- Group Says Weekend Mall Sales Up 2.8%
- Oppenheimer Sale
- Power-One to Expand Manufacturing Facilities
- Filters Planned for Internet to Shield Children
- Study Links Stress, Arterial Blockage
- City's Newest Park to Be Open on Interim Basis
- School Board Seeking Back-to-Basics Ideas
- Domestic Market Share
- S. Korea, IMF Wrestling With Details of Bailout
- Police Seek Gunman in Slaying of 2 Men Outside Sylmar Home
- Man Killed in Standoff Described as SWAT Expert
- It's December, and That Means . . .
- Panel Concepts Is Sold
- Varying Costs for 'Medigap' Coverage Make Shopping Around a Must
- New Quarters, Expansion for Repo Ranch
- Camera Platforms Inc. Reports Slight Profit
- GOP Names 8 to Medicare Reform Panel
- Bridging the Interval : Ball of the Butterflies Celebrates the Transformation of Domestic-Abuse Victims to Women of Independence
- Boxed In by Former Tenant's Trash
- New Council May Prove Less Divisive
- Scouts Honor Advent of New Center
- Youth Center to Mark Its 20th Anniversary
- Micronics Opens Sales Office in Shanghai
- Dow Posts 4th-Largest Point Gain
- Learning by Doing
- Where There's Smoke . . . : There Could Be a Fiery Market for New Smog Test Centers
- Suit Seeks $1.6 Billion From Auto Insurers
- Manufacturing Student Interest in Industrial Careers
- Suit Seeking to Stop UC Tobacco Foe Is Dismissed
- City May Hire Firm to Develop Railroad Plan
- Tree Lighting Ceremony to Be Held at Promenade
- Nurses Plan to Picket Over Los Robles Hospital Staffing
- Suspect Admitted Killing Widow, Prosecutor Says
- City Council Hires Consultant for Headlands Development Project
- Plea Bargain Taken in Party Slaying Case
- BASEBALL
- Shaq's Return Is Pushed Back
- Recalling a Master of Violin Versatility
- CBS' Strong November Kills NBC's 3-Year Grip on Sweeps
- EU Tells Partnership to Halt Digital TV Decoder Box Sales
- Fluor Flying High--at Least Among Peers
- National Technical Systems Revenues Set Records
- U.N. Weighs Iraqi Oil Limits
- Redevelopment Chief Headed for San Diego
- Mark GleasonMission Viejo, Senior; Cross-CountryGleason won the...
- Homeowners to Pay Into Landslide Fund
- Councilwoman to Be Named Mayor Tonight
- Wise Line on Curbing Emissions
- A Friendly Battle for Bragging Lights
- Indians Trade Williams to Arizona
- Agassi Gets Job Done in Burbank
- Abdul-Jabbar Figures NBA Needs a Coach Kareem
- Antoski Likely Out for Season
- Spotlight: Kia Motors to Expand U.S. Models From 2 to 7
- Datum 4th-Quarter Earnings to Fall Short of Expectations
- GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE
- Frerotte to Be Sidelined Rest of Season
- Northridge Panel: Keep All Sports
- Are These Albums Approaching These Numbers?
- Standards Panel Rescinds Choice of Science Team
- Egypt Expert to Talk on Mummification
- Animated Debate
- Driver Shot, Killed After Slow-Speed Police Chase
- TOXIC DISCHARGES
- Public Defenders Reach an Accord With Court Officials
- Skinheads Not Brothers Under the Skin
- Family Can Sue Chain in Girl's Death
- City Moves Ahead on Water-Rate Increase
- City Protests Relocation of County Welfare Office
- Top Agent Talks About Decision to Quit
- Wood-Alternative Seekers Not Just Grasping at Straws
- Name That Company
- Laugh Lines
- Iraqis Stone U.N. Officials
- Mining Tax to Fund Study Will Be Decided by Voters
- Court Denies Pleas for Leniency From 2 of Tay's Killers
- The Big Sweep
- Frame of New Courthouse Near LAX Completed
- Top Agent Talks About Decision to Quit
- Proposal to Lengthen the School Year
- Ward Connerly
- Restaurants
- Telemarketing
- Hydroelectric Dam to Be Destroyed
- Holiday Spending
- IMF Bailouts
- Synthonics Virtual Reality Process OKd for Patent
- Understanding the Holocaust
- Obituaries - Dec. 2, 1997
- Obituaries - Dec. 2, 1997
- In Consolidation Move, GM to Buy Area Dealerships
- Curfews Cited for Drop in Juvenile Crime Rate
- Student Opens Fire on Prayer Group, Kills 3
- Curfews Cited for Drop in Juvenile Crime Rate
- Russians Hold Employee of San Diego Firm as Alleged Spy
- Board Votes to Apply for Science Grant
- Puppet Show Closes Cultural Series
- Golf Event Raises $65,000 for District
- Service Awards Honor Teachers
- TONIGHT'S GAMES
- Deciding Where to Draw the Line
- Column One: Grueling season: McFarland cross-country team toils for 6th straight title
- Quick facts: California's changing rural areas
- Cautionary Tales for Cyber-Biz Newbies
- Bell Labs' Transistor Technology 'Beyond State of the Art'
- Windows NT Moves Into Apple's Core
- Clinton's Attorney Also Feels Investigative Heat
- Traffic School in the Video Age
- 2 Bomb Blasts Kill 3, Injure 62
- Assignment for Fathers: Join in School Events
- 12 Hospitalized After Thanksgiving Dinner
- Evert Ray Laughlin; Farmer, Pentecostal Minister
- Teachers Defend School's Ban on Morning Sports
- A New Chapter
- TONIGHT'S GAME
- Bettis Runs Through the Cardinals
- After Leading by Two Shots, Norman Loses in a Playoff
- 'Amistad,' a meditation on history and its consequences, fits an epic tale with a soaring libretto into an undersized two hours.
- A New Attitude Let Her Climb to Success
- New Law Benefits Old Bug, but Smog Inspection Pollutes Issue
- 2 Men Found Fatally Shot at Sylmar Home
- Taking Back Mexico's Streets
- Rams Show They Don't Miss Phillips
- NOT BOWLED OVER / ALLIANCE BOWLS
- No Question That He's on Trakh
- Falcons Not the Ones Going South
- Swedes Complete Their U.S. Sweep
- Playoffs Are in Buccaneers' Sight
- A Stylish Program Conducted by Foster
- A Life of Service
- Man, 29, Shot After Allegedly Grabbing Officer's Gun
- Program Offers Senate Internships
- Long Beach State Falls Short, 85-74
- Stanford Wins Title in Hawaii
- He's So Money
- Waving Goodbye to Brea Olinda Days
- No Reason to Belittle Music for Children
- McLachlan Surfaces to a Richer Level
- StingRays Are Stung by Quest
- An Offer They Can't Refuse
- Time to Pay for Clearing Channels
- Davis Is Looking to Return
- Bailey Is Along for a Winning Ride on Subordination in Hollywood Derby
- Keep It to Yourself
- The Performance Behind the Performance
- Trees With All the Trimmings
- Iraqis March in Funeral for 100 Children
- Opportunities for Volunteering
- Students Warned to Be Wary of Online Scholarship Offers
- AUTHORS
- Eagles' Baby Boomer Coming of Age
- Dollas Is Ready to Return
- CBS Primed to Use Olympics for Run at Winner's Circle
- LAUGH LINES
- This week's subject: Earthquakes
- This Victory Is Thomas' Pride and Joy
- 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.
- Westinghouse Electric to Become CBS Today
- Degrees of Success
- Jaguars Spin Their Wheels Inside the 20
- These Fans Get to Enjoy Grey Cup a Little Too Much
- Texas Group Seeks to Register 35,000 Latino Voters in Valley
- Environmental Costs Debated After County Clears Drainage Channels
- Weathering a 1-2 Punch : Heavy Rain and High Tide Combine to Flood Streets and a Few Homes in Newport Beach
- Teen Held in Killing of Man Who Wouldn't Buy Liquor
- Rain Was Only Small Taste of Storms to Come
- The Dollar, Brought to You by Sani-Flush
- Home Traffic School the Best Course for Some
- Patriots' Struggles Continue
- Cappel Leads UCI Women Past Fairfield
- Westwood Defeats Norman in Australian Open Playoff
- NOT BOWLED OVER / ALLIANCE BOWLS
- Putts, Records Fall for Lehman
- Modern Art : O.C. Universities in Step With Demand for Digital Expertise
- Recalling the Dead to Help Protect the Living
- City Offered Grants for Anti-Drug Program
- 4 Years After Quake, Repaired Landmarks to Reopen
- AGENDA : ISSUES COMING UP
- Victims of Mortgage Scam Home for the Holidays With Benefactor's Aid
- Vaught Considers Season-Ending Surgery
- Sugar Bowl Will Take Second Look at the Bruins
- Solis Eclipses Field Aboard Ryafan in Matriarch Victory
- Vienna Choir Boys Honor Joyous Tradition
- Judging a Movie by Its Cover
- A Joyous Tradition Is Honored
- French Hostage Dies in Blast in Tajikistan
- Just for Kicks, Try Watching the Ref
- Valley Group Seeks to Register Latino Voters
- Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Macy's in San Francisco
- Sun to Rise and Shine This Week
- Man, 59, Accidentally Shoots Himself in Leg
- A Hard-Core Fighter for Adult Businesses
- Fund-Raiser Honors Memory of Newport Teen Killed in Crash
- City Panel to Honor 2 School Officials
- Boxing Still Has Right Hook for Trainer
- THE POLLS
- Cypress Loses in Tournament Final
- Kovalev Shines, but Rangers Tie
- Cities Would Prefer That Adult Businesses Be Ex-Rated
- Where Congress Schools Its Children
- The Man Who Would Be Mayor
- Learning Ins and Outs of English From the Horse's Mouth
- Bruins Find a Star While Losing Again
- Roggin Injured in Auto Accident
- Winnie Mandela Under Siege, to Testify Publicly
- Big Three Remain Unchanged
- Sainthood, and a Win, Suit Ditka Just Fine
- Bibby Tinkers With Lineup
- Lakers Prevail but Feel Empty
- These Remedies Might or Might Not Help
- EVENTS
- Video Telephony Still Not Picture Perfect
- Hot Rods by Boyd Names New Director
- Sounding Off
- Germ Warfare I
- "Conscious Breathing" By Gay Hendricks, PhD, Audio Renaissance, Two cassettes, 3 hours, $16.95, Read by the author
- Something's in the Air
- Early Reports on Sales Ring Up Retail Optimism
- Virgin Interactive Appears Behind in Game Plan for IPO
- * Influenza affects 25 million to 50...
- My Lai Hero Balks at Format for His Medal Ceremony
- Front-Line Troops Offer Help
- William Ford Jr. Reportedly to Head Ford
- THE WEEK AHEAD
- Less Work, More Play
- Up on the Rooftop for Christmas Lights? Experts Urge Caution
- Tiny Steps Forward
- Shuttle Can't Salvage Solar Experiment
- School District Seeks a Role in Real Estate Development
- A Labor of Love for Boys of McFarland
- Netanyahu Gets OK of Cabinet for Pullout Plan
- Moorpark Schools Enter Real Estate Realm
- Dolphins Not Run of Mill in This One
- Lavin Favors Small Lineup
- Pleasurable Ringing in His Ears
- Michaels Right on the Mark With Cosell-Like Comments
- Mammoth Area Hit by Quake Swarm
- A LOOK AHEAD * Los Angeles County this week will unveil a plan to implement welfare reform on the local level. By including an intensive program of support services and counseling, officials hope they are . . . : Drawing a Road Map to Self-Sufficiency
- Israeli Court Orders U.S. Teen Sought in Killing Held Longer
- Exit Poll Shows Ruling-Party Candidate Ahead in Honduras
- We Can't Help Kids by Destroying Families
- LAKERS REPORT / NOTES : Jones Continues Offensive Groove
- After the Holidays, It'll Be Back to Business
- Filmgoers Gobble Up 'Flubber'
- Too Bad It Wasn't Ready for Sweeps
- The Team of the Month Keeps Going in Atlanta
- Amid 'Troopers' Gore, It's Easy to Miss the Message
- Partial Tally Shows Ruling-Party Candidate Ahead in Honduras
- Berman to Speak at Chamber Lunch
- 4 Years After Quake, Repaired Landmarks to Reopen
- Professor to Discuss Area's Ethnic Change
- Independence Declaration
- Ben Folds Five Blends Gloss, Quirkiness
- Paint It Ain't
- S. Korea, IMF Agree on Plan for Bailout
- "Talk to the Doctor: High Blood Pressure" By Dr. Frederic Flach, and Dr. David B. Case, Durkin Hayes, One cassette, 65 minutes, $6.99, Read by the authors
- He Sees Patients but Would Rather See Consumers
- SEND AWAY
- After-Dark Postmark
- This Week's Tournaments
- Jane's Addiction Provides Over-the-Top Inspiration
- Exposing Sensationalism of Eatery Expose
- Poetry on the Internet
- China Investigates Accounting Industry
- HARDCOVER
- Heavy Lifting, Lighter Spirit
- Caregivers Pose Deadly Threat if Spreading the Flu
- You Can Keep a Healthy Balance, Even in December
- "The Fat Blocker Diet" By Dr. Arnold Fox and Brenda Adderly, MHA, Harper Audio, Two cassettes, 3 hours, $18, Read by Adderly
- Sick City, USA
- Nurse Convicted in Killing Gets Married
- Realizing a Utopian Goal in Center That Doesn't Cohere
- Experts Split Over New Role for National Guard
- Privatization Offers Option for Social Security
- It Goes From Bad to Hearst for the 49ers
- Perreault Line Gets It Done
- World AIDS Day to Focus on Healing Power of Theater
- A True Poly-Anna
- Whooping Cough Isn't Confined to Youngsters
- Run--Don't Walk--From Sick Folks
- Farrakhan to Visit Iraq on World Tour
- Dune Buggy Flips, Killing Woman, Son
- El Nino Credited in Hurricane Slump
- Brown Joins Push to Retake, Restore Golden Gate Park
- New Treatment May Fight Brain Disease
- You Can Run (Lights) but Can't Hide From Big Brother
- Center Cultivates Respect for Wildlife
- Testimony Is Sometimes a Matter of Interpretation
- Center Offers Free Computer Classes
- Kids, Surfing Safety and Other Considerations
- Laboratory-Produced Human Skin, Researchers Say, Is Only the Beginning
- GOP Lawmakers Are Counting on Making Taxes Pay in 1998 Agenda
- City to Survey Homes to Enforce Fence, Wall Limits
- Lawyers Hope Surrogacy Case Sets Precedent
- Schools Go Wireless
- Give This Man a Purple Heart
- Southlanders: Prepare for a Longer-Than-Usual Flu Season
- Aspiring Teacher Wants Kids to Know Their Computer ABCs
- It's That Time of the Year
- A Formula for Boosting Brain Power