- Origins of the Kabbalah by Gershom Scholem; translated by Allan Arkush; translation edited by R. J. Zwi Werblowsky (Princeton: $47.50; 500 pp.)
- Opening This Week
- Innovative Sales Tax Agreement Leads to Building Auto Center
- Khmer Backbone : Cambodian Buddhism Thrives Inside Unobtrusive Temple
- Spanish Royalty to Visit Westwood Synagogue
- Officials to Monitor Latin Accord Named
- VIEWPOINTS : UP AGAINST A WORKING WOMEN GLASS CEILING
- Virgin Atlantic Airways is offering a day-of-departure...
- But <i> Easy </i> Project Goes Awry : Do-It-Yourselfer Tries to Be Picture Perfect
- Tradition Slides as New Fire Stations Do Without Poles
- The Great Depression of 1990, Ravi Batra...
- Campers Flee as Fire Burns Near Ski Area
- Waite to Be Ransomed Soon, Report Says
- Bolivia Town's 'Wild West' Past Came to an End With Completion of New Highway
- Wellness Quest Is Labor of Love
- Police Prepare for Season of Football and Illegal Betting
- Safety Spawns Good Cheer : Competition Along Sidelines Growing; Camps Help Prepare Tougher Routines
- Loss of Trust Born of Low Lies and High Causes
- A's Look for Help From Sore-Armed Jay Howell
- Cram, Christie Win in Last Warmup for Rome
- The attorney representing former Ohio State wide...
- Japanese Pony Team Clouts Americans With Courtesy
- Angels Repaying First-Class Fans With Economy-Class Team
- Rosola Overcomes the Rain and Kiefel to Win His Fourth Stage of Cycle Race
- Esperanza's Saunders Leads Area Team Into Championship of State Baseball Series
- Toronto's Stand-In Stands Out
- 'ENGINE' FAILURE
- VIOLINIST WITH A VISION
- Buying a Non-Refundable Ticket?
- A Cup of Coffee With My Interrogator: The Prague Chronicles of Ludvik Vaculik <i> translated by George Theiner (Readers International: $14.95; 127 pp.) </i>
- 'Project Harmony' Strives to Lessen Ethnic Differences
- The Adventures of Writer Jackie Collins, Keyhole Kop : Novelist Stirs Up the Dirt Her Hollywood Friends Dish Out
- Guard Killed in Jailbreak
- Long Beach Weighs Taking on Signal Hill in Battle to Build Auto Malls
- Scientists Seek to Save Rare 'Relic' Plant
- It Was North's Slide Show, but It Was Dornan Making a Sale
- Sewage Overflows Into Mission Bay
- McMartin Judge Tries to Speed Up Proceedings
- A Tale of Intrigue: Wife Is Slain, Empire Fails, Husband Vanishes
- NFL's Top Rookies Are Signing Fat Contracts
- Air Coryell Far From Forgotten : Charger and Ram Offenses Borrow From Former Coach
- NFL Exhibition Roundup : Steelers Routed by Bears
- A Long Second Half for Ed Luther : Interception in End Zone Caps a 5-for-21 Performance
- Patt K. Nicol has been promoted to...
- A Matter of Amenities : Home Buyer Leads a Model Existence
- A Hiking Adventure in Olympic National Park
- Correlation of Forces Turning Toward Soviets
- 6 Injured as Car Knocks Van Into Nightclub
- AIDS Case Unveils Ignorance
- Orange : Nobel Laureate Debreu to Speak at Chapman
- Commentary : Redskins Bring Washington Out of Hibernation
- Some Top Race Horses Are Proving to Be Duds as Studs
- American League Roundup : Molitor Streak Hits 37, but Brewers Lose
- Dodgers, Honeycutt Lose Again
- PERFORMING THE FINE ART OF SELLING
- RABBIT PUNCHING
- A ONE-MAN ELVIS BACKLASH : Elvis the Pelvis for Sainthood? He Begs to Differ
- ELLINGTONIA GAINING STATURE, STATUE
- The Book of Our House by David...
- Helping Firms for Short Term Is a Big Industry
- "The psychology has turned 180 degrees. People...
- P.R. Firm Helps Keep Employees Attuned to Work
- Chernobyl: A Novel by Frederik Pohl (Bantam: 17.95; 288 pp.)
- FICTION
- Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A...
- Running on Empty : Rising Number of Street People Confounds Communities Whose Resources Are in Short Supply
- Concern Arises Over Flores Aide Holding Chamber Post
- 'Voicer' of a Mighty Pipe Organ May Spend Months Getting the Sound Just Right
- Officials Puzzled Over Enrollment Drop in Computer Class for Disabled Students
- Trinidad Goni, 95, Spanish Dancer, Dies
- Arafat Fires His Top Official in Lebanon
- Spreads Not Just for Beds Anymore : From Church Parlors to Art Galleries, Quilting Craze Covers America
- The World : U.S. to Shun U.N. Talks
- Shultz: Missing in Action?
- No Primordial Future for Hetch Hetchy
- True Happiness to Her Is a Paint Brush That's Busy
- Keys to the City : Santa Clarita Quest for Incorporation--and Clout--Has Many Boosters, No Vocal Enemies
- 2 San Diegans Shot During Drug-Related Incident
- Commentary : Pan Am Games Are Big in Latin America, but in U.S. It's 'Who Cares?'
- National League Roundup : Cardinals, Trailing 7-1 in 4th, Defeat Reds, 9-7
- RARE PAIR : Moon, Cunningham Only Two Blacks Starting at QB in NFL
- Lutz Tolerates Backup Role
- Sinsheimer Seeks a Royal Rebirth
- FOOD : The Wild and Wonderful Wine Dessert : It Looks So Simple, So Innocent
- Can't Take the Heat? They Got Out of the Kitchen
- The Common-Sense Mortgage by Peter G. Miller...
- Building the Slope: Hillside Houses 1920-1960 by...
- Pickup Plows Into Paraders; 2 Die, 29 Hurt
- South Bay Postscripts : A Look Back at People and Events in the News : Redondo Pecking Order Leaves No Place for Chickens
- Restrictions on Airspace Near Busy Airports Urged
- China Reports Space Superconductor Test
- Carving Out a Career as a Hollywood Ex-Wife
- In the End, Reseda High Athlete Couldn't Elude Mean Streets
- Highway Hostility Must Be Stopped : L.A. Needs a Return to Civility, Drastic Moves on Congestion
- Pacoima Man Killed as Cycle Hits Pickup
- Flight 255: Life or Death Turned on Twists of Fate : 7 Who Died in Crash Shared Hope for Their Future in Orange County; 3 Who Missed Plane Saved by Luck
- Wood Wins Gold in Platform Diving
- New Amnesty Official Recalls Her Years in Internment
- Name That Didn't Slip His Mind
- THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Cuba Keeps Rallying, Wins the Baseball Gold
- POP! : GO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S POETS
- QUIBBLES & BITS
- ODD COUPLING
- MIDDLE EAST EATS
- SAMPLING LINKS IN THE CHAINS : Visits to Benihana, Good Earth, Rusty Pelican and Velvet Turtle
- FICTION
- Chain to Build Largest Store in San Francisco
- Merrill Lynch Leases Space in Irvine Atrium
- THE SUPREME COURT: How It Was, How It Is <i> by William H. Rehnquist (Morrow: $19.95; 325 pp.)</i>
- Electronics Facilitate Emergency Assistance
- FICTION
- Playing Hardball on School Sites
- Choice Makeup : Cosmetics Makers Are Letting Each Woman Choose the Fall Face That Suits Her Own Fashion Direction
- FICTION
- Aging Gracefully : For William Hill Chardonnays, Time Is on Their Side
- Orange Land Values Score Heavy Gains
- Discovering Two Kinds of Ports on Idaho Riviera
- When This Presidential Aide Talks Shop, It's With a Gift for When Price Is Right
- Misconduct Charged : Paraplegic Lawyer Fights Disbarment
- Youngstown Learns to Live Without Steel, but It's Grim
- Iran-Iraq Air War Heats Up as Both Sides Report Raids : Meantime, Convoy of Reflagged Kuwaiti Tankers Sails for Gulf of Oman With U.S. Escort
- Reagan Says He Cut Waste, Again Asks Item Veto
- Weight, Sex and Marriage--the Delicate Balance : Survey Finds Reducing Food Intake May Hide Reasons That Cause Overeating
- Festive Name Could Force Girl to Keep Feet Planted
- The Nation : Record School Costs Seen
- Slow but Unsure
- Area's Freeway Violence Leads Entrepreneurs to Fast Bucks
- Developments in Brief : Green Sea Turtles Bred in Miami Seaquarium
- Santa Ana : Police Seek Man Who Shot, Killed Disc Jockey
- Missing Man Is Accused of Murdering Wife
- Bid to Clean Up Toxic Dump in Escondido Mired by State Inaction
- Airplane Bolt That Fell Through Roof of Home Identified as Part of a DC-10
- A Very Key Decision Helps Blue Jays to 2-0 Win Over Angels
- THE WAY WE WERE : 'The Art That Is Life' and 'Machine Age' at LACMA
- LEGAL BINDINGS
- * * * * <i> Great Balls of Fire</i> * * * <i> Good Vibrations</i> * * <i> Maybe Baby</i> * <i> Running on Empty : </i> : MELLENCAMP: PROTESTER IN HEARTLAND
- GARRETT'S VOICE TURNS JACKSON'S HEAD
- D<i> -Girls</i> : The Women Behind the Scripts
- Huntington Beach : Man Kills Wife, Self After Children Flee
- Flamingo Stakes to Be Run Jan. 2
- East Germany's Anke Moehring set a world...
- THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : NOTES : Brazil Outnumbered, Not Drowned Out
- WHAT'S WORTH DEVELOPING?
- NATURAL VEGETARIANISM FOR THE 'NO' GENERATION
- Image at Stake : Smith-Irvine Co. Trial Bares Firm's Internal Secrets
- Costly 'Canned Air'
- Ranch, Retreat for Celebrities, Now in Escrow
- Sudden Interest in Bridgford Foods Corp. Makes This Wall Street Wallflower Bloom
- Torrance Business Center Under Way
- No me preguntes como pasa el tiempo by Jose Emilio Pacheco
- Old Unions Build a New Set of U.S. Labor Relations
- Tort Reform: New / Old Approach
- Gunmen Rob Jewelry Store in La Jolla
- Private Pilots Feel Pinch of New Flight Restrictions
- A Special Person With a Very Special Touch
- THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Water Polo : U.S. Beats Cuba, 6-4, to Win Gold Medal
- Despite a four-goal performance by Mario Lemieux...
- Emmitt Cohick hit two home runs, and...
- In That Freeze-Frame Instant 20 Years Ago, It Got Dark for Tony C
- GONE BUGGY
- MADRID'S FORMIDABLE TRINITY OF FINE DINING
- SUMMER STOCK IN BIG APPLE
- Courtyard Opens on Rejuvenated Miracle Mile
- September Calendar Is Filling Up
- Report Detects Trend to More Unstable Jobs
- Emphasis on Materialism Blamed for 'New Poverty' : Denmark's Welfare Safety Net Is Failing
- Gorbachev Plans U.S. Visit in Fall : Is Expected to Meet Reagan; May Tour Plants, Farms in California
- The World : Sudan Coalition Collapses
- Turning Around Low Achievers : L.A. Schools' Challenge: New Leaf for Black Pupils
- Skeels Wields Explosive Bat in Spokane
- Zany Tactics Wins O'Brien by a Neck
- In the Wizard's Den : Wooden Working His Magic With Enchanted Youth
- Irvine Little League Team Wins to Earn Berth in the World Series
- Tennis : Graf's Win May Be Turning Point for Women
- Padres Can't Escape Circus but They Still Master Ceremonies
- 'TWINS': MAKE WAY FOR THE ODDEST COUPLE YET
- Drive Time Is Big in Moreno Valley
- Mitchell Co. Opens Office
- In most real estate transactions, one or...
- The Quarterly: The Magazine of New American Writing Nos. 1 and 2, edited by Gordon Lish (Random House/Vintage: $6.95 paperback; 312 pp. and $5.95 paperback; 249 pp.)
- A Dream Ticket for '88--Ollie and Jane
- Police Investigating Man's Stabbing Death
- Tape Works Audio, Video Magic : In the Age of Electronics, Everybody's a Star
- WBA Welterweight Title Fight : Starling Takes Breland's Crown on KO in 11th
- THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Cuban Women Win in Volleyball; United States Takes the Bronze
- THE 1987 PAN AMERICAN GAMES : Boxing : Cuban Gold Rush Is Under Way; U.S. Fighters Are 0-3
- Volt Corporate Park Construction Finished
- FICTION
- COPALA : COPALA: It used to be a bustling town for mining silver and gold, but now the stars shine quietly on this 400-Year-Old City Mexican hamlet in which the only hotel charges $8.
- Europe's Disneyland
- Pattern Crimes <i> by William Bayer (Villard: $17.95; 329 pp.) </i>
- Culver City, Beverly Hills Elections Nov. 3 : 13 Hopefuls File for 5 Seats on 2 School Boards
- Modern Private Eye Has His Tales, but Not in the Vein of Sam Spade
- Poland Moves to Preserve Historic Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Trustees Ask Early Review of CSULB's Pres. Horn
- Boston Airport Officials Seek to Limit Private Planes, Landings
- 4 Gypsies Killed in Dispute Over Horse
- Mom's a Bachelor : Widow Gets College Degree 49 Years and 13 Children After High School
- Be warned: Nicholas Roeg's teasing, baffling and...
- PUC Asked for Hearing on Corrosion From Wells : Duarte Wants Local Water Works to Be Able to Use River as Source
- A motorcycle rider was killed and two...
- Hart Shelves Measure That Would Make Construction of Malibu Sewers Tougher
- Police Hope for Lead as Trail Grows Cold : Few Clues in 3-Month-Old Inglewood Murder
- For One, Interest Was Sparked by a 'Cosmic Moment' : Writers Travel Many Roads to Status as Experts
- Compton Students Win 5 Awards for Video Productions
- Six Hurt as Car Hits Van, Shoves It Into Building
- Losses at Coliseum Leave Penalty Flags at Many Feet
- The Times Poll : Americans Like Pope but Challenge Doctrine
- Commentary : Bilingual Education Still Needed
- Developments in Brief : Crib Death Linked to Lack of REM Sleep
- Bordeaux Bob, last early in the race,...
- Woman Dies of Motorcycle Accident Injuries
- Tennis Roundup : Shriver Finally Gets Evert Before It's Too Late, 6-4, 6-1
- Dale Earnhardt won the Busch 500 NASCAR...
- There's Just No Place Like Dome for the Twins
- U.S. Junior Olympic Diving Championships : Panaro Surprises Himself With Another Win
- * * * * <i> Great Balls of Fire</i> * * * <i> Good Vibrations</i> * * <i> Maybe Baby</i> * <i> Running on Empty : </i> : AUSSIE TREASURE
- * * * * <i> Great Balls of Fire</i> * * * <i> Good Vibrations</i> * * <i> Maybe Baby</i> * <i> Running on Empty : </i> : ROADHOUSE CHILI
- AND WAIT, THERE'S MORE: Don't ask us...
- BLACK SUN : The Dawn of the Nuclear Age Has : Inspired an Exhibit of Work By Four of Japan's : Foremost Contemporary Photographers : BY ZAN DUBIN
- REVIVE: Yugoslavia Town : Music Revives Town in Yugoslavia
- A New Apricot Variety
- Craftsman Bungalow Sought for Remodeling on TV Show
- Young Adult Book : The Morning of the Gods by Edward Fenton (Delacorte : $14.95; 184 pp.)
- Saving Seymour a Seat
- Cloak & Gown: SCHOLARS IN THE SECRET WAR by Robin W. Winks (Morrow: $22.95; 596 pp., illustrated)
- Question: I have had difficulty getting in...
- Webb to Build Retiree Homes in Las Vegas
- The New Shotgun Weddings : It Used to Be: First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Junior in the Baby Carriage. Nowadays, Some Couples Are Having Junior First.
- Bighill, Ky., Plays Host to 6,000 Music Lovers
- 'This Is Adventure . . . the Thrill of the Find' : Gold Mining Can Still Pan Out for Part-Time Alaska Prospectors
- Dislocated Workers: Past Participants in the American Dream
- An Alternative Cartoonist Who Draws the Line
- The Region : Motorist Kills Cyclist, Wounds Another
- Guns in Cars
- Laguna Hills : Coalition to Fight Bork Nomination
- Raiders Still Searching for a Win : Kelly Doesn't Play, but Bills Beat L.A., Anyway, 7-3
- Java Gold Is Sparkling in Soggy Travers Stakes
- THE CASH ISN'T GREENER : It's Just Piled Higher for Raiders Than for Rams
- Spanos Stays Out of Smith Talks
- McMahon, 8 Other Bears Are Among 41 Caught Speeding on Way to Chicago
- DAVE ALVIN FINDS VOICE AND BLASTS OFF SOLO
- * * * * <i> Great Balls of Fire</i> * * * <i> Good Vibrations</i> * * <i> Maybe Baby</i> * <i> Running on Empty : </i> : dB'S: POST-MODERN PASTICHE
- For Creditors, Chapter 11 Often Can Have a Devastating Ending
- IF THIS BE AMBITION ...
- New Rules for Crowded Skies
- Credit Where Due
- It's Time for Convergence
- Police Priorities
- Topless Tower?
- Growth Reflections
- U.S. Carriers, Note
- The Arctic
- DEF BUT NOT DUMB
- Unions Cause Loss of Jobs
- Common Sense
- New Rules for Crowded Skies
- CHOLER-STEROL
- Magic at Arrowhead
- It's Time for Convergence
- Growth in Palmdale Deemed Mishandled
- Know Your Trains
- It was great to see the "We...
- The Unsettled Self-Esteem of John Vasconcellos...
- "Rags to Riches" touches our heart, home...
- Growth Reflections
- Deliver the Facts
- Not Liquor Industry's Fault
- New Rules for Crowded Skies
- It's Time for Convergence
- OUR GAL VAL
- Post-Christian Feminism
- THE COMMON TOUCH
- We can do without cute remarks in...
- Locating the Nixon Library
- In glancing at the weekly TV ratings,...
- A Bridge Too Far
- Britain and Secrets
- Santa Ana's Billboard Plan
- Shock, Anger Over Murder
- It's Time for Convergence
- I was very distressed to note that...
- LOOSEN UP, 10%-ERS
- REVELATION
- It's Time for Convergence
- New Rules for Crowded Skies
- Tops, and Cheaper
- I agree with Mary Lindgren of Arcadia...
- Tokenism in Action?
- Slow-Growth Forces
- Wrong Place to Build
- DESIGNING 'ANGEL'
- Elevator Ordeal at Arts Center
- Curbing Growth of Alcohol Outlets
- New Rules for Crowded Skies
- The Life of a Princess
- New Rules for Crowded Skies
- The Life of a Princess
- Know Your Trains
- PIANIST ENVY?