- Former O.C. Developer Guilty of Fraud
- THE X FACTORS
- Eltron Label Printers Add Asian Character Sets
- Boyz II Men Cut Right to the Heart
- Snapshots of life in the Golden State
- Eastside Leaders Back MTA's Shift From Subway
- Suharto Says He'll Call Elections, Step Aside
- New Standards Put Students to Test
- Liberating Music of the Met
- Police Release Identity of Man Suspected in Gang-Related Death
- Stockton Delivers the Mail
- Two Anaheim Homes Are Searched in COBRA Sting
- Conference Guides Contractors to the Military
- Staples 1st-Quarter Profit Up 50%; Other Retailers Strong
- Court Lessens Effect of Deportation Laws
- Anti-Drunk-Driving Bill to Use Carrot, Not Stick
- Memorial Day Event Planned at Cemetery
- Block, 3 Rivals Debate Status of Department at Valley Appearance
- Lots of Youngsters Find Gems at Summer Playground Programs
- Hope for the Harbor
- Council Commissions Recruiting Applicants
- Drugging Troubled Children
- A Second Term for Eastin
- Sundown for Area Trio
- Marlin Fans Can't Take It Anymore, Sue the Team
- Flawed Men, Perfect Games
- Two Vanguards Reach 3rd Round in NAIA Tennis
- Impressions of Local vs. French Impressionism
- Barley Purchase Plants Seeds of Trouble
- With Microsoft Suit, 'What Ifs' Get Louder
- 'Horse Whisperer' Profit May Be Nothing to Shout About
- Osteoporosis Drug Found to Cut Breast Cancer Risk
- Boy Recovering After Being Hit by Car
- 150 Arrested, 35 Cars Towed in Crackdown on Cruising
- Trying to Put the Brakes on Auto Thieves
- Sanity Hearing Ordered for Arizona Killer
- WHAT THE CAMERA SAW / THE WEEK AND MORE
- Green Party Candidates for Top State Posts to Hold Forum
- Coming Out From Gandhi's Shadow
- Police Officer Shoots Threatening Pit Bull
- Ex-Superintendent Sues District, Board
- High School Rated 4th in Nationwide Survey
- Biologists Fear Back Bay Road Repairs Will Bug Endangered Birds
- Chatsworth Has 1-Stroke Lead
- Negotiating Tough Course Becomes an Act of Survival
- Velarde to Get Treatment, but No Surgery on Elbow
- Blowers Hits for Cycle; A's Win
- Romper Stomper
- REGIONAL PEOPLE
- Exxon Wins Safety Award for Camarillo District
- Last Chance Pays Off for Barrett
- One School District Grows Its Own Teachers
- No More Mr. Nice Guy: Dornan Back on Offensive
- Penalty Phase Begins for Clerk's Killer
- Noise Studies Do Some Dueling on El Toro and Kids
- Proposal Calls for 8 Tennis Courts at Park
- Blood Test Ordered in Crash That Killed 4
- County Pays $100,000 in Harassment Suit
- 'Flasher' With Video Camera Sought by Sheriff's Deputies
- Estancia Hires Football Coach
- NBA NOTES
- Bollini Settles for Second at Qualifying
- Interactive Buyers to Buy Wpg.Net in Stock Deal
- FileNet Will Split Its Stock
- Office Depot to Buy Viking for $2.6 Billion
- Lincoln Mercury Opening Set for July
- Romanian Novelist Wins IMPAC Award
- Little Training, Poor Oversight
- Vendors Sought for Annual 'Seabee Days'
- Ban Nukes--and Start Here at Home
- 7 Area Squads Win Drill Team Honors
- 3 Challengers Fight to Face Royce in Fall
- $100,000 Award Settles Sex-Harassment Claim
- International Technologies Names Agent to Turkey
- Memorial Holiday
- College Group Condemns Hate Speech
- Postal Food Drive Nets Record Haul
- Mayor to Discuss Revamping West Side
- Activist's Husband Cited in Phone Call
- Ohio Pension Fund Buys in Glendale
- General Automation Expects Quarterly Loss
- Intuit Beats Estimates; Will Buy Software Firm for $400 Million
- Tri Valley Reports 1st-Quarter Loss
- NuTek Wants Small-Cap Listing
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS : Aviation Distributors' Net Plunges
- French Tycoon to Buy Christie's for $1.2 Billion
- Senate OKs Bill to Increase High-Tech Worker Visas
- Lawmakers Target Core Supporters With Preelection Agendas
- La Quinta Named Team to Beat in Division IV
- Headed for a Showdown
- AT&T; to Sell Services on Yahoo's Web Sites
- Teradyne Gets $20-Million Order for Test Systems
- National Study Rates L.A. Best Place for Investment
- Interstate Gets GPS System Contract
- GOVERNMENT CONTRACT AWARDS
- Mattel Raises Takeover Bid for Bluebird Toys
- Third-Party Candidates Dealt Court Blow
- The Fine Art of Dining
- Wilson Backs Ballot Measure to Ban Bilingual Education
- Rider, Horse Have Lucky Stars to Thank
- Teasley Bows Out of Council Votes on Hidden Creek
- No City Funding for Little Saigon Brochure
- Pssst! Heard the Latest About Gossiping? Can You Believe It?
- Big Producer
- ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
- Toyo's Singular Tribute to Hot Rods
- Region's Venture Capital Investment Soars
- California Amplifier Extends Star Choice Deal
- Getting Technical
- Three County Softball Players Leave Their Marks on Game
- Conflicting Emotions Erupt After India's Nuclear Tests
- Princess Diana's Estate Sues Souvenir Maker
- Air Force Museum, Workshop Open for Holiday Weekend
- Middle School Singers Wins Festival Award
- Incumbent Dodging Bullets Left and Right
- LOCAL NOTES
- Cannabis Club Backers Seek Alternatives
- Permit Parking OKd in Fern Avenue Area
- YWCA Opens House for Women Ready to Leave Foster Homes
- Mira Costa High Rejects Move to Trimester System
- For Historian, Easy Answers on Nixon Can Be Tricky
- JETHAWKS
- UC Irvine Signs Three to Scholarships
- CSUN, Pepperdine Snubbed by NCAA
- Pineda's No-Hitter Stymies Sylmar
- Brutal Truths
- Pint-Sized Punch Lines
- Laird Says Hitting .600 Is Secondary to Section Title
- Small Brush Fire Quickly Extinguished
- Rep. Cox Faces 5 Opponents for 47th District Seat
- Philadelphia Delivers Power Without Grace
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- The Boom Is Still a Baby
- Dillard's to Acquire Mercantile Chain
- Rising Unemployment Seen as Peril to Brazil's Recovery, Social Stability
- Jury Orders GM to Pay Couple $33 Million Over Death of Son
- Amwest Insurance Posts 15% Rise in Net Income
- Ross Stores' 1st-Quarter Earnings Rise
- Stocks Slide, Yields Fall on Global Woes
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Seagram's Rivals for PolyGram Drop Out
- Enjoying Spring Growth
- Three County Teams Are Awarded Top Seeding
- Drug Supplier Cardinal to Buy R.P. Scherer in $2.4-Billion Deal
- Hepatitis Studies Could Expand ICN Drug's Use
- Anne Kenney; Honored for Volunteer Work
- Punch Lines
- ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
- Private Schools
- Airport Expansion Task Force to Brief Council on Plans
- Highway Cleanup Not Due Until Summer
- Young Jazz Musicians Get to Record Riffs
- Celebrities Hit the Links for Kidney Disease
- Safety by the Seashore
- Man With Video Camera Exposes Self to Women
- Issue of School Gates Divides Community
- Endangered Aqueduct
- Fees, Restrictions on Garage Sales Approved
- Parents' Day Seminar Planned at CSUN
- Ex-Sweeper Wilson Hopes to Clean Up
- Teams Staying Close to Home
- Umpire Larry Barnett apologized Monday for saying...
- Beck Still Gets the Mix Right
- BUSINESS CALENDAR
- Fed Seen Held Back by Markets
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Data Exchange Names Chief of U.S. Operations
- DEALS
- Stocks Down in Advance of Fed Meeting
- BUSINESS CALENDAR
- White House Wants Cleanup Funds Freed
- Man Faces Murder Charge After Woman Falls From Speeding Car
- Elementary School Sporting New Look
- 4 Stowaways Who Jumped From Freighter Return to Romania
- Leadership Academy Seeking Participants
- Fedorov Shows He Can Take a Check
- Piazza to Angels? It's News to Them
- Deal Is in Place to Sell the Lightning
- Now It's Newcomers Start Your Engines
- BOYS' ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
- Audiences Still Flocking to 'Impact'
- Deal OKd for $1 Million in Precision Camera Assets
- AML Communications Posts 4th-Quarter Gain
- NBC to Challenge Traditional System of Payment to Its Network Affiliates
- Justice Department Trustbusters Now Expected to Go After Intel
- Notations
- President's Rivals Triumph in Election
- Grading California's Teachers
- Policy Is Revised After Staff Fails to Help Shot Teen
- Test for Prostate Cancer Cuts Deaths by 69%, Study Finds
- Pitching Staff Can't Say Enough About Johnson
- Sentimental, Stirring 'Old Settler'
- Going All Out
- TV's 'Gargantua' More Schlock Than Shock
- Rates on Treasury Securities Mixed
- Also . . .
- Interest High in Complex Despite Building Delay
- Alexander W. Lawlor; Garment Industry Leader
- Cannabis Club Backers Seek Alternatives
- Webster Phillips; Hollywood Makeup Artist
- Rossier School to Be Discussed Tonight
- Bat Counters Work on the Fly in Census for Bridge Project
- Applications Being Taken for Street Fair
- Police Arrest Man in Restaurant Arson
- Environmentalists Call for Study of Toll Road
- Sprewell Reportedly Will Sue NBA
- Carson Catches Kennedy by Surprise
- Jordan Officially Becomes Five-Time, and Oldest, MVP
- CALENDAR
- Alumni Report
- Knock-Offs Cost Southland a Lot in NCAA Representation
- After Seven Years, Director Babenco Is on Rebound
- Nationwide Mutual in Hostile Bid for Allied
- Knickerbocker's Phoenix Deal
- Tolo Supplying Fighter Plane Parts
- Assembly Will Vote on Anti-Peeping Bill
- Exxon Loses in Breach-of-Contract Case
- Japanese Firm Buying Stake in Guthy-Renker
- StarBase to Restate Deficit
- Taitron Net Income Down Despite Increase in Sales
- A Hidden Mountain Treasure in the City
- School Board Proposes Adding 9 Centers to Magnet Program
- Stabbing of 2 Teens Leaves 1 Critical; 3 Held
- Photo Lab Would Replace Old Building
- Programs for Needy Receive $1.1 Million
- Bike Center Opens at Metrolink Station
- Abandoned Baby Continues His Recovery
- THE PRESSURE'S ON
- Catholic Athletic Group Votes to Transfer Power
- ABC, WB Shake Up Lineups
- Southland Sees Economy Fatten Venture Capital
- Rate Hike Time? Probably Not
- Myers Buys Space Applications
- Margaret Day Coyle; Pioneering Woman Pilot
- KEY FINDINGS
- Bill Allowing Cameras for Red Light Violations OKd
- Man Shot in Stomach Remains Hospitalized in Critical Condition
- City Staff Opposes Road Realignment
- When the Road Leads Back
- Packard Holds Incumbent's Advantage in Race
- Chapman Falls in Championship
- Von Stade Sings With Stylish Eloquence
- Missed Games Cost Shaq in MVP Voting
- Closer Doesn't Cut It
- Crescenta Valley Fails to Get Playoff Preview
- When Might Makes Right
- Rankings
- Dorothy Babbs; Dancer in Movies and on Stage
- James W. Stilwell; Cable TV Developer
- Japan's Example
- Commuters Gearing Up
- Council Backs Riordan Budget, Dumps 'Cat Tax'
- Charter Panel Seeks to Simplify Power in City
- Police Still Probing Man's Fatal Shooting
- Four for the Superior Court
- Put Clinton's Show on the Road
- Brainy Brunets vs. Thin Blonds
- 3 Cuban Baseball Players Denied Political Asylum
- Malone Takes MVP Outcome in Stride
- Piazza Could Pile High His Statistics There
- With 7 New Programs, NBC Gets a Lineup
- Teacher Profiles
- Hiker's Missed Turn Leads to Insight on Verdugos
- Girl, 7, Hospitalized After Hit-and-Run
- Honors Await Dozens of Saddleback Grads
- Police Officer Shoots Threatening Pit Bull
- 'Beloved' Deemed Too Violent for Teenagers
- In other games:
- GIRLS' ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
- Cal State Fullerton Is Preparing for Another Battle With Tigers
- SBA Cancels Honor After Businessman's Bankruptcy Filing
- Small Architecture Firm With Big Reputation Has Designs on L.A. Area
- Developer Will Help Save Center's Painted Bird Tiles
- Developer, Wife Held in Pasadena Grand Theft Case
- School District Seeks Return of Museum Land
- Charting the Lead: A Look at the Lakers' Deficit or Lead by the Minute
- Jazz Offers a Lesson for Lakers
- Glavine Acts as Braves' Stopper
- 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.
- Louisville Assistant Recovering at Home
- Gifted Singer, Flutist Unite for Persian Classical Sounds
- O'Day Makes a Promising Return to Singing
- Beck Displays His Potential for Growth
- Broken Promise to Mean Less Food Aid
- Off-Kilter
- RETAILING
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Bank of Ventura Reports Modest Income Gain
- Spotlight: Asian Exports to Long Beach Up 17.9%
- Oxymoron
- India's Bomb Test
- Crossing With Trepidation Into Adolescence
- Stock Market Barometers
- Thousand Oaks Sewage Spill
- Public Speaking Competition
- SOAR Initiative
- Electricity Bill
- Courtesy
- Flamemaster Reports 58% Increase in Net Income
- Gomez and INS