- Inmate Claiming Innocence Just May Have a Case : Justice: Son of alleged assault victim has recanted testimony. Shoddy investigation, it is contended, helped convict Cardiff man.
- Harold E. Hedger, 93; Supervised County Flood Control Program
- Stars Aren't Out in the WAC Skies : Basketball: There is plenty of talent on the league's missing-persons list.
- International
- PEOPLE WATCH
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : . . . And Metallica for All : Metal Madmen Give Mainstream Fling a Full-Blown Tilt
- Postal Chief Frank Resigns After 4 Years
- Jetliner Loses Engine, Lands Safely
- Valley Outpaces Rest of L.A. in Crime Growth : Statistics: Police figures show that the area's violent crimes, thefts and burglaries are up 13%, compared with 6% for the other parts of the city.
- THE NHL : Trade of Gilmour Stirring Up Calgary
- This Year, Fingers Has Reason to Party
- City Settles Yellow Cab Suit for $12.75 Million : Transit: Amount is nearly triple the damages awarded by a jury. Extra money covers interest and attorney fees.
- Woman Wins $920,000 in Sex Lawsuit
- Gates Softens Stance on Moonlighting Officers Wearing the Uniform
- COUNTYWIDE : Board Backs Merger of Rubbish Agencies
- Stability Is the Difference Between the Powers, the Pitiful : Girls' basketball: Coaches who commit for the long haul are the key to ending disparity between county teams.
- Football
- NCAA Official Wary of Outside Pressures
- Eric Eisner has been named chief executive...
- Dow Up 4.70; New Record on Late Buying : Market Overview
- A Composite Picture
- Getting Help From Local Programs
- Of the 102 largest publicly traded companies...
- California Drought Watch
- Stuck in an Unexpected Storm : Weather: Snow in the mountains closes highways and strands thousands of drivers. San Diego roads remain open.
- Candidates Hope to Turn On Voters Via Campaign Videos
- The FDA's Silicone Trap
- Paramount Posts Steep Earnings Decline
- Hughes Gets $31.3-Million Navy Pact for Sonar System
- BANKING/FINANCE
- Robert D. Vesely has been appointed chief...
- Cemeteries Face Fiscal, Space Crises : Anyone honorably discharged is eligible for burial in national plots. But 49 are full, and many are in bad shape.
- Driving : Car Makers Skid Into '92 Show
- Magazine Sells Controlling Interest: The publisher of...
- Arabs Preparing to Return to U.S. Talks With Israelis
- U.S. to Halt B-2 Program at 20 Planes : Defense: Bush decision could save $25 billion. Plan is a blow to Southern California, where Air Force had wanted 75 bombers built.
- Music Gives Them New Incentive : Senior citizens: For a group of nursing home residents, playing in a bell choir is physical and emotional therapy.
- An Aerobic Workout That Really Packs a Punch : * Enthusiasts regularly tape their hands and jab at targets in an Irvine gymnasium to practice a pugilistic alternative to dance-based exercise.
- A Labor of Love : Irvine Couple Start Newsletter Dedicated to Helping Others Stay Together
- California IN BRIEF : LA JOLLA : Mother Teresa's Condition Improves
- Campaign Reform to Be Up to Voters : Government: Supervisors clear the way for June election to decide on proposed cap on political contributions that would rewrite county's 13-year-old TINCUP law.
- Panel to Consider a 2nd Taxi Franchise for Area : Transportation: Allowing a Burbank firm to provide service would end a Valley Cab monopoly.
- Supervisors Approve 3rd Systemwide Budget Cut : Finances: The board says the reductions will weaken all agencies almost equally. An early retirement plan is also passed.
- Qualifier Jacco Eltingh of the Netherlands upset...
- Kim Agrees to Contract With Angels
- Gulls Emerge from Slump to Top Phoenix : Hockey: Surge in second period lets San Diego snap its three-game losing streak.
- Soft-Spoken Fay Lets Actions on Court Do His Talking
- LOS ALAMITOS : The News on Shiny Six Was Good
- Hrudey Saves the Day in Kings' 5-2 Victory
- O.C. MUSIC : Conductor Atherton Brings His Balancing Act to Pacific
- Oil Prices Fall Sharply on Rumor About Iraq : Petroleum: Theory that Bush wants to lift embargo sparks selloff and cuts futures prices on distillates.
- China Warns of Trade War With U.S. Over Patents, Copyrights : Economic ties: 'Excessive' demands may lead to higher tariffs on American commodities worth $1.2 billion, Beijing warns.
- Gunfire Routs Rally for Ousted Georgian Leader : Conflict: Gamsakhurdia's backers stage protests. The new regime seeks his extradition from nearby Armenia.
- Bush to Propose Major Defense Spending Cuts
- Rain Complicates Highway Repairs : Weather: Unexpected precipitation hampers Caltrans crews. Work on the Ventura Freeway is expected to be completed today.
- OXNARD : Renovations Close Library for 2 Weeks
- Pro Basketball
- Now Lakers Won't Stop Their Presses : Pro basketball: Reserves' play sparks second easy victory in a row.
- Football
- Bobby Ross Decides to Keep Charger Assistant Reilly
- PREP NOTES
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Huntington Beach at Peak in League-Opening Victory
- Here Are Some Highlights of NHL Lowlights
- Changes in Store for '92 Version of Music Awards
- Lincoln Trial Judge Cites Role of Firms in Bond Sales : Lawsuit: Accountants and lawyers for Charles H. Keating Jr.'s financial empire could be culpable, judge says.
- California IN BRIEF : OAKLAND : Charges Dropped in Repeat Rape Case
- ORANGE COUNTY VOICES : Punching Hole in Prop. 13 Is an Affront to Taxpayers : An amendment to make it easier to raise property taxes is a blueprint for further debt.
- Pro Basketball
- UC IRVINE NOTEBOOK : Lizarraga's Knee Injury Could Be the End of Her College Career
- PALOMAR LEAGUE PREVIEW : Torrey Pines Knows It's Crowded at Top
- New Coach Helps Troy Girls Stop On-Court Comedy Act
- QUOTABLE
- TV Ratings : News Magazines Moving Up
- BANKING/FINANCE
- New Antidepressants Emerge to Challenge Popular Prozac : Drugs: Pfizer offers Eli Lilly competition in a lucrative market.
- Troubled Glen Ivy Lays Off 700, May Close Some Offices
- Telephones Can Now Pay Bills and Shop : Telecommunications: Two new services also enable subscribers without computers to receive electronic mail and purchase groceries without leaving their homes.
- SECURITIES
- Vick Named President of Landor Associates
- Kennedy Urges $210-Billion Defense Cut : Budget: He says the savings should be used to increase spending for domestic programs and stimulate the economy.
- Council Rejects DWP Rate Hike; Cutbacks Seen
- BOOK REVIEW : Delaware Is Back on the Trail of Truth--and in Top Form : PRIVATE EYES <i> by Jonathan Kellerman</i> , Bantam, $21.50, 496 pages
- MISSION VIEJO : Swim Team to Set Up Strawberries Stand
- Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Moses Files for Uncontested Divorce
- SAN DIEGO COLLEGE NOTEBOOK : For UCSD, Playing Division I Teams Is No Small Task
- Sears Buys New Cash Register, Cuts 7,000 Jobs : Retailing: Analysts say the retail giant must do more than cut costs and improve automation if it wants to boost sales.
- Insiders Attack Timber Firm's Logging Practices : Environment: Memos by a top Louisiana-Pacific executive and a respected industry consultant support outside reformers' charges of over-cutting.
- Randy Smith has been appointed manager of...
- COLUMN ONE : Engulfed in a Sea of Spray Paint : Los Angeles' anti-graffiti programs have made some breakthroughs, but many residents see the battle as a hopeless one. The visual blight is taking a toll on the city's psyche.
- Jackson Hurting Campaign Effort, Wilder Aides Say
- Imelda Marcos to Run for President
- Snowstorm Strands Thousands : Weather: The CHP closes several routes, including part of the Golden State and Antelope Valley freeways. Traffic is backed up for miles.
- FIXATIONS : Spark Plugger : * A mild-mannered 75-year-old Fullerton man makes the circuit with his electricity-crackling Tesla coil.
- Gadgets Galore : Electronics Show Won't Bore but New Superstars Unlikely
- Trimedyne to Expand Laser Tests: Trimedyne Inc....
- Democrats Propose Bond Sale to Spur State Economy : Jobs: Lawmakers say money would pay for new schools, housing and public works projects.
- Hinshaw's Stays in Arcadia, but Whittier Site to Close
- Breast Cancer Victims Facing a Tough Choice
- An Unexpected Storm Drops In : Weather: Rain snarls Southland commuter traffic. Heavy snow in the mountains closes two highways.
- 7 Students in Test-Copying Ring to Be Suspended
- Cheney Heading for Europe
- Book Makes Having Fun a Science
- Inside-Trading Psychiatrist Is Spared Jail : Securities: A New York man who obtained stock information from a patient--the wife of a top executive--gets probation and a $150,000 fine.
- Realty Executives' Pay Outpaces Others : Compensation: The increases, detailed in a survey, are at odds with declining real estate prices and the stagnating salaries received by most workers.
- HEALTH
- Stuck in an Unexpected Storm : Weather: Snow in the mountains closes highways and strands thousands of Southland drivers.
- Japanese-Americans Mourn an Old Friend
- Social Worker Also a Miracle Worker for the Down and Out
- Jobs Are Important, but Safety Comes First : Green Line: The choice of Sumitomo to make automated train cars was not taken lightly.
- Suspect in 30 Bank Robberies Arrested
- PORT HUENEME : Families Forced Out of Condos by Seige
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Council Split on Pay-Cut Proposal
- Virginia Field; Actress Played 'Other Woman' in Over 30 Films
- Colorado Scoring Run Helps Doom Toreros
- Football
- Teacher Convicted of Molestation : Courts: A woman testifies that the former Moorpark College instructor fondled her in his office.
- Simon Says: Singer Paul Simon, arriving in...
- State Rated Most Likely to Uphold Right to Abortion : Roe vs. Wade: Even if U.S. Supreme Court overturns 1973 decision, activist group says, California's governor and Legislature are unlikely to alter positions.
- CAMARILLO : Developer Seeks to Build 240 Condos
- Guilty Plea Entered in Double Slaying
- Imperial Beach
- No Accord Signed in Opera Labor Rift
- NEWPORT BEACH : DNA Test-Substitute Charge Is Denied
- San Diego
- Boldness by Ethics Panel Has Its Risks
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Hoover Needs Overtime to Beat Mission Bay; Mira Mesa Routs Crawford
- Competition Is Hotter Than Usual, as Well : Figure skating: The national championships and Olympic berths will be decided in Orlando.
- A New Angle : City Council Approves $14-Million Face Lift for Downtown's Pershing Square
- SIMI VALLEY : White House Exhibit to End Next Week
- COUNTYWIDE : Vasquez Passes Gavel With Fiscal Warning
- COLLEGE ROUNDUP : CCI Ties School Record in 110-76 Victory
- Baseball
- PREP NOTES : Fullerton Football Coach Resigns; He'll Return to Chino
- Seaver and Fingers Make Hall of Fame : Baseball: Although ineligible, Rose is written in on 41 ballots.
- Back Problems Sideline SDSU's Clark for Week
- Baseball
- Few Stations Agree to Air State of the State Speech : Broadcasting: Gov. Pete Wilson's address today will be televised live on only four L.A. television and radio outlets.
- STAGE REVIEW : Generational Conflict Keys 'Lion Hunting' at Burbage
- Everybody Gets In On Playwrights' Act : Stage: High school authors aren't the only ones benefiting from the project. Also aided are student actors and theater professionals.
- America's Cup '92 : Kiwis' Backup Looks Better, Too : Sailing: After mechanical failure on new boat, Davis pilots backup boat to victory in practice race.
- Hart Record for Blocks Comes Tumbling Down
- Presidents Dominate NCAA Convention
- Hoover Blows Opportunities in Overtime Loss to Saugus
- Schultz Wary of Pressures : NCAA convention: Executive director asks schools to unite to help prevent intervention from lawmakers.
- GARDEN GROVE : Police Identify Man They Shot to Death
- California IN BRIEF : SANTA ANA : Man to Be Tried in Threats to Skater
- New Arena a Tough Sell This Time
- $1 Auto Fee Surcharge for Theft Prevention Urged
- L.A. Urged to Withhold Hotel's Occupancy Permit
- ROUNDUP : Greer Caps Comeback for Master's
- BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Gravley's Shot Saves Laguna Beach
- Reservoirs Are Getting Needed Rain, Plants
- Orange County Jazz Scene Gets Moore of the Same : Performing: Westminster singer has recorded 'You Can Count on Me,' an album of standards and her originals.
- Santa Clarita Gains Influence in New Poll : Planning: The city commissioned a second survey in its quest to expand areas eligible for annexation.
- Stich, Lendl Suffer First-Round Upsets at Sydney
- After Floor Dries, Century Sails to 66-55 Victory Over Loara
- German Film Series Studies Ironies of Life in the East
- IRVINE : Veteran Fund-Raiser Joins Staff at UCI
- MANILA WATCH : Not a Shoe-In
- CAMARILLO : Development's Bond Rating Is Lowered
- Judge Rules Against City on Warner Ridge : Lawsuits: The decision, unless overturned, leaves only one legal issue in the case: how much is owed to the developer in damages.
- Grand Jury Investigating Sheriff's Dept. : Shootings: No charges will be brought against deputies in recent incidents, but operations are under review.
- Better That Deputy Dispenses Bias With Pen Than Gun
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Funderburke Chips In in Ohio State's Victory
- Judge Finds City Liable in Warner Ridge Lawsuit
- NBA ROUNDUP : Hawks Keep Balance and Knicks Fall, 109-94
- Pro Basketball
- Culture Clash's Sitcom Saga : Television: The comedy trio's failed attempt to launch a prime-time comedy series illustrates some of the obstacles facing Latinos, they contend.
- San Diego
- Trustees Seek Ways to Gauge School Goals : Education: City schools won't meet district objectives by the June deadline, but some board members say specifics are needed before a new target date is set.
- Agencies Aiding Homeless Share $6 Million in Grants
- Council to Study Fee to Fund Sylmar Fire, Library Facilities : Public services: If enacted, the one-time levy would only affect builders in the city's fastest growing area.
- Emaciated Mountain Lion Killed in Back Yard
- Escondido
- Trainer John Canty Dies of Pneumonia at 72
- BOWLING PBA TOURNAMENT AT TORRANCE : Ozio's Big Rise Began With This Competition
- Corona del Mar Girls' Team Forfeits Game
- STAGE REVIEW : 'Chapter Two' Deftly Reads Between Lines : The Long Beach Community Players strike a fine balance of jokes and pathos in their cozy and well-acted production of the Neil Simon comedy.
- Fugard Makes La Jolla His New Theatrical Home : Stage: The American premiere of 'Playland' will be the third of his plays he has directed there in the last three years.
- Garamendi Moves to Aid Terminally Ill
- Putting 'Twelfth Night' Under a Carnival Spell : Stage: After a research trip to Cuba, director David Chambers splashes Santeria and West African drums onto Shakespeare's mythical shipwreck tale.
- Smith: A Clone Again, Naturally : Television: Former 'Charlie's Angels' star Jaclyn Smith manages to turn everyone she plays into the same woman.
- Man Found Guilty of Killing Woman in Mall Parking Lot
- Helping Hands Are Out for Freeway : Transportation: Group of major businesses join as 'Friends of the I-5' to ensure money will be there to finish widening project.
- Thinking Time for a Hater : White supremacist Metzger rightly is given a 6-month sentence
- Scripps to Help Study Disputed Cancer Drug : Medicine: Tamoxifen will be given to healthy women at risk of breast cancer. Critics say more study is needed before a national test is conducted.
- ORANGE : Mayor Recovering After Heart Surgery
- Baseball
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Plan for Merchants Gets Mixed Reviews
- He Isn't Merely Correct Choice, the Man's a Steal
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Rose Left Out After Playing His Way In : Baseball: Former teammate Seaver expected to join Hall of Fame, but banned all-time hits leader left off ballot.
- Law Firm Enters Debate Over Proposed Jail : Santa Paula: The Environmental Defense Center says a study of the site fails to properly document the risks of quakes and floods.
- ANAHEIM : City Puts Teeth in Trails Requirement
- SANTA ANA : City Donates Old Firetruck to Scouts
- Household Hazardous Waste to Be Collected
- COUNTYWIDE : Supervisors Name Flynn as Chairman
- Judge Halts Ethics Panel Probe of City Attorney's Office : Inquiry: But court allows D.A., Grand Jury to continue investigating alleged payroll irregularities.
- Rift Over Trolley Alignment in Little Italy Ends
- AVOCADO LEAGUE PREVIEW : Carlsbad Leads--in Confidence
- Northridge Wins in Final Second
- Fisher's Basket With :01 Left Gives Northridge a Victory
- Palm Springs Festival Blooms Rapidly : Movies: By stressing quality over quantity, the event in only its third year has attained a level of respectability that other festivals have taken a decade to reach.
- Final Credits for La Jolla Film Curator
- Inmates' Suit to Father Children
- Legalizing Marijuana
- Endangered List
- Tax Incentives
- Green Line Contract
- Surplus Animals
- Inmates' Suit to Father Children
- Green Line Contract
- AIRLINES
- Green Line Contract
- Stone's "JFK"
- Stone's "JFK"
- Green Line Contract
- Green Line Contract
- MOVIES - Jan. 8, 1992
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- Notes on a Scorecard - Jan. 8, 1992
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- TELEVISION - Jan. 8, 1992
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- POP/ROCK - Jan. 8, 1992
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- Bush Stresses Shared Goals in Japan Talks : Diplomacy: Security, not trade, is his first order of business, aides say. But Big Three auto executives say it's 'high time' to stand up to Tokyo.
- State Targets Pensioners for 'Pig-Out' : Audit: Orange County officials are among those found to have inflated their salaries before retirement to hike their pensions. Controller seeks jail time and fines for future offenders.
- Baby-Sitter, 15, Is Arrested in Infant's Death : Investigation: Police are basing their suspicions on the injuries to baby and 4-year-old's brother's contention that he saw the teen-ager abusing the child.
- Alleged Plot Stuns Victim : Crime: Ex-Marine was 'absolutely shocked' when police told him of love motive for attack linked to businessman.
- Union Seeks Voter OK for More Police : Ballot: Measure would require San Diego to nearly double the size of the force by the end of the decade.
- RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA : County to Scrutinize Remote Rock Quarry
- SANTA ANA : Chase Ends in Head-On Collision
- NCAA CONVENTION NOTES : Strict Standards May Be Trend
- Doctors Voluntarily Halt Silicone Implants : Medicine: Some plastic surgeons criticize the FDA's call for a temporary ban, saying that it needlessly alarms patients and prospective clients.
- Davis Issues Call for City Pension Reform : Capitol: Controller says many communities use improper tactics to boost the retirement pay of their top officials.
- PERSPECTIVE ON AMERICA : The Recession Is Not Just Economic : We're also in social, cultural and political decline; we must rehabilitate our institutions and demand that they be morally rigorous.
- NO LAME DUCK: Irvine Mayor Sally Anne...
- Canadian Lawmakers Are Expelled by Beijing
- Rivals Begin Turning Up Heat on Clinton : Politics: Arkansas governor's surge in polls has made him a target for other Democratic candidates. Kerrey calls for a one-on-one debate.
- FEWER HARD HEADS: Motorcycle deaths, both in...
- Children's Health Care Plan Urged : Reform: An advocacy group stresses the need to aid youngsters and pregnant women and calls for creation of $10-billion insurance program.
- Bush Asks Trade Gains in Showdown in Tokyo : Diplomacy: President calls on Miyazawa to iron out differences over barriers to U.S. goods. 'World leadership is at stake,' he says.
- 15 World Leaders Invited to Major U.N. Summit : Diplomacy: The heads of all Security Council nations, including Bush and Yeltsin, may gather to discuss a host of pressing global problems.
- LINING UP: If you are among the...
- Educators Push Plans to Reform College Athletics : Sports: Proposal for tougher eligibility requirements faces NCAA vote. Critics say the new standards will discriminate against the poor.
- 5 Truce Monitors Killed as Yugoslavs Down EC Copter : Civil war: Missile fells the craft over Croatia. Foreign efforts to halt the fighting are thrown into doubt.
- NCAA Might Toughen Student-Athlete Rules : Regulations: Administrators to vote on a higher minimum grade requirement for college admission.
- THE RIGHT ONE: Under the 1992 law,...
- Calculating the Impact of California's Immigrants : Economy: Newcomers raise the state's social services costs but also spur investment and pay plenty of taxes.
- Teledyne Systems Co. in Northridge won a...
- Glitzy Rex: From Caviar to 'Closed'
- Depositors Take Funds Out of Failed Thrift
- Alex Ben Block, a veteran entertainment industry...
- Foothill Hails New Investors' Stock Purchase
- Ex-Officer Gets 6 Years for Running Prostitution Rings
- KOREA WATCH : Paper Pyongyang
- Man Delivers Baby, With a Little Help : 911: A sheriff's deputy just back from maternity leave and a Spanish-speaking operator talk parents through child's birth.
- COUNTYWIDE : 5 Fires Keep County Firefighters Hopping
- 1 Killed, 2 Wounded in Hilltop Shooting
- Jurisprudence
- Top 10 San Diego High School Basketball Teams
- MUSIC
- LEGAL FILE
- Marge Pronovost has been named a regional...
- Steven Joseph Mento has been named vice...
- Aircraft Unions Will Fight Deal
- FINANCE
- '91 Proves Good Year for Local Stocks : Economy: Despite the recession, the Valley index outpaced Dow Jones Industrials, rising 26.2%. Amgen and American Ecology were among the big winners.
- Arms Buildup Making Iran Top Gulf Power
- More Than a Head in the Clouds : NCAA: Schultz travels the nation to give the organization much-needed accessibility. Even LSU's Brown is happy.
- ORANGE COUNTY
- 20th Century Promotes Castellani to Group VP
- Magic Island Sues Landlord
- Media : The Talk of Fleet Street Is in the Diaries : * When certain reporters feud, their battle becomes news in the British press.
- British Family Buys a Maxwell Newspaper : Media: The European is the first part of the late publisher's crumbling empire to be sold since his death at sea Nov. 5.
- A Paradise Lost in My Hometown
- Teen-Ager Pleads Guilty in Vandalism, Pet-Killing Spree; Could Get 10 Years
- CAL STATE FULLERTON NOTEBOOK / MIKE DiGIOVANNA : Ward Swinging Into Form for Titans
- FINANCE
- HIGH TECHNOLOGY
- FINANCE
- Wymer Pleads Not Guilty to Charges : Arraignment: The investment adviser is charged with 30 counts of securities fraud, money laundering and other federal crimes.
- SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY : Advanced Logic Research Starts to Feel the Effects of a Slow Computer Market
- Regional Outlook : Bush's Tour Reflects New Realities in U.S.-Asia Ties : * Continuity, the planned message of the trip, is being overtaken by events.
- Union Workers' March Is an Uphill Battle : Labor: Las Vegas hotel strikers encounter bad weather and red tape on protest trek to L.A.
- OSHA Director Scannell Resigns
- Alternatives to Silicone
- Medfly Found in Trap in Los Alamitos
- Bright Angles : Disabled Boy's Mom Hopes to Compile Stories of Everyday Courage