- County Students Show Slight Edge Over State
- Schools' Performance Linked to Neighborhoods' Prosperity : Rating Schools
- High Winds Fan Blazes in Southland
- Fewer County Students Go On to State Colleges
- High Winds, Heat, Fuel Blazes in 2 Counties
- Woman Held in Neglect Case
- Blaze Scorches 9,200 Acres Near Santa Paula
- A Happier Birthday for Frankie at 4
- PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY : Hints for Navigating Netscape
- 50 Killed as Bomb Blast Ignites Bus in Pakistan
- GAMES : Set-Top Boxes Are Alive and Kicking PC Butt
- 'Shocking' Technique May Keep Human Cells Alive
- Army Revises Account of Black Regiment's Poor Record
- Children's Rights Leader Sees His Painful Past in Clients
- Gritz Ends Second Round of Talks at 'Freemen' Ranch
- Critics on Council Call Riordan's Budget a Reelection Ploy
- Peterson Pulls Upset, Wins All-USC Final
- Reds Send Down Two, Call Up Two
- Richmond Scores 37 to Help Sacramento Steal One in Seattle
- Chamber Declines to Back Tax Measure
- Angels Do Everything Wrong, Lose
- Salving a Raw Middle East
- College 'Survival' Classes Offered
- Meyer, Meyers Win Anaheim Golf Titles
- Drain Project Expected to Snarl School Traffic
- Don't Call Us
- L.A. Hooks Up With 26,000 Cable Types
- The Sleepless Society
- Researching the Family Tree--to Fight Cancer
- Bosnian Serb Leaders Seen as Barriers to Peace
- Quiet Somis Seeking Bigger Voice in County Decisions
- Term Limits: They Also Limit Results
- N.M. Forest Fire Blackens 11,000 Acres
- Lakers at Home on Road
- PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY : 'Toy Story,' 'Babe' Charm in Different Ways
- Students Go Global
- Debate on Trade Benefits for China Usually Clouded by Myths, Excuses
- Funds for MIA Search Reported Unaccounted For
- MACY'S ARRIVES: Shoppers at The Oaks mall...
- The Worried Women Bloc Prefers Clinton
- Merit, Politics and the Courts
- 3 Area Residents Appointed to Panels
- Oxnard Man Gave His Life to Save Village
- Construction to Begin on 2-Mile Bike Path
- O'Meara Follows 62 With a 69, Wins Greensboro
- Carews Upset by Incident on Airplane
- Lachemann Not Worried About Arias
- A SHOT IN THE ARM : Web Sites, CD-ROMs Give a Booster to Patients Seeking Medical Advice
- REVIEW: GRAPHICS BOARD
- Bozo's No Clown as a Businessman
- Clinton Testifies, Denies Role in Alleged Fraud
- Nomadic Asian Gangs Present Growing Threat
- Fund-Raiser Benefits Boys & Girls Club
- Shots Disrupt Park Wedding Reception
- MEDIA
- Will Carpool Lanes Lose Zip if Electric Cars Charge In?
- Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : U.S. Seeks to Deport Aide to Jailed Cleric
- Man Critical After Santa Ana Shooting
- Spring Brings Visit by Long-Awaited Santa
- Lachemann Not Worried About Arias
- Rangers' Experience Leads to Series Victory
- 'Flare-Up' Puts Holan Back In the Hospital
- Shooting Accuracy Takes a Dive
- 'Oregon Trail' Debunks Romantic Myths
- In the Player Piano Business, He Finds the Key Is Authenticity
- Company Uses Computerized Labeling to Find a Niche
- A House Where Death Is Not a Secret
- 30 Killed, 20 Injured in Peruvian Bus Plunge
- Use of Tapes May Threaten Convictions
- Police Seek Suspects in Weekend Shooting
- Agenda
- Dallas Wins, 2-1, on Early Goals
- TV Show Puts Barrio Life in Positive Light
- San Diego, MWD Water War Heats Up
- In Praise of Sacrifice : 10,000 Gather for Islamic Festival
- Teaching Hebrew--and Lexicons of Mideast Violence
- Dodgers: No Offense, No Excuses
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- If Music Be the Food of Love, Says Grove, Play On
- Goethe Institute to Screen Harrowing 'Murderers Are Among Us'
- Levine's Silver Jubilee a Marathon at the Met
- AUTOS
- Remembering Jack Smith
- Riots' Effects Are Still Smoldering in Koreatown
- Air Show Loyalists Hoping for '97 Encore
- Times Wins a Record 68 Press Club Awards
- Expos' Fletcher, Segui Slam Rockies, 21-9
- On Derby Rail
- It's All Roses for Galaxy
- Dr. Frankenstein Couldn't Have Built It Better
- How to Make a Good Sketch Show
- Spanish Architect Captures Prestigious Design Honor
- Conejo Valley Days Rides Off Into the Sunset
- Checking It Out
- Gunman Kills 1, Wounds 2 in Car Idling at Intersection
- PERSPECTIVE : Battling an Empty Feeling : Cities Trying to Counter Closing of Stores, Banks
- Wynalda Bends, but Galaxy Won't Break
- Incident That Changed the Course of Baseball
- Semoran Beats Rain and Clock
- Kronos Proves Adept at Recycling
- Limon Troupe Seizes Inventive Spirit of Its Legacy
- Is Making Our Machines More Human Misguided?
- Ban Ends on Export of North Slope Crude
- U.S., Israel to Develop Anti-Rocket Program
- Toronto's Viola Is Roughed Up in Debut
- Keita Breaks Language Barrier
- 'Sweetening' Laughs Shouldn't Sour Viewers on Sitcoms
- Postal Service: Out of Its 'Snail Mail' Shell?
- Millennium Decides Its Time for IPO
- Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON : Clinton Lifts Ban on Alaska Oil Exports
- Semoran Beats the Rain and Clock in Workout
- Dahl's Scary 'The BFG' Is a Home Video Treat
- Mexico Quietly Extradites 2 to U.S.
- Would-Be Spy Feared Demise of Western Civ : Driven by a Tortured Psyche, Engineer John Charlton Sold U.S. Secrets to Save 'European, Christian' World
- Man Injured When Car Runs Over Him
- Emigres Celebrate Israel's Independence Day Amid Tight Security
- Marlin Rallies Back to Win Winston Select 500 Race
- Amalfitano: The Eyes Have It
- Endellion's Approach Is Meticulous, No-Nonsense
- A Fine 'Mess of Plays' Sketches Out Laughs
- Struggling to Hook Up With Viewers
- A Better Board : Success of Computer-Aided Design Stirs Surfing Controversy
- From Hog Farmer to Shippers Charmer
- For Las Vegas, a New Kind of High Roller
- A SPECIAL REPORT: BEEPER BLIPS
- Unraveling a Cruel Mystery of the Mind
- A Subsidy for the Children : Thousand Oaks Helps Preschool Provide Child Care for Low-Income Families
- Connors Owns His Own Tour
- Titans Get a Taste of Their Own Medicine
- In an Age of Affectation, Colvin's the Real Deal
- HEARD ON THE BEAT : Subscribing to Idea of Charge for Net Edition
- Nation IN BRIEF : SOUTH CAROLINA : Expedition to Raise 1800s Submarine Set
- 12 Killed in Fire at Tijuana Hotel for Transients
- Rifleman Seized After Killing 32 in Australia
- Business Group Holds Forum on Violence
- 3 Small Children Found Alone in Home Amid Squalid Conditions
- 200 Firefighters Battling Brush Fire
- What's to Blame for Gas Cost? Well, Just About Everything
- Marlin Rallies, Holds Off Jarrett to Win at Talladega
- Crabtree Gives Northridge a Lift by Keeping SDSU Grounded
- 'Big' Has Growing Pains on Broadway : Musical Based on 1988 Film Struggles to Find Youth's Magic
- Punch Lines
- Just a Few Friends Going to the Movies
- Unraveling a Cruel Mystery of the Mind
- Santa Anas Return With Balmy Weather
- Israeli Bonds : Amid Tensions in Homeland, Emigres Gather to Toast Nation's 48th Birthday
- The Dodgers, looking for a veteran right-hander...
- Igotrhythm in Perfect Tune in the A Gleam Handicap
- So Far, a Perfect World for Galaxy
- Former Pepperdine Pitcher Gaspar Blows Down JetHawks
- El Toro Teammates Bury Hatchet, Then Bruise Opponents
- Driver Sees Turn for the Worse at Ventura Intersection
- Endellion Quartet Intense and Precise
- A Voice of the Past, or Still a Contender?
- Timeless 'Kokoro' Goes to Heart of Mother's Woes
- It's Hits and Misses for Stewart at Bowl
- What a Tangled Web
- Act Now and Get This Ginzu Mouse Pad Free!
- Nation IN BRIEF : OREGON : Lawmaker's Nuptials Secret, Paper Reports
- BOOK REVIEW / NONFICTION : Crash and Burn in the White House : MADHOUSE: The Private Turmoil of Working for the President by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum; Times Books $25, 260 pages
- As Indians Cast Ballots, the Powers That Be Look Shaky
- Human Dramas in Their Own Voices
- Professor Named to Humboldt State Post
- Police Arrest 2 in Carjacking at Motel
- Weigh the Risk of Chasing Border Crossers
- On His Home Course, Woods Is Favored to Win Golf Title
- Remembering Arnold: This Pig Was a Trouper Long Before 'Babe'
- Colvin Delivers Originality While Respecting the Past
- Immigrants in Hong Kong
- Science Museum Planned
- Assembly Agenda
- Tasteless Produce
- Whitewater
- Ignorance
- Some Are Not Amused by TV Laughter
- Slaying of Lawyer Sharron Dean
- Blaze Blackens 700 Acres in Los Padres Forest
- Bernhard Goetz
- Paying Higher Prices at the Gas Pump
- OTHER NEWS - April 29, 1996
- OTHER NEWS - April 29, 1996
- Obituaries - April 29, 1996
- Fiesta Proves a Tougher Sell With Crowds
- Torch Relay Ignites Olympic Fever in O.C.
- Rose Bowl Game Plan for Soccer Turnout Pays Off
- Audit Critical of Inglewood School District Management
- It Isn't the Old Christian Right Anymore
- HIT SINGLES
- HIT SINGLES
- POTS (and Pans) OF GOLD
- Restoration Shows That History Is Set in Stone at White House
- Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Campaign Tells Kids: 'Character Counts!'
- Tears, Memories Mark Chernobyl Disaster a Decade Later
- Condor Conundrum : Plan to Reintroduce Endangered California Bird to Grand Canyon Area Angers Residents of Region, but a Compromise Is Reached
- Valley Perspective : Board Should Put Students Before Unions
- An Epidemic of Ignorance Among Educators : School District Buries Head in Sand on AIDS Education
- Firm's History of Safety Violations Fuels Fears in Ward Valley
- Xit Left and Take a Quick Right to Grandma's House
- Dodgers' Painful Day Ends With Loss in 10th
- '3 Strikes' Costs Money but Pays Off
- Line Drawn in the Sand Over Dogs
- Olajuwon Joins Ranks of Conspiracy Theorists
- THE NBA / MARK HEISLER : Lake Show Picking Up Some Static
- White Teacher, Black Stereotype : In Hollywood's view, we could get along much better if we all listen to the white mentor.
- SMALL FACES: Pearl Jam delivered its song...
- Knicks Have a Little More Work to Do
- ALBUM SPOTLIGHT
- Patterson Commits to Cal State Fullerton
- Dancing Over the Color Line : Bebe Miller's company is a reflection of her: thoughtful, personal, intense.
- Friends of French Art, From a Distance : Thanks to its determined founder, the group is a rare example of Franco-U.S. cultural cooperation.
- No. 1 With a Bullet : Few U.S. filmgoers have seen any of Jean-Pierre Melville's feature films. Two decades after his death, the American Cinematheque shows what we've been missing.
- Fullerton Finally Wakes Up, Rolls Past Long Beach State
- Pepperdine Comes Back, Stays Out in Front With Split
- To Find the Impossible Find : Searching for an obscure title? These Southern California stores revel in the search. And the discovery.
- Cranberries Harness Power of Convictions
- Does the Internet Have a Drop Box? : Video outlets across the country are staking out sites on the World Wide Web. It seems cyberspace is a virtual research lab, but can be a hard sales pitch.
- O.C. House of Design Open for Viewing
- Crusader Castles : Stone ghosts of battle lie empty, waiting to be explored
- Agent Called Key to Blast Case
- Gourmets Dig In at Festival of Tastes
- Lake View Terrace Portrait
- Beach Has 2-Shot Lead in Anaheim City Golf
- Coming From Left of the Dial
- In Brief
- Protective Measure Is Taken for Unbridled's Song
- A Voice for the People : For pioneering salsa bandleader and trombonist Willie Colon, the music isn't just a hot vibe--it is also an outlet for his deep passions about social issues.
- HIT SINGLES
- Carmel River for Brave and Strong
- A Gentler, Kinder Darwinism : SCIENCE : GOOD NATURED: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals,<i> By Frans De Waal (Harvard University Press: $24.95, 384 pp.)</i>
- Groups of Wrath : All through school kids join, lead and are rejected by cliques. How they deal with it helps mold their characters.
- Marion Barry Takes Break for 'Rejuvenation'
- Clinton Exhorts Congress to Help Balance the Budget
- World IN BRIEF : BELARUS : Dissenters at Rally Held in Crackdown
- Germans Denounce Holocaust Theory
- For Migrants, Desperation Still Outweighs Risks
- Parade Attracts Traditionalists and Critics
- Scholars Are the Pride of LAUSD : Decathlon team shows district image doesn't entirely hold true
- Times Wins 21 Press Club Awards
- Friends and Supporters of Indicted GOP Aides Rise and Raise to Defense
- Walsh Hurdles Into Spotlight With 2 Victories
- Nadeau, Oliver Ignite Canyons' Power Surge
- It's Pretty Tough to Get a Lower Score Than This
- Nation IN BRIEF : INDIANA : Dole Adds Defense Theme to Campaign
- THE BEST OF DAYTIME
- Bioengineers Breeding a Race of Superpigs
- Pathways From Peril : Arts programs help turn youngsters away from trouble
- Will Rogers Explains It All : Foreign policy: The great American humorist discusses moral leadership and where to find a U.S. Marine.
- How Much a Light Bulb?
- The Wages of Morality
- Not Condor Country
- $20-Million Ransom Wins Release of Kidnapped German
- Valley Perspective : Liquor Permits Not Granted Fairly
- BASEBALL / ROSS NEWHAN : Rodriguez Finds Home North of the Border
- Revolution Beats United in a Shootout
- South-Central Still Smolders in 'Souls on Fire' : A new play takes us to a bar near Florence and Normandie on the night of April 29, 1992.
- ALBUM REVIEW
- Irvine's Thomas Bros. Profits From Redirection as High-Tech Data Provider
- Across Serene Lakes ... & Down Rough Rapids : Romping by raft on an upcoming Olympics site, Tennessee's Ocoee River
- Highflying Flicks
- Architect Honored by USC
- Exiled on Elba : Napoleon left lasting impression on his littlest empire
- The Search for Solitude : Long a Western Ideal, True Isolation Poses a Seductive Allure--and May Hold Pure Terror
- With the 1991 Sleeping with the Enemy...
- Ordinary Germans Indicted for the Holocaust
- Will Wilson Defy State Supreme Court History?
- World IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Zulu Princess' Body Found in Soccer Field
- 'Dolores Claiborne'
- O.C. Bus Drivers Accept Pay Cuts to Avert Strike
- Nude Dance Club Seeks OK From City Council
- CHESS : INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Ageless Lessons
- Jury Tampering Inquiry Complicates Henley Case
- Long Beach State Sweeps Past Pacific in Softball
- San Diego State Strides Closer to Stumbling CSUN
- Where Serious Style Can Relax
- When the Stratosphere Tower--which claims to be...
- Castle Craftsman Withstands Long State Siege
- Cypress Wins, Clinches Conference Championship
- Dunleavy Gets Fired as Coach but Kept as GM
- The Pit and the Podium : Zubin Mehta, who turns 60 Monday with a celebration at the Music Center, is at a crossroads, and considering a change in direction.
- REMEMBERING FARLEY: A Tribute to the Life...
- Lose Your Job? Children Should Probably Get the Straight Story
- HIT SINGLES
- FICTION
- Location, Location, Location
- Families Trapped for Generations as Illegal Slavery Thrives in Brazil
- BRINGING THIS 'BEAST' TO LIFE
- British Columbia, Tribes Face Obstacles in Negotiating Treaties
- 'The Best in Books and Hair'
- Investment Watch
- Light Pipes Can Help to Illuminate Areas
- Lebanese Refugees Return to Devastation
- Karcher Pulls Star-Crossed Finances Back From Brink
- 'Tommy Boy'
- For Russia's New Cross-Border Traders, Yeltsin's the One
- Clinton Needs to Widen the Gender Gap : The president should appropriate 'family values' rhetoric but not GOP themes.
- Funds Sought to Battle Drug Abuse by Students
- HIT SINGLES
- HIT SINGLES
- INSURANCE TO GO : How Legislation Now before Congress Would Make Health Coverage Portable