- 3D Systems' Net Down in Quarter, Up for Year
- ICN Chief in Hot Water Over Stock Trading : Pharmaceuticals: Milan Panic's actions shake up the company's board and anger its stockholders.
- TOURISM
- Kenneth W. Cannestra, president of Lockheed Corp.'s...
- A Purr-ty Good Time With Her Cat
- Promising Tests Reported for New TB Vaccine
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Model Anti-Drug Program Might Fold
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : OCTA to Keep Funds Out of County's Pool
- Regional View : East Europe P.D. Blues : Shorted on salaries, respect and even gasoline, many officers are quitting the force.
- COSTA MESA : Homeless Person to Address City Leaders
- Santa Ana May Slash School Sports in Half : Education: Trimming athletics by up to 50% would help make up $5 million in reductions necessitated by the county bankruptcy, a committee says. Music programs could also go; class sizes may increase.
- Simi Council Approves 415-Unit Housing Plan : Growth: The development includes 147 single-family homes and 268 townhouses, 31 of which will be for low-income buyers.
- County's Navy Bases Spared From Closure List : Point Mugu, Port Hueneme Facilities Survive Review but Could Lose Close to 560 Jobs
- L. A. Legal Firm Seeks Lease in New Civic Arts Plaza : Thousand Oaks: Deal would cover parcel's final vacant office space. Request comes before City Council tonight.
- Council Tables Gas-Valve Proposal : Safety: Panel urges more study on plan that would affect all homes and businesses in L.A.
- Former U.S. Education Chief Decries Eroding Social Fabric : Society: William Bennett, speaking at CHOC fund-raiser, says today's children overall are in worse shape than youngsters of the Depression.
- CHATSWORTH : 2 Sentenced to Prison in Fraud Case
- Judge Assails Fleiss Jury Forewoman : Courts: Leader blasted for failing to halt misconduct by panel. A ruling is expected Friday on whether Hollywood madam will get a new trial.
- High Court to Decide Whether Civil Rights Laws Protect Legal Aliens
- ENERGY
- LABOR
- Quest for Quality of Life Turns Engineer Into Farmer : Lifestyle: Allen Carr traded job designing computer chips for 80 acres and Tyson Foods contract.
- Translations Can Complicate Trials : Courts: A word can have very different meanings in two dialects. Also, says an attorney, 'the drama of cross-examination is lost.'
- Photo Essay : Children of the Kobe Quake
- Clinton Signs Order to Seek Child Support
- Driver Is Accused of Murder : Courts: Grand jury indicts man who police say hit and killed a neighborhood friend while racing his pickup against a second vehicle. Felony drunk driving count is also returned.
- Driver Sought in Bicyclist's Death
- BODY WATCH : Get Your Mammogram at a Certified Facility
- Woman Hit by Family Car Dies
- Port District May Have to Sell Land to Pay Off Debt : Ventura: Judge orders agency to reimburse more than $15 million owed to developer.
- In Fairness to All, How About Some Facts? : Affirmative action gets caught up in presidential campaign
- The Raiders re-signed reserve offensive lineman Robert...
- Miscellany
- VENTURA : Council OKs Hiring Business Promoter
- VCNB in Oxnard Posts Modest 4th-Quarter Profit
- Superior Industries Plans Joint Venture in Europe
- Amgen Calls Takeover Defense Move 'Prudent'
- IRS Fraud Crackdown Slowing Refunds, Investigators Say
- Hardware Store Moves Into 8,500-Square-Foot Facility
- Malaysia Seeks Trader After Barings Bank Failure : Finance: Firm's chairman sees possible conspiracy. U.S., British officials call for tighter rules on derivatives.
- Trakh Says Old Days Tougher on Ladycats
- A Big Bank Goes Belly Up
- Jeers Greet Plan to Privatize In-Home Care : Social services: First of three public hearings went badly for firm that says it can save the county $4.5 million in three years by cutting time spent with clients.
- 200 Days Into Strike, Talks Still Go Nowhere : Baseball: Plenty of words are exchanged in Scottsdale, attitudes are civil, but progress, if any, is uncertain.
- Trail Blazers Cruise Past Clippers, 96-83 : Pro basketball: Without two starters, Portland has little trouble as James Robinson plays key role.
- UC IRVINE NOTEBOOK / JOHN WEYLER : With Success, Standards Rise for Women's Team
- TOURISM
- Apple Settles Lawsuit Over Alleged RSI : Computers: But the company blames outside law firm's errors and says it will fight other cases.
- Publication Honors College Business Education Program
- Long Beach Shipyard Remains on Closure List : Defense: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme, Oakland facilities are not on roster of bases Pentagon will recommend for shutdown.
- Fox Lays Out Its Defense in FCC Filing : TV: Network says it made clear in 1985 the funding role of Australian-based News Corp.
- Orange County's Counsel to Leave Post : Bankruptcy: Terry Andrus will resign next month. Removal of auditor-controller is also sought by chief executive.
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Children to Feel Pain of Budget Cuts, Staffers Say : Impact: County would not be able to respond to many cases of abuse, neglect and sexual molestation, social workers warn.
- THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL
- Playoff Schedules : Boys' Southern Section Basketball Playoffs
- Car Bomb Kills 54, Wounds 80 in Kurdish-Held Iraqi City
- Directors of State Welfare Programs Assail GOP Plan : Legislation: They criticize elements directing how assistance would be disbursed. Republicans say administrators want tax dollars but with no strings.
- 149 Pin Hope on La Mesa Lottery : Parents See Kids Better Off at School With Uniform Policy
- Lawmaker Seeks to Eliminate or Disarm Humane Officers : Legislation: Caldera's bill targets animal-abuse police, who receive little training and are subject to no government oversight.
- IRVINE : 'Castle' Owners Told to Vacate Home by March 10
- Orange County Almanac : Pricey Plants
- WESTMINSTER : Deficit Spurs Wage Freeze, Talk of Layoffs
- Making a U-tah Turn : Jazz Left New Orleans For the Wilderness Then Helped It Bloom
- UCLA Is Ho-Hum About Being No. 1 : College basketball: What happened last season has taught Bruins not to take the top spot too seriously.
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Riding 'Impossible Bird,' Lowe Unearths Emotions
- Business Forecasters See Slower Economy This Year : Growth: NABE survey predicts the Fed will begin lowering interest rates to avoid recession.
- K-Swiss Posts Increase in Earnings for Quarter, Year
- Pacific Rim Holding Reports Profit Turnaround
- Company Town
- Farrakhan Case Transcripts Sketch Malcolm X's Daughter
- BOND TICKER : ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Killea Bill Waits to Be Heard
- Police, Residents Join for Reports on Valley Crime
- Grant Sought to Fix Bottle Village : Landmark: Restoration experts hope to restore the Simi Valley site with federal disaster funds. It was devastated in last year's quake.
- Massachusetts' Weld Won't Vie for Presidency
- LOS ANGELES : City Panel OKs Crackdown on False Burglar Alarms
- El Toro Water Polo Goalie Gives His Perspective on Toughest Sport
- THOUSAND OAKS : 2 Planners End Commission Terms
- NORTH HOLLYWOOD : Sinking Forces Halt in Subway Tunneling
- Why Pomona-Pitzer Makes Change
- Titans Are No. 1 in Baseball Polls
- Fox's Tell-All of Woody and Mia : May Be Cheap . . . but It's Fun
- MUSIC REVIEWS : Cuban Pianist Fernandez Performs Music of Homeland
- BASEBALL : Angel Spring Opener 'Could Be a Circus'
- Ropak Founding Family Members Sell Common Stock to Linpac
- Reading Signs on Highway
- Warrant Issued for Ex-Developer : Court: Donald Hill Williams Jr. reportedly ignored subpoena to testify in investors' case. His lawyer says he never got notice.
- TOURISM
- Russia Displays Treasures of Art Seized in Germany
- Iraq Concealing Biological Arms Effort, U.N. Says
- VENTURA : FBI Seeks Help in Finding Bank Robber
- Pasadena Mulls Restricting Sale of Bullets to Curb Youth Violence : Government: Young and old debate what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind law. The audience seemed evenly split.
- Patent Lawyer Offers Session for Inventors
- Man Serves Brother's Term : Prosecutors Are Thinking About Charging Rent for His Jail Time
- AIDS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
- School Board Shelves Plan to Limit Outside Speakers : Education: Planned Parenthood and AIDS Care backers say seminars train county teachers to offer state mandated curriculum.
- Groups Give $9,000 to Branch Libraries
- Newport Delays Decision on Cemetery Plans
- Their Job Is to Prevent Padre Season Going Up in Flames
- Lakers Lose Two Players and a Game : Pro basketball: Bad day gets worse as Utah scores a 101-95 victory after already-depleted Los Angeles loses Lynch and Bowie to injury.
- TV REVIEW : A 'Rush' to Judgment on 'Frontline' Program
- Weekend Box Office : February Chills at the Box Office
- FINANCIAL MARKETS : Dow Retreats, Traders Take Profits on Barings Collapse
- Rubin Calls for Overhaul of Bank Laws : Reform: He proposes letting banks, brokers and insurers into each other's businesses through repeal of 1930s statute.
- Firm Joins Economic Development Association
- Patagonia Issues Spring Catalogue, Endurance Line
- Long Beach Shipyard Remains on Closure List : Military: Pentagon reduces number of bases to be shut down and, Feinstein says, spares Army facility in Oakland.
- Accused Honda Exec's Lawyer Blames Japanese
- Israeli Leftists Urge Rabin to Dismantle 27 Settlements : Mideast: Peace Now plan would give PLO control of two-thirds of West Bank, 90% of Arab population.
- Victoria Jackson's Money Rewards Came Late : Infomercials: Her line of cosmetics has generated $200 million in sales for American Telecast, but her share was modest.
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : Judge OKs County Bond Payments
- Countdown for Longest Shuttle Mission Begins
- Marines Land for Somalia Pullout : Africa: Together with a contingent of Italians, they will shield evacuation of last of U.N. forces. The mission will conclude a tortured and lengthy misadventure.
- HOME FREE: Rep. Elton Gallegly got the...
- ECOLOGY : Manatees' Darkening Shadows : Florida's beloved water mammals are dying at alarming rates. Their fate depends largely on human activity.
- Commission Goes Outside LAPD to Investigate Chief
- RIO DE JANEIRO : The Last Samba
- Ducks Send Karpov to Minors, Bring Up David Sacco
- NHL ROUNDUP : Robitaille Leads Penguins Over Nordiques
- THE NHL / HELENE ELLIOTT : Using Pro Players in the Olympics Will Hurt the Sport
- AWARDSBest in Country Music: The Academy of...
- RETAILING
- Voice Powered Signs Deal With German Firm
- DERIVATIVES STRIKE AGAIN : Barings Crisis Could Ripple Across Borders : Securities: Should the rest of the world worry about fallout from the British bank's collapse? Maybe.
- Kmart Posts 8th Lackluster Quarter : Earnings: No. 2 retailer's profit is even lower than expected. Slow sales, competition cited.
- LAUGH LINES : Jokes
- TALLINN : Test for Reformers
- R S V P / ORANGE COUNTY : An Ooh-La-La Soiree for Opera Pacific
- Marines Hit Somalia to Help in U.N. Retreat
- 2 Quints to Exit Hospital Today : Children: Other three premature infants of West Hills couple are expected to go home in two weeks.
- PACOIMA : Gang Truce in Place Despite Shooting
- The Voice of Clive Buttburn
- YORBA LINDA : City Rejects Parents' Request for School Crosswalk and Guard
- Ballet and Chorale: 2 Are a Crowd
- Cheesecake Factory Posts Quarterly Earnings Gain
- Dolco Packaging Reports 38% Increase in Earnings
- MONTEVIDEO : Back in the Saddle
- Airport Plan Group Applications Sought
- $2.5-Million Contract Approved for Center
- 2 High Schools Apply for LEARN
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : Lifelong Marathoner Is Just Getting Started
- New Jersey, Dallas Deal Centers : Hockey: Millen and Broten switch teams; Sharks trade Errey; Ducks send down Karpov.
- This Nash Is a Scrambler : College basketball: Santa Clara boasts its first conference player of the year since Kurt Rambis.
- Speedskater Dan Jansen Wins Sullivan Award
- Federal Judge Bans Logging on Land Owned by Pacific Lumber
- Company Town : DOMESTIC MARKET SHARE
- Langley Succeeds Schmidt as President of Newport Corp.
- BODY WATCH : Virtual Therapy : The high-tech world of virtual reality may be the key to unlocking the phobias suffered by millions. At least one researcher thinks so, and he's already had some success with the fear of heights.
- Documentary : Return to Belfast: An Eerie Silence of Peace : The old hatreds linger, but fear has faded in this once-embattled region. Twenty-five years later, there is hope at last.
- TV WATCH : It's Not Kids' Stuff
- TENNIS / EVERT CUP : Tu Learns Valuable Lesson in Tough Loss to Maleeva
- First-Time Home Buyers Mostly 2-Income Families
- Pollution Research Earnings Down in Quarter
- Company Town
- Loretta Mahony; Cardinal's Mother Helped Run Family Firm
- VENTURA : Porn Video Seller Placed on Probation
- LOS ANGELES : Judge Rejects Fee Requests by Koon, Powell Lawyers
- Middle Ground : Private Housing Gives Former Mental Patients a Place to Call Home
- The Laguna Playhouse held its most successful...
- FINANCIAL MARKETS : Dow Retreats, Traders Take Profits on Barings Collapse
- NEWS ANALYSIS : DERIVATIVES STRIKE AGAIN : Collapse at U.S. Firm Is Unlikely, Analysts Say : Securities: Regulators and banks believe controls here would prevent a debacle such as the one at Barings.
- COMPANY TOWN : Children's Cable Network Planned : Television: A Burbank media company will offer nonviolent programming to young audiences nationwide.
- BODY WATCH : FITNESS : Weights Can Really Give You a Lift
- Computer Hacker's Term May Exceed U.S. Guidelines
- Colosio Case: Keep Going
- Assembly Won't Plead for Rams : Sports: Lower house again rejects resolution asking NFL to block the team's move to St. Louis. Unsympathetic Democrats use the occasion to needle county conservatives over the bankruptcy.
- L.A. Considers Ammunition Sale Curbs
- OXNARD : La Colonia Service Plan Faces Council
- Judge Indicates He May Void Plea Bargain for Hacker
- PLACENTIA : 2 Free Chamber Music Concerts Scheduled
- IRVINE : Political Campaign Reforms on Docket
- Salomon Revises '94 Loss Upward After Finding New Computer Error
- WellPoint Acquires Health Care Firm in Texas
- Company Town : What This Show Needs Are Awards : For a New Image, the Film Market Could Honor What Its Folks Do Best
- Middle Managers Find It's a Buyer's Market : With glut of job applicants, employers in many industries can afford to be choosier and do without headhunter firms.
- BOOK REVIEW / NOVEL : A Lively Life of Ups and Lots of Downs : LOSER DEALS <i> by Peter Viertel</i> ; Donald Fine $21.95, 240 pages
- THE JUDICIARY : Free-Speech Issues Crowd Docket : Supreme Court tries to draw a line between First Amendment rights and limits. Two rulings define government role. Six more suits are pending.
- Mike JacobsWoodbridge, SeniorSoccer/ForwardJacobs was one of four...
- U.S., China Locked in Bitter Fight Over Human Rights : Diplomacy: America and the EU lobby for a U.N. resolution critical of Beijing, which also seeks allies.
- 'The Truth Shall Set You Free' : Since telling the world that he has AIDS and detailing his dark childhood, Greg Louganis has heard all the criticism. How is the Olympic gold medalist enduring the maelstrom?
- $450-Million Deal to Give Samsung 40% of O.C.'s AST
- Making a Difference in Your Community : Jewish Home Takes Pride in Serving Elderly
- Prosecutors Say Killer Was School Bully, Troublemaker : Crime: At sentencing hearing for convicted murderer Mark Scott Thornton, team denies defense claim that youth was abused, had learning disorder.
- COLUMN ONE : New Song From Old California : Rediscovery of three 18th-Century choral Masses at San Fernando Mission bolsters claims of historians who say state's rich legacy from Mexico has been ignored for too long.
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Registration Deadline Is March 13 for April Election
- Los Alamitos' Laitsch Chooses San Francisco
- Music Review : 3 Lack Cohesion of Trio
- Patricia J. McClellan has been named controller...
- Why Is It Taking So Long for Condo Earthquake Repairs?
- Mail-Order Company Is Toddling Into Retail : Sales: The purchase of Children's Wear Digest failed to pay off for Right Start. Now the baby products concern is focusing on its growing chain of stores.
- Live Entertainment to Sell Interest in VCL / Carolco
- DERIVATIVES STRIKE AGAIN : Collapse of Barings Has Mild Effect on Markets : Securities: But firm's loss of at least $800 million sparks further controversy over tightening derivatives controls.
- THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL : County May Ask Media to Help Shoulder Costs : Finances: Antonovich wants court to require broadcasters to pay some of trial's spiraling expenses.
- WORLD REPORT PROFILE : Rik de Baere : Belgium's duke of dessert is entertaining highflying offers after winning pastry-making's World Cup.
- Judge Rules Out Talk of Assaults at Fraud Trial : Courts: Jurist says women's testimony would be irrelevant in case against former Tustin gynecologist Ivan C. Namihas.
- FULLERTON : Air Traffic Manager Named for Airport
- LOS ANGELES : INS Expands Phone System to Identify Legal Workers
- Police Seek Possible Link in City's Latest Hate Crimes : Crime: Authorities are investigating connections to work of community relations panel. Leaders of two vandalized houses of worship are members of the group.
- Subway Tunneling Halted After Earth Sinks Half-Inch : Construction: MTA says it is being cautious in light of problems last July on Hollywood Boulevard. New methods are being used.
- NORTH HOLLYWOOD : Kids Get Chance to Build Interest in Construction
- PASADENA : Suspect in Party Slaying of Girl, 16, Surrenders
- All-WCC Team Announced
- The Rabbit Was Supposed to Hop Out of Last Year's Marathon; Instead, He Won : Was This a Fast One?
- ART REVIEW : Surprise and Discovery at LACMA Sculpture Show
- MUSIC REVIEW : Yo-Yo Ma's Everywhere, With Virtuosity
- O. C. Art Reviews : Freeing the Prisoner Within Your Skin
- SAN CLEMENTE : Students Briefed on Gun Incident, Arrests
- Countywide : Kidney Cancer Patients Sought for Study
- TARZANA : Book Bags Given to Schoolchildren
- Clerk Stabbed by Alleged Thief
- Minor Storm Predicted to Bring Light Rain Later in Week
- BASEBALL : Dodgers Might Offer Raises to Farmhands
- Father Turns Over Tape of Coach's Call About His Sons
- Advanced Photonix Picks Chairman, Forms Panel
- A Spin on the Future : Disney's Eisner Plans Major Renovation for Tomorrowland
- Mexico Stocks and Peso Tumble Amid Inaction on Economic Plan
- Notebook : Hawks Are Surprise Contenders
- Market Focus : Palestinians Likely to Find Jobs Gone When They Return to Israel : Employers are happy with rising number of foreign workers. Most don't want Arabs back.
- Long-Awaited Train Makes Maiden Trip : Railroads: The Coaster initiates commuter service in San Diego County. The $150-million joint effort of Amtrak and local agencies was 10 years in the planning and building.
- Ellinger Leaves Bank for Post at Blue Cross
- HAWTHORNE : Rapper Named as Driver of Car That Killed Boy, 5
- ORANGE : Schools Demand 100% Return From Fund
- BOYLE HEIGHTS : Health Officials Remove 39 Animals From Pet Shop
- OXNARD : Truck Crushes Car, but Driver Survives
- Pasadena Council Restricts Bullet Sales : Regulations: Measure requires those buying ammunition to show identification and fill out registration form.
- Youth Faces Trial as Adult in Stabbing : Courts: Judge says the suspect's swastika tattoo shows the racial nature of the attack on black man. The 17-year-old faces up to 10 years in prison.
- Commentary : Tyson More Than Sum of Other Parts
- TOURISM
- Voxel: The company, which is designing a...
- Litton Wins Contract for Navigation Systems
- ECONOMY
- Tape Tells Pilots' Struggle to Control Doomed Plane
- Kabul: Broken City Struggles to Survive : Afghanistan: Soviet invaders are long gone, but Muslims continue to feud. The result is hunger, homelessness and death.
- Trust Your Instinct? Don't Bet Your Life
- By the Numbers : Spotlight
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : 2 Careers Caught in County Crisis : Steve E. Lewis: A long-serving, low-profile elected bureaucrat with few enemies, the auditor-controller was thrust onto center stage by the bankruptcy.
- Nicole TerryEl Modena, JuniorSoccer/ForwardMany El Modena opponents...
- SHADOW HILLS : Victimized Family Pins Hope on Reward
- Acting Dean Moves Up at UCI Medical School : Education: Thomas Cesario, viewed as a popular choice for the job, helped bring sense of calm during tough budget times. He pledges to tackle equity concerns over women and minority faculty members.
- INGLEWOOD : Man Pleads Not Guilty in Firebombing Death of Child
- Mom Can Carry a Pretty Mean Tune : Pop music: Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney, will receive a Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Award on Thursday for her work as a backing singer.
- Senate Battle on Balanced Budget Is a Cliffhanger
- Samsung Buys 40% Stake in Troubled AST : Computers: Korean firm's injection of $450 million into money-losing Irvine PC maker gives it access to U.S. market.
- Culture : Earthquake Upsets Traditional Attitudes on Adoption : Hundreds of Japanese offer to take in orphans regardless of bloodlines or wish to preserve lineage.
- Frank P. Haven; Ex-Times Managing Editor
- PREP VOICES : Toughing It Out : Everyone Has His Own Idea of What's the Hardest Job in Sports. Sometimes, the Job Belongs to Someone Who's Not Even a Player.
- Scientists Set to Put Final Piece in Subatomic Puzzle : Physics: Lab expected to announce that 'top quark' has been spotted, thus validating understanding of all matter.
- OXNARD : Man, 35, Slain Outside Home in La Colonia
- Next Step : A Rumor of Renewed War : Across a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone, Serbs and Croats eye each other suspiciously in the Krajina region. What will happen if the peacekeepers start withdrawing?
- Man Serves Brother's Prison Term, Officials Say : Incarceration: Prosecutors may bill him for six months' room and board. But the two have since disappeared.
- SIMI VALLEY : Poor TV Reception Expected for Week
- School Decision a Salute to ROTC : Education: Hart district has refused to cut the program despite a tight budget. "There is much more value to that program behind its cost," said interim Supt. Daniel Hanigan.
- Well, they stayed together longer than Martin...
- 4 Colliding Trucks Close Golden State
- U.S. Aid Helps Turn the Killing Fields : Cambodia: Improved living standards will blunt the most powerful weapon of the Khmer Rouge--poverty.
- BASEBALL
- NBA ROUNDUP : Seattle in Mourning After Visit by Hornets
- LONG BEACH STATE NOTEBOOK / JASON REID : Discontented Atkinson, O'Kelley Criticize Greenberg
- Hockey
- MUSIC REVIEWS : Shanghai Quartet: Major Music, Minor Price
- McFerrin Gives Audience a Chance to Explore Music
- Medical Resources Inc.: The firm said it...
- Controversy Around ICN Chief Hits New Intensity : Profile: Panic appears to relish a good fight and has had many, mostly with success. He may now be in for his toughest.
- Fluor Daniel Awarded Singapore Contract
- THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL : Trial Highlights
- COPENHAGEN : Social Summit Set
- Ethnic Discord : Russian POW Is 'Adopted' by His Captors in Chechnya : Wounded in Grozny assault, Sergei Sofronov, 19, is nursed back to health and taken into home. But he is not free to leave.
- GOP Agenda Raises Doubts, Poll Finds
- Obituaries : * Art Mahan; Rancher From Pioneer Family
- D'Agostino Is Disqualified as City Council Candidate : Politics: Election officials say the 5th District contender failed to submit enough valid signatures on her nomination petition.
- Seniors
- BURBANK : Cable Customers to Get Rollback Refunds
- Grandma Is Fabulous at 44 <i> and </i> in Playboy
- Saddleback Is at Home, but Playoff Road Will Be Rough for Some Teams
- El Toro Reuse Officials Will Press to Pay Consultants : Bankruptcy: Irvine and Lake Forest officials decide at meeting of the base conversion group without O.C. that they will go to court if needed to get $198,000.
- BASEBALL
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Providence Holds On in Upset of Connecticut
- New Line's Godfrey Takes Post at Horizon Pictures
- Canada Bites the Bullet With Austere Budget : Spending: Plan will carve down national debt by raising taxes, cutting many subsidies.
- Leslie's Poolmart Reports Loss in Fourth Quarter
- ORANGE COUNTY IN BANKRUPTCY : 2 Careers Caught in County Crisis : Terry C. Andrus: The county counsel has spent nearly all his adult life in government, working his way up the ranks to the top legal job and $114,732 salary.
- LA PALMA : Police Chief: Family Is Key to Fighting Crime
- CALABASAS : Firm Hired in Search for Schools Chief
- GLENDALE : Cutting-Edge Firm Eyes New Location
- Valley Interview : Exploring the Tragic Logic of Crews, Gangs, Graffiti and Violence
- Bank Robber Suspect May Live in O.C.
- Life in the Slow Lane Gets Pretty Lonely : To go with the flow of traffic--and, hey, we Californians love to go with the flow--is to violate the speed limit.
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE SIMPSON TRIAL : Words No Woman Dares to Speak : Working mothers cheered Marcia Clark's insistence that her child-care responsibilities take precedence.
- Two Girls' Playoff Games Are Moved to Wednesday
- O.C. Pop Music Review : Lowe Takes Flight
- TOURISM : Occupancy, Room Rate Gains Being Forecast for Hotels in County
- County Counsel to Resign; Popejoy Targets Auditor : Crisis: Terry C. Andrus says he will step down in March. Chief executive wants Steve E. Lewis to give up his elected office for his role in bankruptcy.
- NEWS ANALYSIS : CEO Tries to Show Quick, Tough Action
- Foster's Label of Critics Called a Misstatement
- State Grapples With Possible Misuse of Computer Voter Files : Information: Officials react to allegations involving Illinois firm and cite frustration about lack of policy.
- D'Agostino Fails to Qualify for L.A. Council Race
- At the Top of Her Class : Camarillo High honors students say Fran Berman, recipient of recent awards, is the school's toughest teacher. And they wouldn't have it any other way.
- LOS ANGELES : Ex-Adversary to Represent Cochran in Palimony Case
- Sellout Is Certain, Outcome Is Not in Dominguez-Inglewood Semifinal
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Reluctant Informants