- Serena's Song Sung Blue Down the Stretch
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL
- DYNAMIC DUO
- Washington: San Juan Islands : Peaceful, Easy Wheelin' : Scenic, inexpensive and even largely flat, the rural archipelago is a sensible place for sensuous biking
- World IN BRIEF : THAILAND : 15 EU and 10 Asian Nations End Summit
- ALASKA / PACIFIC NORTHWEST : Alaska's WILD KINGDOM : BEARS: SALMON TIME AND THE LIVIN' IS EASY IN KATMAI NAT'L PARK
- THE SCENE : Diebenkorn, You Say?
- Ode to Nudity Avoids Crudity
- Shuttle Crew Gets Fired Up Over Research
- ALASKA / PACIFIC NORTHWEST : Alaska's WILD KINGDOM : BIRDS: COUNTING THE MILLIONS FROM A LODGE ON THE COPPER RIVER DELTA
- SIDESWIPE by Charles Willeford (Dell: $4.99;...
- Apartheid With a Human Face : NONFICTION : THE SEED IS MINE: The Life of Kas Maine; A South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985.<i> By Charles Van Onselen (Hill and Wang: $35; 649 pp.)</i>
- '90s FAMILY : Miniature Grown-Ups : With Pricey Possessions, Lessons, Sports and Endless After-School Activities, Is It Any Wonder Childhood Is Cut Short?
- The New Benefactors : Gay and AIDS Groups Carefully Nurture Charitable Bequests
- Carter Breaks Away to Spark Saddleback
- Motta Learned the Coaching Ropes From a Maverick
- First AIDS-Afflicted Chimp Is Put to Death
- Hard Questions Find Managed-Care Flaws
- Victor Valley Gets Eye-Opener From Jordan
- Planting Window Box Gardens
- KINDRED TARANTINO : The Thunder Rolls, Out of Hong Kong
- Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Red Cross Conducts Disaster Drills
- Where Dining and Dancing Are the Thing
- Conroy Seen as Leader of Pack in 3rd District
- Pepperdine Pulls Off a Stunner, Defeating Santa Clara, 63-60
- Favored Wekiva Springs Wins Gulfstream Park Handicap
- Kemp Is Out, but Seattle Stays On
- Douglas of Bell-Jeff Receives Santa Fe's Top Award
- Magic Is Leaning Toward Being a Laker Next Season
- Crenshaw Captures City Title
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP
- Barber's No-Hitter Finishes CLU Sweep
- In Brief : *** Skinny Puppy, "The Process," American.
- Minor Is Key for Oklahoma in Victory Over No. 3 Kansas
- W-2 Precludes Self-Employed Status
- Master of His Universe : FICTION : THE COLLECTED SHORT FICTION OF BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN,<i> By Bruce Jay Friedman (Donald I. Fine: $25; 400 pp)</i>
- Storming the Deserts of the Southwest
- FICTION
- An LAPD Crime Scene Photographer Views the City in a Grim Light
- Clinton Tells Firms to Rise to U.S. Challenges
- Man Charged in Armed Robbery of Clinton Aide
- Not Valid When Used After . . .
- New Mexico Power Plant to Stand In for Volcano in Testing Instruments
- Change of Venue Hearing Set in Gammage Death Case
- New York City Posts Snow Record as 63.7 Inches Fall
- Christopher Lauds Cuba's Isolation by Latin America
- Dole Handily Wins S. Carolina Primary; Buchanan Takes 2nd
- Parents Vow to Fight Redistricting Plan
- Lending an Ear to Troubled Teens : At a Much-Needed Youth Hotline, Callers Will Talk to Peers
- Long Beach Gets Share of Big West Title
- St. Francis Prevails With Quick Strikes
- Lukas Eyes Derby With Honour And Glory
- BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Wakefield Finally Re-Signs With Red Sox
- Some Pride, More Prejudice : FICTION : SOUTHERN EXPOSURE,<i> By Alice Adams (Alfred A. Knopf. $23; 305 pp.)</i>
- L.A. SPEAK : MONSTER TRUCKS
- Weekend Escape: Fresno County : Early Bloomers : First sightings of spring on orchard back roads
- Putting the Lock on Security
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (KNBC Sunday...
- Teacher's Shooting a Story of City's Worst--and Best
- Living on a Thumb and a Prayer
- 'It Could Happen to You'
- The Core Issue Is Living Standards
- The Worms Crawl In, the Worms Crawl Out at Waste-to-Fertilizer Center
- Torrence, Johnson Win Sprints
- Orange Lutheran's Norton Is Perfect in Her Varsity Debut
- Darkness Halts Play at Doral
- Media Overload? : Valkyries or vichyssoise? Baseball or building supplies? The ever-expanding universe of choices on cable has so fragmented the audience that nobody's getting rich quick.
- Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- Menendez Retrial Plays Differently
- Lompoc Is Abloom in Politics as Neighbors Size Up GOP Field
- THE STATE : A Bilingual Program That Threatens to Be Self-Defeating
- Santa Margarita Keeps Its Pledge
- Basheer Leads the Way as Irvine Downs Pacific
- Money Can't Buy Belle Manners
- THE NBA / MARK HEISLER : Celtic Fans Wondering Where's the Leprechaun
- Washington Wins Girls' 4-A Championship
- La Canada, Playing Picture-Perfect, Rolls, 5-1
- COVER STORY : Coming Down to Earth : Garth Brooks has a history of stratospheric sales, and has the country music world in the palm of his hand. So what would make him consider quitting?
- Agriculture's Example Is Food for Thought
- Cruise Ship Scores
- Bottleneck Blues : Financing, Missteps Hamper Inner-City Beverage Plant
- Tuition Reimbursement: Catch-22 for Employers
- FICTION
- THE NATION : INTELLIGENCE : Has a 30-Year Mystery Unraveled?
- Vouching for the Importance to All of Public Education
- Playing Politics With Education : Orange Trustees Should Welcome, Not Shun, Offers of Help
- Valley Perspective : Teachers Read Signals in Varied Clothing : Attire may tell school personnel they should step in to help because a student is leaning toward drugs or gangs.
- BOYS' BASKETBALL
- All Area Representatives Sent Home Empty-Handed
- Kings, Dafoe Experience Victory
- Early Bests: Groups with Glamour
- Mother and Child Reunion : Male-dominated family dramas are plentiful, but plays about that maddening, magical bond between mothers and daughters have been quite rare--until now.
- The Dots Are Almost Connected....Then What? : MAPPING THE HUMAN GENETIC CODE
- Save the Date
- What modern fiction writer accounts for the...
- FICTION
- Link to the Past : California 23 Retains Much of Its Early Character
- An Unsentimental W.H. Auden : NONFICTION : AUDEN,<i> By Richard Davenport-Hines (Pantheon: $30; 416 pp.)</i>
- Amtrak Returns to Refundable Tickets
- Miami L.A.; L.A. Miami
- Serbs Exhume Loved Ones, Mourn Death of a Dream
- Alleged Killer Slipped Justice System Grasp
- Brewery's Herd Sparks Battle Over Wilderness
- Clinton to Nudge Enlightened Capitalism Along
- Agonized Confidante Leads Va. Police to Escaped Killer
- THE WORLD : Another Terrorist Attack Could Bring Peace Process to a Halt
- PERSPECTIVE ON ASIA : Move Beyond Cold War Theories : Taiwan is not Europe and China is not the Soviet Union; we must tread carefully in meeting Chinese threats.
- Conservationist Can't Cut Deal to Save Federal Forest Timber
- 6 Schools Advance Toward State Honor
- Woman Stabbed With Scissors After Finding Intruder in Home
- Loyola No Match for San Diego in Second Half
- Ice Dogs Again Lose in Shootout
- Quick Pick-Me-Up Starts Chatsworth on Its Way, 6-0
- Village Christian Stopped in War of Crusaders, 62-33
- Crespi's Matthews Steps to the Four
- In Brief : ** 1/2 Combustible Edison, "Schizophonic," Sub Pop.
- Comeback Trail
- Why Go So Far When Lessons of Habitat Can Be Learned at Home?
- HOLLYWOODLAND : Oui, the People...
- THE STATE OF THE WORLD 1996 ...
- At Home With Nature : Homeowners do their part to help preserve nature by turning their backyards into wildlife refuges
- Paths Into the Past in Blair Valley
- The Hand, by Pham Ho^
- Women's Architecture Scholarships Offered
- FICTIONPRIMARY COLORS by Anonymous. (Random House: $24.)...
- Nation IN BRIEF : PENNSYLVANIA : Prognosis Grim for Cardinal Krol
- After 20 Years Apart, Lovers Find Happiness
- A PLANNING GUIDE TO MARCH 3-9 IN...
- 3rd District Supervisor Candidates
- Clinics So Close Yet Also So Far Away
- Boy Held in Shooting of 2 at S. Pasadena School
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL
- RIDDLE ME THIS . . . : Can Carrey Don a More Serious Mask?
- Will 'Beatles Anthology II' Do as Fab as 'I'?
- Postal Program Delivers Peace of Mind to Elderly
- 'Miracle' Saves 3-Year-Old Girl Stricken With Eye Cancer
- Big A, Angels and Disney: What Love Has to Do With It
- O.C. Players Set to Participate in All-Star Games
- Hoyas Win, but Packer Gets Attention
- Central Florida (11-18) in NCAA Field
- BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Regan Happy Now but Questions Firing
- Caught In Charlotte's Web : Rookie Zidek Was Impressive After Trade of Mourning, but Arrival of Geiger Has Reduced His Playing Time and Development
- Mr Purple Reigns in the Big 'Cap
- FAMILY : Magnolia Tacos and Dancing Vegetables : Texas folk singer and songwriter Tish Hinojosa's first album for children 'is my personal journey that I wanted to share.'
- Seals and Sails in the San Juans
- Tiny Island of Quemoy Suddenly at Front Line of China-Taiwan Face-Off
- Fire Engulfs N.Y. Building
- 1996 Gold Nugget Design Competition Taking Entries
- Looking for Love in Long-Ago Places
- Fledgling Performing Arts Center Is Still a Star Attraction
- A behind-the-scenes look at Orange County's political life : Democrats Too Undemocratic for Agran
- SCC Can't Put an End to Westmont's Streak
- BOYS' BASKETBALL
- Marathon Reverses Tradition
- Harvard Stars Again in Title Role
- DEAL FOR TLC
- SMALL FACES
- In Brief : ** Neil Young, "Dead Man" soundtrack, Vapor/Warner Bros.
- The Sunshine Girl : Sarah Jessica Parker has avoided typecasting and proved her versatility, but A-list recognition still eludes her.
- Australia--Chuck Hoyden, Rancho Mirage: "The Old Cable...
- Boy's Cough Caused by Swallowed Lego
- Federal Budget Impasse Hobbles Local Governments
- Reno Air Adds Seven Flights
- White House Fails to Elude Gender Gap, Report Shows
- Most Signposts Are in English Along the Info Superhighway
- Nation IN BRIEF : COLORADO : Computer, TV, VCR Sought for McVeigh
- Former Football Player Runs Up a Different Sort of Score
- Sinn Fein Leader Granted U.S. Visa
- Fledgling Arts Plaza Is Still a Star Attraction
- Asch 'Saddened' by Former Aide's Accusations
- Long Beach State Gets Its Share of a Title
- A FATHER'S PRAYER: : 'Give Her More Time' : Rod Carew's Daughter Michelle, in a Battle for Her Life, Waits for a Bone-Marrow Transplant
- SOCCER
- Torrence, Johnson Win Sprints
- Mater Dei Wins Its Fifth Section Title in a Row
- A FATHER'S PRAYER: : 'Give Her More Time' : Rod Carew's Daughter Michelle, in a Battle for Her Life, Waits for a Bone-Marrow Transplant
- In the Modern Trenches of Male Despair : FICTION : THE GHOST ROAD,<i> By Pat Barker (Dutton: $21.95; 278 pp.)</i>
- '90s FAMILY
- OK, Quentin Tarantino He's Not
- Whitewater's Star Witness to Resurface
- THE NATION : Bob Dole Fires Self; Campaign Takes Off : THE JAUNDICED EYE
- 13 1/2-Year Coma Ends With a Tear as Family Finally Says Goodbye
- Valley Perspective : Paying Dearly for Inaction : City repairs might have prevented deaths on treacherous curve
- State, U.S. Politics May Impede Hospital Building Plan
- 1 Killed in Gunfire at Santa Ana Party
- He's All Thumbs--and Happy to Toe the Line
- 2 Men Shot to Death in High Desert
- JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
- Palmdale's Defeat Makes Little Sense
- No. 14 Oregon State Loses at USC, 67-66
- BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Sanderson Roughed Up but Calls It Progress
- Bad Old Braves : Atlanta's Success Is a Relatively Recent Phenomenon
- Calvary Chapel Wins Title With Inspired Performance
- Media Overload? : Valkyries or vichyssoise? Baseball or building supplies? The ever-expanding universe of choices on cable has so fragmented the audience that nobody's getting rich quick.
- U.S. Can Better Dispose of Castro by Helping the Moderates in Cuba
- STYLE / INTERIORS : SHOW & DWELL
- FIRST, YOU NEED THE RIGHT TOOL
- Summer Triangle : The country of Alan Jolis' childhood is gone forever : SPEAK SUNLIGHT,<i> By Alan Jolis (A Wyatt Book for St. Martin's Press: $20.95; 177 pp.)</i>
- Waiting . . . Waiting for Low-Income Housing
- Valley Perspective : Pepper, Not Pistols, for Self-Defense : Carrying a concealed gun, even if legal, means carrying risk. OC spray in an attacker's face will let you get away.
- Valley Perspective : Crackdown on Extremist Animal Groups Warranted : Lawsuit over weapons charges is step in right direction
- Wild, Wild North
- SOCCER
- Crenshaw Outfoxes Fremont to Win 4-A Championship
- El Modena Strikes Quickly, Holds On to Defeat Canyon
- Fullerton Defeats Rancho Santiago, 6-4
- Washington Wins Girls' 4-A Championship
- BOYS' BASKETBALL
- Bruins Discover a Groove in Stretch
- O Canada, This Air Pact Is Real Neighborly, Aye?
- Doctors Learn to Operate in a New Business Climate
- Summit Ends Stressing Trade Over Rights
- New Russia Has Schools for the Haves--and Have-Nots
- Get Ready for Buchanan's Politics of Resentment : He plays to common fears, but is short on resolution
- Illness Doesn't Keep Boys From Being Boys
- Palmdale Plan Works, but Peninsula Wins by 2
- Rep. Waldholtz to File FEC Complaint Against Spouse
- Third Time's a Charm for Monroe, 1-0
- BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Sanderson Roughed Up but Calls It Progress
- CSUN Cooks Up a Record-Setting Home Run Feast
- Two-Week Stays at Idyll Untours
- Coalition Ousts Labor Party in Australian Vote
- Toss and Tumble Goes Sponsor's Way : Television: CBS and ABC have obliterated the line between entertainment and advertising.
- Baugh Admits Error in Finance Reporting
- Chili Dog Champ Paul Pink Dies
- Good Deeds and Derring-Do : Rugged New Wave of Volunteers Actively Fights Crime, Grime as Funds Dwindle
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL
- Hughes Middle East Operations Awarded $262-Million Contract
- Toll-Free Number at Korean Tourism
- 'Naked Before God' Reverts to Its Basic Meaning
- The Art of Muralist John Biggers : African American painter is a witness to his time and culture
- Widening Gap for Rich, Poor Candidates
- Boy, 5, Run Over Twice but Only Scratched
- Unity Is Stressed at LAUSD Breakup Meeting
- Father Mourns Wife's Death, Son's Future
- Player Is the Top One at Ojai
- Report Card: A Look At The NBA's Rookie Class From UCLA
- Clippers Can't Get Over the Hill
- Adjustments at Halftime Do the Job for Saddleback
- Canucks Stop Red Wing Streaks
- Khan's Voice Illuminates 'Night Song' : *** NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN/MICHAEL BROOK, "Night Song", Real World
- The Soleil Also Rises in Vegas : Oddly, the magic of Cirque's 'Mystere' seems to multiply inside a casino even more than under a big top.
- Still in Fine Feather
- Fidelity Seeks to Put the Boring Back in Bonds
- TALKING UP A STORM: Voices of the...
- Nice Weather but It's Still Winter in Southland
- HARD-BOILED: Great Lines From Classic Noir Films...
- Toronto-Bound Airliner Lands Safely Back at LAX After Engine Problems on Takeoff
- GO by Holly Uyemoto (Plume/Penguin: $10.95;...
- STYLE / RESTAURANTS : WHAT'S FOOD GOT TO DO WITH IT?
- No-Fault Divorce Law Coming Under Legislative Siege
- All Aboard for a Rewarding Ride
- Depression Casts Cloud Over Wonder Years
- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT : *** 1/2, CASSANDRA WILSON, "New Moon Daughter", Blue Note
- Nephew of the Regiment : The much-decorated all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team figures in almost all of actor-writer Lane Nishikawa's works. His latest effort involves the unit's liberation of Dachau.
- The Dark Backward (TMC Monday at 1:55...
- The 'Darth Vaders of Direct Mail'
- LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Maria Echaveste : Help For the Hourly Worker--From Someone Who's Been There
- CUBA : The Reciprocal Obsession of Castro and Washington
- Jim Cooper's 'Youth Pill' : KOCE Veteran Still Pursues Human Side of News
- Minus Cotton, Their Profile Doesn't Shrink
- Canoeist Terrell Impresses Coach With 500 Victory
- Kenya Lets Wickets Do the Talking
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL
- Once Again, This Is No Place for a Lady
- Mr. B's Expanding Video Legacy
- SO L.A.--FORMERLY : A Tale of Two Very Different, You know Spaces
- METROPOLIS : The Medieval City
- SWAMPED IN 'ANDERSONVILLE'
- The 411 on L.A.
- Crusading Liberal Judge Keeps High Court Busy
- Wilson, Allies Seek to Make Cuts in Welfare Benefits Permanent
- 'Toto the Hero'
- World IN BRIEF : GAZA STRIP : Arabs Crack Down on Illegal Weapons
- New, Existing Home Market Heating Up
- STYLE / FASHION : GLAMOROUS IN GOSSAMER
- Close Ties Between CIA, Mossad Seen as Fraying
- Student Brings Yale's Quite Literal Brain Trust to Light
- ARISE, SIR JARVIS
- Vocational Track
- Appointed Panels
- Anesthesiologists Play Crucial Role
- ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ABUSE
- Presidents Day
- Dole's Campaign
- City Councils Should Stick to Their Turfs
- Program Serves Family's Agenda
- Future for Electric Cars
- Woodbridge Survives Foul Trouble
- El Toro Adversaries Air Differences
- State, U.S. Politics May Impede Hospital Building Plan
- Spicy Favorite
- The Crackdown on Street Vending
- Mayor Riordan and Diversity
- Parkland Financing
- SOUNDS LIKE . . .
- More Trinidad
- Keep Politics Quiet in the Hospital Zone
- Concealed Firearms
- AND I QUOTE / What Political...