- Shooting Basketballs Instead of Guns : Gangs: Midnight games sponsored by the city lure young men from the South-Central L.A. shadows and into healthy competition.
- Foothill Forced to Forfeit Game Against Villa Park
- This One Is Guaranteed for Good Horse Laugh
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- Music and Dance Reviews : Ivo Pogorelich in Mixed Program at Chandler Pavilion
- Nielsen Examines Ratings System: A. C. Nielsen...
- Alan Sprague has joined the retail division...
- Electronic Clearing Settles SEC Charges
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : VIEW FROM THE STREET : Stocks With Fat Yields Often Have Thin Prices
- Transcon Lines Lays Off Most of Its 3,000 Truckers
- Fluor Daniel Wins 2 Contracts, Renews Another
- Thomas A. May and Stephen F. Yunker...
- GM Seeks to Double Chairman's Pension : Compensation: Directors will vote on increasing from $550,000 to $1.1 million a year the pension for Roger Smith, whose company lost 11 percentage points in market share during his leadership.
- STATE : McCarthy Defaults on S&L; Loan
- Union Urges Rejection of Kaiser Contract Offer
- Gang Member Convicted of Murdering 2 in 1982
- What I Did on My Vacation
- Pillar of the New European Order : NATO: It is not simply an alliance against threat or intimidation. It is a model of partnership and a vision of a Europe of peace in freedom.
- Defense Claims It Would Be a 'Cruel Hoax' to Deny Hearing to Harris
- Quarterback Major Harris of West Virginia will...
- Orioles Cross Up the Book : Angels: Anderson hits away instead of bunting, giving Baltimore a 2-1 victory in 12 innings.
- Yankees' Deion Sanders Joins Players Sent to Minors
- PREP ROUNDUP : La Quinta Wins Tennis Title
- DANCE
- CLASSICAL MUSIC : Female Composers Give Way to 'Androgynous' Concerts
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : VIEW FROM THE STREET : The Risks Are High, but Many IPOs Outperform the Market
- Thermo Instrument Systems Inc. has commenced, through...
- William Morris Buys 250 Next Workstations : Technology: The $2.5-million deal marks the first significant corporate purchase of Steven Jobs' latest computer.
- Art Publisher/Retailer to Repurchase Stock
- Heir's Effort to Dissolve Freedom Newspapers Stymied
- Opposition Under Attack in Myanmar : Southeast Asia: The Burmese will soon vote in the first multi-party balloting in 30 years. But Western diplomats say the elections already 'are not free and fair.'
- Settlers Exit Jerusalem Building
- Plan Asks Printing Names of Scofflaws : Parking fines: Mayor calls for changes in state law to allow city to better collect some of the $226.6 million in unpaid tickets.
- Medfly Spraying Could End Soon; Then Again . . .
- Orly Lapin Wins Latest Battle: Arson Case Thrown Out
- Edison Portrayer Tries to Get Kids to Turn On to Science
- Two St. John's University lacrosse players and...
- Divac Is Used to Pressure : NBA playoffs: Laker is rookie at postseason play in the U.S., but he is a veteran on the international level. To him, it's <i> nema frke</i> .
- Tewell Needs No Pull to Be Cypress' Leader
- Casey Interviewed at George Washington
- Mahler Hurt as Reds Lose to Phillies, 4-2
- Michael Milken
- Music : Impresario Unveils Oddball Triple Bill in Long Beach
- SHORT TAKES : Hospital Releases B. B. King
- Kirstie Alley Credits Sobriety in Her Success : Drugs: The 'Cheers' star has been off cocaine 11 years but still helps others battle addiction.
- Bruce Resnikoff has been named senior vice...
- As the yield on 30-year U. S....
- Are San Diegans Taking a Hosing on Gas Prices?
- Kilpatrick, 66, Calcomp Co-Founder, Dies
- Vincent Taormina has been named principal in...
- Amwest's 1st Quarter Profit Drops 28% From '89
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : THE BOTTOM LINE : Oil, Utility and Bank Firms Lead Profit List : Atlantic Richfield regained the No. 1 spot as Chevron sank. Financial services firms had some of the biggest absolute losses.
- Financial Markets : S. Korean Ministers Meet After Market Plunge, Unrest
- Cal Poly Ends Annual Fest; Blames Rioting
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : WHO, WHAT & WHERE : Notes and Explanations
- THE ECONOMY : Income Up, but Spending Declines as Prices Increase
- AUTOMOTIVE : Irvine's New Mazda Retailer Will Be County's 2nd Foreign-Owned Dealer
- Bush Expected to See De Klerk, Mandela in June
- Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, has...
- EARNINGS : Boeing Profit Soars 87% in First Quarter
- Pepsico Inc.: The Purchase, N.Y., beverage firm...
- Robert G. Esch has been promoted to...
- Lynne Howe has been named a mortgage...
- Sue Gutierrez has been promoted to application...
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : THE FAST TRACK : Trying to Make the Big Leagues : An acquisition with IBM's help may allow Silicon Valley Group to become a major supplier of chip manufacturing equipment.
- Vatican, Romania to Re-Establish Diplomatic Ties Cut 40 Years Ago
- NEWS ANALYSIS : First Step to European Unity: Deciding What It Means : Diplomacy: EC nations want to form a single political body. They are still sparring over its strength and structure.
- Next Step : S. Africa's Conference of Many Colors : The ruling Afrikaners are about to sit down with their longtime enemies of the African National Congress. Even if successful, these 'talks about talks' are only the beginning of a long and rocky journey.
- HEALTH : Burning Boy Puzzles Doctors
- Documentary : From France to England--Underground : Come with us down inside the $12-billion Channel Tunnel, where diggers have died and progress is measured in inches. When it's finished, Britain will no longer be an island nation.
- Aide Says Pierce Used Favoritism in HUD Grants
- FULLERTON : Value of Crossing Easement Disputed
- IRVINE : UCI Quiz Kids Saw Trouble Coming Up
- ORANGE : Chapman Gets No. 2 Man From N.Y.
- ORANGE : School Board OKs Portable Classrooms
- Twelve shopping malls in Greater L.A. are...
- I Don't Like What I'm Paying For : Taxes: We're spending huge sums for defense against former foes; a woman shivers in the night.
- She's So Persuasive Judges Carry Her Bags : Courts: Sheila Gonzalez started out filing parking tickets in Glendale. Twenty-two years later, the popular administrator runs the Ventura County Courthouse.
- Countywide : 7 Students Selected to Attend Academies
- Countywide : County Issue Tent City Jail for Drug Users?
- Revolving Door Still Going for Yankees
- Team Lukas Again Mounts Derby Assault
- TODAY AT AFI FESTIVAL
- GOSPEL MUSIC REVIEW : Winans Herald a Return to Basic Notions of Religion
- Flight Testing of the B-2 Resumes: The...
- High-Tech Facility Ushers in New Era of State Prisons
- Suit Challenging Tax Exemption for Church Dismissed
- Texas Schools Face Funds Cutoff Over Rich-Poor Districts Issue
- NEWSMAKERS
- IRVINE : Policy on Grades, Activities Proposed
- Disabled Workers Train for Jobs Behind the Counter at Sam's Cafe
- Mother's Plea Carries Weight With Judge
- Tenant Shot to Death in Dispute Over Damage
- Not the Right 'Habitat,' Encanto Says : Housing: Residents of Southeast resist low-income homes to be built by volunteers, including former President Jimmy Carter.
- TRIPLE CROWN RATINGS
- NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Reds, Rijo Turn Back Phillies, 6-2
- No Sanctions Levied Against SDSU Football
- Triple Crown Poll
- Viewers Still Love Lucy, Ratings Show
- Vitesse Ends 1st Profitable Quarter, Grows Overseas
- Carson, University Have Sights Set on Ending Valley's Baseball Reign
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Cypress Wins, 5-0, to Clinch Softball Title
- THE SIDELINES : Mudd Can't Defend Classic Title
- THE SIDELINES : 2 Sentenced in Dale Ellis Case
- New Age Priestess Testing TV Act at Nightclub
- NBC Network Stays on Top of the Ratings
- 'Vanities' Starts a Bronx Bonfire : Movies: The shooting of the Tom Wolfe novel is creating a stir. The borough president wants the film to carry a disclaimer.
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : THE BOTTOM LINE : Banks Take High Ground as S&L; Industry Staggers : The state's financial firms had a mixed year. Banks continued to improve; S&Ls; were in the tank. The race went to the cautious.
- Aims of Technology Group
- Regional Outlook : For the Middle East, Arms Control Is No Longer Unthinkable : Poison gas, ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons have raised the stakes to unprecedented heights. This balance of terror may one day push old enemies into a new willingness to talk.
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : INDUSTRY REPORT : In Some Industries, the Few Affected the Many : Spectacular losses by a handful of financial services companies put a heavy drag on the average earnings of California firms in '89.
- Profile : In Lithuania, a Leader Steps From the Shadows : Communist boss Algirdas Brazauskas was sidelined in the rush for independence. But his courage in standing up to Moscow has made him more popular than the Pope--and given him new political strength.
- The Times 100 : The...
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : INDUSTRY REPORT : Many of the Biggest Names Are Conspicuously Absent : A lot of the state's highest-profile corporations, agencies and institutions weren't eligible for inclusion in The Times' survey.
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : VIEW FROM THE STREET : Investors Think Well of State's Big Players : Led by oil companies, California's giants kept pace with the popular stock averages, posting an overall 17% gain in market value.
- Doing Business : Trying to Keep Up With an Economy Gone Loco : American Express' manager in Buenos Aires marshals his troops for battle every time hyper-inflation attacks. When the cost of money hits 1% an hour, it can be, as he puts it, 'rather dramatic.'
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : VIEW FROM THE STREET : High-Tech Stocks Won Hearts of Many; Will It Stay That Way? : Analysts say investors shouldn't count on the same appreciation from last year's high fliers and may get better results elsewhere.
- Ventura West a Fine Marina
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : THE BOTTOM LINE : 'Rocky Road' at Dreyer's Is Now Paved With Gold : After an expensive but successful expansion cut profits, the ice cream maker is back on track with new products and a joint venture in Japan.
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : WHO, WHAT & WHERE : Digging for Data: How It All Came Together : Researchers pored over information on 830 California companies to uncover those that met criteria set by The Times and MZ Group.
- Environment : A River, a Dam--and an Old Man's Last Battle : The Baba Amte has decided to die in a ghost village doomed to be flooded by a super-dam. He makes no speeches, but his frail presence has rallied conservationists and shaken the halls of government.
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- Newly Acquitted O.C. Man Arrested in Gang Slaying
- COLUMN ONE : Clearing the Air for All to See : A haze over the Grand Canyon could force a costly cleanup at an Arizona power plant. Is pollution near parks the next big environmental battleground?
- Rancher May Face Civil Charges in 'Slave' Case : Labor: The district attorney considers seeking fines against the flower ranch owner accused of imprisoning workers.
- The Times 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : REGIONAL PROFILES : Hard Knocks--but No Knockout--in L.A. : Weakness in the aerospace, S&L; and computer sectors resulted in a 25% fall in income for the county's publicly traded firms.
- MAY DAY, MAY DAY: In Orange County,...
- Noriega's Legal Team Asks to Quit : Narcotics: The ex-dictator's lawyers cry foul. They say seizure of his assets has left him unable to afford a defense.
- New Commuter Service Gets Off on Right Track
- A Funeral in Germany, So Very Long Overdue : Nazi victims: Human beings whose remains were exploited by doctors who knew no compassion must be remembered; one way is to document the abuses and crimes.
- Commuter Train's Inaugural Run a Success