CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 17, 1994 | MATHIS CHAZANOV and JEFFREY L. RABIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
A government building in Downtown Los Angeles was ringed by police sharpshooters past midnight as a dramatic hostage standoff capped a day-long, 400-mile journey that began as a carjacking in Sacramento, led to a wild high-speed chase over the Tehachapis and a gun battle in the crowded streets of Chinatown.