- LOCAL : Couple Dead in Murder-Suicide
- After Goodbys, Prayers, Presents, Reserve Unit Leaves Los Alamitos
- Youth Shelters Threatened : Social services: Five temporary centers for battered and abused youngsters stand to lose about $600,000 a year, possibly forcing closure of some or all.
- City May Ban Admission-Charging Parties : Violence: Yorba Linda officials say gatherings are magnets for problems.
- Lemon Grove
- ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : Good Neighbors Come in All Shapes
- Drifter Judged Sane in Killing of Mental Health Therapist
- College Basketball
- STAGE REVIEWS : Season's Readings : Death and Time--The Uninvited Guests to 'Dinner'
- Donation to L.A. Central Library
- Israeli-Arab Violence
- Israeli-Arab Violence
- Donation to L.A. Central Library
- Release of Hostages
- SPECIAL REPORT: Seeking a New World : Case Study / The Poor : Third World Have-Nots Fear Falling Farther and Farther Behind : Mozambique and other struggling countries seek new, sometimes surprising, economic alliances as the superpowers lose interest in competing for their favor.
- Baseball
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- 120 Million in Pakistan
- Security Pacific May Lose $360 Million in 4th Quarter : Finance: Bad loans and poor economy are blamed. Bank is also retreating from global strategy of the 1980s.
- UCSD Prepares for Big Step Into Gene Therapy : Medicine: School prepares to apply gene transplant research at the bedside when its new hospital opens in 1993.
- MISSION VIEJO : Santa Available by Phone and in Person
- Attack on Steelers Fan Described at Hearing
- FILLMORE : Council to Decide on Water Allocation
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : Last of Accessible Asbestos Removed
- NAMES IN THE GAMES
- CAL STATE FULLERTON NOTEBOOK : Wrestler Jones Is Heavyweight in Waiting
- '73 Sondheim Salute: New and Improved : Stage: A digitally remixed and remastered version of that all-star night of musical theater is being released on CD.
- THEATER : Keller Back at SCR After Singapore Stint
- Thrift Operators' Suits Settled: Federal regulators have...
- Dow Slips 10.64 on High Tech Stock Losses
- RETRENCHMENT AT SECURITY PACIFIC : NEWS ANALYSIS : Bank Made Push Into a Field Now Judged Too Risky : Financing: It hoped to reap large fees from the type of merchant banking activities that brokerages carry out. But there were too many players.
- Eagle-Picher Asbestos Suits Consolidated: U.S. District Judge...
- STOCKS : Dow Up 6.68; Many Sit on Sidelines
- Take a Few Notes From History
- OCTC Approves $85-Million Rail Expansion Plan
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Kahane Slaying Case Hearing Postponed
- Survey Finds Strong Smoking-Leukemia Link : Medicine: Adventist study says even ex-smokers are at high risk. Number of cigarettes and duration of habit also are factors.
- THOUSAND OAKS : Youth Pleads Guilty to Avoid 2nd Trial
- CAMARILLO : Church Officer Gets 2 1/3 Years for Stealing
- Norco Youth, 16, Shot in Freeway Confrontation
- Plan Asks $48-Million Subsidy for Hollywood Project : Land use: Councilman Mike Woo says helping the vast Promenade complex will bring important tax revenue. Close council scrutiny of the proposal is expected.
- COUNTYWIDE : 33 Volunteers Train for Quake Emergency Duty
- Patient, His Wife Testify for Gionis Defense : Trial: Theory that he gave the final assault order from limo or home phone is challenged.
- 8 Days of Hanukkah Begin Tonight : Religion: The importance of the holiday stems from the fact that it is the first recorded fight for religious freedom, a Jewish scholar says.
- SANTA ANA : Reservists to Still Get City Pay, Benefits
- Disneyland Rolls Out Red Carpet to Military Families : Salute: The Magic Kingdom offers free admission again tonight in honor of those serving in the Persian Gulf.
- Group Barred From Mall Settles for $720,000
- PRO FOOTBALL REPORT : WEEKDAY UPDATE : AROUND THE NFL : Paul Brown in Hospital With Blood Clot
- Fullerton Wrestlers Upset Northwestern
- College Athletics
- Baseball
- Fairleigh Dickinson grounds U.S. International
- TV Reviews : Cluttered Report on Jewish Daily Forward
- HIGH TECHNOLOGY : General Automation Purchases Rights to 2 Computer Systems
- Martin Lawrence Ordered to Stop Delivering Prints
- Sales of Existing Houses Plunge 22% in November
- Liquidators of Failed Retailers Fast Becoming a New Growth Industry : Bankruptcy: The going-out-of-business sale nets the failed firm's creditors the most bang for their buck.
- Ailing Lone Star Industries Seeks to Reorganize : Construction: Once the top U.S. cement maker, it has rejected two buyout bids and has filed for Chapter 11 protection. It blames foreign competition and the building slump.
- RETRENCHMENT AT SECURITY PACIFIC : More Banks, S&Ls; Expected to Boost Loss Reserves
- STATE : Olympic Club to Open Its Doors
- SPECIAL REPORT: Seeking a New World : On America : What Role Will It Play in the Next Century?
- WORLD : Ousted Ershad Sought by Police
- Court to Hear Media Confidentiality Issue : Judiciary: It will determine if newspapers may be sued for naming a source after promising anonymity. Justices grow less willing to shield press.
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW HAMPSHIRE : Nine Homes Hit by Shotgun Sniper
- Social Democrats Turn to New Leader After Losing Election
- Teaching Assistants Set to Resume Strike Today
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE GULF CRISIS : Is Appeasement Better Than War? : In 1939 it was argued that war was the worst fate of all--that Danzig, like Kuwait today, wasn't worth dying for. : TO DIE FOR KUWAIT? First of two parts
- COSTA MESA : Fair Board Votes for New Building
- Gallegly to Join Saudi Tour Led by Beilenson
- A Fine Vines : Some Call Him Best Tennis Player Ever, but He Was More
- Anne E. Zeck has joined Wenrick &...
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- A Deadly Game in the Fast Lane
- Suspected Drunk Driver Broadsides Car, Kills Man
- Japan Composer Stands In for Mozart
- Kathy Bates Delighted With Role as Obsessed Nurse
- CD REVIEW : 'Sondheim': A Starry, Delightful Tribute
- Roast Took a Little Too Long to Dish Out
- Head of Senate Budget Committee Says State Tax Boost Is Inevitable : Finances: Alquist gives his assessment after hearing analysts say California will be $5 billion to $6 billion short of necessary funds over the next 18 months.
- Household Toxic Waste Report Is Ordered
- D.A. Will Reportedly Clear Detective in Shooting : Fatality: In being cleared criminally, he is, however, expected to be criticized. The memory of the shooting plagues him still, he says.
- Salinas Assails Abuse of Mexican Migrants
- SAN DIEGO COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : A Call for Compassion and Safety
- CSUN Names Linebacker Wallace Its MVP, Outstanding Defensive Player
- Visions of Repeating Dance in Dons' Heads
- HOLIDAY STAGE REVIEWS : 'Christmas Memory' Frayed at the Edges
- Journalist Back From Space Ready for a Beer
- Soviet Official Accepts Nobel Prize for Gorbachev
- Station Milestone
- Rams Trying to Get a Handle on Gary : Pro football: Robinson indicates he might bench running back against 49ers.
- Oakland Gets Show with $2 Million Pact : Baseball: Show, the Padres' all-time leading pitcher, agrees to a two-year guaranteed deal with Oakland.
- PRO FOOTBALL REPORT : WEEKDAY UPDATE : RAMS : Robinson's Goal: Just Wins, Baby
- HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Kennedy Soccer Wins on Late Save
- Wilhelm Set to Face Raiders If Esiason Can't
- A Salute to a Scrappy Hollywood Warrior
- GM Plans to Add Minority Dealerships
- New Record Labels Defying Industry Trend : Music: While the bigger firms trim staffs and reorganize functions, small start-ups are having no trouble finding backers.
- Computer Chip Orders Fall: A widely watched...
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- Los Angeles-based Foothill Group Inc. announced a...
- Michael T. White has joined Research Institute...
- New Owners of Mexican Telephone Company Face a Lot of Tough Calls
- Mike Mazurki Dies; Acted as the Heavy in Films
- SPECIAL REPORT: Seeking a New World : History : National Borders Blur in Era of Economics
- LOCAL : Freeway Fence Idea Hit in O.C.
- Carpenter Gets 12-Year Term for Extortion
- Anaheim-Las Vegas Train Line Faces Delay : Transportation: Officials learn that the magnetic levitation project will not be finished until at least 1999. Many specifications, including routes, are incomplete.
- Shevardnadze to Meet With Israel's Shamir
- SPECIAL REPORT: Seeking a New World : Looking Forward : Ideology Lost in the Wake of Shifting World
- Rocket Test Site Explosion Hurts Man, Starts Fire
- COUNTYWIDE : Appeal Hearing to Begin Over Deputy's Firing
- 4 Injured in Toxic Spill at Harbor Dock
- San Diego
- Patriots Negotiating With Miami's AD
- Derek Reaves
- Angels Interested in Gaetti; Dodgers Talk to Backman
- USC's Banks Is Demoted, Leaves Team
- SHORT TAKES : Oprah, Cher Like Their Reality
- Fisher to Mix It Up With Stellar Saxman McPherson
- Pfizer Criticized on Heart Valve Warning Package : Health: FDA officials say that the advisory to doctors could be mistaken for junk mail and discarded. The firm denies it.
- Shipping Company Names Regional Vice President
- Emma J. Carrasco was appointed to the...
- P.M. BRIEFING : Recession, Recovery Seen in '91
- 1990 'Lemon' Ad Awards Include Some Double Winners
- Litton to Build Navigation Systems for U.S. Customs
- Roger William Dennehy has been named assistant...
- P.M. BRIEFING : Hong Kong Details Airport Cost
- CII Financial Acquires Commind for $2.93 Million
- WORLD : Python Enters S. Africa School
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Confessions Studied in Jogger Rape Trial
- Gorbachev Assails Separatists, Calls for Unity : Soviet Union: He sees nationalism as the greatest danger and pleads with republics to adopt his proposed treaty.
- Shuttle's Mission Called a Success Despite Problems
- Judge Rejects Challenge to Absentee Votes : Election: Ruling affirms Republican Dan Lungren as narrow winner of race for attorney general over Democrat Arlo Smith.
- The Paper Chase : Scholarship: The Martin Luther King research team warns against distorting its findings of plagiarism. The dream and the dreamer will survive, they say.
- SANTA ANA : May Subpoenaed in Probe of Lobbyist
- Internal Investigation Clears Jail Guards : Prison: Allegations that white deputies formed a racist gang at Pitchess Honor Rancho are unfounded, a sheriff's probe concludes.
- Lab Where Surgeons Practiced on Dogs Shut
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : Hearing Tonight on Proposed Tollway
- Free the 'Keating Five'? : Inouye had a point--and why the answer is public campaign financing
- 3 to Stand Trial in Attack on Charger
- NCAA Accepts Maryland Penalties
- Datron Systems Receives $14 Million in New Orders
- T-Bill Rates Fall: The Treasury sold $10.1...
- Litton Systems Inc. in Van Nuys won...
- Who's Minding the Store? OCC Students : Education: Their on-campus clothing shop may be the only one of its kind in the country, officials say.
- Newhall Co. Land Near Fresno Sold for $9 Million
- Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Payments for Stealth Plane Investigated
- Shamir Says Strains in U.S.-Israel Ties Eased
- Bad Memory: The first thing retired Gen....
- Reserves Join Marines on Active Duty : Port Hueneme: Weapons company is part of the first infantry unit from Southern California to be called up.
- Nestande Heads State Transportation Commission
- Water Rationing Plan Looms for 5 Cities : Drought: A major supplier for Southern California considers cuts of 5% for residences and 20% for agriculture. The proposal affects Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Camarillo and Oxnard.
- Panel Rejects Portion of Fairfax Project
- When kids learn the foreign lyrics of...
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Building Cordoned After Bulge Develops
- College Football
- Cleveland Notches an Easy Conference Victory Over El Camino Real, 98-50
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL NATIONAL ROUNDUP : Tar Heels Down Kentucky, 84-81
- NAMES IN THE GAMES
- Case Dismissed Against Texas Record Seller : Obscenity: Judge throws out charges in 2 Live Crew case. 'It's beyond me that it would take six months to determine this is not a prosecutable case,' he says.
- Employee Stock Plan May Be Offered at 2 Newspapers
- 3DBN Inc. in Westlake Village won a...
- Mortgage & Realty Trust Bankruptcy Review Slated
- Ringing Up Failed Retailers' Final Sales : Liquidations: Increasingly, terminally ill firms are turned over to close-out experts who handle every detail of their last days.
- Freedom Flights Ending : Last Plane Leaves Iraq on Thursday
- SPECIAL REPORT: Seeking a New World : Buzzwords for the New Decade
- 37 Die in Fierce Tribal Clash in South Africa
- FDA Approves 5-Year Female Contraceptive
- SPECIAL REPORT: Seeking a New World : 2: Can Universal Democracy Work? : Freedom hasn't brought instant prosperity and contentment. Now some say that the Western mode of government needs renewal.
- SIMI VALLEY : No Clues Found to Warehouse Fire
- Explosion at Rocket Test Site Injures Worker, Starts Fire
- Speed Skating Champ Doesn't Regret Rolling Out of the Game at Age 24
- VENTURA : Stabbed Man Left at Hospital by Woman
- A Celebration of Young Survivors : Leukemia Victims Tell of New Lives
- Driver's Murder Conviction Relieves Victim's Mother : Vigil: Former MADD leader Marcy DeJesus sobs as a Lancaster jury returns guilty verdicts against Darshan Grewal in the death of DeJesus' 19-year-old son.
- Jury Calls for Life in Prison for Doctor in Murder-Swindle
- Driver Guilty of Murder of MADD Leader's Son
- PRO FOOTBALL : Lott Leads Hit Parade, Making 200 Pounds Feel Like a Ton
- Tales of Success Head List of 49ers' Tillman
- Pomona Boys Favored to Win Event
- Sampras Opens Grand Slam Cup With a Victory : Tennis: The American beats Cherkasov, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 in the opening round. Ivanisevic defeats Curren in another match.
- After Dorsey Lost Game, Dons Lost Cool
- THE SIDELINES : Gaetti Wants Long Twins Pact
- Getting a Handle on the 'Messiah' : It Was a Chance to Sing Out Gloriously With the Pacific Chorale--if You Dared
- Discord Is the Running Theme in Musicians Union : Music: Membership has plummeted while complaints about service have grown.
- Local Resorts Adapt to Snow-Free Winters
- San Diego Zoo Rehires Its Old Ad Agency : Marketing: The outfit gave its $3-million business to Phillips-Ramsey. It's a blow to Franklin & Associates, which has had the account for two years.
- 'Dolphin-Safe' Claims Remain Cause for Debate
- Calvary Seeks Diceon Shareholders' List for Takeover
- Fluor Earnings Skyrocket 35% During Year
- Paradise Is Put on the Back Burner
- Limits on Manned Space Flights Urged : Shuttle: A White House panel recommends development of robot vehicles. It says the odds make another fatal launch disaster likely.
- Finding America's Place in the New World Order
- 19th Chess Title Game Delayed Until Wednesday
- NATION : Body Exhumed; May Be Heiress
- Soviets Halt Uprising; Economic Plan Rejected by 2 Republics
- VDT Safety Rules Backed by S.F. Board : Health: If enacted, the measure--strenuously opposed by businesses--would become the first adopted by any city in the nation.
- Trump Divorce Final; Money Matters Remain
- U.S. Forces Test Combat Skill in Desert Exercises
- Quayle to Governors: Back Bush on Gulf : Policy: A speech to GOP state executives is the Administration's first effort to send a partisan message in the debate.
- NEWPORT BEACH : City Will Appeal $300,000 Settlement
- RINCON BEACH : Dental Charts Help Identify Man's Body
- Stacey Aliff
- Loyola Still Gunning--but Without as Much Ammo
- NHL : Nordiques Win in Overtime, 3-2
- WEEKEND BOX OFFICE : 2nd Clinker in a Row for Eastwood
- 2 Companies Ordered to Pay Overtime Wages
- P.M. BRIEFING : Real Estate Saps Bank Profits
- South Korean Navy Picks Lockheed Plane: It...
- Orange Investor Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading : Scandal: Stephen R. Rasinski admits that he improperly earned at least $115,000 from information in advance copies of Business Week.
- Hussein May Help U.S. Shipping
- RETRENCHMENT AT SECURITY PACIFIC : Closing of Merchant Banking Unit Means End to Executive's Dream
- Fluor Increases Earnings Despite U.S. Slowdown : Profits: The Irvine-based corporation expects more gains, but looks to foreign contracts as a hedge against a continued downturn.
- The Marquardt Co. in Van Nuys won...
- Shevardnadze Asks for U.S. Food to Ease Dire Shortage : Soviet Union: The White House indicates it will waive two measures to clear the way for such aid.
- Ordeal in Iraq Has O.C. Man 'Still Shaking'
- WORLD : 12 Children Each to Get a Castle
- Kuwait Denies Reports of Deal With Iraq
- Food Shipments Trapped in Web of Soviet Inefficiency
- Iraq Beefs Up Kuwait Force to 500,000
- Grand Jury Backs Gypsum Canyon as an Option for Jail : Annexation: The report seeks to head off quick action on land that may preclude the building of a county facility. Opponents of the proposed structure view it as irrelevant.
- FBI Must Give Up Records in Gay Agent's Suit
- HANUKKAH: <i> Hanukkah, an eight-day Jewish festival, begins tonight.</i>
- Bishop Brom Urges Congress to Avoid War With Iraq
- Fan Gets 2 Years for Letter Threats to Actress
- Oxnard to Consider Extending Permit for Dump : Bailard Landfill: The two extra years for the facility would provide time to open an alternative site. Three council members oppose the plan.
- Big East Schools Planning to Form Football Conference
- Rams Are Trying to Get Handle on Gary : Pro football: Robinson indicates he might bench running back against 49ers.
- Memberships Open in Mediocre Millionaire Club
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Maxi Priest Aims Reggae at Mainstream
- Martha Frank has been named account supervisor...
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- Zenith's Charges Total $39 Million
- P.M. BRIEFING : Operators Accused of Sleeping
- Foothill to Occasionally Issue Stock as Dividends
- FDA Raps Pfizer's Warning of Defective Heart Valve : Medical: The agency says the firm's national alert to doctors looked more like junk mail than an urgent message about a life-and-death issue.
- SPECIAL REPORT: Seeking a New World
- Scholar Would Seek Tomb of Alexander the Great Under Mosque
- NATION : Police Probe Teacher Drugging
- GULF WATCH: Day 131 : A daily briefing paper on developments in the crisis : Hostage Front:
- France's Former Public Enemy No. 1 Is Killed
- NATION : Malcolm X Slayer Denied Parole
- Armand Hammer Dies; Billionaire, Art Patron : Industrialist: The career of the 92-year-old entrepreneur who led Occidental oil spanned seven decades.
- San Diego
- COUNTYWIDE : Signs OKd to Locate Freeway On-Ramps
- CAMARILLO : Explosions Damage House, Mobile Home
- Gulls Get Chevrier
- NFL Players Backed by Solicitor General
- College Football
- After Surgery, Bowen Feels Good About Playing
- Holmquist Is Back, and So Is Biola at 8-1
- Nave Dies; USC's Hero in '39 Game
- A Turning Point for Irrepressible Roy Firestone
- New Growth Industry: Liquidators of Failed Retailers : Bankruptcy: It's a profession that some say lacked respectability only a decade ago.
- Ford Will End Most Rebates to Consumers
- With Hammer Gone, Oxy May Become Target
- OPEC Meeting Will Begin: Ministers of the...
- All Civil Suits Against Owners of 2 Thrifts Settled : S&L; failures: The actions involved American Diversified Savings Bank and Consolidated Savings Bank. Criminal inquiries are continuing.
- GM's Van Nuys Plant Will Close for Holidays
- Trade Deficit Jumps Sharply in Third Quarter : Economy: High oil prices and military spending lead to 13.9% hike, reversing an encouraging trend.
- White House Lobbies for Force Option : Diplomacy: Hostage release doesn't end crisis, aides stress. Cheney wants Hussein to 'go back to Baghdad with his tail between his legs.'
- BOOK REVIEW : Animal Sounds, Human Talk and Beyond : LANGUAGE AND SPECIES, <i> by Derek Bickerton</i> . University of Chicago Press, $24.95, 297 pages
- 2 Teens Guilty in Central Park 'Wilding' Case
- 24,000 Marines Get Pep Talk From Leader
- 2 Private Planes Collide
- 'Censored' Fails as Carol; Again It's 'Christmas'
- 2 Girls Thrown From Camper in Freeway Crash
- Hwy. 54 Extension Opens After Years of Delays : Freeways: Stalled by environmental lawsuit, roadway connecting Interstates 5 and 805 is completed.
- * Paul R. Hutchinson; Retired Attorney
- Vote Set on Water Rationing Proposal : Conservation: The MWD plan calls for cutbacks ranging from 5% for residential consumption to 20% for agriculture.
- GARDEN GROVE : Students Duck Shots Fired Near School
- DANA POINT : Council to Discuss Term Limits, Funds
- NAMES IN THE GAMES
- Italy's 'Bomba' Returns to Form, Wins Cup Slalom
- College Basketball
- Vines: Today's Stars Can't Compare
- STAGE REVIEW : Plot Flaws Snuff Out 'Miss Firecracker' : The insignificance of Beth Henley's play frustrates a feisty Cal State Fullerton production. The problems come from lousy plot development.
- STAGE REVIEWS : Season's Readings : A Battle of Wits With 'The Ho-Ho-Hilarions'
- San Diego National Bank has promoted Kathy...
- Motorola, Toshiba Form Joint HDTV Chip Venture
- Herbert Goffstein, the 63-year-old chief executive and...
- P.M. BRIEFING : Aquino Signs Oil-Drilling Pact
- National Semiconductor Corp.: The Santa Clara, Calif.,...
- Asian-Americans Chafe Against Stereotype of 'Model Citizen'
- SPECIAL REPORT: Seeking a New World : The Year 2010: A View From the State Department
- E. Germany's Last Prime Minister Plagued by Mounting Spy Charges
- R.S.V.P. : Chubby Checker, Friends Twisted the Night Away
- NATION : 7 Killed, 50 Hurt in Tenn. Pileup
- Recruiters Lack Allies in Parents : Military: Some moms and dads are forbidding their children to enlist, but local service representatives are meeting their quotas.
- BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Mater Dei Withstands Whitlock to Beat Loara
- Montana and Everett Lead NFL in Salary
- NBA ROUNDUP : Bird, Celtics Have a Big Finish in 107-95 Victory Over Rockets
- THE SIDELINES : Bergeron Released by Hospital
- Raiders Outrun, Outshoot Lions, 38-31 : Pro football: Teams total 35 points in the first quarter, second-most in NFL history. L.A. quiets Detroit in second half.
- Phar Lap's Legend Lives On in Australia
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PREVIEW 1990-91 : CENTURY LEAGUE : Orange Has Dome, but Foothill, Canyon Are Favorites : Boys: Gym provides home-court advantage, but newcomer Panthers don't have players to contend for title.