- O.C. Slaying Finds International Spotlight : Courts: Trial opens for a Taiwanese national accused of killing her husband's mistress and the woman's infant son.
- India Sets Up Contact With Hostage-Holding Kashmiris
- An Unofficial Envoy Adds to Successes
- Nation IN BRIEF : NORTH CAROLINA : Man Arrested in Mail Bombing
- AmeriCorps Off to Slow Start : Service: Clinton program's efforts to help the county's poor suffer from lack of interest, organizational problems.
- Rapid-Reaction Force Is Slow to Move Into Action
- TOUR DE FRANCE : For Indurain, Maintaining Lead a Birthday Tradition
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : A Pop Sample Debate: Head Vs. the Street
- Union Chief Has Bold Plans in Bid to Lead AFL-CIO : Labor: John Sweeney is early favorite in first contested presidential race. Low-key style, brash strategy praised.
- LAUGH LINES : Jokes
- 2 Killed as Serbs Shell Croatia Town
- Britain Needs a Diplomatic Houdini : Northern Ireland: IRA reluctance to disarm and Protestant refusal to accept less has stalled the peace talks.
- No Freedom for Tortured Myanmar
- JAPAN
- World IN BRIEF : INDIA : Contact Made With Kashmir Kidnapers
- Punitive Awards Rare in Civil Suits, Study Says
- Legal Ploys Let Middle Class Get Medi-Cal Nursing Care : Aid: Complex 'estate planning' satisfies eligibility rules, shields assets after death. Some call maneuvers unfair.
- Paying Back for a Precious Gift Received
- Taavili J. Tuitama; Retired Navy Electrician
- ROLLER HOCKEY : Blades Lose to Phoenix in Shootout
- HOLLYWOOD PARK : A Victory for Stevens and Soul
- SOUTH KOREA
- Sir Stephen Spender; British Poet, Essayist
- Agenda
- North Hills' Wi Wins Amateur Title
- SOCCER / GRAHAME L. JONES : Surprising U.S. Team Could Become Extraordinary Today Against Mexico
- GOLF ROUNDUP : Mallon's Triple Bogey Opens Door for Sorenstam
- Employers Can't Legally Hold Back Worker Records
- Don't Ban Women--You May Need 'Em
- Egyptian Policeman, Villager Slain; Muslim Militants Are Suspected
- Wilson's Alternative to Affirmative Action : Politics: Governor says his welfare reforms would offer minorities an 'equal playing field' for college enrollment. He warns Jesse Jackson not to disrupt a regents meeting on the fate of admissions preferences.
- Linking Up With New Resources : Education: Cal Lutheran professors are learning how to incorporate the new CLUnet computer system into their teaching.
- Hess Investigation Continues
- 'Maverick' Lowell Weicker Seems Drawn to 3rd-Party Presidential Run
- Man Held in Slaying at Bel-Air Estate
- L.A.'S STAIRWAYS : Forget traffic jams and parking hassles. Get off the freeway and enjoy the cardiovascular benefits of these historic steps.
- Orange County Focus is dedicated on Monday to analysis of community news, a look atwhat's ahead and the voices of local people. : IN PERSON : Shining the Light of Ancient Virtues on Modern Dilemmas
- Throwing a Game : Up to 2,000 Players Tee Off Per Month at O.C.'s Disc Golf Course
- Steel-Frame Repair Jobs Daunting : Quake: As demands of a new city law begin to be met, high-rise tenants and owners fret over disruptions, expense. Inspections alone can cost up to $1 million.
- Angels So Hot They Need I.V. : After Sweeping Away Tigers
- Film Doesn't Do Justice to Swigert the Astronaut or Person
- INDIA
- COMPANY TOWN ANNEX
- TAIWAN
- Vietnamese Activists Vow to Press Fight : Protest: Clinton's decision to normalize relations with Vietnam angers refugees. But some observers say new policy may erode their support.
- Hulking Heroes Collide to Delight of Beach Crowd
- WEEKEND REVIEWS : Music : Bowl Orchestra Opens Season
- BEACH VOLLEYBALL : U.S. Dominates International Event
- When Murder Is Sport, 'Richard III' Throws Strikes
- TECHNO-PHOBES: Students and professors at Cal Lutheran...
- Lake View Terrace : 40,000 Attend LAPD Festival to Aid Youth
- Trace of Rain a Record in L.A.
- NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Home Cooking Serves Perez Well, 5-1
- MOUNTAIN BIKING : Juarez, Furtado Prevail Amid New Intensity : Cycling: Many Snow Summit competitors bemoan the increasing pressure to win that comes with Olympic status.
- Ejector Seat Leaves Rider Up in the Air at the Fair
- DANCE REVIEW : A Backdrop of Balanchine : Many Sides and 'Temperaments' of Miami City Ballet Company
- Serbs Near Takeover of 2nd Bosnia 'Safe Area' : Balkans: Zepa's 16,000 residents hide in cellars, caves. Advancing rebels vow to take all land east of Sarajevo.
- WORLD SPORTS SCENE : Jackie Joyner-Kersee's Heptathlon Streak Is Threatened by Drechsler
- DANCE REVIEW : Questions in 'She' Focus on Callas
- Gurney Updates Bard in 'Overtime' : Theater review: The Old Globe production follows up on Shakespeare's 'Merchant' in a setting much like '95 N.Y.
- LAUGH LINES : A True Expert on What Makes Hugh Tick
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Tacking to Right, Clinton Borrows GOP Core Issues
- Fire Contract Offer for Westminster Reprieved : Services: County authority restores its proposal after city agrees to cover any liability from civil rights case.
- Splash Beats Mexico, 6-4
- Dodgers Get All Rapped Up, 5-2 : Baseball: Marlin pitcher registers career-high nine strikeouts as Florida gains split of series.
- Rams Open Camp Today Amid St. Louis Frenzy
- Wi Not a Washout in Winning SCGA Amateur
- MUSIC REVIEW : Southwest Chamber Society Plays at Huntington Loggia
- The Conservation Movement Comes to Frogtown
- Angels Now Must Prove Themselves
- Fortunate Herbert Wins British Grand Prix
- Rossellini Retrospective Marks 'Open City' Anniversary
- MOVIE REVIEW : 'Under Siege 2' Plays Out Pyrotechnics
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Wild Dibble Put on Waivers for Release
- Pompous Yet Vapid: It Must Be Boston : Its Phony Grandeur and Formulaic Techniques Spell Artistic Death
- Fans' Enthusiasm for Rams High--So Far : Football: Team starts a new era by opening training camp today in St. Louis.
- Juiced Up, the Angels Pour It On : Baseball: They sweep the Tigers in doubleheader, 6-4 and 13-6, and take the four-game series against Detroit.
- Orange County
- China Should Keep Favorable Trade Status, Christopher Says
- COMMITMENTS : For Love . . . or Money? : You can run but you can't hide. If you're single, dating services will hunt you down--even if all you want in a relationship is to be left alone.
- Thousands in Iran Seized as Smugglers
- Actor Basks in Summer Spotlight as Will Rogers
- High Time : Despite Drizzle, Fun at Van Nuys Aviation Expo Soars
- A Healthy Dose of Compassion : Medicine: Doctor who triumphed over polio is working on an experiment aimed at halting growth of the AIDS virus. Patients say he has a unique understanding of their plight.
- Cal State Plan Would Severely Curb Admissions : Education: Students lacking college-level skills in English, math would be denied entry. Minorities seen as most likely to feel impact of proposed policy.
- Jews, Japanese Americans Meet to Promote Racial Tolerance : Culture: Two groups that faced wartime persecution and the struggles of assimilation gather at a seminar in Bel-Air. Speakers cite the need to unify against oppression.
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE MIDEAST : Make U.S. Aid a Tool for Peace : Middle East: Some of the $1.2-billion no-strings annual grant to Israel could be targeted for incentive programs to encourage bridge-building.
- International Tennis Hall of Fame Gives Evert Presidential Welcome
- THEATER REVIEW : A Wink-Wink Version of 'King Richard III' in Orange
- WEEKEND REVIEWS : Pop : Bland Boston Soldiers On
- $1 Coin
- Pena's Former Firm
- Businesses Unfairly Blamed for Crime
- Retirement and Pension Funds
- Thanks for Community Response to Tragedy
- U.S. Recognition of Vietnam
- Science File / An exploration of issues and trends affecting science, medicine and the environment. : Satellite Ready to Release Probe Into Jupiter's Atmosphere
- Science File / An exploration of issues and trends affecting science, medicine and the environment. : Toxin May Have Caused Bird Attack That Inspired Film
- Science File / An exploration of issues and trends affecting science, medicine and the environment. : Mind Over Matter : The Weird Worlds of Extreme Heat and Cold
- I Didn't Know That... : Science File / An exploration of issues and trends affecting science, medicine and the environment.
- Potholes and Subway
- Advantages to Audience Participation
- Star Tours : Science File / An exploration of issues and trends affecting science, medicine and the environment.
- OTHER NEWS - July 17, 1995
- Los Angeles County - News from July 17, 1995
- Los Angeles County - News from July 17, 1995
- Notes on a Scorecard - July 17, 1995
- Obituaries - July 17, 1995
- Storm Supplies a July Surprise : Weather: Rare summer rain slickens streets, contributes to six-car crash in Downtown L.A. Lightning knocks out electricity briefly in Orange County.
- Sprinkles of Surprise : Umbrellas Pop Up at Events--From Air Expo to Dodger Stadium
- Off Course in More Ways Than One on 'Apollo 13' : Reviewer Is Lost in Space When It Comes to Re-creation
- 2020 Vision : How America can compete in the global economy of the future : RETHINKING AMERICA: A New Game Plan From the American Innovators: Schools, Business, People, Work, <i> By Hedrick Smith (Random House: $25; 420 pp.)</i>
- Destination: Ithaca, N.Y. : The Spy in Room 712 : Our intrepid travel writer stays at Cornell's hotel school and tries to trip up future hoteliers
- Teardrops Will Fall : A book about animal emotions may in fact be a treatise on animal rights : WHEN ELEPHANTS WEEP, <i> By Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy (Delacorte Press: $23.95; 236 pp.)</i>
- FICTION
- 'Colorado Cowboy: The Bruce Ford Story'
- EASTSIDE : Selection of ELAC President Criticized
- Ukraine Gains Edge in Fight for Crimea : Nationalism: Separatists seeking ties to Russia lose some of their popularity because of mismanagement.
- World IN BRIEF : HAITI : Police Seize Former Parliament Leader
- Susan Smith Jury Complete; Trial to Begin Tuesday
- SOUTH GATE : $3.5 Million in Funds Will Boost Housing
- Toxic-Waste Facility Sparks Fear, Anger : Environment: Athens residents want transfer station to move despite a county report that it poses no immediate health risks.
- Phone Lines, Sewer Rats, Sunless Sea; No Xanadu Under Our Feet : Discovery: In the cities, the netherworld holds the conduits of civilization. In the imagination, it holds treasure. What's below can be frightening or amazing.
- Emergency Landing by Jetliner Injures 3
- OK, but Does He Qualify for a Pension?
- Sailor's Fate Clouded in Sail Around the World : Racing: Of the 20 yachts that left South Carolina last September, 12 finished and one was lost at sea. Harry Mitchell's emergency beacon went off March 2, but no trace has been found of him or his boat.
- PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE : I'm Not My Brother's Keeper of Race Benefits
- Car-Truck Crash in Westminster Sends 4 to Hospitals
- BASEBALL / JEFF FLETCHER : More Gives Young Less of a Chance
- TURNING A PAGE: Rolling Stone's naming of...
- COMMENTARY : Step by Step, the Balanchine Way : A bad year for dance on television brightens, as new Nonesuch releases resurrect for home video some of the choreographer's great works.
- Relieving Back-Seat Doldrums
- There's No Lie as Big as the Truth : THE LIARS' CLUB: A Memoir, <i> By Mary Karr (Viking: $22.95; 320 pp.)</i>
- BELL GARDENS : Drive to Recall 2 on Council Hits Snag
- ACTIVISM : Business Owner Is Nuts About Immigration Issue
- 150 Protest French Nuclear Test Plans on Bastille Day
- Chicago's Crumbling Kingdom in Federal Government's Hands : Public housing: City is hopeful but tenants are wary. 'They have to prove themselves first,' one longtime resident says.
- Summer Stock : SUN, SAND AND SURF TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR VCR HUMMING THROUGH THE HEAT
- Looking Younger and Bolder Every Day : Media: Might. Bikini. Swing. bOING bOING. They're part of a new wave of magazines with that twentysomething appeal.
- Summer Stock : SUN, SAND AND SURF TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR VCR HUMMING THROUGH THE HEAT
- Two Decades of Cougar Talent Meet on Court : Basketball: The '70s all-stars are no match for the '80s squad, which wins 102-93. 'Cougar Den' gymnasium is renamed the Willie West Pavilion.
- Today at the Fair
- Fear a Block Long : As Gangs Wage War, Life on Shatto Place Means Being Ready to Duck
- STATE ELECTIONS / 72nd ASSEMBLY DISTRICT : Four Suitors, Little Romance in Crucial Race
- Gore Meets With Police, Volunteers in West Valley
- <i> A behind-the-scenes look at Orange County's political life</i> : Wilson's Fund-Raising Campaign Will Swing Into Irvine This Week
- Historical Listing Sought on Mulholland : Conservation: Parks officials will seek national designation for a dirt stretch of roadway in Santa Monica Mountains.
- GOLF ROUNDUP : Bogey-Free 66 Gives Mallon Two-Shot Lead
- Conine Is Ignored No More
- Dignified, Elegant, a Bit of Hell, Too: That's St. Andrews : The 125th British Open Starts Thursday at the Old Course on Scotland's North Sea, Site of the Most Famous 18 Holes in Golf
- NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDUP : Smith Gets Long-Awaited Thrill
- COMMENTARY : Baseball Shows Spark Again
- It's a Wi Lead of Two Strokes as He Slips in SoCal Amateur : Golf: North Hills ace gives back three shots on final two holes, allowing Corral to close in with a 63.
- Will 'Doom' Generate Outrage?
- PERFORMING ARTS : A Satellite to Save the Arts : Lloyd Rigler decided to use his fortune to spread culture all over the hemisphere, 24 hours a day, for free. But can 'Madama Butterfly' and Astaire really compete with R.E.M. and Madonna?
- <i> From </i> 'The Human Abstract', by Elizabeth Willis
- $2.8M, With Pistol Range
- THE MAN IN THE CEILING by...
- YOU HAVE SEEN THEIR FACES by...
- Mexico's 'Case of the Caves' Shows Perils of Privatization : Economy: Nation has staked future on selloff. But failure to probe park bid may signal potential pitfalls.
- Death Toll From Eastern Heat and Storms Hits 91
- Looking Younger and Bolder Every Day : Media: Might. Bikini. Swing. bOING bOING. They're part of a new wave of magazines with that twentysomething appeal.
- ART : Out of Death, a Celebration of Life
- County Mortgaged Most Major Assets : Budget: Stripping equity from its real estate or pledging property as collateral has left few options in current crisis.
- A Dignified Goodby to Two Abandoned Infants : Memorial: Services are Thursday for a girl whose body washed up on Sunset Beach and a boy whose body was found in a cardboard box in San Clemente.
- Lopez Canyon More Than Matter of Money : Dump's effects on environment and neighbors are key issues
- Cities Balk at Tougher New Building Standards : Safety: Engineers warn that housing is being built in Ventura County without earthquake safeguards recommended by a regional task force.
- COMMENTARY : Seles' Return Orchestrated to Enhance Graf Rivalry
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Padres Return Roberts to Disabled List
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Rainout Forces Doubleheader
- When Europe Led the Parade : How come 'Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood'--an enthralling TV series about the early days of filmmaking--is available everywhere <i> but</i> Hollywood?
- In Brief
- I Work, Ergo, I Write : Taxi dancer, waitress, you name it, Kelly Stuart has worked it--and worked it into her writing.
- Let's Talk About Book Clubs
- Most Convenient Airports
- Politics Cited in Transfer of Nun, 75, to Nebraska : Community: The sister worked in Commerce 26 years. Some residents contend her activism prompted the change. But church officials say such moves are 'a way of life.'
- WESTLAKE : Homeless Have Day in the Park
- NASA BUDGET : Cuts the Flat Earth Society Would Love
- Rossmoor Driver Killed in Accident
- Politicians to Blame for Sorry State of Our Schools : The Van Nuys campus and others can't meet enrollment demands because for 25 years, legislators have cut back on resources necessary for good education.
- Sowing the Seeds : Close to 20,000 Children and Their Parents Celebrate Christianity at Harvest Kids' Crusade
- Hawaii Freeway 25 Years Overdue as Costs Spin Out of Control : Environment: Critics call it a 16-mile road to nowhere. Backers contend it will ease traffic congestion. But the price tag is more than 17 times the original estimate.
- Quake Victims Get Their Due : The courts have decided that the insurance proceeds belong to the property owners, not the lenders. Those who were unreasonable now must pay the price.
- Wait Is Almost Over for Atlanta : Olympics '96: Organizers have repeated it until they are blue in the face: the Games will be on time, on budget and the best ever. Their chance to prove it is just one year away.
- ART : <i> Aaaalllll Abooooooarrrrddddd . . . ! </i> : Luciano Perna, with the help of friends, creates a model world. Get ready for a ride on the wonderfully absurd 'Occupato.'
- SEA CHANGES : Look for the Revenge of the Cetaceans as Dolphins Join Military's Unemployed
- DOWNTOWN : Displaced Restaurant Staffers Get New Jobs
- All Joking Aside. . . : You Hear the One About the Friars Club Getting a Face-Lift?
- WATTS : Development Study Open for Review
- CRENSHAW : Gallery Offers Arts Instruction
- BASE CLOSURES : Will Californians Get Even With Clinton?
- SOLIMAR BEACH : Motorist Killed, 2 Hurt in Freeway Accident
- MOUNTAIN BIKING : As Speeds Increase, Concerns Do Too
- In Brief
- COVER STORY : Bonds . . . James Bonds
- Bargain Hunters Still Ferret Out Some Buys
- There's Opportunity in Ashes of Those Closed Military Bases
- Bed Is Four-Alarm Project
- Thumbprints Help Reduce Forged Deeds
- Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- Disney Opens Wedding Pavilion
- 40 Draw Sentences in Nigerian Coup Plot
- The Caffeine Is Real, the Reality Is Virtual
- THE SUNDAY PROFILE : Front and Center : She cracked the glass ceiling at 30. Now, Maria Contreras-Sweet is using her clout to help others break the same barrier.
- WESTLAKE : Meeting Planned on Redevelopment
- PERSPECTIVE ON THE INS : Break Apart a Problem Agency : It needs creativity, not tough new laws. Separate the main components: immigration and naturalization.
- Oxnard Police Car Ad Plan: Controversy for Rent : Law enforcement: City officials say revenue from bumper sticker safety messages will pay for more officers. Others fear damage to force's image.
- Motorcyclist Killed in Hit-and-Run
- Safety Officials Call Consultant's Study Reckless : Government: Outside firm's investigating practices and suggested cuts are condemned. Company says it is only a preliminary report.
- Suspect in Stockton Murder Arrested
- A Salute to Educators Who Give Their All : Patsy Tafolla and Mel Lopez Have Risen to the Challenges in Anaheim's Schools
- Many See Ads on Oxnard Police Cars as a Form of Civic Desecration
- Going for a Knockout, Gonzalez Is the One Who Gets Knocked Out : Boxing: Champion ignores advice to avoid hard-hitting Sorjaturong and pays the price.
- BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : DODGERS : Martinez Basks in His Glory
- New & Neat
- STYLE / Garden : REAL GREEN ROOMS
- THE SUNDAY PROFILE : Another Medalist From O.C.
- SOUTH-CENTRAL : Robbers Posing as Police Still at Large
- Massive Abuses, Miscues Uncovered
- In Blaze (KABC Sunday at 8:30 p.m.),...
- 'The Pickle'
- LITTLE TOKYO : Asian Arts Center Signs First Tenants
- AMERICAN LEGION ROUNDUP : Van Nuys West Gets Slam-Dunked, 20-0
- Hoag Memorial Fills 3 Positions of Vice Presidents
- Death in the Blue Bat Bar : A Hilarious and Horrible Mystery : THE EDGE OF THE CRAZIES, <i> By Jamie Harrison (Hyperion: $20.95; 321 pp.)</i>
- STYLE / RESTAURANTS : A SICILIAN CRAVING
- Voyager (BRAVO Thursday at 8 p.m.) Volker...
- Record Heat, Smog Stifling Bay Area
- City Declared 'Domestic Violence-Free Zone'
- Puerto Rico Mail Bears Snail's Pace Stamp : Postal delivery: Workers blame cultural and language barriers for winning them the title of slowest in the nation. Addresses in Spanish confound English-reading sorting equipment.
- World IN BRIEF : PERU : Amnesty Ruling in Massacre Appealed
- Tamils Sink Ship After Military Ends Offensive
- Strong Building Codes, Strong Enforcement : Seismic panel highlights the lessons of Northridge quake
- No Timeouts : After Bruins Won NCAA Title, UCLA Coach Jim Harrick Kept Right On Going Through This Hectic Summer
- JAZZ SPOTLIGHT
- Invasion of Outdoor Pests Bugs Tenants
- 'Frenzy Politics' Descends on Nature Lovers : The anti-abortion movement's scare tactics now threaten the guardians of the environment.
- Couple Stays Together Swimmingly : Rough water: Derks wins men's 10-mile race and girlfriend, Bowman, finishes right behind him at Seal Beach event.
- Going Forth in July : It's a Busy and Crucial Month for College Coaches as They Scour Camps for Schoolboy Talent
- A Gym Rat's Version of Endless Summer : High school basketball: Miller tours the country, playing best of the best.
- A Beatrix Potter Pilgrimage : Visiting the sites in England and Scotland that inspired the creator of Peter Rabbit, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Squirrel Nutkin
- IN CIRCULATION : Alexander or Alexandra?
- Kasparov Seeks High Perch for Title Defense
- California to Take On Texas in New Shrine Format : Football: The annual game has dropped its intrastate north-south setup in a bid to rekindle fan interest in the all-star contest. The teams play Saturday.
- GOP Candidates Trade Barbs at Summer Conference
- PICO-UNION : Soccer, Music at Ecuadorean Fair
- BELL GARDENS : L.A. Official Wooed for City Manager Job
- WITH AN EYE ON . . . : David Anthony Higgins is right at home as 'Ellen's' resident cynic
- Arab Youth Wounded
- AIDS Patient May Get Baboon Bone Marrow
- Animal Shelters Offer a Taste of Freedom to Variety of Exotic Cats : Wildlife: These former pets are the lucky ones; the unlucky often wind up as targets in 'canned hunts.'
- CAMARILLO : Embattled School Gains Accreditation
- Pastor Leaves Legacy of Helping the Homeless
- LEIMERT PARK : Forum to Discuss Jobs for Youths
- County Panel Nears Deadline to Find Health Care Solution : Budget: Task force must find ways to plug $745-million hole. It is sorting through a raft of ideas from private hospitals, unions and medical schools.
- No Fear of Flying at Parish Festival : Tradition: Scary rides are a big draw at St. Paschal Baylon Church's popular fund-raiser, now in its 34th year.
- TOUR DE FRANCE : Outschakov Wins 13th Stage
- JAZZ : Mr. Crossover's Cross to Bear : Has Herbie Hancock spread himself too thin with his varied musical interests and diluted his influence as a jazz artist? He doesn't think so.
- Spoiling the Grandkids With a Trip
- Peak Scenery on Nepal Trek
- THROUGH THE MEDIA LOOKING GLASS: Decoding Bias...
- ETHICS : Packwood: Should Politics Make Strange Bedfellows?
- Los Angeles Games Still Pay Dividends : Olympics '84: These revitalized the movement, established a fresh approach to the globe's biggest sports festival, and for two festive weeks that August, gave this city some of its finest moments.
- Snead Edges Ahead of Colbert Before Storm Disrupts Seniors
- CD-ROM REVIEWS : Cashing In on Doom's Day? : Software companies are trying to get on board the hit game's bandwagon, with mixed results--and without the original's wry sense of humor.
- 'Jagged' Big Hit
- Raw Sibling Revelry by New Jodeci
- BALSAMROOT by Mary Clearman Blew (Penguin:...
- Weekend Escape: Baja California : Kayaking 101 : If you've got to start somewhere, make it an Estero Beach estuary, with Ensenada nearby
- Vacation Cancellation: Will Insurance Give Shelter? : Refunds: Buying a policy doesn't always mean getting all your money back for tickets and hotels. Read the fine print.
- An Unmetaphoric Illness : SKINNED ALIVE, <i> By Edmund White (Alfred A. Knopf: $23; 254 pp.)</i>
- Disneyland at 40: Old Magic, New Wrinkles : Tourism: The park rolls happily on, even as the rest of Orange County struggles through a series of disasters.
- The Terminator : One woman's struggle to cancel vacation plans at the last minute--without a travel agent or trip insurance
- Senate Panel Will Re-Examine Foster's Death : Congress: Despite official findings that White House aide killed himself, conspiracy theorists still see a cover-up. D'Amato hearing opens Tuesday.
- SOCIETY : Assigning Blame in the Age of Self-Absorption
- Van Nuys Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested
- Panthers Give Collins $7-Million Bonus
- Tune Up Outdoor Grill
- SUNDAY PROFILE : Jenny's Journey : Marilyn and Paul Skinner of Huntington Beach Have Seen Their Daughter Come a Long Way Since Her Down's Syndrome Was Diagnosed 24 Years Ago
- Chicago Death Toll From Heat Could Top 100
- Sioux's Mystic Puddle 'Grows and Grows' Into Substantial Devils Lake : North Dakota: Ice Age leftover is described as 'a perpetual flood.' Nearby town of Minnewaukan will move its treatment plant so it won't be engulfed.
- Local Tournaments Showcase Top Talent : Basketball: Slam-n-Jam and the Fairfax Summer Classic draw the finest high school players.
- 40 Years of Magic : As Disneyland Celebrates Its Anniversary, Anaheim Deals With the Pains of Middle Age
- CLIMB ABOARD THE 'MAGIC SCHOOL BUS'
- A Turning Point : Why Trade Must Defer to Human Rights
- Bus Is Writer's Route to Poetry From the Heart
- Three Wounded When Car Is Sprayed With Gunfire
- GOLF / THOMAS BONK : This 'Investigative' Reporting Might Be Out of Bounds
- Broncos Not Seeking This Kind of Speed
- Japanese Sipping Their Tea in the Land of 'Green Gables' : Tourism: Visitors are drawn to the simpler life on Prince Edward Island depicted in L.M. Montgomery's novels.
- Cover Story : THE TOUGHEST HOMICIDES OF ALL : Last Year in L.A. County, About 40 Children Were Killed by Their Parents or Caretakers. If Not for the Child Death Review Team, Many of the Killers Would Have Gotten Away Wit It.
- STYLE / LOOKS : BROWS HIGH AND LOW
- UCLA : Tree Removal Uproots Owls, Piques Interest of Hayden Staff
- Good Dog-Paddle Improves Panhandling on the River
- Getting There the Hard Way, Every Day : Transit: For L.A.'s car-less poor, dependence on buses means a life of grinding inconvenience.
- A Slow and Easy Kind of Dining
- In an Otherwise Hellish Year, the Angels Lift the Spirits
- Residents Find Lynn Ranch Island of Unbridled Freedom
- The New Spin? All Aboard for Metro Rail
- Postponing O.C.'s Day of Reckoning : Rollover--at a Cost of $29 Million--Has Only Bought Time to Form a Financial Plan