- Mozart Remembered in Animated, Involved Concert
- "The Pritikin Weight Loss Breakthrough" By Robert Pritikin, Dutton, $23.95, 306 pages
- American Couch Potatoes Play 'Stump the Experts'
- Key Chinese Official to Visit, Paper Says
- Davis' Drive for Governor Threatens to Stall En Route
- 2,500 Flee Area Near Ohio River Fire
- Words and Deeds
- Follow Their Lead
- High School Course Helps Girls End Cycle of Abuse
- Half-Inch of Rain in 1st Storm of '98
- TONIGHT'S GAME
- The Exeter Man Saves It for a Rainy Day
- Flawless Blackhawks Soar, 3-1
- 'Titanic,' 'The Postman' Sail in Opposite Directions
- Why all the shouting over getting off your duff and doing regular physical activity? Here are some of the benefits:
- Cold Snap Will Lead to Sun Most of Week
- Celebration of a Life Cut Short
- FIRST LOOK AT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS : THE NFC
- Arkansas Track Assistant Hired as UCI Assistant
- Official Cover-Up
- Washington State Loses Scoring Leader
- Comfort Fare and Flat Notes in Stills Show
- Microsoft's Hard-Line Stance in Suit May Misfire With Public
- Healthy Bestsellers
- Got the Flu? This Drug Firm Wants You
- GM Plans 2 New Low-Emission Models by 2004
- 2 Men, 2 Women Sought on Warrants
- It's Not His 'Style' Yet, but It Could Be
- In China, Industry Wants to Steer Consumers
- Candidates Neck and Neck in Lithuania Runoff Vote
- EGYPT
- Oil Spill in Water Forces Port Closure
- A Nuts and Bolts Approach
- HMO Laws: a Middle Road
- City Seeks Groups to Adopt Parks
- Taylor Steps Up as Replacement
- Some Foul Shooting Undoes the Lakers
- Getting a Jump on Sundance
- Diet, Fitness Plans Add Weight to a Losing Proposition
- AGENDA : ISSUES COMING UP
- StingRay Winning Streak Is Ended by Seattle's Enis
- Three's Good Company in SuperSonics' Victory
- Play during the first half of No....
- Booked Up
- The number of people using exercise machines...
- The Shape of Southland Fitness
- Congress Urged to Go Slow on Tax Cuts, Spending
- Police Bike Patrols Getting a Real Charge From Donor
- A Something-for-Everyone Day
- A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here.
- Arizona Leaves USC Behind
- No Apologies From a Survivor Like Jones
- Engineers propose blasting craft-threatening debris from orbit with an Earth-based laser.
- 3rd Beating Victim Is Identified
- Celebrating Freedom
- Domestic Violence Is Topic of Forum
- 'L.A. Confidential' Adds Another Critical Laurel
- Her Journey to Joy
- Berman to Speak at VICA Meeting
- No. 19 Syracuse Survives Scare From Rutgers
- Value of Separate Classes for Boys, Girls Put to Test
- A Picture-Perfect Silicon Valley Exit
- For Real Definition, Read This
- Up to 65 People Die in Traffic Pileup
- LAUGH LINES : Punch Lines
- Cold Taking Steam Out of Balloon Voyage
- Pol Pot Is Not in Beijing, China Official Says
- Growers Say U.S. Wrong, Labor Is in Short Supply
- Student Entries Sought on Topics in the News
- Sutton Makes Another Pitch for Hall of Fame
- They Couldn't Sapp His Energy
- Lack of Hustle Worse Than Loss
- The Good, Bad and the Ugh-ly
- Wilson to Seek Billions for School Construction
- Emphasis Is the Parent in Simi Valley PTA
- Canyon Conservancy Meeting Canceled
- Flying Start Isn't Exactly Best for Shaq
- OPERA ON THE EDGE
- Which Adams Was This?
- Changes to Lottery
- Soup Kitchens
- Hidden Corners in the Lives of Women
- Art on the World Wide Web
- Chicken Soup
- Perhaps It's Time to Deconstruct Woody
- Holiday Sales
- California Smoking Ban
- Theodore Kaczynski
- Post Office Profit
- Caltrans in No Rush to Cure Freeway's Rush-Hour Blues
- Let 'Em Stretch Their Legs
- Questions Over Continuing Search for MIAs
- Test Scores
- Obituaries - Jan. 5, 1998
- Fitness Resources
- Most Skiers Cool to Idea of Helmets
- 4 Die in Crash on Antelope Valley Freeway
- 4 Killed in Accident on Freeway in Palmdale
- Judge Arrested on 2nd Drunk-Driving Charge
- What Makes Some Coaches Tick? It's Not the Shot Clock
- Trips for People With Disabilities
- LOOSING THE BONDS: The United States and South Africa in the Apartheid Years.<i> By Robert Kinloch Massie</i> .<i> Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: 883 pp., $40</i>
- Many Want Forest 'Adventure Pass' Axed
- No Apology Needed for Falsehoods in File
- Just a Hop, Skip and Bump Away From Missing a Flight
- MIXED MEDIA
- No Magazine
- Taking a Fresh Look at DARE
- A Catty Chat Between Two Political Animals
- Vasquez Scores 44 Points but L.A. Baptist Falls
- TODAY
- Giesler's Rise to Glory in L.A. Courts
- Coaches All Tripped in Poll Vault
- Red Cross to Offer Safety Training
- First of Septuplets Leaves Hospital
- A Military Plane Soars in Peacetime
- SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- An Open Letter to Subcommandante Marcos in the Mountains of Southeast Mexico
- RECORDINGS
- Going Unappreciated in O.C.
- Bears Come and Go--What Really Matters Is the Size of Their Bite
- Start Spreading the News: the Knicks Are Finished
- Many Want Forest Service 'Adventure Pass' System Axed
- As a seachange brews this year for economies around the world, many investors are . . . Hanging Tense : Contagion? Deflation? Real Trend Is Evolution
- FictionCOLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier (Atlantic Monthly:...
- Smart Aleck
- Issues to Watch in '98
- Take Caution at Caspers
- X-38
- This Was a Real Experience for UCLA
- Santa Ana's Final Sweep Gives It Wrestling Title
- Palmer Sets O.C. Career Assist Mark
- RECORDINGS
- O.C. Firms Take Stock of Last Year
- Chasing Performance Is a Loser's Game
- Diva Ditching Beach Scene
- Most States Expect to Have Budget Surpluses This Year
- As Crime Spans Globe, Interpol Is Catching Up
- Low Hopes in Sacramento
- Geese, Ducks May Also Be Slaughtered
- U.S. Boosts Efforts to End Mideast Deadlock
- Museum to Schedule Drawing Classes
- A Side of History
- GOP Should Call Clinton on Tax Plans
- Ventura's Gonzalez Gives Top Wrestler a Scare
- Waves Feel Fine on Road
- Texas El Paso's Haskins Is 10th Coach to Win 700
- Tell Us What You Think
- BUSINESS: Special Financial Year-End Edition
- About the Morningstar Categories
- Netherlands Antilles--Ted Hatfield, Culver City: "The Pasanggrahan,...
- Walks, Talks, Shows and Special Sales
- NO LEASE ON LIFE.<i> By Lynne Tillman</i> .<i> Harcourt Brace: 192 pp., $23</i>
- JOURNALS OF AYN RAND.<i> Edited by David Harriman with foreword by Leonard Peikoff</i> .<i> Dutton: 728 pp., $39.95</i>
- Cunanan Bag Held Steroids, Police Say
- More Latino Good News Than Bad
- By Militarizing, Zedillo Only Increases Instability
- The Stuff
- The Start of Something Big
- Culture Watch
- When Labor Turns Deadly: Every 5 Days, a Child Is Killed on Job
- Finley Sinks Free Throws, Santa Barbara
- Stanford's Victory Not a Pretty One
- Royal, Galbreath on Money
- Betts and Long Beach Are Battered, Beaten
- From Exhilarating Highs to Whiny Lows From Cuba
- Poll Finds Drop in Support for Brown
- Learning about a star of the skies; heavenly dogs on earth; joke's on 'Principal'; 'Pippi' goes on a rampage.
- Vandalized Islamic Symbols Replaced
- Mir Crew Restarting Shut-Down Systems
- Shake-Up by Zedillo Seen as Redress to Chiapas
- Balloonist Gets Permission to Fly Over Libya
- 14-Truck Pileup Ties Up Traffic on Freeway
- A City Growth Boundary Has Its Limits
- Sylmar Serves Needy but Beds Go Empty
- Travel Writer Honored for Oxnard Guide
- Buena Makes Dos Pueblos No. 45
- Defying 'Neat' Definitions
- Welcome to Dr. Estrada's Odd Island
- Lessons in the Legacy of Charles Steadman
- California Corner Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- The Stuff
- 'Honeymoon In Vegas'
- Making--Not Buying--the Grades
- 23-Year-Old Woman Killed When Car Slams Into Pole
- A. Harold Bromley; First to Try Transpacific Flight
- Statistics Begin in Prep Extra
- Wet Weather and McAnally Foil Mandella
- How to Use Our Mutual Fund Pages
- Ruined Places
- Bunking Down in Britain's Barns
- Cold-Weather Comforts
- The Fix Is In, Even Among Amateurs
- Psych 101
- Michael Shaheen
- Water, Politics and Propriety
- Richardson Wants Rodman in L.A.
- Severyn Is in Swing of Things Again
- There's Little Sneaky About Steelers' Win
- Beautiful 'Portrait' of Harrison
- Sublime Can't Fill the Void
- THE MAGIC KINGDOM: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life.<i> By Steven Watts</i> .<i> Houghton Mifflin: 526 pp., $30</i>
- 'Secrets & Lies'
- Get Me Rewrite: Class Warfare on 'Titanic'
- New Cabinet Marks Shift of Power
- Wilson to Seek Longer Year for Public Schools
- Grieving Mother Finally Puts Hit-Run Driver Behind Bars
- Lithuania's Blind Eye to Nazi Past
- Silva Is Poised to Become Chairman of County Board
- Scofflaws Burn With Anger When a Smoke Detector Sounds Off
- MIXED MEDIA
- 1998 SCENE SETTERS
- Kennedy Family and Friends Hold Wake at Family Estate
- For Aborted Fetuses, a Question of Pain
- Fast Times, Good Times
- Light Showers Expected Through This Afternoon
- Early Turnovers Help Marina Topple San Clemente
- Former Chief Turns Focus to New Force
- 14-Truck Pileup Delays Traffic for Hours; 2 People Hurt
- Winkfield Finds Key for Highland
- Mississippi Guards Are Up to the Challenge
- Despite Volatility, Stock Mutual Funds Post Average '97 Gain of 24.4%
- ANOTHER CITY, NOT MY OWN: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir.<i> By Dominick Dunne</i> .<i> Crown: 360 pp., $25</i>
- They've Got the Music In Them
- All 'Rhodes' lead to Africa and diamonds; starting on the right 'Foot'; Bill Cosby doubles up with laughter.
- Barry Lost Powers but Not Confidence
- Reclaiming a Sense of Place Amid the Urban Sprawl
- Doctor, 76, Gets Job Back After Age Bias Claim
- Marine, 20, Dies in Crash
- From El Toro to El Nino, a Stormy Year
- Limits That Help a City Grow
- A City Growth Boundary Has Its Limits
- Pepperdine's Title Chances Strong
- RECORDINGS
- Nichols' Attorney Abruptly Rests Case
- No More Budget Deficit? OK, Now What Do We Do?
- New Regulations Target Phones, Fridges, Fauna
- Republicans Appear to Be the Ants of the Assembly
- Boy, 3, Dies After Beating; Mother's Boyfriend Held
- Physicians Oppose Ban on Care
- Libraries as Internet Providers
- Investing in Wheel Estate
- Future of Bowl Not so Rosy
- Taking a Page From Jordan
- WEEK IN PREVIEW
- The Future Isn't What It Used to Be
- The Biz Quiz
- The Basics of Mutual Fund Investing
- Families Together, At Last
- Angry Cruise Guests Take to the Air
- NEW YEAR, OLD CHINA
- The Real Dirt
- Beefed-Up Plates on the Menu
- Black Sea: Hope for Ecosystem Near Death
- Gore Floored in '98? Don't Bet on It
- Ghosts of Cold War Continue to Elude Investigative Team
- Upstart Clippers Win Their Third in a Row--No Kidding
- 49ers Stay on Familiar Path to Easy Success
- Trojans Rally Too Late, Sun Devils Win
- King Power Play At an Ebb Again
- And They Can Sing Too
- Just Do It
- Even the Chard Is Coming Up Roses
- READING L.A.
- Red Rock Canyon Starts Fee System
- Loss of Million Chickens Hits Chinese Hard
- Tribe That Time Forgot Faces Dam, Doom
- The Plots Thicken
- Khatami in a TV Spotlight
- Assault on U.N. Offices in Iraq Doesn't Deter Arms Inspectors
- LMU Picks up Transfer in Barnett
- Avalanche Blows Lead, Wins in Overtime
- UP NEXT
- The Basics of Mutual Fund Investing
- Smart Aleck
- For Your Reading Pleasure
- Asia Crisis: Now for the Hard Part
- The Evolution of the Stick-On Fish
- Patagonia Crossroads: Jobs Fade but Tourists Pour In
- Chalk One Up for Government Statisticians
- CSUN Needs Funds From Fans
- Santa Clarita Shelter Offers Place to Stay, but With a Difference
- Couple Make Recovery a Reality
- Pace Coach Dies After Collapsing at Halftime
- Eagles Win Tournament With a Rout
- Grimm Reaps Title for Thousand Oaks
- Forget E=MC 2 : How Many Shots Did He Block?
- Lightning Makes It a Nice Night for Mighty Ducks
- Underdog Matadors Hoping to Avoid KO
- Jordan, Rodman Nullify Hill's Big Game
- Rebalancing? Think of It as Preventive Medicine
- RASPUTIN: The Saint Who Sinned.<i> By Brian Moynahan</i> .<i> Random House: 384 pp., $30</i>
- Deserts Viewed in a Rear-View Mirror
- Globe-Circling Balloonist, Above Europe. Gets Nod to Fly Ober Libya
- Pint-Sized Punch Lines
- TOP TO BOTTOM
- The Real Dirt on Our New Laws
- SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- TODAY
- It May Be a Night to Remember