- Cat & Fiddle Is a Pub's Pub With a Kicked-Back Feel
- Il Postino (The Postman): The recent foreign-language...
- Group Opposing Museum Merger Will Meet
- BACKGROUND : First Bean
- Militias: Ranks Are Swelling
- Chechens Kill 26 Russians in Ambush
- Girl's Legacy Could Include Other Lives Saved
- Butler's Memoir Garners Praise
- Southeast : OUTFIELD ADVERTISING
- City OKs $1.2-Million Proposal for Renewal
- Man Dies in Freeway Crash; Occupants of Van Flee Scene
- Firefighters Award 2 Scholarships
- Teenager's Life-Giving Legacy
- Teen Enters Plea in Intimidation Case
- Grants to Help Fund Street Project, New Jail
- Central Los Angeles : Mental Health Clinic for HIV-Infected Fills Need
- San Fernando Valley : Stalker of Michael Jackson Is Placed on Probation
- Anaheim City Trustees Pick Superintendent
- For Church, Moving to Car Lot Is a Big Deal
- Wilson's Woe: Budget With Too Many Broken Dreams : In view of federal events, he should drop his tax-cut plan
- Hearing Delayed on Complex's Expansion
- Woodbridge Beats Irvine in Softball
- Guard Signs With Cal State Fullerton Women's Basketball
- Just Preps : Great Fanfare of Their Own : Girls Get the Red-Carpet Treatment as Recruiting Drive Gears Up
- Finley Sticks a Fork in Jays
- George Wallace's One-Man Campaign
- Conejo Valley Days Singing a New Tune
- Earth of a Nation : Global Health Gets a Wellness Checkup in Weekend Activities
- 2 Peacekeepers in Bosnia Killed
- Is Mary Just Too Contrary for GOP?
- Southeast : Bellflower Students Link Up With Orbiting Cosmonaut
- Creating Show Pieces
- Israeli General's Comments Reveal Lebanon Rift
- Big Inning Sparks Cal State Northridge
- When It Comes to Collapses, Norman Is the Master : History Shows Golf Gods Must Have It In for Him
- BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Grimsley to Join Roster and Rotation
- No. 1 Makes Wolverines No. 1
- Catcher Gone Awry : CLU's Work Charged With Punching Former Coach
- 'Rainmaker' a Blend of Romance and Allegory
- Opening New Windows on Yoko Ono's Work
- OptimumCare Contract
- Mexico to Issue New 30-Year Bonds: The...
- BITES : Dairy Drunk
- Still the Best Political Show Around
- 44 More Torchbearers to Run Olympic Relay
- Chatsworth : Chatsworth Station's Grand Opening Set
- Spring Sports : TRACK AND FIELD
- Brandeis and Coltrane Fine at USC Fest
- Local Fans Back Home-Grown Symphonies
- Advanced Logic Research Inc.: The Irvine computer...
- Edison Unit Sells Plants
- Tyson Working to End Ban in Singapore:...
- Ford Ignition Problem Is Being Studied
- Drying Time
- Artichokes, Party Chokes
- WASHINGTON INSIGHT
- LAPD Training Practices Are Slipping, Report Says
- Expert Will Compare Pieces of Human Skull
- Ex-Black Panther's Bid for New Trial Goes to State High Court
- Q: How does popcorn pop?A: Popcorn kernels...
- Political Satire Set for Reagan Library
- Youth, 17, Arrested in Girl's Slaying
- Not Bullish on Bulls, He'll Take '67 76ers
- Fullerton Shows Top Form Again in Victory Over USC
- Kings Help Themselves With Victory Over Suns
- Allergan Inc.: The Irvine health-care company posted...
- IMF Trims Economic Growth Forecast: In its...
- The simplest kind of cake consists of...
- How Green Was My Sparrowgrass
- World IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Pakistan to Get Arms Delivery
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Museum Merger Plan Bucks Trend
- Net Girls Who Wanna Have Fun Can Learn Too
- South Bay : Officials Refuse to Designate Hotel as Historic Landmark
- West Hills : Celebration of Israel Independence Day Set
- Hayden Urges Ethics Probe of Riordan's Ties to Retrofit Firm
- San Gabriel Valley : SEATING CHANGES
- Heartburn Drug Could Harm Some People, Researchers Say
- Don't leave custody without it:With summer approaching,...
- New Exits Will Bypass El Toro Y
- Keep Libraries Open, Panel Urges
- Long Beach State Hires Morgan
- BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Piazza Finally Gets Something Extra
- Strong Pitching Propels Dons to Victory
- Spring Sports : TIMES BASEBALL RATINGS
- A Supper Club Catering to the '90s Singles Scene
- Artists Give Software Distinct Disney Flavor
- Spacehog: Little More Than Flash
- Gifted Cast Helps 'Daddy's Girl' Hit Home
- Ahmanson Quickly Fills Its No. 2 Post
- Wells to Close 260 Branches, 30 Fewer than Initially Expected
- Freedman Venue Loses Tenant; Show Schedule Is Uncertain
- O.C. Firm Will Pay Out $6.8 Million in Settlement
- Cherries in a Swirl
- Beats Parchment
- Chili Out. . . Vegetarian Style
- Senate OKs $1-Billion Anti-Terrorism Measure
- Jobs Lost
- Supine Madness
- Although fainter than when it passed the...
- Obituaries : Sonny Raffle; Jewish Community Leader and Philanthropist
- Bill to Ease Valley Secession Clears Key Assembly Committee
- Officer in Slaying Back at Work
- Sylmar : HIV Panel Members to Attend Forum
- Worley's Sinker Raises JetHawks
- Spring Sports : SOFTBALL
- NOTABLES
- Crecion, Chaminade Win in Grand Style, 9-5
- Cedeno Steals Joy of Victory
- Brains & Brawn : The Only Dirt on UCLA's Jonathan Ogden is What He Gets on His Uniform
- Art Guild Showcases Local Talent
- Dow Off 70 but Broad Market Sees Small Loss
- Cerplex Renegotiates With Lenders, Will Sell Unit
- Orange National Bancorp: The holding company for...
- IBM Warning Sends Its Stock and Dow Lower
- Some Bank Reporting Rules to Change
- Ford Posts 58% Decline in Net Profit
- Clinton Gets Big Welcome on Ship
- Proof That Cindy Could Sell Ice Cubes to an Eskimo
- $10 Million Sought to Expand Parkland
- Young Scientists Dish Out Best at Expo
- ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : 10 Years Ago Today . . .
- Don't Downsize Productivity : Innovation: As the economy surges, America needs to restore the link between wages and increases in output.
- Rosters for County All-Star Football Game Set
- It Looks Like a Banner Year for Campbell Hall Volleyball
- Newfield Is Producing Along With the Padres
- Titan Pitchers on the Ball After Talk
- Opening Sale Launches Comeback After Fire
- Reprise of Del Aguila Closes Camerata Season
- Artists Depict the Holocaust From Different Perspectives
- Panel to Discuss Role of Authorship
- Nation IN BRIEF : KANSAS : Drought Threatens to Decimate Wheat
- Senate Reaches Agreement on Extending Whitewater Probe
- A Relaxing Visit
- San Gabriel Valley : City Takes Look at Stopping Deluge of Fliers to Residents
- TUESDAY: DAMMIT JIM, I'M JUST A COWBOYActor...
- Chatsworth's Wexler Slam-Dunks El Camino Real, 5-1
- Cap Cities/ABC Fires Top Talk Show Personality at N.Y. Radio Station
- World IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : Suspected IRA Bomb Set Off in London
- Bosnia Army to Get $100 Million From Gulf States
- Hyakutake Is Earthlings' Latest Date With Cometary Carbon
- Loara's Loss to Katella Might Linger
- Hauxhurst Speaks Up for Herself, Westminster
- JETHAWKS REPORT : Cloude Walking on Mild Side
- Lee KinneySaddleback, SophomoreGolfKinney, from Red Wing, Minn.,...
- Crescenta Valley Shows Top-10 Form Early, Wins, 3-2
- Creators of 'Royal Flush' Betting on Its Light Appeal
- DeMartinis Will Double Up at Occidental
- The Hero Returns in 'Chenier'
- COMPANY TOWN ANNEX
- Dress It Up Dress It Down
- Security Pact Expected to Alter Way Japan Sees Its Military Role
- Ex-Boyfriend's Brother Held in Slaying of Girl Who Testified Against Sibling
- Poll Indicates Support for More Gun Control
- Costly Clubs Taken From Golf Shop
- San Fernando Valley : COMMUNITY MUSEUM
- Man Held After Defying IRS Seizure of Business
- Rules Tightened for Massage Parlor Operators
- Call Duhamel an Ambassador of Motorcycling
- This Big Loss Is One Angels Won't Forget
- Chapman's Cancilla Determined to Avoid Going Out on Strikes
- When It Comes to Collapses, Norman Is the Master : Crystal Ball Shows Future Will Involve More Pratfalls
- Spring Sports : BOYS' TENNIS
- Ordeal Helps Carew Open Up
- 'Kokoro' Goes to Heart of Mother's Woes
- Navigating Delmonico's Large Menu Requires Care
- FTC to Sue in Effort to Block Drugstore Chains' Merger
- AT&T; Chief Defends Pay to Investors
- AUTOS
- Show Pieces
- The 'Big Wow' : A New Museum Plans to Illuminate Nature's Hidden Machinery
- The Check's in the Mail . . . but Where Is the Mail?
- Area's History Retold by Those Who Lived It
- A Standard for the Top, Too
- Every Home to Get a Business Directory
- Freedom Bowl Organizers Halt Planning
- APPAREL
- U.S. Reports 3.9% Drop in Housing Starts
- Ride the Wild Garlic
- On the Campaign Trail, the Bad News Wins Out
- Board Moves to Ease Crowding at Simi School
- Bicyclist Is Thrown Over Car in Accident
- Oceanfront Convention Center Urged
- Ex-Councilwoman Returns to Panel
- Syracuse Assistant to Coach Long Beach State
- Iran Shipping Arms to Hezbollah, U.S. Alleges
- Another Navy F-14 Crashes, Increasing Safety Concerns
- Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Monkeys Are Killed After Ebola Scare
- 20 GOP Lawmakers Break Ranks, Back a Wage Boost
- BOOK REVIEW / NON FICTION : For This Scientist, the Truth Is Out There : THE DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan; Random House $25, 452 pages
- Punch Lines
- CSUN's Batesole Gratified by Snow Fall
- NOTABLES
- BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : Puckett Has First Laser Treatment
- Allred Taking a Big Risk With His Renovation
- She Plucks and Pounds Sounds From Guitar
- Freemen Standoff
- Remembering the Clown
- Bilingual Education
- State Tax Cut Proposal
- Proposed Pipeline Route Approved
- Shimon Peres
- HMO 'Gag Clauses' on Physicians
- Melt for Your Clam Dip :...
- Don't Try at Home
- OTHER NEWS - April 18, 1996
- Obituaries - April 18, 1996
- Obituaries - April 18, 1996
- Michelle Carew Succumbs to Leukemia
- 71% Say Beating of Immigrants Was Unjustified
- FIDDLING AROUND: With the L.A. Phil so...
- Menendez Jurors Had Sympathy, but No Doubts
- 5-Year Plan Earmarks $123 Million for Projects
- Volunteers : Helping hands
- Volunteers : Helping hands : Library Volunteers Make the Difference
- Volunteers : Helping hands : People Needed to Help at New Center
- Menendez Brothers Sentenced to Life for Killing Parents
- GOP Lawmakers Say Bosnia Arms Inquiries Rebuffed
- Soccer Surprise Stokes Debate on Rose Bowl
- Michelle Carew Loses Battle With Leukemia
- Ex-Prosecutor in Colosio Case Slain
- Gunman Wounds 3 at Hughes Plant
- TECHNOLOGY - April 18, 1996
- TECHNOLOGY - April 18, 1996
- Prop. 187 Fears Tied to Mental Health Woes
- Supervisors Abandon Flood-Control Project
- 'Lien' Check Advocate Has Pyramid Scam Conviction
- Bill Threatens to Dissolve a City Built on Water
- Southeast : CERRITOS CELEBRATION
- South Bay : Residents Threaten Suit Over Plan for School Near Park
- Bail Reduced for Man Accused of Beheading Cats
- Westside : HAYDEN PETITION
- Watch Out for Tantrums in City Hall
- Anteaters Losing 2 Starters
- GIRLS
- Gentle, Simple 'Bambi' Is as Fresh as Forest Dew
- Riordan Upbeat in Assessing State of the City
- Nation IN BRIEF : SOUTHWEST : Electrical Power Outage Hits 4 States
- Jury Hears 911 Tape as Opening Arguments Start in Klaas Case
- Garden Grove Sues Monk Over Services
- Officials Will Test Medfly Spray Today Over Irvine Grove
- San Gabriel Valley : School District Agrees to Pay Construction Cost Overrun
- County Pushing Antonio Parkway Extension
- Prime Sports, Clippers Agree on Five-Year, $18-Million Deal
- Q & A with LIONEL RICHIE : 'I Was the Interpreter of a Love Lost. . . . Now I'm an Authority'
- Varco International Inc.: The Orange-based designer and...
- U.S. Phone Companies Tap Profits From Additional Lines
- U.S. Investigating Allergan Drug Export
- Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : Cardinals Condemn Abortion Bill Veto
- Peter Haden-Guest; British Peer, Former U.N. Official
- Nation IN BRIEF : HAWAII : Two Marines Guilty of Disobeying Order
- Punch Lines
- Democrats Buzz With Talk of '98 Governor's Race
- 9 Students Win Merit Scholarships
- Brawn, Brains and Beauty
- Earnings Help Boost Stocks; Grains Plunge
- Head Cases
- Shining Examples
- Romance, Mystery--It's All at the Festival of Books
- Nation IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : State Lawmaker Wins Mfume's Seat
- BOOK REVIEW / NONFICTION : A Mideast Hostage and His Wife: the Sutherland Diaries : AT YOUR OWN RISK: An American Chronicle of Crisis and Captivity in the Middle East by Tom Sutherland and Jean Sutherland; Fulcrum Publishing $27.95, 432 pages
- Ask the Patient With the Tubes How Expendable Nurses Are : It's penny-wise and pound foolish to replace licensed, trained professionals with less-skilled workers.
- Gretzky Puts On a Great Show
- Irvine Co. Purchases San Diego Office Park
- Send in the Food Festival, Marines Tell Organizers
- Researchers Find Chemical Mix Used in Gulf War Can Be Toxic
- Pent-Up Pain Overflows at Inquiry Into S. Africa's Past : Justice: Commission hears widows tell of 1985 atrocity. Testimony leaves some spectators and panelists in tears.
- Preference Ban Qualifies for Fall Ballot
- World IN BRIEF : BURUNDI : Conference Aims to End Bloodshed
- Tape of Mother's 911 Call Played as Klaas Murder Trial Opens : Courts: Prosecution suggests that defendant Richard Allen Davis stalked the 12-year-old girl before kidnapping her from her bedroom and strangling her.
- Cold Fronts, Clouds Expected to Hang Around
- Traffic Study Ordered for City's East Side
- Stabbing of Boy, 13, Seen as Probable Reprisal
- New Law Eliminates Store Display Permit
- Firefighter Hurt in Blaze Gets 2nd Skin Graft
- Countywide : Home-Building Group Seeking Volunteers
- Pirates Go Deep to Beat Cardinals
- Aquaman : Deep Diver Ferreras Is a Breath of Fresh Air Who Rarely Needs One
- Central Los Angeles : $17 Million in Cocaine Seized by Deputies; Man Arrested
- Agoura Hills : Parents Group Wants to Help At-Risk Youth
- San Fernando : Arts Panel Members Give Stipends to Cause
- 70 : Bulls Have to Struggle, but They Finally Get Their One for the Books
- Clippers Hit a Sour Note This Time Against Jazz
- Irvine's Top Scorers Transferring; Another Player Gets Dismissed
- Oratorical Surrogates Stand In for Dole
- A Negative Spin on the News
- Rotunda Rite in Remembrance of Holocaust
- ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : 10 Years Ago Today . . .
- Valley Carpet Cleaner Charged With Theft, False Advertising
- North Hollywood : Students Receive Dose of Science in Lab Tour
- Chick to Speak at Chamber Event
- BOYS
- The Other Side of the Mountain : Since Leaving Russia, Pianist Gavrilov Has Scaled Western Repertoire and Elevated His Playing Style
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- Leaders Reaffirm U.S. Military Role in Japan
- Zedillo Condemns Violence to Mexicans
- Obituaries : John A. Olcovich Jr.; Cocktail Lounge Owner
- 40-Bed Shelter for Women to Open Its Doors Monday
- Council Asked to Add Officers, Anti-Gang Unit to Police Force
- Bubb Bounces Back List of Basketball Coaches
- JetHawks Arrive, Lancaster Takes Off