- Blood Brothers : Ani Sakya Left Behind a Successful Legal Practice and a Comfortable Seattle Life to Join the Tibetan Government in Exile. He Took With Him an Extraordinary Legacy, Western Ideals and a Never-Ending Tie to His Best Friend.
- SAILING THE SAN JUANS : Haul Away! : For $500 Apiece, 20 Novices Chartered a 127-Foot Schooner, Learned the Lingo, Hoisted the Sails and Had a Grand Adventure
- FICTION
- The Key to Picking a Best Seller : The critical first step to successful selling is selecting the right real estate agent. Here are the essential questions to ask.
- Material Gains : Downtown's Fashion Institute Places 2,000 Students a Year in Jobs
- CITY ARTS : <i> Pachanga!</i>
- The Culture of Militarism : The Idea of Shelling Out Billions for Strong Armies Is Bankrupt. Providing Basic Human Rights--Housing, Education, Health Care--Calls for the Elimination of This System.
- For Seniors : Choir Leader's Gospel: Sing With Love
- Mother Goes Shopping, 3 Children Die in Fire
- Town Revives as Reopened River Draws Anglers
- Santa Ana Man Held in Murder of Woman, 71 : Crime: The victim was found bludgeoned to death in the bedroom of her apartment in a high-security complex. Her frightened neighbors wonder how killer got in.
- Grand Jury Ends Jackson Inquiry, TV Report Says
- Cowboys Provide the Spills and Thrills
- BASEBALL / ROSS NEWHAN : And, in Closing, Misery Has Plenty of Company
- Ugly Duckling Turns to a Swan
- 'Bell' Rings Up Sales
- What a Concept: Joel Silver Meets Joan of Arc
- New Talent is Welcome Here : The Royal Ballet of Britain is getting a reputation for being dancer-friendly, for home-grown as well as international talent. As a result, expect a new look and lots of drama
- Bell Gardens : 4 Candidates to File Voter Fraud Charges
- La Dolce Vita (Bravo Sunday at 7...
- Military Warns of 'Tense, Deteriorating' Situation in Bosnia
- CHINATOWN : Music Festival Aims at Cultural Learning
- The Nation : Has Immigration Collided With the Welfare State?
- Bus Riders Bracing for MTA's Budget Cutbacks : Transportation: Faced with a $126-million deficit, the agency is weighing options that include raising fares and eliminating some lines and services.
- Ventura : City Takes Survey on Business Conditions
- Prefix Change Disrupts Some Calls to Police
- Who's Minding the Store for the City? : L.A. Should Take Wachs' Advice to Trim Supply Costs Through Frugal Purchasing
- Great Opening Day for Anglers : Outdoors: Ideal weather and abundance of trout greet fishermen in Eastern Sierra.
- COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Nevada Gets to Wagner and Beats Titans
- Trouble-Shooter Brown Keeps the Titans Running : Track: Coaches, athletes get a lot of mileage out of the dedicated ex-sprinter who serves as an assistant.
- MOVIES : Building the Model Actress : It hasn't been easy, despite her high-profile parents and a tendency to surround herself with talented men. But with her first leading role behind her, Isabella Rosellini finally feels some confidence as an actress
- 'Tomorrow' Finally Arrives
- * Bruce R. Birkeland has been appointed...
- Golden West Homes Inc.: The builder of...
- * John P. Kenney has been appointed...
- Small Claims Often Is the Real 'People's Court'
- Worlds Apart?
- 'Justifiable Paranoia' Afflicts Lawyers, Psychologist Says : Stress: He tries to teach attorneys how to deal with problems they face, including public revulsion, depression, divorce, alcoholism, drug addiction.
- BRIEFLY : Environment: City Offers Composting Class
- BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- Spring Is Miller Time at LACC : Basketball: The Cubs' 27-6 season is credited to Coach Mike Miller, 30, who has stressed fundamentals to achieve an 80% career win record.
- With Spring's Thaw, Cemeteries Dig In : Burial: Across the frosty northern tier of states, funeral directors estimate that interments for 80% of winter deaths must be delayed.
- U.S. Delays Trade Sanctions on China : Diplomacy: Administration gives Beijing 60 days to address piracy of films, music and computer software. Aim is to avoid complicating human rights dispute.
- Young Moguls Rev Up for Hog Run
- Pope Expected to Recover Fully From Broken Leg
- PERSPECTIVES ON TELEPHONE MONITORING : The Mayor (and Staff ) Calling . . . : Having a secretary listen in isn't the problem; it's not telling the other party.
- U.S. Will Go to Medal Round Despite Losing, 6-2, to Sweden
- Vote for New Bandstand in Park Is Music to Her Ears : Ojai: Move to replace gazebo is a dream come true for Sara Beeby. She still must raise $50,000.
- EYE IN THE SKY : Technology: Military satellite navigation system poised for commercial boom. California could win big.
- WORKING IT OUT : Telecommuting Centers May Not Have Oprah or MTV, but There's No Boss Around Either
- Fabulous Breakfasts, Splendid Lunches : Tops of the Morning
- FICTION
- 'Brother's Keeper'
- BEVERLY HILLS : Salters Are Named Citizens of Year
- Five Potential GOP Rivals Slam Clinton : Politics: Seeking early Southern Republican support, prospective candidates in '96 denounce President's foreign, domestic policies.
- The Birth of a Democratic Nation : South Africans Go To The Polls
- Government Employees in Hawaii End 12-Day Walkout
- The State : UFW Must March to the Beat of a New Generation
- Study Hard and One Day You'll Be Miss October
- City Council Votes for Homeless Shelter : Ordinance: Santa Monica's approval of 100-bed facility complies with court ruling. Law banning aggressive panhandling is enacted.
- CSUN Runners Impress While They Qualify : College track: Trio post personal-best times, advance to finals of California-Nevada championships.
- THEATER : Mr. Cool Tries Passion : Stephen Sondheim's new musical of obsessive love may be the biggest challenge yet for Broadway's restless 'conscience'
- See Through the Smoke Don't Ban Cigarettes, Ban Cigarette Promotion; It's Time to Throw Tobacco Out of American Sports
- Another Detour From Traffic
- Master's Roller Coaster Stops, Harrison Steps Off
- RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS : It Was an Up and Down Week for Carl Karcher
- Fabulous Breakfasts, Splendid Lunches : Lost in the Afternoon
- Clinton's Economic Ordeal: Promises Doomed by Math
- Military-Style Women's School Plan Approved
- THE GOOD NANNY
- CITY TERRACE : Youth Club to Honor 3 at Awards Dinner
- COVER STORY : ECONOMIC Russian Roulette : Getting Insurance in Central Los Angeles Is Even Tougher Since the Riots. As Many as Half the Businesses in the Area May Be Without Policies.
- Cover Story : Poetic License : Beyond Baroque center in Venice has helped nurture and launch the careers of aspiring writers. More than two decades later, the avant-garde still reigns.
- Christopher Meets Assad to Discuss Israeli Proposals
- Los Angeles Times Interview : Stuart Spencer : From Nixon Through Reagan--the California Political Campaign
- Behind the Kidnaping of Children for Their Organs
- Once Quiet Education Election Is Now a Race : Schools: County superintendent occupies a nonpartisan office, but this year's contest, unlike past years, is developing political overtones.
- South Africa
- Cable TV: Value of 'Dissin' Dat' Show on Public Access
- Tri-Cities Board Chief Goes on Record
- Safe Driving, Not Drunk Drivers, Is the Real Issue
- Before NBC's 'Roar'
- Trials of Fox's 'Menendez'
- Don't Give Details on the Toad Craze
- Politicians Take Aim at Inmates' Rights : Corrections: Anti-crime fervor may doom the statute signed by Reagan. It allows conjugal visits and lets prisoners wear their hair at any length. But some say federal Constitution will still allow many of the freedoms.
- Good to Know Love Can Survive the Big Fight
- WHITEWATER, THE MOVIE
- Moderates: The Frustrated Majority
- Shades of Gray
- Why Not Offer a Few Good Excursions?
- Seeking Office Does Not Justify Attack
- She's Not Hostile to Newport Hostel
- NO SAFE HAVEN
- The Moment, the Honor Is in the Line
- After 15 Years, Medical Sleuth Unravels Mysterious Death of Idaho Man : Hantavirus: Pneumonia-like illness became an epidemic last summer, but it apparently first surfaced in 1978. Rookie federal health investigator never forgot the case; last December, he put the pieces together.
- Eddie Morin
- Post-Game Handshake Needs to Be Sincere
- The Pushup Bra Is Uplifting for All
- Hanoi Didn't Remember Nixon Fondly
- GETTING TO THE ROOT
- Let's Make Do Without <i> Sans</i>
- School Board Was Not Racist in Removing Hentel
- Help With Child Support
- Mayor Riordan's Budget Plan
- Candidate Disputes Status of 'Front-Runners'
- CALIFORNIA ALBUM : Primal Problems : Getting the suitors of Koko, the renowned 'talking' gorilla, in the mood has been difficult enough. Now, a neighbor wants to harvest some trees, and researchers fear that the noise will disturb the apes' sexual urges even more.
- Middle East Intrigue
- Adults Deserve Praise for Academic Decathlon Win
- Boland Is Skilled at Being Perfectly Unclear
- Trustees Bowed to Fringe Group on CLAS Tests
- No Shrinking Violets : A new anthology shows how a gay literary circle helped define an alternative to the traditional family. : THE VIOLET QUILL READER: The Emergence of Gay Writing After Stonewall, <i> Edited by David Bergman (St. Martin's Press: $24.95; 410 pp.)</i>
- Nixon's Return
- Sympathy and Sarcasm Offered Republicans Tired of Their Role
- On the Infobahn
- 'Special Interest' Is Wrong Term for Animal Groups
- NEWS ANALYSIS : Washington's Experts Seem Powerless to Aid Own City : Government: They are more likely to help foreign countries than the District of Columbia, a longtime resident says. Nor are they asked to help stem the poverty and crime that surrounds them.
- Yucca Valley Insider
- Doing Julian Justice
- Poems Burned Into Memory : THE AKHMATOVA JOURNALS: Volume I, 1938-1941, <i> By Lydia Chukovskaya Translated by Milena Michalski and Sylva Rubashova Selections from Akhmatova's poetry translated by Peter Norman (Farrar Straus & Giroux: $27.50; 310 pp.)</i>
- Scores Missing in Sinking
- Zoning: Proposal for Children's Center
- LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE
- John, Paul and Jurgen
- Two Views on Smoking in Public Places
- SUNDAY PROFILE : Back From...
- El Toro Entertainment Center Urged
- William White; Won Pulitzer for Biography
- Disabled Child's School Experience Doesn't Make Grade, Parents Say : New York: Alba entered regular classroom after her twin sister pleaded her case with President Clinton. But now family accuses district of dumping her in the mainstream without special help.
- Bolsa Chica Project Has No Permits
- The Media
- Red Car Murders
- North Hills VA Hospital Has Full Array of Services
- NONFICTION - May 1, 1994
- NONFICTION - May 1, 1994
- NONFICTION - May 1, 1994
- What Do You Do With a Seasick Sailor?
- The Value of a Professional Home Inspection
- Anaheim in Danger of Losing Game : Pro sports: Rams' suitors offer deals like the one that lured team here. City says it wants to compete but can't.
- Colosio Assassination Probe Stalls, but Rumors Flourish
- Half a Million Train Sights on Planes' Flights at El Toro : Air show: The audience <i> oohs </i> and <i> aahs </i> the death-defying dips and dives of the performances, saving loudest ovation for the Blue Angels.
- VIOLENCE IN L.A.: THE LAPD REPORTS : 'Hot Spots' Residents Aware of Risks : Crime: Those who call troubled areas home were familiar with the dangers long before the studies were released.
- D.A. Won't File Charges Against Firefighters : Investigation: Orange County officials say the inquiry failed to establish that Westminster workers improperly accrued overtime.
- Breast Cancer Patients' Files to Be Audited : Research: NCI auditors are investigating one case where a woman who had died was reported as alive. Also, some of the foundation's subjects were possibly enrolled without meeting requirements.
- U.S., Mexico Law Officers Attend Slain Chief's Services : Tijuana: Probe into police leader's ambush appears to falter. Six suspects freed. Seventh held on other charges.
- SUPERMARKET SWEEPS: Legal secretary Elizabeth Anderson of...
- SOUTHEAST AREA : City Councils Fill Leadership Posts
- One Killed, 10 Wounded in Shootout Among Suspected Gang Members : Crime: Gun battle at a Firestone district party lasts up to 20 minutes and leaves a Huntington Park woman dead.
- Boxing Club Helps Give Kids a Fighting Chance : Program: At the gym, participants practice their punches--and learn about giving back to the community.