- Merrill Lynch to Pay $400 Million to Orange County
- Hayes' Share in Deal Is $6 Million
- Public Shrugs It Off
- How County, Judge and Merrill Settled on $400 Million
- Lewinsky Drops Ginsburg, Hires Washington Lawyers
- Runoff Could Turn El Toro Tide
- Merrill Agrees to Pay $400 Million in O.C. Settlement
- Broker to Settle With O.C. for $437 Million
- Times' Awards Recognize Service to Communities
- Carona Edges Past Walters in Sheriff's Race
- Conservatives' School Board Effort Falls Short
- Dornan Looking at Rematch
- Mother of 2 Fatally Shot at Market in Santa Paula
- TECHNOLOGY - June 3, 1998
- Japanese Coalition Splits After 4 Years
- Consolidated Freightways Warns About Profit
- Oakley President to Buy 3 Million Shares
- Board of Education Member to Resign
- Laird Has a Major Itinerary
- A S.D. Town Mulls Future After Twisters
- India Still Meets West in Shankar's Playing
- Group Focuses on Needs of Disabled Latino Students
- O.C. Golfers Ready for CIF Championships
- Team Would Help Cut City Lawsuit Payouts
- Indians Have Wright Stuff Against Tigers
- The Thousand Oaks Leads Club will meet...
- Kosovo Villagers Cross Into Albania to Escape Fighting
- He Had a Bad Hoof but Was No Tenderfoot on the Track
- As She Wishes
- Group Donates Materials, Staff for 'Portable Garden'
- Ethiopian Gebrselassie Smashes 10,000 Record
- Overlong Journey Through 'Iranian World'
- Study Points to Lack of Welfare-Work Options
- Irvine's Sync Research Names President
- Short-Term Treasury Bill Rates Decline
- CONSUMER WATCH
- THE STATE / TECHNOLOGY
- Soul Searching
- Boy's Lawyer Hints Insanity in Rampage
- Houston Letter Carriers Led Nation in Dog Bites
- Man Sentenced to 5-Year Term in Racial Attacks
- Probe of School Board's Closed Meetings Urged
- Dodgers Outfox Nomo
- The Trojans, Not Gators, Are Left Basking in the Sunshine
- Real Estate Trends
- CONSUMER WATCH
- Synthonics Gets Patent for 3-D Color Images
- Moving to a 'Defensive' Position
- Spotlight: Yahoo and Ticketmaster Strike a Deal
- Bureaucrats Told to Use Plain English
- ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
- A Hero Gets Back to Business
- Name That Company
- Matthews Studio to Buy Grip and Lighting Business
- Arco Talks With Possible Buyers of Chemical Assets
- Also . . .
- Opportunities for Volunteering
- 2 Teamsters' Wage Fight Shuts Down Port of Hueneme
- Reach Out and Recycle Old Telephone Books
- Lack of Bids Prompts New Plan for Bridge
- Patient May Sue Police for Pot Arrest
- Fumes Sicken 14, Rout Hundreds
- BOYS' ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
- Bold Move by Claire, but Little Is Clear
- Kapler Honored Again by League
- The Times Film Index
- Mir Back on Track, but Shuttle Rendezvous Is Still in Question
- Gov. Rivenburg, Is That You?
- Jackie's Style: An Attitude, Not an Address
- Bristol Street Project Will Start in August
- A Cruise Down Memory Lane
- Pet Vaccinations Offered at Clinic
- FCC to Vote on Bill Requiring Telephone Charges Explanation
- Home-Repair Industry Still Spinning in the Wake of El Nino
- Skies Less Friendly to Bargain Hunters
- Simi's Whittaker Corp. Pulls Back Into the Black
- State Appeals Court Reverses $13-Million Daewoo Judgment
- Grants Pave the Way for New Jewish Student Center at UCLA
- CONSUMER WATCH
- Stocks Mixed as Asia Fuels Profit Fears
- Police Can Be Sued in Death, Court Rules
- Panel Supports Free Campaign TV Time
- County Employees Back 4 Candidates
- Police Seeking Leads in Fatal Hit-and-Run
- ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
- Showing Their Creative Colors in Makeup Class
- Macare Will Coach Soccer at Concordia
- A Winner, by Leaps and Bounds
- Gang-Related Crimes Down 10% Since '94
- GOP Is Back on the Anti-China Horse
- Board Service Earns Wakeham an Award
- Habitat for Humanity Celebrates 10 Years
- McGwire Leaves With Injury as Cardinals Lose to Padres
- LOCAL NOTES
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- Unocal's Overseas Ties Draw Protest
- Former Times Editor Coffey Joins ABC News
- OK Computer
- Deloitte to Consolidate Offices in Downtown L.A.
- Asia's Woes Put the Pinch on U.S. Industrial Output
- Telecom Equipment Makers Flying High
- Sailing Isn't Limited to Seaside Schools
- Harassment Claim Filed Against City Official
- SOAR Turns In 70,000 Signatures
- No Sympathy for an Ax-Bicyclist
- Getting the Vote In
- Wife's Recovery From Cancer Is Biggest Win for Jazz Coach Sloan
- Former King Becomes the First Predator
- Lindros Seems Unlikely, but Kings Keep Thinking Big
- Stock Market Barometers
- Gathering Information Online
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- Hughes Spinoff Doubtful, GM Says
- Philadelphia Transit Workers Strike After 2 Months of Talks
- New State TV Ads Link Smoking to Impotence in Men
- 2 Giants Unveil Largest-Ever Drug Merger
- Occult Businesses Must Obtain Permits
- Group Hired to Rescue Sea Mammals in Bay
- Mothers Invited to Join Support Group
- 2 Area Businessmen Recognized at CSUN
- Times Endorsements
- School Board Candidate Sought to Fill Vacancy
- Drug Court Continues Its Success Story
- 11 College Teachers Get $11,345 in Grants
- National Technical Systems Plans Purchase of XXCAL
- LTC Properties Plans to Offer Shareholders Non-Real Estate Unit
- Japan's Car Sales Post Slight Increase
- Costa Mesa's White Cap Expands
- WHAT THE CAMERA SAW / THE WEEK AND MORE
- Principal Plans Raises Linked to Test Results
- A Fighting Chance
- Woman Hurt in Fire Started by Cigarette
- Pupils Honored for Taking Part in Drug Program
- 2 Shankars, Double Duty
- Litton Industries Wins Naval Systems Contract
- Developers Set Their Sites on Abandoned Plants, Refineries
- Prostate Drug Tests Well, Driving Up Stock of Vical
- Developer Is Bullish on Downtown Los Angeles
- With Little Competition, 'Hope' Is on 'Godzilla's' Tail
- Irvine Firm's Chief Earns Competition Nod
- THE STATE / TECHNOLOGY
- Unocal Could Bid for Triton, Analysts Say
- ELECTION DAY
- Candidates Make Final Bids for Today's Primary Vote
- Leona Inez Smith, Longtime County Resident
- Mobile Home Rent Controls Expected
- Ex-Supervisor Seeks Reduction in Tax Case Charges
- Judge Orders Father to Be Tried in Abuse Death of 2-Year-old
- Laundering Scheme Detailed by U.S.
- Bulls Make Some Ratings History
- Cady Resigns as Coach at San Fernando High
- County to Consider Addict Treatment Reforms
- Young Puts Pain Behind Her
- Dodgers Outfox Nomo : Team Drops Japanese Pitcher From Roster After Trade Demand
- Torrid Chico Routs Vigilantes
- Beyond the Obvious
- Oxnard, Hueneme School Bonds Get 'A' Rating
- Map to Empowerment Was Drawn in 1957
- White Supremacist Gets Nearly 5 Years in Hate Crimes
- Sobriety Checkpoint Results in 2 Arrests
- Official Lends Ear in Joyful-Noise Dispute at Church
- Older Drivers Can Take Brush-Up Class
- VIGILANTES ON DECK
- 49ers Stay Alive
- Washburn Family Gets Anniversary Present
- Netscape's Chief Technology Officer to Leave
- BOOKING YOUR FLIGHT IS HALF THE FUN
- Words Are Half-Right, but Meanings Are Half-Wrong
- For Japanese, Dioxin Is a Burning Issue
- Tips Sought in Arson Attack on 2 Children
- Out of the Blue--This Time It's Nomo
- Father to Stand Trial in Death of Toddler
- Previews Fill the Bill at San Diego Film Fest
- Fresh Directions Moves Headquarters to Ventura
- Amwest Insurance Buys St. Louis Surety Firm
- Short Stock
- GOVERNMENT CONTRACT AWARD
- Chinese to Invest in Arkenol Asia
- Singer Weiland Faces Drug Charges Again
- Antarctica Crash Kills 5
- Between Jonesboro and Springfield
- Times Endorsements
- Man Barricades Himself in Home
- County Proposes Balanced Budget That Would Add 200 Positions
- Drew Is a Big Question Mark
- 'Bordertown' Hits Barriers
- 2 Workers Try to Unionize a McDonald's Restaurant
- CardioVascular of Irvine Hires CEO
- BUSINESS CALENDAR
- Goldman Executives Discuss Going Public
- Avia-Dynamics Buys Last Mission Oaks Buildings
- No Panacea for Risk of Truck-Car Crashes
- Talarico to Walk On at Notre Dame
- U.S.-Led Effort Seeks to Ease South Asia Crisis
- Eclectic Fellowships Awarded to 29
- A Silent Struggle
- Teen Accused of Pointing Gun at 2 Mall Shoppers
- Interactive Exhibit on Microbes 'Brings Cooties to Life'
- Laguna Beach Schools Accept Future Students in Growth Area
- Neighbors' Dispute Results in Shooting
- Panels Consider Ways to Assist Ex-Inmates
- There's More Posturing Than Playing
- FTC Looks at Alliance Imaging Deal
- Meiss Quits Foothill to Join Chapman Staff
- City Seeks to Shore Up Adult Business Laws
- Woman Swims the Yucatan Channel
- Girl, 9, Struck by Bus While Crossing Street
- First American, Alaska Firm Merge
- Davis Apologizes for Attack on Wilson
- Victorious Montenegrin Casts Challenge
- ELECTRIC AVE.
- Oakley President Wants More Stock
- State's Traffic Deaths Fall to 38-Year Low
- Catholic Hermanos Bridge Frontier Mysticism, Modern Life
- For 66th Year, Irvine Woman Will Take Her Poll Position
- Weaver Aiming for Lofty Ground
- Golfers Tee It Up in Prestigious Event
- Walkout by Pilots an Embarrassment
- Times Again Wins Journalism School's Top Award
- $25,000 Reward Posted in Drive-Up Shooting
- Pint-Sized Punch Lines
- Letters Uncover Einstein Affair
- 'Killer' Bees Pick Up Pace of Their Move Into State
- Judge Won't Hide Identity of Cosby Jury
- Pharmanex to Fight FDA on Cholestin's Status
- Lockheed Sues Over Canceled Contract
- Chinese Auto Parts Maker Opens San Clemente Office
- Dow Adds 22 but Most Stocks Slide With Asia
- Home Furnishings Leases Evergreen Plaza Space
- Man With Fake Gun Arrested in Robbery
- Girl Bitten Trying to Feed Sea Lion
- Dog Alerts Family to Car Burglaries
- Another Round of Challenges
- Pitching a Loser in 10-9 Oriole Win
- Lucent Contract Provides for 18.7% Wage Increase
- ICU Medical Settles Patent Case
- San Clemente Hospital Sold; Buyer Plans Turnaround
- LaSalle Hotel to Buy San Diego Resort
- India's Budget Called Inadequate for Growth
- Teacher's Pets Help With Quake Lesson
- Law Signed Allowing Cameras to Catch Red Light Scofflaws
- University Tightens Policy on Transfers
- Loosen Quotas for High-Tech Immigrants
- 2 Boys Pulled From Riptide on Field Trip
- Times Endorsements
- THEY SAID IT
- PBS Offers a Tender Look at Conception
- O'Connor's String Technique Dazzles
- CHARGING CHARTERS
- Moving to a 'Defensive' Position
- Starr Turns Bookish
- High School Textbooks Available for Viewing
- Long Beach Deal Put in Jeopardy by China Fears
- Hope, Healing Amid Cancer
- Wind of Change Seems to Be Taking Its Toll
- FPA Woes Raise Concern About Medical Groups
- Boyds to Auction Inventory, Equipment
- THE STATE / TECHNOLOGY
- Litronic Exec Honored in National SBA Contest
- Taking It Slowly
- Unplugging the Tech Sector
- Court to Review Deportation Case of Activists
- Water Agency Receives Energy Efficiency Award
- Moving to a 'Defensive' Position : OH NO WE AREN'T
- Postscripts to Stories That Touched You
- Council Action Aims to Rein in Speeding
- Schools to Celebrate State Recognition
- Man Arrested in Attacks on 2 Women Inside Businesses
- Soar Point
- Girl Wins Contest on Rose Parade Float Design
- Riding a Wave of Emotion
- Nibbles and Bits
- Despite Drop-Off, 'Godzilla' Stays No. 1
- Baffert a Boss of Bosses
- Familiar Fare Gets Spicing Up
- BankAmerica May Sell Mutual Fund Unit
- WellPoint Rates Come Under Fire
- HOME BUYER HELP
- ALL CLEAR AHEAD
- More Aid Reaches Afghan Quake Area; Toll May Hit 5,000
- Au Pair Fires Lawyer; Guilty Quote Alleged
- Punch Lines
- Man Arrested After Standoff in Home With Children
- Consultant Will Address Finances Under Cityhood
- Voters Go to Polls Today
- City Hopes to Ensure Air Tower Financing
- Panel Votes to Rein In Sale of Exotic Animals
- A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If itcan be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here.
- Dodgers Outfox Nomo : Team Drops Japanese Pitcher From Roster After Trade Demand
- Munoz Leading a Double Life
- REGIONAL PEOPLE
- Charges Dropped Against Ex-President
- News Media Ruled Liable for Undue Intrusion
- Ugly Truth Was That the Bad Was Good
- A Glove Save for Angels
- GIRLS' ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
- For Teen Comedies, PG-13 Is In
- Are Cormier's Teen Novels Sending the Wrong Messages?
- Privacy and Child Welfare System
- Times Offers New Perspectives on Life