- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION'S PRESS.
- Woman's Body Found Next to Freeway
- Spotlight: Apple May Tout Its 'Yosemite' at Mac Expo
- U.S. Strikes Back as Iraq Defies 'No-Fly' Zone
- Foreman-Holmes Not Dead Yet
- Changing Diggs
- Pop Date Book
- Nonlethal Ways of Eliminating Rodents
- PLACENTIA
- LAKE FOREST
- Get Their Attention, Keep Them Listening
- Dentist Nominated to Serve as Planner
- Scoring Big
- Also. . .
- In other games:
- Lack of Height in the Secondary Not a Primary Concern for Badgers
- Activists Sue Border Patrol in Dispute Over Rare Antelope
- Most U.S. Banks Wrote Off Russia's Debts Before Default
- S&P; to Announce Index Changes Later in Day
- Beetles, Chihuahuas Outscore NBA
- Online Job Advising
- Yemen Hostages' Rescue Account, Official Story Differ
- PLANNING AHEAD
- Brazil, Gasping to Avert Crisis, Raises Taxes
- Sober Auld Lang Syne
- Yugoslav Leaders Mix Signals on Kosovo
- From VIP to RIP: a Crash Test
- DaimlerChrysler Recalls Automobiles
- Ex-TV Anchor Accused of Bomb Threat
- No Amnesty for Khmer Rouge
- Armenian Center Aids Hurricane Victims
- Arizona Still Perfect After Victory Over Florida International
- While Cutting Cards, Ricky Jay Deals in Erudition and History
- Plan Ahead: Next Weekend
- Reflecting on Life's Darker Side
- Miami Turf War Taking Toll on Gangs
- Hospitals Need Backbone to Cut Deals With Health Plan
- VILLA PARK
- NEWPORT BEACH
- BREA
- SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
- UCLA Is Minus Martin but Wins
- Capistrano Valley's Speed Results in Tournament Title
- Best Bets: Thursday 12/31
- Two Cute Sisters Can't Carry Shallow Matchmaking Tale
- St. John Chief Extends Purchase Deadline
- Hey, You Can Trust Us on This
- Chad Therapeutics to Cut 12% of Work Force
- Cars of the (Near) Future
- City Rejects Davis' Offer to Help Paint Recreation Center
- 7 Soldiers Slain in Attack by Villagers
- In 1999, Get Tough With Milosevic
- BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Underdog Idaho Is a Winner
- Seminoles' Outzen Sets Out to Prevail
- In Oldest Arena, It's Old Hat for Ducks
- Itinerary: Keeping Resolutions
- U.S. Bancorp to Raise Stake in New Century
- Also. . .
- Women Increasingly Taking to the Road on Two Wheels
- Police Accuse Salesman of Widespread Gym Locker Thefts
- Group Endorses Volvo Anti-Whiplash System
- Angling to Reel in Volunteers
- What's the No. 1 Form of Road Kill? It's Etiquette, Thank You Very Much
- SEAL BEACH
- Tyree Wieder
- Bodger's Arm Improves, but He Again Misses Sharks
- Artists Rise From the Ashes--Again
- 'Godfather' Wisdom Guys Can't Refuse
- QLogic: A Spinoff Sensation
- Vi Graham; Teacher and Social Worker
- IRVINE
- 2 Judges Named; D.A. Just Benched
- Theater
- Quiet Shattered
- Out of Town: Santa Barbara
- RINGLEADER
- Blake Makes His Point for Kings
- Busy Wagenbach Enjoying Success After Her Ordeal
- FIRST ROUND
- Unknown Soldiers, Beautiful Losers
- Alcohol-Fueled Power Pack Unveiled
- Despite Pressures, China's Economy Grew 7.8% in '98
- Some Spots Swing While Others Crash-Land
- U.S. to Join Another Columbia / HCA Suit
- Gary, Ind., Is Named Worst City for Crime
- Pitt Is Upset in Big East Game
- Foster Care Drug Policy Is Focus of Reform Plan
- O.C. Hands Add to Parade Colors
- SAN CLEMENTE
- Man Held in Anthrax Threat to Courthouse
- Marching Band Aims to Be in Full Flower for Rose Parade
- DANA POINT
- NEWSWIRE
- Drinks Are on Us
- Smoker's Paradise in South Bay
- Christians Targeted in Hindu Violence
- Choice to Head Quake Agency Sparks Outcry
- Honduras, Nicaragua Deportations Delayed
- Volkswagen's New Jetta Drops Handling Off at Corner and Heads Up-Market
- Law Raises Identity Theft to a Felony, Stiffens Penalty
- YORBA LINDA
- Feud Spirals, With Mother at Center
- LIBERTY BOWL
- Lambright Is Fired as Washington Coach
- Carolina Rallies to Beat Tampa Bay
- He's Hit the 'Panic' Button
- CBOE to Trade Options on 'Dow Dogs' in 1999
- Ford Brand-Management Plan Aims to Stand 6 Brands Apart
- Gingrich Completes Penalty Payments
- GM Trunk Kits Guard Against Child Deaths
- Don Taylor; Actor in War Films, Director
- Trying to Get the World to Again Like Ike
- Resolve to Hike
- MISSION VIEJO
- LAGUNA BEACH
- WESTMINSTER
- Rush Returns but His Fate Is Uncertain
- Bruins Will Remember the Alamo --and Lesson of Kansas State Upset
- Boeing Beats Goal on '98 Jet Deliveries
- Cars Take Center Stage
- Inaugural to Spotlight Symbolism--and Food
- Skier Saves 3 in Mountain Plane Crash
- El Paso Isn't Pits for Hackett
- Sylmar Takes High Road to 81-65 Victory
- Alternate Screen
- Deadline for Writing Program Is Monday
- Plenty of Festivities Ready to Welcome the New Year
- Some Post-Holiday Debt, but No Regret
- U.S. Relaxes Data-Scrambling Export Rules
- Pacific Gulf Sells 5 Apartment Properties
- Sun, Bay Networks File to Sell @Home Shares
- Avalanche Kills 4 on Scottish Mountain
- Classics Are Cookin'
- ABC Lockout Causing Division Within Union
- 2 Killed, 15 Hurt When Pickup Plunges Into Ditch
- Providing an Incentive for Space Travel
- TOP 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
- Guenther Cleared to Return for Crespi
- Essential Albums, '78-98
- Steps Toward Change
- The Hits
- Blue Chips End 8-Day Streak; Broad Market Closes Up
- Advanta Settles Credit Card Rate Suits
- 2 6th-Graders Accused of Death Threat Hoax
- TUSTIN
- Columnist Jerry Hicks has the day off....
- Irish-Bred Is a Clear Winner at Santa Anita
- Chaminade Spells Relief, Victory With Capital 'D'
- BOWL SCHEDULE, RESULTS
- Bledsoe Is Out, Brunell Hurting
- Upscale, Down-Home
- TV Smarts
- Fifteen Reasons to Try Something Different
- Advertising Space on Bananas? Why Not?
- Grand Jury Finds No Oklahoma City Blast Cover-Up
- Sailors to Gather in Honor of 6 Lost
- Libya Orders Arrest of U.S. Officials
- Khmer Rouge Defections Put Cambodia at Crossroads
- Plants and Flowers Get the Cold Shoulder
- Voters May Decide Fate of Midtown Plan
- GARDEN GROVE
- STANTON
- Before Pasadena's Parade of Roses Comes a Procession of RVs
- ROSE PARADE
- LA PALMA
- He's in No Mood for Any More Radical Moves
- McAlister Ends Career in a Big Way
- Flexible Selanne Achieves His Goal
- 8 pm: Pop Music
- Chicken Fingers, Music and Bar Make Lucky Seven Swing
- Still Loving the Grind
- Book of Exodus Is Great Plot, but Did It Happen?
- SRS Labs Plans to Buy Up to $500,000 of Stock
- Mother Sentenced in Newborn's Death
- 'First Night' Is New Legacy to Usher Out the Old Year
- 'Tis a New Season
- FULLERTON
- THE SAFETY ZONE: ACTION LOG
- FOUNTAIN VALLEY
- In another game:
- NBA LOCKOUT / Day 184
- All of Sudden, Everyone Has to Bear Down
- RIFFS, Rants, Raves, Reflections
- Finding a Jazz Essence
- Stressed? Rushed? Frazzled?
- Family
- Microsoft Gets Boost in Windows NT Suit
- TODAY'S LIVING BEST BETS
- Californians Dreamin' of Luxury, Safety
- Mother-in-Law of Suspect Questioned
- Rock 'n' Roll All Nite and Build All Day
- Family of Gas Leak Victim Is Awarded $3 Million
- Woman Questioned in Slaying of 14-Year-Old
- LAGUNA HILLS
- Man Dies After Being Hit By Metrolink Train
- Close Not Enough for North Hollywood
- Cal's Victory Gets Trojans' Attention
- Beware The Underfrog
- In the seventh-place game:
- Dick Clark
- It Remains the Hottest Ticket in Atlanta
- In L.A., It Truly Takes All Kinds--and Ain't That Just Grand?
- O.C. Fans' Choices
- Art
- Concerts, Cartoons Make Compelling Case for DVD
- FTC Gives Green Light to BP-Amoco
- More Light on Minority Loans
- You Can Sue the Lube Shop for Engine Trouble, but Your Case Isn't Watertight
- BUENA PARK
- ANAHEIM
- SANTA ANA
- Teen Who Sued Schools Faces Marijuana Charge
- Welfare Fraud Defendant Has Luxury Cars
- ORANGE
- GIRLS' SOCCER ROUNDUP
- High-Scoring Twins Lead Georgia Rout
- Best Bets: Saturday 1/2
- The Times Music Index
- Prayerful Octuplets' Mother Goes Home
- High-Tech Rivalry Unfolds for 2 Once-United Firms
- DNA Tests Slated on Body of Producer Sought in Sex Crimes
- Attorney Admits Causing Delay in Recovery of Body
- Mighty Ducks Don't Have a Prayer in Toronto's 'Cathedral'
- Wheaties Maker Powers Ahead of Kellogg
- Non-Orthodox Conversions Valid, Israeli Court Rules
- Nazism Adds Dark Edge to This Tale of Betrayal
- Deciphering Car Sounds and Gas Octane
- Israeli Soldier Slain, 2 Injured by 'Friendly Fire' in Lebanon
- Merchants Back Business Improvement District
- Bruins Try to Wring Out Old
- Concordia Falls in Own Tournament
- Aztecs Band Together in a Winning Tribute
- Northridge Shows How to Close in Eye-Opener
- Lindros Out Because of a Mild Concussion
- Car Makers Wax Youthful
- Lawmakers in Mexico Strike Deal on Budget
- Today's Pocketbook: Shiny, Roomy, Gasoline-Powered
- Youth Market, Faux Leather and a 3rd Door
- Making Connections
- New Laws Crack Down on Intoxicated Drivers
- COSTA MESA
- Trojans Got Senior Discount
- Affif, Pisano Engage in Some Lively Interplay
- Quickturn Design Rebuffs Sweetened Mentor Offer
- TCI to Sell Sprint PCS Stake; U.S. OKs Merger With AT
- Speaker-Designate Focuses on Tax Cuts, Social Security
- Travels, Travails and Testarossas
- State Moves to Monitor Foster Kids' Drug Doses
- Reiser Appointed to Superior Court Bench
- New Sheriff to Keep 3 Gates Assistants
- Woman Charged in Sexual Assaults on Two Women
- Whether to Dismantle or Remake L.A. School District Still at Issue
- Hart Turns Tables on Chatsworth, 2-0
- Shots Go Astray, So Siena Tops Pepperdine for Title
- Buckeye Receiver Boston Is Hurting
- Master's Hangs On by Fingertips, 59-57
- Lavin: Bruins, Arizona Both Unproven
- Sweetbreads
- VIDEO NEWS
- Court Allows Sale of Smith & Hawken
- Refugee Surge Threatens U.S.-Cuba Migration Pact
- Even California Cars Need to Be Winterized
- Tell Us About Your Passion
- Thomas Bros. Makes New Inroads With Planned Spanish-Language Street Guides
- LA HABRA
- LOS ALAMITOS
- Ex-Gang Members Launch Job Program
- Tabloids to Wage Bitter War Over Expose in Court
- Chandler Leads Dominguez Over Verbum Dei, 64-54
- Agent Says Falk Wants No NBA Season
- Palisades Sprints Past Marina in Championship
- To Create Timeless Decor, Simply Acquire Taste
- Now, Our Windows '98 Show
- CYPRESS
- A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here.
- Reseda Won't Be Stopped Short
- In other tournament games:
- You've Got Business
- Screening Room
- BOYS' SOCCER ROUNDUP
- Lots of Luck to You
- November Gains Signal Healthy Growth in '99
- LAUGH LINES
- Ruth Clifford; Early Movie Star, Character Actress
- Volunteers Bring Meals to Urban Netherworld
- Beat Carsickness--Pull Over Often Before It Slams the Brakes on Your Road Trip
- LAGUNA NIGUEL
- Seeking Something That's Beyond Just Consumerism
- Arizona System Is a Big Winner
- Canyon Is Leaner, Meaner
- Toward Censure--Quickly
- Wulfemeyer Helps Lead Santa Ana Past Saddleback
- NEWSWIRE
- Calendar
- Like Father, Unlike Son
- Ends This Weekend
- Nece's Father Knows Best How to Tackle Tough Loss
- L.A. Seen as Immune to Any IOC Backlash
- Mater Dei Wins Its 10th Holiday Classic