- Father Figure : Garfield High football players mourn the death of Coach Steve Robinson. The 51-year-old teacher treated the youths like family.
- Link to Sex Puts AIDS on Deadly Taboo List
- WINDSOR HILLS : Interest Percolates for '50s Coffee Shop
- SOUTH-CENTRAL : Library to Move to Larger Quarters
- Port-to-L.A. Rail Plans Approved : Transportation: The 18-mile recessed freight line would be built on Alameda Street at a cost of $1.3 billion. The line would move trains off the traffic-clogging rail network they now use.
- Court Orders Steps to Control Refueling Fumes
- Spirited Woman Is Slain in Home She Wouldn't Leave : Crime: South-Central neighbors mourn and complain about old values gone awry.
- Pieces Fall Together for Police in 'Chop Shop' Raid : Crime: Officers find a Ferrari worth $250,000, and sheds filled with parts apparently from stolen cars.
- College District Adopts Fee Hike for Foreign Students
- Hot-Rod Heaven : Palmdale Drag Strip Endures, Thanks to Its Diverse and Devoted Fans
- Friends of Madrona Marsh invite bird-watchers, nature...
- Police Car Hits, Injures Pedestrian
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL PACIFIC 10 ROUNDUP : Cougars Surprise Beavers
- Harbor Loses Argument, but Wins the Game, 84-78
- Jim Pollard, Star With Stanford and Minneapolis Lakers, Dies at 70
- Sneaks '93 : Old and New, Borrowed and Blue : Amid the sequels and remakes, Hollywood has some originals in store for 1993
- Vast Valley Views From Bell Canyon's Castle Peak
- Modern-Day Steamboater Plies the Romantic Currents of Twain's River
- Foreclosures Hit 97,303 Homeowners
- Pia's Plans for Pickfair
- Vermont Farm Project Planned for City Children Ruffles Local Feathers
- TALES FROM THE TRENCHES
- SOUTH-CENTRAL : Young Writers Face Social Challenges
- Mayor Mops Up : Tijuana's New Leader Must Grapple With Repairing His Storm-Wrecked City
- San Gabriel : Traffic Study Approved
- 'Round Midnight : A DAY IN THE NIGHT OF AMERICA, By Kevin Coyne (Random House: $22.; 316 pp.)
- Forked Tongues : RATTLESNAKE FARMING, By Kathryn Kramer (Alfred A. Knopf: $25; 545 pp.)
- Residence Remodeling Has Record Quarter
- RESTAURANTS : SOMETHING FROM THE OVEN : A Bakery's Kitchen, Menu and Room May Have Expanded, But Its Bread Is Still Primo
- California Corner
- Angolan Rebels Claim Big Win
- DOWNTOWN : Businesses Unite to Fight Crime, Grime
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Wider Balkan Fighting Casts Doubt on Talks
- Walnut : City Rejects Church Design
- Riding Out the Deluge : Storms: The January downpours have brought a few mudslides, lots of leaky roofs and too many potholes to count.
- Israel to Return Sinai Artifacts to Egyptians
- Court Revokes $435,000 Award Against School District : Ruling: Appellate panel cites flawed instructions by judge in case involving an employee's claim of harassment and hazardous duty.
- NOTEBOOK : Bell Players Reprimanded for Kicking Opponent
- Columbus, Ohio, is not one of the...
- Man Who Was Stranded in Snow Has Portions of Feet Amputated
- A Double Play for Officer Renko
- Utility Picks Arcadia Man for New Executive Position
- A summary of significant City Hall decisions...
- A Farewell Wave : Memorial: Pioneering surfer Dewey Weber's remains are scattered into the waters he was devoted to. During the ceremony, his friends remember 'a simpler time, when we were immortal.'
- COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Chapman Rolls in Rout of CS San Bernardino
- Art-Song Intimacy Preserved on Schubert Recordings
- Playwright Focuses on Real-Life Dracula's Reign as the 'Impaler'
- CS Long Beach Is Routed, 95-61 : College basketball: The 49ers start poorly and never recover against Virginia Commonwealth.
- FIGURE SKATING U.S. MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS : Landing Seven Triples, Davis Wins
- ON THE RUN: Run-DMC was angry after...
- OPERA : A New Direction : Sir Peter Hall, master of theater and opera, returns with a back-to-basics revival of 'The Magic Flute'--and an eye on Hollywood
- Alice in Wonderland : BURMESE LOOKING GLASS, By Edith T. Mirante (Grove: $21.95; 320pp.)
- A HANDBOOK FOR DROWNING by David Shields...
- KOREATOWN : Artist Completes His Mural of Hope
- Inauguration Over, Group Must Turn to Fund Raising
- Clinton, Yeltsin Agree to Set Early Summit Date : Diplomacy: The new U.S. President also telephones Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
- Hundreds Are Arrested in Anti-Abortion Protests
- Mongolia Faces 'Big Freeze' Amid Total Ruins of Failed Socialist State : Transition: A frigid winter adds to woes of the populace with the nation's economy facing collapse amid sketchy plans to deal with nature's violence.
- Rostenkowski Made Vehicles Leased With Tax Dollars His, Paper Says
- Serving Up Talent : The owners of the Troy Cafe give musicians and comics a place to hone their acts. The Little Tokyo hot spot has become a cultural center and a gathering place for young Latinos.
- Caltech Professor Gets Packard Fellowship
- Hussein's Way: Attacking Your Opponents' Fists With Your Chin : Iraq: After a period of compliance, the Iraqi leader aimed to draw fire. He may even blunder into getting what he wants--no sanctions.
- LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Benjamin Bycel : The Herculean Task of Monitoring Ethics in City Politics
- Placing Legal Rights Ahead of Efficiency : A Review of Judge Whitney's Actions Is Appropriate
- Justice System Falls Short in Alaska Bush : Courts: Many remote areas have no police or legal facilities. The Natives 'get chewed up' by the circuit court-type program of traveling justice, a state public defender says.
- Armed Man Fatally Shot in Confrontation With Police
- Max M. Eckerman; Retired Mortuary Owner
- High School Sports
- Ciao La Scala Malibu, Hola! Moncho
- THE COLOR OF TREES by Canaan Parker...
- Money, By DANA GIOIA
- The Web of Denial : Family secrets, Buried pain and the Hidden History of War
- Sheridan's Deal : Actor Trades His Past and Skills for a Little More Control
- Tide Runs Against Steamboat 'Inventor' : History: A group called the Rumseian Society is trying to replace Robert Fulton's name with that of their namesake's as the creator of the steamboat.
- Singapore Plays Cupid--and It's Paying Off
- CRENSHAW : Toyota to Help Open Job Training Center
- Women for Women's Sake? Yes, for Better or for Worse
- Police Search for Infant's Mother
- Bradley Rape Trial Set to Begin Monday
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL THE TOP 25 : Rider Plays to Camera With 40 as UNLV Beats Georgetown
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL REGIONAL ROUNDUP : Iowa St. Gets Orr Back, Sinks Oklahoma, 81-74
- VARIOUS ARTISTS "Ruby Trax--The NME's Roaring 40",...
- STAGE : Must Be Something in the Genes : Natasha Richardson--a specialist in off-center American roles--upholds the Redgrave family name in her rapturous Broadway debut
- 1992 Home, Condo Sales and Prices
- Riverside County
- Arena to Make Others Look Just Rinky-Dink
- Q&A; WITH PETE ROZELLE : Former NFL Commissioner Looks Back on First Super Bowl and Looks Ahead at Possible Ramifications of New Agreement
- Air Passes Can Mean Savings for South Pacific Travelers
- The How, When and Where of Deploying America's Armed Forces Overseas : Foreign policy: When U.S. security is not directly threatened, military intervention should not be a reflexive action.
- Now You Can Ring Up the Discount Ticket Booth
- Soukeras Looks Down to Find Way Around Mt. Everest
- TROPICAL FORESTS AND THEIR CROPS by Nigel...
- PILGRIM'S HARBOR by Floyd Skloot (Story Line...
- THE FIRE THIS TIME : NO CRYSTAL STAIR: African-Americans in the City of Angels, By Lynell George (Verso: $24.95; 221 pp.)
- Hong Kong Lures Antique Lovers : Merchandise and prices can both be 'unbelievable' at the Crown Colony's annual winter sales.
- Placid Coastal Town Splits on Issue of Growth : San Clemente: Some cherish small-town flavor while others want more retail shops and restaurants.
- Vision for Arts Center on Campus Becomes Concrete : Education: Theater and dance at CSULB are expected to take a giant leap forward when a new center opens in the fall.
- A Villain With a Twist
- COLUMN RIGHT/ TOM BETHELL : Norplant Is Welfare State's New Opiate : Contraceptive doesn't address causes of illegitimate births.
- Reactions Include Anger, Astonishment
- Passion Show : George Karl Came Back From Coaching Exile in the CBA and Spain to Turn the SuperSonics Into Contenders
- Faith Baptist Backs Granzow, DeCarriere Named to All-Southern Section 8-Man Team
- For Some, Attention Is Too Hot to Handle : Coverage: Young athletes, eager to be cooperative and advance their careers, reveal items of a personal nature they later regret.
- In Brief
- Making Another 'Crossing'
- HOMEFRONT : Trading Places: Surviving the Slump
- Shetland Islands Aim to Avoid Oily Image
- Getaway Choices Mirror Our Personality Types : Type A's aren't any calmer away from home, and low-risk individuals often return to the same destinations.
- L.A. SPEAK
- BIG SCREEN, SMALL IDEA : An Audience Choosing a Movie's Plot? What Happened to the Art of Storytelling?
- TOM SNYDER : Once Again, He's the Talk of the Town
- 'She Felt So Different, So Alone' After Sister's Death
- Round Table: The Concerns of African-American Leaders About Their Community : Mark E. Whitlock: Executive director, Los Angeles Renaissance Program, First A.M.E. Church
- Doug Atwell; Fiddler Won Country Music Awards
- Two Cases Renew Concern Over Hate Crimes : Brutality: A white woman was murdered; a black man was torched. To many, racially motivated violence seems like a throwback to the days of lynchings generations ago. But is it?
- Pet Peeve : Owners Growl at Dog Ban in Parks, Beach, Promenade
- South Pasadena : Water Test Result Doubted
- Watching the Parade Pass Them By
- A LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE
- SOUTH-CENTRAL : Black Super-Hero Takes to L.A. Skies
- COMMENTARY ON YOUTH VIOLENCE : Time Is Running Out to Alter Way We See and Accept Mayhem : An American society that glorifies violence is fulfilling a prophecy of raising a generation of moral imbeciles.
- City Hall Grapples With Harassment Issue : Workplace: Officials are putting a new emphasis on dealing with sexual misconduct as complaints increase. Women's advocates say powerbrokers are finally being forced to catch up to modern times.
- UC Irvine Rallies, Loses in Overtime, 72-67
- KANCHELI: "Vom Winde beweint"; SCHNITTKE: Concerto for...
- Healing the State's Ailing Job Market : Health Care Is Bright Spot Amid Gloom
- TRAVEL INSIDER : Clash Over Travel Law Could Bring Better One : Consumers: Attorney general's office and travel agents wrangle over who's 'travel promoter'. Meanwhile, new legislation waits in the wings.
- So. Cal. Home Loans Off 9%; Up 7% in Bay Area
- Down The Drain : The dark. The stench. The creatures that slither past. All are daily companions of the workers who toil in the city's sewers.
- Officers Beat King Out of Anger, Transcript Suggests : Trial: Radio tape of dispatchers, who joked about the incident, may be used in federal case against policemen.
- Mortgage Rate Dips to 8%
- Issue of Hiring Illegal Immigrants Hits Home : O.C. jobs: An abundance of phony documents and the desperation of those seeking work worsen dilemma.
- Times Cartoonist Paul Conrad to Retire
- Central L.A. Leads City in Violent Crime : Law enforcement: Area accounted for about 64% of incidents last year, including 830 homicides. Residents, officials blame a proliferation of guns and a breakdown in values.
- Van Nuys Man, 19, Sought in Kidnap
- ROUNDUP : CLU Prevails, 57-54, Despite Poor Shooting
- With Tyson's Appointment to Economic Chair, a Harvest of Sour Grapes
- The Half-Hour That Never Happened : HORIZONTAL HOLD: The Making and Breaking of a Network Television Pilot, By Daniel Paisner , (Birch Lane Press: $18.95; 206 pp.)
- RV Having Fun Yet? : Despite Small Hassles, Renting a Recreational Vehicle for a Foreign or U.S. Vacation Means Having a Hotel on Wheels and Sightseeing at Your Own Pace : Alaska
- The Subtle Side of TV Marketing
- La Puente : $50,000 Reward in Slaying
- . . . Like stout Cortez when...
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Riders Need Pick-Me-Up To Beat Garfield
- Interfaith Group to Aid Women Raped During Bosnian Conflict : Volunteers: The 17-group coalition also hopes to publicize the plight of the victims, who it says were assaulted as part of a Serbian 'ethnic cleansing' tactic.
- Golden Days : Barnes & Noble Collection Samples the Early Era of Television
- The Art of Oration: Short Is Always Good
- Anaheim Man Dies in 1-Car Accident
- Viewing of Autopsies Draws Fire : Crime prevention: Coroner's office plans to have at-risk teen-agers watch examinations of their slain comrades. But critics say the anti-gang program could make the youths more hardened.
- Pro Bono Is for the Good of Lawyers Too : Western State's Students Are Enthusiastic About the Law School's New Requirement
- Parents Camp at Year-Round School to Beat Vacation Rush
- Volunteers Rebuild Trail Damaged by Fire, Storms : Nature: Crews clear rocks and fill in ruts on the once-popular Wheeler Gorge path in Los Padres National Forest.
- Titans Make Noise, Defeat the Gauchos : Basketball: Cal State Fullerton wins in overtime, 72-68. It's the first victory in the Thunderdome since the early 1980s.
- Loyola Marymount Gamble Fails in 94-72 Loss to San Francisco
- Los Angeles CountyCASTAIC: Phase 1 of California...
- RV Having Fun Yet? : Despite Small Hassles, Renting a Recreational Vehicle for a Foreign or U.S. Vacation Means Having a Hotel on Wheels and Sightseeing at Your Own Pace : Europe
- La Mussolini : An Encounter with a Neo-Fascist Spokesmodel
- SOUTH-CENTRAL : Operator of Closed Home Denies Abuse
- Gas Line Explosion Severs Armenia's Energy Supply
- Open Seat Cools Race for Board : Schools: With Weintraub bowing out, the battle between incumbents Slavkin and Korenstein is off.
- THE REGION'S TRANSIT NETWORK: FACTS AND FIGURES : Los Angeles County
- Someone Like You : Looking 'Nice' Won't Keep AIDS Away, Infected Woman Tells Teens
- Wilson Discusses 'Hard Times'
- The Politics of Ambition : Is Clinton Forgetting the Middle Class?
- Kids' Grief Therapy : 'Necessary Steps' in O.C. Tackles Pain of Losing Loved One
- Notes about your surroundingsCaspers Field Trip--South Coast...
- Boy, 10, and Sister Living Alone Arrested in Pickpocketing Ring
- Toros Lose With Game on the Line : Basketball: UC Riverside makes 27 of 33 free-throw attempts and defeats Dominguez Hills, 82-73, in overtime.
- Fullerton Quiets UC Santa Barbara
- AND ONE MORE THING: In the tradition...
- DAILY REPORT
- BRENDA STAR?: It's been a tough winter...
- It Wasn't Always Such a Big Deal
- Money and an Attitude Required
- Failure Finds Success in Rock Rumble
- Beyond AIDS, a Darkness : MARTIN AND JOHN, By Dale Peck (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $21; 228 pp.)
- FICTION
- A Traveler's Guide to Bed & Breakfast Guides
- Clinton Sympathetic About Housing Woes
- Spelling Out the Accomplishments of the Mind and Heart
- HUNTINGTON PARK : Soccer Stars Big on Wins, Short on Funds
- Crenshaw Dresses Down Washington in 86-74 Upset
- New Jersey College Fraternity Disciplined in Racist Hazing
- 100-Year-Old Lobster Gets Reprieve: Museum Tank Instead of Boiling Pot
- Worker Who Lost His Job in Drug Search Gets $550,000 : Courts: Jurors find that Chevron violated employee's right to privacy. The company says it will appeal the case.
- Tabloid Editor Says 'No Way,' to Lawmakers
- FIGURE SKATING U.S. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS : Kerrigan Makes Best of Bad Situation
- PREP ROUNDUP : Corona del Mar's Balance Key to Victory
- Prospects for Junk Bonds Remain Bright for '93
- Hotels Gradually Meeting Needs of Handicapped : Legislation: Americans With Disabilities Act requires industry to make wide variety of lodging improvements.
- Give Board Slack If Budget Is Little Late
- TALES OF THE IRON ROAD: My Life...
- Teacher Says Method That Helps Disabled Ruined Him : Courts: Autism sufferers, using a 'facilitator' to communicate, accused teacher of sexual assault. Charges are dropped but he plans to sue for $2.5 million.
- Storms Hide a Whale of a Parade
- Where Two Worlds Dance
- Retro : Kung Fu: Alive and Kicking
- Sharing, Caring Is Her Lifestyle
- Jean Harris Is Released After 12 Years in Prison
- War Crimes Body to Study Evidence of Mass Grave
- Police Give $20,000 to School Sports Program
- WESTLAKE : Developers Unite to Coordinate Plans
- 'Miss Whiplash' in Florida, London Police Say
- Showing the World Another Face : '93 Super Bowl offers the L.A. area a chance to dispel the depressing images of the riots
- Health of Forests May Depend on Fate of Fungi
- Judges Leaning to Fines Over Service for Small Offenses : Courts: Schools and parks get dirtier as municipal coffers fatten, but officials deny raising money was their aim.
- San Clemente Abuzz About Plan to Eliminate Police Dept. : Law enforcement: Councilwoman, city employees' unions say they want residents to vote on the proposal to let the Sheriff's Department take over duties in the city.
- Bilingual Skills Can Be Life, Death Matter : Emergency Personnel Need to Be Able to Better Communicate With Public They Serve
- NHL ROUNDUP : One to Remember for Maple Leafs' Potvin
- COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Keenan, Richmond, Davidio Pace UC Irvine Swimmers
- Management Completes Its Golf Club Maker Buyout : Manufacturing: A public offering of stock may be made. The acquisition was reported to be for $3.5 million.
- Abortion Opponents Hold Vigils : Demonstration: The actions are prompted in part by President's lifting of key restrictions. A silent counterprotest is also held.
- First Things First : Wannstedt Refuses to Think About Becoming Bears' Coach Until After He Has Prepared Cowboy Defense for Super Bowl
- St. Bernard's Superior Athletes Again Get the Best of Alemany Girls
- Shields Doing Job, but They're Not Perfect
- Clinton's Mother Visits Laurel, Gets Winning Tip
- Sneaks '93 : Opening Soon
- ART : COMMENTARY : Faceless Critics, Harmless Art : 'Corporal Politics,' an exhibit of works showing the shattered corpus, is a telling metaphor of the political right's assault
- The Chains won't be unbroken: Alice in...
- Beating Fate : Paralyzed From Chest Down Because of Motorcycle Accident, Evan Evans Finds a Way to Keep Competitive Fires Burning
- Sneaks '93 : Foreign
- Trojans Slightly Better Than the Foe--Again : College basketball: This time Stanford is the victim, 63-55, when USC rallies in the second half.
- Sneaks '93 : THE PLAYERS PICK 'EM : They'd Actually Pay to See the Latest From Scorsese, Spielberg--and Arnold
- Sneaks '93 : Last Year in Sneaks . . .
- Surveyors Upheld
- 106 Doesn't Add Up
- Vail Talk
- GUTTING THE GOSPEL
- Getting Personal With 'Roseanne'
- Language Barriers and Santa Ana Fire Tragedy
- The Doe's Life Became Dear to a Hunter
- Lessons From Youth's Death, Man's Beating
- David and Clinton
- Lessons From Youth's Death, Man's Beating
- Graffiti May Have a Place After All
- Can Humans, Rodents Live Together?
- Exacting a Toll on Public Sufferance
- GUTTING THE GOSPEL
- Responsible Youth
- GOD, MAN AND BOOK REVIEWS
- Houston on Illegal Aliens
- Language Barriers and Santa Ana Fire Tragedy
- GOD, MAN AND BOOK REVIEWS
- Vail Talk
- GOD, MAN AND BOOK REVIEWS
- GUTTING THE GOSPEL
- Exacting a Toll on Public Sufferance
- MAE and MADONNA : Come Up and See a Real Star Sometime
- Home Businesses Need Specific Insurance
- David and Clinton
- Hiking Trail Fee
- 'Peanut Packing'
- Anger Over Car Thefts
- Tragedy of Tay Murder Lingers
- Counseling for Gay, Lesbian Students
- Hiking Trail Fee
- Culture Vultures
- Hall Monitors
- Bad Deal for Calabasas
- LUMPS OF POETRY
- Lenny and Mahler II
- The Doe's Life Became Dear to a Hunter
- GOD, MAN AND BOOK REVIEWS
- Houston on Illegal Aliens
- Yaroslavsky Responds About Fox Expansion
- Misplaced Elko
- Section a 'Shadow'
- GOD, MAN AND BOOK REVIEWS
- Vail Talk
- Students Can Do Their Part
- Houston on Illegal Aliens
- Finding the Typical High School Teen
- Outrage, Fear in Coping With Violence, Hate
- Tax Measure to Strengthen LAPD
- YOUNG & ANGRY
- 'Happy Warrior' Returns Fire
- YOUNG & ANGRY
- The Doe's Life Became Dear to a Hunter
- Ode to a Garden Mourns Potential Paving
- Outrage, Fear in Coping With Violence, Hate
- Working Windmill
- MAE and MADONNA : Come Up and See a Real Star Sometime
- Vail Talk
- Everything but the Parade
- The Doe's Life Became Dear to a Hunter
- David and Clinton
- Vail Talk
- Bruss' favorable opinions on leveraging real estate...
- Interest Vs. Taxes
- YOUNG & ANGRY
- GUTTING THE GOSPEL
- Project's Developer Criticizes Critique
- Educating, or Catering to, Students?
- Language Barriers and Santa Ana Fire Tragedy
- David and Clinton
- The Doe's Life Became Dear to a Hunter
- Tax Measure to Strengthen LAPD
- GOD, MAN AND BOOK REVIEWS
- Students Can Do Their Part
- Insurance Firm Begs to Differ
- The Wrong Lesson
- Lessons From Youth's Death, Man's Beating
- Houston on Illegal Aliens