- Fun Follows Function
- * Isaac Salazar; Retired Maintenance Worker
- Nurses' Contract Talks Lag; Each Side Blames the Other
- Mayor Angers Council by Naming Ally as Pro Tem
- Plugging Into Energy Conservation
- Hopes High for Jail Compromise
- Trojans Excited About Final Four Possibilities
- Going South
- Vietnamese American Chamber Elects Head
- Irvine Firms' Aborted Merger Leads to Suit
- Sanwa Names Head of Commercial Unit
- Zenith to Unveil First Interactive TV-Web Browser Set
- Profit Warning Sends Water Pik Shares Down
- Disney Starts a Big Adventure
- A Park and a Promise
- Councilman Pulls Plug on Holiday Light Display
- Maintain Peace Momentum on Kashmir
- Happiest Benefits on Earth
- New Splint Could Help Watson
- Championships Have Look of Conference Calls
- Louisville Players Arrested
- HP Confident About Forecast
- Tori, Heather Can't Out-Glam Club Make-Up
- Last Chance: Ends This Weekend
- The Basics Unleashed at Black Dog
- Scholastic, Sesame Street Lead Edutainment Online
- Nesby Experiences a Haunting Defeat
- He Went From P.E.-Class Legend to Football Hero
- Millennium, the Sequel
- Holiday Music
- P.O.D. Delivers Sonic Sermons
- The Plays Under Revue
- Roamin' Holiday
- U.S. Proposes to Ease Merger Write-Off Rules
- More Deaths Reported in Tire Probe
- Motorola, Celestica in Supply Deal
- IBP to Hold Merger Talks With Tyson, Escalating Bidding War
- Capturing the Adventure and Passion of Style in the Wild
- Dear Sir or Madam: Let Us Write Your E-Resume
- Hormone-Releasing IUD Is Approved
- The Week Ahead on the Web
- * Christian Marquand; French Actor, Director
- Insurers Insist They Were Victims of Quackenbush Too
- Movie Role Inspires Tribute to Pearl Harbor Victims
- Race Is Still Too Close to Call--for Simi Valley Parks Director
- Nerve Gas Unlikely to Be Cause of Soldiers' Ailments, Report Says
- Clipper Rally Is Spellbinding
- Program Profile: IRVINE
- RETAIL
- Maybe He Should Listen to His Own Advice
- A Dolce Vita Destination
- Playing Foliage Favorites
- WWII, in Full Frame
- New Policy on Misconduct Set for Federal Research
- Schools to Salute Amgen Assistance
- Tenants Lose Round in Fight to Save Venice Units
- Mars, Up Close
- Bollard Plays Safety, but Never Plays It Safe
- Caging the Lion
- That Fast
- The View at the Top
- UCLA Women Emerging as Soccer Giant
- Part of This Boy's Life
- Hartsburg Doesn't Like What He Sees
- TV Smarts
- BEST BETS Saturday 12/9
- 5 Alleged Spies for Cuba Go on Trial
- U.S. Man Convicted of Spying in Russia, Gets 20-Year Term
- Famed Players Get a Kick Out of Being in Game
- Agitators Probe for Defectors Among Electors
- Cyberspace Capsule
- Tune In to Florida Supreme Court
- Auditors Scold UCI Cadaver Program
- The Red Badge of Spinmeistering
- This Affair Is Ornamental, My Dear Watson
- Veteran Remembers Pearl Harbor Attack
- nonleague boys' soccer:
- MEN
- GAMES OF THE WEEK
- Nelson Reaches Milestone As Mavericks Beat Knicks
- Outdoors on Ice Now Thrice as Nice
- Town Defies HMO, Rallies Around Doctor
- Gay Executive Who Was Fired by Scouts Files Bias Suit
- Texas OKs Aggressive Plan Targeting Houston Smog
- LAUGH LINES
- BCC Option Keeps E-Mail Addresses Private
- * George Wells; Won Oscar for 'Designing Woman'
- District Revamps Math Curriculum
- Fair Fight in Lake Forest Yields a First
- Community Colleges Plan $1.2-Billion Bond Measure
- Trustees OK Master Plan for Pierce College Farm
- SOUTHLAND EVENTS
- Hall, Siraki Point Toward Nationals
- Ashby Changes the Signs
- Washington State to Handle Wal-Mart Claims
- Dense-Pac Board OKs Stock Repurchase Plan
- Intel Shares Dive on Brokerage Warning
- Sifting the Chatter of Cell Phone Fees
- Web Site Is a Net Gain for Polk
- The Death of a Semblance of Peace
- College Board OKs CSUCI Transfer Plan
- Program Profile: LA HABRA
- 10-Digit Dialing Plan Is Opposed by Staff at FCC
- Airport Needs Clear; Outcome Foggy
- Bush Finds It a Lot Easier to Sound, Act Presidential
- Like Garden.com, More E-Tailers Dying on the Vine
- Fla. GOP Seeks to Draw 5 Across
- State Inspectors Visit Idled Power Plants
- DNA Study Adds to Evidence of Humanity's African Origins
- Fossil Supports Theory That Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs
- Officer Is Charged With Drunk Driving
- Deal on Publishing Genome Paper Criticized
- Winslow Is Bringing Ventura Back From Oblivion
- Tverdovsky's Knee Bruised
- * Liane Haid; Early Film Star in Austria, Germany
- Iridium Gets Pentagon Contract
- Plan Ahead
- Police Widen Net for Speeders, Jaywalkers
- Dodgers Zero In on Weaknesses
- Scanning the Aisles for Reproduction Value
- Jackson, Split From Hubby, Splits From House Too
- Fancy Grilled Cheese
- Fed's 'Beige Book' Points to Slowdown
- Star Tours
- Germany Testing for 'Mad Cow' in Cattle Over 30 Months Old
- Corning Chairman and CEO to Step Down
- Matadors Can Make Points With Anyone
- Reuters Names American as Next Leader
- PIGSKIN PROPHECIES
- Singing of St. Nick
- In Death, USS Arizona Veteran Reunites With His Shipmates
- 'Olive' Is Another Christmas Video Delight
- City Review of Scouts
- TV Smarts
- Florida Vote
- Palestinian, Israeli Sources of Power
- 11 Reported Dead in Caspian Sea Quake
- Improving Voting
- Bring Troops Home
- Completing Belmont School Complex
- Drug Roadblocks
- Al Gore's Position
- SCIENCE FILE
- Obituaries - Dec. 7, 2000
- Obituaries - Dec. 7, 2000
- NBC, Paramount at Impasse Over 'Frasier' Renewal
- Davis Seeks Cut in $88.5-Million Lawyers' Fee
- Florida Legislators Set Special Session
- Jury's Out on Election, but Lawyers Can't Lose
- A House Leader Plays Grinch on Bipartisanship
- Blacks Wary of Jeb Bush's Election Oversight
- Statistically Speaking, Florida Is a Toss-Up
- Those '60s Boys, the Beatles, Close in on Backstreet Boys
- Holiday Party Invite Is Invitation to Lampoon Ballots
- Zatopek laid to rest as an enduring Czech hero
- Mexican Strata 'Souffle' With Tomato Salsa
- Taquitos With Guacamole
- Turkey Paillards With Pasta and Peas in Lemon Sauce
- Winter pear compote with dried cranberries
- Christmas Cherry Pound Cake
- Chocolate Cherry Fruitcake
- Breakfast Sausage Loaf
- Braised Red Cabbage
- Ageless Fruitcake
- Tea, Orange and Raisin Fruitcake
- New Age Fruitcake
- Blini with Caviar
- Unisem to Be Sold for About $50 Million
- Start-up MyContracts.com Offers Management Services
- Nokia Raises Forecasts for Cell Phone Growth
- Mayor Tells Officers He Will Consider Scheduling Options
- 2 Teens Arrested After Burglary, Crash
- TV, Not Internet, Fuels Olympics
- Mailman Delivers With a Milestone
- Search Ends for Two Schools
- Northrop Grumman Warns of Earnings Fall
- NQL Hires Blair as Investment Advisor
- EARNINGS
- Sweatshop Makes Jeans Sold on U.S. Bases, Suit Says
- An Everest of Their Own
- Pedestrian Killed on Highway Identified
- Fair Housing Office Looking for Business
- Spite Is Not Justice
- * Donald E. O'Reilly; Investment Firm Owner
- The Night and the Rain
- Man Who Killed Family Drops Insanity Defense
- Regulations Endanger Christmas Tree Lane
- Loyola Ends Division I Loss Streak
- HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK
- BASEBALL
- Devils Have a Hot Line and a Nine-Game Streak
- Lavin Answers the Critics
- Remembering World War II Cameramen
- Wall Street Investors Hope for an Encore
- Razor Copycat Ban Extended Against 6 Firms
- Unocal Announces Changes in Management, Severance Plan
- WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING?
- Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List
- Birthday Celebrant Helps Poor Children
- Senior GE Exec Becomes Home Depot CEO
- Gore Becomes Card-Carrying Member of PGA Tour
- Robinson Plays Above Competition
- In the Brea Ladycat Classic:
- TRANSPORTATION
- Chatsworth's Glass Half Empty
- U.S. Is Planning a Chilly Reception for Mexico Team
- Nothing Like a Crowded Lot to Provoke the Parker Within
- Acting CEO Schumacher Given the Job Permanently
- 'Tis the Season for Bone-Crunchin'?
- 6 Arrested in Alleged Gang Rape of 16-Year-Old Girl
- Scouting Warned Explorer Program Faces Cancellation
- Councilwoman Becomes O.C.'s 1st Black Mayor
- Yankees Announce Another Ticket Hike
- SOUTHLAND EVENTS
- Struggling Blake Dismisses Speculation
- 'MNF' Gets One of Its Lowest Ratings
- Lakers Have It All Covered
- City Council Dashes Hopes for Unity in Santa Paula
- Long Dismisses 2 Longtime Aides
- Judge Lets Bloom Drop Insanity Plea in Triple Slaying
- * Joyce Flint; Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer's Mother
- Cold Creek Canyon Land Set Aside
- Mobile Home Safety Subject of Hearing
- Percussion Show Offers Aural Journey
- Happy Holidays, Now Turn Off That Tree
- Fire Agency to Aid Ambulance Service
- New Legs for Light Rail
- Outsourcing Some Accounting Functions to the Web Could Save Money
- HomeBase to Close Stores, Shift Focus
- FutureLink Changes Chiefs; Stock Soars
- Despite Loss, Vargas Keeping His Chin Up
- Rosary Holds Off 4th-Quarter Rally, Squeaks Past Edison
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION'S PRESS.
- Gas Giant Gets Big Part of Media Empire
- Texas Executes Killer, Sets Record
- Pentagon Shapes the Bush Policy Team
- Report Cites City's Increased Value
- Stop the SAT Games
- Hospital Officials Open to HMO Idea
- 7-Year-Old Boy Succumbs to Cancer
- AT&T; in Venture to Provide Internet Services in Shanghai
- O.C. Bankruptcy Filings
- FBI Testimony Starts Defense in Lockerbie Trial
- A Bigger, Better, Safer Ford Explorer
- EPA to Urge Dredging of PCB-Tainted Hudson
- Lake Forest Council Elects O.C.'s First Black Mayor
- Trojans Finish the Job
- ROUNDUP
- Valley's 'Most Spectacular' Game Stirs Memories
- Bryant Is Getting Most of Those Shots Within the Offense
- Crude Oil Closes Under $30, First Time Since August
- Florida Reinstates Dupay
- Ellis Maintains His Old Spirit in Farewell
- Leader in Ebola Fight Dies of the Disease
- Alleged Boss of China Smuggling Ring Presents Canada With a Conundrum
- Council Extends Iraq Oil-for-Food Program
- Border Patrol Tightening Security
- One Trial Sought for Suspect in 4 Slayings
- Day 28: A Summary
- Forums to Plot City's 'Vision'
- Man Fires Lawyers in Final Phase of Murder Trial
- Man Shot Near Staples Center Box Office Before Game
- Supervisors Vote Themselves a Raise
- Holidays' Light Infantry
- Compton Schools Pass Critical Test
- Waves' Owner Puts Team, Two Others on the Market
- MEN
- It's All or Nothing for Hebert and the Ducks
- San Francisco Votes Down Curb on New Offices
- Over-Counter 'Morning-After' Pill Urged
- Hospitals, State Settle Medi-Cal Suit
- The Plastic Radiator: How Cool Is That?
- Political Violence Leaves 10 Dead
- Full U.S. Investigation Urged
- A Gem With a Flaw of Familiarity
- Pining for Live Trees
- Back Belts Ineffective, Study Finds
- Hey, Poo-Poo Head, Let's Be Friends: Childhood Teasing Needn't Be Traumatic
- GOP Hold on Senate Hangs on Thurmond
- Romer Seeks Proposals on Making Belmont Safe
- LAPD Eliminating 3 of 4 Valley Units
- Board Delays Discussion on Marina Project
- State Controller Calls for Audit of Transit Agency
- Holiday Cease-Fire Sought on Oxnard's Streets
- Ex-Officer to Stand Trial in Robbery Case
- Antonovich Is Mayor by Acclamation--His Own
- Lions Score Landmark Win Over Titans
- S&P; to Add QLogic to Its 500 Index
- Let's Call It a Dinner
- My Cup Bubbleth Over
- BLM Posts New Rules for Off-Road Use
- Acne Drug Warning Brochures Readied
- U.S. Returns Painting to Germany
- Top Assistant to Become County Counsel
- Man Pleads Not Guilty in Slayings of 2
- O.C., Newport Hope to Extend Airport Limits
- Barbeques Galore Profits Fall 55%
- A Way to Prune the Cost of Branching Out
- Newport Harbor Tops Fountain Valley
- Hoisting a Few