- New Feature Lets You Track Home Prices in Your Community
- The entries in this anthology make up...
- Compton's New, Higher Water Rates to Appear in Bills Received in October
- Model Makes a Naked Bid for Power in Taiwan
- Saving the Scenery : Nature Conservancy Uses Its Pocketbook, Not the Courts, to Protect Environment
- 4th Youth Indicted on Murder Counts in Bensonhurst Slaying
- Kadafi, Beset at Home and Abroad, Turns to Charm
- Times Orange County Poll : Schools Not Making the Grade, Most Residents Say
- South Africa: Nationalist Losses Mean More Violence
- State Won't Allow Vote on Split District : Eastsiders Denied Chance to Break Up Palos Verdes Schools
- For Many Pupils, School Health Exams Can Spell Big Difference for Future
- Prep Football Roundup : Ocean View's Offense Takes to the Air, Defeats Saddleback
- Winning Colors Upset by Miss Brio at Belmont
- STILL SWINGING : Connors Shows He Can Still Make a Crowd Roar
- Ft. Lauderdale Defeats Nomads to Win U.S. Title
- Eagles Determined to Beat Even the Fog
- The Big Fix-Up : Once You've Bought a House, You're Never Home Free
- U.S. Backs Baltics' Efforts, Quayle Says
- Activists in Ukraine Call for Secession, Ouster of Party Boss
- U.S. Aid Called Unsuitable for Colombia Task
- Yosemite: a Return to Nature
- The Muse Within Jimmy Stewart
- Man Shot at Universal City Movie Theater After Dispute
- Lottery Millionaire Under Legal Siege by Woman He Attacked
- Tigers' Lusader Ties Record With 3 Errors in an Inning
- OCC Teams Seventh, Third in Cross-Country
- Arizona Surprised in Texas
- High School Football : Long Pass Seals Village Christian Victory
- RBV Sticks to Basics, Beats Morse, 35-20,
- The New York chapter of the American...
- Game Halted 3 Times by Lightning
- Is He Blue? Lou Rawls Back to His Roots
- Messin' with History
- This 'Angry Young Man' Is a Woman : Timberlake Wertenbaker brings a cool new voice to British drama
- The New View From the Top at MCA Records
- Wrapping Up Some Cruise Packages
- AROUND HOME : Hayrides
- What to Do If Your Home Doesn't Sell as Quickly as You Would Like
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER : TOMORROW : THE CROWN JEWEL : Frank Gehry on Disney Hall: 'We're very close now to a final design . . . a very simple,nontechnological space . . . the common denominator of all the great halls I've seen'
- Meeting a Different Kind of Cruising Challenge
- SPEAK, MEMORY <i> by Vladimir Nabokov (Vintage: $9.95, illustrated) </i>
- To E. Germany's Young, Freedom Is Worth Wait
- Ah, Wilderness! Reservations Needed Even in Remote Northwest
- The Nation : Regatta Protests Exxon Cleanup Efforts
- Arab Gunmen Slay Acting Mayor in West Bank Town
- There'll Be Trouble at Hawthorne High, Pool Hall Foes Claim
- S. Yemen Leader in Jordan
- Helen Shaver stars in the new TV...
- Guard Gets a Robbery Suspect and LAPD Offer
- Southland Roundup : Sonoma State Defeats Cal Lutheran
- Getting Up to Play Falcons? No Problem : The Moment Will Lend Some Needed Fervor to Rams
- Glendale College Falls to Pasadena City, 24-16
- Behind the Scenes at the Getty : It's business as usual for the largely invisible staff of 235
- Capriati Is More Than Two-Handed Backhand
- AROUND HOME : Counted Cross-Stitch
- Temecula Pioneer : 20 Years Later, Callaway Looks Back But Plans Ahead
- REAL Estate FACTS
- Just Say Colombia : CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER <i> by Tom Clancy (G. P. Putnam's Sons: $21.95; 656 pp.; 0-399-13440-9) </i>
- Open Enrollment Wins Favorable Rating: 'It's Nice to Have a Choice'
- Councilman Plans to Plead Innocent : Snavely Wants to Change Plea in Case
- High School Booster Clubs to Gamble on Education : Long Beach Parents Turn to Bingo to Fund Activities, 'Extras'
- The Road Worriers : Fear of Freeways Needn't Bedevil L.A. Drivers
- 'There are more myths in this violin stuff than you can shake a stick at.'
- La Jollan Indicted in Meth Lab Case
- Commentary : If We Work Together, We Can Resuscitate Ailing Health Care System
- Leroy Neff finds a good use for discarded flowers, and reaps a harvest of smiles for his efforts.
- WAC Roundup : Mathis Breaks Record as New Mexico Wins
- South Roundup : Montgomery, Defense Lead North Carolina State, 38-28
- U.S. OPEN TENNIS : Graf Still Has Edge in the Clutch : Navratilova Unravels Again After Taking 6-3, 4-2 Lead
- The High Schools : Conscientious Recycling Efforts Pay Off in Key First Down for Hart
- Pierce Prevails, 40-39, Despite Being Outgained, 554-243
- Redskins Are Really Counting on Gerald Riggs to Carry Load
- Thoughts of Christmas in Their Heads
- Fed Bashing Raises Risks of Inflation
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER : TOMORROW : THE NEXT 25 YEARS: A GOLDEN FUTURE
- Cruising for Some Caribbean Goods
- Confidence Declines
- Sprinkler Advice That Isn't Watered Down : A few adjustments can help prevent overwatering, puddling, clogging.
- County Plan for Malibu Sewer Faces Toughest Test
- 300 March in Bensonhurst
- Deforestation, Traffic : Fast Growth: New Trouble in Steel Town
- Planners OK Building Ban for Mid-City : Pleas From Holden, Residents Succeed
- Clues Point to Murder of Tourist : Daughter's Death Spurs Father's Quest in Kenya
- Officials Seek Ways to End Generations of Poverty : Mississippi Delta Labeled 'America's Ethiopia'
- Simenon: No Mystery to His Fans
- Border Boom Feeding Hazardous-Waste Ills : U.S., Mexican Environmental Agencies Push to Quantify Problems and Identify Polluters
- County to Hold Workshops on Revised Plan for Lennox
- Entrepreneurs Chart Plans to Sell Their Ground Water to Thirsty Cities
- COMMERCIAL SCENE : Tobishima Buys, to Expand State College Plaza
- THE WANING OF THE WEST <i> by Stan Steiner edited with reflections by Emily Skretny Drabanski (St. Martin's Press: $18.95; 300 pp.) </i>
- LAUGHING MATTERS: A Celebration of American Humor <i> selected and edited by Gene Shalit (Ballantine: $14.95, illustrated)</i>
- 'Circular' House Made by Connecting Panels
- A Hero to His Physician : LORD BYRON'S DOCTOR <i> by Paul West (Doubleday: $19.95; 352 pp.; 0-385-26129-2) </i>
- Korea's Master Storyteller : THE BOOK OF MASKS <i> by Hwang Sun-won edited by Martin Holman (Readers International, Box 959, Columbia, LA 71418: $17.95, cloth; $9.95, paper; 172 pp.; 0-930523-57-1) </i>
- Lottery Winner's Victim Wants His Millions
- 'Lord' of the Flies Finds Insight With Insects
- Toast of the Town : Harry's Stirs Social Spoon in La Jolla
- Lessons in Reality : Campaign Aimed at Aiding Drug-Infested Area Finds Hope Despite Many Challenges
- Syracuse Kicker Misses PAT, Ending 11-Year Streak
- New Coaches Break Even in Openers
- Wiere Gains Tennis Wild-Card Semifinals
- The Circus Life
- Anonymous Strains : Often heard, seldom credited; that's life for session musicians
- Films now going into production:Cold Heaven...
- Mark Davis Sets Table and Then Cleans Up Dodgers, 3-1 : Padre Reliever Works Out of Last-Inning Jam
- 52 Die in Truck Plunge
- Tiran Nersoyan; Ex-Armenian Church Leader
- Mean Machines Roar on Empty Night Roads to Settle $100 Bets
- Esther Crighton Has Respect : A 12-Year-Old Fulfills His Mother's Dreams With Drug Profits
- Kurd's Insurgency Is a Thorn in Turkey's Side
- Phoenix Club to Start Quest for Replacement of Its Site in Anaheim
- Nikishka Kicks Back, Then Kicks It In to Win Osunitas
- Menlo Hurts Occidental Playoff Bid Early, 16-14
- Reviving an L.A. Tradition
- Big West Roundup : Fresno St. Gets Past Montana
- Prep Roundup : Whittier Starts Fast, Wins Water Polo Title
- As Olson Goes, So Go the Orioles
- White Pulls Fast One on Red Sox, 8-5
- Antelope Valley Runs Out of Gas : 1st-Quarter Lead Crumbles Under El Camino Surge in 38-17 Loss
- Rutigliano, Liberty Win Opener, 51-27
- NEWS NOTES: The syndicated TV show "Smash...
- Raiders Not Taking Chargers Lightly : Cleats on Other Foot in the Race to Finish Rebuilding
- COMMENTARY : TV & REALITY AS THE LINE BLURS
- 'World' Is Turning a Lot of Heads at Grambling
- Las Vegas Is Blase About Plan to Merge Newspapers
- HOT AND COLD AREAS OF HOME APPRECIATION
- COMMERCIAL SCENE : Law Firm Leases Offices in Orange County Tower
- Owner Should Rent to Unwed Pair
- Rejuvenating a Grande Dame : Scripps Home, an Institution Since 1911, Is Adding On
- Law Leaves Many Workers Unprotected : Congress Takes a New Look at Pensions
- The Education of a Parent Never Ends
- 12 More Cubans Rescued by Coast Guard, Private Boat
- And the Teams They Are a-Changin' : Chargers, Raiders Seeking Identities in Today's Opener
- Big Ten Roundup : Ericksons, Miami Win at Wisconsin, 51-3
- Don't Become 'Accidental Tourist' Aboard Ship
- THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE <i> by Oscar Hijuelos (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $18.95; 405 pp.) </i>
- Fishing for His Son : RIVER SONG <i> by Craig Lesley (Houghton Mifflin: $18.95) 352 pp.; 0-395-43083-6 </i>
- THIS STUBBORN SOIL A Frontier Boyhood <i> by William Owens (Vintage: $8.95)</i>
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER : TODAY : A DAY IN THE LIFE of the Music Center: Visits with 16 people who have roles in its round-the-clock operations-- from out front to backstage, from music to maintenance, from sales to security
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER : YESTERDAY : THE PIONEERS
- The answer is: Alex Trebek and Gail...
- Lord of the Flies : Caltech Professor's Mutant Insects Yield Key Clues to Cell Development
- Still Time to Accomplish More
- Invisible Man : That's an NFL Official--Till He Drops That Yellow Flag
- Samuel Finally Shines for Mets
- In Autos, It's Survival of the Biggest
- Restaurateur Gets Taste of Hotel Development
- Three Californians Win Fellowships
- The Burden of Chile's Night
- Making Child's Play of Cruise Ship Amusements
- The State : Marine Plane, 2 Bodies Found
- Pacific 10 Roundup : Stanford (0-2) Falls to Oregon St., 20-16
- Quibbles & Bits
- AIR FAIR Alice Furlaud's Dispatches From Paris <i> by Alice Furlaud (Gibbs Smith: $9.95; 190 pp.) </i>
- Simple Pleasures on the Hood Canal
- Camp Hammer and Saw : Summer School in Sierra Teaches Students How to Build or Remodel Their Own Homes
- Report Cites Somali Army Atrocities : State Dept. Backs Finding That 5,000 Civilians Were Slain
- 3 Honduran Soldiers Killed in Copter Crash
- Pope Reportedly to Meet With Gorbachev
- Panama Still a Diplomatic Time Fuse for U.S. Foreign Policy in Hemisphere
- O'Grady Is Ready to Retire, but He Will Still Play Golf Now and Zen
- Sooners Win, 33-7, Lose Quarterback
- Southland Roundup : USD's Fogarty Gets First Victory Over Azusa
- Big Eight Roundup : Colorado, Off Slowly, Still Wins
- PRO FOOTBALL / WEEK 1 : THE OTHER GAMES
- THE NEW TV SEASON : Being Jewish in Prime Time : Ethnically, American TV finally seems to be coming of age
- In the Beginning : According to Mark Twain, Chauvinism Can Be Traced Back to Adam
- Test Plaster Wall Crack Before Starting Repairs
- Hurricane Stalls in Atlantic
- Five Best Low-Cash Ways to Finance a Home : Many properties can be bought with small down payments and an imaginative approach.
- Beach Erosion Engineer Called a Godsend, Fake
- Hospital's One-Stop Center Eases Turmoil of Alzheimer's Patients
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse Seen as Biggest Threat
- Opposition to Rail Line Reasserted by Homeowners
- Latinos Protest Border Policies
- Anti-Drug Push Needs Restraint
- Northridge Richer Despite 27-20 Loss : Matadors Gain Valuable Experience Against Division I Foe Fullerton
- Kings Notebook : First Practice Leaves Crowd in Happy Fog
- Washington, Sporting New Look, Beats Texas A&M;, 19-6
- UCSD Teams Sweep in Cross-Country at Fullerton
- American League Roundup : Here Comes the Sun: Yankees' Hall Goes From Hero to Goat as A's Win
- Racing at Del Mar : Nikishka Wins Osunitas Handicap
- Getting Down Home JAMAICAN
- COMMERCIAL SCENE : Hollywood USO Building Bought by TV Producers
- Toll Road Warrior : Will Californians Pay to Avoid Snarled Freeways? Libertarian Bob Poole Is Fighting to Give Them the Chance
- COMMERCIAL SCENE : First Phase of Watson I-15 Business Center Completed
- A Deserving Curtain Call for the Pasadena Playhouse
- An Inspired Life
- KEEP IT SIMPLE : Cut the Legalese, Say It Straight in Plain English, Bar Tells Lawyers
- Medfly's Return : But This Time Spraying to Eradicate the Pest Stirs No Controversy in Area That Led State Uproar in '80
- Trade School in Rosemead Says the Key Is Computers
- Oregonian Named Envoy
- Hell's Angels (AMC Sunday at 1:45 p.m.,...
- Events in the news this week.
- As Cold War Ebbs, Talk of German Reunification Gains; Is This Good News?
- Commentary : Cutting Through Sewage Debate Rhetoric
- Ferraro Faults Mayor's Aides in Attacking Tuttle
- INSTANT LEGEND : Ben McDonald Gets Two Outs With First Pitch in Majors
- SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR GARDENERS
- Golden Bamboo for Decoration
- AROUND HOME : Kid Cooks
- San Juan Leads the Way in Move to Preserve Hills
- LOTTERY RESULTS: SEPT. 9
- Cal Lutheran Falls Short Against Sonoma State, 17-9
- McLemore the Man: His Key Single Helps Angels Beat Boston
- East Roundup : Virginia Recovers From Loss, Beats No. 12 Penn State, 14-6
- No more than one in five athletes...
- First Losing Season Has Pushed Joe Paterno to a Renewed Focus
- For Openers, Winning Can Be Long-Term Investment
- University City Rolls Over Serra
- World Cup Track and Field Meet : Coe Can't Sidestep Bile, Is Second in 1,500
- New Madame Wu's Will Be Smaller--Big Is Out of Style
- If you're heading for central Florida and...
- Heal the Pain of the Underclass
- Baseball : Mookie's Arrival Provided Spark to Get Blue Jays Going
- Mary Star Beats Miraleste in Their First Game Ever
- Scribblings of the Stars : Head of theater never draws the line in seeking doodles for benefit
- Never Enough
- Costly Substitutes for Replacing Love of a Human Being
- A Shaky Economic House of Cards
- "This was basically a career decision. I...
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER : A GRAND DESIGN
- MOTHERWIT An Alabama Midwife's Story <i> by Onnie Lee Logan as told to Katherine Clark (E.P. Dutton: $16.95; 177 pp.) </i>
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER : YESTERDAY : THE EVOLVING YEARS : A Music Center chronology: from the travails of early aspirations to the triumph of tenacity. How Los Angeles built a cultural showplace
- Romania Isolated by Ceausescu's Stalinism in Changing East Bloc
- President Declares War but Can't Pay for Troops
- Dealing With Narcotics, Dealing Out the Poor : Slaying the Drug Dragon: First, Identify the Problem
- College Roundup : Fullerton Falls to USC in Women's Volleyball
- Titans Survive a Scare by Rallying to Beat Division II Northridge
- Southeastern Roundup : Ole Miss Upsets Florida
- National League Roundup : Reinforcements Keep Cubs on Top of Hill, 3-2
- Golf : LPGA Returns to Los Coyotes After 18 Years
- Press Adds to NASCAR Lead With Saugus Win
- Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger rekindle the...
- Long Beach's JoAnn Falletta Offers an Alternative
- Toshiba Buy-In Shows Imaging Field's Growth
- Greenland Winter Is Long, Tourist Season's Short
- Several Factors Can Add Up to Longer Life Expectancy
- Study Links Divorce Rates, Differing Education Levels
- The Elegance of the London-Los Angeles Connection
- Santa Monica's Third Street Mall Set to Promenade : Reopens Saturday With High Hopes After an Elaborate Face Lift by City
- Confronting a Musical Apartheid : Rocker Vinnie James Rejects Color Parameters of Pop but Also Forswears Anger
- Viewpoints : THE MIND AS WEALTH : In the world's new economic order, power and riches flow not from concrete, material things, but from knowledge.
- Kelly Anchored to Neighborhood
- Fresh Plan for Buying First Home
- In Nineteen Hundred Ninety Two, Columbus : CHRISTOPHER UNBORN <i> by Carlos Fuentes; translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $19.95; 569 pp.; 0-374-12334-9) </i>
- Knowing Legal Rights May Avoid Trip to Court : Home buyers and sellers should be aware how to avoid most common lawsuits.
- London Is Ticket to Award-Winning Theatrical Events
- Auditions Set for Young Musicians Orchestra
- U.S. Urged to Qualify Aid to Cambodian Rebel Factions
- La Canada Family Terrorized by Robbers
- Tells Baseball Stories, Jokes Day After Brain Surgery : Reagan Making an 'Excellent Recovery'
- Jewelry Chain Plans Move to Monrovia
- A Turbulent Initiation for Mazowiecki Amid Political, Religious Controversies
- Mothballed School Ready to Relieve Crowding
- The Shoe : Winningest Jockey in History Will Be Honored Today at Track Where He Surpassed Johnny Longden's Record
- El Camino Lives Up to Preseason Rating
- Community College Football Roundup : Fullerton Drinks Deeply, 38-6, in Rout of College of the Desert
- GAG RULE : Mum Will Become Word for Usually Vocal Crowds Around NFL This Season
- It's a Tennessee Waltz Over UCLA : Volunteers Score Fast, Furious in 24-6 Victory
- STOPS SWINGING : Evert Faces Facts, Sees That Her Time Has Come
- A Summer of Some Substance : Blockbusters had no monopoly on special moments
- The Weill Revival
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER
- Hazardous Duty : Lifeguards Take Cover With Sunscreens, Shirts and Shades
- Weaving a Picture of a Small Town : AUGUST HEAT <i> by Beth Lordan (Harper & Row: $16.95; 256 pp.) </i>
- Tradition With a Twist : Bold Color and Easy Shapes Give Classic Menswear a Shot in the Arm
- Cypriot Foundation Helps Orphaned and Homeless Children in Lebanon
- Teachers OK 3-Year Pact in Lynwood
- Huntington Park 7% Utility Tax on Tuesday Ballot : Plan Would Hike Average Bill $10 to Raise $2.74 Million a Year
- EPA to Contact Possible Water Contaminators
- Environment : Notes about your surroundings.
- Academy Award-winning film veteran Walter Matthau will...
- HORSING AROUND : Leisure World 'Kids' Take to Saddles for Fall Show Ending 25th Anniversary
- Nassco Shows Damaged Part of Valdez Hull
- 2 Ways of Life Collide in Fast-Growing Moorpark
- Major Harris Knows How to Run Show
- Scoreboard-Watching Not for Birds These Days
- MONEY GAMES : Samaranch's Legacy Will Be Greening of the Olympics
- Clemson Surprises Both Its Coach and Florida State, 34-23
- Beginners Accepted
- The Stones: Just Rolling on Nostalgia? : Already a hit, the tour now aims at proving band's relevance
- Part 2: Arnold to the Rescue : In 'Total Recall,' Mr. Universe saves Mars; but first he had to save the movie
- COMMERCIAL SCENE : Southern Pacific Moving Its L.A. Headquarters to Monterey Park
- Detectors Designed to Sniff Out Plastic Explosives
- Interior Designers
- Unsold Home Inventory Still Is Lowest in Decade
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER : YESTERDAY : THE PIONEERS
- Memories of a South Korean Vietnam War Veteran : WHITE BADGE A Novel of Korea <i> by Ahn Junghyo; translated from the original Korean by the author (Soho Press: $19.95; 347 pp.; 0-939149-16-8) </i>
- ENCORE! CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE MUSIC CENTER : Words on Music
- Tentative Pact Reached in Bank of America Suit
- Parents Guilty of Starving Son to Death
- Downey Official Quits Dual Post, Gives No Reason
- Hearing Set on Lab, Toxic Warehouse : Downey Has Fears About New Facility
- Fleet Negligible, Shipyards in Disrepair : Glorious Portuguese Navy Is No More
- Missing Girl, 5, Just Took a Nap on the School Bus
- In Soviet Arms Talks, U.S. Takes Troubling Stance on 'Stealth' Missiles
- 50 Students, Parents Boycott Retest for Invalidated Exam
- Music, Theater Groups Schedule Fall Auditions
- Cabrillo Bridge Closed to Vehicles