- CAMPING WITH THE PRINCE And Other Tales of Science in Africa <i> by Thomas A. Bass (Houghton Mifflin: $19.95; 282 pp.) </i>
- 'Power Centers' Muscle Way Into Sales Volume : Retail: New type of shopping centers outperform sales of retail malls. They are cropping up wherever land is relatively cheap.
- A Guide to the Best of Southern California : FOOD : Pig Out
- This Walking Tour Is Always on Shaky Ground
- Korean Investors View Wilshire as 'Main Street'
- Your Mortgage : Learning the 'Lingo' May Help in Selecting Loan : Mortgages: Lenders have a number of terms that define various available options. It pays to understand them.
- A Guide to the Best of Southern California : HANDMADE : Wind-Music Man
- STRONG OPINIONS <i> by Vladimir Nabokov (Vintage: $9.95) </i>
- California IN BRIEF : EARLIMART : No Contaminants Found in Well Water
- Nation In Brief : PENNSYLVANIA : Oil Pipeline Spill Perils Water Supply
- Indian Culture Center Fading Into Past : Heritage: The elements are reclaiming a national historic landmark. Time is running out for restoration.
- ELECTIONS SOUTH PASADENA : No Fire, Brimstone to Excite the Voters in This Campaign
- O.C. Sits on Enough Water to Last Years
- THE WEEK'S OTHER PRIME-TIME FILMS
- Ed writes to Dear Abby when Wilbur...
- Lack of Quorum Holds Up Vote on Motel Controversy
- Attack Politics : Running To Win On the Low Road
- New Corrals : Lines Form for Adoption of Wild Horses, Burros From Government Lands
- Restoring Promise to the Land
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL THE TIMES CENTRAL CITY ALL-STAR TEAM
- Augmon Accomplishes Task: Rendering Weapon Harmless
- Cops Brace for a War on Avocado Rustlers
- Pendleton's Blankets Still Good as Gold Among American Indians
- No Shortage of Opinions When the Topic Is What to Do With the L.A. River
- McEnroe's Charity Work Begins Off Court
- Once Harbor Stopper John Ingram Got Serious, the Batters Got Nervous : JC baseball: The fireballing reliever has lost 40 pounds and gained a breaking pitch and new maturity.
- Lefferts Plans to Fill Big Shoes Left by Davis : Baseball: His life has been a series of challenges. Replacing the Padres' Cy Young Award winner is just the most recent.
- WORTH THE WAIT:
- Overlooked?
- Don't Let Crooks Take You for a Ride Overseas
- Belgians Brew Up Some Suds in Different Styles
- AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD <i> by Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage: $8.95)</i>
- Keep Youngsters Amused, Build a Gazebo Sandbox
- Nation IN BRIEF : MISSOURI : Kansas City Raises Taxes to Fight Drugs
- COLUMN ONE : Beyond the End of the Road : Old tires have long been an environmental pain in the neck. Despite shredding, chopping, grinding, burning, burying and dumping, they're a bigger nuisance than ever.
- Tables Turn on Serles in 3rd District
- Slipped Discs? : WHY LASERDISCS MAY NOT SWEEP THE PUBLIC TOO QUICKLY
- ANC Suspends Meeting With S. Africa Leaders
- THIS WEEK
- DEAD CALMPhillip Noyce's 1989 thriller is a...
- Damaged Tower of Covina Church to Be Torn Down
- Broccoli Growers Steamed by Mexico
- Seashell Collectors Walk the Beach of Isle Haven Doing 'Sanibel Stoop'
- Prison in Peru Becomes a Forge for Guerrillas
- Tris Coffin; Acting Career Long, Varied
- Thatcher's New Poll Tax: The Beginning of Her End? : Britain: A tax, intended to target the Conservative Party's enemies, has instead alienated constituencies on all sides.
- Gibson Feels Good About Disabled List : Dodgers: He could be ready to play by April 15. Daniels will make his spring debut today.
- TENNIS ROUNDUP : Grabb Serves Up 6-3, 6-4 Win Over Lendl
- He's Ready to Give Some Relief : Angels: Shortened spring training has little effect on left-hander Bob McClure, because relievers don't require as much work.
- After Interrupted Start, Conrad Wins Hobby Main in Saugus Opener
- A Hot Film Property : Andie MacDowell, star of 'sex, lies, and videotape,' opts for small-budget films and ignores major studio bids
- King of the Genre
- Station's New Format Exiles Listeners to Generic Radioland
- CNN: Far From Broken, but They're Fixing It : Entering its second decade, Cable News Network is making changes--and drawing criticism--in a bid for ratings
- Rice May Be Part of Japan's Culture, But Fewer Are Buying It : Food: Japanese are eating less rice every year. One group is fighting back with an 'I Love Rice' campaign, promoting new products like rice pizza.
- Has He Forgotten Anything? : THE THINGS THEY CARRIED <i> by Tim O'Brien (Houghton Mifflin/ Seymour Lawrence: $18.95; 273 pp.) </i>
- Oh, All-Wise Ones, Your Tongues, Pens Betray You
- What can be done to retain the rural life style in North County?
- Drug Lords Warn of Bombs in Bogota
- Kazakhstan: Life and Death in the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud : Fallout: Soviet citizens remember how they were misled on nuclear testing. They wonder why the U.S. has not agreed to stop such tests.
- Maritime Museum Nears Opening
- 2 San Pedro Students Win Citizen Bee Competition
- THE HOUSE
- New High School Brings District Hassles : Education: Prospective students, their parents squabble over who will attend Rancho Bernardo High.
- Judges Acquire 'Shopping-Cart' Mind Set : Justice: Much time and effort is wasted in San Diego County's seemingly unending game of musical courtrooms.
- Process That Zaps Risk From Donated Family Blood Now Standard
- Width of a Road Pits Synod Against Environmentalists
- Stanford upset two-time defending Pacific 10 Conference...
- Woodbridge Girls Win at Valencia
- SPECIAL REPORT
- Relationship Between Steinbrenner, Winfield Is Rocky to Say Least
- NOBODY LIVES FOREVER <i> by Edna Buchanan (Random House: $17.95; 241 pp.) </i>
- Uncovering the Vast Mystery of Chaco Canyon
- FICTIONWE ARE STILL MARRIED: Stories & Letters...
- World IN BRIEF : ZIMBABWE : Mugabe Reelected in Low Voter Turnout
- Homeless: El Monte's Shadow Society : Services: They're down and out. The census, they say, ignored them. And a church is evicting a program that brings them food and medicine.
- Venice Plan Has the Town Talking --and Talking
- Till Politics Do You Part : Nicaraguan Election Puts Marriage to the Test
- Airport Plans Ruffle Feathers of Bird Fanciers : Wildlife: Bald eagles have established a nesting site nearby. Conservation groups want the new Denver facility to form a nature sanctuary.
- Dead Calm (Cinemax Sunday at 10 p.m.,...
- To Be a Child, Fair-Haired, Fair-Skinned and Poor in Brazil : Baby Trade: Americans and Europeans eager to adopt need only U.S. dollars and the assistance of Casa Alegre to realize their dreams.
- Driver Killed Trying to Make a Left Turn
- SIMI VALLEY : Human Skeleton Found on Hillside
- Thousands Join March Against L.A. Violence : Crime: About 4,000 cheer, sing and pray for an end to gangs, graffiti, drugs, violence.
- Week in Review : Simi Valley : Braly Denies Urging Pot Decriminalization
- Week in Review : Ventura County : Schaefer Feels Heat for Letter on Census
- The lottery was the push I needed
- Buddy McGirt, ranked No. 2 by the...
- COMMENTARY : Extend an Open Invitation to NCAA's Party : College basketball: An all-inclusive Division I tournament might help to clean up the sport.
- Derek Knight won both hurdles races and...
- Eric Dickerson of the Indianapolis Colts, who...
- United Kingdom's Transatlantic Flight of Jazz Fantasy
- Mission U.K.'s New Video Form: Surveillance Rock
- Avant-Garde Posters Reveal Lesser-Known Side of Soviet Art
- The Legion of Depeche Mode : The band's bleak and danceable alternative rock attracts a devoted Southland following
- Heart Valve Case Leaves Pfizer Under a Cloud : Law: Failures of a device produced by an Irvine subsidiary continue to haunt the health-care giant. Concern over the cost of settling legal claims has investors nervous.
- Tail That's Light by HENRY REALBIRD
- It's in the Male : Warning: This Column Contains Blatant Sexual Stereotypes Not Meant to Be Taken Seriously
- WATER TO WINE: : THE METAMORPHOSIS OF L. A. : MATERIAL DREAMS Southern California Through the 1920s <i> by Kevin Starr (Oxford University Press: $21.95; 424 pp.) </i>
- A As Good as Their Words : WRITERS IN HOLLYWOOD <i> by Ian Hamilton (An Edward Burlingame Book/Harper & Row: $22.50; 336 pp.; 0-06-01623-7) </i>
- Cape Verde Atlantic Archipelago Steers Off Socialist Road Onto Free-Market Path
- Coffin-Bearers Stage Death Penalty Protest in S.F.
- Azusa May Cap Rents for Mobile Home Parks
- Edward L. Fireman, 68; Noted Astrophysicist
- 3 Killed by Blast in Canton Rail Station
- Virulent Foot-in-Mouth Disease Strikes Again
- WHAT IS NORTH COUNTY'S TOP ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM?
- Firm's Honorariums Get Congress' Attention : Congress: An export and leasing company ranks tops in speaking fees. Last year lawmakers got about $100,000 to visit its N.J. headquarters.
- Egyptians May Build Cable Car Up Mountain of 10 Commandments
- How to Decipher Those Performance Figures
- HOTEL DEATH And Other Tales <i> by John Perreault (Sun & Moon Press: $16.95, cloth; $10.95</i> , <i> paper; 213 pp.) </i>
- The Country Look Scores Big in Nostalgia Wave
- INTIMACY <i> by Susan Chace (Plume: $7.95) </i>
- Chekhov on Lake Huron : FRIEND OF MY YOUTH <i> by Alice Munro (Alfred A. Knopf: $18.95; 277 pp.; 0-394-58442.2</i> )
- Pasadena Counting on Computer for an Accurate Census
- California IN BRIEF : SONORA : Man Gets 17 Years for Murder Attempt
- FLASH FROM THE PAST
- Old Allies Go to War Over Remap : Politics: League's stand in favor of a commission to redraw districts has the Democrats fuming.
- Highwaymen : On the Road Again : Cash, Nelson, Jennings and Kristofferson--the last of the Nashville legends?--tour with hard-edged brand of country music
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- Custom Cost Savings
- DECONSTRUCTION
- The Birds of Prey Need Protection
- EARTHQUAKE
- Art and Rap Lyrics
- Jewish Group Objects to 'Appeasement'
- "Jake and the Fatman" is still one...
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- Historical View of Housing Market
- Unfair Conclusions
- Unfair Treatment of Oak Grove School
- Wrong Crowd Count
- Another Perspective on Hollywood AestheticsRe "An Interview...
- 'Keep It Private'
- 3-Year Shutdown of Overpasses for Road Work Is Far Too Long
- Free Courses Top Those at Private Trade Schools
- Centinela School Board Has Many Supporters
- Comments on Ventura County Section
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- It's not enough to see Hal Fishman,...
- Yes on Measure D Advocated in San Juan
- Cinema Messages
- Keeping Pressure on the Educators
- MAN BITES TOWN
- DECONSTRUCTION
- LOS ANGELES TIMES: A SPECIAL REPORT...
- SIZZLER
- Airport a Noisy Neighbor
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- Gregory Dump
- A Doctor Responds to Story on Death of Implant Patient
- 'Whiny' Complaints
- BURNED BY BURR
- Art and Rap Lyrics
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- After watching "America's Funniest Home Videos," I...
- UCSD Co-Op Dispute
- Some Class Acts
- EARTHQUAKE
- The Practice of 'Outing' Draws Fire
- SIZZLER
- Malathion Spraying
- Coverage of Perrier's Problem Was Overblown
- The Practice of 'Outing' Draws Fire
- Religious Stereotypes
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- Videocassette Ratings
- THE SUN SETS ON 'MORNING'
- The Practice of 'Outing' Draws Fire
- Tall and Skinny Virtue
- SIZZLER
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- COPING WITH THE WATER SHORTAGE : Metropolitan Water District: A Giant in Southern California's Success : Growth: Formed in 1928 to finance the Colorado River Aqueduct, its membership has mushroomed from 13 cities to 27 agencies covering more than 300 cities and unincorporated areas.
- The Vietnamese on Vietnam and America...
- Use Vegetarian Diet for Kosher Meals
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- Cinema MessagesAs a disabled person, I am...
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- CUTTING COMMENTS
- A Sticky Error
- Give Us Strength
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- Yes on Measure D Advocated in San Juan
- The Practice of 'Outing' Draws Fire
- I am deeply disappointed that "L.A. in...
- DECONSTRUCTION
- Galanter's Record Open to Questions
- 7 UCI Students Held at Nevada Nuclear Test Range : Civil disobedience: The demonstrators join a five-day Decade to Disarm protest of UC's participation in nuclear weapons research at laboratories in Livermore and Los Alamos. Nearly 600 activists are arrested.
- Insensitive Board
- ABC's "America's Funniest Home Videos" is a...
- Why Heidt Was Silenced
- Medical Students at UCI Agonize Over Uninsured
- Underemployed People Aren't Reflected in the Government's 'Stable' Jobless Statistics
- Everyone Must Take Part in Battle Against Prejudice
- AN ELOQUENT 'LEGACY'
- *** DEPECHE MODE "Violator" <i> Sire/Reprise</i> :<i> Album scale: one star (poor) to five (a classic.)</i>
- The Practice of 'Outing' Draws Fire
- One of the biggest disappointments for so...
- Here's Thinking of You, Gracie Allen
- Comments on Ventura County Section
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- DECONSTRUCTION
- Plea for the Arts
- Death Penalty Controversy--Cruel Punishment or Justice?
- Art and Rap Lyrics
- The Practice of 'Outing' Draws Fire
- The networks wonder why they're losing viewers...
- This Moroccan City Is Testament to Older Days
- State Asks Justices to Lift Stay in Harris Case : Supreme Court: California lawyers argue that there is no legal or moral reason to block execution of killer.
- Compensate Innocents in Harm's Way : Panama: Civilians were part of the casualty equation as U.S. troops went in. They should not be ignored as the troops leave.
- In This Most Enlightened State, the Darwin Theory Is Again Under Siege
- Inmates' Families Find They Have a Few 'Friends Outside' : Prison: An Easter egg hunt is one way this volunteer group helps those left behind--especially children--cope with the pain and difficulties of having a loved one behind bars.
- Councilmen Deny Claim of Conflict : Hawthorne: The three said they did nothing wrong when they extended the city trash contract of the developer from whom they bought their homes.
- Democracy Puts Chile Back on Tourist Map
- The Baby Gamble : Infertile Couples Are Not Being Told the Real Odds Against 'Test-Tube' Conception
- ELECTIONS LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL : Bread-Butter Issues Dominate Campaigns : Conflict Charges, City-Police Friction Enliven Basically Quiet Election Season
- Drought May Not End, Officials Say : Water: Even if precipitation returns to normal, booming population points to permanent shortages.