- With No Seats Contested, 3 Cities May Cancel Elections
- Timing Is Everything in Return of McDowell
- Toxic Sea Microbe Linked to Illnesses
- Indians Sign Former Angel Fielder to Provide Power Down the Stretch
- DNA Testing Clears Serial Rape Suspect
- Boeing to Expand Jet Assembly in Long Beach
- American Airlines Makes Another Attempt at Increasing Ticket Prices
- TV Ratings Report
- Restaurants Get Nod as Part of Garden Grove Hotel Plan
- Screen Cinderella No Longer Grimm Tale
- 3 States, NYC Drop Sanctions on Swiss Banks
- Marinovich Draws Hope From His Sketchy Past
- A Pitch to Snitch
- Dow's Decline Continues on Foreign Woes; Dollar Falls
- U.S. Must Pay for Cleanup of Dump, Judge Rules
- Celebrities, Smaller Donors Fatten Clinton Defense Fund
- The Party's Over: Robots Won't Put Up Their Dukes
- New Mass Graves Found in Sumatra
- Tentative Treasure Island Plan OKd
- Agribusiness Course Offered in Fall
- 'No Turn' Sign, Arrow Make the Same Point
- Plays Receive Anything but Applause From School Officials
- A New Look for Space Missions
- Forget About Monica, It's MoscowPand the Stakes are Global
- Explorer Found Shot to Death in Pakistan
- Hayes Has Brief Statement, Practice
- WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- A THREE-RINK CIRCUS
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- Nothing to Do Is Better Together
- Skating Alone
- Moran Begins His Postmaster Duties
- Ex-Teacher Sentenced for Filing False Report
- L.A. Unified Seeks to Improve Auditing Unit
- She Irons Out Caddie Problem
- Let the Games Begin
- NBA Lockout a Big Mistake, Says a Big Fan
- Latest Yankee Win Has Playoff Quality
- Bozulich, Malkmus Offer Some New Alternatives
- PGA Tour Is Awash in Interest Over Long-Awaited Day at Beach
- Bullfrogs Finally Fall; Orlando Wins Shootout
- The Way to Control Tyson Is With the Remote Control
- Acting Sparkles in Poignant 'Blue Sea'
- PolyGram's Challenge Is Separating Serious Bids From Press Releases
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Lunch and a Bunch More
- Testimony of Family Delayed in D.C. Shooting
- Saudi Dissident a Prime Suspect in Blasts
- Developers Top List of Big Spenders in City Lobbying
- Grant of $245,000 to Go to District's Family Services
- Canines Unsung Heroes in Airport Drug Bust
- Social Worker in Canoga Park Charged With Embezzling $600,000
- Bonilla to Serve as Pinch-Hitter, Backup at Third
- THE TEE TIMES
- Well, Isn't It Rather Obvious?
- Made in the Shade: Raid Nets 100,000 Fake Oakley Glasses
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- Spotlight: HP Expected to Report Drop in Earnings
- 7 Found Dead in Desert Migrant Corridor
- Construction Forces Freeway Closures
- Lightning Sparks Fires, Causes Power Outages
- Coping With Freeway Danger
- Bookend for Gurrola's Career
- TEE TIMES
- Swing Club Like a Natural
- 'Paradise': A Prison Potboiler With Serious Intent
- Aaron Birnbaum; Dress Manufacturer Became Folk Painter
- Timing Is Everything in Return of McDowell
- Angels: Right Moves but Wrong Result
- Maris Watch
- 'Western' Maps Heart's Lonely Landscape
- US West, Union to Meet With Mediator
- Rain on Way Out; Death Toll at 266
- State Immigrant Aid Curbs Blocked
- Signs Your Child May Be in Emotional Trouble
- Vigilantes Are Out for Blood--Donors, That Is
- Sharp Eye on Tax Breaks
- She's Big, and Her Status Is Rising
- Suns Rise in Eighth and Defeat Bend, 4-3
- Burton, King Linked by Sub-Par Rounds
- Church Donation Drive Ends Today
- Favored Feverish Wins Del Mar $55,200 Feature
- SPARKS TONIGHT
- Liberty Routs Mystics, 88-45
- City Lending Festival $45,000 to Cover Bills
- Two Women Oceans Apart Poised to Make History
- Works Combining Beauty With Brains
- Coppola's Rainbow
- Notre Dame Booster Pleads Guilty
- Store by Store, Plaza Comes Alive
- Merger-Related Job Cuts Double
- Russian Financial Crisis Worsens, but Politicians Dismiss Concerns
- Haiti Offers Window on Successes, Shortcomings of Assistance Efforts
- Iraq Escalates Dispute Over Arms Inspections
- Some Parents Think Science Projects Are for Students
- Muslims See Themselves as Another Victim in Twin Explosions
- Wide World of Weird
- Tutor-Saliba Gets Tentative Nod for Alameda Project
- A Deeply Rooted Problem
- Laura's House Fashion Show Seeks Volunteers
- Foe Accuses Sherman of Money Laundering
- Higher Compensation Sought From MTA
- Livent's Show Goes On
- Alza Taps UCB to Help Sell Drug
- Largest Shareholder to Take Helm at Loss-Plagued Gensia
- SFX to Broaden Control of Live Entertainment Field
- $200-Million Hotel and Retail Project Planned for Sunset Strip
- The 12 Americans
- The Start of Obon Season Puts Many Japanese in a Jam
- Pint-Sized Punch Lines
- Annual Summer Games Kicks Off With Ceremony
- District's Web Site Is Fount of Information
- Why Clinton Must Demand Impeachment
- 2 Conservators Hired to Relocate Art
- Black Film Festival Seeking Entries for Competition
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- GM Strike Takes a Toll as Retail Sales Decline in July
- Balloonist Facing Perilous Conditions
- Lynwood Council Unexpectedly Ousts 2 Officials
- Police Chief Thomas to Retire in December
- Glasgow, Chen-Olsen Are Eliminated
- Albums Revive Bandleader Ellis' Legacy
- Methadone Clinic Operators to Repay $3 Million to State
- Kabila Ousts Army Chief; Rebels Reportedly Cut Congo Capital's Power
- Donor's Gift to Aid Gastrointestinal Lab
- Expand Technology, Redeploy Missiles
- Seminar Targets Care for Kids in Crisis
- Where the Serve Meets the Surf
- Network Completes Dr. Solomon's Purchase
- Consumer Groups Press for Phone Savings
- Albanians Form Kosovo Talks Team
- NBA Players Drop Complaint
- 'Zinger's Game Is Showing More Zest
- After Four Wins, Angels Lose One
- ZODIAC TONIGHT
- 'Air Bud: Golden Receiver' Goes for Two in Football Sequel
- 'Slums' Builds Amiable Laughs on Heartfelt Issues
- GeoCities Settles Case Over Online Privacy
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Slowly, the Sun Is Setting on Summer
- On the Web
- Council Move Allows Senior Apartments
- 'PrimeTime Live': A Nose for News
- As the Mud Flies, Hoffman Says Sherman Laundered Money
- Charter Reform Panel to Discuss Local Councils
- Oakland Club to Distribute Pot on City's Behalf
- Reality Imitates Art for a Fallen Charlie's Angel
- Search for Fire Chief Narrowed to 3 Candidates
- Who's Running
- Performer Breathes Life Into the Past
- San Joaquin Toll to Rise to $2.25
- Thrift Office OKs Merger of CalFed, Golden
- How Stock Funds Held Up in the Pullback
- Video Camera Is 'See-Through' Model
- Bill Ryan; Longtime Editor at Los Angeles Herald Examiner
- The Pope Goes High-Tech to Extend Reach Into Cyberspace
- School District Prepares to Implement Prop. 227
- Bail Refused for Pilot Arrested in Seizure of Cocaine-Laden Plane
- Richard Walch to Head Ethics Commission
- Galaxy Breaks Records and Wins
- Glavine Denies Padre Sweep With Shutout
- Man Held on Suspicion of Posing as a Lawyer
- How 'Stella' Got Its Art Groove
- Bravo Gannis Becomes Ninth Death at Del Mar
- PGA Tour Is Awash in Interest Over Long-Awaited Day at Beach
- TODAY'S BEST BETS
- Cendant Says Torrance Software Unit for Sale
- Kenyan Guard Describes Blast Suspect to FBI
- Visitors Discover That Controversy Can Be Fair Game
- 3 Plead Not Guilty to Drug Charges After Hangar Raid
- Social Worker Accused of Embezzling
- Tired Sorgi Withdraws From Event
- HEALTH
- NASD Weighs Broker Privacy in Web Site Plan
- Getting There
- Tree to Green, Woods Is Tops
- THEY'RE DONE
- FBI Lab to Test Bullet Fragment From JFK Death
- Marine Show Underway With 200 Boats in Tow
- Group Warns of Potential Textbook Loss
- Bottle Village May Get Some Liquid Assets
- Ex-Police Chief Is Made Head of Center
- U.S. Must Pay Big Toxic Tab
- Champ Cars, Chump Drivers in a Demolition Derby
- Caring Karros Provides a Spark
- Milutinovic Appears, Rumors Follow
- Tree to Green, Woods Is Tops
- Uncovering the Grit Beneath the Glitter
- New Executives Tapped to Head Telemundo Network
- Kmart, Gap Look Spiffy in Quarterly Reports
- Expect Debuts at Sportswear Trade Expo
- Agency to Hear Worker Complaints
- The House I Live In
- City Plans Meeting for Candidates
- 'Regeneration': Cerebral Look at War's Toll
- Emulex Sees Net Income, Revenue Slip
- Heroes of Yore May Not Be Evermore
- Back to Cool
- Sidewalk Sale Planned to Boost Business
- 3 Deaths Blamed on Subcontractor
- Rain Brainstorm
- NBA Players Drop Complaint
- When These Women Skate, It's Not Exactly Ice Capades
- With His Own Eclectic Spin, Tricky Sings the Blues
- Also. . .
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Fighting Off That Queasy 'I Don't Want to Go' Feeling
- Clinton Faces Several Options as Time to Testify Nears
- Barking Orders for 3 Days, Coco the Solo Sailor Saved
- Ruling on HMOs Expands Rights of Medicare Patients
- Fund-Raiser Lum Changes Plea in Tax Fraud Case
- Quick Action by Pair Save Man in Garden Grove
- Salon Pajama Party to Benefit AIDS Event
- Lightning Fire Burns 30 Acres in Forest
- Kliner Gets 4 Hits in Reno's Victory
- A Sad Revisit to Disturbing 'Grey Gardens'
- Nothing New, but Plenty Good, Under the Sun
- Apple Planning Largest Ad Campaign for iMac
- Sumitomo in Talks to Settle Copper Suit
- Aero Machining Wins $10.9-Million Boeing Contract
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Punch Lines
- Dr. Mary O'Flaherty Horn; Internist and Teacher
- Bartering Company Official Charged in Prostitution Case
- 2 Men Stabbed in Oxnard Street Fight
- Bartering Company Officer Charged With Pandering
- Parmenter Finishes Fifth in 400 Medley
- Tyson to Roll Dice in Nevada
- Charles Woodson to Start Against Packers
- O'Connor, Rosenberg Trio Dazzle at Grappelli Tribute
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- When All Else Fails, It May Be Time for a Tutor
- Homework Helps Kids Make the Grade, and More
- 2 Claremont McKenna Alumni Join Fed Panel on Elections
- Family, Friends Mourn Sheriff's Deputy Killed in Traffic Accident
- Late but Welcome Amends
- Burton, King Linked by Sub-Par Rounds
- 'Cirque Ingenieux': To Air Is Human
- Radio Theater Series to Present Seven Plays
- Demonstrators Rally for In-Home Care Services
- 30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall Slightly
- OUT WITH THE NEW : Scarnella, Malkmus Have Trouble Holding a Museum Crowd Not Used to Off-Center Rock
- Sunstone Hotel's Sale of Preferred Stock Is Off
- It's About Dressing Like the Big Kids
- Lightning Sparks High Desert Fires, Outages
- Tyson to Roll Dice in Nevada
- Why They're Not Fuming Over Smoking Ban
- AIG Vies for Seats on 20th Century Board
- VIGILANTES ON DECK
- Hofmans Can Look but Not Touch Gold
- Review of 'The Avengers' Due Monday
- Outsider's Tale in 'Gadjo' Beguiles, Shocks
- 'Scuttlebutt!' Puts Too Much in the Mix
- Romance During the French Revolution
- Judge Releases Boys Accused of Killing Girl, 11,
- Inmate's New Lawyer Wins Stay of Execution
- Canyon Uproar
- They'd Make a Duvet for My Remote
- Bombings
- CBS Giddy Over Reunion With the NFL
- Lessons in War
- Only in L.A. columnist Steve Harvey is...
- Presidential Investigation
- Funds for Dornan
- Clinton's Order on Declassification
- From the archives: Osama bin Laden is dubbed 'most dangerous man in the world'
- Obituaries - Aug. 14, 1998
- Obituaries - Aug. 14, 1998
- Man Held in Officer's Killing Has Long Record
- Moorpark's Timing on SOAR May Prove Costly
- A Notorious Swath of Drugs and Violence
- Reconnecting Campus and Community
- Katz Drops 1 Lawsuit but Announces Another
- U.S.' Only Black Owner of a Dairy Ousted From L.A. Firm
- Tobacco Firms Buoyed as Suit Settlements Near
- U.S. Team Discounts Truck's Role in Bombing
- Americans Who Died in Kenya Blast Are Honored
- A History of Complaints Dogs Adventist Aid Agency
- A Lifetime Spent Stuck in Traffic
- Aames' Profit Rises on Growth in Lending
- Home Sales in O.C. for July Are Briskest in Nearly 10 Years
- The Bear of Baltimore
- Canyons Set for Opening Kickoff
- On the Move
- Kids' Set of Clubs Comes Complete With Attitude
- Krayzelburg Sets an American Record
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- Indian Tribe OKs State Gaming Pact
- Details Gel in Leisure World's Bid for Cityhood
- Ashby Beats Maddux to Win No. 16
- Light for the Third World
- Buyer's Market
- The Fast-Food Giant Has a Hankering for Mexican
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- New Alpha Chairman
- Intel Confirms Spot Shortages of Chips
- NASA Plans to Study Hurricanes the Hard Way: From the Inside
- No One Knows What It's Like To Be The Bag Man
- Painless Packing for Men on Move
- Editor Shuffle at Cosmo, Glamour