- Metro Back on Track : High schools: Athletes could bring gold home to South Bay for the first time since 1966.
- ART REVIEW : A Provocative Frame of Reference : The Municipal Art Gallery's 'Enclosure' exhibition showcases a variety of display-case sculpture.
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- COUNTYWIDE : Fees to Aid Program for Drunk Drivers
- Korenstein Council Bid Endorsed by 2 Groups
- Man Won't Be Charged in 1985 Slaying of Aunt
- Storage Facility Sues El Segundo Over City's Business License Tax
- 30% Cut in Water Use Proposed
- 2,100 Students at High School Asked to Get Measles Shots : Health: The action is prompted by 10 confirmed cases and 15 suspected cases of the disease at Huntington Beach High in the last three weeks.
- Study Delays Golf Course Plan
- GARDEN GROVE : City Adopts Water Conservation Plan
- Lawsuit Filed Over Rancho P.V. View Law : Property rights: The plaintiffs say they have a right to grow trees and other foliage. The law's supporters say they have a right to save their views.
- It's Same Time, Same Goal for Bonvicini : Women's basketball: Long Beach coach says this is her most rewarding season, but she still strives for elusive national title.
- ROUNDUP : CSUN Continues Mastery of Oregon State in Softball
- SANTA ANITA : Trifecta Off to a Big Start--$1,685
- Reign of the Monarchs: Davis, Boseman Are Top Players : Girls: Junior center leads eight underclass players on all-star team. Bishop Montgomery's Hurt is coach of the year.
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- Whole Leeks--but Without the Grit
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- Passable Food and Lots of It at Olive Garden
- ENTERTAINMENT : Quality Videos : Not all children's offerings are from the cartoon genre. Librarians say good tapes can foster a love of reading.
- YORBA LINDA : Measure on Council Districts to Be Drawn
- EL TORO : Students Set Course for Science
- Lewis' Success Spurs a Wave of Candidate Talk : Politics: Redistricting, challenges to Seymour, Cranston's retirement and other races present lively prospects for both parties.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Plans to Reconfigure Schools Put on Hold
- Sutton Cooks Up a Winner Back Home
- Kings Rally for Tie, but Lose Ground
- DODGERS : Strawberry Will Show Up to Be Shown Off
- Gabriel Takes Baton From Coach Allen
- SCR Alters 'Pay What You Will' Rules
- A Blockbuster Deficit : 'Batman' Accounts Show a $35.8-Million Deficit for the Warners Hit That Grossed $253.4 Million; the Film May Never Show Profit
- GTE Settles Litigation With Airfone Inventor: GTE...
- Council's Parking Penalty Cut Will Hurt City Revenue
- Middle East Peace Talks
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- Musings on Water Rationing and Raises
- Middle East Peace Talks
- Rockwell on Police Beating
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- Rockwell on Police Beating
- RETAIL / TOURISM : Slick Presentation Draws Stockholders to Disney Meeting
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- Storm Puts On Quite a Show; More Is Coming
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- Culver City : Higher Lunch Prices Sought
- Beirut Bomb Injures Cabinet Official, Kills 8
- Room 10 Celebrates War's End : The Third-Grade Class at Gardner Elementary Savors 'Happy Ending'
- David Cardoza Has Fun With Fashion--Seriously : ANN CONWAY
- Asbestos-Tainted Runoff May Be Let Into Aqueduct
- SENIORS : Timely Assistance : As April 15 draws near, volunteers for many organizations offer older people free help dealing with IRS forms.
- Community Opposition to Lawndale Charity
- Alexander Urges Continuation of Race-Specific Scholarships
- FILM : Garbo Laughs at Herself in 'Ninotchka'
- Sea World Proudly Spouts Off News That Killer Whale Kasatka Is Pregnant
- Bomb Goes Off at High School; No One Is Hurt
- Spaniard Has Right Lineage For the Job
- Watts, Stern to Play in Chamber Season
- U.S. Trade Deficit Deepens; Oil Imports Cited
- The Heat's on Sandwiches
- What's Tall and White and Starched All Over? The Nearly Extinct Toque
- SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND THE DROUGHT : Rebates Offered for Conservation
- Scientist Wants Disputed Paper Retracted
- Al Klink; Big-Band Saxophone Player
- The General's Stepping Into a New Star-Studded World : Thomas W. Kelly led the Pentagon's daily briefings during the war. Now, soon to retire, he'll likely be the hottest thing on the lecture circuit.
- Whittier : Angry Parents Rally for Fired Phelan Principal
- Marine Harrier Jet Crashes; Pilot Safe
- All-Star Teams Are Getting Their Points Across : Boys: Six of 10 players average more than 20 points. Pomona's McWilliams is player of year and Taylor is coach of year.
- Into the Drink: Gonzo journalist Hunter S....
- Sex Secrets Are out of the Closet : Therapist takes the reader into the minds of patients who have shameful feelings and destructive sexual patterns.
- Group of Residents Opposes New Rules on Hillside Building : Development: The planned measures are aimed at safeguarding the semi-rural character of Mt. Washington-Glassell Park.
- Challenge Bowl Pits High School Scholars in Quiz
- Best Is Yet to Come for The Times All-Star Teams : Boys: Six of top 10 players are underclassmen. Westchester's O'Brien is player of year and St. Monica's Klemm is coach of year.
- Santa Monica : High School Impact Study
- 3 From Gahr's High-Flying Playoff Team Earn Honors on Prep Girls All-Star Team
- Residents Protest Redevelopment : Planning: Glendale officials say the proposal is still in early stages. The area along the city's western border is largely industrial.
- 3 Sophomores on Southeast All-Star Boys; Lynwood's Captain Is Player of Year
- Chrysler Ultradrive Transmission Has a History of Problems
- DEA Rejected Request for Probe of Garcia, Witness Says
- Interest, Skepticism Greet River Traffic Proposal
- NBA ROUNDUP : Bulls Click as They Win 25th in a Row at Home
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- An Impossible Dream Takes to the Road
- New Proposal for 2 Libraries May Be Read as a Hopeful Sign
- No Longer on the Sidelines : Song Leaders Move Beyond Their Role as Rooters and Enter Competitions
- Council OKs 9-House Subdivision in Canyon
- Wrong Kind of Funny Business? : Reform: John Fulce once sold comic books. Now, he is fighting to clean them up because, he says, they are 'poisoning our culture' with their sex and violence.
- Manic Mondays : If you want music to soothe you, skip the band Happy Mondays. It's about as calm as someone whose hair is on fire.
- American Hostages to Be Freed This Week, Lebanon Paper Says
- Whittier : Water Conservation Rules Extended Beyond April
- All-Star Teams Are Getting Their Points Across : Girls: Six players average 17 or more points. Walnut's Williams is player of year and Ganesha's Stewart is coach of year.
- THEATER REVIEW 'A WALK IN THE WOODS' : Protocol Break : The informal conversations of two arms negotiators take center stage in a virtuoso Solvang production.
- Brazil Storm Kills 15
- Appropriate Penalty Cooked Up by Judge
- WEEKEND : Festival Celebrates American Indian Art
- Woman Gets 45 Days in Rent Subsidy Swindle
- TUSTIN : City OKs 4-Phase Water-Saving Plan
- $2.9-Million Bond Issue Approved to Aid Casino
- Council Embraces Golf Course Plan
- VENTURA : Police Department Employees Honored
- UCSD's Marshall Honored as District Coach of Year
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL : 1991 ALL-VALLEY TEAMS : FIRST-TEAM PROFILES
- NHL ROUNDUP : Andreychuk's Goal Gives Sabres Overtime Win
- Lance Has 24 Kills to Lead Golden West
- Brandenburg Given Contract Extension
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Chuck Jackson in L.A. Debut
- TV Reviews : ABC Afterschool Special Tackles Censorship
- Iacocca on H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.: Chrysler...
- Groups Oppose 'Fast Track' to Negotiate Pacts
- U.S. Law Firm Partner in Kuwait Is Safe
- Of the 102 largest publicly traded companies...
- Comforting Thoughts Straight Off the Back of the Box
- A Bilingual Approach to American Home Cooking
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- Saudis and Iran Will Renew Ties
- Long Beach Pub Concocts Own Beers for Local Flavor : Brewery: 'It's creative work,' says brewer of his beer that can be purchased nowhere else.
- Final Test in Picking Preschool: What Does Your Child Think?
- Pasadena : Dog Leash Rules Modified
- Santa Fe Springs : Agency Will Spend $25,000 on Repairs at Clarke Estate
- U.S. Extends Probe to Suits Against Police : Civil rights: Members of Congress and a spokesman for the ACLU express fears of a whitewash.
- Tough Trees : Finding Hardy Plants to Weather the Drought
- Culver City : More Development Urged
- World IN BRIEF : ALBANIA : U.N. Plane Brings 20 Tons of Food
- Azusa : Trash Rate Increase OKd
- Monterey Park : Developer Gets Extension
- Study Urges United Effort on Affordable Housing
- It's Palos Verdes Peninsula High; Mascot--the Panthers
- COUNTYWIDE : 4 Doctors Trained in Contraceptive Use
- Peggy Lee Awarded Disney Damages : Courts: Amount from 'Lady and Tramp' video rights is in dispute. Singer contends it is $3.8 million but company says $2.3 million.
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL : Razorbacks Have Final Objective in Mind
- Stay in First Is Short for Lakers
- Installation Gallery Back With New Look
- 'Long Walk Home' Takes Another Run at Success : Movies: Launched in December amid a sea of blockbusters, the modestly budgeted film is seeking a wider audience in rerelease.
- American Continental Investors to Receive Payments: Small...
- RJR Nabisco Plans to Offer Another 75 Million Shares
- Temple City : Home Fortune-Teller OKd
- THE FANS' CHOICES
- NOTHING'S PRETTY IN PUNK : But the Loud, Antagonistic Sounds of Superficial Love Continue to Attract
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Kuwaiti Government's Dissolution: A Risky Bid to Defuse Anger : Persian Gulf: Despite the political gamble, renewed confidence in the leadership is not expected soon.
- Iraqi Warplane Downed by U.S. : Cease-Fire: Bush says other planes violating the temporary truce will also be attacked. White House adds that incident does not constitute resumption of the war.
- City Moves Step Closer to Tough No-Smoking Law : Ordinance: Restrictions would affect all work sites, city buildings and health-care facilities. Tobacco use in restaurants would be banned by Jan. 1, 1994.
- Glaspie Says She Warned Hussein on Kuwait Issue
- SIGHTS AROUND TOWN : The Big Picture : A four-man show of oversize prints seems to have been airlifted from another time and place.
- Redondo Rejects All Bids to Build City Sports Center
- Driver Dies When His Van Hits Parked Car
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : City Delays Decision on Property Sales
- Charges Will Not Be Filed in Kanan Case : Crime: An informant identified the wealthy landowner's nephew as the killer, police said. But investigators couldn't corroborate some details.
- Manhattan Beach Orders 20% Cut in Water Use
- Principal Takes Hat Off to Student Protest : Education: After failing to overturn a ban on headgear, hundreds of teen-agers at Birmingham High rally and win the support of the chief administrator.
- Officials Will Seek Change in Ethics Law : Rules: A group of city employees and commissioners will meet to discuss ways to amend the financial disclosure requirements.
- Disciples Look at County for 'Ideal Village' : Housing: A guru's development firm wants to build nontoxic residences aligned to the sun, the winds and the moon.
- FISHING : Big Turnout Is Expected for Annual Halibut Derby
- Injury Causes Pain and Limits Motion : Medical analysis: Case complicated by lack of blood supply to bone and loss of cartilage.
- Doctor: Bo's Playing Days Over : Prognosis: Orthopedist who examined him says Jackson's NFL career has ended and that his baseball career is almost certainly finished too.
- New Problem for Goleta Water District: The...
- Export Easing Benefits O.C. Firms : Trade: Licenses have become unnecessary for many high-tech products, allowing computer companies to tap new foreign markets.
- Hycor Biomedical Agrees to Buy Larger Firm in Maine
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- Carioca in Venice: From the Land of the String Bikini
- A Squid by Any Other Name . . .
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- Pomona : City Staff Layoffs Feared
- Mysterious Media Baron Brings His Road Show to the Big Apple
- Norwalk : Ordinance on Mini-Malls Extended to Next February
- Sober Message Wins Poster Contest
- Drug Industry Vision: Faster and Cheaper
- Forgotten Gems Still Have Oscar's Prints All Over Them
- Culver City : Cut Urged in City Hall Plan
- Biff Green Leaving Bonita Unified Board
- Iraq Accuses Iran of Sending 'Saboteurs' to Oust Hussein : Rebellion: This is the first specific high-level charge linking the Muslim-led regime in Tehran to the insurgencies.
- U.S. Formally Accuses Japan of Trading in Imperiled Turtles
- Construction Ban Receives Informal OK : Malibu: Swift approval by the council-elect is expected March 28. Opposition to the curbs on new single-family homes has been intense.
- Cuban Pilot Defects to U.S. With MIG-27 Fighter
- CHOOSE A SKILLED NURSING / BOARD-AND-CARE FACILITY
- Bush Greets Walesa With 70% Debt Cut : Foreign aid: The decrease goes 20 percentage points beyond that of the other allies.
- Key Housing Program Repealed : Santa Monica: The city faced legal threats. Landlords who tore down apartments had been required to build replacement units on the site or pay steep fees.
- Majority Whip of Arizona Senate Expelled Amid Vote-Selling Case
- World IN BRIEF : ROMANIA : 2 Cabinet Ministers Quit Over Economy
- Postseason All-Star Selections Dominated by Senior Players
- Open House, School Registration Scheduled
- Best Is Yet to Come for The Times All-Star Teams : Girls: St. Bernard's Turner is first sophomore to be selected player of year. Vikings' Pawinski is coach of year.
- Cocaine Trafficker Gets 15-Year State Prison Term
- Monrovia : City to Donate Computers
- Superintendent to Be One of Highest Paid
- CLIPBOARD : February Sales- and Use-Tax Revenues
- Drought Paradox : Conservation: MWP campaign is kicked off on the same day that heavy rains pound the state.
- Council OKs Scaled-Down Housing Project
- Mistrial Declared in Bank Robbery Conspiracy Case
- Music Lovers Alarmed by School Cuts : Funding: A tight new budget means the death of instrumental programs in San Diego's elementary schools. Music advocates call it a tragedy.
- MUSIC REVIEW : Yugoslav Chorus Ends Tour at El Camino
- Ex-Shoplifter Finds New Way to Tap Retailers
- Fidelity National to Focus on Title Insurance:...
- If What's on Top Hurts, Find a Slim Substitute
- Equal Opportunity: Murder Charges for Gang Girls
- Pagoda-Shaped Quinoa Pasta, Japanese Rice Bran Oil
- Choose a Dietitian for Help, Information
- Teen Named Finalist for Scholarship
- Long Beach : Jurors in Police Abuse Trial Polled Individually by Judge
- Super Bowl Means Super Improvements : Tourism: Pasadena officials offered an $8.5 million package that includes a new press box, new club seats and other Rose Bowl renovations in order to secure the game in 1993.
- Long Beach : Symphony Director Seeks Job With Virginia Group
- VOLUNTEERISM : Youths Found to Outdo Adults in Aiding Needy
- Monrovia : Delinquent Tax Bills Found
- Even Roofing Has Gone High Tech
- Behind the Soup Line : Feeding Poor Laborers Becomes a Controversy in Idyllic Topanga
- Culver City : School Layoffs Proposed
- Montebello : Criticism of History Text Delays Adoption by Board
- Court Rejects Limiting Jobs to Protect Fetuses : Ruling: A decision upheld in an Anaheim Hills woman's case led to California's ban in May, 1990.
- Man Killed in Apparently Unprovoked Knife Attack
- Historic Hamlet Faces Ax : Landmarks: County supervisors will consider a plan to demolish a former artists colony to make way for a picnic area.
- Clerk Must Stand Trial in Lotto Theft Attempt
- OXNARD : 2 Workers Arrested in Produce Thefts
- Schulberg Returns to the Scene of a Changed Hollywood : The author of 'What Makes Sammy Run?' is in town. He attended a USC gala and is checking out the status of his screen treatment of the novel.
- TV Reviews : O'Toole a Slick Villain in 'The Dark Angel'
- DANCE REVIEW : American Ballet Theatre Brings a Bland 'Bayadere' to Orange County
- NCR Appeals Invalidation of Plan: NCR Corp.,...
- Jury Awards Fired Bank Official $6.3 Million:...
- Drought Puts Stress on Rare Torrey Pines
- INS Arresting Nannies Who Seek Legal Status
- Low-Key Campaigning Marks Council Race : Politics: The race has been far from volatile, with control of Glendale's growth emerging as the major issue. Eight candidates are vying for seats in the April 2 balloting.
- 2 Affluent Communities Alarmed Over Attacks : Crime: Hancock Park and Windsor Square residents voice concern over recent incidents of violence.
- In Pursuit of a Politically Correct Campus
- Culver City : Firm for Studio Study OKd
- NEIGHBORS : Jargon as Art : Serious stylistic issues are at stake in Santa Barbara's 'Pioneers of Safety' exhibit.
- Staff Changes Announced by Times Calendar Section
- RETAIL /TOURISM
- She Turns Laughter Into Life's Work : Profile: Jan Marshall believes that humor can help cure many ills. So she founded an institute to promote it.
- Nurseries Help Cope With Drought
- W. Covina Calls Meeting Over Gang Problem
- PERSPECTIVES ON POLICE : LAPD: Confident in Brutality : The independence that salvaged the department from corruption now causes its troubles. The cure is accountability.
- PLATFORM : A Narrow Escape
- Torrance West's Brain Team Isn't Unhappy to Finish 3rd in State
- Jury Subpoenas Oceanside Man in Leticia Probe
- County Accepts Loan to Keep Medical Program Alive
- Alomar Fits In Well in Cleveland : Baseball: Former Padre catcher becoming team leader on Indians.
- Stop Referee, Not the Fight
- COMMENTARY : Keeping Pace With the NCAA Tournament
- Seton Hall Looking for Replay in Seattle
- PEOPLEWATCH
- 'Liaisons' Kept in the Family at the Grove
- Confusion Over Taper Ticket Policy : Discount programs yield a charge of 'bait and switch.' Theater officials deny the accusation.
- General Dynamics, McDonnell Clash on MD-11 Output
- L.A. Gear Countersues Nike: L.A. Gear, the...
- Vintners Form a Sparkling Society
- A Chilling Effect on Quality
- U.S. Committed to Scaled-Back Space Station
- FMC Corp. of Chicago on Wednesday announced...
- Huntington Park OKs Bonds to Keep Casino Afloat : Loan: The city is betting that by providing a financial crutch, it can retain one of its larger sources of revenue.
- Serbia Backs Down, Agrees to Join Talks : Yugoslavia: The move by the renegade republic restores the quorum of the presidency.
- City Candidates Split on Whether Gates Should Quit : Elections: Some say the chief's resignation would clean up the Police Department. Others claim it would make him a political scapegoat.
- 'Competition' Debated at Utility Merger Hearing : Electricity: PUC may make final decision on proposed Edison takeover of SDG&E; on April 10.
- ORANGE : Mother Lacks Funds for Burial Journey
- Writers Guild Award Goes to 'Dances With Wolves'
- Officials Predict Easing of Water Restrictions : Drought: A Ventura council member calls for fewer limits. Districts worry that users will stop conserving.
- 1 Dies in 9-Vehicle Irvine Pileup : Accident: A speeding motorist hits a sedan, sparking a chain-reaction crash. Two other people were seriously hurt.
- Dart Game Bets Land Three in Jail : Gambling: Vice officers arrest men after watching them play a few dollar-a-match rounds in a North Hollywood bar.
- Deputies File Claims Citing Racist Jokes, Death Threat : Minorities: The officers seek $7.5 million. The Sheriff's Department says discriminatory actions were punished.
- The Leaky Roof Circuit : String of Rainstorms Is Inundating Roofers With Work
- Kids Win Out Over Judges in Day-Care Center Fight
- Berman Questions Slant of War Coverage by Voice of America
- 3 Ventura County Colleges Continue Rivalry on Recruiting Trail
- Sellars' 'Klinghoffer' Opera Premieres in Brussels
- Chrysler Won't Comment: The Wall Street Journal...
- Madeleines, Goulash, <i> Langos</i>
- U.S. Urged to Spend More for High-Tech R&D; : Competition: Government must focus on commercial applications that benefit industry if nation wants to stay ahead, panel says.
- Goodwill's Employee of Year Born Without Arms, Works With Feet
- THEATER REVIEW 'FOOL FOR LOVE' : Intense Hour : The one-act play at Ventura College offers fine performances and notable direction, costumes and sets.
- Whittier : College Radio Station Will Be Aired on TV Channel 53
- Pomona : Focus on Family Sells Land
- Free Advice to Make the Perfect Wedding
- MUSIC CRUCIAL DBC : Reggae Road : The band rejects the norm and travels to venues far from the beaten path.
- LET'S GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE : Laguna's Look at the Subversive, Campy World of Public Access Cable
- Jetliner Lands Safely After Bird Is Drawn Into Engine
- Global Warming Action Seen Not Urgent : Environment: Researchers say that measures can be delayed for 10 years without significant adverse effects. They caution against inaction, however.
- PIRU : Contract Awarded to Build New Center
- BREA : City Votes to Buy Downtown Parcels
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Judge Lengthens Surfer's Jail Sentence
- King Case May Affect Raid Trial : 39th and Dalton: Attorneys on both sides of LAPD vandalism case worry that videotaped beating will make jury selection more difficult.
- YORBA LINDA : City Settles Suit Over Price Club Site
- VENTURA : Overturned Big Rig Disrupts Freeway
- Welder's Torch Starts Blaze at Universal Studios; 5 Hurt
- Oklahoma Reaches NIT Semifinals, 83-74
- PADRES : McIlvaine Turns Down Offers of Outfield Help
- Jurisprudence
- Well-Paid L.A. Gear Chairman to Work for Free
- Return of the English Invasion
- COLUMN ONE : The Varied Politics of Islam : Some Western leaders worry about the growth of Muslim fundamentalism. But many in the movement are pragmatic, and their strength may not be destabilizing.
- Hollywood : Loan OK Likely for Shelter
- Bingo, New Floor
- BOOK REVIEW : ON GIVING BIRTH TO ONE'S OWN MOTHER<i> by Jay Cantor</i> Alfred A. Knopf $19.95, 177 pages : Essays Pay Tribute to 3 Patriarchs
- Diamond Bar : New Mayor Takes Post