- An Italian Hanukkah
- Casting About
- Oceanside Police Union Seeks Apology From Mayor for Race, Sex Bias Allegations
- What the Fed's Shift in Interest Rate Policy May Mean
- $85-Million Extension for Bagwell
- Microsoft Plans Spending Cut, Pay Boost
- Bertelsmann Unit to Buy Fast Company Magazine
- Hillary Clinton's Book Deal Has Drawn No Criticism
- China's Tiger Is a Pussycat to Bushes
- In Interview, Clinton Vows to Fight If Indicted
- O.C. to Add Staff to Monitor Use of Tobacco Funds
- School Anti-Smoking Programs Ineffective, Study Says
- Board OKs Study of 'Living Wage' Plan for Ventura County
- How Nonprofits Can Pick Up Extra Cash
- Bikers to Take Toys to Children
- Midtown Mall Wins City Council OK
- Drummer Freese Gets the Joke, Plus a Lot of Job Offers
- They'll Find Time to Play Game Too
- Firestone, Ford Bid to Cut Probe Short
- IRS to Delay Companies' Stock Options Tracking
- The Best of 2000
- The Lowdown on a Highlands Marriage
- A Long-Feared Drug Gets the Green Light
- Ferret Ban Has N.Y.C. Officials Biting and Owners Frothing
- Getting the Most Out of Traffic School
- Managed Caring
- Chemical Firms Settle DDT Suit
- A Life Reclaimed
- WOMEN
- Keeping the Viva Out of Las Vegas
- MEN
- The Reality Is, Networks Forget Fast
- When It Comes to Getting Business Tax Advantages, It's All in the Timing
- ALSO
- Retail Sales Fall 0.6%, Third Straight Week of Decline
- Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List
- Willing to Conserve, but Only if Tree Is Bright
- Online Driver's License: Validity Not Included
- Official Hurt, Driver Killed in Attack
- A Girl Takes an Adult Medicine, and She Pays a Lifelong Price
- Car Thief Takes 3 Infants as Well; Babies Dropped Off Later at Costco
- County OKs Funds for Homeless Shelter
- New Policy Established on 3 Strikes
- Boy Injured on Disney Ride Returns to Hospital
- SOUTHLAND EVENTS
- Capital-Gains Tax Installments Proposed
- Owner of Opulent Carwash Files to Liquidate Assets
- Reebok Granted NFL Apparel Licensing Rights
- Blair Bids Farewell to Millennium Dome
- CALENDAR: Events in the region today include:
- Don't feel sorry for Burroughs' girls, who...
- Texas Christian's Gary Patterson will be making...
- Another Suitor Bids for Pen Interconnect
- O.C. Bankruptcy Filings
- Kwanzaa Candles
- School Collects 2,200 Videos for Sick Kids
- Nate Reade; Key Figure in Costa Mesa Incorporation
- The Play's the Grade for AP Students
- 500-Acre Fire Contained; More High Winds Forecast
- Alumni Night Bad for Kings
- Villa Park's Iti Considers Transfer to Las Vegas School
- Report Questions Success of SBA Minority Program
- Harris' Racing Roots Run Deep
- Brown Fulfilling Coach's Prophecy
- Keeping Work Afloat Year Round
- Styleclick Names President, COO
- Crop Insurer to Pay to Settle Fraud Charges
- The Stirred Bird
- GOP Rep. Foley Blasts Public Reviews of Florida Ballots
- Yugoslavia Seeks to 'Cleanse' Border Area of 'Terrorists'
- Judge Seeks Answers to Slaughter of Wild Horses
- Couple Die in Possible Murder-Suicide
- Virginia Overpowers Tennessee
- Ventura Thrives Outside
- Telecom Maker Ciena to Buy Cyras for $2.3 Billion; Stock Drops 24%
- In other Tournament of Champions first-round games:
- Jailed Pa. Politician Bailed Out for Holidays
- Babbitt Cuts Trinity River Flow to Growers
- Court Rules on Warrant for Pinochet's Arrest
- Kohl Calls for a United Europe
- Funds Earmarked for Arts Partnership
- Poor Neighborhoods Targeted for Grants
- 'Pops' Staples; Leader of the Chart-Topping Staple Singers
- Son Sann; Ex-Prime Minister Sought Democracy in Cambodia
- Man Loses Arm in Industrial Accident
- HMOs Hike Pay to Providers, Ease Contract Rules
- Miss Information's Guide to Auto Activities
- Food Bank Joins Ranks of Homeless
- * Margaret F. Fahringer; Retired Grocery Clerk
- Enchanted, and Fragile
- Dow, Nasdaq Fall on Fed's Decision to Hold Off on Cutting Interest Rates
- Marina's Mojica Now in Spotlight at Orange Coast
- Wahid Visits Aceh, Pleads for Talks
- Book Deal for Hillary Is a Scandal Waiting to Happen
- Split Board Approves Study of 'Living Wage'
- Discovery of Arsenic in Soil Brings Fear to Cudahy School
- $17.4 Million Left to Caltech by Alumnus
- Player Recovering From Tumble
- Mater Dei Continues Its Tournament Run
- Be careful what you wish for.Oxnard Coach...
- Medvedenko Takes Over George's Roster Spot
- British, French Companies to Buy Seagram's
- Fox, Who Survived Indy 500 Crash, Dies in Car Wreck
- Lemieux Back at Practice
- Sidelined Mourning Still a Popular All-Star
- COMING THURSDAY
- A Quiet Ride Home Becomes a Peaceful Road Trip Into the Past
- Bush Can Avoid Clinton's Early Missteps
- Israel's Electoral Mess
- Bird That Brightened Patient's Life Is Stolen
- Power Lines Start 47-Acre Brush Fire Near Ventura
- Gloria Daly; Ran the Original Brown Derby
- Clean Beach Think Tank Proposed
- Fate Is the Hunter
- Aikman May Have Played Last Game
- Salonen: A Writing-Conducting Showcase in NYC
- Passion Still Burns Brightly for Ageless Smokey Robinson
- New Chief Vows to Put Spark Back in Chrysler
- Bock, a Former Green, Joins Democrats
- Clinton Will Issue Sweeping Rules for Patients' Privacy
- Who Let the Dog Out?
- Hey, Hillary, Forget High Rents, You Can Bunk at the Kornheisers'
- Exhibit Reprises White House Christmases
- When Punks Go Hollywood
- Is Your Firm Ready for a Board of Directors?
- United Will Retire Part of 727-200 Fleet
- It's Tough to Say Goodbye to My CNN Relatives
- Milk Prices Likely to Rise Along With Energy Costs
- Salmon Sex Changes Worry Researchers
- Netanyahu Says His Comeback Is Coming
- Airbus Giant-Jet Gamble OKd in Challenge to Boeing
- Balderrama, Canel Carry Crespi, 3-1
- Oregon State Taking This One Seriously
- Recipes from Reviewed Books
- Count Your Gifts and Roll Out the Barrel
- Man in Fatal Chase Faces Murder Charge
- Gore Still Has a Role to Play: Peacemaker
- A Proven Winner, Elliott Is Patient as USC Assistant
- Broadcom's Addition of SiByte Is Completed
- LOCAL NOTES
- In other girls' games:
- Cunningham Gets Baseball Job at Harvard-Westlake
- Private Firm Offers Board Alternative to Sheriff's Copters
- Bloodhound Leads Police to USC Student, Who Is Held in Rape
- Managing to Donate Time at Holidays
- Ex-Employee Sought in Fatal Rampage
- Patterson of Valencia Does Best Work in Fourth
- These Boilermakers See the Big Picture
- Foundry Networks' Profit to Lag Forecasts
- Herbalife Exec's Death Prompts Bizarre Fallout
- SBC Drops 13% After Firm Trims Sales, Profit Forecasts
- EU Farm Ministers OK Banana Import Plan
- 17 Die in Raids on Turkish Prisons
- Answers Lie Mired in Political Muck
- Jerry King Elected Water Board Boss
- Let New Thinking, Not Confrontation, Drive U.S.-Japan Auto Issues
- The State Needs to Act Now to Prevent Blackouts Later
- A Glaring Exception
- Jazz Off-Key in Lethargic Loss at Toronto
- Who Goofed? It Couldn't Be Wooden
- Museum on a New Mission as It Seeks Curator
- Exxon Mobil Hit With $3.5-Billion Verdict in Fraud Case
- LAUGH LINES
- Midfielder Reyna Wins Vote as the U.S. Player of the Year
- Text of Fed Statement
- ALSO
- Warm-Weather Retailers Hang Up the Holly
- DirecTV Buys Rights to Show World Cup
- Testimony Prompts Bank Chief to Quit
- Terrier Wins Prominent Post in Bush Administration--1st Pup
- Army Details Disposal Plan for Small Nerve Gas Bombs
- Police Convicted of Violating Civil Rights
- Bitter Loss for Waves
- Imports Flat at Long Beach Port
- Tian-ah! Kenny bei guadiao!
- Ken Deis, Flora Springs Winery & Vineyard
- U.S. Holds Talks With Israelis and Palestinians
- Distressed Valley Areas to Get Aid
- Outcry Halts Cattle Grazing on Orange Site
- 'Temp' Finally Calls It a Day--After 60 Years
- Holiday Warmth Is Wrapped in a Blanket
- Boys, Girls to Get Supplies for School
- Fountain Valley's Allen Decides to Transfer to Corona del Mar
- Supervisors OK Needle Exchange Program
- No. 8 Purdue Pounds Stanford
- Slack Must Be Picked Up With Kariya Sidelined
- Nike Profit Rises 11%, Matching Estimates
- Some Primary Indications of Compulsive Overeating
- U.N. to Tighten Afghan Sanctions
- Figure From Past Compton Scandal Objects to Contract
- Centrist Health Reform
- Man Beaten, Robbed by Masked Intruders
- Mexico Will Be Left Out in the Cold
- Meade's Profits Are Under Expectations
- Company Ledger an Open Book
- Studies Find No Short-Term Links of Cell Phones to Tumors
- Fire Contained, but More Winds Forecast
- This Eldrick Woods . . . What's He Look Like?
- This Is as Good as It Gets for Laker Conspiracies
- Pac-10 Might Take a Pass on El Paso
- Glitzy Carwash Is a Washout in Mission Viejo
- The Year's Cookbooks: What's Old Is New
- New Acura Waits in Wings
- Overeaters Struggle With Season of Plenty
- N.Y. Officials May Take Phones Out of Drivers' Hands
- Sen. Hatch 'Glad' to Be in R-Rated Movie
- Maryland's Santa Reb and Yankee Claus
- McKayle to Create Anaheim Ballet Piece
- Be of Good Cheer, Dems; All Isn't Lost
- EU Bank to Target European Media
- Japan Refuses to Extend Auto Agreement
- Lobo Player Is Kicked Off Team
- Castleton Finally Suits Up for Titans
- A Nutty Cookie
- Rules for Medical Marijuana Detailed
- A Celebration of David Mamet's 'State' of Mind
- Isolation Top U.S. Ailment, Researchers Say
- Volcano Erupts Again; Thousands More Flee
- Boy Injured at Disneyland Returns to Hospital for Testing
- Bibby Doesn't Let Guard Down
- National Television Drought Ends Tonight
- Judge Throws Out Raiders' Claim Against City, County
- EMusic, Independent Labels File Suit Against MP3.com
- Southeast Shivers Through Snowstorms, Power Outages
- Boy Injured at Disneyland Is Tested for Brain Swelling
- Kirsty MacColl; British Singer Drew On Many Traditions
- Motorcyclist's Death Was Not Hit-Run
- A Shopping Scorecard for the Serious Golfer
- Judge Throws Out Raiders' Fraud Claim
- 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.
- EARLY DAZE
- Vernon Hot, Flames Roll
- Team Matches Probably Won't Be Returning to Pelican Hill
- No. 1 Aliso Niguel Defeats Tritons
- Baby's Health Weighing on Defenseman Schneider
- Anteaters Start Slow but Finish Strong
- Southern Gothic 'Gift' Bears a Mixed Blessing
- Trade Deficit Narrows in October
- 1998 Castello di Farnetella "Lucilla," Tuscany
- Robinson Soars Above Low-Flying Competition
- Vintage Books of the Year
- Circuit Board Maker's Dive Takes Stock in Anaheim's DDi Down Too
- Air Force Cadet Charged With Dealing Drugs
- Gadzuric Leaves Practice Early
- 'Measured Century' Offers a Retrospective That Counts
- Sticky Stuff
- UC Irvine 84, Belmont of Nashville 74--The...
- 'ER,' Comedies and a Movie Are Music to NBC
- Holiday Money and Love in 'How to Marry a Billionaire'
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION'S PRESS.
- Lakers Win on Heat Wave-Off
- Earnings Slump for Two Investment Banks
- New Rule Makes It Harder to Win Federal Contracts
- Tragic Cost of Mental Illness
- Bush's Agenda
- Off-Roaders in Desert
- Rape Prevention
- Supreme Choice
- Only in L.A. columnist Steve Harvey is...
- Shaq's Graduation
- Light Celebrations Predate Christmas
- Peltier and the FBI
- 'Pops' Staples; leader of the chart-topping Staple Singers
- Dinner Tonight!
- OBITUARIES - Dec. 20, 2000
- Obituaries - Dec. 20, 2000
- Rate Hike Needed to Rescue Electric Utilities, Davis Says
- Damage Control a Priority for Davis, Utilities
- Bush Sees Clinton for Job Briefing in a Familiar House
- Deaths of 3 Women in State Prison Probed
- Brush Fire Burns Ridge Above Ventura
- Prankster's Killer Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder
- Ziesmer's Request for Holiday Visit With Mother Denied
- Solomona Convicted of Murder
- For the Record - Dec. 20, 2000
- For the Record - Dec. 20, 2000
- How a New Policy Led to Seven Deadly Drugs
- History Is Only the Launch Pad
- Celebrating the Holidays in West Coast Style
- Jennifer LacySCHOOL: AgouraYEAR: SeniorSPORT: BasketballSEASON AT A...
- MEN
- Sunny Hills Wins Glenn Tournament
- Holiday Chaos in the Spirit of Fa-La-La Land
- Vanguard Beats Ranked Opponent
- Dodgers Let Bouncing Ball Roll Through to Backstop
- UCLA
- HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK
- AREA COLLEGE NOTEBOOK
- Stanford Impressive in Return
- O'Neal Denies Freeze-Out of Bryant
- Mater Dei Wins Its Opener in Las Vegas but Loses Gabler
- Combating the Media's Message to Girls
- After Russia Ordeal, U.S. Businessman Is Back Home
- Circuit City Reports Third-Quarter Loss
- Thomson Multimedia to Acquire Carlton's Technicolor Unit
- Almost Acoustic Christmas Plugs Into Power
- Tallis Voices Soar Melodically in Centuries-Old Sacred Song
- Worker Caught in Packing Machine in Critical Condition
- For a While, the Game Was in Phil Beck's Court
- Tverdovsky's Move Nothing New