- GRIPES : Is Customer Service Dead? : No: Servers want to do right, but customers have to do their part. People who vent their foul moods on clerks and waiters aren't talking to stones.
- Shape of New Health Plan Is Emerging
- SOMALIA : Gen. Powell Arrives to Assess Mission
- Don't Pump Up the Volume : As it await verdicts, L.A. must see things in perspective
- MISSION VIEJO : Team Takes Honors in U.N. Competition
- N-Word Encounters a Roadblock in Downtown Lancaster
- SANTA ANA : Floral Park Traffic Plan to Be Debated
- Police Fear Suicide Victim Wired to Bomb
- Many Talk About Leadership, but He Did Something About It
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME : A Lighter Shade of Blue : Montross' Family Has a Michigan Tradition, but North Carolina Hopes
- Swoopes Sweeps to Title : Women: The unanimous choice as MVP scores 47 points during Texas Tech's victory over Ohio State.
- TENNIS ROUNDUP : Graf Takes Title Despite Knee Injury
- GOLF ROUNDUP : Standly Gets First Win and Masters
- ANGELS : Ken Patterson Picked Up for Final Spot in Bullpen
- Pedestrian Struck, Killed in Accident
- AZERBAIJAN : New Units Mustered to Repel Armenians
- Winner Doesn't Impress
- The Decline and Fall of the Human Race : THE CHILDREN OF MEN: By P.D. James (Alfred A. Knopf: $22; 256 pp.)
- STYLE : Spring Beauty : The Latest on Looks : Slick and Thin
- Acid-Thrower Faces Death
- Novelist's Condition Downgraded to Serious
- Flotsam AND Jetsam : Rains Wash Ashore Everything From Old Refrigerators to Rattlesnakes Along the Coast
- The Quiet Man (KCAL Sunday at 9...
- 'Mormon Mother Teresa' Tries to Ease Suffering in Somalia : War: A physician's assistant from Baltimore holds God's proxy, deciding who will be cared for first--and sometimes who will die.
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Loyola Loses a Slugfest, 10-5
- Profile : 'Bob's' Begotten : Cynthia Stevenson is the daughter sitcom creators write home about
- Panacea for a Moribund National Pastime: Just Play Ball, Baby
- Why Stay in L.A.? : Voices . . .
- WEST ADAMS : Home Restoration Techniques Shown
- Investment Adviser John C. Ball Joins Alpha Microsystems Board
- Charlotte Kandel has been named senior vice...
- State Pension Fund Returns Not What They Used to Be : Investment: CalPERS managers are criticized as paying more for advice that is yielding less.
- Barry J. Cutler, 49, is resigning as...
- Board Member Wants Liability Protection
- Cruel Inheritance : Drug babies are becoming more common in O.C.'s home for abused children. But veiled symptoms and stereotypes may prevent detection of most addicted infants, who face a legacy of fragile health.
- He's the Master of Mastering the Improbable
- A summary of selected City Hall actions affecting Central Los Angeles in the past week.
- LITTLE TOKYO : Lawmaker to Hear Merchants' Concerns
- BELL GARDENS : Interim City Manager Appointed
- Rare Gorillas Threatened by Rwanda Civil War : Africa: Naturalist Dian Fossey spent 18 years protecting the animals from poachers. The insurgency provides a new peril. Only 600 of the species remain in world.
- Minnesota Megamall Gets Bragging Rights : Mall of America: An estimated 16 million people shopped, miniature-golfed, chowed down, went for a ride or partied there in its first six months of operation.
- STYLE : Spring Beauty : The Latest on Looks : Means to an End
- WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE...
- FICTION
- COAST TO COAST : Walden Goes West
- The Feast of Unleavened Bread : Carrot Salad: There's Good Moroccan Tonight
- 1992 IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
- The Feast of Unleavened Bread : Passover From the Pros
- U.N. Council Again Condemns Serbs' 'Ethnic Cleansing' : Diplomacy: Group meets in emergency session as humanitarian condition worsens. Stricter sanctions may be forthcoming.
- Shootout Victim Had Fled Inside : Inquiry: Howard Martin was killed when a bullet fired by police ricocheted into the apartment were he had sought refuge, D.A.'s investigator says.
- Why Stay in L.A.? : What Children Say . . .
- Aborigines Demand Payment for Land Lost to British Nuclear Testing : Environment: Desert natives want some of homeland restored and compensation for areas that are permanently damaged. Talks are aimed at settling the issue.
- Going, Going. . . : Disillusion Pushes Even Lifelong Fans Away From Game
- Reclusive and Remarkable Author
- Clinton Successfully Broke Stalemate and Put Budget Process on Track
- Xoma Corp. announced that its chairman, Steven...
- Suggestions from the California Assn. of Nurserymen...
- Group Opposes Loss of Interest
- Influx of Immigrants Changing City--Again : Demographics: Longtime Pomonans, many of them Latinos, adjust to a surge in newcomers from Mexico.
- LARCHMONT VILLAGE : Volunteers, Pledges Sought for Projects
- Moonlighting Professor Gets F for Accountability : Education: He held two jobs at two universities--one in Minnesota, the other in North Carolina--at the same time.
- 'Absolute Bedlam and Utter Chaos'
- Better Test Scores May Be Price of School District Bailout : Education: Assemblyman Murray's bill would have the state take over academic as well as financial operations as a condition of a loan.
- SOUTH-CENTRAL : Smart & Final Fetes Reopening
- BALDWIN HILLS : Neighbors Oppose Housing Project
- Redevelopment Meeting Scheduled
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Politics Takes Priority in Russian Aid Package : Diplomacy: Clinton's approach to economic change centers on stitching together a global coalition.
- Still Piecing Together a Shattered Dream : Civil rights: Martin Luther King died 25 years ago, leaving questions about his murder and his legacy.
- STYLE : Spring Beauty : The Latest on Looks : Hey, Big Spender
- Humble Fruit Flies Helped Prizewinner Study Genetics
- PREVIEW 1993 : ANGEL PROFILES
- If You Didn't, You Should've Sprung Ahead
- Quakes, smog, riots, traffic, carjackings, the recession, troubled schools, beautiful--but shallow--people . . . These days, everybody loves to bash our city. So we asked a few Angelenos (the famous and the not): If things are so bad . . . : Why Stay in L.A.?
- ECHO PARK : Futuristic Glimpse of Sunset Shared
- LINCOLN HEIGHTS : Poetry Rises From the Riots' Ashes
- THE WINE LIST
- Florida Universal Health Care System Approved by Legislature
- Man Convicted of Drug Tampering That Killed 2
- Planners Tentatively OK Mansion : Development: Original plan of 59,000 square feet has been scaled back to 36,000, but neighbors still vow to oppose the huge estate before the City Council.
- All Babies, All the Time
- Russia, U.S. to Launch Mission to Mars
- Diamond Bar : Mayor Pays $6,000 Fine
- Life in Fishbowl Has Him Battling to Keep His Head Above Water
- Richard P. Ramirez joins Century City-based cable...
- Scios, Firm Agree on Plan for Alzheimer's Drugs
- Rick Gire joins ACI, the Los Angeles-based...
- STYLE : Spring Beauty : The Latest on Looks : The Herbal Alternative
- Wilderness Excursions in Canada : Non-strenuous hiking and canoeing holidays are offered in Mt. Robson Provincial Park.
- Interim Parking Lot at Development Site?
- Woman Receives Liver Fished From Sea
- Shuttle Mission to Check Ozone Levels
- Maternal Instinct and Addiction Battle for Control
- 50-Year Career in First Grade About to End
- Summit Notebook
- He's Got the Goods on Holmes
- Quakes, smog, riots, traffic, carjackings, the recession, troubled schools, beautiful--but shallow--people . . . These days, everybody loves to bash our city. So we asked a few Angelenos (the famous and the not): If things are so bad . . . : Why Stay in L.A.?
- They Did It Their Way : WRITTEN BY HERSELF: Autobiographies of American Women: An Anthology Edited and with anintroduction by Jill Ker Conway (Vintage Books: $15, paper; 672 pp.)
- FICTION
- TRAVEL INSIDER : Changing the Customs Used for LAX Arrivals : Airport: New passenger service official could help U.S. agency's image, but don't expect shorter waits.
- Priest Held in China Since 1989 Is Freed
- Alabama School Financing Not Equitable, Judge Rules
- Going, Going. . . : Now Appearing for Your Team: Somebody Else
- High-Water Marks : Despite Personal Best Times, Bell's Salcedo Is Striving for Loftier Goals
- Jim Packer has been named vice president...
- The law firm of Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois...
- Disney Deal So Sweet the Ducks May Have Arena to Themselves
- Two Worth Saving
- The Feast of Unleavened Bread : Kosher Wine: A Buyer's Guide
- COLUMN ONE : A Slow Shift to Fast Lane : Benny Powell and Clarence Chance spent 17 years behind bars for a murder they did not commit. They were freed a year ago; each won $3.5 million from L.A. But their lives remain unsettled.
- CRENSHAW : YWCA Loses Leader; New Agency Gains
- LITTLE TOKYO : Agency Seeks Ideas on Beautification
- Russian, Cuban Emigres Learn English
- Polonia Determined to Shine . . . On and Off Field
- What's in a Name? In New York, It's Often Confusion
- Jeffrey W. Shields has been elected a...
- BankAmerica Business Credit has promoted two officers...
- STYLE : Spring Beauty : The Latest on Looks : Less Requires More
- THE BIZ : The Little Station That Could
- Kody Scott Is Serving Seven Years for Robbery. He is Also The Toast of The Publising World. How Did an Eight-Tray Gangster Crip Named Monster Go From Hoodlum to Literary Hot Property? : Making the Monster Huge
- FICTION
- BOYLE HEIGHTS : Hotel Owners' Trial Postponed
- Disorder Out of Chaos : THE ELEPHANT VANISHES: By Haruki Murakami (Alfred A. Knopf: $21; 331 pp.)
- Armenia Forces Seize Key City in Azerbaijan
- Grandstand's Collapse During Circus Hurts 44
- WESTLAKE : Head Start Program Still Has Openings
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- Implants: a New Shot at Controlling Diabetes : Medicine: A radical procedure called an islet-cell transplant may free some Type 1 diabetics from daily insulin injections.
- Fear of Riots Fuels Gun Sales : Weapons: One dealer says handgun, shotgun and ammunition sales have been five times higher than normal.
- Lumpkin Makes Another Loan to His 9th District Campaign
- China Mine Blast Kills 22
- WITH AN EYE ON . . . : 'Brooklyn Bridge's' First Born Wants to See Alan Grow
- Profile : Long on Laughs : Her Chambers of Comedy Now Includes a Spring Sitcom
- Streaks Continue for Fullerton, Powell
- Waltrip Wins Race at Bristol
- PREP ROUNDUP : Ortega, La Habra Shut Out Pacifica
- Hockey
- Miscellany
- ART : Ella's Dogged Life : William Wegman once again dresses up his doleful but lovable Weimaraners, this time for a retelling of 'Cinderella' for his first children's book
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- Temple City : Utility User Tax Considered
- Lefties Don't Die Young After All, Study Reports
- It's Harder to Go to Work, Report Says : Job stress: U.N. study points to growing evidence of problems around the world where companies are doing little to help employees cope with the strain of modern industrialization.
- Egyptian President Arrives for U.S. Visit : Mideast: Hosni Mubarak will seek continued American economic aid to his country as it weathers a crisis of sectarian violence.
- CRENSHAW : YWCA Swim Team Holds Tryouts
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- COLUMN RIGHT/ JOHN R. KASICH : Clinton Should Heed Aspin's Defense Logic : With numbers driving policy, cuts in spending will be nigh impossible to achieve.
- Teamwork Counts Most When in the Military : CAMPUS CORRESPONDENCE
- Dad, It's Baseball Season and I'm Missing You Already
- Flap Over a Sanctuary : Breeding Project for Least Terns May Fall Victim to Claim That They Endanger Jets
- COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Heavy-Hitting Northridge Sweeps San Diego State in Softball
- BASEBALL 1993 : NL WEST : If You Did Not Improve, You Lose
- PRO FOOTBALL : Montana Era Could End for 49ers This Week
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR : This Had a Familiar Ring to It
- Greene Rushes Off to Join the Steelers : NFL: Three-year, $5.25-million contract is enough to make former Ram happy.
- Preserve, Protect, No Need to Defend : UCLA's fifth Festival of Preservation opens Friday with its biggest gun--'Navarone'--and closes with a Ronald Reagan curiosity
- DRAWING THE LINE: Some Yardbirds fans think...
- Group Urges Sea World to Set Shamu Free
- National Guard Returns to Retirement Home Amid New Fears of Unrest
- Commentary on local issues, viewpoints of residents and community leaders, and letters. : Issue: Has the Opening of the Metro Red Line Been a Boon to Business?
- A look inside Hollywood and the movies : Mopping Up After the Oscars : DECISION TIME : 'Vinny' Sequel Beckons Tomei
- ALBUM REVIEW
- Retreat, Yes, but the Point Remains
- COUNTYWIDE : Conference Aims to Empower Youths
- Judge Pressing Case to Make Drug Use Legal : Policy: Superior Court jurist James P. Gray, excoriated last year for his opinion, joins national effort to lobby Congress and White House for new strategy in 'war on drugs.'
- White Water Adventurers Defy Death by Rafting Earth's Deepest Canyon : Water sports: Peru's Colca Canyon is a chasm up to 10,500 feet deep carved by a river that races 236 miles from the Andes to the Pacific.
- Coming to Bat : CBS Adds 'League' to Its Lineup Despite History of TV Baseball Flops
- Politics, Culture Mix in Croatian-American Event
- The Unusual Is Commonplace on Aintree's Course
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Saddleback Is Again Rearmed, Winning
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR NOTES
- Disaster Helps Oil Spill Control Business to Boom
- In Israel, Old Calls to 'Keep Up Fighting Spirit' Fall Flat : Violence: An upsurge of Palestinian attacks has quickened support for a separation between the country and the occupied territories.
- Israel
- FBI Hoping for a Passover Prophecy to End Cult Siege
- Angry and Worried Residents Demand Crackdown on Crime
- Antelope Valley Offers Contract to New Schools Chief
- U.S. Funding of Anti-Gang Program Cut : Oxnard: Agencies receive no explanation. Computer system was used as a national blueprint for tracking habitual offenders.
- Endurance Race Started Badly, Ended Worse : Trek: Seal Beach woman never quit during 10-day, 600-mile 'trip from hell' in Arabian desert, but two male teammates did. Story is subject of a TV special.
- Notes about your surroundings
- BASEBALL 1993 : Ordinary Cardinals Better Than Rest
- British Race Becomes a Nightmare : Grand National: Event is declared void after false starts produce chaos. Some horses run, others don't.
- PRO FOOTBALL
- Miscellany
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR NOTES
- Granada Hills Falls in Semifinals
- Now He's Pitching to Be a Rock Star
- POP MUSIC : David Bowie: The Man Who Fell . . . Then Got Up Again
- Accused Child Molester Slain at Courthouse
- Employee of Firing Range Stricken by Lead Poisoning : Health: A Van Nuys worker's illness illustrates a growing realization among regulators that target shooting can pose a serious risk.
- BASEBALL 1993 : Thrill of Victory Worth It to Carter
- Mansell Learns a Harsh Lesson : Auto racing: In practice for his first oval-track event, he suffers mild concussion in crash and will miss today's race.
- SENIOR GOLF THE TRADITION : Record Round Might Not Be Enough
- A look inside Hollywood and the movies : Mopping Up After the Oscars : DWARFED : Now the Real Snow White Is Really Steamed
- Lawndale Meeting Will Cover Riot Contingency Plans
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR : Ohio State Wins in Overtime : Women's semifinal: The Buckeyes beat Big Ten rival Iowa, 73-72, after Hawkeyes the turn ball over in final seconds.
- Kings See Stars in Defeat : Hockey: Robitaille even misses a penalty shot in 3-0 loss to Minnesota at Forum.
- Eliza Won't Test Males in May : Aftermath: Filly runs a game race against Personal Hope but will be entered in the Kentucky Oaks rather than the Derby.
- Angels Send the Dodgers Packing, 5-3 : Freeway Series: Home runs by Gaetti, Snow help overcome 3-1 deficit. L.A. returns to Florida for its season opener.
- PREP ROUNDUP
- BASEBALL / ROSS NEWHAN : And the Last Shall Be First--but Not the Dodgers
- Jason Couch, last year's Professional Bowlers' Assn....
- Ventura's White Prevails in Main on Home Track
- ALBUM REVIEW
- All the Right Moves : Grover Dale and his Choreographers' Resourcenter nurture the talents of those dedicated to dance
- LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Edward Zigler : Head Start's Architect Reflects on Building Achievements
- Follow Through on Bolsa Chica Pact : * Koll Co., County Should Stick to Sound Wetlands Strategy Conceived by Coalition
- Appeal Filed Over Officer's Taped Testimony : King case: Defense asks federal appeals court to prohibit prosecution's use of Theodore Briseno's account from state case, saying it would deny the officers a fair trial.
- From Humble Roots : Watercress: Growers try to stimulate demand, but countering the greens' snooty image is a tough row to hoe.
- Fire Damages Van Nuys Commercial Building
- Heartfelt Heritage : Powwow Drumbeats Bring Indian Culture and Spirit to Many
- PREP BASEBALL : Canyon Topples Troy, 7-0
- Cypress' Clark, Tippen Have Record Outings
- PREP VOLLEYBALL : Capistrano Valley Survives Injury to Claim Victory
- BASEBALL / SPRING TRAINING REPORT : Murphy to Rockies; Stewart Sidelined
- Santa Clara Sweeps Loyola : Baseball: The Lions' West Coast Conference title hopes appear dashed after they lose, 8-3, 14-5.
- Northridge Blanked by Hawaii, 6-0 : College baseball: Matadors held to four hits in suffering first shutout of the season.
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR : Wolverines Win in Overtime Again
- COVER STORY : The Solitary Outsider : A country rebel with a shadowy edge, Dwight Yoakam shuns conventional guidelines to preserve the isolation he values, making contact from the stage with his music, and now acting
- A look inside Hollywood and the movies : Mopping Up After the Oscars : ARM TWISTING : Al, Gene, It's Gonna Be Envelope City--Trust Us on This
- Fiddling: State of the Art Past, Present and Future
- Re-examining Some Myths of Health-Care Problems : Reform: While socialized health systems in other countries now look toward privatization, U.S. looks to more government involvement.
- A Tale of Two Trials--and the Fate of a City : Justice: In the King and Denny cases, the law is being asked to deal with race, something it doesn't do well. Two judges on hot seats.
- Camarillo Neighbors Mount Effort Against Recycling Plant : Environment: Residents say increased traffic would be intolerable. Firm vows the proposed center wouldn't be an eyesore.
- Ethics Report Blames Hahn for Misconduct : Investigation: Commission chief says prosecutor had to be aware of political activity allegedly going on in his office. City attorney, who is up for reelection, denies all charges.
- Toyota Exporting More Station Wagons--to Japan : Commerce: About 3,500 U.S.-made cars were sent overseas from Long Beach last year, and the number is rising.
- Tempest in Topanga : Feuds: A brazen eight-page newspaper is fulfilling its promise to say 'upsetting things about some people in the community.'
- Girl, 6, Dies After Fall From Horse
- A Little Brie, Bottle of Merlot and . . . French Election Results
- VOLLEYBALL : Loyola Gets the Jump on Notre Dame
- It Pays to Be There on the Right Night
- What Makes Businesses Pack Up and Leave
- Geffen and Military
- Taking off With Different Views About Living With Airport Noise
- Walk Is Now a Tax Hike
- It's Time to Give Gays '1st-Class Citizenship'
- Remembering Brussels
- Arcana of Laguna Museum Slabs
- The Decline of Los Angeles
- Cenote Mix-Up
- USC and Its Relationship to Community
- For Workers, No Such Thing as Free Trade
- ILL WILL
- COMMENTARY : Multiculturalism in Art....
- Israel Closes Gate to West Bank...
- Religious Orders: a Choice 'Freely Taken'
- Teachers Union Deserves Support
- Council Ignores Majority's Wishes
- THE WAY WE WERE
- Don't Take Me Out to the Ballgame
- It All Begins On Opening Day...
- Other Views on Greener Pastures
- FASHION STATEMENTS
- Source for Names Comes From the Past
- RUBEN SALAZAR
- AQMD's Wedaa Is a 'Breath of Fresh Air'
- ILL WILL
- L.A. Officials' Overseas Travel
- 25 Years After King's Death, Doubts Survive : Assassination: James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to murdering the civil rights leader, but has denied his guilt ever since. Members of a House panel that examined the probe say they fear they were misled and ask that it be reopened.
- Other Views on Greener Pastures
- Water District Officials and Their Perks
- Maxi Revolution Responds to the Masses
- FREE SPEECH
- Loan Brokers on 'Wolves'
- The Picture of Innocence? : A defendant who uses clothes and other tricks to appear harmless may sway the jury, experts say. Michael Milken would have looked "more humble" without his toupee, for example, ad adark suit and long, loose hair were all wrong for Amy Fisher.
- California Haters Can Hit the Road
- Taking off With Different Views About Living With Airport Noise
- Follow the Bouncing Cam
- Card Club's Impact on Cypress: Cause for Worry or Not to Worry
- Looking Out for the Gnatcatcher
- Mission Possible
- California Haters Can Hit the Road
- Water District Officials and Their Perks
- The Decline of Los Angeles
- L.A. Officials' Overseas Travel
- 'WITHIN WHAT?'
- ILL WILL
- FASHION STATEMENTS
- It All Begins On Opening Day...
- Princes of Punk
- Volkswagen: A Week at the Factory photographs...
- Political Taggers
- Growth-Drug Issues Require More Study
- Fond Thoughts About Airport
- Stock Options Are a Win-Win Game
- AIDS and the Movies
- Maxi Revolution Responds to the Masses
- That's the Ticket
- FREE SPEECH
- Remembering Brussels
- AIDS and the Movies
- Not Political, but Not an Unknown
- Public Is Uneducated About Schools
- Taking off With Different Views About Living With Airport Noise
- Get Home Inspected Before You Buy
- L.A. Mayor
- One-Track Mind?
- Geffen and Military
- Other Views on Greener Pastures
- THE WAY WE WERE
- Too Far for Talk