- Plan Ahead: Next Weekend
- Putin Tells of Offer on Rocket Program
- Dripping With Wit and Wisdom
- A Pulse of Light Breaks the Ultimate Speed Limit
- Two Executions Set for Same Night
- It Could Be Old Hat on Old Course
- Officials Announce Fire Restrictions
- Fire Burns 250 Acres of Brush Near Forest
- 18 Football Players May Be Benched in Drinking Incident
- Evelyn Dawn; Founded Private Schools
- Etherton May Look to Palmball in Future
- Tale Wags the 'Dog'
- The Hunt for Better Cancer Fighters
- DANA POINT
- New Planes Ordered for National Guard
- Earthwatch: A Diary of the Planet
- Owner of Raided Shop Awarded $1 Million
- FOUNTAIN VALLEY
- Contract Dispute Stalls Renovation of Queen Mary
- GOP Trims Bill That Cuts Taxes for Married Couples
- STANTON
- RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA
- Rho, Conway, Bollini Named to AJGA Team
- Anaheim Team's Owner Is Close to Deal With Pond
- Clemens, Yankees Find Groove
- No Clear Vision in Portrait of Infamous Chatelaine of Versailles
- Sleight of Hand's Weird Science
- Louis XIV Doesn't Miss a Beat
- Gaffney and Co. Veer From the Standard Dinner Fare
- She'll Work Her Magic on New Los Feliz Home
- Truck Hits Power Pole, Causing Outage Downtown
- They'll Get Their Hooks in You
- Plan Ahead
- The Fine Art of Pop Singing, Revisited
- Hunter-Gatherer of Cool Commodities
- Test Results for Charter Schools
- Architect Lin Tapped for UCI Project
- PLACENTIA
- Respectable Revamps
- Part-Time Users Drive Car-Sharing Service
- Guest Killed in Fall at Sunset Strip Hotel
- Teen Found Shot to Death in Car
- ORANGE
- Jolly Field Griggs; Ventura Business Teacher
- Is There a Tiger Trap Set at St. Andrews?
- Surfin' Cowpokes
- DYNAMIC DUEL
- Amy Heckerling
- The Other Calamari
- Plan Ahead
- 2 Commissioners Named to Superior Court Bench
- ANAHEIM
- Old Explorer Returns to Train Young
- Engineer, 66, Joins Peace Corps
- Engineer, 66, Will Join Peace Corps
- For Sale: HMO Patients
- LAKE FOREST
- In His Book, There Is No Room for Class
- Janikowski Appears Close to Signing
- New and Notable
- The Road to Oaxaca
- Ex-Officials Discuss a New State, Radio Says
- Cities Along Alameda Corridor Get Windfall
- Senior Surfing
- 'Nutty' Scores Big, Even Before Film Opens
- Hamm Helps U.S. Women to a Draw Against China
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- PUC Draft Would Deny SDG&E; Rate Freeze
- New Product Gives Smith Micro a Boost
- Just a Few Clicks Will Remove Password Window
- THE TOUR
- Commerce Nominee OK Seems Assured
- Two Studies Cite Value of Colonoscopy
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
- Lawyer Says Quarrel Led to Killing
- Street Will Honor Clinton, but Not for Long
- CSUN Bioethicist Is Representing U.S.
- Harry Potter Books Realize a Fantasy for Librarians
- Pop Date Book
- The Flip Side of Serious Teen Angst
- BEST BETS / Thursday 7/20
- O.C. Accountant Gets Prison for Bank Fraud
- Oakley Proves Sales Mission Possible
- Microsoft Drop Drags Nasdaq Down
- Exclusion of Contraceptive Coverage Brings Bias Suit
- Forest Fire Keeps Residents Out of Homes
- Mideast Talks to Continue Despite Clinton Absence
- Telmex Shares Take Big Fall on Profit Report
- Metrocall Makes $824-Million Bid for Paging Network
- Ticker Talk
- Conexant Posts Strong Results, Plans Purchases
- Hey, KACD Fans, Don't Touch That Dot-Com Dial
- Reality Show Strikes a Racial Nerve
- Former San Diego Officer Charged in Drug Smuggling
- Deadly Virus Not Found in N.Y. Tests
- Breath of Fresh Air
- House Approves $288-Billion Defense Budget
- Regional Jets Are Making a Big Splash
- Boon to Fisherman's Wharf, or Schlock by the Dock?
- June Restaurant Closures*
- Church Fights Traffic Plan That Would Cut Play Area
- Is on vacation....
- SEAL BEACH
- Randazzo Can't Be Slowed
- TV Smarts
- Rossi Quits Citrus for Archrival Pinot
- BEST BETS Thursday 7/20
- Itinerary: The BC in L.A.
- Disneyland Workers OK Contract
- AutoNation Shrugs Off Offer as 'Nonsensical'
- Heat Sparks 'Stage 2' Power Emergency
- Industry Officials Move to Ban 'Conflict Diamonds'
- Riverside's Lawyers in Tyisha Miller Lawsuit Ousted
- Trial Begins in Killing Over Nintendo
- Fall Tunnel Work to Close Rail Line Into Simi Valley
- LAGUNA HILLS
- Mercer to Head Junior College Board
- Comet Linear May Be Seen With Binoculars or Telescope
- FULLERTON
- Operetta
- Many Voices, Many Things to Say
- MISSION VIEJO
- Suspended Pair May Test AVP Again
- Wells Headed for North Carolina
- THE BRITISH OPEN
- LAGUNA BEACH
- YORBA LINDA
- GARDEN GROVE
- Red Tide Appearing Off Coast
- City Finally Replaces Center Ruined by Quake
- Shop Owner Awarded $1 Million Over Raid
- Johnson Out of Hospital, May Manage Tonight
- Spectacular Tribute to Olivier Messiaen
- BEST BETS / Saturday 7/22
- Mercer's Lyrics Have New Life in the Voice of Lee Lessack
- Actors Serve as Theater's Building Blocks
- Farmers Fight Order to Destroy Sheep
- Man Gets 29-Year Sentence for 1998 Ventura Street Stabbings That Left 1 Dead
- Georgia Mercer to Head Community College Trustees
- Tedious 'Nightmare Creature'; Vandalizing 'Grind Session'
- LOS ALAMITOS
- In O.C., Traffic School No Laughing Matter
- Stauffer Biscuit to Build Garry Avenue Factory
- Bringing Hate Crime Out for an Airing
- Hamm Helps U.S. Women to a Draw Against China
- Bell Helps Mets Ring One Up
- Rockin' Bowlers
- Qualcomm Earnings Up 47% for Quarter
- Apple Unveils Products, iMac Colors
- Box Office
- BEST BETS / Friday 7/21
- 'Games' of Corruption and Manners
- Earnings Reports
- Blind Clerk Is Fired for Selling Youth Cigarettes
- Duma Gives Putin Power Over Regional Leaders, Legislatures
- Getting a Handle on Scooting Around
- 18 Football Players May Be Benched in Drinking Incident
- Pasadena's Chief Planner Resigns Following Criticism
- Hansen Has Big Hit for Brown
- Armstrong Looks Comfortable Again in Tour de France
- Bridge Technology Plans to Double Size of Unit
- Road Hazard
- Focus on Golf
- Taste Testing Offers Pick of the Fruit Tree Crop
- UC Blames Federal Cuts for Security Lapses at Labs
- Judge Throws Out Laundering Verdict
- Liberty Wins Sixth in Row
- Chip Delay
- Van de Velde Plunges Ahead
- Emergent Wins 4 Task Orders From Air Force
- U.S. Trade Deficit Hits New High on Economy's Strength
- Ford Operating Profit Jumps
- Senate OKs Prescription Drug Imports
- Voucher Backers Say Foe Tried to Sell Endorsement
- House Votes to Raise Limits on IRAs, 401(k)s
- TUSTIN
- Peacetime Mileage on War Route
- Pianist Performs at Home for Aging
- IRVINE
- Tax-Politicking Season
- LA PALMA
- I Didn't Know That...
- Headliner Pulls Out of Bout in Irvine
- A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here.
- A Legend's Legend
- A Chic Shack Laguna-Style
- New and Improved PDA From Microsoft
- Minnesota Catches a Rare Summer Cold
- Mexico's Indigenous Peoples Look to Fox's Promise They'll Be Heard
- Safety Lapses Found at National Parks
- Racism Is Seen in Handling of Judicial Choices
- Europe Hosted Most Mergers of 1999
- UAL Beats Estimates, Then Sounds a 2nd-Half Warning
- Blockbuster, in Pact With Enron, to Offer Demand-Video
- Labor Won't Join Protests at Democratic Gathering
- Judge Stands Firm on Endangered Sea Turtle Ruling
- Spectacle Returns to Rome's Colosseum and Gets a Thumbs Up
- THE FACTS
- Caro Adds Insanity Plea to Defense in Sons' Slayings
- Cal State to Require Fewer Units
- BREA
- JPL Geophysicist Solves Mystery of Earth's 'Chandler Wobble'
- Train Station to Get Added Parking
- New Test Detects Strep Infections in Pregnant Women More Quickly
- Franklin D. Miller; Medal of Honor Winner
- LAGUNA NIGUEL
- COSTA MESA
- A Tale of 'False Bravado' and a Need for Acceptance
- Last Chance: Ends This Weekend
- A Night of Energy at Podium, Piano
- Going to the Ball
- MIT Project: Teach a Parrot to Surf the Web
- Vivendi Eases Expectations for Utility Unit IPO
- Bundling Agreement
- VoiceStream Up Again on Talk of Hefty Bid
- Oakley Proves Sales Mission Possible
- Brits Throw a Centennial Bash for Queen Mother
- Neal Harlow; Librarian Wrote About California History
- Long Beach Seeks to Rescue Hospital
- Destroyed Rec Center Rises Anew
- Blanton Might Test AVP Again
- An Expansive Setting for Enjoying Some Tasty Sushi
- Uproarious Life as a Ringleader
- Overton Moore Names New President, COO
- Temporary-Visa Plan Backed
- Kennedy-Wilson Will Buy Back Shares
- The Times Music Index
- Irvine Co. to Pay $350 Million for High-Rise in L.A.
- Gore Says He'll Spend More to Fight Crime
- LAUGH LINES
- Oil Deliveries Slip, Signaling an Easing of Demand
- Bush Hopes New Web Site Will Upgrade Campaign
- Strike With The Banned
- Los Angeles Times Hires New Managing Editor
- The Spirit Of St. Andrews
- Trial Opens in Baby's Shooting
- Woman Accused of Killing 3 Sons Adds Insanity Plea
- Cubs' GM Lynch Is Stepping Aside
- BEST BETS Saturday 7/22
- Going South
- Words and Images
- EMC Leaps, Bucking Tech Trend
- Baker Hughes Names Chief
- Oxy Cashes In on Oil Price Spike
- Advertisements for Themselves
- Folgers, Maxwell House Call Off Price Cuts
- The Week Ahead by latimes.com
- $20-Million Ecstasy Bust Nets 20 Arrests
- Russian Officials Move to Seize Media Tycoon's Personal Property
- On the Internet
- Dialing for Danger
- It's a Hospital in a Big Hurry
- Man Hospitalized After 30-Foot Fall Inside Silo
- CYPRESS
- LAGUNA WOODS
- Cashion Gets Taste of What's to Come
- Diamondbacks Turn to Bullpen, Beat Cardinals
- Short on Brotherly Love
- Sprint's ION Bundles Services All in One
- Bausch & Lomb Settles Suit Over Marketing
- Fluor Wins Contract From German Refiner
- More of Spanish Galleon's Treasure Found
- Rescue Teams Test Skills in Las Vegas
- For Old Tom's Sake
- Portrait of a Success
- NEWPORT BEACH
- SAN CLEMENTE
- Renovated Municipal Building to Reopen
- Falun Gong Protests Held on Anniversary
- Valley Runs a Temperature of 107
- Latinos Want Church Back, Louder Voice at City Hall
- WESTMINSTER
- O.C. Officials Urged to Overhaul Traffic Schools
- BEST BETS / Sunday 7/23
- Boeing Reportedly Working on 70-Plane Deal With GE Unit
- Entertainers Provide Bond to Fight Logging
- BUENA PARK
- Civil Rights Suit Demands Revisiting of Belmont Issue
- Four-Month Survey Will Evaluate Risks at Playa Vista Site
- HUNTINGTON BEACH
- Cal State Student Receives Award
- Tunnel Repairs Will Disrupt Rail Traffic
- Tonight
- Triathlon Expects Record Field but May Have Lot to Be Desired
- Angels Thrown for a Loss
- What's Hot
- BEST BETS Friday 7/21
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- Funny, It Doesn't Look Swedish Modern
- Grand Vision
- I5 Ramp Closes Today
- 3 Firms Win Airport X-Ray Machine Pacts
- Tranquil Seas Mar Opening
- CNet to Buy Rival Ziff-Davis in Stock Deal
- CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- It Would Be Criminal if XFL Forgot Its Audience
- Reform Party to Confirm Names of Ballot Recipients
- VILLA PARK
- THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG
- Kozmo.com Reshuffles Top Management