- End to Sri Lanka's 12-Year Civil War May Be in Sight
- Boy, 15, Shot, Killed at Burger Stand
- Puppies Vie to Be Top Dog at Breed Show
- New INS Plan Puts Checkpoint on 24-Hour Call
- De Haven, in Tuneup for U.S. Trials, Sets Half-Marathon Course Record
- Brooks' Recipe Works to Perfection at Hope
- Washington Goes Distance, 85-71
- O'Neal Has Magic Touch for Orlando
- 'Stroke' Benefit to be Held at Three Venues
- Generally Speaking, Powell Was in Top Form at the Pond
- New Arts Center a Dramatic Change for Local College
- BOXING / STEVE SPRINGER : Foreman-Tyson Bout Nowhere in Sight
- O'Neal Has Magic Touch for Orlando
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENTERPRISE : Going in for the Kiln : You-Paint-It Pottery Business Heats Up
- Sidney Korshak, Alleged Mafia Liaison to Hollywood, Dies at 88
- An Oasis Fades From the Landscape
- IN PERSON : Ablaze With the Desire to Preserve Juaneno Heritage
- Texas House Race Is High-Stakes Fight
- Hundreds Forced to Flee Flooding
- East Valley : Gas Co. Expands Test of Quake Safety Valve
- Xs Mark the Spots on California's Roads and Highways
- Border Politics: Checkmate? : Immigration: Clinton is gambling that the crackdown will steal the GOP's thunder.
- Significance of Menendez Writings Is Ongoing Court Battle
- Battle Scars : The Gulf War Changed the Lives of 4 Valley Soldiers Forever
- Nakatani's Testimony Concludes, CHRB Ruling Expected in Few Days
- NASD Board Selection Process Raises Questions
- Downtown Anaheim Waits for Its Promised Revival : Whither Anaheim?
- Rookie Wins LPGA Event in Playoff
- Downtown Anaheim Waits for Its Promised Revival
- 5-City Pact Proposed on Trash Hauling
- The Answer Woman Is In to Field All Those Roadway Questions
- Fuller's Resignation Stuns All but Himself
- Ducks Trade Dirk to Montreal
- 'I Strive to Move Forward Out of Darkness
- China Official Cool to U.S. Antipiracy Plan
- A Country of Great Kitchens . . . : . . . Chock-Full of Neglected Cookbooks and Seldom-Used Appliances
- Utah Is Under Fire Over Firing Squads
- The Beat Goes On : City Lights, the Bookstore and Publisher Famous for Its Connection to '50s Dissidents and Poets, Celebrates 40 Years as a Landmark of the Counterculture
- Opportunities for Volunteering
- Storm Sneaks In, but Rain Totals Still Low
- Film's Character Had to Hate Hard to Find Compassion
- Flowers of Desert Plays With Tradition
- Can a Firm Require I Pay to Move, Then Terminate Me? : What Questions Can Potential Employers Ask? ... Can I Lose My Vacation Because of Company Limitations?
- ENERGY
- A Tragic Ending to a Daredevil Life : Sky surfer Rob Harris lived on the edge--always knowing that something might happen. But his family and friends weren't prepared for his death.
- PERSPECTIVE : Will 1-Screen Theaters Find a Happy Ending?
- Valley School District to Be Chamber Topic
- Valleywide : AARP Volunteers Give Free Tax Return Help
- OLYMPIC SCENE / ATLANTA 1996 : He's Resurfacing After Hitting Bottom
- Curtain Calls? : Well, No, Lambert Prefers a Small-Town Life Devoid of Talk of Steeler Past
- Messier Keeps Eye on Prize : He's 35, but Ranger Has Not Lost His Passion for Game
- 'Dead Man Walking' No 'Distortion,' Authors Claim : Death Row Lawyer Misstates the Case
- At 47, He May Be Oldest 'Rookie' in Game
- Sidney Korshak, Alleged Mafia Liaison to Hollywood, Dies at 88
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT
- It's a Bird, a Plane, Evel Knievel; Wait, It's Only Eddie 'the Eagle'
- Fobia Shows Solid Lyrical Maturity
- Orange County
- JAPAN
- Southland Smacked by Cold Storm
- Jason Ferguson; High School Basketball Coach
- A New Day for Greek Politics? : Papandreou era ends as the popular Costas Simitis becomes leader of troubled land
- It Could Be a Red June : Russia: The West should be prepared for a regime that will be repressive at home and troublesome abroad.
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : Arizona Plots Game's Legacy
- New Talk Shows Try to Come Clean
- Hearing May Be Last Stand for First Interstate
- Unofficial Candidate Yeltsin Seems Set on Being Russia's Comeback Kid
- HELPING HANDS: The seventh-grade class at Ojai's...
- Van Nuys : Super Bowl Party to Benefit Youth Project
- CONCACAF GOLD CUP : Spotlight
- Atlantov as Otello: A Hero Out of Control in Costa Mesa
- First Interstate, Wells in Talks, Sources Say
- A Simple, Yet Elegant, Event
- ORANGE COUNTY FOCUS : Agenda / Issues Coming Up
- Reach Out and Touch L.A.
- UC Affirmative Action: War's Far From Over : Wilson's latest blow against this policy won't end debate
- JAPAN
- LAUGH LINES : Punchlines
- Coach's Courageous Fight Against Illness Ends
- TAKE A HIKE: Although more famous for...
- Sheriff's Station on Wheels Making Good Turns Routine
- Assessment District for Library Urged
- Frenchman Wins First Slalom Race, Closes on Tomba
- Amiez Rallies to Win Slalom Race, Closes on Tomba
- Workshop to Focus on Performance Art
- PERSPECTIVE : Will 1-Screen Theaters Find a Happy Ending?
- Mexico Leaves Brazil All Wet
- Jazz : Cafe Noir Brews an Eclectic Mix
- Texas El Paso Coach Suffers Heart Attack
- Pavement Takes a Winning Side Road
- Arafat's Fatah Wins Big in Historic Vote
- Signs Show Much of Foreign Policy Will Be on Hold Until After Election
- A Legal Howl Greeted Publication
- Book Signing Set for Khrushchev's Son
- Indiana GOP Congressman May Add to Vulnerability
- State's First Straw Poll Stirs Political Fires
- The county's Catholic community welcomes new immigrants with a multicultural mass. : A Common Faith
- Saddleback College Professor Patricia Grignon Dies at 57
- Bobek's Case Was Judged by a New Set of Rules
- BANKING
- Southland
- Mescal Distillers in Hopeful Spirits
- Democrats Attack Horn as a Replica of Gingrich
- Warnings Near Storm Drains to Be Replaced
- Tillstrom Upsets Muster, Advances to Quarterfinals
- Women's Group Provides Students a Link to Success
- The Book on Brooks: Don't Tell Him Who's on His Tail
- Sales of Cruisers Revving Up
- Assisted Suicide Issue Arises in Designer's Death
- U.S. Official Sees Atrocity Evidence in Bosnia
- Meeting to Discuss Changes for Trolley
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : Buccaneer Owner Meets With Dungy
- Picchi Is as Talented as Well-Known Peers
- TENNIS / JULIE CART : Serving Up Best and Worst of 1995: Sampras and Seles, Pierce and Jensen
- Mexico Defeats Brazil in Gold Cup
- MOVIESNew Dawn at the Box Office: The...
- Toronto Dance Theatre Bounds With Energy
- Recorded Misuse of Eggs, Embryos Admitted by Asch
- Fast-Moving Squalls Preview Storm Expected to Dump Inch of Rain Today
- Between the Lines : Troy Aikman vs. Pittsburgh secondary
- Nwankwo to Transfer to Long Beach State
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : Buccaneer Owner to Meet With Dungy
- Bogosian Leaves Piercing 'Wake Up' Call
- Chaney Shows Raw Power in 'The Penalty'
- An 'A' for Her Acting : Seldes Won't Part From Work, Even for Hall of Fame
- Battle for Control of Congress Is Heating Up
- City to Replace Loosened Signs Near Storm Drains
- They're No Fans of Chavez Ravine Football Stadium
- It's a Match
- BANKING
- Schools Still Waiting for New Reading Plan
- Crews Pump Heating Oil From Crippled, Leaking Barge
- Rare Blooms in the Field of Athletics
- U.S. Takes Third by Overwhelming Guatemala
- It's Not Usual: A Tepid Night of Tom Jones
- Extra Fancy Needs Some Extra Work
- Blissful Night in Randy Newman's Cosmos
- Air Pollution, Soil Cleanup
- Clinton in Bosnia
- Valleywide : Storm Sneaks In, but Rain Totals Still Low
- Hillary Clinton
- Cadillacs for Sale
- Wilson's Budget
- State's Future Water Needs
- Steve Forbes
- Los Angeles County - News from Jan. 22, 1996
- Obituaries - Jan. 22, 1996
- Notes on a Scorecard - Jan. 22, 1996
- 'Sense,' 'Babe' Take Home Top Golden Globes
- Vietnamese Cast Ballots for Community Leader
- U.S. Begins Probing Serbian Leader's Role in War Crimes
- HIGH FLYING: The Santa Margarita High girls'...
- Slick Roads and Fender-Benders Arrive With Southland Storm
- Northridge : 3,000 Attend Crime Prevention Festival
- Actor Harry Dean Stanton Hurt in Home Robbery
- PERSPECTIVE ON CRIME : Know Who Your Neighbor Is : Lift the ban on making rapists' and sex offenders' whereabouts public.
- Surprise of the new Sinai
- Tech Is Just Having Growing Pains--Not a Crisis
- UNLIVED AFFECTIONS by George Shannon (Alyson...
- THE NEW REPUBLIC GUIDE TO THE CANDIDATES...
- Sort of Like a Eurail Pass on Wheels
- Madrigal, by TOMAS TRANSTROMER
- NASA's Mission: Think Small
- Surf, Sand and the Savior
- Asch Deposition Takes a Twist Into the Bizarre
- Hats Off to a Way Cool Cap
- 'NIXON' THE FILM : Stone Leaves the Truth on Cutting-Room Floor
- Erasing Myths About South-Central
- Facing Death : The Numbers Behind the Ultimate Penalty
- Records Show State Mental Hospitals Are Safe Facilities
- Arizona Defeats UCLA With Three-Point Plan
- Nakatani Denies Breaking Whip Rule
- ALBUM REVIEW : * * TORI AMOS, "Boys for Pele", Atlantic
- His World and Welcome to It : JAMES THURBER: His Life and Times,<i> By Harrison Kinney (Henry Holt and Co.: $40; 1,238 pp.)</i>
- 'Irreconcilable Differences' : SOLAR STORMS,<i> By Linda Hogan (Scribner: $22; 351 pp.)</i>
- Tell Us Something We Don't Know : TIME PRESENT, TIME PAST: A Memoir,<i> By Bill Bradley (Alfred A. Knopf: $26; 442 pp.)</i>
- 'Irreconcilable Differences' : A GOOD YEAR TO DIE: The Story of the Great Sioux War,<i> By Charles M. Robinson III (Random House; $27.50; 448 pp.)</i>
- 99 BOTTLES OF WINE ON THE BLOCK : 99 BOTTLES OF WINE : TAKE ONE DOWN, SELL IT AROUND : 98 BOTTLES OF WINE ON THE BLOCK : A Day in the Life of a Wine-Auction Maven
- Man Gets 15 Years in Fatal Battery of Girl, 3
- POLITICS : The Great Congressional Exodus: When the Center Does Not Hold
- Motorcyclist Killed by Crash Into Truck
- It's a Year Since Brutal Storms Did Their Damage, but Some Repairs Are Still Undone : A Wet Winter's Memories Come Flooding Back
- Only the Gold Glitters, but Irvine Beats UNLV
- Defense Industry Mergers Divert Attention From 3 Key Trends
- Pioneering Florida Program 'Rescues' Vegetables to Feed the Poor
- Barbara Jordan Remembered as Spiritual Force
- 'Searching for Bobby Fischer'
- Dole Takes a Bus Ride With MTV
- Whoa! A Zorse Is a Horse of Course, of Course--but It's a Zebra as Well
- A PLANNING GUIDE TO JAN. 21-27 IN...
- Nevada Finally Finds a Way Against 49ers
- An Emotional Week for 49ers' Greenberg
- ART : Getting His Chaos in Order : The ways in which we assign meaning to art may be subjective and changing, but they're very real, Stephen Prina says.
- MOVIES : A 'Face' You Won't Forget : A stunning new print of Georges Franju's 1959 horror tale gives this model of discreet terror a well-deserved facelift. Creepy rarely gets this good.
- Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- Fiction
- Flooding Threat Shifts in Pennsylvania
- FDA OKs Respiratory Drug for Infants
- Justice Served : As Head of the Country's Largest Pro Bono Law Firm, Steve Nissen Recruits the Best Legal Talent to Work for the Poor
- Resident of German Hostel Arrested After Fatal Fire
- A War-Weary Sri Lanka Waits : Government makes overture to rebels in bid to end long and savage civil conflict
- Jury's Decision May Hamper Park Acquisition
- Help on Applications for Student Loans
- Painful Waiting to Learn Loved One's Fate
- Los Angeles Times Interview : Leah Rabin : Finding the Right Path After the Assassination
- In another Golden State Athletic Conference men's...
- Swat Team Captain Might Want to Rethink Bottom Line
- Fullerton Victory Means Coach Gets a Shaved Head
- Concordia Holds Off No. 3 Azusa Pacific
- And Some of Them Are Resting
- The Decade the Dream Took a Beating : ENDANGERED DREAMS: The Great Depression in California, By Kevin Starr<i> (Oxford University Press: $35; 402 pp.)</i>
- The Line Between Innocence and Felony
- Sharing a 'Purple' Passion : ACTING TOGETHER ON A MYTHIC WESTERN FULFILLS A PROJECT STARTED 10 YEARS AGO
- Food Prices in Iraq Plunge After Decision on Oil Sales
- Dr. Ellis Ring; Dentist Pioneered Garden Apartments
- The Coming Mayhem : Pre-Teens today are more violent than ever before. In their world--nothing matters. Where are all the adults?
- RUSSIA : Yeltsin Looking More Like the Comeback Kid
- Boseman Makes His Point, Trojans Make Their Shots
- New Year Brings New Laws for Associations
- Get Expert Help on Home Buying at 7th Times Fair
- Unraveling the Mystery of My Father : From the Time he Was Young, the Author had heard the Story of His Father's Flight From the Ukraine. Then He Heard a Different Version and Set Out to Find the Truth
- Carnival Comes to Quebec City
- BUILDING PEACE IN THE BALKANS : NATO Ready to Monitor Grave Sites, Admiral Says
- Changes in Jail System Underlie Pitchess Brawls
- Public Is Heeding Animal-Rights Activists
- Class Struggle : Addition of 9th-Graders, Switch to Year-Round Schedules Due to Face 4 Valley High Schools
- A River Tamed
- Historic Depot Reopens After 10-Year Project
- More Work Needed on Bolsa Chica Plan : If Homes Must Be Built, the Fewer the Better
- Benner Commits to Stanford
- Buena States Case, Defeats Fairfield, 48-43
- McCarron and Cobra King Win the Holy Bull Stakes
- 'Black Swan' Triumphs
- Little Red Riding Hood and her ...
- Sights and Tastes of Rural Japan
- Designs on the Future : Through the Legacy Left by Her Father, Gail Kennard Madyun Hopes to Build a Better L.A. for the Next Generation
- Burns Quietly Toasts His 100th Birthday
- Bloodmobile Visit Scheduled in Oxnard
- At 47, He May Be Sports' Oldest 'Rookie'
- Wyle Electronics Buys Company in Bid to Tap European Market
- Racing Goes to the Dogs in Wyoming
- Changes at Fairview Stir Unease
- Bushmen Struggle for Place in South Africa
- Barge Grounded Off Rhode Island Spills 720,000 Gallons of Heating Oil
- Burundi Army Kills 20 Hutus; New Exodus Sends 14,000 to Tanzania
- Martin Luther King's Murder Shrouded in Conspiracy Theories
- To the Mayor's Thinking, There's No Excuse for Success
- Stewart Shoots 63, Takes Place With Leaders of Pack
- Managed Care May Save the Profiteers but Kill the Doctors
- Valley Perspective : Preparing for the Big One : Community emergency response teams have a vital role to play in the next big temblor
- White Sox Find Leadoff Hitter in Phillips
- SUPER BOWL XXX : Let the Hype Begin
- Super-Efficient Gas Furnace Offers Savings and Safety
- 'Irreconcilable Differences' : WHERE WHITE MEN FEAR TO TREAD: The Autobiography of Russell Means,<i> By Russell Means with Marvin J. Wolf (St. Martin's; $25.95; 573 pp.)</i>
- The Science Season
- Adam's Rib (KCET Saturday at 9 p.m.)...
- Northridge Knocks Off Stanford for Lone Victory
- Stewart Throws Hope for a Loop
- Loyola Can't Sustain Intensity and Loses
- Audit Cites Travel Costs of Commerce Secretary
- Marion Pauline Moore; Danced With the Ziegfeld Follies in 1920s
- It's a 'Flat' Year for Tax Reformers : Notion of a single rate is appealing, but care must be taken
- 5 Arrested at Alleged Meth Lab
- Soup Kitchens: Down on Their Luck Too : With Costa Mesa Nearing the Loss of Its Last One, a Regional Approach Is Needed
- Solutions for Jail Violence Stay Elusive
- Hide and Snake : Is Bubba the Long-Lost Python Really Back or Merely a Myth?
- Nunnery Saves Moorpark With 3-Pointer
- PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Dungy Calls New Job Report 'Premature'
- Kittles Still Hurting but Shows Finer Points to North Carolina
- Companies Look to Own Shares for Investment
- Abducted Girl Eulogized as 'Child of the Nation'
- This Fullerton Victory Results in a Close Shave for Hawking
- PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : Elbow Surgery Possible for Aikman
- THE FAN MAIL DILEMMA : Very Truly Yours, Jack Tamkin : How would you like to answer 100,000 letters a month?
- MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: SNEAKS '96 : Your job: Try to predict the year's biggest movies
- UCLA Rallies From 17-Point Deficit
- Weekend Escape: Berkeley : Food Quest : A mini-mall crawl through some of the city's best eateries
- John Wayne Soaring
- After Long Struggle, Singer Has Met Success, and Her Name Is Carmen
- Gerry Mulligan; Versatile Jazz Saxophonist
- THE JAUNDICED EYE : Oh, No! Chenowethism!
- Ventura Area's Squid Is Satisfying Appetite of Overseas Markets
- Valley Perspective : Hitting the Ground Running : Councilman Mike Feuer's productive first six months show how term limits can pay off
- Former Mexican Policeman Arrested as Murder Suspect
- Ex-Member of Ziegfeld Follies Group Dies at 87
- Consolation Can Be a Prize
- SNEAKS '96 : SPRING : Ah, the season of renewal. Check out the updated drag of 'Birdcage,' thecomputerization of 'James and the Giant Peach' and the new twist on action films, 'Twister'--not to mention the first efforts from our pals at 'Friends.'
- POP MUSIC
- An Ever-Widening Rift Separates New Main St. GOP From Wall St.
- Four Tried and True Tips to Save Vacation Dollars
- Destination: Egypt : SURPRISE of the NEW SINAI : Vacationers now frolic on the barren Egyptian peninsula where Moses received the Ten Commandments and wars once raged
- TOUR DU JOUR : A Flock of Fountains
- When a house changes hands, both buyers and sellers are finding out that there are advantages to calling in. . . : The INSPECTOR
- Manufacturer Recalls Gorgonzola Cheese
- SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Squanto, Geronimo and 'One Little Indian' share billing on Disney Channel
- Riordan Meets With Manager Over Absences
- N. Korea to Halt Excavation of U.S. War Dead
- 54 Dead, 130 Missing After Ferry Sinks
- Astronauts Get Surprise Visit From Clinton