- The Deadliness of Dioxin Put in Doubt by New Data : Environment: Scientific studies may cause the federal government to raise the chemical's level of safe exposure.
- Maronite Bishop Beaten Unconscious by Attacker
- Message Inquiry Affects Dozens of L.A. Officers : Police: They are being asked to explain why they sent allegedly offensive comments over patrol car computers. Their defenders call the interviews 'overkill.'
- Orange Trustees to Put Property Fee Issue to Vote : Schools: Board members say the decision represents a compromise between supporters and opponents of the $30 tax.
- Masked Men Enter Home, Steal Car, $60,000 in Jewels
- Farm Extension Office Says Proposed County Cuts Would Mean the End of It
- Clients May Leave Salomon Because of Wrongdoings
- INTERNATIONAL
- Ceremony: Imelda Marcos will fly from New...
- WORLD IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Students Blocked on Border March
- U.N. Approves Sale of $1.6 Billion in Iraqi Oil : Mideast: Profits would go for food, medicine and reparations. Baghdad sees plan as breach of sovereignty.
- Moral Myths of a Reborn Civil War
- Lotto May Be Changed, Director Says : Gambling: Embattled head says he is trying to attract more players. Proposals include 2-for-1 tickets, abolishing Quick Picks and returning to 6/49 game.
- COSMETICS : Which Brands Give the Best Lip Service?
- Firm Being Probed for Its Role During Oil Spill
- CAMARILLO : Man's Body Found East of Seminary
- Miramar Aerobatic Show Expects to Draw 1 Million
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE RIGHT TO DIE : For Whom Do Ethicists Speak? : Ordinary people have quit wringing their hands. Why are the 'professionals' so far behind?
- County Cuts Size of Planned Shopping Area
- Old-Timers Witness the Area's Changing Face
- Vista School District OKs Extensive Magnet Program : Education: Enrollment will start from scratch at Santa Fe/California Elementary, where trustees will limit attendance to balance the ethnic makeup.
- Lifting 'Curtains of Death' at Sea
- Defendant Calls Assets Fight 'Sick'
- Living on a Gold Mine : Developers Covet Lennox Real Estate, Which Worries Some of Its Residents
- Speeding Obsolescence Means Many Items Are Not Lasting Your Lifetime
- REAL ESTATE
- REAL ESTATE : Wolff Co. Works Out Diversification Deal With Financial Firm
- COLUMN ONE : New Ideas on Tapping a Taxpayer : To reduce voter backlash, governments are using nickel-and-dime fees to fill public coffers. Some of the proposals--such as a levy on animal psychiatric services--border on the bizarre.
- A Fish Catch With Cachet : Buyer Must Donate Fossil to Museum, but Gets to Name Species
- SIMI VALLEY : School District to Hire 24 Teachers
- Mission Valley Bank Will Get Capital Infusion : Finance: A new investor will make at least $1.6 million available to the troubled institution, acquiring an interest of more than 50%.
- INTERNATIONAL
- West Named Variety Executive Editor
- THOUSAND OAKS : Mayor, Recall Group Trade Accusations
- Dozen Mutilated Cats Left on Front Lawns
- 8 on Council Oppose Strong Police Panel
- White Supremacist Co-Defendant Fails to Appear in Court : Trial: Arrest warrant is issued for Brad Kelly, who is charged with Tom Metzger and two others in cross-burning ceremony. Case is suspended until next week.
- "Chicken Boy: The Movie"--you knew it had...
- Low-Cost, Moneymaking Ventures
- German Interest Rates Hit 9-Year High of 7.5%
- Pair of Quakes Hit Yugoslavia, Romania
- Lake Tahoe Hit by Rare Waterspouts
- AST, CalComp Join Forces on Workstations : Technology: The new PC product is an attempt to enter a market long dominated by other companies.
- Charles Morgan; KPFK Broadcaster
- How Was Young Surfers' Brazilian Trip? It's Been Rio
- Angry Edelman Presses County Over Calabasas Park Complaints : Maintenance: The supervisor suggests switching landscaping duties to another agency after hearing homeowners describe evidence of shoddy care.
- ORANGE : Effort to Ban Center for Alcoholics Fails
- Police Brutality Alleged in Arrest of Man on Beach : Port Hueneme: Officers say a miniature bat could have been a weapon. Witnesses say the plainclothesmen sought trouble.
- Countywide : Homeless Get Help in Applying for Aid
- ORANGE : Study May Help Ease Pushcart Controls
- Council Offers Reward to Find Youth's Killers
- CYPRESS : Council Approves 10-Condo Complex
- Method Hardly Varied in Series of Attacks
- Rams, Lyght Close In on $5.6-Million Deal : NFL: Cornerback's attorney and club vice president discuss five-year package.
- Minorities Rally Against Hate : Unity: Ethnic, gay leaders urge renewal of Human Relations Commission funding.
- Hatcher Finally Puts His Best Foot Forward
- It's No Good for Raider Fans to Want to Be One of the Gang
- U.S. Men Bounce Back to Win Bronze : Field hockey: Three area players to continue training in Australia after Olympic hopes faded in earlier loss to Canada.
- Dodgers, Not the Astros, Play Like Last-Place Team : Baseball: Defense, Martinez have rough nights in 6-1 loss to Houston, which has won five in a row from Los Angeles. Lead remains at 1 1/2 games.
- Irvine City Council Approves Plans for Grand Prix-Style Event in 1992
- POP/ROCK/COUNTRY
- Villasana Wins on Decision
- RESTAURANT REVIEW : Nowhere Is the Place for Health Food
- Thornburgh Says Farewell, Defends Tenure : Politics: The attorney general is returning to Pennsylvania to seek a U.S. Senate seat.
- Canada Court Rejects Indians' Bid for Land
- Israel Accused of Expelling Arab Wives Despite Vow : Mideast: Deportations violate promise not to break up Arab families in the territories, rights groups charge.
- Background of the SIS
- WORLD IN BRIEF : LAOS : Shake-Up at Top, Constitution OKd
- Saudis, Kuwaitis Honor Passport With Israel Stamp, Senator Says
- Metzger Co-Defendant Fails to Show in Court : Trial: An arrest warrant is issued for Brad Kelly, charged with the Fallbrook white supremacist and two others in an L.A. cross-burning.
- VENTURA : Camper Fire Nearly Ignites Propane
- MAI Systems Suffers $25.6-Million 3rd-Quarter Loss
- Two Funds Offer Chance to Bet on Hong Kong Stocks
- Irvine has granted French & McKenna Co.,...
- OCN to Be Broadcast on Dimension: Orange...
- Record '92 Deficit Seen by Congress Budget Agency
- Croats, Serbs Swap Prisoners; 3 More Killed in Ethnic Clashes
- NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Couple Face New Sex Conduct Charge
- Courage to Change Things He Can
- County Chooses Builder for Antelope Valley Courthouse
- LAGUNA BEACH : Arts Festival Board Eliminates Position
- The Southern California Conservatory of Music is...
- BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : They Are First in These Standings, Too
- Reflections of a Reluctant Goddess
- ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : Reality's Visit to Anaheim
- NATION IN BRIEF : OREGON : Man Given Wrong Heart in Transplant
- IBM, McDonald's Bombed in Mexican Capital; Leftists Take Responsibility
- CLIPBOARD
- Dependents Returning to Subic Naval Base
- Free Simon Concert Draws 750,000
- Harvard Student Held in Extortion
- Baby Manatee Pulled Into Power Plant Cooling Pipe
- Safety Gear Should Include Sunglasses, Experts Say
- Another Rough Road Ahead : Homecoming: A retarded 19-year-old who was missing is with his family again. But the D.A. plans to arraign him today.
- Countywide : Bungee Jumpers Drop In on Fair
- STANTON : Nude Dance Club Back in Operation
- S.D. Man Is Fatally Stabbed in Nestor
- The Three Compu-teers : West Hills Teen-Agers Become First Trio of Siblings to Take Top Honors in Annual Science Competition
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Steelers' Long Reportedly May Return to Practice
- Even Ice Cream Seems to Have Lost Its Innocence
- Housing Starts Increase for 4th Month in a Row
- MicroProbe Buys Northwest Firm: MicroProbe Corp., a...
- Bigger Airline Fare Discounts Expected in Fall
- Storm Chasers Go Like Lightning to Get Their Fix
- U.S. Probe Goes Aloft on Soviet Rocket : Space: It's the first big joint project since 1975's Apollo-Soyuz linkup. The instrument will monitor Earth's ozone layer.
- 3.0 Quake in Pennsylvania
- DANA POINT : Council Approves Scenic Parking Zone
- Arrest Stuns Family, Neighbors of Man Who Since Boyhood Wanted to Be a Cop
- 3 New Boys' Academies Told to Admit Girls
- Brother Acquitted of Boy's Endangerment in Shooting : Courts: Youth failed to keep stolen gun away from preschooler. The reputed gang member is convicted of stolen weapons charge.
- Project Gets OK After Builder Agrees to Fees
- FULLERTON : College Official to Join 'Dimes' Board
- New Redondo Budget Silences Concert Series
- Pilot Lands Plane Safely on Street in Granada Hills
- Doing Its Job or Doing a Job? : Council must not nit-pick Christopher report
- New BofA May Move Cautiously Overseas : * Banks: The merger will create a formidable entity, but on the global scene it is still no match for its huge Japanese and European rivals.
- 'This is hard to do, but it looks so beautiful.'
- Israelis and Palestinians
- Mother Seeking a Transfer for Son Responds to Controversy
- Mother Seeking a Transfer for Son Responds to Controversy
- Theatre Center's Financial Woes
- Theatre Center's Financial Woes
- Israelis and Palestinians
- Microscopic Genes
- Theatre Center's Financial Woes
- Israelis and Palestinians
- Civic Project Fiscally Sound
- Unlittered Freeway
- Theatre Center's Financial Woes
- Israelis and Palestinians
- Lottery
- Israelis and Palestinians
- Bigger Picture on Surfside
- MOVIES - Aug. 16, 1991
- MOVIES - Aug. 16, 1991
- MOVIES - Aug. 16, 1991
- Obituaries - Aug. 16, 1991
- TELEVISION - Aug. 16, 1991
- TELEVISION - Aug. 16, 1991
- TELEVISION - Aug. 16, 1991
- Names in the News - Aug. 16, 1991
- Names in the News - Aug. 16, 1991
- Names in the News - Aug. 16, 1991
- Man Run Down by Police Car Wins $890,000
- NO JAILBREAKS HERE: Of the "inmates" doing...
- S.D. Police Officer Tied to Rapes and Robberies : Crime: He is arrested after two men who answered a woman's screams were shot. Police chief is stunned.
- WORLD CLASS: Los Alamitos cyclist Janie Eickhoff...
- Family, Others Blast Slaying by Deputies
- Twin Deaths Shake Up Family Area : Tujunga: A neighbor says he reported the toddlers unsupervised the day they drowned. A lawyer calls allegations of parental neglect gossip.
- Train Inspection Canceled After Railroad Complaint : Transportation: Southern Pacific said prior reviews hurt the company. Federal safety chief defends his actions.
- PIER PRESSURE: In trying to raise private...
- Bush Lauds Efforts to Free Hostages : Diplomacy: He voices hope that a 'new flexibility' will result in early release.
- NEW SCHOOL NERVES: Everybody remembers those first-day-of-school...
- Police Officer Suspected in Series of Rapes : Crime: A San Diego patrolman is arrested after an early-morning attack and shooting at state beach.
- Some See Trust in Law Enforcement Eroding : Crime: But Police Chief Bob Burgreen says public support is stronger than ever, despite the recent spate of alleged and real wrongdoing among the ranks.
- Tujunga Neighborhood Shaken by Drowning of Twins in Swimming Pool : Tragedy: The possibility of neglect by parents is being investigated. A resident had called a county child-abuse hot line earlier in the day but was told agents were busy.
- OTHER NEWS - Aug. 16, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Aug. 16, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Aug. 16, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Aug. 16, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Aug. 16, 1991
- OTHER NEWS - Aug. 16, 1991
- Recent government contract awards to Orange County...
- Recent government contract awards to Orange County...
- Biotech Firm Says It Has Found Way to Grow Blue Rose
- Salomon Admits More Bond Auction Violations : Securities: The Wall Street brokerage said the firm's highest executives knew of the wrongdoings.
- Recent government contract awards to Orange County...
- Mexico Officials Minimize Cholera Epidemic's Import
- PROFILE : Back to Nature : Photographer Brian Stethem revisited his childhood to produce a series on Sespe Creek.
- District's Boundary Changes Reflect Shifts in Population
- Meeting to Review Center Plans
- Seeing Green : A new label will identify produce deemed organic by the trade watchdog group California Certified Organic Farmers.
- Furon Completes Expansion Project
- Vegetarian Solution : A French Chef's Chili
- Horse by Any Other Name Is Still a Horse? : Zoning: Rancher faces jail time for having too many equines if the definition is not changed.
- An Option for All to Profit From Lawyers
- Glendora : Height Limit Will Stand
- A Helping Hand Meets Children's Special Needs
- Fire Chief Criticized Over College Hills Blaze Gets New Post
- Engineers Group Gives Grants to 2
- Mayor Urges Builder Fee to Finance Housing : Construction: Bradley wants to double number of new homes. Levy on commercial projects proposed.
- 2 Meteorite Hits on Earth Reported
- CLIPBOARD : HOW TO: HELP FOSTER CHILDREN IF YOU CAN'T BECOME A FOSTER PARENT
- CADILLAC SEVILLE : A Star Is Reborn in America
- Douglas Kiker; Veteran NBC Washington Correspondent
- Trans-Alaska Pipeline to Reduce Pumping Operations
- The Perfect French Summer Meal
- Long Beach : New Deputy City Manager to Also Head Police Panel
- Pasadena : Policy on Employee Loans
- FILM : 'Eternal Return' Is Back Again
- Neighborhood Group Attacks Mini-Mall Plan : Development: Parking and noise are sticking points, though members say they might agree to a more sensitive design.
- ART : Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Art
- Texas S&L; Gets Federal Approval to Sell J.M. Peters : Divestiture: San Jacinto Savings, being run by Resolution Trust, is expected to close deal by year's end.
- AUTOS
- Garamendi Acts Against Insurer Linked to BCCI : Regulators: The state fears that Tri-Star funds will be transferred to other operations owned by the alleged Saudi front man for the besieged bank.
- It Wouldn't Be Summer Without 'Em
- Richard Snelling; Returned as Vermont Governor for 5th Term
- Remap May Shift More Than Borders : Politics: As state lawmakers prepare to redraw boundaries, the big question is whether 44th Assembly District will retain its liberal agenda and close ties to the coastline.
- Grin and Beer It at Fox and Firkin
- Grenade Hits Peru's Education Ministry
- Museum Bid Derailed : Travel Town Unable to Reach Agreement to Acquire Historic Track
- August Moon Craters to Variety of Tastes
- Man Acquitted of Vandalism in Feud
- Corn So Sweet You Can Eat It Right Off Stalk
- Beach Hikes : Two Top Beaches Are Along the S.D.-Orange County Line
- Panel Rules City Was Justified in Firing Supervisor
- Prosecutors Ask Longer Prison Term for U.S. Judge
- O.C. May End Long Ban on L.A. County's Trash : Waste: Proposal would kill decades-old prohibition to make up for $12-million loss in landfill dumping fees.
- <i> Au Naturel</i> Is <i> Au Courant</i> : Vegetarian Solution
- But Seriously, Folks . . . : Big-name comics still pack 'em in, but others are seeing a lot of frowns.
- AUTOS
- Santa Monica : New Fire Chief Named
- WEEKEND GETAWAY : Make Like an Explorer in the Yosemite Wilderness
- Mt. San Antonio Names New President
- Quayle's Legal Reform Ideas Criticized at ABA Meeting
- Having a Ball at Museum for Art's Sake
- Another Budget Crisis, Threat of Takeover for School District : Education: Officials had already cut $18 million and laid off 150 employees. Now they must cut another $8.9 million.
- Man Found Innocent of Car Vandalism : Court: The accused admitted he hit the windshield of a man he had been feuding with, but the window was already broken when struck.
- South Gate : Ordinance Would Control Overnight Street Parking
- Downey : Funds OKd for Workshop on Police-Management Rift
- Making Architecture Art : Development: Al Forster and Robert Watts are two of the best at taking technical drawings and translating them into renderings that make buildings come to life.
- LOCO-MOTION : Lash Out or Go Insane Is Sometimes the Meaning of Suicidal Tendencies
- One Tomalley Too Many
- Some Tips for Growing Squash
- France: No, They Don't
- Nut Burgers, Beer Bread
- The Name Game
- Vegetarian Solution : These Are a Few of Our Favorite Vegetables
- Covina : Trash Fees Go Up Again
- Two Thumbs Up : Movies: The Los Angeles County Film Office is getting rave reviews as it smoothes the way for location shoots.
- A summary of significant Los Angeles City Hall decisions affecting the Westside in the last week. : CITY COUNCIL
- Michael DeAngelo Bows Out of Clothestime
- U.S. Businesses Eye German Apprenticeship System
- Big Japanese Bank Admits Ties to Key Figure in Scandal : Finance: Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd. said Nui Onoue, who allegedly borrowed $2.48 billion from a credit union using false documents as collateral, has been one of its clients for four years.
- BANKING/FINANCE
- Sierra Madre : 7.3% Hike in Trash Fee
- Acquittals in Arizona Killing Spark Black Leaders' Outrage
- Bellflower : Moratorium Enacted While City Surveys Horse Area
- TIME FOR A POWWOW : Indian Center Get-Together Aims to Raise Cultural Awareness, Bury Stereotypes
- It Is a Game of Inches for Fetters : Baseball: Angel right-hander has struggled with his control and is 0-3 with an earned-run average of 7.08.
- Here Are Some of Top Spots for Diving in North County
- Recent government contract awards to Orange County...
- Of the 102 largest publicly traded companies...
- Recent government contract awards to Orange County...
- World IN BRIEF : ITALY : 1,000 Albanians Allowed to Stay
- Eggplant, Meat of the Meatless
- * Royal: A vacationing Princess Diana, wearing...
- Call Me Valdiguie
- Peru Is Facing a Lengthy Cholera Battle : Health care: Although the epidemic has subsided, the disease is going to be endemic, officials say.
- Lebanese Muslims Tell of Clash With Israelis
- Ex-Banker Found Herself on the Road : Sally Vantress' life was missing something. She got it back when she bicycled around the globe and now shares it with readers.
- A Night of Laughs Awaits
- CRUISE : Harbor Stories : The Bay Queen, rescued from a woodpile in Marina del Rey, now provides rides around Ventura's waterways.
- U.S. May Penalize S. Korea, Taiwan Over Drift-Net Use : Trade: Their fishermen are violating international accords. A total ban on seafood imports is possible.
- Lynwood City Elections
- He Has Kidnapers' Assurances, Palestinian Leader Says : Hostages: Popular Front's Jibril says Shiite groups promised him that no captives will be freed unless thousands of his people held by Israel are released.
- 'Friendly Fire,' Not the Iraqis, Killed Ohio GI
- City Council Panel Offers Its Own LAPD Reform Plan
- Thanks--but What Took You So Long? : Iran and Syria could have helped free hostages long ago
- Escondido Woman Held in Slaying of House Guest
- SANTA ANA : PAL Classes Encourage Self-Esteem
- NOV. 5 ELECTIONS : Deadline Extension Draws More Candidates
- Explosives Found Under Acton Shack
- American Interactive Media, a Los Angeles-based leading...
- Summer Sweet : Satsumas, Santa Rosas and Italian prunes are just a few of the varieties of organically grown fruit at the Allen farm.
- FOR THE KIDS : Fantasy Fair : This year's event has plenty for children, including a western town where they are encouraged to actively participate.
- California IN BRIEF : SAN FRANCISCO : Use of Dolphins by Navy Protested
- No Small Change
- South El Monte : Change for Commissioners
- Pipeline Plan Seen as a Pipe Dream : Water: An undersea conduit from Alaska to California would be too costly, too environmentally damaging and too 'far-out,' a congressional workshop is told.
- Republics OK Talks to Form a New Yugoslavia
- Study Indicates Clean Syringe : Program Cuts Spread of AIDS
- An Attack on Flacks and Hacks
- Players of All Ages Getting a Kick Out of Indoor Soccer : Soccer: Despite hot, cramped conditions in the YMCA, league thrives with 46 teams that draw hundreds of athletes. Ages range from 5 to over 50.
- Nation IN BRIEF : KANSAS : Protesters Explain Children's Role
- Investigators Arrest Suspect in Arson Fires : Law enforcement: The man was followed after his release from a hospital's psychiatric observation unit.
- LOTTERY RESULTS
- SIMI VALLEY : Channel Repairs Close Bike Path
- CRIMES BY AREA COVERED BY THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
- Doctor Indicted on 27 Counts as Steroid Supplier : Drugs: L.A. physician is accused of illegal distribution to athletes and bodybuilders. His lawyer says the government is trying to make an example out of his client.
- Man Pleads Innocent in Mother's Fatal Fall
- AUTOS
- Pollution Blamed in 2,400 Beach Closures : Oceans: Environmental group's survey shows 402 shutdowns in California over two years. Study says sewage still threatens the nation's most popular strands.
- The Boulevard of Natural Foods
- Three Great Cookbooks : Vegetarian Solution
- Latino Wins Democratic Race for Udall Seat
- Softer Sounds
- 5 Hurt in Gang Confrontation at Topanga Beach : Violence: Deputies say the incident is the latest in an extraordinarily bloody summer on local beaches.
- Study Urges Innovative Rail Funding : Transit: Report says 22,000 commuters a day would use a line between Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena.
- Neighbors Recall Fatal Police Accident : Safety: No siren was heard, no flashing lights seen on the police car that killed a couple, residents say.
- Marina del Rey : Yacht-Slip Vacancies Up
- Despite Truce, County Still at Work on Sewer : Development: More than $1 million has been spent on the project. Stunned city officials, calling spending an 'outrage,' say it violates a moratorium negotiated in March.
- THOUSAND OAKS : University Increases Minority Students
- Life Among the Meat Eaters : Vegetarian Solution
- RESTAURANT REVIEW CIAO : Hidden Pleasure : The chef-owner keeps his French-Italian kitchen flexible to keep the customer satisfied.
- From Russia, With Love : Unhappy With Prospects at Home, Soviet Women Look West for Husbands
- Quick as a Shrimp
- Vegetarian Solution : The Only Farmer at Farmer's Market : Produce: A true merchant-farmer, Charlie Lopez is equally adept at shucking corn and tending celebrity customers.
- Vegetarian Solution : The Trip to Bountiful
- School Board Votes to Fire Its Superintendent