- Bobby Lyle Live: Another Story
- O.C. POP MUSIC REVIEW : Jackson Has His Moments : Half the Irvine Meadows' set was from Browne's glory days of writing, emotionally hefty but a bit predictable.
- Music : A Bounty of Bartok at Getty
- CHINA
- Bird Medical Technologies Inc. announced the appointment...
- Clothing Line Wins Backers and Wearers : Placentia Firm's Sportswear Carries Slogans of Latino Pride
- Population Conclave Faces Sharp Clashes
- His Golden Summer Was Turned to Brass : Gambling: The Legend was on a roll until the baseball strike of 1981 began. His Midas touch then proved elusive.
- SOUTH KOREA
- Capital Gains Exclusion Once-in-a-Lifetime Break : Taxation: Provision presents complications when widowed or divorced people remarry in their later years.
- O.C. Legislator, Gun Lobby Duel Over School Violence
- A Promising Reform for State Superfund : Because of its significance, toxic-cleanup bill must not be rushed into law
- Woman Fatally Shot in Anaheim
- Breaking Up the Party on the Boardwalk : Venice: Hammer-wielding residents allegedly smash picnic tables they say are used for raucous late-night meeting sites.
- 2 Murder Suspects Flee After Foiled Robbery
- Fresno, Ohio St. Take Early Look : Pigskin Classic: The teams meet at Anaheim Stadium eager for indication of what their seasons will hold.
- BOXING : Borboa Makes Sixth Defense of IBF Title at Forum Tonight
- All-Pervasive TV Glues Society Together : Culture: TV shows make references to other TV shows, and viewers love to see that connection, sharing a culture that's obsessed with television.
- Choate Named Executive at FCB
- Japan to Complain of U.S. Restrictions : Trade: GATT data show America is even more closed to foreign telecommunications and medical equipment.
- 2 Owners of TMI Fund Dispute Suit's Allegations : Investing: They respond in detail to fraud accusations, calling them untrue.
- Technology to Bring Legislative Process to High School Students : Education: Videotapes from the Capitol and electronic town hall meetings will give youths a chance to learn more about state government.
- Experts Say Low-Income Housing Program Not Easily Abused : Tax credits: Gary Lefkowitz's alleged misdeeds began in the program's early years, when regulatory oversight was minimal, authorities say.
- TUSTIN : Panel to Weigh Uses of Science Lab Grant
- Playin' the Angles : Teen Parlays Love of Fishing Into Job as Deckhand
- For the Lake's Sake : Keeping Algae Growth Down, Water Level Up Takes Delicate Balancing Act
- DEL MAR : Paseana Wins the Chula Vista Over Exchange
- Birdie String Only Part of This Comeback Story : LPGA: Nause, barely able to walk last year because of illness, scores first victory since 1991.
- BASEBALL STRIKE: DEVELOPMENTS FROM DAY 17
- ECONOMY
- The Southland
- Mexico Is Winding Up Its First Vote Without Horse-Trading : Elections: A central computer is keeping precinct-by-precinct tally, negating the traditional back-room dealings.
- Holdup Victim Shot, Survives 15 Hours in Grave-Like Hole
- Twisters Kill 4, Rip Homes in Wisconsin : Disaster: Tornadoes smash through farm communities, causing millions of dollars in damage. National Guard sent to help.
- Study Shows Drug Abuse Programs Are Cost-Effective
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : Apartments a Haven for Single Mothers
- Identity Crisis : Harrison Twins--Calvin and Alvin--Could Outrun Everything Except Their Shortcomings
- TV REVIEW : TBS Tackles Earth's Problems, Solutions
- PREP FOOTBALL '94 / CENTURY LEAGUE : El Modena
- ECONOMY
- A Bad Sign
- Cultural Divide at Guantanamo Poses Challenge
- Stanford Is Stenstrom's Quarterbacking Clinic : Football: Under Walsh's tutelage, El Toro graduate prepares for his senior season with the Cardinal, and possibly the NFL.
- TMI Owners Answer Allegations : Q&A;: They say recession, not fraud, has depressed the value of the real estate syndicate's holdings but that the firm is profitable.
- * Kimberly Matheson has been appointed executive...
- JAPAN
- Northridge Little League National Champions : Game-by-Game Account of Road to Williamsport : DISTRICT 40 TOURNAMENT
- SWEET ACRES: The corn is being given...
- Gung-Ho Conservative's Goodby : Legislature: Gil Ferguson, colorful, spirited standard- bearer for the ideological right, is leaving the Assembly. Love him or loathe him, you know where he stands.
- At Least 50 Dead in Moldova Floods
- Union Endorses 5 Election Candidates
- Veins of Gold
- CYPRESS : Council Balks at Housing Proposal
- PREP FOOTBALL '94 / CENTURY LEAGUE : Orange
- Pop : Mixed Pop Grooves at Greek
- BOOK REVIEW / NOVEL : A Life Warped by the Psychological Scars of Childhood : DINA'S BOOK <i> By Harriet Wassmo</i> , <i> Translated from Norwegian by Nadia M. Christensen</i> ,Arcade Publishing, $22.95, 448 pages
- Heroes' Welcome Greets Northridge Little Leaguers
- Economic Profile
- Crying Wolf With the Race Card : African Americans should not allow their leaders to duck real political issues with false charges of racism.
- MOTOR RACING ROUNDUP : Schumacher Stripped of Belgian Victory
- Nebraska Routs West Virginia, 31-0 : College football: Quarterback Frazier runs for three touchdowns as Cornhuskers easily win Kickoff Classic.
- JAZZ REVIEWS : Torme and Laws Deliver a Mixed Program at the Bowl
- COLUMN ONE : New Niches for Funeral Marketers : Gypsies, Buddhists and the Baha'i are among groups courted by an industry that is mixing culture and commercialism to offset a decline in traditional burials.
- Today's Topic
- Pickets Bare Feelings About Nudity : Protest: Garden Grove group takes to street to oppose rumored return of a proposal for a nude juice bar. City has rejected the plan, now in the courts.
- PREP FOOTBALL '94 / CENTURY LEAGUE : Canyon
- Salonen Has a Triumphant Homecoming in Finland : Music: The inaugural concert of the L.A. Philharmonic's European tour was greeted by a rapturous seven-minute ovation.
- Wilson Seeks Lift From Wave of Boat People
- Valley Little Leaguers Get a Hero's Welcome : Homecoming: Family, friends and onlookers gather at LAX to offer 'Earthquake Kids' a rousing greeting.
- LAUGH LINES : Jokes
- Fight Allegedly Escalates to Attempted Murder
- CALIFORNIA COMMENTARY : The 'Earthquake Crisis' Is an Insurance Hoax : The court has ensured that Prop. 103 will keep companies from exploiting disasters to get unjustified rate hikes.
- Fire Stations Hit by Rash of Burglaries
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE : Aid to Gardeners Nurtures Seeds of Community
- ORANGE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE : Spark of Life in Bid to Keep the Rams
- City Plans to Prohibit U-Turns at Narrow Intersection
- TV Makers Watching for a Second Record Year of Sales
- David J. Brotman has been elected vice...
- Five DEA Agents Killed in Crash in Peruvian Jungle
- Lost Tribe Applicants Stir Debate on Israel Citizenship
- Northridge Little League National Champions : Making a Run at Glory and Fun : Little League: Dream season was two years in the making for Northridge's U.S. champions.
- U.S. Signals Cuba It's Ready to Deal : Refugees: Secretary of state says Administration may ease restrictions on legal immigration. Statement appears meant to encourage progress at upcoming talks.
- All Hail the Boys of Summer : Northridge Little League team represented a community, and a nation, so very well
- Kids Line Up for Free Shots and Checkups at Health Fair
- Gripe : Teacher Who Disciplines Faces Unjust Labeling
- Community Comment : Crime Bill: 'Too Many Prisons, Not Enough Prevention'
- FULLERTON : Cal State Chief Fiscal Officer to Leave Post
- Touching Back : Payam Saadat Returns to Football After Losing Left Hand in Explosion
- BEACH VOLLEYBALL : Celebration Cut Short for Kiraly
- Some Relocated GM Workers Feeling Duped : Labor: They moved to Midwest to work at plant that's been sold. Union, company say pact will address concerns.
- Mission First Names Affordable Housing Vice President
- Fund Manager Blazes Own Trail in Investment Jungle : Profile: G. Kenneth Heebner's CGM Capital Development was one of Peter Lynch's main rivals.
- * Don Palmquist has been appointed an...
- Funess Named President of Manning Selvage & Lee Unit
- COMMITMENTS : After the Big Breakup : Women Don't Hurt <i> More </i> Than Men at Romance's End, Just Differently
- COMMITMENTS : After the Big Breakup : It's over. But denying the pain won't make it go away. You've got to give yourself time to mourn--then move on.
- China Frees '89 Tian An Men Leader After 12 Hours
- Avon Is Calling, and It's a Jungle Out There : Brazil: Women find independence doing big business in the Amazon.
- COUNTYWIDE : Colleges to Target Kindergartners
- LOS ALAMITOS : Oak Middle School Status Hearing Set
- Mexico Election: Fraud Around the Fringes : Zedillo has potential to rise above the limited irregularities
- LAKE CASITAS : Bikers Raise $17,000 for Kids Needing Organs
- GOLF ROUNDUP : One-Stroke Victory Nets Olazabal $360,000
- Unlikely Hero Leads Splash to Division Title : Soccer: Bruch, coach of the Marina High girls' team, gets in the game, then scores winner in overtime.
- PREP FOOTBALL '94 / CENTURY LEAGUE : Foothill
- Favored Paradise Creek Gives Day His First Arlington Million
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Indigo Girls All Business on Love Tunes
- With Comeback, Tiger Puts U.S. Title in Tank : Golf: Woods, 18, makes up six-hole deficit and becomes youngest ever to win national amateur championship.
- With Comeback, Tiger Puts U.S. Title in Tank : Golf: Woods, 18, makes up six-hole deficit and becomes youngest to win national amateur championship.
- Cindy Crawford, Actress
- PREP FOOTBALL '94 / CENTURY LEAGUE : Cherrington Sticks to Familiar Territory : Football: Santa Ana Valley's star running back is not going anywhere, despite all the rumors.
- The Pacific : Westinghouse, Pitney Bowes to Sign $160-Million China Deals : Trade: Commerce secretary expects U.S. firms to sign billions of dollars worth of agreements in Asia.
- ENTERTAINMENT
- Russia's Far East Reportedly Facing Harvest Disaster
- Lite Love: Making It Work
- A Hot Spot for Vacationers : Foreign Travelers Flock to Death Valley to Experience Its Extreme Temperatures
- Mayor, Judge at Odds Over Curfew Enforcement
- 2 Are Killed, 1 Wounded in Shooting
- Little Appreciation for MTA Tokens
- VENTURA : Housing Allocations Expected Today
- OXNARD : 2 Die, Several Hurt in Auto Accidents
- Sports Books Hope for Postseason : Las Vegas: Loss of regular-season games pales compared with $240 million that is bet on playoffs, Series.
- PREP FOOTBALL '94 / CENTURY LEAGUE : IN REVIEW
- Champion ballroom dancers from around the world...
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Amos Earns Diva Wings, Supplies Own Halo
- Recalling the Good Old Days . . . Sort of
- Report Reveals Spy Agencies' Budget Plans
- The Music Moves Him : At his traveling dance parties, DJ Dion Grant pumps up the volume--and, he hopes studentmorale. He wants to show kids that school doesn't have to be a downer.
- Up to $50 Million Lost in Housing Scheme, U.S. Says : Crime: Southland businessman accused of diverting funds from investors, federal treasury. He pleads not guilty.
- ALISO VIEJO : New Ice Rink Slated to Open Next Month
- MISSION VIEJO : City Rejects Owner's Appeal to Keep Sign
- Rams Release Henley, Might Re-sign Him : Pro football: Team would consider adding cornerback later should his bail restrictions lessen. Running back Gary also let go along with four others.
- Pitching Change Has Been Stephenson's Ticket
- MOVIESBorn to Be No. 1: Oliver Stone's...
- VENTURA COUNTY FAIR : Flying U Rodeo the Star on Final Day : Festival: Bucking broncos and cowboys show off. Officials estimate a drop-off in attendance this year.
- VILLA PARK : Council Asks Rebate for Cable Subscribers
- Youth Opinion : A Tale of Two Brothers: Gang Leader, Class President
- Arena Proposal Heats Up Race for New Facility : Sports: Developers unveil plans for 20,000-seat building next to Harbor Freeway. Four Downtown sites are competing for teams.
- MOUNTAIN BIKES : Giove's Victory Completes Successful Weekend
- It's Time for Players to Return
- The Force Is With 'Tenochtitlan' : Pop music review: The second major <i> rock en espanol </i> festival of the year showcased three of the most interesting young bands from south of the border in powerful performances.
- The Pacific : Airport Expected to Help Region Take Off : Japan: New Osaka facility is key to a strategy to make the area a center for Asian business.
- POLITICS : High Stakes for Both Parties in 3 Key Tennessee Races
- The Reason You're Always Tired Might Be Lying Next to You
- Northridge Little League National Champions : Voices
- DEMAND & SUPPLY: In 1990, 687,000 cars...
- Northridge Little League National Champions : Making a Run at Glory and Fun : Coaches: Spirit of volunteerism--as exemplified by Frank Polito--has been a hallmark of Little League baseball.
- Don't Repeat Haiti Errors in Cuba : Foreign policy: It's a mistake to let domestic politics force a hasty strategy that becomes 'democracy by starvation.'
- WESTMINSTER : Liquor License Rules May Be Stiffened
- Pollyanna, Pull Your Head From the Sand
- PREP FOOTBALL '94 / CENTURY LEAGUE : Villa Park
- PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Dolphin Linebacker Offerdahl Retires
- Two Gaps in the TV Tapestry : What kind of rationale did program officials at Fox use when they canceled 'South Central,' but kept 'Models Inc.' on the fall lineup?
- Have Stocks Broken Into the Clear at Last?
- Sagansky Expected to Be Named Head of Sony Software : Entertainment: Ex-CBS executive is said to be in final negotiations.
- HONG KONG
- Vacationing Clintons Hear Sermon of Rest
- A Glance at a Silent Eye Disease
- Finding a Formula for a Clean Lake : Westlake: Caretakers of tranquil residential waterway struggle to keep algae and evaporation in check. A third well may be needed, they say.
- Sierra Leone Sprinter Tests Positive for Drug
- It's Not True That 'Lies' Helps Women
- MOORPARK, THOUSAND OAKS : Ring Suspected in Thefts of Cigarettes
- Glendale Fights for Survival of Alex Theater After Deal Sours : Entertainment: The city must pay $600,000 to keep Art Deco palace open after manager pleads poverty, cancels shows.
- Bullfrogs' Semifinal Series Starts at Portland Tonight
- Two Gaps in the TV Tapestry : Dropping 'In Living Color' leaves a void. Where else could viewers find satire without regard to race as long as the skits were funny?
- Subway Tunneling
- Campaign Comparison
- Congressional Trade
- Future of Labor Movement
- Disney History Park
- Death Penalty
- Huffington's Senate Campaign
- Los Angeles County - News from Aug. 29, 1994
- Obituaries - Aug. 29, 1994
- Notes on a Scorecard - Aug. 29, 1994
- San Diego County - News from Aug. 29, 1994
- Law, Health Officials Seek to Establish Drug Court : Justice: The focus would be on rehabilitating nonviolent offenders through treatment, testing. Failure would mean jail.
- JAZZ REVIEWS : Gibbs Quartet Lacks Cohesion
- Sagansky Expected to Get High Sony Post
- Working People : Worker Safety: 'It Pays'
- Joe Roth Grapples With the Katzenberg Legacy : The incoming head of Disney's live-action film unit faces daunting challenges, not the least of which is dealing with the emotional toll caused by the former studio chief's exit.
- Is Your Luggage a Mess? Welcome to the Fold
- Few Workers Using Family Leave Law : Only 1% of personnel at most California firms are taking the 12 weeks. Business wonders what the fuss was about.
- Home at Last : After Making Their Home in Park LaBrea for 40 Years, Couple in Their 90s Tire of Paying Rent and Buy the First Place They Look at--for Cash
- Readers Recommend
- THE LANDS OF CHARM AND CRUELTY: Travels...
- Chinese Poetry in Motion
- Stand-Up Just Can't Sit Still
- Common Time : MEASURE FOR MEASURE: A Musical History of Science, <i> By Thomas Levenson (Simon & Schuster: $25; 351 pp.)</i>
- THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS ...
- Mad About Hue : Alexander Theroux's eccentric, elegant essays will make you wonder why you ever took colors for granted. : THE PRIMARY COLORS: Three Essays, <i> By Alexander Theroux (Henry Holt: $17.95; 268 pp.)</i>
- For dedicated gardeners, here are suggestions...
- Avoiding Ear Problems Aloft
- ISDN: An 'Irrelevant' Technology About to Open Up the Future
- Sit Down With Loan Arrangers at Times' Expo
- Now Is a Good Time to Get Into Foreign Bonds
- Pollution Often Part of Package Deal With Eastern Bloc Firms : Environment: Western investors buying interests in state-owned companies may find themselves liable for cleanup.
- Close-Up : Say Big Cheese
- Weekend Escape: Mammoth : A two-family getaway involving a rented van, a condo, and the mellower pleasures of summer in a well-known hotdogger's paradise
- IDALIS IN THE HOUSE
- Scientologists File Petition to Rename Street
- LEARN Registration Is Open
- Offshore Oil Drilling Ban OKd by Senate : Environment: Measure affecting entire state coast is narrowly approved and sent to Assembly. It does not include existing leases or wells.
- Success of Anti-Crime Programs Is Elusive
- Scientists in Heaven at Dante's Return From Volcano 'Hell' : Research: The robotic test in Alaska proved invaluable. Technology could be used on space missions.
- GOLF ROUNDUP : Lowery Shoots 66 Again and Leads World Series
- TENNIS / JERRY CROWE : Chang Has Not Abandoned His Quest for Another Major
- PREPS '94 : Dating Game : Successful Programs Having an Increasingly Hard Time Filling Up Their Schedules
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : USC : Ed Hervey Sits With Bad Shoulder
- She's Big on the Art of Recycling : There's no such thing as junk to Nancy Rubins, whose enormously ambitious sculptures defy gravity as they turn the world on end.
- PORTRAITS OF NATIVE AMERICANS: 23 Postcards from...
- SOUTH OF HAUNTED DREAMS: A Ride Through...
- THE LOST BOY by Thomas Wolfe...
- With Talent Like This, Put His Name in Lights : Barragan Shines on Offense, Defense
- THE SUNDAY PROFILE : Coming Home : Don't let that baby face fool you--Mayor Fidel Vargas, 26, has a grand vision for Baldwin Park. But some worry that he is changing the city for the worse.
- Nation IN BRIEF : GEORGIA : FBI Probing Firm Over Medical Billing
- Innovative Educator Steps Down : Education: Richard Moore, iconoclastic president of Santa Monica College, resigns to take over at a community college in Las Vegas.
- DOWNTOWN : East West Players May Move to LATC
- Four-Star Films : 'Double Indemnity'
- Retro : The Bridge to Brooklyn : BRAVO SELECTS CANCELED SERIES FOR ITS 'TV TOO GOOD FOR TV'
- The World Isn't Ours to Americanize : The Clinton doctrine of exporting our values is the wrong use of foreign policy.
- FILLMORE : Theft of Equipment Challenges Students
- Low-Speed Racers Mow Down the Competition : Fair: Drivers go from puttering around the yard to zooming around a dirt track, vying to make the cut.
- Body of Woman Found in Palmdale
- Miscellany
- BEACH VOLLEYBALL : No. 3 Stoklos, Johnson Are Upset
- Finding Gold in Silents
- Bruckner Revived, Grandly
- TROCADERO MEMORIES : Some Borrowed Glamour With Up-to-Date Food at Down-to-Earth Prices
- Aid Workers' House Stoned, Shot at in Zaire
- The Damned (Bravo Sunday at 8 p.m.)...
- Camp Lima: Fastest Growing American City
- 70,000 Rally in Mexico to Protest Vote Fraud : Latin America: Opposition leader calls for campaign to prove abuses. 'The struggle is not over,' he says.
- DMZ Not All That Peaceful for S. Korea Village : Asia: North Korean jeeps and other military gear are an unnerving presence for farm families living along the heavily armed border.
- BOYLE HEIGHTS : Patients' Artwork Brings Life to Clinic
- It's a Living : Talk This Way : DELIVERING DIALECTS AND DIALOGUES IS A COACH'S JOB: HOW THEY DO IT
- Campaign '94: Issues and Answers
- Children's Health Is Officer's Other Beat
- BASEBALL STRIKE: DEVELOPMENTS FROM DAY 16
- PRO FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : RAMS
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL '94 / Season Previews : Swarming to Its Task : Arizona's Defense Against the Run Makes the Wildcats Favorites to Win Pac-10 Conference Championship
- TENNIS / JERRY CROWE : Capriati Family Moving to California
- COVER STORY : Rock's Top 40
- They Conned America : In 1956, Herbert Stempel took a dive on the TV quiz show 'Twenty-One.' : Why did he do it? Why did America take it so hard? 'Quiz Show' tells the story of how a simple TV show robbed a nation of its innocence.
- Verbatim
- THE INDOOR GARDENER : Good, Bad News About Urn Plants
- Don't Get 'Gazumped' : First-Timers Survive Home-Buying in England
- Searching for Nguyen Tan Hung : For the Daughter of a South Vietnamese Army Captain Missing in Action, the Hardest Part Is Never Knowing. Or Is It?
- O.C.-Pioneered Surgery Gives Science Pause, Patients Relief
- Nation IN BRIEF : PENNSYLVANIA : Bar Alleged Stalker, Student Asks School
- Future Gets Hazier for Edwards AFB : Pentagon Reports Should Be Enough to Pressure Legislators Into Defensive Actions
- DEL MAR : Gold Splash Gets Back in Tune, Surges to Win Osunitas Stakes
- Northridge Plays Soggy, Loses, 4-3 : Baseball: Venezuela wins Little League championship when U.S. players fail to bounce back from three-hour rain delay.
- LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK : Ticket Flap Mediated With Creative Bartering
- AUTO RACING : Bristol Track Rated NASCAR's Toughest
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL '94 / Season Previews : Years to Cheers to Tears : A Husky Through and Through, Washington's Lambright Finally Has Reached the Top
- **; AMY GRANT, "House of Love" (...
- Dancing the L.A. Shuffle : Naomi Goldberg's company reflects the creative power of the city, but that was the easy part. Now it has to tackle what's tough: stability and a commitment to bringing dance to the neighborhoods.
- In a global economy, study and business experience abroad are critical. Yet Americans stay home while 400,000 foreign students come here to learn. Call it ... : THE STUDENT GAP
- FICTION
- REMAINS OF THE DAZE : From the Ashes of '92 Come Things as Good, if Not Better, Than Before
- Beng There : Sleep and the Single Girl
- JUST THE FACTS : The Cost of the Bare Essentials
- Is This Any Way to Run a Business? : Baseball strike: The owners are willing to play chicken with the players, at the expense of the game and fans.
- Teen Killed Outside Security Gate of His Apartment Complex
- 'Business Friendly' Cure Worse Than Disease : Granting liquor licenses to spur the local economy worsens crime, lowers the quality of life in our communities and gives residents another reason to leave Los Angeles.
- Salsa Streak Is Put Out by Sounders
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL '94 / Season Previews : PAC-10 CONFERENCE PREVIEW : Spotlight Shines on Quarterbacks, but Defense Is Key
- PRIVATE LIVES : Prepare for Takeoff . . . : Santa Monica's Museum of Flying caters to children with new interactive area and their parents with dining deal.
- Glimpsing Days of Future Past
- Clash of the Titans
- WHERE ARE THEY NOW? : The 'Lion' May Sleep, but They're Not Resting
- Got the Urge to Cheat? Don't Worry, It's Only Natural
- Belfast Bomb Hurts 10
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : UCLA : Jordan Works Out as Two-Way Player
- Northridge Falls to Venezuela, 4-3 : Baseball: Three-hour rain delay doesn't deter South American team in final game of Little League World Series.
- THEATER : June Kyoko Lu's Wait Is Over : For this veteran Asian American actress, her role as Forgiveness From Heaven in 'The Waiting Room' at the Mark Taper Forum is a heavenly blessing indeed.
- An Open-and-Shut Case : Giving Up Normal Teen Life Got Tu to National Championship
- California Corner : Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- LIVE, TAPED AND HIP FROM L.A. AND N.Y.
- U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. to Hire 18 More Prosecutors : Justice: Staff shortages have forced the unit not to pursue some major fraud and drug cases. Reno forms task force to provide more objective model for allocating lawyers.
- COLUMN ONE : Forcing the Homeless to Help Themselves : To get in, boarders must be sober. To stay, they must work hard. 'You can't have no fun here--no sex, no alcohol, nothing,' one man laments. But shelter offers a chance to beat the odds.
- MID-CITY AREA : Joint Redevelopment Meeting Planned
- R / x for Depression as Close as Doctor's Prescription Pad : Medicine: Physicians say the new drugs enable them to treat the mental problem, often without sending the patient to a counselor. But therapists warn against relying on pills as the main remedy.
- Workshop Offers Help for Seniors, Disabled on Renewing Green Cards
- Insurance Candidates Agree on Key Issue : Election: Torres, Quackenbush say mortgage lenders should not control how quake victims spend payouts. Growing dispute could end up in the courts.
- Police Shouldn't Have to Rely on Donations : City Should Fund All Divisions--Even If It Means Tax Hike
- COMMENTARY : Georgia's Zeier Could Be Best College Football Quarterback
- Booming Again : Germany's Boris Becker, Who Hasn't Won a Grand Slam Tournament Since 1991, Has His Game in Order and Is a Genuine Threat to Win the U.S. Open
- Quarterback County : Area's Alumni Signal-Callers Excel at Hitting Their Marks
- THEATER NOTES : The Show Will Go On at Pasadena Playhouse
- ** 1/2 BLACKstreet, "BLACKstreet," Interscope. Group founder...
- PRIVATE LIVES : VIDEO GAMES : Vesting New Interest in Interactivity
- 3.9 Quake Shakes Hollister, but No Injuries or Damage Are Reported
- EAST LOS ANGELES : MTA, Artist Clash Over Station Design
- For Seniors : L.A. Shanti Work Brings Volunteer an 'Inner Peace'
- A summary of selected City Hall actions this past week affecting Central Los Angeles. : CITY COUNCIL
- Crime Fighters : Congress' struggle against change the President--and the publi--wants
- WILSON WATCH : Domestic Tranquillity
- Officer Shoots, Wounds Assault Suspect