- Testing for AIDS
- State Budget Deficit
- Testing for AIDS
- Trade Delegation
- Robert (Bob) G. Solomon has been appointed...
- ENERGY
- Mazur Is Indicted Over Handling of Real Estate Deals
- 'Tis the Season to Party Less Hardy : Services: The catering business is holding up, but many firms are spending less on holiday festivities because of hard times.
- Supervisors Pick Ex-Judge for Sheriff's Dept. Inquiry
- Profits Dry Up for Debt-Ridden Potpourri Firm
- Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : 2 Killed, Boy Shot in Murder-Suicide
- Divers Recover Bodies of Captain, Others From Ferry
- In Over His Head? : * Religion: Mendel Duchman's new Chabad congregation was successful from the start. But when it started to expand, so did its troubles.
- Violent Police Searches Often Yield Fear, Anger : LAPD: Department defends its tactics. But hostility lingers among residents subjected to nighttime raids.
- Rohrabacher Snubs Dornan's Cue, Calls His Own Shot
- Supervisors Move to Block Private Dump Site : Trash: Another roadblock is put in front of Gregory Canyon's operating as a privately owned landfill.
- THOUSAND OAKS : Residents to Get Help Fighting Crime
- Council Agrees to Settle Car Crash Suit
- Two Named to County Fair Board
- Council Again Delays Vote on DWP Rate Hikes
- Padres' Ownership Passes on Tartabull : Baseball: Werner decides that $20 million is too much to pay for the free-agent outfielder.
- College Football
- TV REVIEW : Unusual Animal Christmas Cartoon Has Plenty of Bite
- COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Shooting Drought Sinks UC Irvine in Women's Basketball
- Cavaliers Set NBA Record, Beating Heat by 68 Points
- Doing Business : FABRIC AND YARN DYEING : Saba Textiles Takes Colorful Approach to Apparel Business
- MAKING IT WORK : Ways to Deal With Grief at Holidays
- Authorities Arrest 3, Confiscate Drugs : OXNARD
- Boaters on Lake Casitas Will Get Relief : Sanitation: A floating restroom to be anchored at the reservoir's southwest end will replace two onshore outhouses.
- Ex-Officer in Rape Trial Termed 'Bully' : Courts: Jury deliberations begin today, with David Wayne Bryan facing up to 40 years in prison if convicted.
- Agency Proposed to Cut Desert Use of Ground Water
- SANTA ANA : Static Grounds Cable TV Scrambling Plan
- Community Policing
- Man Lacks Blood Ties, Still Ruled Full Father : Jurisprudence: Court rules in his favor in dispute with ex-girlfriend. It is the first time that a non-biological parent has won status as a natural parent in California.
- Man With No Blood Ties Wins Parental Rights : Courts: Ruling is believed first in state to grant paternity status to a person not biologically connected to the child and never married to the mother.
- GM Stands Fast on Van Nuys Closure : Industry: Last-ditch plea by politicians fails to persuade executives of firm to keep Southland's last car factory open.
- UC IRVINE NOTEBOOK : Edison Girls' Soccer Coach Doesn't Know the Meaning of 'Off-Season'
- MOVIE REVIEW : 'Skin' Is More Tragic Than Bizarre
- ART REVIEW : A Glittering Display That's Up to Snuff
- TV Ratings : Slow Season for Christmas Specials
- O.C. Leads Southland With 10% Increase in Home Sales : Real estate: The average price rose 1%, retaining the county's lead in cost as well. Market now is in existing homes.
- Kimstock Files for Chapter 11, Owes AQMD $100,000
- Of the 102 largest publicly traded companies...
- Whose Factory Is It? a Conflict Still Not Ended : Nicaragua: A beverage plant making a popular drink is a battleground in a national struggle--who owns what. Years of civil warfare are to blame.
- O.C. Parents Reclaim Their Beliefs for Children's Sake : Religion: Baby-boomers hope training in values will give their offspring 'moral armor' in a dangerous world.
- George Tarjan; Specialized in Child Psychiatry
- Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Abducting, Molesting Girl, 6
- Burke Enters Campaign to Replace Hahn on Board
- Holiday <i> Posada </i> Serves as Anaheim Protest
- The U.N. Erases an Infamy
- A Novice St. Nick : Holidays: Though it's his first time in the Santa seat, Dennis Willingham is a natural. He even knows sign language.
- SIMI VALLEY : Diane Collins to Lead School Board
- Aztecs' Burns Pushing Murguia Into Greatness
- Valley Pulls an Inside Job on Moorpark, Wins, 69-50
- Guidelines for Getting an NFL Job
- STAGE REVIEW : A 'Sicilian' Farce With Proper Spice
- Tenneco Inc. President Michael H. Walsh will...
- Kazakhs Won't Give Up A-Arms Till Russia Does
- Ways to Make Your Youngsters Shop-Shape : * Child-rearing: Parents need a skill they didn't learn in La Maze class--nurturing the shopping gene.
- A Pressing Assignment : Pasadena Art Center Students Attempt to Build a Better Iron
- 6 Arrested as Suspects in 34 School Burglaries
- Campaign for New Pier Fails to Meet $2.5-Million Goal : Fund-raising: The Robert B. Sharp Co., which was paid $250,000 by Huntington Beach for the effort, has only managed to collect $378,000 in 1 1/2 years.
- School Absenteeism High as Cold and Flu Season Slams Area
- ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : Retaking a Park for People
- Vernon Loses Injunction Try in Flap Over Religion
- '3 Musketeers' Are Fixtures at Armory
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Bernstine Wants Time or Trade
- Journals of Players Help Provide Insight
- Home Alone, at Christmas : Lifeline Provides a Safe Emotional Haven for Those Who've Lost Their Spouses
- $8 Million Put Toward Underground Trolley Line
- State Budget Deficit
- Mideast Democracy
- 'Welfare Cut' Cartoon
- State Budget Deficit
- State Budget Deficit
- Testing for AIDS
- Apologies
- Alpha League's Message to Montclair Prep Lauded
- DWP Takes Right Step
- Amex Is Not Forgotten
- MOVIES - Dec. 18, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Dec. 18, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Dec. 18, 1991
- NO NITPICKING: TV Guide had to stretch...
- Dozens Sign Up for Patrols in Wake of Hillcrest Death
- U.S. Still in Recession, White House Concedes
- THE BEST: Esperanza tackle Travis Kirschke, left,...
- 2 Investigations Set on Overcrowding of Emergency Room : Health: State will inspect conditions at County-USC. L.A. County orders its own study of options for speeding patient care.
- New Rules Aim to Speed AIDS Disability Pay
- WHERE'S THE DEAL? The new Forbes list...
- Soviet Union Set to End Dec. 31 : Gorbachev Accepts Commonwealth as Its Heir : Upheaval: 'I cannot go against the current,' the president says. The hammer and sickle over the Kremlin is to be lowered New Year's Eve after 74 years.
- Wymer Finance Scandal Raises Many Questions
- INFREQUENT FLIERS: Passenger numbers remain up at...
- Inferno Toll Grows: Heroic Mother, Relative Are Dead
- Judges OK Return of Refugees to Haiti : Detainees: However, another jurist's emergency order again blocks the deportations. Advocates for the boat people plan an appeal.
- ACLU Challenges San Fernando's Ordinance Banning Gangs at Park
- ACLU Challenges Law Banning Gangs From San Fernando Park
- Council OKs Payout for Hazing Injury : Settlement: LAPD officer is awarded $215,000. He says he was beaten by colleagues for refusing to participate in initiation rite.
- ART REVIEW : Bengston and a Splash of Hollywood
- Names in the News - Dec. 18, 1991
- Names in the News - Dec. 18, 1991
- Names in the News - Dec. 18, 1991
- Names in the News - Dec. 18, 1991
- TELEVISION - Dec. 18, 1991
- TELEVISION - Dec. 18, 1991
- POP/ROCK - Dec. 18, 1991
- POP/ROCK - Dec. 18, 1991
- POP/ROCK - Dec. 18, 1991
- TELEVISION - Dec. 18, 1991
- Obituaries - Dec. 18, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Dec. 18, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Dec. 18, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Dec. 18, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Dec. 18, 1991
- Marine Base Cited on 11 Waste Counts
- A Holiday Tradition of Helping Others
- THOUSAND OAKS : 4 Jailed on Charges Involving Cocaine
- Admitted Trafficker Free After Apparent Abduction
- Unions, Management Back County Furloughs : Budget: Proposal to have government employees take a week off without pay would save county almost $5.8 million and could delay possible layoffs.
- Three Men Rob Store of $600,000 in Jewelry
- Metro Green Line Rail Contracts Approved by a Doubting Board
- NHL ROUNDUP : Canadiens Alone on Top With Victory
- Michigan Game Earns Duke Doubters
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : RAMS : '92 Opponents Are Firmed Up
- O.C. THEATER : 'Christmas Memory' Remains as Vivid and Touching as Ever
- HEAVY INDUSTRY
- ENTERTAINMENT
- Air Carrier Seeks to Begin Salt Lake City-O.C. Flights
- No Room This Season for Splashy Print Ads
- Secretive Order Peers Inward for Enlightenment : An alternative: 'Builders of the Adytum,' or BOTA, has about 300 members in the county who study Tarot 'keys' and meditate.
- Hundreds of Haitian Boat People Riot at Guantanamo Base
- Religious Skeptics Follow Own Code Instead of Creed : Beliefs: 13% in O.C. do not belong to a church or temple, mostly because of individual perceptions of God.
- SIMI VALLEY : Teachers Ratify New 3-Year Contract
- Police Adopt 50 Families for Yule Giveaway
- Playing on the Edge : Versatile Ron Eschete Not Afraid to Take Chances on His Jazz Guitar
- Audubon Specials: An Endangered Species : Television: GE has withdrawn its funding of the environmental shows in the wake of protests by a lobbying group of cattlemen and loggers.
- Superior Industries Receives GM Contract
- Pinkerton's Buys 15th Security Firm This Year
- ENERGY
- Paul A. Litka has joined the Irvine-based...
- Former Radio Host Gets 17 Years for Mail Fraud
- MCI Founder McGowan Gives Up CEO Post
- * Input/Output Technology in Valencia won a...
- Brady Exhorts Bank Examiners to Aid Economy
- * Whittaker Corp. in Simi Valley won...
- R. Brad Lewis has been elected president...
- Ensenada Seeking Expansion of Port : Shipping: Supporters say $100-million project would serve <i> maquiladoras </i> along U.S.-Mexico border and accept cargo that Los Angeles ports don't find lucrative.
- Low Mortgage Rates Boost Refinancing : Lending: Homeowners are rushing to take full advantage of adjustable rates as low as 3 5/8%.
- Profile : Hong Kong Dissident Is Preparing for the Worst : For Martin Lee, 1997 is coming all too quickly. The British colony will revert to Chinese sovereignty then, and Lee is certain that spells doom for human rights in the colony.
- Israelis and Palestinians Deadlocked
- Jury Recommends Death for Man Who Killed Child
- Recession Saps Cities' Sales Tax Revenues : The economy: Only Thousand Oaks--bolstered by auto sales and its major mall--barely held its own financially.
- Suspect Named in Fatal Knifing of Man in Park
- Teammates Bid Goodby to Slain Boy at Funeral : Homicide: The crowd of 250 mourns catcher Junior Cervantes, 13, and his father who were killed with three workers of the family catering business.
- Mandatory Life Term Upheld for Drug Dealer
- Baseball
- PREP ROUNDUP : No. 2 Orange Rallies to Tie Trabuco Hills in Boys' Soccer
- Team's Effort is Exemplary, Henning Says : Chargers: Coach won't discuss specifics of whether he will return.
- Angels Get Outfielder John Morris
- Zavala's Career in Overdrive : Boxing: Unbeaten super-bantamweight's rise through the ranks has been slowed only by freeway commuting. But he has made a move.
- If 75 Cable-TV Channels Just Aren't Enough, Try 150 . . . : Television: Cable diversification follows the magazine trend of specializing. And, while pay per view may be costlier, the basic rate may not go up.
- An Indigent Willie Smith Might Be in Jail : Justice: Defense money turned the tide in Palm Beach, but the state's resources overpower most defendants.
- Gunman Steals Car, Is Wounded After Chase
- Dual Yule : Armenian Custom Means 2 Observances and Is a Kid's Delight
- Crop Pickers Get Partial Back Pay, Head Home : Economy: Recession also causing despair for migrant workers as hard-pressed farmers and contractors fail to pay their laborers.
- Does <i> Everyone</i> Want to Play for the Lakers?
- Boxing
- Music Reviews : Lloyd and Shulman Offer Song Recital
- Jerry Brown Spices Democrats' Debate
- Proposed Wagner Concert Stirs Israeli Passions : Music: The composer, known as Hitler's favorite, evokes painful memories of the Holocaust. Some say it is time to break the taboo.
- Governor of Arizona, 11 Others Sued : Thrift: The Resolution Trust Corp. contends that negligence by Fife Symington and other ex-officers of Southwest S&L; contributed to its failure.
- Brown Shows Flair for Upstaging Rivals : Democrats: But some party regulars fear that his attacks on competitors during the TV debate will weaken the overall effort against the Republicans.
- Lottery Chief Seeks to Divert Some School Funds
- Ferry Survivors Describe a Night of Horror, Heroism : Sea disaster: 485 are still missing in sinking of Egyptian vessel. First officer's actions questioned.
- Nation IN BRIEF : MASSACHUSETTS : Truck Crash Opens Nuclear Container
- Beating the Odds : New Test Saves Anaheim Man With Family History of Coronary-Artery Problems
- Fewer Cabins, More Motels in Yosemite Plan
- Delphi Buys Redshaw for Cash and Securities
- Lockheed Corp. named Daniel J. Wolkensdorfer to...
- C. Clifford Wright has been elected chief...
- College Basketball
- Loyola's Second Half Overcomes Irvine
- Music Reviews : Daniel Hege Leads YMF Debut Orchestra
- Weekend Box Office : Holiday Sweepstakes Starts This Week
- Doing Business : On Going Discount in Soviet Union
- U.S. Sues Arizona Governor in S&L; Case
- High Court Rejects Appeal by Killer of 4
- Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D. C. : Inquiry Into Alleged Hostage Deal Pushed
- GENEVA : Turning Up the Heat
- REGIONAL REPORT : River Cleanups Bring Torrent of Investments : Chicago sets trend. Midwest cities put marinas, public areas along ex-eyesores.
- Woman Sent to Prison in Murder of Lover's Wife
- Robert Bresnahan, Ex-Airport Manager : Remembrance: He guided the facility through explosive growth and once said "no" to the President.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Coastal Commission to Review Project
- 200 Evacuated in Bomb Scare at County Government Center
- Woman Assaulted in Car on Freeway; Man Arrested
- Officials Show How Funds Can Help Curb Erosion : Lancaster: Nearly $800,000 of federal money is earmarked for fighting wind-borne sand.
- He Should Know Who Good Guy Is
- Spring Mountain, Courtesy Escrow Agree to Merger
- Nu-Med Reports Loss of $3.1 Million in 2nd Quarter
- Maxwell Firm Files Chapter 11 : Scandal: The move by the parent company could accelerate offers for Maxwell units, which aren't included in the filing.
- Right Start's Earnings Dip 9% From Year Earlier
- U.N. Rescinds Its Zionism Censure : Israel: Branding of movement as racist is revoked by the General Assembly. The lopsided vote reflects the growing power of the United States in the world body.
- China and India Launch New Era of Cooperation : Diplomacy: After three decades, they agree on trade and technology issues. But border differences remain.
- On the Beat, Police March to a Changing Set of Rules : LAPD: Some officers feel new policies mean more danger and unwarranted complaints. Others see hope.
- Upbeat Ending for Christmas Concert
- ALGIERS : Fundamentalist Takeover?
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : North's Mailings 'Upset' Schwarzkopf
- COUNTYWIDE : Presiding Judges Elected for 2 Courts
- CYPRESS : Motorist Stabbed, Robbed in Hijacking
- Crimes by Area Covered by the Los Angeles Police Department
- Priest Flees to Ireland After Alleged Molestation
- William Ray, Head of International Bay Clubs, Dies at 57 : Obituary: Chairman of the firm that owns the Balboa Bay Club, he was a renown fisherman and conservationist.
- Early Christmas Gift for the Public: Faster Mail Service : Holidays: Postal Service adds personnel and equipment to compete with private carriers. The result is less waiting by customers and faster delivery.
- Passive Euthanasia in L.A. : County-USC Medical Center reflects our national failure in health care
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Giants' Handley to Get Tougher
- Judy Gonzalez has been named leasing manager...
- Datametrics Reports 20% Rise in Profits
- California Amplifier Posts 3rd-Quarter Profit
- Peter Riccio has joined Madic-Compufact Corp. as...
- Maxwell Firm Files Chapter 11 : Scandal: The move by the parent company could accelerate offers for Maxwell units, which aren't included in the filing.
- National Agenda : Ending an Era at the Kremlin : A commonwealth is rapidly eliminating Gorbachev's job. How will it work?
- Media : Truth Is Again a Casualty of War : Fabricated accounts of atrocities in Yugoslavia have often led to fierce reprisals.
- Grounding Errant Theories on Speed-of-Light Travel
- ISLAMABAD : Looking for Soviet POWs
- TAIPEI : A Vote for Reform
- FOUNTAIN VALLEY : Mobile Radar Keeps Watch on Traffic
- Trial Ordered for Suspect in Slaying
- $10-Million Bail Set for Doctor in Camarena Case
- Defense Begins in Rape Trial of Police Officer : Court: Two witnesses testify that one of the alleged victims admitted to being a 'sex addict.'
- YMCA Child-Care Programs May Be Squeezed Out : Education: Because of growing enrollment, Pleasant Valley schools may have to reclaim classroom space.
- Disabled Man Who Hurdled Rules Becomes CHP Captain : Law enforcement: Bob Caldwell lost his legs in a motorcycle accident. At one point, the agency tried to force him out. Now he will run the Verdugo Hills office.
- Foster Mother Held in Abuse of Toddler : Investigation: She is charged with attempted murder of 19-month-old, who suffered severe head injuries.
- Vandals Cause $4,000 in Damage to School
- Baseball
- Bulgin Triggers PLNC in Rout of Grand Canyon
- Nicole Erickson
- Saint Victory Over Raiders Is Big, Easy : Pro football: L.A. gets only 117 yards of total offense in 27-0 loss, which gives Broncos the AFC West title.
- ENERGY
- With Design in Mind Cuts Loss to $426,915 in 1991
- American Mobile Boosts Equity by $11.4 Million
- Truly a Cakewalk at Bay Area Firm
- Liability in Negligence Cases Widened : Litigation: The state's highest court rules that insurers must pay up when government officials or others are liable in natural disasters.
- Britain Names First Woman Director of 'Spy-Catcher' Agency
- Long Live the King : Books: In "Dead Elvis," cultural <i> provocateur</i> Greil Marcus tells why the Singer Who Won't Die is immortal.
- Fitness Programs Offer Toning, Not Bulking
- Imprinting, Instinct and the Evolution of the Species : HERE AM I--WHERE ARE YOU? The Behavior of the Greylag Goose, <i> By Konrad Lorenz,</i> Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, $26.95; 272 pages
- Tow-Truck Driver Killed
- Little Film Shoots for the Stars
- Jesuit Priest Accused of Fondling Girl Travels to Ireland : Courts: Father Patrick Kelly served two years at a Tujunga church. He reportedly has promised to return and face charges.
- Newspaper Co-Owner Fined $16,300 in Drug Conviction : Crime: William Odett of Palmdale is also sentenced to 90 days in County Jail and to one month in a treatment program.
- COTO DE CAZA : Amendment Clouds Helipad Controversy
- Miscellany
- UCLA Loses Madkins to Injury
- PRO FOOTBALL : In Retrospect, 49ers Should Have Used Bono All Season
- Irvine Pulls a Disappearing Act in Defeat : College basketball: Loyola Marymount runs and guns, erasing a 14-point deficit in the second half to win, 95-84.
- Dow Up 4.69 on Speculation Over Rates
- ENTERTAINMENT
- LIVE Entertainment Inc., a Van Nuys-based supplier...
- Ex-Owner Seeks to Buy Back AME : Entertainment: Andrew M. McIntyre has offered $25 million for the debt-saddled post-production company, which he founded with $90,000.
- 'King of Swindlers' Gets a Stiff Sentence
- SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY : Genisco Technology Says Tentative Pact Avoids Bankruptcy
- Vitesse Semiconductor Raises About $25 Million
- Jack Berkman and Richard Daniels have joined...
- Pico Products Posts 1st Operating Profit Since '88
- Rising Problems With Homeless Cited in Survey : Cities: Conference of Mayors says that demand for emergency food aid increased 26% this year. Study finds evidence of a public backlash.
- Brother-in-Law Gets Life Sentence in Soldier's Death
- Latino Group Seeks to Alter Remap Plans : Politics: MALDEF claims Supreme Court's tentative districts fall short of the demands of federal law and fairness.
- $3 Million in Attorneys' Fees for Divorce Upheld : Litigation: The contentious couple battled for years over matters big and small. They did agree, though, that their lawyers' bills violated their constitutional rights.
- More Police Are Promised for Hillcrest : Crime: Civilian patrols will also be trained in an effort to end the recent spate of attacks.
- PLACENTIA : Stuck Truck Driver Escapes Train Crash
- Frosted Over a Ban on Santa
- Homeless Shelter Plans to Shut Down Temporarily
- PERSPECTIVE ON POLITICS : Simply Put, the Democrats Lack Guts : The candidates' TV forum demonstrated the party's descent from passionate conviction to issue-peddling.
- SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK : To McCullough, SDSU is Defenseless
- New York Import McDaniel Finding a Niche With Knicks
- Dave Webber
- Aztecs Lose Starter Balzer to Knee Injury
- Diving to Be Free : Armenia May Be Independent, but Djavadian Likes the U.S. and Doesn't Want to Go Home
- MUSIC REVIEW : Westwind Brass Blows Well With a Populist Bent
- Autodesk Founder Returns as Manager
- Aldila Will Be Sold to N.Y. Investment Partnership : Sporting Goods: The No. 1 maker of graphite golf club shafts has grown quickly in recent years. Forstmann Little & Co. is the buyer.
- All Wrapped Up in the Environment : Ecology: Some offer gifts in secondhand trimmings, a reusable bag or box, or <i> au naturel</i> .
- Alpharel Reports Stock Sale Raised $2.6 Million
- Bush Salutes Bill of Rights--in Madison's Back Yard : Constitution: The President appears to challenge those who argue that such human needs as shelter, food and clothing are guaranteed.
- Next Step : New Spirit of Reconciliation Is Moving in South Africa : The changing atmosphere is clear as the government and at least 19 political organizations prepare for talks on democratization.
- Road Builders Travel Back in Time : Highway Construction Turns Up Fossils of an Ancient Camel Ancestor
- Community Policing / Arleta, Pacoima
- Just 3 Parents Show Up to Protest Campus Violence : Education: An organizer blames bad timing for the poor turnout. A student at Canyon High School was stabbed two weeks ago.
- Man Found Insane in Wife's Strangling
- Robinson's Nightmare Is Nearing the End : Rams: Coach prefers to talk about games. He would like to get the season over with against Seahawks as soon as possible.
- NBA ROUNDUP : Shorthanded Pistons Get Past Nuggets
- Kentucky Firm Buys Hadson Power Systems
- Film Studios Getting Their Acts Together to Provide Day Care : Children: Warner Bros. is constructing what it says will be a state-of-the-art center for 100 employee offspring.
- San Clemente Savings Records $2.9-Million Loss
- * The Reynolds & Reynolds Co. in...
- Media Companies See No Quick Relief to Slump
- Road Work Ahead : Transportation Bill Is Glad Tidings for Depressed Construction Industry
- Putting Up With the Pain Freedom Brings
- Magic Mountain Plans to Add $4-Million Ride
- National Agenda : A Winter of Discontent May Snarl Reforms in Mongolia : The government wants a market economy, but the people are growing restive and want food. Can the move toward democratic reform survive the frost?