- 'Lemon' Law Court Ruling Sweet News for Motorists
- Macedonia Rift May Be Irreparable
- Richard Nevins; Tax Policy Official
- Ancient and Modern Power
- House Acts to Stop VA Project in Westwood
- CLU to Host Christian Careers Event
- Workers Say Company Ignored Hate Campaign
- Panel to Address Landfill Problems
- Feaster, Stinson Lead Charlotte Past Miami
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION'S PRESS.
- PacifiCare Profit Drops 78% Amid Fast-Rising Costs
- Landslide Hits Village; 62 Reported Killed
- Senate Approves Its Former Sergeant-at-Arms as INS Commissioner
- Cora Happy to Get Past Trade Deadline
- Russians Trumpet a Love of Satchmo
- A Cool Salsa Trio
- What Are You Drinking?
- The Great Outdoors Kitchen: Your Grill
- Change of Heart Sought on Social Security Plan
- The Sad Case of the Eaten Tooth
- The Hatchback's Comeback
- Enter the Dragon
- Waldman Won't Seek Assembly Seat
- Fire in Vacant Building Arson, Officials Say
- AES Wants Limits Lifted on Plant
- A Megabuck Deal With a Funny Smell
- If Tustin Sues, Lockyer Says He Will Back Davis
- El Toro Airport Foes Must Restart Petitions
- Tonight, They Flaunt Their MTV
- Dodger Bullpen Not Up to Task, Reds Win in 11
- Buying Spree in June Gives Nation a Boost
- 11th District Funds Rate Falls in June
- H.J. Heinz Introduces Its Purple Ketchup
- TRW Taps Webvan CEO as Finance Chief
- Impac Mortgage Unit Files Sales Plans
- A Chinese Secret: To Save While Shopping, Shop for Fun
- Rep. Frank Calls for FBI Monitoring Curbs
- Bush-Carter Meeting Hardly a Grudge Match
- Russian Commandos End Bus Hijacking
- Clinton Plan to Clean Up PCBs in N.Y. River OKd
- Hahn Hopes Tax Break Will Bring Small Businesses to L.A.
- School for Neglected, Abused Boys Opens
- Go West, Young Men
- Score Has Reached 80-Love, and Kramer's Still a Winner
- Lankford Gets Brief Vacation
- DirecTV Sells 25% of Its Stake in Thomson
- First Batch of 4-Week T-Bills Auctioned
- First Union Holders OK Wachovia Deal
- Where to Get Korean Recipes?
- Going to War in Hollister
- Jury Selection Begins in Triple-Murder Trial
- Harlem Nights, or There Was Life Before Bill
- Woodland Hills Man Acquitted in Ecstasy Case
- Child's Play
- Tuzzolino Deftly Blends Vocal, Piano Chords
- Orange Growers on Both Sides Get Squeezed
- Ratepayer Suits to Go Forward, Judge Rules
- Pilot, 84, Hits Lines, Survives Crash
- Local Baseball Players Make U.S. Youth Team
- Anaheim and San Diego to Host 2002 Supercross
- Front Office Keeps the Roster Intact
- Shopping With Carrie Bradshaw
- Earnings Reports Come Under Fire
- Warner Settles FTC Price-Fixing Charges
- First American Subsidiary to Buy Drug-Testing Firm
- Spaghetti's Secret: Butter
- How Close is (White) Burgundy to California?
- Verizon Meets Profit Estimate for Quarter but Trims Forecast
- Lava Devours Mt. Etna Cable Car Site
- Moments of Truth May Come Between Stoplights
- Ex-Police Chief From Bosnia Gets 10 Years
- The Hatchback's Comeback
- Orange Growers on Both Sides Get Squeezed
- The Efficiency Craze Gives Productivity a Drubbing
- Letters Send a Message to 'Star Trek' Watchers: Beware of the Airwaves
- City Council OKs Plan to Reorganize Committees
- Affordable I Do's on Rodeo Drive
- Cha, 14, Qualifies for U.S. Amateur
- Bowl Orchestra Helps Yes Re-Create Past Glories
- Convertible Bond Sales on Torrid Pace
- Vivendi, Toyota Form Global Marketing Deal
- 'Code Red' Unleashed on the Web
- IMG's Going to Extremes for New-Wave Sports Fans
- Bush Draws Closer to Backing Modified Patients' Rights Bill
- Seal Beach Sea Wall Funds Vetoed
- A New Investment in Teachers as Students
- When It Comes to Freeing Allaway, There's No Margin for Error
- Inmate Says He Was Gunman in Anaheim Heist
- Wine of the Week
- A Frozen Treat From the Sunflower State
- Yellowstone Wildfire Rages Near Entrance
- All Parties Blamed in Shooting Down of Plane
- House Approves Strict Ban on Human Cloning
- Presidents Are Nice, but Harlem and L.A. Need Investors
- No Aid to Seal Beach Sea Wall
- Suit Alleges Flaws in Spotted Owl Protection
- IN BRIEF / Southland
- Hingis Gets Help From Old Friend
- As McLean Lengthens His Rehab Stay, Backstreet Boys Cancel Local Date
- Union Pacific Unit to Track Auto Shipments
- Guess Posts 78% Profit Decline, Issues Warning
- Double-Digit Growth Makes Smallest Stocks All the Rage
- SEC Sends Latest Jolt to Analysts' Credibility
- Other Orange County companies reporting earnings:
- MISSING ZUCCHINI
- Survey Disputes Ratings on Games
- Norton Must Reconsider Lizard's Safety Status
- High Court Authorizes Questioning of Kissinger
- MRI Accident Rate May Be on the Rise
- Ah, Summer, Time for That Old Flag-Burning Amendment
- Fleet Resumes Aerial Drug Crop Spraying
- Snow in Desert, Dead Chipmunk Are Sure Signs the End Is Near
- Good Ol' Boy Network Gets Some Culinary Rewiring
- Giants Masters of All Trades
- Irvine's Microsemi Corp. Sets 2-for-1 Stock Split
- Fluor Profit Flat During 2nd Quarter
- Insurance Firms Favor Calif. for Real Estate Investments
- Parkland Search for Intern Ends
- Dwindling Surplus Has GOP Scurrying
- Metrolink to Serve Ventura County Fair
- Authorities Defend Lock-Down Order at Belmont High
- Ethical Short Circuit
- Boy, 5, Injured in Accident Is Said to Be Near Death
- County Fair Manager Is Calm Before the Swarm of Opening Day
- Schilling Puts End to Losing Streak
- Calvary Chapel Guard Commits to Utah
- Yankee Streak Ended at Eight by Rangers
- HOCKEY NOTES
- Priceline Reports First Profit, Beats Estimates
- Bergen Brunswig to Issue Notes With AmeriSource
- 92% Drop in Profits for Ingram Micro
- Infonet Reduces Quarterly Forecast
- Too Few House Votes to Boost Bush Trade Power
- Peeling Away the Outer Layers of San Diego
- Rev. Robert Bushyhead; Cherokee Linguist
- No Risk Seen in Radio Glitches
- Drowning Boy, 3, Saved by Passersby
- Audit Faults Department of Insurance
- Focused on the Essentials
- Relief Map Is Clearer to Dodgers
- ABC Is Tops on a Lazy Week of Summer
- BASIC INSTINCT
- Death Penalty Foes Hire Unabomber's Brother
- Erstad a Guardian Angel
- Raptors, Carter Close to Signing Long Extension
- 1968-2001: So, Have We Evolved?
- Burger King Recalls 2 Toys That Could Choke Children
- Britain to Lift Ban on Entry for Farrakhan
- Corruption Case Is Settled for $400,000
- Martin Stern Jr.; Architect Shaped Vegas
- Plight of Filipino Vets Studied
- Extra Duties Make Bernson Council's Stipend King
- Ameritrade to Buy Rival in Wave of Consolidation
- Motorola Chip Orders Show Turnaround
- Sun Microsystems to Cut 300 Jobs
- Corn-Shucking in Beverly Hills
- Nigeria Has AIDS War Plan
- Alice Randall's Literary Rejoinder
- Thousands Block Roads to Protest Austerity Plan
- Interim U.S. Attorney Seeks Job Permanently
- Inmate Says He, Not Pal, Robbed Loan Office
- A High Price for a Little Oil
- Mother Sentenced for Locking Sons in Trunk
- Keeping 'Em Down on Farm
- Exploring His World
- O.C. Factory Activity Falls in 2nd Quarter
- Marriott to Eliminate Energy Surcharge
- Also . . .
- Yahoo, Sony Announce Multiyear Partnership
- Berkshire Agrees to Buy Xtra for $590 Million
- Gasoline Inventories Fall; Demand Rises
- L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist
- Toothpicks With Handles
- Mom Beaten After Son Scores Winning Run
- Senate Poised to Reject Bush Safety Panel Pick
- HOT CORNER
- A Writer Plays, and Loses, the Name Game
- Azteca America on Air to Tap L.A.'s Latino Market
- MindArrow to Acquire Competitor Radical
- Showroom
- EVENTS CALENDAR
- Nothing's Free in Dealing With Putin
- Spitzer Gets Campbell's Support for Assembly
- Man's Body Found in Burned-Out Car
- Agassi Falls in First Round
- Ryder Cup Is Shaping Up as a Strange, New World
- Junkies: Masterfully Understated
- 3 Vandals Get 3 Years for Shooting at Car Windows
- 6,000 Marijuana Plants Found in National Forest
- Rypien Signs With Colts After Lengthy Absence
- Simpson Quits Job Over Feud With NASCAR
- Dave & Dan Generally Manage Just Fine
- DATEBOOK
- Tandoori Sea Bass on the Barbie
- Handling of Crisis 'Poor,' O.C. Poll Says
- IHOP May Restructure Despite Gains
- Baby at Center of Families' Feud
- Mueller's 'Buck Stops Here' Stance
- Hairstylist Weaves Truth Into His Tales
- Deficit: Yes, It Rings a Bell
- Riordan Reaches Out to Farmers
- FISH REPORT
- Japanese Mix and Match
- Bicyclist Dies From Injuries in Collision
- Collision With Whale Damages Navy Frigate
- Plans for Las Vegas Tournaments Went Bust
- It's a Rough New World in the League
- The Hatchback's Comeback
- U.S. Threatens to Boycott Racism Talks
- Fire in Vacant Building Had 'Human Help'
- Workshop Offers Help for Area Home Buyers
- Suspect in Rapes Faces 57 Counts
- County Authorizes Talks on Marina del Rey Hotel Plan
- HOCKEY NOTES
- Kings, Storr Agree to One-Year Deal
- Beware of the Big Squeeze
- China: No Free Trade Without Free Thought
- Hard to Find Experts Without Conflicts
- Offensive Defense
- Hearst Property Values Placed Under Scrutiny
- Prescription Plea
- Protest at Gehry's Office
- In a Free Country, Surcharges for All
- Peace Depends on the Facts on the Ground
- No Privacy in Public
- What Are You Drinking?
- MOVIES - Aug. 1, 2001
- Lawmakers, Networks Discuss TV Diversity
- Bush Backs Panel's Key Voting Ideas
- Rape Suspect Charged With 57 Criminal Counts
- Students Ditch Boat in Pacific
- Governor Dominates the Race for Funds
- The Essenceof Tomatoes
- 8 Killed as Israel Attacks Militant Site
- Judge's Ruling Another Setback for Great Park
- Spielberg Revamps Riding Ring
- More Energy Advisors May Have Conflicts
- Motive for Slaying of 2 in Torrance Unknown
- A Knife Honed by Hate?
- OCC Crew Abandons Ship
- Salmon in the Loop