- TORRANCE : Deficit May Prompt Cuts in City Services
- In Law's Eyes, 14-Year-Old Is an Adult : Crime: Under new state rule, boy could get life term if convicted of murder.
- Local Paintings Flavor a Harvest Cookbook : Poetry, travel and vice are on the bill at area bookstores this week.
- SPECIAL EVENT : New Jazz Festival Is a Sampler With Something for Every Taste
- Fleiss' Father Agrees to Plea Bargain, Attorney Says : Courts: He is expected to admit he conspired to conceal the Hollywood madam's illegal income from IRS. The doctor refused earlier plea offers.
- Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Assaults of 4 in Ojai : Courts: Kevin Richard Malone, 37, faces a state prison term of 27 to 84 2/3 years for the string of incidents in 1993-94, authorities say.
- LAGUNA BEACH : School Board OKs Farmers Market Plan
- Olympic Ticket Favoritism Criticized
- DANCE REVIEW : United, They Danced : A Lavish Festival Commemorates the Signing of U.N. Charter
- McDonnell Douglas to Develop Delta III : Aerospace: The launch rocket will be designed in Huntington, stabilizing that facility's work force.
- Pacific Gulf to Control Group of 11 Apartment Sites
- Small Agents Want Banks Kept Out of Insurance Business : Finance: Brokers say they're already in a 'fire sale,' claim lenders would have an unfair advantage.
- A, Like, Rez Peke at Tommorows' Clasrom
- The Tao of Dough
- Number of Food Aid Recipients Declines
- FESTIVAL : Pier Day Celebration Is a Thank-You Event
- 'Nice Guy' Strives to Go Straight to the Source
- BOOK REVIEW / FICTION : Young Lives Eaten Away by Troubled Pasts : OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR, <i> by Katharine Weber</i> , Crown Publishing,$23, 304 pages
- TRIED & TRUE : GOTTA SING : Choral Crooner Finds One Is the Loneliest Karaoke Number
- RESTAURANT REVIEW : Golden Dragon's Setting Outpaces Its Cuisine : The decor is ambitious--if only the food could meet it. All too often bland and oily sauces mar the dishes.
- Afternoon Tea's the Ticket After a Few Hours of Hunting Antiques
- Tax Group Guilty of Campaign Violation : Courts: Judge also scolds Howard Jarvis organization and political consultants for fund-raising tactics.
- Japanese Picture Brides Recall Hardships of American Life
- Arts Center to Expand Its Offerings : San Pedro: Angels Gate cultural facility has served as a bridge between the community and artists, 40 of whom rent space there. New classes aim to get the public more involved.
- Rift Widens on Ojai Skateboard Park Proposal
- CAMARILLO, SOMIS : 13th Aerial Medfly Spraying Completed
- FULLERTON / LA HABRA
- NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Jarvis Gets the (Whole) Job Done for Reds
- Wilson Chisels Out Personal Mark : Baseball: Thousand Oaks High junior sets school record for hits in 7-1 victory over Westlake.
- Baseball Owners Discuss Reinstating the Salary Cap
- THEATER REVIEW : 'Hot & Cole': Full of Him and Vigor
- CLUB REVIEW : West Hollywood Butter Needs to Butter Up the Crowd
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : David Ball Carries On Honky-Tonk Tradition
- SHOP TALK : Making Sure Mother's Day Flowers Are Fresh : It pays to be fussy when sending a bouquet. Experts advise checking depth of color and whether buds are fully open.
- Panel's Base Closings Hit List Is Expanded : Military: Federal commission targets eight facilities, including eliminating Naval Air Station at Point Mugu, as well as McClellan. About 12,000 civilian jobs could be affected.
- HERMOSA BEACH : Man Guilty in Ad Scam Will Repay Merchants
- MEETING IN MOSCOW : Voices
- Ready to Take Care of Business : New Director Hopes to Salvage Scandal-Ridden Enterprise Program
- GOP Budget-Cutters Breach the Social Security Fire Wall : Congress: Plan to limit benefit increases would save billions of dollars. But it breaks an unwritten law and risks the wrath of the senior citizen lobby.
- House Debates Environmental Limits Bill : Legislation: Final vote is expected on measure aimed at overhauling the Clean Water Act of 1972. Bill would ease anti-pollution restrictions.
- Gionis Asks to Be Free While Court Weighs Conviction
- Rally to Celebrate CSU Land Purchase
- VAN NUYS : Single Master Plan Sought for Airport
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJORS : Ontiveros Agrees to $900,000 With A's
- Rainbow Threat: Talk, No Action? : Television: Last year, Jesse Jackson was talking boycotts over the status of minorities in the industry. Little has transpired, but he says the campaign will get 'intense.'
- Morrison Knudsen Considers Merger Proposals
- TECHNOLOGY : Toshiba, Samsung Team Up to Develop Memory Chips
- Ex-Wilson Housekeeper Got Green Card in 1979, INS Says
- COMPTON : Schools Shut, Converted in Enrollment Decline
- Cloistered Nuns Sell Heavenly Confections
- JURASSIC PARK: First, there was the movie....
- COMPTON : Council Imposes Fees on Proposed Card Casino
- BY DESIGN : Bug-Eyed : Credit the Ecology Movement for Inspiring the Fabric Design du Jour-- From Flowers to Flitting Butterflies to Jewel-Encrusted Faux Roaches
- DOWNEY : Council to Receive Three Years' Back Pay
- DIAMOND BAR : Harmony Recall Drive Fails as Petition Deadline Passes
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : No One Will Let Offerman Forget
- SIMI VALLEY : Homeless Push for Permanent Shelter
- PREP SOFTBALL ROUNDUP : Ocean View Bounces Westminster Into Third
- TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- RETAILING
- NEWS : Winner's Circle
- MARKETS : Eastern Europe Meets West Hollywood
- Doles No Longer Attend Liberal-Leaning Church
- District Buys Old Cars to Help Clear the Air : Getting the smog-belchers off the road is a cost-effective way of aiding the environment.
- MTA Holds Transit Funds; : City Must Repay $2.4 Million
- Sports : PREPS
- POLICE BLOTTER
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUMMIT : A Setback for Russian Extremists : Clinton's salute to our World War II ally was morally correct and a long-overdue antidote to Cold War hostility.
- ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : Quarreling in the Lifeboat
- SIMI VALLEY : New Chaplain Added to Hospital Staff
- GRANADA HILLS : Three Honored for Volunteer Work
- Swiss Bank Will Buy London's Warburg in $1.38-Billion Deal
- Storm Brews Over Coffee Cart Ouster : Dispute Goes to Very Top of Marriott
- Fed Survey Shows Slow Growth Continuing : Economy: Report for March and April fuels speculation that interest rates will stand.
- Tisch Declares That CBS Is Not on the Sale Block
- Executive Travel : Rails Can Be Cheaper, Easier for Short Trips
- Character Sketches : Corny? Yes. But Highlights' morality lessons still appear in 2.6 million copies a month.
- CENTURY CITY : Run / Walk Proceeds Will Help Fight Breast, Ovarian Cancer
- BRIEFLY : Study: AIDS Cohort Project Given $4 Million
- NARCOTICS : Report Studies Drug-Sale Link to Gangs : USC research associate says members are less involved than had been believed. Pasadena and Pomona arrest records from 1989-91 were tracked.
- WASHINGTON INSIGHT
- GOP Battle Boils Beneath Surface as 6 Tangle in Race to Recall Horcher : Politics: Republicans Gary G. Miller and Barbara S. Stone lead the pack as they exchange barbs in 60th District contest.
- HOLLYWOOD : Carjacker May Be Charged With Slaying of Passenger
- It's the Thought That Counts
- County Delegation in Washington to Press for U.S. Aid : Budget: Officials will meet with Administration and congressional leaders. Billions of dollars are at stake.
- ORANGE : Council Delays Vote on Setting Design Standards for Old Towne
- HOLLYWOOD : Judge Extends Hours for Crackdown on Prostitution
- Fund Raising an Uphill Battle for Local AIDS Ride Activists
- RECREATION / STEVE HENSON : Endurance Test in Wilderness Wasn't a Watered-Down Affair
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Team Is Still Trying to Help Flora
- Reno Air Inc.: The airline on Wednesday...
- Cable Firms Encourage High-Tech Classrooms : Communications: Exhibit at national convention shows schoolroom of the future wired for learning.
- Chekchek? Check
- MEETING IN MOSCOW : Clinton Appears to Carry the Student Vote--at Moscow State : Speech: Though not all agreed with him, U.S. President earns standing ovation from university audience.
- Get Your Hands on the Cookie Jars
- Humane Society Week Will End in Open House
- Museum is presenting Edison in his best light : Inventor's Florida estate now has a curator who is making a visit to the winter home a more illuminating experience.
- Adventures in Arrow-Space
- THEATER REVIEW : 'Twelfth Night' Is the Bard's Best for Beginners : The Moorpark version focuses on Shakespeare's lines themselves, delivered with rare clarity and understanding.
- HOUSING : Pasadena May Use Slumlord Ordinance Against Caltrans : Rundown properties bought by state for planned Long Beach Freeway extension are devaluing neighboring homes, say city officials, who want them fixed up.
- Cerritos Rejects Lower Bid, Awards Trash Contract to Downey Firm : Utilities: The city bypasses Waste Management's offer in favor of Calsan. Monthly home bills will rise to $10.60.
- Bank With an Open Door
- Jury Deliberations to Begin in Bryant Family Murder Case : Court: High-security trial ends in surprise twist when a defendant implicates others in 1988 slayings of four.
- BRIEFLY : Sculpture: Carvings by Henry Moore on Display
- Foes of Trash Importing Take Protest to the Street
- Here's Wilson's Chance to Come Clean : Immigration: With an illegal immigrant in his own closet, he has to distance his presidential ambitions from Prop. 187.
- Russia Budges, but All Isn't Rosy : Nuclear transfer to Iran--however limited--demands the strongest safeguards
- SANTA ANA : School Board Rejects Plan to Seek U.S. Grant
- Busy Schedule Takes Toll on SCC's Pearson
- Talking a Good Game : Scully Sound-Alike Saeger Paying His Dues as Voice of Spirit
- A Miss Isn't Just a Miss for Divac : His Failure to Make Free Throws in Game 2 Haunts Him All Week
- 4-Star Day for Maumausolo : Softball: She hits four home runs as CSUN clinches WAC title by sweeping San Diego State.
- Graphix Zone to Market Clips of Home Videos : Multimedia: CD-ROM compilations from hit TV show will be available during holiday season.
- UFW Co-Founder Comes Out of Shadow : Labor: Cesar Chavez's stature long eclipsed Dolores Huerta's work. She's emerged as a leader and advocate for women.
- FORKLORE : Mirch Ado
- U.S. Warns Japan of Sanctions, Calls for Trade Hearings : Commerce: White House announces it will retaliate for discriminatory practices in auto industry. It will also take its complaint to untested World Trade Organization.
- World IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : Ramos Claims Vote Gives Him Mandate
- SANTA MONICA : Council Backs Curbs on Ammunition Sales
- SOUTH GATE : Soil Contamination Stalls Plan for Mall
- BEVERLY HILLS : Police Seek Man in Stabbing of 2 Women
- FOR MOM, A GIFT OF TIME : Outings With the Family Are Always a Top Treat
- PASADENA : Lead Tests Offered for Women and Children
- SIGNAL HILL : Officials to Reopen Dawson to Traffic
- Trial Highlights : THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL
- Compton Council Votes Itself New Duties, Pay Hike
- Lancaster Pair Suspected of Selling Drugs
- Gore Brings Federal Funds to L.A. : Aid: Vice president and Riordan announce start-up of development bank to lend money in low-income areas. Mayor says it will be 'designed for the community, by the community.'
- Navy, Civilian Workers Express Shock and Skepticism Over Vote
- Chili Is Too Hot for Texas as Angels Pour It On, 11-2
- Will the Choke Be on Him?
- MOTOR RACING / SHAV GLICK : Dalva Speeds to Offshore Pinnacle
- AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Vaughn Is Hearty for Red Sox
- MUSIC REVIEW : A Program of Technical Finesse From Boston Players
- COMPTON : Schools Shut, Converted in Enrollment Decline
- GOP and LWV
- Clinton on Violence
- Format Matters
- Merit and Preferences
- Bombing Aftermath
- Wilson's Housekeeper
- Mexican Mafia
- SOUTH GATE : Soil Contamination Stalls Plan for Mall
- Loco Beans
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- Two Banks Team Up to Sell Software : Finance: B of A, NationsBank will buy Meca to bolster home banking operations, fend off computer company rivals.
- Two Banks Team Up to Sell Software : Finance: B of A, NationsBank will buy Meca to bolster home banking operations, fend off computer company rivals.
- Point Mugu on List of Threatened Bases : Military: Naval air station is among 32 additional U.S. installations considered for closure. Critics point to 'devastating' effect on area as well as logistical hurdles.
- Acquaintances Link McVeigh to Drug Deals
- Crash Raises Neighbors' Concerns on Flight Safety
- SCHOOL ALARM: It might not be a...
- Ceding of Base to O.C. Proposed : Land use: South County cities oppose bill by Rep. Ed Royce for free transfer of El Toro facility, due to close by 1999.
- 'Waterworld' Tests the Water : Movies: An unfinished cut of the Kevin Costner film gets a sneak preview in Sacramento. Fans give it a mixed review.
- Panel Delays Action on Ocean Tests : Environment: Coastal Commission decides to vote on undersea sound experiment when a hearing can be held close to where the tests would be located. Researchers say the decision jeopardizes the project.
- GOP Bid to Abolish Energy Dept. Assailed : Budget: O'Leary sees dangers to society. She says proposals to cut nuclear weapons cleanup program would jeopardize public health and environment.
- Hawkey Assailed for Not Revealing Probe of Police Chief : City Hall: Council members protest not being informed about former girlfriend's allegations of beatings. City manager says the matter was a confidential issue.
- Ex-Investigator Shot to Death in Guadalajara
- GOP Budget Plans Portray Drastic Federal Downsizing
- Laguna Niguel Renews Its Offensive Against County : Taxes: Assemblyman reintroducing bill to capture about $450,000 a year in revenue. County can ill afford to lose.
- Yeltsin Offers Minor Concessions to U.S. : Summit: He modifies sale of nuclear technology to Iran and softens his objections to NATO expansion. 'No one will ever solve all the problems,' Clinton says.
- DNA at Scene Matches Simpson's, Jury Told : Trial: Results of genetic blood tests are presented for first time. Spot on his sock matches ex-wife's, witness testifies.
- McVeigh Friend Charged in Oklahoma City Bombing : Blast: Terry Nichols is held in prison as possible participant in explosion. Sealed affidavit of accusations to be opened at a hearing today.
- L.A. Truancy Law Upsets Students, Pleases Officials : Schools: Fines or loss of driver's license may deter class-cutters, some teen-agers concede. A similar ordinance in Monrovia is called a success.
- Worker Held After Body of Woman Is Found : Porter Ranch: One man is arrested as a suspect, another held as a potential witness in death of Helen Forkner, 74.
- FINANCIAL MARKETS : Yields Fall to 13-Month Low; Stocks Mixed
- Share Price of Broadway Stores Tumbles 7.7% : Retailing: Decline may reflect concerns over coming earnings report, industry in general.
- What We Need Is a Little More GOP Virility
- Cal State Faculty Picket Trustees Over Contract Stalemate : Education: The first protest at headquarters in more than a decade cites budget cutbacks and a dispute over how raises are awarded.
- The Debate Within Willie Brown
- AUTOS
- LOS ANGELES : Council Fights Bill to Force Election of MTA Board
- Authorities Catch the Latest Wave in Better Beach Patrols : Ventura: Twenty-one employees of law enforcement and rescue agencies learn how to use jet skis in their work.
- Anaheim Budget Adds 9 Officers, Cuts 31 Other Positions : Finances: Plan boosts branch library schedules, retains gang-prevention program. Council will prevent $8-million shortfall by trimming expenditures.
- House Candidate Given More Time to Press Voting Fraud Charges : Election: Panel dominated panel by GOP sides with Susan Brooks, who is seeking to overturn loss to Democrat Jane Harman in South Bay race.
- BREA : City Wins Award for Housing
- National Title for Redlands Women
- Garden Grove Girls' Basketball Coach Quits
- MOVIE REVIEW : 'Reeds' in Tune With Tentative Teen Years
- THEATER REVIEW : 'Relaxation': Moving Tales That Just Sit
- Rally's Hamburgers Ends Talks With Green Burrito
- World IN BRIEF : RWANDA : Last Hutu Refugees Leave Squalid Camp
- Inmate on Chain Gang Sues Alabama Officials
- Chihuahua Stolen on Subway Is Returned
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- Unusual Fish Caught Off Cabo San Lucas
- Keep That Winning Tradition (Started in 1994) Going, Lads
- MUSIC REVIEWS : Chamber Society Offers Program of Contrasts
- INTERNATIONAL
- Sanctions for Lawyer's Remark Voided : Courts: Ruling on gender-based derogatory comments is overturned by appellate judges. They say the Escondido attorney's statement was offensive but not illegal.
- Gaston J. Sigur; Assistant Secretary of State Under Reagan
- Man Arrested in Friend's Death After Crash in Laguna
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY : 62 Rescue Workers Honored for Effort in Oklahoma City
- YOUTH OPINION : Getting Stabbed--It's a Laugh! : Facing danger with a shrug has always been a way for young men to get peer-group points. What's changed is the weaponry.
- COSTA MESA : Agency Alters Course on County Settlement
- Angels Make It Safe for Langston : Baseball: He pitches seven strong innings to win first game, and Lee Smith earns fifth save in 3-2 victory.
- THEATER REVIEW : 'Mad Dancers' Takes a Muddled Journey
- ART REVIEWS : A Mysterious Place Between Paintings and Photographs
- Scientific Basis Behind Reform of Wetlands Law Is Challenged
- THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL : A Streetwise Lesson for the New Yorker
- The Moscow Summit--We Can Both Win : Foreign policy: Despite Iran and Chechnya, relations can't be held hostage to single issues.
- Dependency Court Reforms Considered : Government: County studies proposal to establish panel of attorneys who would represent children but never parents.
- Judge's Sanction for Attorney's Sexist Remarks Reversed : Civil rights: Appellate court agrees free speech allows man's gender-based insult in letter to female prosecutor. The lawyer urges 'all men' to 'wake up and fight injustice.'
- THOUSAND OAKS : 2 Teens Honored for Heroics in River
- Access to Police File Denied in Torture Case : Courts: The judge refuses to allow a woman's lawyer to see the arresting officer's personnel material. She is charged with assaulting her 10-year-old nephew.
- COMMUNITY COMMENT : Inching Up Toward the Middle Class
- Countywide : Students, Orchestra Are in Harmony
- Untroubled Waters : Commotion Over Mountain Lions at an Ebb as Trout and Catfish Once Again Become the Hottest Topics at Lake Cuyamaca
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Anderson Put on Disabled List
- O.C. Sports Assn. Chief Set to Tackle Bowl Issue : Athletics: Question of whether the game will live is a topic on the organization's list of things to solve.
- Crescenta Valley Takes Another Title : Baseball: Falcons beat Arcadia for second consecutive Pacific League championship.
- MOVIE REVIEW : 'A Little Princess' Casts an Enchanting, Magical Spell
- Erickson: No Miami Cover-Up
- Rockets Lose Drexler--and Game to Suns : NBA playoffs: He is ejected in second quarter as Phoenix wins series opener, 130-108, behind big game by Green.
- Black-Owned Firms' Sales Growth Surges 14%
- Venture Capital Investor Is High on Education : Finance: Alan Patricof expects companies that teach children for a profit to make money.
- Frank Ross; Member of Mary Kaye Trio Lounge Act
- VICTORY IN EUROPE : Elderly Veterans Recall Soviet--Not Russian--Triumph : Bystanders: Some in Red Square miss trappings of empire. Elsewhere in capital, 20,000 join Communist-led parade.
- Richard Hernandez; Lawyer, County Housing Commissioner
- Warren Reese; U.S. Prosecutor Helped Lead Camarena Case Probe
- Coast Panel to Consider Ocean Noise Test : Science: Researchers revise proposal to broadcast loud sounds through water to study global warming. Critics fear the experiment will harm marine life.
- PALMS : 1 Killed, 1 Injured While Changing Tire on Freeway
- 'It Was My Castle' : Fire Destroys Home Where 80-Year-Old Raised 14 Children; Her Memories Survived
- AMERICAN LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Hershiser's New Club Gives Him Gift of Offense
- SOFTBALL ROUNDUP
- Q&A; with : 'I Don't Like to Be Corralled or Fenced In'
- Meet Uncle Tupelo Lite : The Cult Favorite Reorganizes, Re-Energizes and Gets a New Name--Wilco. But Can the Band Cut It With the Fans?
- TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- For Timberland, the Great Outdoors Is Overseas : Manufacturing: The maker of hiking boots and other gear cites competition and the quest for improved profitability as motives for the move.
- THE CUTTING EDGE : Let the Video Games Begin : Technology: Race is on to see who will build America's top-selling high-tech toys. For some firms, it's 'Mortal Kombat.'
- Bills Drop Provision to Let Casinos Own Card Clubs : Gambling: Change removes a major sticking point. Legislation would now only create a five-member state commission to oversee the industry.
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Assembly Panel Can't Agree on O.C. Recovery Bills : Legislature: Democrats might link at least part of package to Measure R. Proposal to let county import trash advances.
- The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : L.A.'s the Place All Over the Place
- Helping Lighten the Load of Alzheimer's Families
- Gold Express Corp.: The Newport Beach telecommunications...
- Long-Term Bond Yields Drop Below 7% : Buying Raises Comparisons With '93 Binge That Set Up Crash Last Year
- Mike Radcliffe; West Hollywood Activist
- Senate Votes 98-0 to Install Deutch as CIA Director
- Clarence Paul; Motown Record Producer, Songwriter
- BOND TICKER : ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Silva Asks OCTA for Forgiveness
- Senate Is Set to OK Reform of Liability Laws
- Ode to a Private Man : What becomes a legend most? When it comes to Sandy Koufax--hero, role model, enigma--it's being left alone.
- Arf gallery: The title of a recent...
- CYPRESS : City OKs More Grass in Landscaped Areas
- SEACLIFF : Dead Oil Worker's Family Files Suit
- NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : A Bad Quantrill Is Good Enough to Beat Expos
- University Wins With No-Hitter
- SOFTBALL ROUNDUP : Los Alamitos Does Job, Beats Fountain Valley
- ARTIs the Boom Back?: "Angel Fernandez de...
- The Legend That Was Valentino
- FINANCIAL MARKETS : Yields Fall to 13-Month Low; Dow at Record
- The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : Readers Keep Faith on Space Travel
- U.S. Returns 13 Rafters to Cuban Soil : Immigration: The would-be emigres are the first to be repatriated under new policy. In Miami, anti-Castro exiles continue their protests.
- Adult Playlands Let the Young at Heart in on All the Fun
- Ed Lange Dies; Nudism Advocate Took On County : Topanga: The former fashion photographer won 25-year zoning battle to keep clothing-optional Elysium Institute open.
- Redefining 'Have' and 'Have-not' : Those receiving public entitlements should be required to reimburse society in that most precious coinage: time.
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Santa Margarita Wins; Title Still in Doubt
- PREP TENNIS ROUNDUP
- 'El Norte' Starts UCI Film Series
- Lead Batteries More Polluting, Researchers Say : Cars: Auto industry welcomes study's results. Environmentalists hotly criticize the findings.
- The Irvine Co.: Orange County's largest landowner...
- World IN BRIEF : BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA : U.N. Says Sarajevo Can't Be Protected
- LAUGH LINES : Jokes
- BOOK REVIEW / NONFICTION : A Revealing Portrait of a Forgotten Icon : JOE ALSOP'S COLD WAR: A Study of Journalistic Influence and Intrigue, <i> by Edwin M. Yoder Jr.</i> , University of North Carolina Press, $24.95, 220 pages
- Ed Lange; Leading Advocate of Nudism
- Sir Michael Hordern; British Stage, Film Actor
- Board Delays Vote on Porn Panel
- Badly Injured Cyclist Airlifted to Hospital
- 35 Years Later, Doctor Retiring as Key Player on Ventura High Team
- GLENDALE : Prominent Developer Sought by Police
- OXNARD : Library Trustees Honor Miedema
- LOS ANGELES : Candidate Who Forced Runoff Endorses Holden
- OXNARD : Boys & Girls Club Planning Auction
- Oxnard City Council Discusses the Future in Televised Retreat : Government: Leaders ponder a new restaurant row, punishment of neglectful landlords and after-school services for teen-agers. The broadcast comes in response to complaints by the mayor.
- CITY SECTION VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS : University Sweeps Past Kennedy : Volleyball: Undersized Golden Cougars are no match for defending City Section 4-A champions.
- Woman Convicted in Hit-Run Death : Courts: Jury finds Joan Mills, 60, guilty in 1993 accident in Woodland Hills that killed 13-year-old Matthew Fischer.
- HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ROUNDUP : Palmdale's Paxton Becomes Doubles King
- THEATER REVIEWS : 'Amadeus' Lacks the Vulgar Inner Child
- Bank's Parent Posts First-Quarter Profit
- 2 Ex-Radicals Jailed for Bomb Plot to Free Inmate
- Civility Also at a Deficit Among O.C. Supervisors : Bankruptcy: Unrelenting pressure shows in display of hostility and division an aide likens to 'Melrose Place.'
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : County Gives Contract to Firm It Might Sue
- Free Health-Care Classes Opening in South-Central
- WESTMINSTER : Schools' Variety Show to Air on Channel 40
- MALIBU : Gary Busey Charged After Near-Fatal Drug Overdose
- NORTHRIDGE : New J.C. Penney Nearly Ready to Open Doors
- Home for the Dying Ignites Protest : Opponents of the Proposed Westlake Lake Facility Urge City Council to Act
- The Cutting Edge: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : Sick Kids to Get 'Virtual Playspace'
- Illinois Tornadoes Rip Into Buildings, Big Rigs
- Centralized Smog Testing Sites Opposed
- Schools to Celebrate Asian Pacific Month
- AGOURA HILLS : Mayor Wants Out of Library District
- Simi Board Moves Ahead With Plans for Magnet High School : Education: Officials have recommended closing one of four junior high sites for the performing arts facility. Some parents oppose the idea.