- A Gallant Storyteller : THE COLLECTED STORIES OF MAVIS GALLANT.<i> By Mavis Gallant (Random House: $45, 887 pp.)</i>
- Money Can't Buy You Love : A REGULAR GUY.<i> By Mona Simpson (Alfred A. Knopf: $25, 372 pp.)</i>
- General's Mission: Shape Up the Schools
- Busman Shortage Driving Schools Crazy
- Social Security Glitch That Took Decades to Discover
- International Airport? Let's Shoot for Digital Port Instead
- Church Barbecue to Benefit Youth Mentoring Program
- Hazardous Waste Collection Day Is Scheduled
- Flu Shots Given at Drive-Through
- Magic Ford's Owner Accused of Diverting Funds for Personal Use
- Alomar: a Hero in Black Hat
- NOTES : Weathers Is Fine for the Yankees
- Williams, Yankees Put Out All the Fires
- Local Motion
- Study Raises Questions About the Vigilance of the Family Watchdog
- RESERVATION BLUES by Sherman Alexie (Warner...
- Lost in Aerospace : BLUE SKY DREAM: A Memoir of America's Fall From Grace.<i> By David Beers (Doubleday: $23.95, 273 pp)</i>
- EXECUTIVE BLUES: Down and Out in Corporate...
- FAST FACTS / Hospital Gift Shops
- India's 'Golden City'
- Canada to Sponsor Global Ban on Land Mines by 2000
- Low-Wage Workers Are Seeking to Tip the Scales With Gratuity Cups
- School Authorities Bar Field Trip to Pub
- Afghanistan Militia Attacks Troops in Northern Valley
- Woman Dies of Head Injuries in Car Wreck
- Unique Santa Fe Museum Planned for Works of Artist Georgia O'Keeffe
- Disney Ought to Pick Former Angel to Wear Halo
- Rosamond Able to Get the Drop on Village Christian, 9-0
- Mora's Overtime Goal Lifts Marina to Win
- Cal Lutheran (0-3) Loses Again but Goes Down Kicking, 40-22
- Hirschbeck Forgives Alomar for His Actions
- Arizona State Is Still Running in High Gear, 56-7
- A Portrait of the Artist
- Psych-Out (TMC Friday at 7:30 p.m.) Hippies...
- 'Eat a Bowl of Tea'
- 'Dual Containment' Isn't Scaring Iran or Iraq
- Initiatives Would Cap Campaign Donations
- Groomed for Success
- Voters Should Insist on Clean Campaigns
- Comfort Zone Is Found by Wuerffel
- Dimitrova's Volleys Wear Down Weber St.
- Bray Scores Four in Saddleback Win
- Another Miracle for Northwestern
- Third Just Fine for Wolverines
- Shocked Treatment
- Researchers Link Lack of Protein to Brain Cancer
- Blaze Quickly Guts Piru Home, Spreads to Neighboring House
- The road has led to Boulder's discovery, to residents' chagrin. 'We wanted it for us, not tourists," says rancher Del LeFevre, who pushed for the paving. Of his erstwhile desire for tourist trade, the former rodeo cowboy says: 'It was like buying a horse without riding it.'
- 'Friend' Charged With Fraud, Theft
- Dana Point Council Will Discuss Plans for Senior Center
- Hicks Has Big Night as Bruins Rout Ducks
- Shark to Get Warm Welcome at Forum
- Putting It Plainly: It's Unexplainable
- * 1/2 MARILYN MANSON, "Antichrist Superstar," Nothing/Interscope
- Unfriendly Skies
- COVER STORY: The Art of American Magazine...
- Jet Carrying Cisneros Is Forced to Land
- First Lady Unveils Roosevelt Statue
- Electoral College Survey Gives Clinton Solid Lead
- Gore Immigrant Program Role Draws Fire
- Dungan, Mary Elizabeth, 98, of Ventura, retired...
- A GUIDE TO OCT. 6-12 IN ORANGE...
- Grossmont 50, Antelope Valley 37--Lafayette Bailey's 67-yard...
- Orange Lutheran 69, Vasquez 6--Quarterback Nick Odenath...
- A Reunion for Muir Teammates
- Texas Back on Track, Wins, 71-14
- Magic Still Claims Tampering
- Knee Injury Forces Graf to Withdraw
- Survey Discloses Little Progress for Black Coaches
- This Time, Long Beach Wilson Is One Goal Better Than Foothill
- Salonen Discovers Modern Side of Bernard Herrmann
- FALL BLOOMER
- FICTION
- California--Joseph N. Feinstein, Sherman Oaks: "L'Horizon, 1050...
- FICTION
- Tough Guys in Sin City : THE DEATH OF FRANK SINATRA.<i> By Michael Ventura (Henry Holt: $22.50, 305 pp.)</i>
- Bees Work as Bloodhounds at Chemical Arms Dump
- Keeping the Peace
- Upbeat Chorus for Group
- Notorious Graffiti Vandal in Custody Again
- When Arnie Speaks, Tiger Should Listen
- Purdue Has Plenty in Reserve in 30-27 Victory
- Gene Sarazen Spans a Century of Golf
- *** WYCLIFFE GORDON AND RON WESTRAY, "Bone Structure," Atlantic; ** 1/2 MARCUS PRINTUP,"Marcus Printup, Unveiled," Blue Note; *** ERIC REED, "Musicale," Impulse
- Inside the Depths of Talk TV
- Bottom's Up for Fab Five
- ** 1/2 THE HEADS, "No Talking Just Head," Radioactive/MCA
- Microsoft Alleges Illegal Distribution by 3 Computer Resellers
- Guns and Roses
- Big Wheels Turning for Iowa Birthday
- LOS OLIVOS--Wines from eight area wineries will...
- Nicaragua: What Comes Next? : A TWILIGHT STRUGGLE: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990.<i> By Robert Kagan (The Free Press: $37.50, 903 pp.)</i>
- China Sentences Dissident to 7 Years in Prison
- Reading, Religion and Reelection
- Maritime Museum to Get $2,600 Grant
- Mighty Ducks Aren't Off to a Flying Start in Opener
- Bernstein's Vibrant New York
- Narrowed Ergonomics Standard Likely to Inflame Labor Unions
- Desert Wind Train Gets a Reprieve
- Q & A : Disneyland Dancer
- Half-Off Program Is No Deal If You Can't Book a Room
- N.Y. Moves West for Hotel Opening
- 'Hoop Dreams'
- Scientists Unearth Skeleton From Early American Settlement
- Stowe Away Where Trails Are Green
- Serbian Third Boycotts Installation of Bosnian Government
- It Was a Beautiful Ball All the Way Around
- Starting Out When She's Good and Ready
- Police Probe Shooting of Man by Bar Security Guard
- City Forum Centers on Competing Reform Plans
- Fullerton's Defense Sparks 30-16 Victory Over Pasadena
- Laguna Beach, Calvary Chapel Tie, 7-7, and Everyone's Happy
- Upset Brought to Bear on USC
- A Reversal of Fortune for Huskies
- Going, Going . . . Gone
- Moving On to New Haunts
- For Those Who Know the Score
- How What You Don't Know Could Hurt You
- Giving You Credit at Airport Parking Lots
- A Post-Gloom Glimmer of Hope for Bond Investors
- PCs Saturating Southland, With 46% Ownership
- Dissident Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison
- Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi
- Sand Sculptors Win Amateur Contest
- Conroy, Spitzer Battling Over High-Stress Job
- Nothing Illegitimate About 'Gutter Slang'
- Yachmenev Joins the Injured List
- Wyoming Extends Victory Streak to Nine, 45-22
- Glavine Calmly Subdued Dodgers
- Mary Star 20, St. Genevieve 0--Gary Yamashita...
- Wyoming Extends Victory Streak to Nine, 45-22
- CET to Clean Up Base
- So Many Funds . . .
- Fragrant Native Plants Resist Seasonal Heat
- Election Focuses on Environment
- Star-Bangled Banner Flags, Needs Face-Lift
- Snoozing on a Key Trade Issue
- Monday Is Last Day to Register
- Getting a Brush With Greatness at Nobel Forum
- Foes for Senate Wright, Birke Are Poles Apart and Proud of It
- *** MICHELLE SHOCKED, "Kind Hearted Woman," Private Music
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Clear Notions of the Abstract
- Tricks to Relish While Dining Out
- As Assets Grow, so Do Fund CEOs' Paychecks
- FICTION
- Escaping the Holidays in New Mexico, Russia
- White Mother, Black Sons : BEYOND THE WHITENESS OF WHITENESS: Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons.<i> By Jane Lazarre (Duke University Press: $17.95, 136 pp.)</i>
- Grand Canyon Plane Crash Kills 4 Europeans
- It's Time to Take a Shot at Staying Healthy
- Public Grief: Seeking Peace in the Media Ether
- Applicants Sought for Schools Personnel Panel
- Space-Saving Playground
- Root, Root, Root for the Home Team
- Objections Fail to Stop Laguna Niguel Farmers Market
- Runners Make Up Ground
- Roberts in Midseason Form
- Whittier 6, Whittier Christian 0--Whittier running back...
- Oklahoma Is Routed by Kansas
- Odenath, Orange Lutheran Run Over Vasquez, 69-6
- For AT&T; Shareholders in an Uncertain Era, It's Their Call
- Home-Buyers' Seminar
- Alpha Microsystems
- FictionDESPERATION by Stephen King. (Viking: $27.95.) A...
- Traveling Farther, Spending More in '97
- What's Up at the Uffizi : Surrounded by wondrous art at Florence's famous gallery, one might forget to consider rising above it all
- FICTION
- THE SCHOOLTEACHER AND GOLIATH
- Equity Loans Aid Top Earners Most
- SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Carmen Sandiego offers more lessons on KCET; 'Kablam!' and 'Arnold!' get Nickelodeon excited
- AMONG WHALES by Roger Payne (Delta:...
- The Big Mystery
- Four-Star Films : '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'
- Down to 43 Points, God Changes His Strategy
- Newt Gingrich Lying? We're Shocked, Totally Shocked!
- A Turn for the Worse
- 9 Firms Honored for Environmental Efforts
- No Flying Start for Mighty Ducks
- Laguna Beach's Run Ends in Water Polo Final
- Alomar Shows Some Spit and Polish
- Knee Injury Forces Graf to Withdraw
- Saddleback Rallies, Beats Long Beach
- Franklin 28, Verdugo Hills 13--The Dons were...
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT
- The Carson Connection: Heeeeeeeere's Funny
- THE NAME GAME
- In Brief
- Gulf Veteran's Clue Guided Search for Illness' Source
- In Debate, Light Conversation Rises to the Top
- 2 Killed in Blast at Hells Angels HQ
- Sex Used as a Weapon Against Moths
- Billiards Customer Shot Upon Leaving Hall
- Military Reinforcements
- Voter Registration
- Sheriff's Deputy Will Be Promoted
- Bishop Diego 49, Santa Clara 0--Rand Holdren...
- NOTES : Gwynn Likes Year He and Padres Had
- NOTES : Johnson Shows Faith in Orosco
- Stewards Rewrite Alphabet
- No Stopping Northridge
- Smoke and Mirrored
- L.A. Divided in Efforts to Fix Charter
- Debate Will be Aired on Television
- Peter Weir's 1986 The Mosquito Coast (KCOP...
- A Round of Applause for Pierce
- Artifacts Suggest 2 Indian Groups Had Ties 5,000 Years Ago
- A Winning Spirit Pervades Senior Games
- State Senate Foes Wright, Birke Are Poles Apart and Proud Of It
- Devil of an Opener for Red Wings
- Campas Fights for Welterweight Title
- No. 12 Virginia Ambushed by Georgia Tech
- Sunday Morning Blues . . .
- Corruption, Not Revolutions or Coups, Topples Governments These Days
- Active Sports May Help Children Beat Cholesterol
- 204: Unglamorous but Essential
- Temple Opens Door to Ancient Culture
- Peering Inside the Tube
- Group's Flight Plan: El Toro, Not John Wayne
- Leonard J. Temple; Heavy Equipment Instructor
- Too Young for 'Seniors Only,' Too Old for Kids
- Mono Lake Camp
- Negatives of Reverse Mortgages
- Soka Campus
- More Criticism of Airport Idea
- DA MISSION
- Proposition 210 and Unemployment
- Mine Project Passes Environmental Test
- Chamber Vulnerable to Self-Promoters
- Opposing Views on Drug Stand
- Appraiser Cites Virtues of Professional Report
- Religious Wars
- Council Race
- COMING . . . NEVER?
- L.A. County Layoffs
- RUSH JUDGMENT
- CALL IT 'BWANA'
- Two Sides of the Jail Expansion Issue
- Crime Victims
- Pierce College
- Alcohol Policy Praised and Protested
- Arms for Park Rangers
- Conroy Apology Would Be a Start
- Budget Priorities for L.A. Police Dept.
- A FEW WORDS FOR THE PROSECUTION
- Bonded to Bondi
- A Trip Downtown
- CSUN Debate
- Reclaiming a Name, Expressing Support
- Birthday Party Billing Was a Ruse
- How Endangered Are Bolsa Chica Wetlands?
- Public Funds for a New Arena
- Murder Coverage Appreciated
- Architect Extols the Virtues of Her Craft
- 'Top Cop'
- The First Shall Be Last
- TOP OF THE CLASS
- Stacey Koon
- Angry at Lubeck
- SPEED ON WHEELS; ISN'T IT ROMANTIC?
- DOWN ARGENTINE WAY
- NONFICTION - Oct. 6, 1996
- NONFICTION - Oct. 6, 1996
- Pick a Sport . . .Volleyball? Basketball?...
- IS IT TIME TO Clean House?
- Sing a Song of Flower in Indonesia
- Can Public Schools Keep Up With Skill Requirements?
- Comic Book Mogul Suing Ex-Partners
- Japanese Anemone Knows Its Place--Between Summer, Winter
- TRANSPORTATION
- Moscow Mayor Puts His Stamp on City Skyline
- San Diego Feeling the Pinch of Turmoil at Financial Institutions
- Report Says Iraq Rebuilt Military
- 4 Alleged Supremacists Held in Stabbing of Latino
- Survey Ranks Devoutness of Nation's Universities
- On the Slate in Stanton
- Founder Recalls Early Days of Indian Guides
- CSUN to Honor 4 'Phenomenal' Women
- New Entrance, Parking Lots Completed at Zuma Beach
- CITY SECTION FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
- La Russa Wants Special Icing on Birthday Cake
- Authorities Drop Baby-Selling Case
- Obituaries : Jean E. Omoth; Office Manager for Family Firm
- Platform
- NOTES
- Bellflower Uses 20-Point Quarter to Beat Fullerton
- Game Is First for Blake in Nearly a Year
- O'Neal Finally Has Day on Court
- Henning, Floyd Are Nervous Leaders
- NONLEAGUE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP : Littlerock's Defense Shuts Down Chaminade, 14-6
- NOTES : Alomar Gets an Earful
- NHL WESTERN PREVIEW
- Shuttle Repairs May Delay Launch
- Food Stamp Cuts to Take Toll on Unemployed
- Man Held in Friend's Accidental Death
- Fire Safety Program Planned for Today
- How 'David' Dumped 'Goliath'
- Oxnard Runs Buena Ragged
- Lightweight 'Sparrows' Mired in Jokes
- Crosby, Stills & Nash Object to Song's Use in Ad for Prop. 209