARA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Networks Share Video in Rare Cooperation DANA CALVO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Riding the Surf Into Dorm Life Chris Erskine

Voters Whittle Down Candidates in Primaries From Times Wire Reports

Security Tightened in State TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Court Rejects Bid to Shut Camp Near Chunnel From Times Wire Reports

East Coast Terror Halts Work, Play, Routines in West MARK Z. BARABAK and BETH SHUSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

News Web Sites Clogged in Aftermath P.J. HUFFSTUTTER and DAVE WILSON and CHRISTINE FREY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Real Test for Bush in Weeks to Come RONALD BROWNSTEIN and DOYLE McMANUS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

EBay Cancels Auctions of Attack-Related Items P.J. HUFFSTUTTER and CHRISTINE FREY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Medical Preparation Meets Reality MARLENE CIMONS and JONATHAN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Globe's Tallest Buildings Forced to Evacuate From Times Staff Reports

Traffic Snarled at U.S. Border Crossings From Times Staff Reports

Saudi Jet Forced to Land After a Bomb Threat From Times Staff Reports

Prince's Flight to Atlanta Is Aborted From Times Staff Reports

Resilient City Now Wonders Whether It Can Bounce Back JOSH GETLIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Blasts in North of Afghan Capital From Times Wire Reports

Shock Waves Echo for Arabs and Israelis TRACY WILKINSON and MARY CURTIUS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Outside Pentagon, a Defenseless Feeling RICHARD T. COOPER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Expressing the Unthinkable REED JOHNSON and MARY McNAMARA, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Uprooted but Resolute, Congress Vows Justice JANET HOOK and GREG MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Bush Vows to Respond and Calls for Calm DAVID G. SAVAGE and JAMES GERSTENZANG, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Mineta Vows Tighter Security at Airports From Times Wire Reports

Reporting Largely Restrained in Coverage of Horrific Scenes HOWARD ROSENBERG

Hollywood Reacts With Caution After Attack BRIAN LOWRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Retaliation Rife With Risks, Hard Choices By ESTHER SCHRADER and PAUL RICHTER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

All Airline Flights in U.S. Grounded JAMES F. PELTZ and JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Fall Books Offer Compelling Works of Emotional Depth DAVID L. ULIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Baghdad Says It Downed Another U.S. Spy Plane From Times Wire Reports

Fear That L.A. Would Be Next Grips Residents DAVID FERRELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Pope Decries News, Says He's Praying for Victims From Times Staff Reports

Security Alert Was Lifted Only Days Ago From Times Wire Reports

Japan Shocked by Reported Case of 'Mad Cow' Disease MARK MAGNIER, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Bin Laden Tops List of Suspects ROBIN WRIGHT and JOSH MEYER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Muslims in Southland Brace for Retaliation LARRY B. STAMMER and TERESA WATANABE, TIMES RELIGION WRITERS

The Perfect Robot CAROL FARLEY

Price of Stamp Likely to Hit 37 Cents Next Year From Times Wire Reports