- GOINGS ON SANTA BARBARA : Treats and Tricks : Halloween events for young people are planned at De La Guerra and La Cumbre plazas.
- Pasadena : City Sues King's Villages
- COLUMN ONE : Failure Is Etched in Steel : The world's largest steelworks, antiquated and ailing, stands as a symbol of a Soviet economy run by central planners who focused on little besides production statistics.
- VENTURA : Student's Self-Portrait Featured on Nationwide Poster
- Alhambra May Put the Brakes on Use of Streets by Student Drivers
- California IN BRIEF : SONORA : Rescuers Find Last of Stranded People
- VENTURA : Center Comes Alive for Day of the Dead
- Urban Reserve Building Moratorium Is Extended : Planning: City Council votes to extend ban until Sept. 21, 1992, so that a plan for the area can be completed.
- Forfeit Could Result in Additional Penalties for Banning
- Tom Kelly of the Minnesota Twins was...
- A Tale of Two Tours : Ron Hornaday Jr. Does Double Duty as He Tries to Carve an Identity Separate From That of His Dad, a Local Racing Legend
- It Will Be Twins Against Twins Once This Bowl Matchup Starts
- TV Boycott Fails to Dent Tuesday Ratings : Media: Several groups had called for sets to be off for the day, but viewing may have been up from a year ago. An organizer still calls campaign successful.
- California IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : More Prize Money Sought for Lottery
- PREP NOTES
- Police Helicopter Crashes on Pilot Testing Mission
- Turner Moves to Head of the Class : High schools: Redondo standout excels on and off the football field.
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Orange Coast Moves to Second in Volleyball
- ROUNDUP : 2nd-Half Goals by Cal Upend CS Northridge in Soccer, 2-0
- Cameroon Is Refused Place in Turf : Breeders' Cup: Though ninth in points, officials rate him 20th and opt for filly Saganeca.
- Marden of San Fernando Throws Down the Gauntlet : Prep baseball: Coach challenges Southern Section teams to battle City squads head to head for supremacy in area-wide tournament.
- Escape Artist Disappears From Knott's Assemblage
- Nayland Blake's Ever-Changing Art Refuses to Live in Past : Lecture: The young artist says he keeps from using one idea as a crutch by shifting the focus of his work.
- Trash Hauler to Stop Santa Clarita Pickups
- September Restaurant Closures
- Gray Has Gone From Pro Bowl-Caliber to Reserve : Rams: After being burned in Atlanta, he is replaced at cornerback by No. 1 draft pick Lyght.
- Man Robs Bank, Escapes on Foot
- ART REVIEW : Rolston and the Rich and Famous
- 'Terminator 2' About to Hit $200-Million Mark : Movies: While fall releases are in box-office slump, the summer smash climbs to 13th on all-time domestic ticket sales list.
- Of the 102 largest publicly traded companies...
- Fed Moves Hint Rate Cut Near; Dow Adds 9.84 : Market Overview
- Bad Loans Leave UnionFed in Red for 1st Quarter : 'Further deterioration' of its real estate projects is blamed for a $6.58-million loss. The thrift is under increasing pressure from federal regulators to meet minimal capital requirements.
- TOURISM
- A Second Chance : Dependency: The Santa Monica-based CLARE Foundation tries to narrow gaps in the social services net for alcoholics and the homeless.
- TALES OF THE CRYPTIC : Halloween Is Business as Usual for Three Businesses With Their Own Part-Time Ghosts
- Suspect a Mild Man, 2 of His Children Testify
- West Covina : Firm Hired for Waste Plan
- Azusa : Reservoir Cleanup Allowed
- Mitterrand Didn't Call, but That's Not a Hang-Up Now, Gorbachev Says
- Booming Business of Buying Used
- Sea World Begins Multimillion-Dollar Improvement Plan
- THE FANS' CHOICES
- Reaching Out to Armenia Gets Easier : Switch to Digital Phone System Cuts Wait From Weeks to Minutes
- Have an Ice 90sConrad Peter of Tujunga...
- San Diego
- LAPD Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing in Los Alamitos; No One Hurt
- Not All Communists Were Criminals : Czechoslovakia: A law meant to keep former party members out of government may destroy innocent lives.
- GHOST WATCH : Not So Dead
- Both Sides Assess Their Scars From Recall Battle
- White House West : Presidential library: Fourth-graders are shown a scale model by a knowledgeable guide--Nancy Reagan.
- WOMEN'S SOCCER
- 'Billy Bathgate': Biting the Bullet : Benton Defends Gangster Epic Ambushed by Rumors, Delays
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Hoodoo Gurus: No Hocus-Pocus : A Lot of Posturing as Australian Rockers Show Anything But Magic
- BankAmerica to Sell Units to Get Merger OK
- Pens That Compute, Fresh Apples and New Windows
- INTERNATIONAL
- Better Diet: An Easy Fix
- Better Than Pie
- Oz: The Land of the Blue Pumpkins
- An Oakland Waiting to Happen?
- Game for a Hunt Festival
- 'Jerusalem Has Its Special Status'
- A Spy Who Fooled No One Is Repentant : Soviet Union: KGB agent who chauffeured seven consecutive British ambassadors describes his double life in the latest slap at the agency.
- Tribute Nets $150,000 for Cancer Research
- FISHING / DAN STANTON : Anglers Battle Strong Winds and Heavy Seas
- High Life / A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : Some Go for Indelible Impressions
- McCaskill, Winfield Are Free Agents; Angels Say They Want to Keep Pitcher
- PREP NOTES
- Real Irish Hope Wins at Aqueduct
- Veteran Latino Journalist Munoz Named News Director at KMEX
- Video Rental Chart : 'Doors' Steps In to the Top Spot
- PEOPLE/PLACES
- TV REVIEW : A Tribute to Caffe Lena
- ART REVIEW : Parisian Haunts
- RADIO
- U.S. Investigating Chinese Nuclear Assistance to Iran
- Scam Impact Felt From L.A. to N.Y. : Fraud: Tax benefits were promised in rehabilitation of historic buildings. Instead, millions disappeared into what officials are calling 'a black hole.'
- Missile Rack, Fuel Tank Fall Off F-18 During Test
- 200 Flee Toxic Fumes
- Today at Pasadena City College, about 120...
- Hard to Choose and Hard to Go Wrong
- THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY : Fullerton's Day of the Dead Exhibit Embraces a Mexican Tradition With a Skeleton Crew
- OXNARD : Wife Killer Faces Up to 21-Year Term
- L.A. Seeks Greater Control Over Zoo : Recreation: City seeks more authority over facility's 135,000-member support group and a larger share of its funds. Association calls the proposal 'unpalatable.'
- Hermosa Hopes Study to Make Good Scents : Pollution: City Council launches a review of 'the problem of vapors and odors' emanating from body shops and other businesses.
- Retirees Cheer Duke, Shout Down Edwards
- Cambodia Frees 442 Political Prisoners, Says More to Come
- Glendale : Plea Entered in Forgery Case
- Huntington Park : 3 Face Criminal Charges in Thefts of School Property
- Baldwin Park : Suit Filed Over Hotel
- Rail Official Defends Response to Accidents : Emergencies: Southern Pacific spokesman disputes charges that it failed to act quickly in two derailments that caused toxic spills.
- LOTTERY RESULTS
- Allred Attacks L.A. Press Club
- PERSPECTIVE ON POPULATION : Two by Two, We'll Fill the Planet : At today's rate of procreation, a future generation will have to live with less than one square inch per person.
- Mark Sauer, former chief operating officer of...
- Hollywood Story in Which the 'Truth' Pays : Arts: Rick Reynolds' one-man theater piece has made his career. It's all a 'weird perk,' says the writer-actor of his hot, new status in the industry.
- Long Beach Woman Paralyzed in Airplane Evacuation Drill
- The Wine Doctor : Andre Tchelistcheff is America's greatest wine maker. He's 90. He's been working in the vineyards 53 years. And you've probably never heard of him.
- FILM : Victims of 'Pleasure District' Helped Switch Red Light Off
- Old Skeletons : Digging Up the Unsolved Mysteries of Dead Man's Hole
- Times Are Changing in El Segundo--but Not Very Quickly : Government: Proposed new general plan reflects the aerospace industry's downturn, but officials say the city's small-town character will remain.
- HUNTINGTON BEACH : City Still Disputing 1990 Census Figures
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL : Now, the Criticism Is Directed at Delany
- PREP ROUNDUP : Foothill's Parson Sweeps, Finishes Season at 57-0
- GREEN ACRE : For Agriculture and Animal Life, Costa Mesa's Centennial Farm Is the Place to Be
- Hahn's Career Highlights
- Long Beach : Proposal to Confiscate Cars of Prostitutes' Clients Heard
- BOOK REVIEW : Prism Deflects Frail Figures' Light : FATHER MUST<i> by Rick Rofihe</i> Farrar, Straus, Giroux $18.95; 166 pages
- THE HOUSE : Crime Bill
- ELECTIONS / EL SEGUNDO : Candidate's Legitimacy Is Big Issue : Campaign: Hottest topic among four City Council hopefuls is how one of them got on the ballot for Tuesday's vote.
- THE HOUSE : Gun Control
- OJAI : Changes Sought in Landfill Selection
- TENNIS ROUNDUP : McEnroe Loses Temper, Then Match at Paris Open
- Wallach, Robinson Pledge $110,000 for Titan Coffers : Colleges: Former Fullerton baseball players contribute to school's fund-raising campaign.
- PREP NOTES : Flanagan Catches Everyone's Attention in First Start for Cypress
- HOW THEY'RE DOING : Dolphin Rookie Happy for Chance to Pay Dues
- PREP NOTES
- Cal Lutheran Teams Make Strong Case for Postseason : College soccer: Conference wins for men and women improve school's chances of advancing to Division III playoffs.
- ENERGY
- No Free Lunch in the House; Senate Still Subsidized
- Pump Up the Pudding
- LYRICAL WORKER : David Zippel and 'City of Angels' Turned Out to Be a Match Made in Heaven
- An Answer to Loo Lines : Restrooms: A new law would allow women to use men's rooms if the line at the ladies' is more than three deep. Men could use the women's room if the situation is reversed.
- Disabled Veterans' Cost-of-Living Hike OKd
- A Sampling of Resale Shops
- A summary of significant Los Angeles City Hall decisions affecting the Westside in the last week.
- Navarro Wants Probe of Group Backing Councilman
- Goblins Don't Spook This Neighborhood : Halloween: Children and parents enjoy make-believe at party in area that is fighting the all-too-real evils that beset it.
- Jail Bakers Stay Home to Join County Protest
- Several Firms Wrongly Listed as Tax Scofflaws
- Awaiting New Home
- Thousands Apply for U.S. Haven as Deadline Nears : Refugees: Program offering Temporary Protected Status to immigrants fleeing war or natural disaster has midnight cutoff for applications. Response has surpassed INS estimates.
- Third of Sheriff's Officers Feel Undertrained : Law enforcement: First department attitude survey also finds concern about loss of tolerance of ethnic groups.
- City Council Approves Increase in Sewer Fees
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : USC : Henry Replaces Holmes at Cornerback
- Charger Center Hall Sustains Knee Injury : Pro football: Starting lineman won't require surgery but might miss one game.
- Duguay Re-Signs With Gulls
- He's a Heavy Hitter, in Every Field : SDSU: Ray Rowe likes contact, the kind he gets as an Aztec tight end, and the kind he makes in his chosen profession.
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NFL : Eagles Tested All Players for AIDS
- Bond Sellers Got Negative Data, Ex-S&L; Chief Says : Fraud trial: Raymond Fidel tells jury he followed advice of lawyers, not Charles Keating, in deciding what information could be given investors.
- Belgium Says ICN Can Sell Antiviral Drug to Treat Flu
- International
- Shabu
- Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : House Kills Costly Foreign Aid Bill
- County Purchase of Building Seen as Economic Boost
- Whittier : Council Relents and Cuts Water Rate Hike--a Little
- Bellflower : $5,000 Reward Offered in Shooting Death of Driver
- SPORTSCOPE : UCLA Golf Tournament Draws Nation's Top Teams
- Historic Mideast Talks Begin : Diplomacy: President Bush appeals to Israelis and Arabs to put aside the past in the quest for peace. He promises economic aid in the process.
- Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Illness Again Stalls Noriega Drug Trial
- It is Ansel Adams' single most popular picture. And no one, not even the photographer, was sure when it was made. Until now. : 'Moonrise' Mystery
- DISCOVERY : Brecht Orchid Garden and Gift Shop
- Some Don't Buy Stark's Apology for Overdrafts : Congressional perks: The lawmaker, a banker and a multimillionaire, admitted to bouncing 17 checks over a year at the House's private bank.
- Pilot in Graham Crash Had Been Warned of Poor Weather
- Hahn to Retire After 4 Decades as Supervisor
- Bringing the Danger of Fire Home to O.C. Neighborhoods
- Killer of Boxer Is Given Death Sentence
- COLUMN LEFT : Poland Spoke, but Yeltsin Didn't Hear : The Russian Republic is headed down the absolutist free-market path to disaster.
- IRVINE : College Celebrates Center's Opening
- More Precious Than Oil : Syria's boycott of water talks is misconceived
- Henry M. Schachte; Former Head of J. Walter Thompson
- California IN BRIEF : SAN DIEGO : Welfare Fraud Ring Uncovered
- MOORPARK : Feud Leads to Spat Over Surplus Food
- Basketball
- Software Research Taps Metaphysics
- Suspect's Children Call Him Mild Man : Trial: Slain woman's husband is 'really mellow guy' who never threatened her or demonstrated anger, two of them testify. Another daughter tells of mother's loan-sharking activities.
- THE HOUSE
- Top Child-Support Offender Sentenced : Divorce: A man who owed a total of more than $100,000 is ordered to prison for 18 months.
- Avoiding a Second Home Disaster : Insurance: A detailed inventory of the contents of your residence is first step to adequate fire, burglary coverage.
- Yeltsin Sending Aides Abroad to Push Reform : Russia: Officials will visit 10 countries to explain his plan. Lawmakers are to vote today on his request for greater powers.
- Crescenta Valley : Water Board Elections
- High Life / A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : 'High-Tech' School Gets State Grant
- Ruling Hasn't Made Airport Uproar Any Quieter : Aviation: Even after court decision gives city power to control noise, residents call for even stricter regulations. But court sends signal that further restrictions may not be accepted.
- Region : Dump Fee Increase Studied
- WESTMINSTER : Recall Drive Targets 3 Council Members
- 3-Year-Old Drive-By Shooting Victim Identified
- Smog in Retreat : First-Stage Alerts Hit a 30-Year Low
- Fire Interrupts Printing Operations Briefly at Times' Plant in Costa Mesa
- COUNTYWIDE : Telephone Caller's Bomb Report False
- Woman, 66, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver
- District Attorney Is Investigating Fund-Raiser for Betting Initiative
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT
- COLLEGE DIVISION NOTEBOOK : When Transfer Eludes Soto, He Leads Chapman Surge in Soccer
- PREP NOTES
- O.C. POP BEAT / MIKE BOEHM : Their Show Isn't Pretty, But LSD Rockers Smell of Success
- Pierce Players Join Hands in Show of Unity
- PEOPLE/PLACES
- Kevin Kitagawa has been appointed senior vice...
- Candy Companies Now Enjoy Taste of Success : Food: Consumption of chocolates and other sweets is up as the industry tries new marketing approaches.
- Allergan Cutting 70 Jobs in County, 200 Worldwide
- New Owners for Magazine: The MZ Group...
- Might Be Time to Give Limas Another Chance
- Angular Pann's Is a Throwback to '50s Days of Experimentation
- Diamond Bar : 2 Proposals Struck Down
- The Spirits Move Them : In Capistrano, Ghost Stories Are the Talk of the Town
- Thousands Seek U.S. Haven as Deadline Nears : Refugees: Program offering Temporary Protected Status to immigrants fleeing war or natural disaster has midnight cutoff for applications. Response has surpassed INS estimates.
- Leisure World Builder Ross Cortese Dies at 74
- Simple Recognition by Old Foes Is a Milestone : Mideast talks: By their presence at the table, Israelis and Palestinians tacitly concede legitimacy of each other.
- Santa Monica : Cracking Down on Traffic
- La Mirada : Safety Board Considers Blocking Avenida Espana
- Slain Woman Called 18th Victim of Serial Killer
- MUSIC SCHOOL OF FISH : Just for the Halibut : Bad bio jokes, a new haircut and rollickin' good time involve this quartet of musicians.
- SCORECARD : FACTS, FIGURES AND COMMENTS FROM AREA EVENTS
- Will Henry; Author of Western Novels
- Law Doubles Penalty for Graffiti Vandals
- Packard Pushes 2 Bills to Boost Supply of Water : Legislation: Measures would set up distribution system for reclaimed liquid from treated sewage and fund research into cheaper desalting systems.
- THE HOUSE : Crime Bill
- IRVINE : Vietnamese Internee Art on Display
- ANAHEIM : 3rd Year-Round School Is Possible
- Plan to Build Waste Plant Abandoned : Toxics: Firm says the facility is no longer economically viable. The proposal had been opposed by Huntington Park High School and neighborhood groups.
- Basketball
- PREP NOTES
- Baseball Manages to Strike Out
- Basketball
- Dustin Hoffman Lets Off a Little Steam Over 'Bathgate'
- PEOPLE/PLACES
- MUSIC REVIEW : Tokyo Quartet Plays Bartok, Brahms at Barclay : Difficult pieces are mastered with group's authority and commitment; music is played with a sense of certainty and purpose.
- THE ARTS
- For Many, Gaslamp Won't Be Same Without Goldman
- Realtors Report Dramatic Rise in State's 1st-Time Home Buyers
- Lawyers Set Rules on Bond Sales, Keating Trial Told
- Bird's, the Love Pudding
- Armory Use for Homeless May Expand
- 20 Charged in $1-Million San Diego Welfare Fraud : Swindle: Five ex-county employees allegedly played a key part in embezzlement. Lack of controls assailed.
- Raising Wood Value Might Slow Harvest of Old Firs : U.S. turns them into plywood, but others prize grain and color.
- MUSIC PREMIERE : Unusual Venue : Composer-musician Jeff Kaiser realizes a goal Saturday when his Requiem debuts at the Odd Fellow's Hall in Ventura.
- Gorbachev Preoccupied by Own Crisis : Soviets: He combines a plea with a warning of a disaster that is already spreading across one-sixth of the globe.
- Language Fluency Grows in Importance as Healing Tool
- COMEDY : She Shoots Sugar-Coated Bullets
- Nurses Returning to Work After Strike
- Man Accused in Child's Death Says Visitor Was Also in House : Courts: Ricky Lee Earp denies killing the 17-month-old girl. The prosecution calls it the 'some-other-dude-done-it' defense.
- D.A.'s Office Looking at Initiative Fund Raiser
- You know you're in Southern California when...
- San Diego
- NEWPORT BEACH : Clergy's Help Asked on Council Prayers
- Parents Fume at Skateboarding Arrests : Law enforcement: Handcuffs are placed on youths and mug shots taken at substation. Laguna Niguel lieutenant defends arresting officer's action, says boys were warned. City officials are concerned.
- No. 14 UCLA Rolls Past San Diego State in Men's Soccer
- FISHING : Bass There for Those Who Braved Heavy Seas
- ANALYSIS : At NFL Half, Leaders Are Kelly, MacPherson, Ervins
- Missed Spare Spoils Duggan's Chance for Fifth Bowling Title
- Basketball
- QUOTABLE
- PEOPLE/PLACES
- TOURISM : Disneyland, K mart Team Up for Holiday Contest Promotion
- Head of Its Class
- Save the Jack-o'-Lantern
- The World Squash Game
- In the Long Run, Nugent Is a Winner : Colleges: Transfer from Minnesota has become UCLA's best long-distance runner.
- Groom's Foes Publicize Her Legal Troubles
- Where to Go for Ghosts and Goblins
- Long Beach : 35-Story Condo Approved, to Be Tallest in Downtown
- NEIGHBORS : R-e-s-p-e-c-t : A billboard ad raises the question again: How hard is it to spell Fillmore?
- Builder Lops 2 Houses Off Plan for Hillside Site : Development: The number of posh homes proposed for a Glenoaks Canyon site has gone from 24 to 22, but residents remain firmly opposed.
- High Life / A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : Boyfriends, Schools Figure in 'Worst Nightmare' List
- Rio Hondo Community College District
- Writing Lessons Are No Longer Limited to English Classes
- Behind Closed Doors : Sheriff Block's panel is off to a slow and shaky start
- Bills Would Promote Recycling of Waste Water : Drought: One calls for design of a distribution system for reclaimed water; the second sets up research for reclamation.
- IRVINE : School Candidates Air Their Views
- ANACAPA ISLAND : Suit Blames County for Boating Deaths
- Lawyers Give Closing Arguments in Mall Attacks Trial
- A New Police Chief With a Smile : Torrance: Joseph De Ladurantey arrives from LAPD's Harbor Division with progressive ideas on policing.
- Judge Seals Verdict in Trial of Baby-Sitter
- The Classic Is Excessive to In Excess : Breeders' Cup: Colt will instead run in shorter Breeders' Cup Mile on grass. Farma Way, because of ankle injury, will also miss $3-million race.
- PRO FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : RAMS : Newberry Doubtful for Saint Game
- PREP NOTES
- Gretzky Goal Is Uplifting Experience : Hockey: It is his first of the season and helps the Kings tie Hartford after trailing, 4-1.
- Charities Will Pick Up Items for Donation
- La Canada Flintridge : Waste Collection Change
- County Gives Up Fight Against Land-Use Law : Airports: Officials will no longer try for exemption from plans to control noise and ensure safety.
- Cleanup of Oakland Fire Debris Begins
- SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : Races Spark Fireworks--and a Plan to Ban Them
- Downey : Police Pay and Benefit Talks Delayed Until Next March
- Sunny Hills Tops La Habra in Water Polo
- Defender Races to Start on Jan. 14 : America's Cup: Four round-robin competitions over four months to determine defender.
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE NATION : Stanford Also Getting Bowl Interest
- Eagles Tested for AIDS Virus
- 'Fierce Love' a Black View of Gay Life
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Fatima Mansions Rages
- Salomon Will Settle Revco Fraud Lawsuit
- Phone Firms Cleared to Offer Data Services : Communications: The Supreme Court refused to bar them while opponents appeal a lower court ruling.
- TOURISM
- Lincoln Bond Sellers Knew of Risks--Witness
- Culver City : Hazardous Waste Roundup
- Alhambra : City Allocates $2.5 Million
- Hands On : Cherokee, a Newbury Park legend, doesn't profess to be psychic, but instead reads a person's health and personality.
- Smith Defense Allowed to Use Clothes as Evidence
- Another Agency Enters Battle for Use of Rail Yard : Development: The latest plan for Southern Pacific's Taylor Yard would make the site a flood-control basin. Officials are also investigating legality of panel's purchase of part of the land.
- OBITUARY : George S. Blair, 67; Claremont Professor
- 2 Hospitals Agree to Cost-Cutting Merger : Health care: Inter-Community and Queen of the Valley hope to complete the consolidation by mid-1992.
- Trattoria Spiga Is Just About Perfect
- Walnut : 2 Car Lot Owners Arrested
- Blood Test Frees Prisoner After 10 Years
- PREP NOTES
- Ricky Davis: Small but Durable : UCLA: Sophomore tailback rushed for 124 yards against Arizona State, but he's uncertain if that means he will get more playing time.
- NHL ROUNDUP : Defensively, Canadiens Are a Winner
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Vandross: The Sheik of Shriek
- Number of Children Living on America's Streets Swells
- Santa Monica : Police Chief Hears Concerns
- Nation IN BRIEF : THE EAST : Dozens of Fires Continue to Burn