- U.S., Japanese Near Agreement on Chip Pact Extension
- Mark Payne has been promoted to manager...
- Hughes, Hubbard Team on Satellite TV Plan:...
- AIL Systems Closing a Westlake Village Division
- Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Noriega Lawyers See Charges as Revenge
- Doing Business : Foreign Oil Firms Rush Into Vietnam, but What About U.S. Companies? : Hanoi would be more than happy to deal with the Americans, but its officials are also sending this message: We can't wait forever.
- GAO Report Hails Canada Health System : Congress: The study says a variation of the government-run program could save money and extend care to all citizens.
- Prince William's Skull Fractured
- Vietnamese Women Reportedly Sold as Slaves
- As America Funnels Soldiers, Missiles and Millions of Dollars Into Gulf War Victory Celebrations Nationwide, Many Critics Wonder Whether the Parades Are a . . . : Pat on the Back or a Slap in the Face?
- Residents Protest Cleanup Delays : McColl dump: EPA officials have a meeting to discuss the reasons why efforts to deal with the site's toxic waste have moved so slowly.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Suspect in Dog's Death Is Arraigned
- VENTURA : School Boundary Panel to Be Elected
- Girl, 4, Gets Away From Abductor; Suspect Arrested
- BASEBALL AMATEUR DRAFT : Braves Pick Ex-Los Alamitos Star Kelly Second
- Miscellany
- Benton Buys Another 13% Interest in Energy Field
- Record Firm Alleges Conspiracy : Music: A Burbank importer says an industry group gave Customs false information, leading the agency to impound the company's merchandise.
- Canadian Retailer May Move Offices to U.S.:...
- Pacific Mutual Aims to Expand With Piece of HMO : Health care: The state's largest health insurer seeks 'cooperative venture' with Health Net. There has already been a competing bid.
- Culture : In a Land Without Plenty, There Is Still Generosity to Spare : Bulgarians feel that they've lost everything else so why not share what they have left: their humanity.
- Steps to Ensure Feet Keep Taking Theirs
- Airdrop Being Readied for 400,000 Sudanese
- Firefighters Battle Blaze on Greek Ferry in Venice
- Briefing Paper : Most Favored Nation: What It Means for the Chinese
- 29 Inmates Injured in Racial Disturbance at Jail
- Plan to Divert Water Could Strain Santa Rosa Valley
- 1,260 Days of Learning Without Skipping a Beat
- No Suspects Identified in Shooting of Bettor : Crime: The victim, a Newport Beach man, had just won $88,000 at Hollywood Park racetrack when he was killed.
- Lancaster Council Decides Against Imposing Controls on Water Uses : Drought: A proposed ordinance would have had restrictions similar to those in effect in Los Angeles for years.
- Mexican National Held Over Chase, Smuggling
- Hearns Wins on Finesse : Boxing: He gets unanimous decision over unbeaten Hill for sixth title by counter-punching.
- Jennifer Brundage
- Braves Choose Kelly in the First Round
- Magazines Ride Wave of Ads Aimed at Blacks
- Transamerica Reports Profit Dip, Revenue Gain
- Crivello Corp. has named David J. Hartness...
- AT&T; to Sell Most of Its 19% Stake in Sun Microsystems
- Kenneth Robb has been named director of...
- Graham & James Breaks Off Talks With New York Law Firm
- Palmdale to Set Aside Funds for Low-Income Residences : Redevelopment: The city decides it no longer has enough inexpensive housing to meet state requirements.
- OJAI : Ojai Board Likely to OK Layoff of Aide
- Plan to Spur Early Retirements Works for College District
- BASEBALL AMATEUR DRAFT : Former Los Alamitos Star Kelly Is Picked Second
- Leanne Grotke to Retire After 13 Years at Fullerton
- TENNIS FRENCH OPEN : Courier Earns Way to Edberg Matchup
- PEOPLE WATCH
- Apple's New Software Merges Video With Sound and Text
- Robert G. Lees, president of Pacific InterTrade...
- First-Quarter Sales Fall 8.3% From 1990 Figure : Economy: S.D. decline, worse than state, national retail figures, blamed on aftermath of war and recession.
- Investors Ignite Bidding War for Health Net HMO : Acquisition: A Los Angeles partnership offers $200 million for the Woodland Hills-based firm. A life insurer is also interested.
- Jim Puplava has been been hired to...
- U.S. Refusal to Aid Abortions Overseas OKd
- Prison Guard Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Smuggling
- VENTURA : Chamber to Endorse Council Candidates
- How does a busy prelate send a...
- LAGUNA NIGUEL : Hillside Ordinance to Be Considered
- Dog Poisonings : Several Pets in a Neighborhood Die From Meat Tossed Into Yards
- THOUSAND OAKS : Reward Offered in Bicycle Thefts
- THE TIMES' ALL-COUNTY TEAMS : BOYS' TENNIS : Roditi Decides to Stick Around, Court Success
- West Coast Conference Honors Griffin
- Israeli Airlift of Ethiopian Jews
- Kevin Carlson
- Executive Life Policyholder Group Forms: A group...
- Of the 102 largest publicly traded companies...
- Trial of FundAmerica Founder Put Off to...
- Keith Russell, President of Glenfed, Quits Suddenly
- Microsemi Forms 2 Joint Ventures With Taiwanese
- National Technical Says Profit Down, Revenue Up
- House Panel Cuts Funds for Space Station Project
- Students Rough Up S. Korea's Premier : Unrest: Newly appointed Chung Won Shik is kicked, pelted with flour, eggs on campus.
- Ex-Panther Renews Bid for Release From Prison
- Soviet Republics to Drop 'Socialist' Label
- Sides Hold Their Ground During Gnatcatcher Showdown : Nature: Developers and conservationists do, however, agree to form panel to study the dilemma.
- Ziffren's Legacy Hailed at Rites : Funeral: Leaders in government, business and entertainment remember him as a courageous figure.
- PLATFORM : Blood Donors
- FULLERTON : Appeals Board to Be Considered
- ORANGE : Killer Turns Dream Into Funeral Dirge
- IRVINE : UCI Faces Suit by Former Lecturer
- Scholars File Brief Against Gates Ruling
- CS Long Beach Wins on Homer in Ninth : Baseball: Speakman gives the 49ers a 12-11 victory over Clemson in a game that nearly breaks College World Series record for length.
- NBA FINALS : LAKERS vs. CHICAGO BULLS : NOTES : Divac Needs No Help to Understand Job
- Kevin B. Bradford has been named executive...
- Hospitals Ready for a Change Go to Cloth Diapers
- Larry A. Bouche has joined Hoffman &...
- President Resigns From Glenfed Inc. : Banking: Keith Russell was brought in to help the thrift diversify. But now the company wants to refocus on traditional S & L business lines.
- Photo Essay : Kurds Find Hardship in Haven
- Student Sentenced in Drug Sale Case
- San Diego
- Rap Musician Vanilla Ice, Bodyguard Arrested After Clash With Transient at Supermarket
- SANTA ANA : Man Shot to Death in Parking Dispute
- Law May Force Loss of Low-Income Apartments : Housing: Owners of federally subsidized complexes can prepay the mortgages and sell the properties. Some experts worry that poor tenants will have to move.
- Players Complained, USC Counselor Says
- 'Poison' a Film Filled With Pain, Fear
- Calabasas Firm Takes a Gamble on Riverboat Casino
- Joyce Treiman; Eclectic Painter and Sculptor
- Singapore Bans Pit Bulls
- Angry Pope Tells Poles to Stop 'Careless' Practice of Abortion
- Inquiry Continues Into Local Teamsters Election
- GENEVA : World Labor Issues
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Police Raid Evicts Homeless From Park
- Nation IN BRIEF : NORTH CAROLINA : Pilot, 7, Completes Cross-Country Trip
- T-Bill Rates Rise: The Treasury sold $10...
- Regional Bells Seeking Right to Make Phones
- Calls for 'Passive Park' Start an Active Debate : Recreation: Some near Santa Ana's Fisher Park want changes to make it less likely to attract crowds. Others want it left alone.
- Cause of Glendale Fire Investigated
- TRIPLE CROWN RATINGS
- Israeli Airlift of Ethiopian Jews
- Jeffrey Snyder has been promoted to director...
- Ex-Wedtech Chief Gets 27 Months for Perjury:...
- Jim Peterson has been appointed acting vice...
- 2 Economic Measures Show Improvement : Economy: Corporate purchasing managers' orders were up in May. Spending on construction rose in April.
- 'Indiana Jones' of Botany Chases an Elusive Herb
- Swiss May Lower Speed Limits to Curb Smog
- Bos' Death Leaves Void in Wilson's Circle of Advisers
- Broussard to Leave State High Court at End of August
- Ballot Recommendations : Races for City Council, Board of Education and Community College
- World IN BRIEF : POLAND : Pontiff Denounces Jewish-Catholic Rift
- County Panel's Travel Policy Questioned : Finances: Criticism over a recent 26-day European trip prompts some members of the retirement board to urge a re-evaluation of the policy.
- Bradley Joins Call for Probe of Vernon : Law enforcement: But the assistant police chief says an investigation based on religious beliefs and not job performance would violate his First Amendment rights.
- Tests Find LSD in Body of Electronics Heiress : Drugs: Kirstie McDonald, 15, ingested the hallucinogen before fatally shooting herself, medical examiner's report says.
- Fowler Sets Deadline for Socker Investors : Indoor soccer: June 30 the day when San Diego finds out if it still has an MSL franchise.
- Miscellany
- ORANGE COUNTY ALL-STAR BASEBALL GAME : Barons' Derek Brown: Player for All Seasons
- North Warns Southern Baptists of Sodom on Potomac
- Fighting Grows Between Iraqis, Uneasy Kurds
- After 2 Decades, France to Sign Nuclear Weapons Pact : Arms control: The non-proliferation treaty had long been rejected as an infringement of its independence.
- CHANNEL ISLANDS : Sanitation District Sued Over Recycling
- Police Plan to Ease Out Five Top Officers : Reorganization: They will be offered retirement bonuses as part of a plan to create a leaner, more efficient department.
- City Council Postpones Farmers Market Decision
- Jury Convicts Man of Plotting to Kill Wife
- Decision on King Is Left to State : Law enforcement: The district attorney's office sends the case to the attorney general. The beating victim could be charged in connection with his arrest last week.
- Singer Vanilla Ice, Guard Arrested in Gun Case
- Angels' First-Round Pick Is Son of Ex-Reds' Star Perez
- Gil Goes in the First Round
- STAGE
- Koop Takes the Pulse of U.S. Health Care
- City May Put Sanctions on Activist Who Filed Lawsuit : Oxnard: The council might try to recover the $100,000 that it spent to fight John Soria's voting rights legal challenge.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Schools Overhaul Is on Trustees' Docket
- Rapper Vanilla Ice Arrested on Charge of Brandishing Gun
- San Diego
- Padres Pick Up a Pitcher
- This Bostonian's Perspective Isn't Exactly Bullish on Lakers
- SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY : CMS Enhancements to Offer New Line of Mass-Market PCs
- Developers Gathering to Talk About Survival During Current Crisis
- Bid for Vista Chemical Is Extended: A...
- Corporate Spin : Sometimes the Bad News Has a Way of Getting Buried in a Press Release
- World IN BRIEF : INDIA : Sikhs Kill Former Assembly Speaker
- Bakker Aide Dortch Is Granted Parole for Medical Reasons
- 'Winds of War' Composer Guilty of Copying Music
- Documentary : A Scoundrel's Time: The Fall of Mengistu : After 14 years of dictatorship, Ethiopians feel a bit ambivalent over their country's change of course.
- Julian
- ANAHEIM : Public Hearing on Brookhollow Plans
- MOORPARK : Teacher in Assault Case Rebuked in '89
- PERSPECTIVE ON PERU : Misery Is Ripe for Miracles : The depth of despair in a chaos-afflicted country may be measured by the people's embrace of statues that weep.
- Deny Liquor License Bid, State Urged : Pacoima: A group of activists, citing a high drunk-driving rate, wants a store's application sent back to L.A. city officials.
- Golf
- Tennis
- AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Morris Beats Orioles for Third Victory in Row
- Audley Hits, Throws Wichita State Past Creighton in College Series
- THE TIMES' ALL-COUNTY TEAMS : BOYS' SWIMMING : Diehl Is Tuning In on '92 Olympic Games
- Fathers Escape Blame
- Societal Child Abuse
- MOVIES - June 4, 1991
- MOVIES - June 4, 1991
- MOVIES - June 4, 1991
- Obituaries - June 4, 1991
- TELEVISION - June 4, 1991
- TELEVISION - June 4, 1991
- Punishment Is Considered in Sex Scandal : Politics: City Council may seek disciplining of other city officials in cover-up case.
- PARTY DOWN: Supervisor Gaddi H. Vasquez will...
- Budget Deal Resisted by Republicans : Government: Assembly members call for more long-term cuts than Wilson and other lawmakers are discussing. Democrats jockey to have preliminary package drafted.
- HOTSHOT: How good is 21-year-old outfielder Mike...
- Political Stakes Are High as Rights Bill Vote Is Due : Congress: The showdown may affect '92 elections. Bush says the Democrats' measure could lead to quotas.
- Supreme Court to Rule on Prop. 13 Challenge : Taxes: Millions could face higher bills if U.S. justices find state's unequal property valuation unconstitutional.
- DIOXIN SHE WROTE: Laguna Niguel author Janet...
- Important Iraq Nuclear Facilities Survived, Defector Says : War's aftermath: Officials are debriefing a scientist who reportedly has asked for U.S. asylum.
- CAMP GOOD DEAL: While several private organizations...
- Officials Clash Over Handling of Gangs : Thousand Oaks: A councilwoman reacts to the city's first drive-by slaying. She says City Hall is not taking the problem seriously enough. The mayor disagrees.
- Ethel Payne, 79; Correspondent, Columnist
- World IN BRIEF : ALBANIA : Regime Reported Ready to Resign
- LOTTERY RESULTS : JUNE 1
- Pressure Builds on District to Supply Water
- ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : It Just Doesn't Look Right
- COUNTYWIDE : Deputies Link 2 Drive-By Shootings
- Man Killed, 2 Injured During Melee at Party
- MISSION VIEJO : 2 Council Meetings Will Be Televised
- BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES
- Dodger Victory Not All Good News : Baseball: Strawberry, his shoulder still hurting, rests during 4-1 victory over Reds and will take a week off.
- Spending Cuts in Education
- Graham Co.: Can Troupe Carry On?
- CYPRESS : Addition of 7 Cable Channels Is Rejected
- NBA FINALS : LAKERS vs. CHICAGO BULLS : Perkins Provides Floor Plan : Game 1: His three-pointer with 14 seconds to play lifts Lakers to a 93-91 victory over the Bulls.
- Miscellany
- BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Valenzuela's Future to Be Discussed
- Miscellany
- Carlos Mercenario of Mexico won the 50-kilometer...
- HOLLYWOOD PARK : Miss Josh Wins Gamely 'Cap by Half-Length
- COLLEGE WORLD SERIES : Gators Eliminate Top-Seeded Seminoles
- Football
- Miscellany
- STAGE REVIEW : 'Lady and the Clarinet' Hits Right Note
- Music : L.B. Symphony Closes Season With Verdi
- Picks, Pans, More of the Magic Man
- N.Y. Budget Agreement Reached
- Hiring Plans Show 1st Increase in 2...
- JAPAN: A planned merger of Japanese-controlled British...
- CHINA: A senior trade official on a...
- Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Shuttle Readied for Countdown Restart
- Pros and Cons of the Taper's 'Julius Caesar'
- Report Cites Pelvic Disease Perils
- ALFREDO M. AMEZCUA : An Emerging Hispanic Force : Growth Spurs Chamber to Look Beyond Borders
- Stock Group Winners and Losers
- 3 Hurt in Muslim-PLO Clash as Internal Feud Turns Violent
- Kaye Ballard's 'Hey, Ma'
- Family's Grief Is Also Part of Living
- Bare-Bones Health Insurance Criticized
- FOCUS : Rice an Emotional Agriculture Issue in Japan and U.S.
- Egyptian Troops to Stay in Kuwait : Mideast: The decision to remain in the security force is expected to reduce pressure on Washington to delay the final pullout of U.S. ground forces.
- Aquino Fears Debt Ceiling's Effect on Credit
- 35,000 Protest in S. Korea; 10th Dissident Dies
- Taking Center Stage : Placido Domingo Does Orange County Social Scene
- MCI Bids for Slice of Video Conference Market : Telecommunications: The No. 2 long-distance carrier is expected to announce today that it is teaming with PictureTel Corp. in the venture.
- Man Robbed, Slain After Winning $88,000 at Track
- Doris Malkin Curtis; Head of Geological Society
- MALAYSIA: While major stock markets gyrate over...
- Storage Technology: Return From Near-Dead : High technology: The company's rebound from Chapter 11 is surprising analysts.
- World IN BRIEF : AUSTRALIA : Party Backs Hawke; Challenger Resigns
- The Family Name Is Mudd--and He's Out to Clear It : History: At 91, grandson of man who aided Lincoln's assassin has won a review of his ancestor's conviction.
- Hamburg Vote Hands a Defeat to Kohl's Party
- Science / Medicine : Drug May Aid Transplant Patients
- 'Electronic' Newspaper Emerging After Slow Start : Media: Companies resisted new technologies, then saw early efforts fail. Now some services are catching on.
- OXNARD : 2 Are Shot During Party at Residence
- Hope for Freedom in China Voiced at Rally Marking Uprising in Tian An Men Square
- A Look at Tuesday's City Election
- Padres Sweep Astros Before Leaving Home
- U.S. Upsets Italians in Volleyball : World League: Scott Fortune, Allen Allen and Dan Hanan play role in beating defending world champions.
- Capriati Exits in Fourth Round, Falling to No. 7-Seeded Martinez
- Spending Cuts in Education
- Suit Claims Documentary Invaded Privacy of Family
- Winner at Track Killed in Robbery : Crime: The Newport Beach man had won about $88,000 at Hollywood Park and boasted about it.
- Is There a Doctor in the House? : Court ruling suggests sometimes there may be one too many
- NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Bonds Makes Pirates That Much Better
- Costa Rica beat Guatemala, 1-0, to win...
- Boxing
- Raty Beats Javelin Record by Nearly 17 Feet
- POP MUSIC REVIEWS : Dead Survive the Coliseum
- Gunman Shoots Jeweler, Eludes Police in Chase
- Santa Ana River Cleanup Strategy Nears Completion
- Mongolia to Drop Cyrillic Letters, Resume Old Script
- OXNARD : Random Arson Destroys House
- Science / Medicine : Not Clean Enough : Quest for a Risk-Free Compound Remains Frustrating
- Science / Medicine : Brain Cell Activity Clue to Cause of Narcolepsy
- Science / Medicine : Measles Cases Soar Since 1983
- BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES
- ANGELS : Howell, Hill, Venable Sit Comfortably, Then Make a Name for Themselves
- AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Clemens Strikes Out Three, Loses Again
- Weapon No Longer a Secret
- 'Hotel Imperial' Unites Great Names of Silent Era
- Spending Cuts in Education
- A Second Family Roused From Den : Wildlife: Gray foxes--a mother and two pups--are trapped and removed. This time home was a shallow burrow under a deck in a Corona del Mar back yard.
- SANTA ANA : City to Consider Plans for Own Jail
- ORANGE : Report Lists Trees, Planting Proposal
- Recycled Water May Ease Drought Effect
- Pop : Environmental Politics Spark Dan Fogelberg Show at Irvine Meadows
- MOVIE REVIEW : 'Ambition' Writer Phillips Slips, Star Phillips Shines
- HBO Documentary on Young Nazis Receives Praise From Ex-Member
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Council to Decide On Cable TV Tax
- ON SCIENCE / GULF WAR : Science / Medicine : Kuwaiti Center Struggles to Recover From Atrocities
- Getting a Drought-Busting Act Together : WATER WATCH: Rallying round the Bradley bill
- Keeping in Step With Racial Harmony : Education: Schools go to extra lengths to ensure that spectrum of music at dances is in pace with ethnic makeup.
- Tian An Men Closed on 2nd Anniversary of Student Revolt
- San Diego County Is a Washout in National Survey of Best Beaches
- Though a Man Among Boys, He Still Is His Father's Son : Baseball: Dmitri Young of Rio Mesa High is one of the top three players in the amateur draft, a reward for hard work, stern guidance and a parent's obsession.
- BASEBALL : DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Giants' Mitchell to Undergo Surgery
- TV REVIEW : . . . But Nothing Much Goes On in These Folks' Dull Lives
- Unconventional Policing Gains New Impetus
- Israelis Welcome Report Jordan Is Ready for Talks
- Betting on Bubbles : Toys: Entrepreneur John La Fata hopes to clean up with his state-of-the-art line of soap-blowing gadgets.
- CLIPBOARD : Violent Crime Increase
- Detective Was Wrong in Fatal Shooting, Board Says
- Science / Medicine : Quasars 'Buried' in Galaxies
- ANAHEIM : Family Spends Its Weekends in Past
- Police Take to the Streets to Cut Crime and Blight : Strategy: Under a three-month pilot program, senior lead officers are getting out of their patrol cars and working directly with residents to improve community relations.
- OXNARD : Teen-Agers Learn to Help Each Other
- Gates' Backers Raising Funds for Legal Bills
- Miscellany
- ORANGE : School District Will Hold Forum Tonight
- Targeting a Child Molester : Sheriff Calls Operation a Success but Critics Raise the Issues of Cost and Civil Liberties
- Jury Out on Speedy-Trial Initiative : Courts: Prop. 115, approved by voters last June, is indeed quickening the pace of the criminal-justice system, authorities say. But questions remain about the validity of some of its provisions.
- Party at Marina Is Still Going On : Recreation: Richard Henry Dana wouldn't recognize the harbor where he visited in 1835: It's home to 2,500 boats.
- MISSION VIEJO : Development Pact Gets Council OK
- MUSIC REVIEW : Ojai Turns to Mozart, Moderns : Mozart and composer-conductors Peter Maxwell Davies and John Harbison dominate 45th festival.
- Southbrook Corp. Acquires Raging Waters: The Beverly...
- 2 Gang Members Held in Thousand Oaks Killing
- World IN BRIEF : ANGOLA : Rebel Leader to Step Down if Outpolled
- COUNTYWIDE : Science Program Targets Minorities
- Ex-Candidate Drops Voting Rights Suit : Oxnard: Juan Soria says he can't afford to press his action for district elections. He wants to increase minority representation on the City Council.
- When Will Cuba Wake Up to Reality? : Needed: A Miami-Havana-Washington trialogue
- Looks Can Be Deceiving When Hill Is in the Ring Tonight : Boxing: His trainer and his punches pack more power than you might think. Hearns is the latest challenger.