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1998 Stories by News Staff

• Wrap It Up

  published November 19, 1998

  Photo: AP/Wide WorldOh the horror! Spouses in 90210 may soon come face to face with the dressings, stitches and bruising of their surgically... More >>

• Silence of the Mares

  published November 5, 1998

  A horse is a horse, of course, of course. But sometimes that horse is a dinner course. And that's where the Save the Horses Campaign is determined... More >>

• Utility Prophets

  published October 29, 1998

  Money isn't everything, but opponents of Proposition 9, the statewide ballot measure that would require a 20 percent rollback in electricity... More >>

• Crimes and Misdemeanors

  published October 22, 1998

  From the "Where were you when we needed you, Ken Starr?" file. The other weekly in town, the Los Angeles Independent, provides a tremendous public... More >>

• Go-Go Galanter

  published October 8, 1998

  It was only a decade or so ago, but it's getting harder and harder to remember that then-California Coastal Commissioner Ruth Galanter rode into... More >>

• All In the Family

  published September 24, 1998

  Just what is it about ball-busting LAPD chiefs and their law-busting kids?We all remember, of course, ramrod straight Daryl Gates and his... More >>

• Spin Doctors

  published September 17, 1998

  As the fallout continues to drift from Northridge Hospital Medical Center's denying a pregnant woman an epidural because she couldn't pay cash for... More >>

• Is It Boris or Is It Memorex?

  published September 10, 1998

  The leader is out of the public eye for weeks on end. His attention span is famously short; his critics claim that details of public policy elude... More >>

• Securing Safe Wages

  published September 3, 1998

  Let's hope the adage "You get what you pay for" doesn't apply at LAX, because when it comes to security, workers don't get paid much - $5.75 an... More >>

• A Hard-Driven Man

  published August 27, 1998

  Last week, one of Watts' most colorful legends was confirmed. For nearly 40 years folks around that part of town had heard a tale about Simon... More >>

• Critical Bestsellers

  published August 20, 1998

  As such things go, the recent Random House/Modern Library list of the century's 100 major novels could have been worse. One last such roster... More >>

• Circle Of Life

  published August 13, 1998

  It's a plot so nefarious, so deadly, you might think it the work of Natasha and Boris, but the latest scheme to kill squirrels isn't the work of... More >>

• Secret Agent Men

  published July 30, 1998

  Audible gasps went up from the Congressional hearing room as CIA Inspector General Frederick P. Hitz dropped not one, but two bombshells.For... More >>

• Ties That Bind

  published July 16, 1998

  These are the kinds of relationships the subway was built on. Neil Papiano, the sort of downtown attorney people describe as... More >>

• The Smoke Police

  published June 25, 1998

  We are surprised not at all that Santa Monica, that seaside haven of better-living do-goodniks, has taken the lead on enforcing the California... More >>

• The Smoke Police

  published June 25, 1998

  We are surprised not at all that Santa Monica, that seaside haven of better-living do-goodniks, has taken the lead on enforcing the California... More >>

• Times Marketing Sprint

  published June 18, 1998

  Lest we had any nagging doubts about the sincerity of L.A. Times publisher Mark Willes' promise to "break down the wall" between advertising and... More >>

• ?Que Paso, Gloria?

  published June 11, 1998

  In a world inured to shock-jocks and Jerry Springer, it's hard to imagine something new stirring outrage. But that is more or less what KTNQ 1020... More >>

• Make Like a Tree

  published June 4, 1998

  Two years after catapulting into the presidency of the Sierra Club, environmental wunderkind Adam Werbach, known for his love of Pez and MTV, is... More >>

• Scientology, cont.

  published May 28, 1998

  Our friends with the Church of Scientology scored a major legal victory last week in their ongoing campaign to suppress dissemination of internal... More >>

• The New Hollywood Sinkhole

  published May 14, 1998

  Where is Joel Wachs on the latest CRA giveaway? This time last year, the San Fernando Valley councilman (looking very much like a future... More >>

• Buzz Killed

  published May 7, 1998

  A few weeks ago OffBeat brought you news of the increasingly dire financial situation at Buzz magazine - irate creditors at the door, accountants... More >>

• Mouse Trapped

  published April 30, 1998

  We had forgotten how easy — and fun — it can be to jerk the chain of a mouse-eared multinational entertainment conglomerate named Disney.... More >>

• Weeping Willes

  published April 16, 1998

  Have we had it all wrong about Los Angeles Times publisher Mark Willes, once known in these pages as the "Cereal Killer"? That hurtful... More >>

• Riordan’s Funny Bone

  published April 2, 1998

  At an MTA board meeting last week, Mayor Richard Riordan, within earshot of audience members in the front row, warmed up the crowd with what... More >>