- Waits Has Friends in SoCal Places
- 'Woody Woodpecker' Is Out on a Shaky Limb
- 'Unicorn Killer' in the TV Spotlight
- Also . . .
- Army Grounds Huey Helicopter Fleet
- Head of County Child Abuse Probe Contests Demotion
- Cops' Game of Tackle Honors Fallen Heroes
- U.S. Accuses 5 Doctors of Fraud
- Osuna to Pitch Through Spur Pain
- Silvestri Gets Call From Edmonton
- Long Beach Meets BYU in Championship Match
- 'Why Dogs Smile' Suggests Answers, Questions
- Fortress Will Invest $12 Million in Impac
- Music Producer Slain in Home Invasion Robbery
- Construction Worker Hit by Water Tanker
- A Grandmother's Story
- A BORN BOXER
- Galaxy Will Try to Work Magic Against Wizards
- Hingis Defeats One Williams
- Real Quiet, Free House Return to the Scene of Their Primes
- Dratewka's 'Space' Tour Is a Movable Piece
- Is Machismo Still Alive?
- Santa Margarita's Shanklin Wins 4 Events
- NOTES
- Mission Viejo Girls Make It 17 Consecutive League Titles
- In other meets:
- Flynn's Performance Doesn't Take a Dive
- Chevron and Texaco Reportedly in Talks for Possible Merger
- QLogic's Quarterly Profit Jumps, Lifting Shares
- Intel to Create $300-Million Development Fund
- W. Woodward; Scion of Rich Family Plagued by Tragedy
- Bishops Call for River's Preservation
- Paralyzed Rider Is Back in Saddle
- 'Boy in Window' Took 'Shortest' Way to Safety
- Ishi's Brain to Be Returned to Tribe's Descendants
- Lanes to Be Closed During Road Work
- Stolen Mustang--or What's Left of It--Is Rounded Up
- Music Producer Fatally Shot in His Home
- Everest Keeps Its Secret
- Brush Fire Danger Cited in Reinstating Clearance Fee
- In other meets:
- In the Golden West League:
- In other Marmonte games:
- Senator Seeks Tougher Cleanup Standards at Rocketdyne Lab
- On the Web
- Cuban Baseball an Emotional Topic
- Are Lakers Being Given a Good Rap?
- The Artist as Visionary
- But Aside From These, Everything Is Ducky
- Guns and Violent Entertainment Are Blamed When Kids Kill Kids
- OK, Maybe Not Ducky
- Already Playing the NFL Name Game
- Parental Liability
- Arguing Against Film Violence
- Now It's Time for Some Horsing Around
- Latino Casting
- Jackson and War in Kosovo
- Mummy's 1940s History Unwrapped
- What Race Was That?
- 'Noah,' Walk That Plank
- To Find Clipper Highlight, You Had to Look in a Cage
- Domino's Founder to Deliver School
- Money Can Bring Out the Worst in People
- Morning Report - News from May 8, 1999
- NATO Planes Hit Chinese Embassy in Belgrade; 2 Die
- Jury Orders 'Jenny Jones' to Pay $25 Million
- Freed POW Gets a Hero's Welcome
- Match Safes Kept Home Fires From Burning Too Brightly
- Clinton Presses Youth Violence Issue
- Davis Studies Allocation of Excess Funds
- Worries Arise That Pact May Forestall Peace
- 'Caskets Have No Business Being That Small'
- Knott's Promotion Won't Cost Schools, Official Says
- Families Mourn Victims as Police Seek Gunman
- Obituaries - May 8, 1999
- DANA POINT
- Chevron to Halt Offshore Oil Production
- Expecting...and Demanding
- Blazing a Streak
- 2 Arrested in Attack on 3 Gay Men; Hate Crime Suspected
- Taut and Exciting Trailers Lure Youth With Manipulated Images
- Taft Digs Out of Hole and Buries Palisades in City Quarterfinal
- WESTERN CONFERENCE CAPSULES
- Global Classroom for Tlen-Huicani
- Device Stops Grocery Cart Thieves in Their Tracks
- CNN Cancels Plan for Gore to Host 'King'
- Americo Paredes; Southwest Scholar
- Can Justice Be Blinded by Eyewitnesses?
- Hundreds Gather to Pray for Ways to Halt Violence
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
- Big Trucks Blur Lines of Travel
- Supes On the Screen
- Retired Farm Workers Get $1,000 Bonus From Union
- High Absenteeism Costing District Thousands
- This Young 'Tatis' Ties Tater Mark
- Harvard-Westlake Toppeled by Loyola
- Geer: Pieces and Quiet
- Capturing the Lively Yet Sobering Essence of 'Hostage'
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- 3 Credit Card Firms Aim Low to Attract Customers
- THE ECONOMY
- At N.Y. Officers' Trial, Haitian Describes Assault
- Officer Accidentally Drives Over Man
- Also . . .
- Firms to Invest in Electronic Stock Exchange
- Box-Office Flops Lead to Wider Loss for Seagram in Fiscal Third Quarter
- Crime Reporting Measure Seeks to Protect Children
- Jury Deadlocks in Case Against Girl's Parents
- LAGUNA WOODS
- Libraries Turn the Page for Literacy
- COSTA MESA
- Vargas to Fight Marquez With Title on Line
- Buying for the Person, Not the Role
- April Retail Sales Healthy, but Buying Frenzy May Be Over
- FCC Staff Calls Phone Merger Anti-Competitive
- Party Can't Go on Forever, Greenspan Says
- TODAY'S LIVING BEST BETS
- More MTBE Put in Gas Amid Move to Ban It
- Supporters Launch Campaign to Win Approval of New L.A. City Charter
- Man Pleads Not Guilty in Kidnapping of Girl, 5
- Watching the 7 Dwarfs' Kin, Greedy and Nasty
- ANAHEIM
- In other matches:
- Former Cowboy Lineman Tuinei Found Dead at 39 in Texas
- Son's Quest for 'Father' Provides a Heartfelt Tale
- A Powerful Mideast Voice Comes to Vegas
- PacBell Customers Get to Choose
- Dell Computer Picks a New Ad Agency
- Steele Case Goes to Jury; Defense Calls No Witnesses
- The Permanent Pregnant Pause
- House OKs Huge War Spending Bill
- Grant to Help Form Transit Network at CSU Campus
- LAGUNA NIGUEL
- The Search for Meaning
- SANTA ANA
- Domestic Partners Recognized in County Registry
- Clippers Won't Play at Pond
- Young Expects to Play
- Look Who's Talking
- Prieto's New Works: Colorful and Animated
- GET OUT!
- Modern 'Mummy' Has Its Boyish Features
- Brazilian Firm Extends STM Wireless Deal
- Government Is Dealt Blow on Encryption Code Restraints
- Connery's Latest an Industry Oddity
- Ford Picks Exec to Manage Irvine-Based Mercury Brand
- Congo Virus Not Ebola, Officials Say
- Cultural Play by Play
- YORBA LINDA
- LOS ALAMITOS
- HIGH SCHOOL GOLF ROUNDUP
- Servite Wins Golden West Swim Title
- BYU Reaches Final After Slow Start
- 'One Less' Movie at Cannes
- TV Production Company Jumps Ship
- How to Go Out of Your Way to Really Make Her Day
- Getting Back the Beat
- Career Day Helps Kids Tune In to World of Jobs
- Brea Olinda's Oh Brothers Are Suspended From School
- Home Runs Carry Glendale to Title
- Moon Eclipses Marmonte Foes to Capture Title
- Anguish Finally Ends for West and Lakers
- Parmenter's Record Performances Lead Hart
- Clutch-Hitting Poly Hands Sylmar Ace Another Setback
- University Takes Dive After Victory
- This Time, She Doesn't Mind Change
- A Contagious and Involving 'Fever'
- Benefit for Littleton Families
- Today's Best Bets
- Irvine Students Get a Taste of Where Food Comes From While Harvesting for Charity
- Robbers Escape in Restaurant Holdup
- SAN CLEMENTE
- White Abalone May Be Listed as Endangered
- EASTERN CONFERENCE CAPSULES
- Enjoying a Season of Double Exposure
- Tatis Has a Blast, but Pirates Roll
- 'Empty Mirror' Struggles to Find Insight on Hitler
- Chief of County Children's Agency Quits
- Letter Carriers to Collect Food in Drive
- TUSTIN
- Hard-Line Judge Is Being Judged Herself
- Charles E. Brandt; Operating Engineer
- School Officials Warn of High Cost of Absenteeism
- THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
- Golden League Again Belongs to Quartz Hill
- A Too-Distant Pacific
- Celebratory Titles by Women for a Special Day
- Spinning Toward a Diplomatic End
- Cypress Wins Share of Conference Title
- Hot Ticket
- The Price of 'Access'
- STANTON
- Scaring Up Fun and Fears
- Nature's Nutrition
- BAD GUYS GONE GOOD
- Rising From the Depths
- Escaping to Near-'Great Expectations'
- Labor in Front as Scots, Welsh Go to the Polls
- Sorrow and Community
- Son Provides Mother With a Gift of Life
- Half a Year After Mitch, Rebuilding Process Continues at a Crawl
- Clinton Offers Support to Refugees During Tour of Camp
- Immigration Consultant's Tax Trial Starts
- Boy, 11, Arrested at Lancaster School With Loaded Pistol
- Why Russians Are Indignant Over Kosovo
- LAGUNA HILLS
- Tasty Brews
- Baffert Might Not Have Starter
- IT IS STILL . . . MO'S TOWN
- In other City Championship quarterfinals:
- Susan Egan Will Sing in Cabaret Series
- Sounding Off on Trailers
- CYPRESS
- Angry Supervisor Wants to Outlaw Meeting Leaks
- WESTMINSTER
- GARDEN GROVE
- FOUNTAIN VALLEY
- Club Would Help Pay for Deputy at School
- Some Joy Follows Pain for Appleby
- Recent Thrashing by Rockets Proves Instructive Now
- Little Things Haunt Angels
- Palisades Keeps Rolling
- A Mindful, Mannered Mystery
- Scientist in China Spy Case Offers a Defense
- 3 Credit Card Giants in Low-Interest-Rate Battle
- Group of Street Vendors Licensed in Test of Reform
- Ford Exec Gets Mercury Sales Job
- New Chemical May Lead to Oral Insulin Equivalent
- School District Defends Strict Policy in Pot Case
- PLANNING AHEAD
- My Mom's the Best Because . . .
- Michelle Holden Admits Sex With Minor, Is Spared Prison Term
- Police Seek Robbers in Home Invasion
- Corona del Mar Tennis Player Jensen Signs With USC
- 10 Things That I Hate Most About Teen Movies
- He's Free to Be Art Purely for Art's Sake
- Microsoft Targets Internet via TV
- Court Leaning Toward Access to Civil Trials
- Suit Accuses Qualcomm of Fraud
- AEROSPACE
- LAUGH LINES
- Officers Won't Be Charged in Slaying of Tyisha Miller
- Parents Air Fears Over School Chemicals
- A Cool and Unusual Way to Savor California's Multitude of Flavors
- Drowning May Be Linked to Yosemite Killings, Family Says
- Theme Park Bill No Longer Seeking State Inspections
- We're Only Hearing About the Quick Fix
- Port of Hueneme Close to Deal for Use of Navy Dock
- A Chance to Get Story Behind the Stories
- Firefighters Still Haunted by Playground Scene
- BUENA PARK
- They Just Ate Up This Training Video
- Trying on Swimsuits Is Survival of the Fittest
- Slide Takes Out Knoblauch, but Not Yankees
- USC Is Favored in 16-Team Event
- FRIDAY 7 / SPECTATOR SPORTS
- WESTERN SEMIFINALS
- Barclay Dance Series to Kick Off With Feld
- Free Events Leading Up to Playboy Jazz Festival Continue
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Mortgage Rates Creep Back Above 7%
- Retail Costs Wrung Out in Time for Mother's Day
- HUNTINGTON BEACH
- Boy Held After Gun Found at School
- Woman Motorist, 78, Dies Following 2-Car Collision
- Hells Angel, 2 Others Arrested
- Purchase Means Racing as Usual
- AROUND THE LEAGUE
- ESPN and Baseball Need a Peace Summit
- Anteaters Making Uniform Effort
- Trial by Fire
- She's a Little Bit Country
- QLogic Quarterly Net Income Takes Jump to $8.5 Million
- Litton Launches Takeover Bids for 2 Shipbuilders
- Westfield America to Sell Cerritos Mall to Macerich
- 4 Die, 50 Hurt in Tennessee as Storm System Rolls East
- Alexander Popof Joins Catellus Residential as Senior V.P.
- $32-Million Federal Grant Will Aid State School Reforms
- Senate Approves Banking Legislation
- Viacom's Blockbuster Files to Offer Shares
- Lockheed Martin Enlists Astrolink Partners
- Gemstar Sued in Patent Case: Gemstar International...
- Fullerton's Document Control Solutions Sold
- Fashionable Alternatives for Moms-to-Be
- Voter Registration Deadline Is Monday
- BREA
- LAGUNA BEACH
- 3-D Violence Is Too Much for Some at New Universal Show
- Agencies Deny Blame for Flood Damage
- COUNTYWIDE
- It's a Wary Day in the Neighborhood
- Proposed Royal Ownership Group Is Too Big
- Palisades Still Has Granada Hills' Number
- Roski's Trip Should Not Trip Up L.A.'s NFL Effort
- Hasek Falters as Bruins Win Series Opener
- San Jose Blanks Lancaster
- Homey Charm Fortifies 'The Castle'
- Key Indexes Fall as Bond Yields Surge
- Box-Office Showing Good if Not 'Titanic'
- Honda to Build Light-Truck Plant in Alabama