- Anchoring the Soul of a Community
- Land-Use Dispute Widens to Cover New Grounds of Conflict : Housing: What started as a disagreement over a Rancho Palos Verdes development now includes allegations of racism and concerns about a threatened species.
- Sudden Flood of Work Is Music to Mar Vista Composer's Ears
- Minorities Wait Longer for Transplants : Medicine: Misperceptions and fears among prospective donors have resulted in a critical shortage of organs from black and Latino communities, officials say.
- New Lawmakers Hope Foe Isn't in Mirror : Congress: After running as reformists, they find themselves working in the snake pit they had attacked and running risk of getting bitten.
- Last British WWI Poet Recalls Gaiety, Heartbreak : Literature: London's Imperial War Museum honored Geoffrey Dearmer when he turned 100. His verse was read among old tanks, guns and biplanes.
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Candidates' LAPD Plans Clash With Budget, Law : Mayoral race: Riordan, Woo pledge to add officers. But the ideas are not new and face legal, political hurdles.
- TUBE TALK: Susan Waldrop and her husband,...
- U.S. History of Slavery Justifies Reparations for Blacks, Coalition Contends : Justice: Germany paid Jews and U.S. is paying Japanese-Americans. Why not compensate blacks for years of kidnaping and servitude, group asks.
- Disney to Acquire Miramax Film Corp.
- Cubs Outrun Notre Dame for 1st Place
- Biting Into a New Career : Brent Bolthouse has made his mark on the club and party scene. Now, all of 23, he's ready to try something new--a restaurant.
- CITY ARTS : Dancing Freely
- More Than 350 Protest Possible Park Closure
- COLUMN ONE : Bob Dole Is Back on Top of Hill : The Senate GOP leader is credited with turning his fractured party into a successful foe of the Administration. His new role could lead to one more White House bid.
- 'BUGDUDE'
- Those Crazy Days of Summer
- HANDYMAN Q & A : Water Tank Heat Set for Over 140 Wasteful
- * Kevin Finegold has been appointed food...
- Neighbor Has Pet But New Tenant Can't
- Schiphol Joins Ranks of 'Amusing' Airports
- Scaling Southern Colorado's Great Sand Dunes
- the innocents of summer : THE WIDE-EYED, BRAND-NEW, LOW-PAID COLORADO ROCKIES TAKE THE FIELD UNDER BASEBALL'S DARKENING SKIES
- Best Bites
- HEARTBEAT : Full-Color Come-Ons
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Follow-Through the Key to Success, Diplomats Say : Bosnia: Peace possible, experts believe, if West stands by commitment and deals with consequences.
- Yuppie Puppies Put on the Dog at 'Ritz'
- School Trustees Vote Themselves Insurance Benefit : Perks: Board votes 3 to 2 to provide health coverage for departing members who have served at least 12 years.
- Florida Computer a 'Hurricane' of Errors : Welfare: Since the supercomputer began handling cases in the state two years ago, it has racked up $260 million in mistakes and a $46-million lawsuit.
- Saturday Art Program Opens Doors to Youths
- Lawyer Failed Him, but This Activist Isn't About to Quit
- NEWS ANALYSIS : El Toro Message Muddled
- Coping and Still Hoping : A Return Visit With Six Victims of the Recession
- A Heartland Rampage Revisited : The Teen-age Killing Spree That Inspired 'Badlands' Is Retold--From Both Sides This Time
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- PATRICIA FOY: Keeping Step With Nureyev
- BELL : Bramble to Quit Post for Colorado Job
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- West Covina : Car Dealership May Move
- Summit of Gangs Takes Aim at Peace
- SPECIAL REPORT: INVESTING IN THE '90s : BONDS : A Cloudy Crystal Ball Means, Hedge Your Bet
- Repairing the Damage of Student Loan Default
- State Program Now Has Forms for Summer Jobs
- A Suggestion for Those Who Missed Investing in TV
- URBAN ART : The Artist's New Clothes
- Among the Last Great Eccentrics : GERALD BRENAN: THE INTERIOR CASTLE; A Biography, <i> By Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy (W. W. Norton: $35; 672 pp.)</i>
- The Flame of Inspiration : A labor organizer says Cesar Chavez had stature because he was a liberator of exploited people.
- Modern 'enry 'iggins Says Lose Accent to Gain Success : Language: Speech coaches help actors learn foreign inflections, immigrants lose them and business people who want to shed a regional twang.
- Walk Benefits Several Environmental Groups
- Old Traffic Tickets Not Forgotten
- In Their Own Words
- Showing His Stuff : Major League Scouts Flock to Verbum Dei for a Look at Versatile Pitcher Dion Jackson
- Thunderbirds Wow 500,000 at O.C. Air Show
- Cursed and Blessed With Memory : IN TROUBLED WATERS, <i> By Beverly Coyle (Ticknor & Fields: $19.95; 324 pp.)</i>
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Crenshaw Wins on Two-Hitter
- Auditors Say Computer Report Misled School Board : Management: County education staff overstated need for $8.6-million machine, report states. Officials deny wrongdoing.
- He's Got the Golden Touch : Boxing: Roosevelt High's Salvador Jasso is headed for the Golden Gloves nationals after winning a state title.
- SPECIAL REPORT: INVESTING IN THE '90s : One-Third Through : As the Decade Progresses, Investors Must Reassess Strategies
- A CLASSICAL EPITAPH : Reaffirming the Existence of a Late Friend by Immersing One's Soul in the Music He Loved
- Off the Beaten Path in Rural Italy : Trip planners who specialize in the European nation can customize itineraries for any traveler.
- News of N. Korea Distorted, Seoul Says : Asia: Recent Western reports of large troop movements in the north are criticized as 'gross exaggerations.'
- Kuwait to Build Barrier Along Border With Iraq
- Senate Appointee Faces a Crowded Field : Texas: Krueger is in battle against 23 other candidates in bid to retain Lloyd Bentsen's seat.
- Ahuge room filled with all the pizza...
- May Day March Takes Violent Turn in Moscow
- EL SERENO : Wilson High Seniors Take on the Gangs
- The Mathematics of Discrimination : Since 1986, Jenny Harrison has been fighting for tenure in the male-dominated UC Berkeley math department. She says it's a matter of sexual discrimination; the university says she's just not good enough.
- THE FLOATING WORLD by Cynthia Kadohata...
- Runoff to Decide Senate Race in Texas : Politics: Democratic appointee Robert Krueger and GOP state Treasurer Kay Bailey Hutchison will square off in contest for Bentsen's seat.
- Israelis Reportedly Fire Near Deportees
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- A Day for Fans of 'Lives'
- * Kerry W. Coin has been appointed...
- SPECIAL REPORT: INVESTING IN THE '90s : U.S. STOCKS : And When the Bear Stops Hibernating?
- * James O. Rollans has been appointed...
- STYLE / GARDENS : Pick a Pepper
- Leave the Kennedys Out of It : MARILYN MONROE: The Biography, <i> By Donald Spoto (HarperCollins: $25; 611 pp.)</i>
- BIRDLANDS : Wildlife and Quiet Times off Florida's Gulf Coast
- CLOVIS by Michael Fessier (Turtle Point...
- More than an Expression : PBS SERIES TRACES DANCE AS ART, RELIGION AND POLITICAL WEAPON
- Black and White Attitudes in a World That's Full of Color
- A Retro Look at Tomorrowland
- Parents Ordered to Pay for Children's Jail Costs : Justice: South Carolina prosecutor's policy angers some critics, who call it unfair to the poor and to blacks.
- SOUTHEAST AREA : Job Diversity Sought for Alameda Project
- U.S. Probes How Japanese Bought Riviera Club
- TRAINS THAT FLY : THE FRENCH DO IT, THE JAPANESE DO IT, THE SWEDES TO IT -- IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR AMERICANS TO TRY HIGH-SPEED?
- Seductive Isles of the South Pacific
- EAST : L.A. Police Veteran Jessie Nunez Dies
- THE MONSTER CHRONICLES
- THE CANDIDATES
- First Air Show Was Impromptu
- Hiking Fee
- School Quid Pro Quo 'Is Just Not Done'
- Camel Costs
- Defeat of Prop. 1
- Opposition to Proposal for Card Club
- Let Quality, Not Ethnicity, Guide Us
- Media Ignored Katz and Wachs
- Burbank Airport a Noisy Issue
- Defeat of Prop. 1
- RIGHTS FOR GAYS
- Valley Voters Sent Clear Message
- Wizard of Aahs
- THE MONSTER CHRONICLES
- School Boys' Dark Tales
- Though Drinker Has Died, Pain Lives On
- KING AND THE PRESIDENT
- Women in Film
- Opposition to Proposal for Card Club
- A 2nd Opinion on Salaried Medical Practice
- Formation Agency Sings a New Tune as Districts Draw Criticism
- Tailhook Officers Faulted
- AND FROM COUPLES?
- They Heard It on the Grapevine...
- BUYING THOSE 'BRIDGES'
- Conversion of El Toro Base: Will It Fly?
- BUYING THOSE 'BRIDGES'
- Defeat of Prop. 1
- NOT BUYING 'BRIDGES'
- THE MONSTER CHRONICLES
- Cliff Robertson's Aide Begs to Differ
- RIGHTS FOR GAYS
- Women in Film
- Burbank Airport a Noisy Issue
- Valley Voters Sent Clear Message
- KING AND THE PRESIDENT
- KING AND THE PRESIDENT
- AND FROM COUPLES?
- For Women
- Conversion of El Toro Base: Will It Fly?
- Tailhook Officers Faulted
- THE MONSTER CHRONICLES
- Disneyland's Development Plans
- NONFICTION - May 2, 1993
- NONFICTION - May 2, 1993
- NONFICTION - May 2, 1993
- NONFICTION - May 2, 1993
- NONFICTION - May 2, 1993
- NONFICTION - May 2, 1993
- NONFICTION - May 2, 1993
- Obituaries - May 2, 1993
- REAL GRADES: You've heard of high schools...
- Simi Rape Suspect Dies in Apparent Suicide : Crime: Neighbors hear two shots from the man's house. SWAT team finds his body with a gunshot wound in the head.
- Home Improvement : ON THE HOUSE : Check Your Circuits to Prevent Blowing Fuse
- Options Include Strikes at Artillery, Raids in Serbia
- Dispute Over Lawyer Stalls Overton Trial : Courts: Attorney's health, clash with defendant raise specter of mistrial in sensational O.C. murder case.
- ON RAMP : Fink Cadillac
- GARDENER EXTRA: Here's good news for home...
- REAL CHAMPION: The California Angels have retired...
- SIDELINED: Public TV enthusiasts who watch the...
- Most Looters Endured Lives of Crime, Poverty : Riots: Thieves ranged from addicts to students. Majority were repeat offenders, Times analysis shows.
- CALIFORNIA PORTFOLIO : We Must Take Back Control of Our Image
- 1 Big, 1 Small, Both Deliver the Goods--Affordable Water
- Push Mounts for Reform of Water Districts : Management: Critics cite desire to consolidate some of the 19 independent agencies. Others, while agreeing greater accountability is needed, say bigger is not necessarily better.
- Russian Politics With a Twist, American-Style : Advertising: Small Malibu agency created five television spots for Boris Yeltsin's recent referendum campaign.
- CONSUMER AFFAIRS
- Simple Touches, Soothing Effect
- Yeltsin Taps Steel Executive for Deputy Premier Post : Russia: Oleg Soskovets' assignment strengthens industry's voice at top level of government.
- Gag Order in World Trade Center Bombing Case Is Struck Down
- Babbitt Resumes Work on Grazing Policy Reform : Livestock: In the first of several hearings, Interior secretary seeks plan on public lands use to please cattlemen and environmentalists.
- Power Lines Didn't Cause Girl's Rare Cancer, Jury Finds : Health: Panel rejects couple's suit seeking nearly $1 million in damages against San Diego Gas & Electric Co. Firm's attorneys hail decision.
- Indulgence for a Cause : Conejo Valley Days: Patrons can eat, drink and be merry--and help charitable organizations.
- WORLD IN BRIEF : POLAND : Lower House OKs Mass Privatization
- 2 U.S. Servicemen Die in Gulf Traffic Crash
- New, More Expensive Heart Drug Outpaces Old Medicine in Test : Cardiology: Treatment using t-PA reduced deaths by as much as 14% over Streptokinase, researchers find. But debate continues over the merits of the two clot-busting drugs.
- DANA POINT : Board Deadlocks on Land Swap Probe
- Turnout Is Low for Immunizations : Health: County offers free vaccinations for preschoolers in effort to prevent another measles epidemic, but few parents bring their children.
- Santa Clarita / Antelope Valley : Cities Assn. Panel Backs Elsmere Dump
- Demonstrators Take Sides on Gay Issue : Port Hueneme: Protesters who want homosexuals kept out of the military face counter-protesters across six lanes of traffic.
- Dialing for Tax Dollars: Cellular Phones : Finances: Analysts discover that 10% users levy has not been applied to devices. Compromise budget is approved by key City Council committee.
- ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : A Team That Plays for Big Stakes
- Theologian Elizabeth A. Johnson Wins $150,000 Grawemeyer Award
- AIRLINES
- U.S. Issues List of Biased Trading Partners : Commerce: Japan is one of those cited as discriminating against American products. Others are named for allowing the pirating of U.S. intellectual property.
- U.S. Air Patrol Over Bosnia Watches, Waits : Military: Young pilots on the carrier Roosevelt have yet to see high drama. But they are prepared.
- CAP AND GOWN: Friday wasn't the best...
- NEW DEAL: National Park Service officials say...
- MONTROSE : Students' 'Earth' Projects on Display
- NORTH HOLLYWOOD : Transient Pleads Not Guilty in Abduction
- Closing Arguments Focus on Youth's Testimony in Killing : Trial: Prosecution says the 17-year-old, who is not charged in the case, is credible enough to incriminate the others. Defense says teen-ager is framing three defendants.
- LOS ANGELES : Podiatrist Gets 10-Year Term for Insurance Fraud
- Acting Chief to Get Top Schools Job, Sources Say : Education: The L.A. board reportedly will appoint Sid Thompson superintendent. He'll be the first African-American to hold the post.
- Countywide : Food Bank Buys Its Home, Plans Party
- CANOGA PARK : Recycling Center Draws Complaints
- Rate Rise Saps Dow; Tokyo Hits '93 High : Market Overview
- Genentech Buoyed by Drug Study : Biotechnology: Demand for its anti-clotting drug for heart attack victims is expected to grow after a clinical test underscores its effectiveness.
- WORLD IN BRIEF : ANDORRA : Tiny Enclave Now a Sovereign State
- Grandfather Doesn't Have Heart for Crime
- VENTURA : Cigarettes Blamed in Fatal House Fire
- No Rodgers' Mayday After Loss to Red Sox
- Baseball
- DANCE
- On the Fast Track : Nike Town Store Design Puts Shoemaker a Step Ahead
- CONSUMER AFFAIRS
- COLUMN ONE : Cincy Takes Schott to the Heart : Yes, they've got trouble, right there in River City. But for some, labeling the Reds owner a bigot only makes her one of the gang. Flowers fill her box seat as hate mail floods critics.
- CALABASAS : Students Receive Some Stock Advice
- Methodist Bishops Focus Attention on Rebuilding : Cities: National program will debut in Los Angeles in effort to involve church in commitment to nation's urban needs.
- KENTUCKY DERBY CAPSULES
- HOLLYWOOD PARK : OK for Five Simulcasts Is Rescinded
- Worthy Aim--Dubious Means : Destabilizing Iraq: Sounds good but . . .
- DIVERSITY WATCH : Honoring All
- Tennis Court Plan Opposed
- NBA PLAYOFFS / UPDATE : LAKERS : Is Rebuilding in Green's Plan?
- Scoring Should Not Be a Problem for Canucks : Kings: Vancouver averaged more than five goals a game in winning seven of nine during regular season.
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Mishaps Plague Watts Prophets Show
- THOUSAND OAKS : Soldier, 19, Dies of Unknown Causes at Army Base
- Countywide : Cuts Suggested for Fire Department
- PREP ROUNDUP : Mater Dei Upsets First-Place Dana Hills in Boys' Tennis
- Miscellany
- Roseanne vs. ABC: Who's Got the Clout?
- Jenkins Quits as Houston Coach
- IRVINE : UCI Offers $5,000 Reward for Rapist
- TENNIS ROUNDUP : Graf on Pace for Another Title
- Consumer Spending Falls 1st Time in 7 Months : Indicators: Factory orders also slump. Personal income rose, due mostly to huge farm subsidy payments.
- Berkeley Capital Buys Ocean Pacific Assets
- Growing Just in Some People's Nature
- Behind Edward and Yoshiko Koizumi's ranch-style...
- New Payroll Deduction May Fund Health Plan : Policy: First Lady explains idea during meeting with senators. Value-added tax is all but dead, she indicates.
- WORLD IN BRIEF : LEBANON : 1983 Embassy Blast Ruled a Political Act
- Too Much Smoke in Sacramento
- Clinton Answers Critics, Defends Administration : Government: He says direction of the country is changing after 12 years of GOP neglect. He spells out details of his national service program.
- ANAHEIM : Shooting Victim's Condition Improves
- Burglary Suspect, 13, Is Arrested
- NORTH HOLLYWOOD : Store Parking Flap Splits Neighbors
- CAMARILLO : 4-Year Terms OKd for Most Appointees
- Charge in Slaying Case Dismissed
- PANORAMA CITY : Blythe Street to Get Camp Fire Club
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Orange Coast Women, Golden West Men Lead State Meet
- 3 Area Cyclists in Striking Distance of 89er Stage Lead
- It Is the Kind of Anniversary All Golfers Can Appreciate
- Hockey
- 'Soul Shadows' Exhibition: $19,000 Well Spent? : Art: Critics say Cultural Affairs Department squandered funds on a show by a non-L.A. artist that presents negative stereotypes of blacks.
- DANCE
- MUSIC
- THEATER REVIEW : Uneven Cast Drags Down Dated 'Life'
- MOVIE REVIEW : Idle's 'Splitting Heirs' Is Funny Despite Its Limits
- RETAILING
- When Gas Burners Don't Automatically Ignite, Try Cleaning
- Expanded Civil Rights Coverage Urged : Bias: Reversing a Bush Administration position, the Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to apply a 1991 law to cases pending before passage.
- Iranian Submarine Joins Naval Exercise
- TRADITION : Stop the Music! British Budget Cuts Out Many Military Bands
- Disney Snaps Up Miramax for Estimated $60 Million : Films: Independent company gained fame with 'The Crying Game.' Weinstein brothers to retain control.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : A Quiet New Copter Named Maverick
- SANTA ANA : Local Man Killed by Gas Pump Fire
- BURBANK : Council Acts to Increase Parking
- Pat Robertson Group Finds Unlikely Allies : Activism: Christian Coalition gets support from Jews and blacks in campaign to elect candidates with traditional values to school boards.
- Is Anybody Home? : Mayor's budget had proposed elimination of city trash cans
- Artesia's Jones Shuns O'Bannon, Picks USC : Recruiting: 6-11 center rejects pleas of former teammate, who signed last week with UCLA.
- Hueneme Staggers to Fourth Straight Win, 7-5
- MOVIE REVIEW : A Sweet 'Pickle' With a Split Personality : Paul Mazursky's latest film goes in about four directions and would have benefited from more Hollywood satire.
- AIRLINES
- Serbs' Reaction Is Unknown Factor in Bosnia Equation : Balkans: Experts agree that Belgrade and rebels are likely to remain defiant unless allies take forceful action.
- Exiled Years Ago by Israel, 15 Palestinians Return : Mideast: Their triumphant welcome reflects widespread hope than an independent Palestine is coming.
- Attempted Murder Charges Filed in Clerk's Stabbing
- VILLA PARK : Fire District Plan Gets Council's OK
- Countywide : 9 County Judges Attend Conference
- Taxpayer Group Won't Challenge School Pact Again
- Countywide : 2 Men Appointed to County Fair Board
- Daulton Lifts Phillies Over the Dodgers, 7-6
- Showing the Way : The Early Derbies Were Dominated by Black Jockeys
- One Fan's Lament Goes Up in Smoke
- In Draft, It's Time to Put It on the Line
- In Draft, It's Time to Put It on the Line
- Angelmania Beginning to Snowball After a Fast Start by the Kids
- King Could Not Have Said It Better Himself
- This Is One Race That Should Not Be for Sale
- Tax Deductions and Entitlements
- Angelmania Beginning to Snowball After a Fast Start by the Kids
- Princess Cruises
- Meanwhile, Up the 5 at the Other Place . . .
- In Draft, It's Time to Put It on the Line
- Angelmania Beginning to Snowball After a Fast Start by the Kids
- Tax Deductions and Entitlements
- Santa Anita Did Have Its Days for Charity
- President Clinton
- Gay Rights March on Washington
- Maybe They Won It, Maybe They Didn't
- Meanwhile, Up the 5 at the Other Place . . .
- Stupidity
- Meanwhile, Up the 5 at the Other Place . . .
- Gay Rights March on Washington
- Meanwhile, Up the 5 at the Other Place . . .
- One Fan's Lament Goes Up in Smoke
- What's the Big Deal About This O'Bannon?
- Gay Rights March on Washington
- Electric Vehicles
- Gay Rights March on Washington
- Hill Williams 'Update' Raises More Questions
- International Terrorism Fell in 1992, U.S. Reports
- Gored Matador Asks for Instant Playback
- U.S. Joins Woman's Suit to Enter Citadel
- Bolivia Inching Away From a Past of Misery : Latin America: Inflation is under control. The economy is growing. And old enemies join hands to face a future of hope and democracy.
- COMPTON : 62 Roosters, Equipment for Animal Fighting Seized
- CANOGA PARK : Graffiti Paint-Out Wraps Up Today
- Edward James Olmos Nominated to City Human Relations Panel
- Miniature Golf Now City's Game
- ANGELES COUNTY : Need for Computer System Overstated, Audit Finds
- Schroeder Signs With Bengals to Be the Backup for Klingler
- Salsa Gets Midfielder From Mexican League
- Moorpark Seeks Repeat Victory Over Bakersfield