- HEARD ON THE BEAT / Buzz from the Business World
- Not Afraid to Play It by Ear
- Cerplex Consolidating, Moving to Spectrum
- Racist Gets Death in Texas Dragging Case
- Finalists Announced for Times Book Prizes
- Nixon Targeted Kennedys After Pentagon Papers
- MTA to Settle Suits, Pay $3.5 Million to Contractor It Fired
- Teen Honored for Attempt to Rescue Woman
- New Light on Old Tale
- Driver Accused of Dragging Officer With Porsche
- Schools to Be Repaid for Improvements
- Diablos' Victory Is Worth Big Celebration
- Vanderbilt Coach Quitting
- Playing With Matches Gets the Top Players Burned
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- 'Honkey' Improv Team Wins Hilarious Contest
- FCC Reclassifies Internet Calls as Long-Distance, Provoking Protests
- HEARD ON THE BEAT / Buzz from the Business World
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Andre Dubus Dies
- Clinton Cites Social Security Consensus
- Dog Star
- Burbank Says Airport Curfew Often Violated
- Sahara Poll May Be Key to Home for Exiles
- Baby's Death Puts Focus on Immigrants' Health Access
- ANAHEIM
- NEWPORT BEACH
- Page Turner
- CSUN Center Super-Sizes Its Computer
- LAGUNA HILLS
- LAGUNA BEACH
- Another Record
- THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG
- University Squeaks Into the Final
- Hart Beats Westlake on a Fluke
- SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- Gibson Is Back in His Environment
- Cristiano Leads Woodbridge Past Sunny Hills
- Lack of Vision in 'Encounter in Third Dimension'
- It's Getting to Be a Real Mob Scene
- Police Seek Witnesses to Car's Hitting Pedestrian
- ORANGE
- Officials Field Questions at Forum
- Lobbyists Received $11 Million, Panel Says
- Bill Planned on Self-Inspection of Theme Parks
- BUENA PARK
- Rear in Gear and Smarter Too
- Newport Harbor Stops Villa Park Again
- Bruins Scorch Cougars, 104-70
- Fullerton Overpowers L.A. Harbor With 3 Home Runs
- LAX Shuttle Plan May Be Delayed
- PCOrder.com Raises $46 Million in IPO
- SEC Moves Against Alleged Online Scams
- Assembly OKs 2 of Davis' Education Reform Bills
- Schools to Let State Oversee Toxic Cleanup
- Bighorns on a Narrow Ledge
- Woman Freed for Lack of Evidence in Fatal Injection
- Event to Aid Immigrants in Filing Taxes, Banking
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
- MISSION VIEJO
- OCTA to Weigh Plan to Lower Some Bus Fares
- IRVINE
- Wood Released From Hospital
- Belcher Is Still Not Out of Control
- Clinton Rape Charge Can't Be Proved
- Bargains
- Fund-Raising a Key Issue in Council Race
- Instead of Thanks, an Icy Silence
- Fullerton Misses Chance for Clincher
- Acquisition of Olausson a 'Steal' and Then Some
- Young, Talented Cast Gives a Spark to '200 Cigarettes'
- Vanguard Closes Health Care Fund
- Love: It's a Wrap
- Strange Happenings
- HEARD ON THE BEAT / Buzz from the Business World
- Justice Comes Slowly for Families of Ng's Victims
- D.C. 'Shock Jock' Fired After Joke About Dragging Death
- Arms, Arson Are Campaign Fodder in Antigua Election
- Attorney to Speak on Privacy Rights
- Body of Art
- Matadors Reach Sky-High With Title Clincher
- Close to the Flame
- Fatality at Sea Taking Its Toll
- Ottawa Rises in the East
- Road to State Meet Gets Tougher
- Surging Bond Yields Send Dow to Its 3rd Straight Loss
- Glamour Is in the Details
- Off-Kilter
- Pilot Charged With Buzzing Streisand Wedding
- Liner Notes by Notables
- COMING SUNDAY
- Agriculture Chief Put on Probation
- Some Lights Are Signal to Pedestrians
- Go2Net in Pact With Barnesandnoble.com
- Also. . .
- 'Anything Goes' for a Hyde Pierce Tribute
- CalComp Talks Sale of Units to Tekgraf
- GIRLS' SOCCER PLAYOFF ROUNDUP
- The Portable Steinbeck
- EARNINGS
- Boeing to Sell Long Beach Subsidiary
- Virginia Durr; Aristocrat Ostracized for Early Civil Rights Work
- Battle Shapes Up for Control of State GOP
- Tales of Southern Comfort and Tension
- Nigerians Give Hero's Welcome to Presidential Hopeful
- Look in the Mirror for Racial Attitudes
- Pilot Makes Emergency Landing on Freeway
- SEAL BEACH
- FOUNTAIN VALLEY
- 3 SUVs Tip Over in NHTSA Tests of Side-Impact Safety
- With 2 Promotions, Iger Steps Closer to Becoming Next Disney President
- Billabong Is Riding Out Turnover
- Seven County Teams Will Stay Close to Home
- LOCAL NOTES
- Borbon Ready to Contribute
- Will Fox Risk the Risque?
- Navigating a Tricky Road
- Playboy Fest Again Trumpets Program Spiced With Variety
- Tapscott Ensemble Paying Tribute to Ailing Leader
- Feminist Boston College Professor Must Admit Men to Class or Resign
- Colonel Sentenced to Death in Rape Case
- Storm Dumps Snow, Heap of Problems
- Where the Road Meets the Runway
- The Verdict's In: Attorney Cooks Up Spam the Best
- Jackson's Rhetoric About Shooting Raises Concerns
- COSTA MESA
- GARDEN GROVE
- An Information Island
- Another Shutout Puts Servite in Semifinals
- Harvard-Westlake Can't Pool It Together
- Rodman or Not, She's Living Her Dream
- COMING SUNDAY
- Sony Pictures Moving Into Family Market
- Ticker Talk: News and Notes
- SEC Says 5 Made Pinkerton's Inside Trades
- Reader's Digest to Launch New Products
- Irvine Time-Product Maker Datum Posts Higher Fourth-Quarter Profit
- For Image-Battered Congress, Y2K Problem Could Offer a Balm
- Return of the Composer
- Steak Plus
- Eager to Help These Beavers
- A Chesnutt for Everyone
- Aren't Our Clowns Just as Goofy as Theirs Are?
- VILLA PARK
- Trepagnier Has Drive, Trojans Have Victory
- Is It a Formula for Success?
- Galley, Boucher Giving Robinson More Options
- Kremlin May Move to Rein In Democracy
- Emergency Landing Awes Freeway Drivers
- CALENDAR
- SANTA ANA
- UC Irvine Lets Victory Slip Away to UCSB
- UP NEXT
- Henson Joins Elite With Victory No. 700
- Alemany Playoff Site Switched to Canyons
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION'S PRESS.
- A Lesson in Potty Training on the Disney Channel
- Huppert Takes Charge in 'School of Flesh'
- Guatemalan Regime Blamed for War Atrocities
- Pentagon, Senate Criticize China on Arms, Rights
- Do Rescue Teams Need Rescuing?
- U.S. to Fight Man's Plea to Use Medicinal Marijuana
- Lukas, Baze and A.P. Indy Head Hall of Fame Ballot
- His Departure From Yankees Was Ruthless
- Russia's Kafelnikov Poised to Reach the Top
- Lusk, Harris Help Carry Pierce to Sixth Consecutive Victory
- Fish Report
- They're Calling Their Own Tune
- Test Your Savvy
- Bren Bids $34 a Share for Irvine Apartments
- We Can't Define It, but We Worship It
- Foundation to Spend $31 Million on Farm Worker Housing, Health Care
- Grammy Grows Up
- Cow Hurled Into Truck Kills Driver
- PREVIEW / Some of the Business and Economic Events Happening Today
- Gap's Profit Soars 46%, Penney's Plunges 41%
- Irvine's Klatt Wins 50-Yard Freestyle at Big West Meet
- Gentle Ben No Easy Ryder
- STANTON
- Valley Landfill Expansion OKd by Commission
- Two Pit Bulls Impounded Over Attacks
- CYPRESS
- San Onofre Draws Concerns, Praise at Forum
- WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- Santa Margarita Peaks at Right Time
- Bruins Win Big but Lose Gadzuric
- CBS Tries to Awaken 'This Morning'
- Production on Animated Films Gets Drawn Out
- Celluloid Self-Promotion Works Because It's Funny
- 'Moon': An In-Depth Look at War Internment
- Viacom Puts Up a Blockbuster Quarter
- Bren's REIT Offer at Low End of Estimated Value
- Front Line of Surf-Wear War
- Pacific Genesis Agrees to Settle State Fraud Case
- Greek Churches Said to Have Aided Rebels
- Hollywood Entertainment Revamps Online
- Winds Hamper Efforts to Remove Hulk of Cargo Ship
- Is Garment Size Material to Pricing?
- LAGUNA NIGUEL
- Judge Blocks DirecTV Plan to Offer Network Programs
- HUNTINGTON BEACH
- Description Released in Fatal Kidnapping
- LA PALMA
- Burundi Envoy to Meet With Executives
- Webber Wins in Washington
- Getting Used to Noise Under Big Top
- Northridge Runs Into Trouble
- Cid Says El Dorado Is Not Done Yet
- LOCAL NOTES
- Weber State Rolls Past Northridge
- January's Money Market Fund Inflows Show Investor Caution
- '8MM' Descends Into True Hell on Earth
- Profit Climbs After Merger of Auto Giants
- Climate Right as Home Sales Climb in January
- 'King Levine' Turns Tragedy of Lear Into Adept Parody
- Creative Business Concepts Acquired
- Fidelity National Sees Stock Droop
- Now You Can Dress Like an Oscar Winner
- Kosovo Gun Battle Flares, Stoking Fears
- Off-Duty Officer Jailed in Alleged Drunk Driving
- NATO Gave Milosevic Advantage
- LOS ALAMITOS
- Down the Stretch They Come
- Pond Won't Host Soccer This Season
- A Matter-of-Fact but Chilling 'Macbeth'
- Put Grocery List on This Fridge and It Goes Shopping
- HMOs Could Benefit From Medicare Hike
- Rudder Is Again Suspected as 737 Swerves Suddenly
- Sports World's Palm-Sized Pros
- Deaf Actress Interprets NoHo Role as Good Sign
- *Foot Notes
- FULLERTON
- Merchant Who Draws Protests Fights Landlord
- Suspect in Gang-Related Killing Is Released
- City Council Panel Fails to Agree on Competing Business Tax Proposals
- Cal Surprises Arizona; Stanford Survives Scare
- Holton Might Have a Shot With Aztecs
- Titans Unable to 'Take Care of Business' at Home
- Emotionally Calculating 'Other Sister' Tips Its Hand
- Top PC Makers Respond to Chip Privacy Concern With Own Plan
- CBS Chief Shows Interest in Buying NBC, but FCC Unlikely to Clear Way
- These Grand Divas Are Truly Larger Than Life
- MPEG Pioneer Heads Music Initiative
- TODAY'S LIVING BEST BETS
- Israel Won't Extradite U.S. Teen
- YORBA LINDA
- Ceremony to Honor Black Fighter Pilots of WWII
- Finalists From 4 Schools Face Off in Mock Murder Trial
- College District Expects Surplus of $11.6 Million
- Putting Off the Ritz
- Times' Daily, Sunday Sections Rated Among Top 10 in Nation by APSE
- 'Windhorse' Skillfully Depicts Tibetans' Plight Under Chinese
- GET OUT!
- Today's Best Bets
- BancWest to Acquire SierraWest Bancorp
- LAUGH LINES
- Livingston Farewell: Plea for Moderation
- Supplement Blamed for Death, Injuries
- Principal Apologizes for AIDS Assembly
- INS' Fight on Illegal Labor Is Big Jolt to Yakima Valley
- 2 Pit Bulls Suspected in Attacks Are Impounded
- Let the Voters Decide
- An Escape From Slavery
- Heroes Save Dog Lover From Water Off Laguna
- New Spanish Bible Unveiled
- Drug Investigation Results in 7 Arrests
- SAN CLEMENTE
- LA HABRA
- Judge Prescribes $75,000 Cure in Suit Against Rock Group
- Lakers Discover Cure-All
- Falkinstein's Overtime Goal Makes El Camino Real's Day
- Richardson to Speak at CSUN
- Airbus Lost $200 Million in '98 Amid Price Cuts
- Garcia, MacDowell Make Sure This 'Ticket' Doesn't Get Lost
- Part of Police Racism Report Is Withdrawn
- Surging Bond Yields Send Dow to Its 3rd Straight Loss
- China Vetoes Renewal of Macedonia Force
- TUSTIN
- Report Cites Misconduct by Former CYA Official
- Role Models for Women of Dimension
- Davis Names L.A. Land Use Attorney, Expert in Migratory Species to Coastal Commission
- PLANNING AHEAD
- A Bridge That Turks Refuse to Cross
- PLACENTIA
- LAKE FOREST
- Study Links Heart Disease to Bacterial Infections
- BREA
- Chick Endorses Sanchez in 7th District City Council Race
- Council Seeks to Switch Facilities to Green Power
- Mystery Grows in Yosemite Disappearance
- Job Market Emphasizing Increased Skills
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- Buss Isn't in Rush to Name Coach
- Comedy, Staging Fall Short in 'Sisters 3'
- Seagram Completes Deal to Buy Rest of Def Jam
- Intuit Plans to Sell Stake in Excite
- 'Guantanamera' a Dark Tale With Light Touch
- Austrians Buoyed by Revival of Boy Saved From Snow
- Home-Care Workers' Vote for Union a Landmark for Labor
- Bush 'Fully Intends' to Run, Advisor Says