Anthony Industries Inc

More than half of California's top companies are headquartered in Los Angeles and Orange counties. These companies are listed in all categories in the 1987 Roster: industrials; financial institutions, including banks, savings and loans and holding companies; insurance, including life and fire and casualty; merchandising firms; transportation firms; and utilities. They employ over 446,300 persons in California and 1.3 million persons worldwide.

You don't necesarily have to be high tech to be a hot stock. The high flyers on Wall Street included a wide range of California companies, among them the state's largest bank, a maker of swimming pools and fishing tackle, and an exotic lingerie maker. To be sure, the shares of California high-technology firms were among the fastest rising. Cadence Design Systems, a computer software company, saw its stock soar 119% for the year ended April 3. But Cadence was the only high-tech firm among the top 10 stocks on the "Charging Ahead" list that posted the greatest increases in value.

Alphabetical list of all companies, their rankings on Times 100, Sales 100, Market Value 100 and Growth 100 lists, and counties in which they are headquartered. Times 100 Mkt. Sales Company County rank val. Sales grth. ADAC Laboratories Santa Clara 73 AIFS Inc. San Francisco 10 AST Research Inc. Orange 24 Aaron Spelling Productions Los Angeles 7 Acuson Corp. Santa Clara 20 71 17 Adia Services Inc. San Mateo 100 39 Adobe Systems Inc. Santa Clara 3 95 Advanced Micro Devices Santa Clara 68 67 67 H.F. Ahmanson & Co. Los Angeles 33 27 Alza Corp.

In some quarters, Maxxam Inc. wouldn't rate as anybody's favorite corporation. The Los Angeles-based real estate development company has a history of attracting negative publicity, including a loud chorus of condemnation over the accelerated cutting of redwood trees after its move into California's lumber industry in 1986. But investors applauded last year when Maxxam bought KaiserTech, the parent of Oakland-based Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical. Maxxam's shares rose 225% in the past year, showing the greatest stock price appreciation of all California companies surveyed by MZ Group of San Francisco.

The vice president's wife, Barbara Bush, is coming to town April 23 for the Salvation Army's Wilshire-West Auxiliary benefit luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire. Jo Haldeman, like her mother-in-law before, is benefit chairman. Jean Smith, wife of former U.S. Atty. Gen. William French Smith and the 1984 luncheon speaker, will introduce Mrs. Bush. The red-letter day has a blue-ribbon committee including Beth Hill; auxiliary president Beverly Metzler; Lt. Col.

Here are facts about companies listed on the Return on Equity 100 and the Employer 100 charts. Aames Financial Corp. Consumer Financial Services 3731 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 90010 (213) 351-6100 * Chief executive: GARY K. JUDIS * Employees: 303 * Hiring trend: N/A Abbey HealthCare Group Healthcare Facilities 3560 Hyland Ave. Costa Mesa 92626 (714) 957-2000 * Chief executive: TIMOTHY M. AITKEN * Employees: 3800 * Hiring trend: N/A ABM Industries Inc. Business Services 50 Fremont St.

20th Century Industries PROPERTY-CASUALTY INSURANCE 6301 Owensmouth Ave. Woodland Hills 91367 818-704-3700 Chief Executive: Louis Foster Exchange: NASDAQ Employees: 1,514 Hiring trend: Increasing 3COM Corp. COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT 3165 Kifer Road Santa Clara 95052 408-562-6400 Chief Executive: L. William Krause Exchange: NASDAQ Employees: 1,348 Hiring trend: Increasing Aaron Spelling Prod . MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION 1041 N. Formosa Ave. Los Angeles 90046 213-850-2413 Chief Executive: Aaron Spelling Exchange: AMEX Employees: 1,257 Hiring trend: Increasing Acuson Corp.