- MIDNIGHT RIDERS
- San Clemente Can't Survive Cold Spell; Narbonne Wins
- Palmdale Wins With One Swift Kick
- No. 2 Kansas Upset by Red-Hot Hawaii, 76-65
- Purdue: Remember Dicken's Big Day
- Spotlight: The Car of Choice for the Extremely Choosy
- Spending Remains Robust
- Judge Orders SBC to Submit to Arbitration
- One Man's Struggle for Life
- Can Essay Tests Really Make the Grade?
- Stewart Leads Chaminade in Hawaii
- More in Storr for Backup Goalie
- Pepperdine Pushed but Pulls Out a Victory
- Jones Uncertain, but Enjoys Status
- Rubbing It in Certainly Is Not Manning's Style
- Kariya Fourth Among Wingers
- Pepperdine Has to Rally to Turn Back Marist
- WASHINGTON INSIGHT
- Nichols Jury Hears Victims' Families Describe Their Pain
- Lawyer Web Site Aids Designated Drivers
- Umemoto and Greco Too Much for Chino
- Santa Margarita Is Poised in Victory Over Mater Dei
- Ducks Can't Overcome Offensive Doldrums
- Quotable
- Another Round in a Long War
- Security Surrounds 2 Separate Funerals
- 1.4-Million-Share Offering Completed
- Groups Press for Expanded Corrective Surgery Coverage
- Spymaster Was King for a Day
- Kaczynski Defense's Pretrial Scrambling May Signal Disarray
- Housing Assistance: Loan, Sweet Loan
- Mother Investigated in Abandonment Case
- Groups Offer Free Rides for New Year's Eve Revelers
- 1997: A YEAR IN PHOTOS
- Simi Valley Escapes on a Parting Shot
- ROSE BOWL REPORT
- A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here.
- Business Plan, Balance Sheet Keys to Capital
- Asian Car Club Races Into the New Year
- Father Who Once Abducted His 2 Children Is Arrested
- Antwerp Bourse--World's Oldest--Closes
- Clintons' Defense Fund Quits as Contributions Lag
- Black History Reports Reach an Ever-Growing Audience
- Pint-Sized Punch Lines
- A Crisis From Underregulation
- Lloyd to Head County AIDS Walk Publicity
- ROSE BOWL REPORT
- Relative of Marlins' Hernandez Tries to Escape Cuba on Raft
- Dow Closes In on 8,000 in Year-End Rally
- Carmen Ramirez
- Students Earn a Ride on Rose Parade Float
- Children See Their Fantasies Unfold
- 1 Killed, 1 Hurt While Changing Tire on 605
- 72 Evacuated After Backhoe Rips Gas Line
- Storm Damage Repairs Cost City $300,000
- Zedillo Should Go to Chiapas
- SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- Smoking Blamed in Apartment Blaze
- Murphy Helping Sun Devils Maintain a Strong Guard
- Hertz Group Buys Historic Building
- Auto Parts Seller CSK Plans Stock Offering
- Cohr Hires Lehman Bros. as Advisor
- Bed There, Done That
- Nation Has No Shortage of Farm Workers, Study Finds
- Deaths at Hospital Roil Rural County
- Rebel's Spirit Grows on Family Plantation
- Wrestlers' Families Plan to Hire Therapist
- Murder in Retreat
- Teen Thrives at Tough New England School
- Smoke-Filled Saloons Are Facing Last Gasp Tonight
- X'S AND O'S
- SUN BOWL
- Commercial Real Estate Expected to Keep Sizzling
- Police Say They Have Identified 2 Male Suspects in Man's Fatal Stabbing
- Punch Lines
- Landmark Damaged in Blaze
- Rapid Heart Rate Sidelines Ohio University's Terry
- Kariya Fourth Among Wingers
- TV Validates It: 1998 Is on Its Way
- Apria Plant Gets Another Warning
- Riveting! Epic! Quiz!
- Iranian Leader Plans to Address the U.S. on TV
- Hong Kong to Extend Poultry Ban to Ensure Avian Virus Is Eradicated
- Drug-Related Emergency Room Visits Decrease, U.S. Reports
- Laguna Beach Settles Suit Over Streets
- Girl, 6, Dies After Shots Are Fired in Busy Intersection
- Woman Dies After Vehicle Plunges Off I-5 Overpass
- Old Greeting Cards Sought for Recycling
- USC Is Outclassed by Tennessee
- Long Beach State 72, Lehigh 64--Andrew Betts...
- For the First Time, the PGA Tour Stops Here
- The Risks, Rewards of Being a Landlord
- Write Council Member for Review of Product
- He Takes Office Machines On the Road
- Bankrupt Firm Allegedly Kept State Park Fees
- Building Near Times Square Collapses
- Authorities Identify Body Found at Sea
- As Winter Retreat Kicks Off, First Family Is Hounded
- 4,000 Inmates May Get House Arrest
- No Added Parking for El Dorado School
- Esperanza Builds Early Lead, Beats Millikan to Win Title
- Saddleback Wins Mustang Invitational
- Higgins to Seek Medical Redshirt
- Record-Setting Night for Jordan Dimmed by Phone Call, Loss
- Alcoa Won't Acquire Reynolds Mill
- Valencia to Get $40-Million Commercial Development
- Secession Campaign Gets Rolling
- Ex-Judge Pleads Guilty to Fleeing Law
- Versace Murder Investigation Ends Without a Motive
- Teacher / Documentarian Shifts Her Focus to Movies
- Race Relations Panel Stresses Education
- FOOTBALL
- Fullerton Suffers Another Road Slip
- Boston's Bourque Earns 11th All-Star Game Start
- Fullerton Women Beat Irvine Valley in Overtime
- This Jerry Will Show His Stuff in 1998
- A Tale of 3 Cities
- Establishing the Top-Secret Hotline
- Cheer, Dance Squads to Defend Their Titles
- Collision Briefly Closes Freeway Lane
- Conservancy to Meet on Crystal Cove Resort
- Hearing Set on Federal Aid for Hotel Project
- Rose Parade
- Dispatching Kindness
- Zepeda's Late Heroics Give Century a Title
- Levy, 72, Might be Out as Bills' Coach
- Network Associates Won't Sue Symantec
- Big-Deal Players
- The Joy Hunt Club
- Public Lends Assistance to Young Sister / Mom
- China Has Moved Toward Center Stage in Year of Turning Points
- The Titanic Question: Would You Be a Hero or a Coward?
- Video Store Hours to Be Challenged
- Residents Will Discuss Creating 'Valley Glen'
- Braves Don't Stall on the Way to Victory
- McCutcheon Says He Will Return for Senior Season
- It's No More Mr. Tough Guy in Jacksonville
- Little Phish Grows Larger but Still Prefers Small Ponds
- Stocks Extend Year-End Rally; Dow Gains 123
- Team to Hit Road at Full Strength
- In other tournament games:
- Turner, Illinois Give Bruins a Fight to Finish
- Taxes, Welfare Reform Among Top Legislative Issues
- Platinum Technology, Intel in Licensing Pact
- Group Says It May Post AOL User Addresses
- Nascent Political Party Takes Aim at Big Guys
- Aging Spy Sees No End to His Imprisonment
- County Sweeps Through El Rio to Check Out Code Violations
- Next Time His Look Might Be Priceless
- Ice Dogs Snap Out of Skid on the Road
- In Nicholas Payton's Place
- Harvard-Westlake Gets Best of Bishop Amat, 55-49
- Latino Voting in State Surged in 1996 Election
- Latino Voting in State Surged in 1996 Election
- Mater Dei Cheerleaders Win 5th National Title
- New Trial Ordered for Police Officer
- Tickets Withheld, Michigan Fans Charge
- BOWL SCHEDULE
- Pepperdine Rallies to Beat Marist
- For Bruins, Big test Comes Early
- Options for Connecting Your Firm to the Net
- IRS Seeks Back Taxes From Columbia / HCA
- Packard Bell NEC May Delay IPO Until '99
- FDA Again Issues Warning Letter to Apria
- 97 Algerians Die in Attacks, Papers Say
- Scientology '93 Settlement Told
- Storm Strands Bowl-Bound Fans
- Off-Beat Visions of Good Ol' 1997
- High-Tech Cops and Robbers
- Holiday Closings
- Suspect Caught After Computer Takes a Spill
- Vandals Flood Hall in Historic Fullerton Church
- Valley Hospitals Packed Due to Rash of Illnesses
- Douglas' 56 Not Enough for Bell-Jeff
- Just Enough Is Becoming the Laker Way
- Vibrant Love Story in 'Oscar and Lucinda'
- Blackhawks Leave Devils Dazed, 6-2
- U.S. Consumer Confidence Highest Since '69
- Fidelity to Reduce Disclosures of Net Assets
- Judge Imposes $100,000 Fine on Tobacco Company
- UPS to Increase Prices in the U.S.
- Business Owners Optimistic
- Teamwork Yields $30-Million Panama Deal
- Alliance Will Close Warehouse, Fire 150
- An Industry Spreading Its Wings
- An Extraordinary Link for Archenemies in Spying
- Blending In, American Judaism Finds Itself Without Identity
- Two! Four! Six! Eight! Mater Dei Squad's Great!
- Man With Knife Robs 3 Businesses
- CSUN Fight Against Drug Abuse Gets Help
- Area Police Prepare for Holiday Gunfire
- Latino Politics Have Outgrown Alatorre's Methods
- Sheriff's New Policy on Internal Probes Disputed
- Ducks Too Calm Before the Storm
- SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : ORANGE BOWL
- Glaring Weakness: Lack of Go-To Guy
- In the Temple of Television
- Premier Laser May Be Eyeing Imaging Firm
- Brazil Inmates Holding 600 Hostages Vow to Surrender
- Teaching Team Gets Results With PRIDE
- Laguna Beach, Landowners Reach Settlement on Rural Roadways
- Feast for the Soul
- David A. Prestholt
- Liberty Bowl
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- Power Overload
- For Johnnie Cochran, a New Court Fight
- Closer Watch Urged on Student Accounts
- County Legal Fees in Bankruptcy Suits $10.7 Million So Far
- Recycling Drives Set for Christmas Trees
- Tomasita Frutos Ulloa; 83-Year County Resident
- Fullerton Falls Flat in Chicago
- He's Playing a Starring Role Off the Football Field Too
- X'S AND O'S
- Unveiling a Bigger Louvre
- Bankruptcy Filings Decline
- IMF Releases $2 Billion to South Korea
- Ex-Stock Promoter Pleads Guilty to Fraud
- Extremist Convicted for Anti-Islam Posters
- HMO Panel to Call for Consumer Protections
- Plus-Size Magazine Is in Success Mode
- Auto Club Offers Free Towing Tonight
- Mishap Causes Chemical Cloud at Firm
- Man Gets 30 Days in Jail for Breaking Cat's Jaw
- 'He Wears The Scars'
- FIESTA BOWL
- Nothing Like a Little Sleep to Cure Case of 'Dallas Flu'
- Also . . .
- ALSO. . .
- Driver Charged With Murder in Two Deaths
- Library Plan May Get Consultant's Input
- Parents Worried Over Baby, Jury in Murder Trial Is Told
- City May Fund Study of Bridge Alternatives
- Sun Bowl
- Knee Injury May Sideline Tar Heel Tailback Linton
- Three-Horse Spill Leaves Jockey With Broken Ribs
- Phylicia Rashad Rings in With the Old
- Richard Alatorre
- Accountability at L.A. Schools
- In So Many Words
- New Year
- Guides to Airport
- True Gentlemen
- For the First Time, the PGA Tour Stops Here
- Sentence Set Aside
- Getty Architects
- Power Overload
- U.S. Relations With Cuba
- Muslims Begin Month of Reflection, Daytime Fasting
- Bands Get Their Day in the Sun
- Landell Pupils Will Get the Tech Scoop
- Family Reunited After 47 Years
- FBI Subpoenas Records in New Alatorre Probe
- Two Parents, Even Unhappy, Are Better
- Tustin High Named Blue Ribbon Nominee
- Parenting Program Gets Underway Jan. 6
- Western High Wins Diversity Honors
- Freshman Safety Thompson Makes a Late, Great Impact for Cougars
- Obituaries - Dec. 31, 1997
- Obituaries - Dec. 31, 1997
- Stock Market Barometers
- Neither U.S. Spy Nor KGB Foe Could Turn the Other
- $1.25-Million Special Bonus for Rockwell Chief
- Several States Get a White Post-Christmas
- Glitches in Election Force Kenya to Extend Balloting
- Man Charged in Hostage Standoff
- Seldane Pulled for a Safer Allergy Drug
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Is Accused of Battery
- Student to Be Delegate at U.S. Senate Youth Event
- Kenneth S. Devol; Journalism Professor
- Father Arrested on Charges of Beating Daughter's Cat
- Australian Open Not for Graf's Itinerary
- 'Titanic' the Hot Weekend Ticket
- Will Buccaneers Be Under Weather?
- Haley's Comets Return : Most of the Members of the Band Behind 'Rock Around the Clock' Keep the Good Old Times Flying as They Revive '50s-Era Classics
- Canyon Shoots Down Reseda
- He's the Spaciest of '3rd Rock's' Aliens
- Building Around Change
- Coleman, Williamson Suspended and Fined
- Jordan Scores 41, Rodman Fouls Up Nelson Strategy
- Tritons Rout Mater Dei to Reach Final
- Graf Won't Be Ready to Play in Australia
- In the Century Holiday Classic semifinals:
- ALSO
- California Municipal Bonds
- Retirement, Tax Strategies to Be Discussed at Investing Event
- Going With the Float
- A Rare, Perhaps Preventable, Death by Flight Turbulence
- Youth Basketball Season Starts Monday
- Ceremony to Mark 2 Officers' Promotions
- Driver Rescued After Car Skids Under Truck
- Contentious Mailbag on China
- When Brown Went Down, the Pain Was Felt in Texas
- Fisher Accepts Decreased Role
- Unbeaten Marquette Takes 25th Spot
- Washington State Goes By Either Rodney or David
- At 1 1/2 Feet Per Goal, Francis Does the Trick
- Ynez Davie; Descendant of Land Grant Recipient
- Council Plans to Establish Animal Control Department