- CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Cold Snap Is State's Third Worst Disaster
- Arab Shot Dead After His Bus Kills Israeli
- Friend of Imelda Marcos Pleads Guilty to Charge She Fled Trial
- U.S. Imprisons Black Men at 4 Times S. Africa's Rate : Crime: Overall American incarceration leads the world. In the past decade it overtook the Soviet Union.
- 3 Who Helped Break Cycle of Child Abuse
- San Ysidro
- THOUSAND OAKS : Lawsuit Filed Over Undeveloped Land
- Las Damas Headlines Los Alamitos Tonight
- Mozart Takes Center Stage in Bicentennial Programs
- 2 GIs Probably Shot, Findings Indicate : El Salvador: Rebels deny executing three after chopper crash. Broadcast calls on U.S. to support peace efforts.
- CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : MILPITAS : Plane Wreck Found in Reservoir Bed
- Arco Offers Plan to Swap Oil Well Use
- O.C. Rainfall Goes Over an Inch in Some Areas
- Fugitive Catholic Priest From Glendale Charged With Molestation of Boy
- After a Long Separation, a Union Is Made on 'Main Street'
- When It Rains, It's Still a Drought : Sometimes voluntary conservation isn't enough
- Man Caught in Desert Dragnet Pleads Not Guilty in Slaying
- ANAHEIM : Waste Recycler Faces $126,500 State Fine
- COUNTYWIDE : Koreans Hoping for Peaceful New Year
- Borden Sells Florida Dairy to Its Managers
- Hungary Devalues Currency in Move to Free Market : Economy: The 15% devaluation of the forint should stimulate trade, possibly easing foreign debt but contributing to already high inflation.
- Pioneer Electronics has named Dave McKenzie executive...
- 7.1% Jobless Rate Reflects Calif. Economic Slump
- Paul Shelley; Conductor, Music Arranger
- CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : State Sen. Kopp Out of Race for Mayor
- Rooms Closed at Hotel With Faulty Heaters
- 2 More Carolina Officials Face Vote-Selling Charges : Indictment: A key lawmaker and highway commissioner are accused of taking cash from lobbyists. So far, 13 have been named in FBI probe.
- Redondo Man to Be Arraigned on Stock Fraud Charges
- San Diego
- BUENA PARK : Officer Convicted of Theft on Duty
- Never Belonged on That List : Sullivan kills ridiculous AIDS-watch for visiting foreigners
- Rainstorm Reluctant to Leave the Area
- Priest Charged With 7 Molestation Counts
- Chemical Weapons Use Linked to Oxnard Site : Lawsuits: Evidence introduced in waste-dump dispute shows an area now occupied by a shopping center was used for Navy training.
- College Football
- Wanted: A Believable 'Dillinger' Cast
- Suspense Tale of Two Evils in 'Bump in the Night'
- Ailing San Diego Computer Maker Closes Its Doors
- Severed Phone Lines Halt Some N.Y. Trading : Telecommunications: Petroleum brokers at the New York Mercantile Exchange were unable to trade when gulf news sent London prices tumbling.
- James W. Robinson, director of public affairs...
- Antibody Research Breakthrough Told
- Yeutter Picked for Top GOP Post, Sources Say : Politics: Bush says agriculture secretary would be 'superb' party chairman but refuses to confirm the choice has been made.
- Fate of Navy Stealth Jet Expected by Monday
- NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Dinkins Expects Big Cuts in City Workers
- Jet Slips Off Icy Runway
- Obituaries : Dr. Joseph Gross; Retired Surgeon
- CLIPBOARD
- Good Things Come in Threes : Parents of Triplets Share Their Experiences at Club
- Sepulveda Man Dies in Head-On Collision
- Even George Allen Would Have Enjoyed His Memorial Service
- Aztec Day: A Victory, A Defeat
- Cooper's Renaissance : Former Laker Finds a New Life Playing in Italy
- NEA Divides $47 Million Among 1,200 : Arts grants: Two performers whose applications were rejected last year under anti-obscenity statute receive funds.
- TV REVIEWS : Superpowers in the Nuclear Age : 'Soviets' Examines Massive Changes Shaping Society
- New Grass-Roots Rock Venue Will Open : Music: A promoter has a three-year agreement to book shows at a nightclub in Lakewood, adding another stage to an area starved for local-talent showcases.
- ORANGE : City Hiring Freeze, Budget Cuts Planned
- You Need the Bright Stuff--Astronaut : Convention: A shuttle and Spacelab flier tells Latino and Indian students to 'take on tough subjects like mathematics, physics and engineering' to realize their dreams.
- Irvine Reserve Unit on Guard Against POWs' Mistreatment
- PIRU : Pair Get Probation for Animal Abuse
- PLAYING LOTTO 6/53
- BOYS' ROUNDUP : Borella's 37 Points Get Laguna Beach Past Saddleback
- Running back Freddie Bradley (6-feet, 195 pounds),...
- USC, UCLA Women Open Pacific 10 Play Tonight
- SUNSET LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Huntington Beach Holds Off No. 4 Edison
- Miscellany
- Bernard Lifts Fresno State to Victory Over Long Beach
- Sellars' Don Giovanni Wallows in Gore and Grime of a Bronx Slum
- Rams Still Don't Know What Happened
- European Nations Make Own Bid to Solve Crisis : Diplomacy: EC members invite Iraq to a meeting. They promise efforts to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Crime Computer Is a Help, but Can't Do It All : Law enforcement: Despite success with fingerprint system, police lack time to check all unsolved cases.
- NEWS ANALYSIS : U.S. Wary of Latest Flurry of Overtures
- Witnesses to Drug Bust Shoot-Out Rap Lawmen
- COSTA MESA : Man Hurt in Freak Fireball Accident
- Man Fatally Shot, Robbed as He Leaves Bank in Tustin : Crime: The victim withdraws up to $20,000 in cash for his family's market but is ambushed outside. Police warn merchants to vary their routines when carrying cash.
- McCain Probed Over Traveling to Keating Spa : Thrifts: The senator becomes testy when asked to explain a three-year delay in repaying $13,000 in costs to Lincoln S&L; for trips to the Bahamas.
- Carpenter to Take Oath Before Going to Prison
- Sears Plans to Cut 21,000 Jobs; 900 in Southland : Retailing: The giant firm says the cuts will help boost its sagging profits.
- Israel Consulate Opens Doors in Moscow : Diplomacy: It marks a new phase in a warming relationship. It will smooth the way for thousands of emigrating Soviet Jews.
- COLUMN ONE : Friends for Whales in Japan : Japanese have been vilified for hunting the sea mammals. But attitudes are changing, and whales are now trendy. Marketers use their images to harpoon consumers.
- FASHIONABLE FURNISHINGS : Staying True to Form
- He's Ready for Mission to Iraq, U.N. Chief Says : Diplomacy: Perez de Cuellar cautions against a 'psychosis of war' over the Jan. 15 deadline. He points to 'other options.'
- Search for Flowers Turns Up Newborn in Trash Bin : Baby: Authorities credit Hawthorne man with saving life of 5-hour-old, abandoned infant. Child's mother is being sought.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Model U.N. Teaches Skills and Issues
- Senate Appointment: The Catbird Seat or the Hot Seat?
- Wadkins Takes Lead With 65 : Golf: Kite and Beck are three strokes back in the Tournament of Champions.
- Action That Is Loud as Words
- Marcos' Art, Silver Will Be Auctioned
- SHORT TAKES : Clay Credits 'Mental Illness'
- Unemployment Rate Hits 6.1%; Worst in 3 Years
- Brando's Son Agrees to Guilty Plea : Crime: He will admit to the reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his sister's lover.
- Ferraro, Yaroslavsky Urge Council to Take Over CRA : Politics: They say there are enough votes to override a veto. Director's severance package sparked the action.
- NCAA Probes McGwire's Status for Shrine Game
- Carson's Walsh Commits to BYU
- Programming by Word of Mouth: More Talk Shows : Television: Executives hawk a slew of syndicated shows and hosts at their annual convention. At least a half-dozen new talk shows will hit the airwaves in the fall.
- SHORT TAKES : George C. Scott Out of Hospital
- More Major Banks in State Reduce Prime Rate to 9.5%
- ITT Financial Sued Over Alleged Loan Overcharges
- Saudis Tightening Oil Field Security
- Prepare to Move, Iraq Tells Foreign Embassies
- Seymour Vows to Make a Mark : Politics: He says he'll move quickly to prove that he can retain his U.S. Senate seat for the Republicans. He also exhibits an independent streak in his first stand-alone appearance.
- RUNWAY TO REALITY : The Night Shift
- Gulf Crisis Sends Mideast Insurance Rates Rocketing
- FASHION : Surfwear Sales Dip; Designers Hit the Streets
- Job Center for Laid-Off Defense Workers Opens
- Man Charged in $7-Million Medi-Cal Fraud
- Rancher in Slavery Case Faces More Charges : Farm labor: Witness tampering and racketeering counts added in case against flower grower. Prosecutors plan to seize $5 million of Edwin M. Ives' property.
- Parents End Bitter Battle for Custody
- COUNTYWIDE : Cal State Urged to Pick Site Carefully
- Rockwell to Pay $48,000 Fine Over Waste Allegations
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Rancho Santiago Stops Cypress, 99-92
- SKIING / BOB LOCHNER : Colder Weather Makes the Conditions Bearable
- Cimarron Hits the Southwest Trail
- Alpha Microsystems of Santa Ana Scraps Merger
- Bill Seeks to Limit Deposit Insurance to Two Accounts
- Palestinian Is Shot After Bus Rams Vehicle
- AT&T; Outage Disrupts Service, Markets in N.Y.
- Hussein Foes Plan Government in Exile
- U.S. Assails Soviet Seizure of Facilities in Lithuania, Latvia
- Bovine Burping to Be Monitored for Link to the Greenhouse Effect
- Car Chase Was Enough to Make the Skin Crawl
- Justices Call for New Trial for Convicted Man
- Miscellany
- PREP ROUNDUP : Cold-Shooting Edison Tops Colder Huntington Beach
- 12-Year-Old Diver Becomes World's Youngest Champ in Water Sports
- NBA ROUNDUP : Rockets Respond After Losing Olajuwon
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL : Christian Shakes Off Hoover in 4th Quarter
- TONIGHT'S PREP BASKETBALL : Servite Hopes to Forget Past Against Mater Dei
- KOST-FM Still on Top of the Radio Heap : Ratings: Station maintains yearlong lead over more than 80 other outlets. KIIS-FM takes second place; KLOS-FM jumps to third place.
- TV REVIEW : 'Sons and Daughters': A Family to Forget
- Pianist Denny Zeitlin's Alter Ego: Psychiatrist : The musician has combined the seemingly incongruous worlds of psychiatry and jazz improvisation.
- ETHNIC ART : A Brazilian Beat for Painters, Sculptors : Exhibits: Two cousins open a showcase for South American art in Encino.
- Register Plans to Double the Size of Production Plant
- Investors Bail Out of Food, Drugs, 1990's Golden Stocks
- Pan Am Halts Flights to Tel Aviv and Riyadh : Saudi Arabia, Iran Step Up Shipments of Oil From Gulf
- CalFed Predicts $140-Million Loss in Quarter : Thrifts: The parent of California Federal Bank blames soured commercial real estate loans. It also expects a $270-million loss for the full year.
- Nichols Institute Reports Gain in Earnings, but Below Forecast
- Retail Chains Confirm Christmas Was Gloomy
- WORLD : No More Soviet Troops to Baltics
- FDA Allows Implant of Heart Pump for Transplant Patients
- Police Seek Man Who Tried to Rob Armored Car
- Press to Be Channel 13 News Commentator
- COUNTYWIDE : Ventura Group's Blood Supply Down
- SAN CLEMENTE : Fund-Raiser to Aid Critically Ill Boy
- SIMI VALLEY : Elys' Attorneys to Seek Trial Delay
- AIDS on Rise; Cases Equal to '88 Record : Disease: County health officials expect the year's total to go up as late reports from doctors come in.
- OXNARD : Time Capsule to Preserve Bits of City, Circa 1990
- Transient Gets 11 Years in Gardener's Slaying
- COSTA MESA : $103,000 Trust Will Aid Cancer Center
- NHL ROUNDUP : New-Look Rangers Find Way to Beat Penguins
- Wadkins Starts Year With a 65 in the Rain
- BETTING WITH JANICE : SANTA ANITA SHOWDOWN
- Allegations To Be Probed by Syracuse
- MOTOR RACING / SHAV GLICK : Unser, Earnhardt Lead All-American Drivers
- 'Warren': Storytelling as Memory
- WAR WATCH: CUTTING THROUGH THE RHETORIC...
- U.S. Readiness in Persian Gulf
- U.S. Readiness in Persian Gulf
- U.S. Readiness in Persian Gulf
- U.S. Readiness in Persian Gulf
- U.S. Readiness in Persian Gulf
- Harvard Chicano
- U.S. Readiness in Persian Gulf
- Sexist Terms
- U.S. Readiness in Persian Gulf
- Harvard Chicano
- U.S. Readiness in Persian Gulf
- January Effect Could Be a Month Late This Year : Stocks: The UCI professor who co-authored a book about the stocks of small companies outstripping the blue chips at year's start blames the Persian Gulf crisis.
- REAL ESTATE
- Clothestime Posts 29% Increase in Its Holiday Sales
- Man, Unhappy With $2 Reward, Steals Wallet
- Lungren Will Face Early Test on Late Gun Registration Policy
- DWP to Seek Compulsory Water Use Cut : Drought: Officials say mandatory rationing is needed because customers have failed to curb usage by 10% for three consecutive months.
- SOUTH COUNTY : 25 Are Arrested at Sobriety Stops
- El Cajon
- Teacher Held on Sex Molestation Charges
- 72-Year-Old Man Critically Burned in Fire
- 4 Deputies Sue Over Transfers From Station
- Pioneer Mortgage Chief May Step Down : Finances: Angry investors threaten to force financially troubled firm into bankruptcy proceedings to recover assets.
- Disagreement May Jeopardize Deal on $115-Million Encino Project
- He Cookes Up List by Taking In, Letting Out
- Warm Water Heated Up Ocean Action
- Cal State Dominguez Hills Runs Winning Streak to Seven
- ANALYSIS : Team to Beat Hasn't Changed Much
- Rust Fired as Patriots Coach
- Hall of Famer Appling Dies at 83 in Georgia
- SHORT TAKES : Lancaster 'In Good Spirits'
- SHORT TAKES : Gallery Director Packs a Sax
- Low-Key Old Town Eatery With Continental Menu
- Rockwell Lays Off 50 B-1 Workers: Rockwell...
- Grower Accused of Enslaving Laborers Faces New Counts
- Happy New Year, but a Pox on Enforced Holiday Cheer
- ORANGE : Skilled Fund-Raiser Joins Chapman Staff
- Valley Center
- 10% Parking Tax Raises $12.3 Million in 4 Months
- 'Not a Drought-Breaker' : Weather: A forecaster warns that the storm, which is expected to leave about a half-inch of rain countywide, is a mere drop in the bucket.
- VENTURA : 5 Latinos to Receive Leadership Awards
- Segota Visits Family But Leaves Sockers In Dark
- THE SIDELINES : Clark to Quit Ariz. for San Diego
- A 10-Step Recipe for a Ram Revival
- After Holidays, Slim Pickings
- Artist Inspired by Science and Space
- Panel Urges 1st-Class Mail Rise to 29 Cents
- U.S. Says Salvadoran Rebels Executed 3 GIs : Central America: Officials say the Americans were shot after their helicopter was brought down.
- WORLD : Belushi Drug Source Rearrested
- NATION : Gulf Action Cost Over $30 Billion
- Mexico Protests Deputy's Killing of Reveler : New Year's: The consulate cites a witness who disputes the official account that the man pointed his gun at the officer.
- Bodies Are Found in Apparent Murder-Suicide
- Supervisors Declare a Disaster for Growers : Freeze: The board opens the way for farmers to seek low-interest loans. But for many, the U.S. program offers little help.
- Scripps Clinic, Hospitals Sign Merger Pact
- Death Blamed on Indoor Barbecue
- Gas Fumes That Forced Bank Closure Linked to Old Spill : Pollution: Tests find that incident at Fairfax Avenue branch is not related to underground methane deposits.
- Anti-Abortion Activist Begins Jail Sentence for Trespassing
- Tennis Players' Enthusiasm Rolls Over Handicaps : Tournaments: Paraplegic and quadriplegic improve their game and win some trophies in the process.
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Corelli, Guziel Help Alemany Upend Bishop Montgomery
- Miami's Building Blockers Are Two the Chargers Coveted
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
- Nerd Power : Is Uncool Urkel the '90s Answer to the Fonz?
- Anger Over Madonna Single : Pop music: The Simon Wiesenthal Center is targeting the singer's use of an allegedly anti-Semitic biblical passage in a new version of her top-selling 'Justify My Love' single.
- Dancing to Move Body, Mind, Spirit : Choreography: Margie Gillis is a woman under the influence of painting, rock and the raw stuff of experience. Praised as a powerful and unconventional artist, she will teach and perform at Saddleback College.
- Salute to Venetian Renaissance Master : Art: 'Titian: Prince of Painters,' at the National Gallery of Art, is the only major exhibition of the artist's paintings ever held in the United States.
- Knott's Berry Farm to Close 2 Days a Week : Tourist industry: 'It's a maintenance thing,' a company official says, adding that the shorter week is unrelated to attendance or the economic downturn.
- ENERGY : Crude Prices Briefly Touch 5-Month Low
- CONSUMER NEWS
- Arco Unit to Pay Record $3.48-Million in Fines : Energy: The penalties are for safety violations cited after an explosion and fire that killed 17 workers at a Texas plant.
- Orange County Magazine's Publisher Fired After Suing Owner
- BOOK REVIEW : A Lighthearted Look at Three Post-College Lives : SOMETHING BLUE <i> by Ann Hood</i> . Bantam, $18.95, 272 pages
- Security Council Deplores Slayings of 6 Palestinians
- LOCAL : 7 in O.C. Held in Insurance Fraud
- Box May Be Clue to Earhart Fate
- Whither Long Beach After Allen : Football: He rallied alumni, friends around struggling program. His death brings questions about its future.
- MEN'S BASKETBALLCatawba College defeated Point Loma Nazarene,...
- SHORT TAKES : Winger Going Back to Nebraska
- REAL ESTATE : New Auction Firm Gets a Push From the Slumping Market
- Western Digital Deal With Polish Firm Collapses : Trade: A tentative $5-million agreement to sell production equipment to the state-owned computer company is vetoed by its workers council.
- Exporting Doesn't Need to Be So Foreign
- Gorbachev and Republics Forge Key Agreement
- Beech-Nut About to Introduce Line of Baby Food That Is Organically Grown
- New York City Tribune Will Halt Publication a 2nd Time
- NATION : S.C. Lawmaker, Official Indicted
- Council Delays Action on Proposed Panel
- 2 Shootings in Santa Ana Leave Man, Girl Hurt
- Jury Selection Set in Peyer Lawsuit
- John A. Murdy III, Businessman and Rancher, Dies at 62 After a Stroke
- Super Adam : A 2-Year-Old Plays Video Game Near the Level of Many Adults
- Soviet Radicals Want Us to Feel They're the Only Decent Guys in Town : Reform: Gorbachev is no conservative. He's committed to economic change, but less so to political steps that would topple him.
- Crawford's Streak Boosts Moorpark
- Olajuwon Goes Home, but Status Is Uncertain : Basketball: The Rockets' center was knocked cold during a game Thursday. The team doesn't know if he can play Saturday.
- SPORTSCOPE : USC Volleyball Team to Open the Season at Mira Costa High
- Back Spasms Force Trevino Out of Tourney
- THOROUGHBRED RACING : Vote for Perret May Eclipse Stevens
- An Album of Rock That Made It in Movies
- Muscovites Endure Shivers for Chance to Buy Snickers
- After more than five years, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel...
- P.M. BRIEFING : Big 3 Continue Plant Shutdowns
- Clippers Still in a Giving Mood : Basketball: They lose fifth in a row, 110-108, blowing a 10-point lead in fourth quarter to Magic.
- Titus Scores 61, Breaks County Scoring Record
- Wilson Nears Culmination of 12-Year Ambition : Inauguration: Governor-elect will take office amid a flurry of lavish events. Aides say the celebrations are designed to accentuate the positive in time of economic uncertainty.
- Good Neighbors Are Tired of These Repeat Visitors
- Tollway for Riverside Freeway Advances : Traffic: The 10-mile project would run from the county line to the junction with the Costa Mesa Freeway.
- Reopen Pomerado Road by Monday, Judge Rules
- CLIPBOARD : Oil in Decline
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE PERSIAN GULF : Chicken Is a Madman's Game : Strategy: Bush wants to convince Hussein that our truck has no brakes. But it's tough to take a posture of bluffing in a democracy.
- LAGUNA BEACH : Christmas Tree Can Be Traded for Chips
- YORBA LINDA : City Balks at Joining Super-Street Plan
- Improved Valley Cab Keeps Rival Off Its Turf : Taxis: The company gets a reprieve after meeting city response standards. Councilman Hal Bernson, who had called for a second franchise, changes his position.
- COLLEGE ROUNDUP : SCC's Late Rally Sinks Evangel, 72-68
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL NATIONAL ROUNDUP : No. 6 Ohio State Downs Iowa
- Leslie, Easterly Lead USC Past Missouri
- American Cancels All Flights Between L.A. and Bay Area
- AT&T; Sues NCR: The suit, filed in...
- Recall Cut Perrier's U.S. Market in Half:...
- NOTES
- Britain Expels 75 Iraqis, Cites Hussein Threats
- New Upheaval: Chinese student leaders Chai Ling...
- Europeans Meet Today on a Gulf Peace Mission : Diplomacy: But EC leaders deny seeking a separate deal. 'There will be no negotiations,' one says.
- With River Rising, More Indiana Communities Face Flooding Peril
- STOCKS : Dow Takes Deepest Dip in Two Months--37.13
- Red Cross Office in Somalia Seized; Staff Feared Held
- Deputy D.A. for a Special Day : Ex-Gov. Pat Brown Gets the Job to Swear In Daughter as Treasurer
- Storm Tangles Roads, Fails to Dent Drought
- Somali Rebels Spurn Cease-Fire, Ready 'Final Offensive'
- Deukmejian Won't Name Gillespie to Bench, Sources Say
- Harbor Expansion Plans Face Sea of Opposition : Environment: The project could prove devastating to air quality, marine life, recreational boating and the coastline, state and U.S. agencies say.
- LAGUNA BEACH : Man Alleging Police Beating Is Freed
- San Diego
- Bill Would Further Restrict Tuna Fishing: Terming...
- Pan Am Halts Flights to Tel Aviv and Riyadh : War-Risk Insurance Cited; Airline Asks FAA to Pick Up Cost
- Cuba Increases Gas Price for Foreigners
- Massachusetts' First GOP Head in 16 Years Installed
- Kathleen Brown Sees No Easy Solution to Backlog of Bonds
- U.S., Iraq to Talk in Geneva : Baker, Aziz Will Meet Wednesday
- Sullivan Backs Dropping AIDS Virus as a Disease Barring Entry to U.S.
- COUNTYWIDE : Car-Pool Law's Effect on Schools Discussed
- Eckmann to Run for Bernhardt's Council Seat in Recall Election
- How They're Doing : Playing With Pain : Bob Hamelin lived with a nagging backache for two years before doctors diagnosed the problem. Now, he hopes to get his chance at the major leagues.
- Britons Increasingly Take It Out on Their Pets
- Cox Proposes Budget Reform Package : Congress: He offers a new GOP plan as the House votes to base legislation on estimates of congressional agency, not OMB. That will increase outlays for Democratic social programs, Republicans claim.
- Lenin Still Rates High With Soviets
- State Tax Collections Fall Even Further, Wilson Told : Revenue: Controller says December receipts were down 14% compared to 1989. A $7-billion-to-$8-billion shortfall is now seen.
- Wet Seal Proud to Be Trendy : Irvine-Based Clothing Chain Has Grown From One Store to 93 by Catering to Teens' Whims, Company Officials Say