- Good Return on Investment : Santa Ana's COP Program Funding Paid Off by Cutting Crime
- Zoo Tells 'Tourists' All About Birds, Bees and Monkeys
- Owner of Sea Castle Told to Raze Building
- Earnhardt Wins Daytona Pole
- MUSIC NEWS : PERFORMING ARTS: CLASSICAL MUSIC, DANCE, OPERA : A Heart-Shaped Benefit
- Winning Season for Washington
- PERFORMING ARTS: CLASSICAL MUSIC, DANCE, OPERA : A Celebration of Shostakovich : A longtime devotee of the Soviet composer mounts a wide-ranging tribute at Cal State Long Beach.
- Missouri Center as Surprised as Kansas
- Are HMOs Too Big to Go Bust? Just Ask Your Favorite Failed S
- Altitude and Attitude : DEATH IN THE ANDES,<i> By Mario Vargas Llosa</i> .<i> Translated by Edith Grossman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $24; 336 pp.)</i>
- In Pursuit of Stillness : Ansel Adams didn't just photograph nature, he also created and championed it : ANSEL ADAMS AND THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE: A Biography,<i> By Jonathan Spaulding (University of California Press ($34.95; 516 pp.)</i>
- Valentine's Day Q & A
- Icy Looks in a Sea Kayak in Greenland
- Is There Still Gold Downtown?
- Dealing With the Little Things : Humans can't let up in war against disease-causing microbes
- Kings Prove to Be Easily Distracted
- Chaminade Wins Tiebreaker, Earns Playoff Berth
- OSCAR POLITICS : Iranian 'Balloon' Drifts Into Unexpected Storm
- 2Pac: Bitter, Remorseless, Brilliant : * * * 1/2, 2PAC "All Eyez on Me," Death Row/Interscope
- NBA Has All-Stars in Its Eyes
- THEATER : Stage Makes an Honest Man of Gary Sandy : The former 'WKRP in Cincinnati' star is happy to be where 'you either cut it or you don't.'
- THEATER NOTES : Taper Still Eyeing the Westside
- Real Investment : Overseas Chinese, Worried About Turmoil at Home, Are buying Property Here
- The Out-of-towners
- Terminal Entertainment : David Foster Wallace's behemoth novel projects our addiction to passive consumerism into a frenetic future : INFINITE JEST, <i> By David Foster Wallace (Little, Brown and Co.; $29.95; 1,079 pp.)</i>
- THE HOUSE HUNTERS
- The Urban Garden : Pasadena and Vine
- Gorazde's Survivors Haunted by Hatred, Wartime Memories
- Delicatessen (Bravo Monday at 5 and 11...
- Computer Beats World Chess Champion
- Drinking Water, Sewage Troubles Follow Flood
- Christopher, Kremlin Colleague Agree to Disagree
- D.C.'s Hottest Dish
- Nation IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : Study Finds HIV in 7% of Young Gays
- MTA's Got the Message--Now Let's See the Follow-Through : L.A.'s eye is on a key phase of subway construction
- Tracking by Interests Could Be Right Answer for Some Students
- Cruise: Costa Rica : Jungle Calls : Ants, birds, monkeys, mud --a rain forest eco-voyage
- New Heat Pumps Cut Utility Bills 30% to 40%
- Computer Beats World Chess Champion
- Heroin's New Popularity Claims Unlikely Victims
- Easing a Painful Shortage of Reasonably Priced Housing : County Can't Afford to Squeeze Out the Middle Class
- Nao Takasugi, Matt Noah Offer Striking Differences
- Clements Still Leads Despite 72
- CULTURE : In Concert With a Legacy : A 25-year study of American black music has uncovered a mother lode of riches, especially in classical forms. Now, keepers of the flame are bringing the music to life.
- Censorship, by Stan Rice
- Eureka! Dunes to Climb
- THE ORGANIC MACHINE: The Remaking of the...
- Blast Won't Bury Peace, Leaders Vow
- Down-Home Politicking
- Animal Rights Group Keeps an Eagle Eye on Hollywood
- LAPD: Lost in Cyberspace : Force lacks computers to net computer criminals
- 49ers Set Tone of Night Before Opening Tipoff
- MOVIES : The Meanest Street : Twenty years ago, Martin Scorsese's 'Taxi Driver' knocked us out with its shocking script, gutsy De Niro performance and masterful score. Guess what? It still does.
- Study to Show if Machine Can Find Lymph Node Cancer
- Delicatessen (Bravo Monday at 5 and 11...
- Man Fatally Shot; Gunman Flees
- Earnhardt Finally Wins Daytona . . . Pole
- Senior Citizens Allowed to Work Off Taxes
- Law Allowed Bus Driver to Go Free After Boy's Death
- Notes about your surroundings
- Schools' Budget Cutters Aiming at Trustees' Perks
- Entrepreneur Left No Tracks to Vanishing Point
- Steroid Penalties May Go on Trial
- ALBUM REVIEW : * * * WYNONNA"Revelations", Curb/MCA
- Northridge Finishes a Bit Too Soon
- ART : Curatorial Concept in Search of an Enemy : Pure abstraction hasn't predominated for decades, so why is a new exhibition at the Hammer attacking it as if it had?
- JAZZ : ALBUM REVIEWS : Bobby Matos Sets Miles, Coltrane to a Latin Beat : * * * Bobby Matos Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble, "Chango's Dance,"
- Cobain: Have Gunnysack, Will Travel
- Why Angelenos Should View Art as Central to Their Quality of Life
- How the West Might Someday Be Won : William Kittredge brings us a grim prognosis of deep, unsettling change, coming soon : WHO OWNS THE WEST?<i> By William Kittredge (Mercury House: $14.95; 192 pp.)</i>
- Faberge Exhibit to Open at Met
- Spring Training Tips
- Medical Costs Afloat
- The Elvii Among Us
- You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
- Nobody Said Spanking Is the Only Way to Go
- Rescue Efforts Go On in Japan Tunnel Collapse
- Secret Witness to Detail Medicare Billing Fraud
- 2 Injured as Car Rams Into House
- Rocketdyne Razing Historic Testing Stand
- Money Lets Forbes Run, but Can't Help Him Hide
- 2 Oxnard Men Arrested After Crash Ends Chase
- A Hold on Life : Everyone Loved Wrestler Dave Schultz, Including His Beaten Opponents and the Man Charged With Killing Him
- Ducks Can't Shake Old, Bad Habits
- Losing a Leg Doesn't Stop Puck-Stopper : Amputee Goalie Turns Handicap Into Benefit in High School Soccer
- This Son Really Knows How to Rise as Barry Shows the NBA His Stuff
- PRIVATE LIVES: HOME ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY ACTIVITIES : VIDEO : It's Television, Once Removed : High profile made-for-TV movies, miniseries and hit shows enjoy profitable afterlife on tape.
- ART : Getting to the Heart of Life : At 53, Karen Carson is still learning to deal with her feelings. Sound cliched? Maybedoesn't bother one of L.A.'s most respected, if little-known, artists.
- Pepsi Pours Mountain Dew in Britain's 'Gulpable Gap'
- Adobe's Brick-Solid Partnership Faces Its Toughest Test Yet
- To Add a Roommate, Write a Precise Contract
- JACK OF HEARTS by Joseph Hansen...
- Sacred Life : Acts of Devotion
- Transderm Patch Delayed Again
- Bringing Hot Water Closer to Tap
- Weekend Escape: Marin County : A walk in the woods, a meal, a massage--it's a wonderful life
- Lunar Rover
- 'Simple Justice'
- Swiss Threaten Retaliation Over L.A. Judge's Order in Marcos Case
- A Decor That's Out of This World
- O.J Talks! and Talks, and Talks . . .
- What Do You Really Think of Emmitt, John?
- Musings About Muster and No. 1 Ranking
- Ice Dogs Punch Past the Ice, 6-3
- Alabama--Lou Jacobs Jr., Cathedral City: "Raven Haven,...
- Four-Star Films : 'Potemkin'
- Bosnia Government Releases 4 of 8 Serbs It Had Detained
- Murder Investigation Tests Cyberspace Privacy Rights
- Russian Self-Help?
- Iowa Caucuses Blend Theater, Neighborliness as Presidential Stew
- Class Warfare Is Off-Target, Hypocritical
- La Palma Council Backs INS Deportation Project
- Director Sought for Pumpkin Festival
- Spangler Is the Star With a Banner Run
- Three-Run Blast Sinks Pepperdine
- Lemieux Scores 47th Goal as the Penguins Win, 6-3
- Dayton Loses in First Game Since the Death of Daniels
- SMALL FACES
- THE AMERICAN WES
- Metropolis : Sign Field
- 'The Client'
- Sabotage Probed in Train Wreck
- Sailor With HIV: Ban Is 'Breach of Trust'
- A Dialogue to Rebuild Sundered Cuban Family
- Teacher-Student Sex Scandal Shakes Southern Nevada Town
- U.S. Team Has Little Trouble
- Two Wrongs Still Make Two Wrongs
- Cyber-Soap Makes Their World Turn
- Source: Morrison Has HIV
- The Country in the Mirror : Jorge Castaneda reveals the fantasies upon which U.S.-Mexico relations have been built : The Mexican Shock: Its Meaning for the U.S.,<i> By Jorge G. Castaneda (The New Press: 256 pp.; $23.)</i>
- Easing the Downs of Flying
- Science Fights Back. : Is It Winning? The Answer Is Not in the Stars
- Miss Universe-Turned-Politician Wows Voters
- Cruise: Fitness : Ship Shape : With temptation on every deck, a fat-free voyager tries to avoid the midnight buffet and do 'the spa thing'
- Nurturing Pot, Pupils: Equipment Gets New Use
- 'Freeway Killer' Bonin Nears Date With Execution
- FICTION
- Garden Events
- Help for Homeowners in the Insurance Squeeze
- The Bachelors Offer a Singular Experience
- FBI Probes Possible Sabotage in Train Wreck
- Elderly Active When Not Institutionalized
- Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Killer of 5 Sought to Punish 'Racist Devils'
- London Blast Shows Risks of Clinton's Peace Formula
- Nothing Left Unturned in Leyes' Move Toward the GOP Establishment
- Anxieties, Phobias Topic of Presentation
- Lessons for Parents Advising Their College-Bound Students : Fortunately, most high school grads will listen these days. They must be encouraged to get a well-rounded education.
- Irvine Feels Much Better After Defeating Fullerton
- UCLA Foursome Looks to Atlanta
- Titans Put Worst Foot Forward
- No. 3 Kansas Not as Surprised as Haley
- Pepperdine Routed at Portland
- The Great Helmsman : THE COLLECTED STORIES OF EVAN S. CONNELL,<i> By Evan S. Connell (Counterpoint Publishing: $30; 675 pp.)</i>
- STYLE / GARDENS : SHE PAINTS, HE PRUNES : A Santa Barbara Couple Preserve the Classical Lines and Subtle Shades of a Historic Estate
- MILLION MAN MARCH by Michael H....
- FICTION
- WHERE THE MUSIC WAS by Charles...
- Seduced by Prayer : An isolated South Carolina religious community becomes completely familiar : THE RAPTURE OF CANAAN,<i> By Sheri Reynolds (Putnam: $22.95; 320 pp.)</i>
- A Rape, a Complaint and a Question of Blame
- He's the Closest Thing to a Star on Local Access
- The GOP Assembly Gang That Shoots Straight--and Misses
- MADD's Closure a Cause for Alarm
- Tsunami May Help Pinpoint Last Great Northwest Quake
- Stanford Women Surprising Themselves
- Northridge Muscles Past Pomona, 15-7
- Calvary Chapel Rolls to 4th Title in Row
- Clinton Vindicated on Trade Stance, but the Results Don't Spell Victory
- Hart Girls Find Playoff Mode With Fourth-Quarter Surge
- Patience Pays for Fullerton in 5-3 Victory
- Flannigan, Booth Have Big Days as Cypress Sweeps Two Games
- POP MUSIC : Will the Circle Be unbroken : It looks that way. Wynonna paused for motherhool and marriage but she's back in country's fold with a cleareye resolved. Say amen, somebody
- Playing With Pain : Purdue Coach Gene Keady Lost His Father and His Daughter Was in a Coma, but His Seniors Have Boilermakers Fighting for Big Ten Title
- Ruling Protects Retiring Workers in Buyouts
- A Briefing Book on Clinton's Campaign
- Into the Final Fray : How Did Candidate Clinton Pull Off His Amazing Political Resurrection? A Large Part of the Answer Can Be Found in President Clinton and the New, Transformed 'Yes, But' Presidency.
- Your Home Is Special--in Any Language
- Nation IN BRIEF : MISSOURI : Memorial to Victims in Bombing Unveiled
- Bonin Nears Date With Execution
- Program Helps Teenagers Deal With Fatherhood and Be Responsible for Their Children
- Big Splash Over Smallest Show on Earth
- Regulating Future Bond Issues : New County Rules Offer Prudent, Conservative Guidelines
- Fremont, Crenshaw 1-2 in Seedings
- Sequin Lifts Ocean View Over Servite, 62-57
- Long Beach Wins Without Incident
- Bennett's Time Has Arrived
- BRINGING HOME THE SUSHI: An Inside Look...
- Cruise: Southeast Asia : ASIA PORTS, THE LUXE WAY : Visiting Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore by small ship
- Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- Cruise: Adventure Tours : Eco-options, from pole to pole
- ONCE UPON A DREAM: The Vietnamese-American Experience...
- Ghostbusters II (KCOP Sunday at 6 p.m.)...
- SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Nickelodeon provides Black History news and Valentine's Day shows; AMC's Lincoln films
- The Dean of Change : Dr. Gerald Levey's job keeps him moving at a hyper pace. His daunting task: to see that UCLA medical school stays on top --despite a tight budget.
- 'The Tuskegee Airmen'
- What's in a Name? Allegiance, for Border Reivers
- Flight Attendants Report Rise in Assaults by Passengers as Airline Staffing Levels Fall
- A Test of Faith : Provocative Minister, Conservative Congregation Are Learning Tolerance
- Birthday Bash, and You're Invited : At 150, Smithsonian takes the show on the road
- He's the Closest Thing to a Star on Local Access
- School Board Tables Extra Preparation Days
- ON THE ROAD: Journeys Along Ventura County's Highways
- Driving Range Plan Faces Opposition
- Van Nuys a Surprise as Top-Seeded Team
- Bruins Get Many Chances but Can't Seize the Moment
- NFL Marketplace Features a Strong Free-Agent Cast
- USC Gets an 'L' for Effort Against Cal
- COVER STORY : Drawing on the Inside : In times of hardship and joy, David Hockney has turned not only to pen and paper but also to photocopies and faxes to sketch out his reflections on life and those near to him.
- The Race Is On : Warner Bros. and Disney are neck and neck in making a film about the life of Olympian runner Steve Prefontaine.
- Home Seller Faces Tax Dilemma
- Morningstar Salutes Fund Managers of the Year
- FICTION
- As the winter blahs begin to kick...
- LAW ENFORCEMENT : Has the Drug War Created an Officer Liars' Club?
- Fountain Valley OKs Deal to Build 4 Wells
- It's All Worth It : Treatment Is Hard, but Holan Knows He'll Get His Life Back
- Titans' Clifford Places Second at Gymnastics Meet
- THE NBA / MARK HEISLER : Happy Days Return to League That Really Works
- We Need Stadium Name That Will Fly
- Selanne Gets a Goal, but Not a Win
- He Produces
- MOVIES : Young and Restless : Natalie Portman is Hollywood's favorite 14-year-old. But wouldn't med school be as much fun?
- Where Families Take Root : Residents feel safe and enjoy a sense of community in Orange County's Green Valley.
- Curie-osity : As Geiger Counters Purr, the Adoption Offers and Media Inquiries Are Pouring In for 4 Contaminated Kittens
- Grinding Down the Middle Class
- $1-Million Blaze Forces 100 to Flee Apartments
- Thinking Ahead : CALSTART: The Development of a Research Consortium
- LAPD Study Urges Funds for Fighting Online Crime
- Missing Entrepreneur Left No Tracks Up to His Vanishing Point
- Case of Spy in Anti-Terrorist Mission Points Up CIA's Perils
- CAMPAIGN '96 : Clinton Aides Split Over Theme: Wages or Values?
- Back on the Ranch : 'THE MISSING YEARS': FATHER RALPH LEAVES THE VATICAN AND MEETS UP WITH MEGGIE. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED?
- Doctors Slow to Attack Bug Behind Ulcers
- UC Irvine Uses All Its Weapons to Defeat Titans
- New 90-Day Ticket at British Airways
- A Tiring Walk . . . or Maybe Just Tiresome
- Actor's Off the Slopes, on Road
- U.S. Trying to Prevent Tailspin by North Korea
- Trust: It's the Crisis du Jour
- An Instructive Guide to the Test of American Citizenship
- Fullerton Gives Towing Rules Initial OK
- Taking on Secession and a Valley of Fury
- Great Scott!
- Clements Still Leads Despite 72
- Secession Obsession : Let's look before we leap into a Valley breakaway from L.A.
- Exercise May Cut Prostate Cancer Risk
- Health-Care Economies at What Price?
- Polo for the People : Commoners Take to Sport That Once Separated Hooves from Have-Nots
- Ventura Feeling Squeezed by Population Cap
- TALK RADIO, CONT.
- Those Hung Up on 1 Will Miss the Party
- MONSTER MASTER
- Reality and Issues
- Art Museum Part of Laguna Beach
- BE COOL
- SPRINGSTEEN, CONT.
- Sushi Restaurant
- Health Care for Veterans
- Food for Thought on Animal Rights
- Race Relations in Ladera Heights
- Environmental Concerns Raised
- Local Government Is Disillusioning
- Controlling Pet Population
- Police Recruits, New Facilities : Re "Laughing in the Face of the Bureaucracy," Feb. 6:
- Immigrants Need to Learn to Adapt
- The State of Libraries
- 'Val' References and Rights
- The Ongoing Punishment of Elia Kazan?
- Dornan Engaged in Gay Bashing
- Luggage Laments
- Public Entitled to Better Leadership
- Year-Round Schools
- Marquee a Magnet on Refrigerator
- Readers Sound Off on Flat-Tax Proposal
- 'Nixon' and Nixon
- The Disunited Nations : As...
- Tales of Trinidad
- O.J. Simpson
- Misuse of 911 Service
- Public Paddling a Misdirected Idea
- New Morgue Finally Shines From Hill
- Holocaust and Abortion
- Developmental Centers Needed
- We Can't Afford to Let County Charter Pass
- Studio City Park Director
- Murdered Children
- Ban Surrogacy
- Best and Worst
- Fiction
- Toll Road Bypass Already Exists
- NONFICTION - Feb. 11, 1996
- NONFICTION - Feb. 11, 1996
- NONFICTION - Feb. 11, 1996
- NONFICTION - Feb. 11, 1996
- In Brief : * * 1/2 The Mighty Bop, "La Vague Sensorielle," Quango/Island.
- Resnick Testifies Emotionally in Simpson Case
- In Brief : * * Victor, "Victor," Atlantic.
- JAZZ : ALBUM REVIEWS : * * * Cecilia Coleman Quintet, "Home," Resurgent Music.
- JAZZ : ALBUM REVIEWS : * *1/2 Dale Fielder, "Dear Sir: Tribute to Wayne Shorter,"
- In Brief : * * 1/2 3T, "Brotherhood," Sony/550 Music.
- PISTOLS PACKING: