- Sundance Snowballs Into a Big, Cozy Fest : Film: In its 14th year, Utah's movie marketplace has become a mecca for independent filmmakers hoping for the success of 'sex, lies, and videotape.'
- ACLU Chapter Removes Its Shingle in Kern County : Civil liberties: Political realities force closure. Some argue that its demise eliminates a defender of rights.
- NATION IN BRIEF : VIRGINIA : Guilty Plea in Robb Telephone Tape Case
- Sharon Challenges Shamir at Critical Time for Party : Israel: Action complicates the prime minister's moves. A contest of the 'right wing against itself' is foreseen.
- MIRA MONTE : Ruling Delayed in Trail Easement Case
- Countywide : Amnesty Program May Reduce Fines
- Golden West College President Valles Retiring : Academe: In surprise announcement, the 58-year-old educator says she'll leave later this year while still healthy and able to enjoy her family.
- Avrum Dansky, Statistics Pages Editor, Dies at 57
- U.S. Prosecutors Gain Mexican Man's Release in Unusual Border Arrest Case
- Mitch McDowell, Singer Turned Bail Bondsman, Is Slain
- CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Needle Exchange Project Endorsed
- MEN'S TENNIS
- GOP Blocks Wilson's School Bond Plan
- State High Court to Rule in O.C. Surrogacy Case : Law: Justices to hear pioneering legal test in which a woman with no genetic links seeks parental rights.
- PORT HUENEME : City Extends Jones Intercable Contract
- Oceanside
- Senate OKs Bill Prompted by Tax in Port Hueneme
- Changing Lives : Counselor's Crusading Helps Students Get to College
- U.N. Council Orders an Arms Embargo in Somalia Conflict
- Oil Firms Plan Pipeline From Santa Barbara : Energy: A 170-mile conduit would bring 130,000 barrels a day from offshore platforms to refineries.
- Miner Leads USC Upset of Stanford
- NHL ROUNDUP : Canucks Win Showdown, 3-1
- Bag A Few Tops Harness Opener
- ROUNDUP
- Basketball Player From Cal Says He's Transferring to UCI
- MOVIE REVIEW : 'Venus' Is Top-Heavy With Issues
- THE ARTS
- Viva Doc Pomus, a True Hall of Famer
- School Closures, Layoffs Proposed
- National School Standards Are Goal for '90s
- DIPLOMACY : No Light at Tunnel's End for the 'Cyprus Problem'
- O.C. Scientist Enjoys Fruits of Discovery
- The Offbeat Track : Twins Find Store's Abstract Clothes Are Their Strong Suit
- NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Foley Joins Call to Open J.F.K. Files
- High-Fives for Spring
- Doctors Plan Ballot Measure on Health Care : Medicine: All businesses would have to provide insurance for full-time employees. Physicians admit that they are trying to pressure the Legislature to enact a law instead.
- Pair Who Were Denied Jackpot in Lotto Sue State for Winnings
- PERSPECTIVE ON DEFENSE CONVERSION : Lots of Solutions, Faint Hope of Success : The suggested rescue plans for Pentagon contractors won't help much if cutbacks cause : 2 million layoffs.
- Sheriff's Dept. Officer Linked to Prostitution : Crime: A 23-year veteran of the force is put on administrative duties while the D.A. probes his ties to a massage parlor.
- Jury Asked to Back Death for Boy's Killer : Crime: Gregory Scott Smith is called a 'predator.' But the defense tells the panel that his life should be spared.
- Patient to Be Charged With Murder : Ventura: The drifter who walked away from the medical center could face the death penalty in the fatal stabbing of a 90-year-old woman. She is buried amid pleas for better security.
- Danger of Using Gas as Cleaner Demonstrated
- VENTURA : 2 Men Arrested in Cocaine Seizure
- Probe Calls Teen Slaying Self-Defense : Shooting: Family of victim says the district attorney's investigation was compromised because the youth was shot and killed by the son of a judge.
- YORBA LINDA : Voters to Consider Term Limits at Ballot
- The Pittsburgh Pirates, unhappy with a deteriorating...
- SAN DIEGO COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : Cleaning Up the Border
- Lewis Is Playing a New Game : Basketball: After a standout prep and college career, he joins the coaching ranks as an assistant at St. John Bosco.
- MOVIE REVIEW : Just a Scrap From the Table of 'Diner'
- Minstrel Show as Social Commentary : Dance: A racially motivated slaying prompted choreographer Donald Byrd to create a satirical look at the often derogatory song-and-dance tradition.
- Term Limits
- GM Expansion
- San Onofre Checkpoint
- Death Row
- Readers Express Ire in Pollard Case
- Readers Express Ire in Pollard Case
- Readers Express Ire in Pollard Case
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Leaders for Police Reform Seek Rallying Cry : City government: Despite widespread demands for a shake-up of the department after the Rodney King beating, the task will not be easy. There already is organized opposition to changing the charter.
- Warner Ridge Zoning Case
- California Desert Protection Bill
- Readers Express Ire in Pollard Case
- California Desert Protection Bill
- Gangs and Parks
- Term Limits
- California Desert Protection Bill
- Car Quotas
- California Desert Protection Bill
- Readers Express Ire in Pollard Case
- California Desert Protection Bill
- MOVIES - Jan. 24, 1992
- OTHER NEWS - Jan. 24, 1992
- Names in the News - Jan. 24, 1992
- Names in the News - Jan. 24, 1992
- Names in the News - Jan. 24, 1992
- TELEVISION - Jan. 24, 1992
- TELEVISION - Jan. 24, 1992
- POP/ROCK - Jan. 24, 1992
- Ex-Soviets to Get Surplus Gulf War Supplies : Relief: U.S. Air Force planes will airlift leftover food and medicine to all 12 of the new independent states.
- Opponents Weigh the Risk of Playing Against Magic : Basketball: AIDS researchers say chances of transmitting disease minor. But Chaney says Johnson, voted to the All-Star team, shouldn't play.
- Chicano Secret Service On Duty : Comedy: The Los Angeles-based group brings its satire to Orange County for the first time.
- Retailers Hope for a Big Boost From Springsteen : Pop music: The Boss will release two long-awaited albums simultaneously in April. The works may help revive the recession-plagued record industry.
- O.C.'s Military Contractors Are Vulnerable but Hopeful
- LOOK AGAIN? Guess who's high on the...
- MONO WATCHER: Martha Davis has a special...
- Aides Drum Up Backing for Bush Address
- Clinton Denies Tabloid Story of 12-Year Affair : Politics: Candidate says woman's account 'didn't happen,' but doesn't know if he can convince voters. Latest charges plunge campaign into turmoil.
- AIR WAR: Yorba Linda's Henry W. Wedaa,...
- GOLD HUNT: U.S. men's figure skating champ...
- PLATFORM : Leave Options Open for Alternative Medicine
- TECHNOLOGY - Jan. 24, 1992
- TECHNOLOGY - Jan. 24, 1992
- BANKING & FINANCE - Jan. 24, 1992
- BANKING & FINANCE - Jan. 24, 1992
- BANKING & FINANCE - Jan. 24, 1992
- BANKING & FINANCE - Jan. 24, 1992
- PERSPECTIVE ON WOMEN : Feminists Have Killed Feminism : For years, they shamed the majority who loved men, babies, family ties. Now their confessions reveal their hypocrisy.
- PLATFORM : Destroying a City
- Owner of Jet Blames Air Controllers in Fatal Crash
- Promotion of Long Beach Officer to Chief Urged
- Newbury Park No Pushover for Simi Valley
- Cree Morris to Transfer from SDSU to St. Mary's
- Carol Burnett to Narrate 'Carnival'
- SPORTSCOPE : Wave Baseball Team Opens Season Tuesday
- Fairfax : Sephardic Art Exhibition
- IN BRIEF : Jackie Goldberg to Receive Freed Award
- Activist Revives Cityhood Effort : Politics: Arnold Springer wants Venice to secede--and take Playa Vista project with it.
- Faye Hagan
- Algeria Seizes Islamic Leader, Curbs Rallies
- Butterfly Protection Law Stalled : Environment: The council votes for a delay amid threats of legal action. Opponents had adopted the slogan 'Kill a butterfly, go to jail.'
- Locals Rate With Zagat
- Thousands of Abortion Foes Stage Rally : Observance: President Bush, in a telephone hookup, offers support to some 70,000 demonstrators on Mall. Event marks 19th anniversary of Roe ruling.
- Diverse, Bargain Menu at Quality Italian Spot
- Long Beach : Committee's New Focus: Review Queen Mary Area
- Officials Want Local Replacement for Binkley : Law enforcement: Police chief's firing prompts search for candidates. But department's uncertain future will make it difficult.
- Chicano Secret Service Brings Satirical Assault to Fullerton
- San Gabriel : Child-Care Plan Rejected
- Condom Plan Raises a Host of Questions : Education: The L.A. district will take a close look at similar programs in other cities to determine how to implement the distribution.
- Son Held in Shotgun Death of His Mother
- Santa Clarita Offers Trees to Homeowners
- Anti-Abortion Vigil Deepens GOP Division
- CAMARILLO : City OKs Transit Plan for Disabled
- Council Committee Urges Award of 2nd Taxi Franchise
- Judge May Move Karlin From Court Seat in Compton : Legal system: She has been the focus of protest since giving probation to a Korean-born grocer who killed a black girl.
- Award in Final Dalton Case OKd by Court : Police: City Council must approve $600,000 settlement in 1988 drug raid that saw LAPD trash apartments in South-Central Los Angeles.
- San Diego
- Santa Clarita Opens Graffiti Hot Line
- For Neighbors, Encina Project Is Heaven Scent
- Hat Cuisine:A stolen car belonging to Brad...
- BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Hall's Heroics in Final Minute Lift Canyons in WSC Opener
- AMERICA'S CUP DAILY REPORT : DEFENDER TRIALS : Melges Sails Past Conner a 3rd Time
- Football
- Royster Leaving for NFL
- Officials Confirm Fien's Version of Arrest
- Padres Sign Myers for 1 Year
- SCOREBOARD : FACTS, FIGURES AND COMMENTS FROM AREA EVENTS : PREPS
- SOMETHING WILD : Minneapolis' Children's Theatre Company Unleashes 'The Canterville Ghost' in Irvine
- FLICKS FILM AND VIDEO FILE : Stars Are Out : A number of celebrities have been in Simi Valley for the filming of 'Sneakers.'
- Compton : Latino Students March at College, Demand Assistance
- SIGNS : Standards Issue : For some businesses in Ventura, the hardest part of opening a shop is hanging out the shingle.
- Breast Implant Safety Data to Be Released
- Irvine Co. Will Lay Off 16% of Its Work Force : Building: Biggest O.C. landowner blames recession worsened by punitive credit climate, clamps on growth.
- Crenshaw : Mesa Library to Close
- High Life / A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : Teens Add to Piracy Problem : Computers: Many believe they are performing a service by copying games, but software companies want them to understand that it is illegal.
- TALENT SHOW : Star Search : Hopeful singers, dancers and musicians parade past judges looking for acts for a benefit program.
- Pietro diDonato; Wrote Best-Selling 'Christ in Concrete'
- Loose Talk From Japan
- 'Case Without a Corpse' Resolved at Last : * Slaying: A tenant's grisly discovery three years ago of a blood-caked mattress ultimately leads to the unearthing of a buried body. The killer is the tenant's former lover.
- Sven Dodington; Invented Radio System to Guide Planes
- Tusk Force Trophy : Stolen Teak Elephant Found Battered, Beached
- Countywide
- NEWPORT BEACH : Hospital Expansion Hearing Tonight
- Mira Monte Resident Battles County Over Trail Fee
- Checkpoint Death : More illegal immigrants are killed attempting to run across I-5
- NEWPORT BEACH : City to Give Gear to Cabo San Lucas
- 3 Pierce Players Agree to Play Football for 4-Year Schools
- NCAA Says Peters Ineligible at CSUN
- Cal Lutheran Practice to Be Battery Operated
- CSUN Ends 17-Game Road Losing Streak
- Chargers to Announce Ticket Hike : Football: Average price of a ticket will increase about $3.
- No pressure here: Santa Margarita guard Kevin...
- EMPIRE LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Esperanza Surges in Second Half
- THE FANS' CHOICES
- English Lesson: Save the Whooping Crane
- Vernon E. Megee; Rose From Marine Private to General
- Cut Government, Win Lunch
- Board Rehires Ex-Director Implicated in 1989 Thefts : Hiring: Man's criminal case stemmed from property taken from schools. Rehiring of former maintenance director perplexes, angers some officials.
- Rooting for a Bunch : Year-round harvesting provides an ample local supply of the Vitamin-A rich vegetables.
- There are three new scholarships available for...
- Covina : Indoor Swap Meets Banned
- Percentage of Registered Democrats Falls
- U.S. Conciliator Assigned to Watts Housing Project : Community relations: He will try to defuse animosity that has developed between Imperial Courts residents and police since shooting.
- Couple Charged in Slaying of Woman : Crime: The Van Nuys resident was fatally shot and her Volkswagen stolen during a trip home from Arizona in 1990.
- Elderly Robber Accused of New Crime : Arrest: The wheelchair-bound man who held up a bank to pay for his heart medicine is now charged with setting his hotel room on fire.
- Son Held in Shotgun Death of His Mother
- Many Whales to See, but Few at Sea to Watch Them : Business: The economic slump seems to have hurt South Bay operators who offer up-close viewing of migrating gray whales.
- Recycling for Arts Program: A New Resource : * Funding: Materials for the Arts aims to gather materials for local nonprofit groups and public artists. It opens officially with a kick-off reception tonight.
- SPORTS BRIEFS : 20 Former 49er Football Players Sign at Other Schools
- Folks Huddle Around This Place's Games and TV
- Glendale : Industrial Zone Proposed
- Veterans Groups to Share $298,000
- Britain to Repay $160 Million to Baltic Republics
- Charles O'Bannon
- COLUMN ONE : Troubling Times for U.S. Jews : Anti-Semitism worries mount and intermarriage poses a threat. Still, there are signs of freshened spirituality. American Judaism may be left with a smaller but stronger core.
- Council Seeks to Bite Its Tongue
- Monrovia : Police Receive State Grant
- Egg Timer: Arlette Schweitzer, the first American...
- District to Slash Budget, but Will Avoid Layoffs : Education: Deep cuts in supplies and services are probable. Newest crisis is blamed on declining lottery revenue.
- Orange Calls for Audit of Policies on Investments : Finance: The City Council, in the wake of the Steven D. Wymer fraud scandal, has rejected a proposal to invest more in low-risk funds.
- COUNTYWIDE : Growers Get OK to Burn Organic Refuse
- Artesia : Proposed Utility Tax to Pay for More Deputies Is Tabled
- Court Ban Sought on Nude Dancing at Club
- Picus Asks Reward for Information on Slaying
- Owner Barred From Razing Upton Sinclair Home
- Owner of Tiger Cub Fined, Forfeits Animal
- 2 Men Accidentally Shot in Latest Case of Violence at Club : Ventura: Police had asked that security guards be required at the nightspot. But the Planning Commission denied the request.
- Recession Crashes This Year's La Jolla Debutante Ball
- IRVINE : Schools Official Sounds Fiscal Alarm
- COSTA MESA : Orange Coast College Enrollment Climbs
- Budget Squeeze Forces County Into Virtual Promotion Freeze : Economy: Careers are left in limbo as department heads must demonstrate urgent need to justify the elevation of workers.
- Braly Seeks GOP Candidacy in Assembly Race : Politics: An aide to state Sen. Davis hopes to run in the proposed 36th District. He failed in '90 bid against Wright.
- USD Not Gunning for Title : Basketball: Defense, hustle make up strategy for the Toreros.
- Killum's Funeral Set for Saturday
- This Old Pro Proved a Real Catch for Bills
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Nayab's Layup at :03 Puts Kearny Past Lincoln
- On the Rebound : Coaching Basketball Team at Santa Ana Valley Helps Prospero Put His Life Back Together After Father's Death
- Talley Directs Oxnard Past Moorpark
- 'Fried Worms' Cooks Up Gross-Out Giggles
- There's No Safety in Numbers
- Australians Consider Boycott if Magic Plays
- Nevin Quits Titan Football but Clears Way to NFL Draft
- Controversial Rule Costs Corona Chick a Title
- Boxing
- MOTOR RACING : 1992 Seems Like a Very Long Year for Kiedrowski
- POP REVIEW : An Engaging Joe Diffie Hits Home
- A Step Beyond Dance : * Art: Sharon Wyrrick's choreography is more than movement. It is an intriguing blend of commentary, music and symbols.
- Read This Column Before Time Runs Ou...
- New Chairman Will Seek to Restore Toy Maker Dakin's Plush Profits : Strategy: Robert G. Solomon, who built rival Applause into a major concern, takes over firm whose last big success was its Garfield stick-on.
- S.D. Council Denounces Douglas Sale : Aviation: City fears aerospace firm's planned sale of part of its commercial aircraft business to a Taiwan firm might result in the loss of jobs in San Diego.
- Ability to Upgrade Is a Positive Step
- Not Just Another Diet Monger : Entertaining Light: Healthy Company Menus With Great Style, <i> By Martha Rose Shulman (Bantam: $25; 465 pp.)</i>
- Norwalk : Landscaping Budget Cut; New Contractor Hired
- Effort to Oust Justice Rocks Nevada High Court : Legal system: Three colleagues say leader no longer is mentally fit to serve. He denies the charges and refuses to retire.
- Nation IN BRIEF : WYOMING : First Execution in 26 Years Carried Out
- GM, Federal Labs Team Up on Technology
- Court Rejects Airport Noise Case
- Beverly Hills : Speed Bumps Coming Out
- The following are selected entries from...
- Worried Cubans Passing Out Guns at Farms and Factories
- Rose Show Welcomes All--Except Aphids
- Long Beach : Council Expresses Concern Over Harbor Labor Dispute
- POLITICAL NOTEBOOK : Seeing a Weak Field, He May Draft Himself
- Mayor Slams City-Paid Trips to Super Bowl : Junkets: Much-traveled Jess Hughston says sending 10 city officials and employees to Minneapolis to observe operations there duplicates job he did in Tampa last year.
- Club Membership for Veterans' Children
- LAX Official Cites Hurdles in Diverting Funds to City
- Reagan Urges Help for New Democracies : Fund-raiser: The former President was speaker at the annual dinner of the Industrial League of Orange County.
- Montebello School Board Expected to Slash Funds
- Air Is Filled With Toxic 'Hot Spots,' Study Shows : Pollution: But it will be years before the effects of 28 million pounds of airborne contaminants will be known.
- 5 Wounded by Gunmen in 2 Incidents
- Inglewood Will Tap Tax Refunds of Scofflaws Who Owe Fines : Finances: Inglewood is first California city to use state legislation allowing cities to have Franchise Tax Board deduct unpaid parking fines from state tax refund checks.
- Reporter Receives Probation in Sex Case
- COLUMN RIGHT : Don't Weaken City Charter to Get at LAPD : Changes can be made without making the Police Department an instrument of politicians.
- Smoked Famine? : Owners of Eateries Say Ban Would Hurt Business
- ORANGE LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Brea Defense Shuts Down Western
- Chapman Facing Key Weekend
- Corona del Mar Forfeits 11 Soccer Matches
- NHL ROUNDUP : Moog Makes Bruins Look Good, 5-2
- NBA ROUNDUP : Warriors' Nelson Is Finally an All-Star
- Baseball
- ART
- Pithy Postcards : Ashleigh Brilliant has created a lucrative business selling his little bits of wisdom.
- Monrovia : Voluntary Water Limits
- Los Feliz : Picnic Area Added to Park
- West Hollywood : Catering Truck Law OKd
- Democratic Medical Plan Clears Senate Committee : Insurance: The action is the opening volley on a key election-year issue. The Bush Administration warns of a veto.
- Gay Ex-Deputy Claims Bias : Law enforcement: Bruce Boland was fired amid allegations that he falsified an arrest report, and faces criminal prosecution. He says it was just a procedural error.
- Summit Will Seek Broader U.N. Role in Heading Off Conflicts
- Crash Kills Driver of Car Carrying Chemicals
- 'Green Airwaves' Take Root at Local Stations
- 1,500 Slain in Haiti Repression, Rights Group Says
- Azusa : Charges Filed in Boy's Death
- Kohl Dismisses Fears About Germany's Growing Political Clout
- Police Seize Stolen Merchandise, Cocaine, Cash in 2 Separate Raids
- Citing City's Rent, Oxnard Day-Care Center May Close
- County Takes New Tack on Traffic Tickets : Justice: Board invokes new state law to give motorists with late fines 3 more months to pay, and also moves to crack down harder on other scofflaws.
- 4th Man Held in Newport Jewelry Store Robberies
- Space Project for Students Blasts Off : Education: Mock-up of shuttle and mission control at La Mesa school gives youngsters a taste of science and adventure.
- U.S. Army Capt. Katherine Hines Moore, daughter...
- King Lawyer Says Second Tape May Aid Civil Suit
- Plans for Nude Juice Bar Rejected in Garden Grove
- Slain Girl Identified as Persistent Runaway
- Lemon Grove
- Man Gets 15 Years to Life for Killing Fiancee, Taking Body to Texas
- Trial of Farm Worker in Baby's Death Begins : Crime: A prosecutor says the woman let one child suffocate in a toilet and tried to kill another.
- County Can't Lock Its Mental Hospital : Security: Officials say more staff will be added to keep patients from leaving. But the facility's design makes it impossible to assure that no one will wander away.
- Coach Seeks to Return to Sea Kings
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- MUSIC/DANCE
- STAGE REVIEW : 'Virtus' Artfully Examines the State of Manliness
- House Is Too High, City Says : Home Had Council's OK, Now Must Shrink
- Rookie Whitney Leads Gulls to Victory Over Fort Wayne
- Head cases: When players on the Irvine...
- El Camino Misses Chance to Beat Powerful Cerritos
- If a balanced scoring attack is a...
- Nymphs' Singer Lorre Dares to Be Audacious : * Pop music: The L.A. band, which headlines the Roxy tonight, is known as much for Lorre's wild antics as for its tormented punk-metal songs.
- A summary of significant Los Angeles City Hall decisions affecting the Westside in the last week.
- Eu Criticized for Attending Soka Tea Ceremony : Development: Critics of the university's expansion plans say the California secretary of state appeared to be supporting the school.
- Pathologist Flunks Out of County Coroner Position : Medicine: New Yorker chosen for post fails test for his license a third time, making him ineligible for job.
- Echo Park : Move of Historic Barn OKd
- Mira Mesa Youth Wins National Essay Contest
- Football
- AMERICA'S CUP UPDATE : NOTEBOOK : Course Shortened by 2 1/2 Miles
- Kings Caught in Another Tie : Hockey: After leading 2-0 and 3-2, they end up even with the North Stars.
- Eighth Boxing Season Opens in Irvine With New Wrinkles
- Casserly Has Worked His Way Up to the Head of the Class : Redskins: General manager made the key deals in a short time to get team to the Super Bowl.
- Despite Woes, the Conference Must Go On : * Dance: The fifth International Black Dance Companies Conference begins today, thanks to the determination of Lula and Erwin Washington.
- A 'Stealth' Dogfight : Charges, Countercharges Fly in Controversy Over Screenplay, Novel
- He's Tied to the Strings : * Teaching guitar techniques via audio and videocassettes has been the dominant theme in Happy Traum's folk-music career.
- Cordero's Condition Improving
- Music Reviews : Swensen, Kahane: Sweet but Subdued
- Succumbing to the Siren's Songs : The Role of Dietrich in 'An Evening With Marlene' Proves Irresistible for Salome Jens