- CALABASAS : Event Helps Students Focus on Language
- OXNARD : Man Wounded in Alley Confrontation
- L.A. Moves Toward Tax Cut for TV, Movie Firms : Business: Council gives preliminary approval in 12-1 vote. Dissenter Joel Wachs says the plan is unfair to other industries.
- Vermette Completes Opening Statement : High school baseball: Simi Valley pitcher goes distance in 4-2 Marmonte League victory.
- THOROUGHBRED RACING : Track Wants Best Field for Santa Anita Derby
- GOLF / DINAH SHORE TOURNAMENT : Davies Driving on Road to Success
- PREP SOFTBALL ROUNDUP : Crouch No-Hits Villa Park
- Walnut: Retirement of City Manager Holmes
- Farm Subsidies for Land Owners
- Hiring Preferences
- The New Look
- Templeton Prize for Physicist
- Graffiti
- Digital Imaging Will Be Big in Kodak's Picture, Sources Say
- MONROVIA : Learn How Teamwork Can Help After Quake
- Amaranthine Memory
- PASADENA : Legal Help Sought by AIDS Service Center
- Castro in France
- Restaurant Review Rebuttal
- Laid-Off Workers
- Storm Loss Estimate for Crops Rises to $519 Million : Agriculture: Officials are now calling this California's worst rainy season ever.
- Investments: Making Dollars and Sense for Cities
- Zasu's Ghost
- Weight and Exercise
- NEWS ANALYSIS : THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL : What's at Stake in Admitting Grisly Photos : Evidence: Prosecution says autopsy pictures of victims will support the contention that there was only one assailant. Defense is expected to oppose their admission as too inflammatory.
- Schools: Solving Budget Woes in Duarte
- OTHER NEWS - March 23, 1995
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- Obituaries - March 23, 1995
- Obituaries - March 23, 1995
- Notes on a Scorecard - March 23, 1995
- Year After Colosio Slaying, Mystery Still Roils Mexico : Latin America: Despite arrests, truth remains elusive. Probe focuses on internal party struggle, drug cartels.
- Fatal Shooting Shocks Altadena : Violence: Victim, 12, was an innocent bystander to gang gunfire. Outraged residents talk of taking back neighborhoods.
- Fatal Shooting of Boy, 12, Shocks Community : Violence: As a family mourns victim who was a bystander during gang gunfire, outraged Altadena residents talk of taking back their neighborhoods.
- Burt Resigns as CSUN Coach
- Sony's Choice for President Signals Focus on Films
- O.C. Told It Can Raise Tax Without Election : Bankruptcy: Legislative counsel says state law gives supervisors power to increase levies. But other experts say the legal opinion is flawed.
- STATELY WEEDS? There's a weed crackdown in...
- Second Opinion: Supervisors Don't Need to Go to Voters
- Kaelin Tells About Evening of Murders
- Microsoft, DreamWorks Studio Team Up : Business: Venture to create Hollywood-inspired interactive software.
- WASHINGTON INSIGHT
- O.C. Tax Plan Reaction Quick, Mostly Negative : Politics: Some cities condemn county proposal; local leaders say it's not their problem. There is some support.
- Drinking In Ambience at Chanteclair's 'Tastings'
- Briefcase Bandit Gets the Picture : Publicity Apparently Leads to Robbery Suspect's Surrender
- MTA OKs Scaled-Back, 20-Year Transit Plan : Transportation: Board approves $72-billion guideline that cuts rail lines, provides for small expansion of bus system.
- Golden State's Housing Rated Least Affordable : Homes: Bottom spot goes to Bay Area, a position it has held since '91. Midwest markets are ranked most affordable.
- Hanging All the Lawyers
- Rebels Free 7 Nuns Held in Sierra Leone
- Kmart CEO Antonini Resigns : Price of Stock Jumps 8% on News of Ouster
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Governorship Is a Risky Launch Pad to Presidency : Politics: No sitting California chief executive has won the White House. Losing could badly hurt Wilson at home.
- Strike at Jobs Program : L.A. Conservation Corps Workers Stage Sit-In, Demand Benefits and Better Pay
- A Show of Respect : Clinton rightly decides to attend Moscow VE Day ceremony
- Board Authorizes Filling of 2 Openings
- City Hall Getting Latest Quake Upgrade : Safety: Downtown structure will be tallest yet to have 'base isolation' work. Experts debate the effectiveness of hazard mitigation techniques.
- WESTWOOD : 2 Ex-UCLA Officials Plead Not Guilty in Fraud Case
- HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Stingy Ventura Slips Past Hueneme Behind Pierce's 5-Hitter
- ART REVIEW : New Look at 'Modern Life' : LACMA Show Reveals Continuity of American Impressionist, Realist Painting
- TV Ratings
- Closer Cooperation Sought Among Regulators to Block Future Derivatives Disasters
- Chemical Arms Foes See Attack as Ammunition : Legislation: A global treaty banning toxic weapons has languished in the Senate. Its proponents view Tokyo incident as an argument for its passage.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : City Says Fiscal Impact of Homes Unresolved
- GRANADA HILLS : Day-Care Operator Charged in Violations
- GRANADA HILLS : Day-Care Operator Charged With Locking Boy in Car
- County Economic Development Plan Advances : Commerce: Consultant receives a pact to help form a corporation, whose chief job would be to market the area to outside firms.
- 2 Surrender to Police in Video Piracy Case
- Student Appeals Panel Upholds CSUN Frat's Suspension
- 1994-95 ALL-VALLEY BOYS : Basketball Team
- Hawking Hopes to Hang On With Titan Basketball Team : Colleges: Interim coach, who took over when Holland left for USD, says he has made progress with team.
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL DAILY REPORT : NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT : He Called Time--Now They Call Him
- COLLEGE BASEBALL / GARY KLEIN : Young DeCinces Has His Game in Shape
- PREP ROUNDUP : Marina Finally Able to Prevail Against Newport Harbor
- Venture Capital Alone Won't Lure Multimedia
- TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- BANKING
- Tech Stocks Are Still Up--Making Some Folks Wary
- General Warns of 'Riots by July' as Cubans Wait at Guantanamo
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Voices:
- Irvine : Review of Report on Officials Postponed
- Library Fund Can Help Us in Time of Cutbacks : Literacy: Contributions by state taxpayers buy books and non-print materials. It's a big help to fiscally strapped schools.
- POINT MUGU : Supervisors Amend Airfield Agreement
- COMMUNITY ESSAY : In These Greedy Times, Remember Jackie Robinson : The fading lessons of the great ballplayer's civil-rights struggle and triumphs should be kept alive in his hometown.
- Up-and-Down Day Ends on High Note : Pan Am Games: After winning hurdles, Kingdom has his victory taken away and then restored.
- COACH OF THE YEAR : Donahue Used Talents to Improve Santa Paula
- Sailing
- 1994-95 ALL-VALLEY GIRLS : Basketball Team : Player of the Year : Funicello Takes Heat for Alemany
- BASEBALL
- MOVIESLagerfeld Insult Deleted: "Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter),"...
- The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : Getting to the Heart of Palpitation Control
- Kmart Will Need a Discount Retail Super-Hero as New CEO : Executives: But headhunters, analysts agree that there are talented prospects for the position.
- COMPANY TOWN ANNEX
- BOOK REVIEW / NONFICTION : Opinionated Survey on Popular Music Rocks 'N' Rolls : THE RISE AND FALL OF POPULAR MUSIC <i> by Donald Clarke</i> ; St. Martin's Press $35, 608 pages
- Trade Surplus for Mexico May Show Peso's Silver Lining
- Repeal of Adoption Ruling May Not Affect Gays : Families: Some activists question Gov. Wilson's reversal of the guideline making it easier for unmarried couples to adopt. They say it's the children who could be hurt.
- Meadow Oaks School Reverses Plan to Close : Education: Some parents are angry after making deposits at other institutions to ensure their children's places.
- Novel Class Teaches Teens Tolerance
- Santa Ana : Attorney Accused of Stealing From Client
- MISSION VIEJO : College Trustee Balks at New Boundaries
- GRANADA HILLS : City Sides With Residents Over Wall
- PAN AM ROUNDUP : U.S. Basketball Team Finally Comes Through
- BOYS
- TV REVIEWS : 'Sliders' Launches Itself Into Emptiness
- TV REVIEWS : Visual Elements Leap to the Fore in 'Dove'
- Consumer Group Opens Drive for U.S. Regulation of Concert Fees
- THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL
- SIMI VALLEY : Cable Firm Appeals Rate Rollback Order
- You never know when this guy's within...
- CSUN Adds Vintage Clothes to Collection
- THE TIMES 1995 WINTER ALL-COUNTY TEAMS : Marina's Palmer Always Makes Winning Look Easy : Player of the year: Northwestern-bound co-captain, one of eight returning seniors, helped Vikings to undefeated season and section title.
- 1994-95 ALL-VENTURA BOYS : Basketball Team
- L. A. Theater Wins Prove Less Is More : Awards: Small productions are big with drama critics, earning 25 of 30 honors. 'The Visit' and 'Counsellor-at-Law' garner seven each.
- Feinstein Introduces Immigration Bill
- SIMI VALLEY : Newspapermen Defend Their Approaches
- Links to Chinese Crime Ring Probed in Cache of Arms, Pirated Software
- SANTA ANA : Principal for a Day Says All Is Shipshape
- LOS ALAMITOS : Bumpy Road to Top Also Painful
- PREP ROUNDUP
- When Discipline Became Murder : Romanian Gymnast Adriana Giurca Was 11 When Her Coach Killed Her in a Relentless Pursuit of Perfection
- Mathews Says Cal Poly SLO Courting Him
- Seventy Years Means Nothing to These Two
- ENERGY
- THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL : Shapiro Denies New Rift on Defense Team : Attorneys: He says he is not breaking with colleagues and defends wearing pin to show support for the LAPD.
- COLUMN ONE : After Years of Music, Silence : Once a budding concert pianist, Dorothy Eustis moved to Venice and lived as a woman of mystery. Then, in her 70s, illness left her mute and bedridden. America ignored her, but Italians have rallied to help.
- Navy Pilot's Errors Contributed to Fatal Crash, Report Says
- State Leads Nation in Rate of Teen-Age Births, Study Says : Behavior: Researchers also find that more than 15% of teen-age girls in California became pregnant in 1993. A third of those were in L.A. County.
- 1st Storm Damage Assessment Finished
- 2 Local Universities Show Support for Remedial Classes : Education: Such courses belong at junior colleges, trustees say. Officials at UCI, Cal State Fullerton believe offering basic English and math is part of their responsibility to students.
- Campaign Calendar
- Planning Board Approves Campus for South County : Education: Japan-based Soka University hopes to accept its first students by 1999 at a 100-acre Aliso Viejo facility whose library will focus on the Pacific Rim.
- Orange County Almanac
- THE TIMES 1995 WINTER ALL-COUNTY TEAMS : Five Marina Players in Soccer All-Star Game
- OK, OK--It <i> Was </i> a Wretched Mistake
- Quake Insurers Expect Price Hikes, Less Coverage : Government: Assembly panel hears first overtures from an industry seeking less regulation. Representatives cite high costs of Northridge temblor.
- Turks Press Attack on Rebel Kurds in Iraq : Warfare: Operation to smash guerrillas fighting for autonomy is largest undertaken by Ankara. Officials say action is not a threat to Baghdad.
- '90s FAMILY : A Custody Battle Plan That Takes No Prisoners
- Ice Apparently From Plane Lands in Class
- No Extension Made on Quake Aid
- BASEBALL
- Mighty Ducks Keep Kings From Hanging Themselves
- Quinn's Shot Is a Corker : Hockey: Kings salvage 3-3 tie with Ducks on late penalty shot.
- PREP SOFTBALL ROUNDUP : Fullerton Wins a Wild One Over Kennedy
- STUDIO CITY : Residents Win Fight to Block Street Lights
- MULTICULTURAL MANNERS : Russian Hospitality Out of This World
- COACH OF THE YEAR : No Game's Too Tough for Panthers' Parvin
- They'll Fish for the Future of White Seabass
- Christina MazurieRancho Santiago, SophomoreSoftball/ShortstopThere is little question...
- Corkum's Error Lets Kings Catch Ducks
- Disney Plans to Bring New '101 Dalmatians' to Life : Movies: A live-action version of the animated tale, written by John Hughes, is expected to arrive in 1996.
- ALBUM REVIEWS / JAZZ : AHMAD JAMAL, "I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn" <i> Telarc</i> ** 1/2
- British Firm Opens Tender Offer of $11 a Share for Rest of Ropak
- ANAHEIM : Council Hikes Anaheim Stadium Parking Fees by $1
- Kidnaper of 5-Day-Old Boy Sought
- 1994-95 ALL-VALLEY BOYS : Basketball Team : Player of the Year : Jacobsen More Than Follows Footsteps
- Movie Review : Passions of Love and Art Battle in 'Farinelli'
- Theater Reviews : Majority Can't Rescue 'One'
- The Season Can Be Taxing on Couples Too
- ALL-VENTURA COUNTY BASKETBALL TEAM
- Arkansas Broker Agrees to Aid Whitewater Investigation : Inquiry: Chris Wade is promised a 16-month jail term for pleading guilty to two felonies. He was sales agent for the Clintons' Ozark land venture.
- It Was Bad Writing at Its Very Finest
- Sting Snares Drug Lord Who Vowed to Go Straight : Courts: L.A.'s notorious 'Freeway Rick,' once head of a South-Central crack ring, is charged with buying 100 kilograms of cocaine from an undercover agent.
- Obituaries : * Gail P. Burke; Photographer for U.S. Navy
- WOODLAND HILLS : Panel Delays Vote on Cutting Programs
- WEST HOLLYWOOD : Council Follows Pasadena, Regulates Ammo Sales
- SEAL BEACH : Students Can Pick Between 2 Schools
- SOUTH COUNTY : Seniors Can Enroll in AARP Driving Clinics
- OXNARD : Iade Employees Plan Own Trade School
- Allen Scolds GOP Colleagues, Stays in Party
- Henley Drug-Conspiracy Case Goes to Jury
- Mike HancockOrange Coast, FreshmanTrack/Middle distanceHancock, from Newport...
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT : Big 'Dog in UCLA's Way : Depending on His Mood, Mississippi State Center Erick Dampier Has Ability to End Bruins' Season
- 1994-95 ALL-VENTURA COUNTY GIRLS : Basketball Team
- NHL ROUNDUP : Carey Upstages Beaupre in Game for Goaltenders
- PairGain Technologies Inc.: The Tustin telecommunications company...
- TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- And This Little Piggy Has a Fan Club : Books: The friends of Freddy the pig, the star of 26 children's stories, are rallying to get him back on his publishers' A-list.
- Subway Attack Deepens Sense of Malaise in Japan
- Israel Foils Bombers, Bans Gaza Vehicles
- THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL : A Casebook on Overnight Fame
- BOND TICKER : ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Huntington Beach Wants Its 77% Worth From Pool
- Has the 'Litigation Explosion' Blasted Away Common Sense?
- Thousand Oaks Puts Annexation Plan for Broome Ranch on Hold : City Council: Officials want the parkland for an equestrian center. But they deadlocked on whether environmental studies should include a golf course.
- LONG BEACH : Port OKs $250-Million Terminal for Hanjin
- The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : Numbers Crunch : Whether 'Overlays' or New Areas, You Can Count on Dialing Changes
- '90s FAMILY : Let's Make a Deal : Bribing children is a common--and sometimes necessary--part of parenting. But some say it will lead to a dependent, less generous child.
- RSVP : Celluloid Salute to Comic Andy Kaufman
- Institute Rebuilding, Keeping the Past in Mind : Earthquake: Brandeis-Bardin near Simi Valley hopes its new facilities will incorporate bits of old structures destroyed in '94 temblor.
- Post-Quake Report Urges UCLA to Build New Medical Center
- PERSPECTIVE ON TRADE : The Difference Between Dumbo and E = MC2 : GATT should separate protection of commercial property from access to knowledge products.
- ORANGE : City Settles Decade-Old Suit Over Billboards
- LAKE CASITAS : District May Add Floating Restroom
- Tustin Marines to Move to El Toro in '97
- Countywide : Racism, Women Focus of YWCA Presentation
- COACH OF THE YEAR : Corisis Didn't Play, but He Sure Can Coach
- Cronkite Critiques the Way It Is Today
- COMPANY TOWN ANNEX
- Pakistan Holds Suspects in Trade Center Bomb Case
- FINANCIAL MARKETS : Dow Flirts at 4,100 Before Dipping
- The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : Internet Contains a Wealth of Personal Finance Assistance
- $45.7-Million DDT Settlement Overturned : Environment: Appeals court calls for proof of whether amount L.A. County, other municipalities agreed to pay for ocean contamination was fair.
- Renamed Diceon Makes Comeback : Electronics: Under new chairman, Irvine-based Elexsys last year posted its first profit in six years, and its stock has been relisted on Nasdaq after a 15-month hiatus.
- $45.7-Million DDT Settlement Overturned : Environment: Appeals court calls for proof of whether the amount that L.A., Orange and Ventura County agencies and cities agreed to pay for contaminating the Pacific Ocean was fair.
- ANAHEIM : Council OKs Terms on Line of Credit
- Storms Bring a Change of Scenery to Ventura Beaches
- SOUTH COUNTY : Explosions to Be Heard Near Camp Pendleton
- BASEBALL LABOR TALKS : Selig Said to Be Reason Why Progress Is Slow
- To the Bulls, It Must Be a Good Sign
- He Takes Boredom Out of 26.2 Miles : Marathon: Race director Mansoor has orchestrated unique events. Sunday's Disneyland run should be no exception.
- Arts Orange County, a countywide arts council...
- KCET Shoots 'Puzzle' With Short Funds : Television: Children's series 'The Puzzle Place' is still short $2 million of its $6.5-million budget. Station executives hope underwriting, product licensing will make up deficit.
- Bulldog Bailey : Thirty-Six Years Later, Howell Goes to NCAA Tournament With Mississippi State
- Receiver Ingram Goes From Dolphins to Packers
- 1994-95 ALL-VENTURA BOYS : Basketball Team : Player of the Year : Aylsworth Succeeds With Every Shot
- Agoura's Skieresz to Attend Arizona on a Scholarship
- GIRLS
- Dance : Wins and Losses : Susan Marshall Sees Competitive Heroes in Her 'Contenders' and a Joyous Separation in 'Field of Views'
- THEATER REVIEW : Goldoni's 'The Liar' Turns Clowning Into Mirthful Fun
- Jeans Maker Unfolds Plan to Boost Customer Service
- New Tests Find Alzheimer's Before Symptoms Emerge : Health: UCLA study involves imaging and genetics. Researchers say early detection could aid treatment.
- Albright Defends U.N. Before Senators
- THE TIMES POLL : Public Backs Congress but Not Tax Cut Plans : Republican leadership wins qualified support. Yet Americans doubt GOP agenda can turn country around.
- Sidney Kingsley; Playwright Won Pulitzer Prize
- SEAL BEACH : Coffee Shop On Hold Until Tenant Leaves
- Inmate HIV Tests Backed, With Limits
- Officials Hold Rally for LAPD : Demonstration: Mayor, council members, police chief host show of support in the face of continuing criticism by O.J. Simpson's defense team.
- SAN FERNANDO : 'Chavez Street' Plan Sent to Committee
- VENTURA : City Refuses to Relax Smoking Ordinance
- ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : 'One Stop' for School Aid
- WEST HILLS : Sacred Scroll Furnished to Ukrainian Jews
- BABIES WITH BABIES: California's teen-age pregnancy rate...
- Lawmakers Keep Heat on O.C. Leaders
- 3rd GOP Leader Backs Limiting Terms, in Switch : Legislation: Boehner says he is giving in to public opinion. Only one of the top four House Republican chiefs remains opposed to the measure.
- Easing Stress at Tax Time
- CALABASAS : Soka Wins Approval for O.C. Campus
- SANTA PAULA : Doctor Pleads Guilty to 8 Felony Counts
- MISSION VIEJO : College Nixes Outdoor Workshop on AIDS
- Charter Amendment 1: Yes
- ANGELS : Union Edict Isn't Keeping Doty Off Field
- MUSIC REVIEW : Chamber Society in 20th-Century Program
- Mann Makes UCLA Decision an Official One
- Theater Reviews : Twisting Beginning, Shaky End
- Thousand Oaks Officials Drop Plan to Reveal Income Data for Stores : Businesses: Merchants' concerns persuade a panel not to post confidential figures for boulevard firms at a plaza workshop.
- ALTADENA : Boy, 12, Shot in Head Outside Liquor Store
- University Officials Won't Sue Faulty Garage's Builder
- Attorneys Threaten to Sue County : Labor: Prosecutors and public defenders are upset by plans to discontinue payroll deduction of dues. One says move threatens their union's survival.
- Countywide : Brea Olinda School District Boasts O.C.'s Lowest Dropout Rate
- THE TIMES 1995 WINTER ALL-COUNTY TEAMS : ALL-COUNTY GIRLS' SOCCER
- In Hollywood, Life Imitates Art--but of the 1940s : Women make progress, but the movies want to keep them caricatures--or, figuratively, barefoot and pregnant.
- NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT / WEST REGIONAL : Local Stars Are Playing at UCLA, Not for UCLA
- FINANCIAL MARKETS : Rise in Yields Stops Dow's Advance
- Imperial Credit Plans to Acquire Connecticut Firm
- Killer of No. 2 PRI Official Gets 50-Year Term in Mexico
- Clinton Agriculture Nominee Wins Praise
- Being There : These are the 'new dads'--the ones in parenting groups, the ones taking an active role in their kids' lives. For some, it's a chance to make up for the distant fathering they knew.
- Bosnia Premier Defends Assaults : Balkans: He blames international community, saying it ignores Serb aggression. Political solutions appear distant.
- Teacher Faces Additional Charges
- Since the Board Can't Be Up in Arms, Taxpayers Will Be
- The Fight Against Crime: Notes From the Front : Car Phones Are a Hot Item Among Thieves
- VENTURA : Woman Denies She Starved Her Baby
- Revitalization Program Wins Prestigious State Award : Neighborhood: Pride Project helped bring energy and life to Ventura's oldest community.
- OAK PARK : Schillo Fills Advisory Council Vacancies
- Ex-Teacher Pleads No Contest to Photographing Nude Girl, 7
- Snyder Asks Judge for Permission to Leave Country
- OAK PARK : County to Seek Grant to Build Library
- Report Praises Natural History Museum, Recommends Changes
- Santa Clarita / Antelope Valley : Driver Arrested After Collision Kills Motorist
- LOS ANGELES AIRPORT : Odor Prompts Evacuation; PCP Seized, Two Held
- No Extension Made on FEMA Aid
- NIT ROUNDUP : Penn State Knocks Out Nebraska
- BASEBALL
- Cocaine Reports Put Damper on Lewis Ceremony : Pro basketball: Celtics retire number tonight as Jordan returns to Boston Garden. Derrick Lewis recants statements.
- Irvine Valley Defeats Whitworth in Tennis
- 1994-95 ALL-VALLEY GIRLS : Basketball Team
- PREP SOFTBALL ROUNDUP
- COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL : Ohio State Sweeps Past Northridge
- The Laguna Playhouse will hold its third...
- Position Offered to Burt
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT : Romar Again Chose Bruins : UCLA: Assistant had opportunity to go to Oregon State or UNLV as head coach but said no.
- SKIING / BOB LOCHNER : 'Corrupt' Sport Sends Kitt's Spirits Downhill
- Motorola, NEC to Buy Pieces of French Computer Maker
- N.Y. Apartment Building Collapse Kills 3, Injures 8
- When You Exit With Big Sum, Step Carefully
- HEALTH
- BASEBALL : No Apologies Coming From Lasorda
- Quinn Hit Late Penalty Shot Just Right : NHL: Melrose looks good for choice of player to challenge goalie in third period.
- NBA ROUNDUP : Time Off Is Answer as Orlando Sinks Suns
- LAUGH LINES : Jokes
- ALL-VALLEY BASKETBALL TEAM
- Ukraine Seizes Uranium Cache; 2 Russians Held
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Settlement Negotiations Break Down : Debt: Pool investors' representatives can't agree on details of repayment plan. County officials say they won't be back to bargaining table before Friday.
- L.A. County to Lay Off 300 Health Employees : Budget: Supervisors approve cuts to save $3.6 million. Workers say downsizing will tax an already stressed system.
- COSTA MESA, NEWPORT BEACH : Drug Test Rules Approved for Newport-Mesa School Bus Drivers
- Student Enjoys Helping Out at Her Old School
- Santa Clarita / Antelope Valley : ELECTIONS / LANCASTER : Voters Will Decide Whether to Switch to Directly Elected Mayor
- Schools
- Coalition Formed to Fight MCA Expansion : Universal City: Homeowner and business groups agree to team up. They cite concerns about traffic, noise and lights.
- COACH OF THE YEAR : Hilliard's Hard Work Pays Off for Harvard
- HIGH SCHOOL : Highland Set for Another Run at Championship
- Garrido Is Keeping His Eye on the Calendar, Not the Rankings
- ALBUM REVIEWS / JAZZ : 'Homage' Finds Inspiration in Swing Era : BILLY TAYLOR, "Homage" <i> GRP</i> ***