- Nurses' Strike to End Today With Sides Still Far Apart
- Grant Supports 'Hands On English'
- Hip, Hip Soiree for Programs
- Stars Look Part in Win Over Ducks
- Barber Won't Let Injuries Sideline Him
- Wild Continues Upset Streak With Victory Over Red Wings
- Laguna Hills Steps Up to Knock Down No. 4 Esperanza
- Great Expectations
- Plan Ahead
- On Mission, Chaminade Trounces San Fernando
- TV Smarts
- Replete 'Ruddygore'
- Also. . .
- Biotech Industry May Be the Key to Investors' Glee in 2001
- Voters' League Office Gets Needed Support
- Swept Into the Crest of Danger
- Subpoenas Expand Sewage Probe
- Teen Shot to Death in Gang, Drug Area
- Downey Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Counts
- Chip Makers' Outlook Dismal for Early '01
- Australia OKs Cardiac Science Bedside Device
- Stock Fund Cash Inflows Tail Off as Market Slides
- Pacifica Media Appoints New Executives to Run TV Division
- President Quits at L.A.'s Harvey Entertainment
- Welding Torch Blamed in Fire at Chinese Disco
- LAUGH LINES
- No Excuses for 2001
- Where the Buffalo Roam, a Controversy Over Meat
- Clinton Appoints First Black to 4th Circuit Court
- Group Helps With Loss After Suicide
- Search for Missing Bodyboarder to Continue Off Redondo Beach
- Man Arrested on Suspicion of Taking, Using School District Credit Card
- Firefighters Rescue 3 Hikers From Cliff in Altadena
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION'S PRESS.
- Crespi Takes Its First Step to Avoid Another Second
- Comedy
- Sunny Outlook for O'Neal, Grant
- Mixing Life and Art
- The Doctor Is Still In
- Last Chance: Ends This Weekend
- A New Year to Rave About
- Midday Crowds Halt Disneyland Ticket Sales
- Alleged Deserter Survives 16 Days in Snow
- After the Split, Still Neighborly in Brentwood
- Girl Scouts
- A Detailed Guide to Whet Your Appetite for Decorating
- Moldova's Leader to Dissolve Parliament; Early Elections Set
- ROUNDUP
- All day: Yodeling
- Out of Town: Miami
- Electricity a Mystery to Many Consumers
- Prosecutor to Appeal Ruling on Journalist
- Santa Margarita Teen Identified as Crash Victim
- Using a Dodger Symbol to Drum Up Excitement
- Jarvis Group Joins Fray Over Measure H
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
- Fiscal Fitness and Health Club Contracts
- This Texas Two-Step Still Emerging
- Second-Half Surge Helps Loara Defeat Costa Mesa Again
- BOYS' SOCCER
- Michigan State Enjoys First Victory at No. 1
- Florida State Moves Ahead
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Stars Look the Part in Win Over Ducks
- Make Booker On It
- Pop Date Book
- The Kitchen Cocido Built
- Plan Ahead
- Carroll Eyeing Assistant
- GIRLS' SOCCER ROUNDUP
- BEST BETS Sunday 12/31
- The Week Ahead on the web
- Updating Shooter Genre With a Disarming Style
- Russia Will Drop Mir Spacecraft Into Pacific Ocean in February
- * Sam Lee; Longtime County Grocery Store Owner
- Don't Blame the Power Crisis on Deregulation
- Making JFK Real
- 8 pm: Pop Music
- Korean Menu With a Taste of Brazil Spells Fun for Diners
- Trimedyne Says Annual Report Will Be Late
- Kern County Seizes Rotary Rocket Property
- Also. . .
- 'Chic Cheap' Retailer Explodes on the Japanese Clothing Scene
- Pirate Offense Shines in 34-Point First Half
- Lamar Odom
- BEST BETS Friday 12/29
- Iowa State Seeking Firsts
- One-Man Show Pays Tribute to Noel Coward
- Trojans Starting to Lose Luster
- The Times Music Index
- AT&T; Will Raise Customer Charges 15%
- Called to the Carpet
- An Ear for Family Disputes, an Eye for Complex Relationships
- Russia Will Abide by Arms Sales Accords
- Software Can Put Rivals on Cozier Terms
- Nepalese Riot Over Alleged Slur by Indian Film Star
- PCs From Box to Desk in Several Easy Steps
- Teenagers Plead Not Guilty in Shootings
- When All Else Fails, Italians Use Injection of Drug to Cure Hiccups
- Man Suffers Gunshot Wound to Head in Apparent Accident
- 5 Ordered to Testify About Sewage Leaks
- Ben Reiling
- Woman Charged in Husband's Shooting
- Iverson's Early Return Lifts Philadelphia Over Golden State
- PREPNET / SPEAK OUT
- Russian Prevails Yet Again
- BEST BETS Thursday 12/28
- New Year's Eve
- NetZero Sues Juno
- Insider Selling Rises 55% to $70.5 Billion
- Pearson Buys Into MarketWatch.com
- Amex Sets Decimal Switch for Jan. 29
- Union Pacific to Cut 2,000 Jobs, Miss Forecasts
- WTO Agrees to Accept Private Contributions
- Saudi Reportedly Kills 11 Relatives, Himself
- China Upholds Falun Gong Prison Terms
- Ice Storm Paralyzes Parts of South
- Around the Yard
- Q: Why do we get the flu...
- Orange Recall Committee Files FPPC Complaint
- Pedestrian Struck on PCH Critically Hurt
- Van Nuys
- Convicted Landlord Still Ailing, Court Told
- Lights Ignite Tree, Destroy House
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Oodles of Google Help
- Got a Beef With Your Setup? Fix It Your Way
- Kuehl Tech Toys
- Alzheimer's Assn. Receives $42,000
- Boy Pleads Guilty as an Accomplice in Gang Rape
- Faith in Engineering
- Itinerary: Millennium Schmillennium
- What's New
- Chain Restaurant? Doesn't Taste It
- Customs Crackdown Nets $5.5 Million
- Kidnapping Suspect Wanted in 2 Nations
- The $10 Godsend
- The Chilling Goal of Islam's New Warriors
- Rev. John W. Rice; Father of Bush Appointee Condoleezza Rice
- Oregon State Closes Practices
- ROUNDUP
- Johnson Will Miss the Rest of the Season
- It's Hard to Have a Productive Conversation With a Remote
- Facial Recognition
- Extra Police Patrols Net 10 DUI Arrests
- Citizens Sought for Police Academy
- ANN CONWAY has the day off....
- Southland's Muslims End Month of Fasting
- Broken Sprinkler Soaks Mall Store
- A U.S.-U.N. Reconciliation Path
- Questions for Ashcroft
- Drug Prices: Reform Still Waiting
- FOOTBALL
- O'Connell Narrowly Avoids a Wipeout
- Debt Payment Might Stretch Brees
- Hewlett-Packard Plans to Cut Its Prices on Network Servers
- B&W; Denies Luring Asbestos Workers
- Countrywide Profit for Quarter Falls 5%
- Dissident Shareholder Heartland Trims Stake in ICN
- 2 Koalas Stolen From Exhibit at S.F. Zoo
- Number of High-Quality Math Sites Is Multiplying
- 'Shenmue's' World Is One to Linger In
- 'Windows 2000,' the Free Edition
- MTA to Offer Free Service New Year's Eve After 9 P.M.
- Disneyland Suspends Ticket Sales Twice During Holiday Week Rush
- Turkish Parliament's Rights Panel Defends Prison Raids
- Mammoth-Yosemite Airport Will Expand to Accommodate Commercial Jetliners
- Religion of Islam
- Lockheed Wins $734.5-Million Military Contract
- Deaths of 13 Tigers a Mystery, Despite Probe
- Concurrent Warns of Wider Loss
- Filtering Software Offers a Safety Net for Kids Online
- Clinton to Suggest Ways to Fix Law on Reimporting Drugs
- San Onofre Reactor's Shutdown for Servicing to Add to Energy Crunch
- Pneumonia Strain Becoming More Resistant to Drugs, Study Finds
- Barnes' Work Paying Off
- Muslims Celebrate End of Monthlong Sacrifice
- Harmless Deposits That Build Up on Clay Pots Are Removable
- Rampart Decision Poses 1st Challenge for New D.A.
- Solis Prepares to Take Another Step Up
- Hawaii Tournament for Thousand Oaks
- Census Data Likely to Benefit GOP
- Firms Complete Merger of GlaxoSmithKline
- NASD Expels Brokerage for Manipulating E-Tailer Stock
- Magnitude 4 Quake Rocks N. California Coast
- Key Donor to Democratic Causes Named as Regent
- Oops! We Aired . . . Uh, Make That Erred
- Holiday Lights Cause House Fire in Orange
- Leisle Wins This Survivor Game
- Culture Around the Corner
- Singing In a New Year
- Celebratory Desserts
- ROOTS '66
- Going South
- Sailors' Narrow Victory Is a Big Deal
- Market Watchers Wax More Pessimistic
- Diablos Edge Wolverines After Raby's Unlikely Save
- A Profitable Eye on Inevitable Infidelity
- Trail Mix
- Why Target Ashcroft for a Public Flogging?
- Rivera's 40-Yarder Sparks Cougars
- U.S. Wins in Youth Water Polo
- WOMEN
- Brown Selects Simms as Starter
- UP NEXT
- Magic Loses Grant Hill for Rest of the Season
- Buena Downs Clovis West, 3-0
- SOUTHLAND EVENTS
- 8 pm: Theater
- Board Says Key Indicators Herald Slowdown in 2001
- Electric Utilities Seek Up to 30% Rate Hike
- Suspected Child Pornographer Added to FBI's Most Wanted List
- A Private Man Accused of 'Great Cruelty'
- 'Golden Age' of Astrophysics Yields Flood of Data
- Boy Pleads Guilty as Accomplice in Rape
- Times Politics Reporter Richard Bergholz Dies
- High Court Refusal Kills Subdivision Suit
- Galaxy Likes Its Surroundings
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Selanne, Rucchin Still Mending
- Hospital Trip Provides Perspective
- Having His Day--or Millennium--in Cyber Court
- Florynce Kennedy; Irreverent Activist for Equal Rights
- MEN
- Lighting Up Children's Lives
- Times' Politics Writer Bergholz Dies at 83
- After Three Downers, Matadors Get Tuned Up
- Santa Margarita Overcomes Sloppiness to Defeat Jesuit
- 9 pm: Pop Music
- Nestle Seeks Control of Haagen-Dazs Venture
- Companies Turning Cool to Telecommuting Trend
- Ex-Reagan Assistant Will Head Nurescell
- Failing Web Firms Send Ripples Through L.A. Economy
- BEST BETS Saturday 12/30
- Basketball Stats
- Year-End Stock and Fund Data
- Election
- TV Smarts
- PREPNET / SPEAK OUT
- Addressing Extinction
- Convictions Overturned
- Bush's Tax Cut, Appointments
- Carter's Energy Policy
- Capitol Journal columnist George Skelton is on...
- Computer Voting and Security
- Nurses' Strike to End Today With Sides Still Far Apart
- Civilian Deaths in War
- Obituaries - Dec. 28, 2000
- Obituaries - Dec. 28, 2000
- Palestinians Fault U.S. Ideas; Barak Pulls Out of Talks
- Beatles Still Setting (and Selling) Records
- Anthony's Fish Grotto Cole Slaw Dressing
- Roast Turkey and Winter Vegetable Chowder
- Braised Veal Shanks in Smothered Onions
- Savannah Chop House Grilled Heart of Romaine Salad
- Apple Cider Ice Cream Sundaes With Candied Walnuts
- Health Net Appoints President, Vice President
- Top Legal Advocate to the Poor Falls Victim to Cuts
- Stars Shine in ABA Debut Before 5,347
- Basketball Stats Published Jan. 9
- National Team Has Olympic Flavor
- Test of Guts and Strength
- Laguna Beach Considers Banning Neon Signs
- Police Wound Heavily Armed Man
- Listen Up, the Miking Can Make a Difference
- Ex-Steeler Gilliam Is Dead at 49
- Company Town Film Profit Report
- 2001 Greater L.A. Auto Show
- Two Teens Arrested After Armed Robberies
- Daughter Searches for Explanation of Mother's Killing
- Turner Not Ready to Return Just Yet
- Second Ice Storm in Two Weeks Stops Southern Plains in Its Tracks
- Council Delays Vote on Traffic Circles
- Winds, Dry Conditions Make Firefighters Nervous
- Rebuffed Robbers Belong in Institution for the Criminally Inane
- Blake Situation Appears Bleak
- Redondo Rebounds
- DMV Squad Has Last Word on Vanity Plate No-Nos
- The Screech of Brakes, the Blare of Horns and . . . Cue Music
- New Kinder, Gentler Tactics Mandated for Pest Control at Schools
- Previous Workplace Shootings in the U.S.
- Looking at the Beetle's Early Years With a New Perspective
- Showroom
- Islam's New Face Visible in a Changing Indonesia
- Driver Pleads No Contest to Stealing FedEx Packages
- Penguins Rally to Beat Sabres
- Keeping Good People on the Payroll Is a Challenge
- GM Offering New Type of Child-Seat Anchors
- Thai Firm Takes Control of Chicken of the Sea Brand
- In another first-round game:Edison 70, San Pedro...
- Ferris Wheel at Irvine Spectrum Part of 'Shopertainment' Addition
- Know Your Lettuces
- Year-End Stock and Fund Data
- Visx Says It May See Loss in 4th Quarter
- Robbers Blast Way Into Armored Car
- Driver Pleads No Contest in Theft of $14,000 in Goods
- Los Angeles Auto Show: It's Got the Goods
- Serbia: a Big Step, but Miles to Go
- 2001 Opponents
- CHP Reports 4 Fatalities on Highways Over Holiday