- Turns in the Road : INVOLVED, <i> By Walther Habers (Soho Press: $24; 320 pp.)</i>
- Let There Be Light
- A Guest's Luck : WATCH FIRE, <i> By Christopher Merrill (White Pine Press: $14; 191 pp.)</i>
- JUST THE FACTS : Where We're Going
- Liberians Frustrated Despite Refugee Aid Policy : Africa: Government avoids encampments and their squalor. Displaced people are scattered among villages. The arrangement creates its own brand of headaches.
- Suburbanites Lured Back to Downtown Denver : Colorado: The shift is to a renovated area full of apartment lofts, art galleries and restaurants. The gritty Skid Row district now presents a shiny face as LoDo.
- New Kids on the Hill: Profiles of 3 Freshmen Likely to Succeed
- Prayer-in-School Drive Has Strong Foothold in South : Courts: A family in Mississippi objects to religion in the classroom and files suit. But officials defend their practices.
- In Congress: Year 1 of the Experiment
- City Officials Wary of Proposed Shelter for the Homeless : Services: Citizens group wants to start the east Newhall project by offering free showers to help transients spruce up for job interviews.
- SIMI VALLEY : Grants Available for Community Groups
- Supervisors Face a Host of Pivotal Issues in '95 : Government: First priority will be to hire a new administrator. Other challenges include the budget and resolving trash disposal dispute.
- THE NBA / MARK HEISLER : With These Resolutions, Watch Out in '95
- Ignominious Is Key Word in Kimble Trade
- LOG ON L.A. : Keeping Up With the Late Shows
- Constitutional Speed Bumps Ahead for GOP Juggernaut : Politics: As Gingrich musters his troops for assault on status quo, much of the impact will be absorbed by a structure designed to change slowly.
- Basic Rules of Investing Violated, Experts Agree : Bankruptcy: Many municipal officials failed to follow checklists before putting funds in Orange County pool.
- TEMPLE-BEAUDRY : Artist's Hopes for a Garden Bear Fruit
- Bus Crash Injures Driver, 11 in Prison Work Crew
- Commentary : TALK IS CHEAP (AND TACKY) ON 'JERRY SPRINGER SHOW'
- He Accepts the Finger of Blame After Making His Point on Camera
- FIVE TO WATCH IN 1995 : Sure, they were impressive in 1994. They worked hard, they played hard, they coached their way to success. But just wait until this year, when these people show what they can do. : MIKE GIORDANO : He's the <i> Real</i> Star in This Undertaking
- Finding of Non-Native Trout in Yellowstone Leaves Officials Reeling : Ecology: Biologists fear that the cutthroat population could be wiped out if the larger and more aggressive lake trout become established. That, in turn, could deprive grizzlies of food.
- Someday They'll Write My Biography : The uncompromising artist in Gustav Mahler finds the perfect uncompromising biographer : GUSTAV MAHLER; Vienna: The Years of Challenge (1897-1904), <i> By Henry-Louis de la Grange (Oxford University Press / Clarendon: $45. 1100 pp.)</i>
- LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
- GIVE US THE SCORE
- SMOKE IN HIS EYES
- Gingrich Film Pick
- Hollywood Freeway
- Conservancy Purchase of Wilson Canyon
- The X-Fences
- The Politicking for Assembly Speaker
- A Few Worries for Christopher Cox
- Quake Memories
- Reporting, Fighting Crime in Costa Mesa
- Position Premature on Landfill Agreement
- Jobless Attorneys Put Reader in Good Spirits
- How's That Again?
- Airport Planning Process Directly Affected by County Fund Crisis
- FIVE TO WATCH IN 1995 :...
- A Grand Life : Long before his death, Robert Lowell's stature as American poetry's most visible link to the "great tradition" of the past made him seem Olympian : LOST PURITAN: A Life of Robert Lowell, <i> By Paul Mariani (W.W</i> . <i> Norton: $27.50; 528 pp., with photographs)</i>
- Is Petracca Whistling a Different Tune?
- Fatherhood
- AMSTERDAM MEMORIES
- Synonym Wanted
- Costs of Toll Road Are Weighed Against Essential County Services
- REALITY CHECK
- Happy Sailor
- Hawaii Special Issue
- Schools Chief
- Input Not Heeded by Parks and Recreation
- Debate Rages Over Hiroshima Bombing and Exhibition
- Ernesto Zedillo
- Citizen-Bred Initiatives Grow in Popularity Despite Uncertain Results : Politics: Many such propositions are overturned in court. Some are so long or badly written, voters say yes when they mean no, or vice versa. Others produce unintended results. Some do nothing at all.
- Group Backs Best Use of Wetlands
- The Damage Has Been Done, Now It's Time to Restore the County
- 'RACHEL' PAPERS
- Airport Expansion Plan Irks Some Neighbors
- Now That Nureyev's Gone The Paris Opera Ballet continues to ascend without the guiding master. It's the veteran dancers who feel the change most.
- PUNK BONDS
- DARE Program in Schools
- Empowerment Zone Grant
- Obituaries - Jan. 1, 1995
- NONFICTION - Jan. 1, 1995
- NONFICTION - Jan. 1, 1995
- NONFICTION - Jan. 1, 1995
- NONFICTION - Jan. 1, 1995
- NONFICTION - Jan. 1, 1995
- NONFICTION - Jan. 1, 1995
- NOTEBOOK : Crenshaw Travels to Texas Without Senior Guard Ronnie Arch
- Ventura Boulevard Plan Threatened : Special interests are trying to change number of intersections that will be affected and shift the financial burden to regional sources that don't have the money.
- District's Future Rides on Bond Decision : Education: Paramount schools teem with students. Officials fear a downward slide without financing to relieve overcrowding.
- UNFORTUNATE CHOICE? In its January issue, Fortune...
- Suspect in Killings Seized After Attack on Virginia Clinic : Shootings: Man sought in deadly Massachusetts rampage is captured in Norfolk, minutes after police say he fired on another abortion facility. No one was hurt.
- Russians Strike at Heart of Chechnya's Capital : Unrest: Shells rain down and the Parliament building burns, but leader of the rebel republic remains defiant.