Hot Ticket?

What will $2,865 buy at Anaheim Stadium in 1998? A season ticket for one of the 1,300 new Diamond Club seats behind home plate. The section will include waiter service and access to a private restaurant. Ticket holders will receive media guides, programs and newsletters.

* SPORTS, C23

Santa in Green

El Toro Marine Aaron Acosta, above, has special feelings for the Toys for Tots program, which has supplied gifts for strapped Marine pals. So he was happy to fly in a toy drop for Native American children living in the Grand Canyon.

* METRO, B1

Help Still Wanted

The county unemployment rate fell again last month, to 3.5%, the lowest in Southern California, while the number of nonfarm jobs hit record levels. What’s fueling the boom? A growing service sector, rebounding construction and hiring by schools and retailers.

* BUSINESS, D1

Backup No More

Mariachi musician Nati Cano, above, remembers his early days backing touring Mexican singers. Tonight Cano’s Mariachi Los Camperos is the headline act at the Fiesta Navidad at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

* CALENDAR, F1