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Opinion. Comments that Mark Fuhrman got what he deserved for lying during the O.J. Simpson trial. Denial of Fuhrman on the use of a racial epithet; Punishment for Fuhrman.

Reports that Latino leaders in Los Angeles, California, are trying to elect a Latino state Assembly speaker, but it will not be an easy task, because Republicans control the Assembly and the Latino legislators are Democrats. Number of Latino Lawmakers in L.A; Defeat of Cruz Bustamente, a Latino candidate by Richard Katz of Sylmar in elections for Democratic Assembly leader in December 1995; Benefits of a political revolution to Latinos.

Reports on the comments made by Mayor Richard Riordan when questioned about the allegations on his hostilities towards black people, due to his criticism of Los Angeles Police Chief Willie L. Williams. His subsequent actions to black prominent people in Los Angeles; His attitude towards success.

Focuses on the prostitution, and drug dealing activities, which occur at the Figueroa Strip, in Los Angeles (L.A.), and the perceptions of the Latinos, and African, Americans who reside in the area. Comparison of Figueroa, to Encino, and the Westside of L.A.; Perceptions of residence in regards to political clout; Indepth look at Figueroa Strip including amount charged for renting rooms; Effort to clean up area, by Rita Walters, Councilwoman, and others.

Contends that in the age of computers and portable phones, the government of the United States is obligated to control the costs of the technological revolution. Finance for the use of cellular phones; Comparison of an average phone bill in New York, N.Y. and Los Angeles; Data from the county Department of Health Services; Cellular phone bills of its employees.

Presents information on the late `Los Angeles Times' columnist Jack Smith's columns. Background information on Smith; Relationship between Smith, and retired `Los Angeles Times' editor, Bill Thomas; Further information on Smith.

Reports that it is believed that prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson case, Marcia Clark and Chris Darden should return the bonuses they received in the midst of their unsuccessful prosecution. Statistics on the bonuses received; Reaction to the call for return of bonuses; Details on arguments against the extra money received by the prosecutors.

Reports on the reasons Franklin E. White's enemies are trying to fire him as chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Comments from White; Background information on White.

Reports on the criticism given to a `60 Minutes'' report of the Los Angeles subways, by transit and business leaders, which stated that the project was `inflamatory' and `one-sided.' Utilization of that forum by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's critics; Information on how the report depicted the subways; Impact of report on viewers.

Opinion. Focuses on the recommended firing of Franklin White, head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), by Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and other MTA committee members. Suspicions surrounding the secretive nature of Riordan and MTA meetings; MTA's possible violation of the Brown Act; Events surrounding White's recommended firing.

Reports on the reaction of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, on the plan by `60 Minutes' a television documentary show, to highlight the problems with the Los Angeles Metro Rail Project. Title of the script for the show; What the show will highlight; Excerpts of the interview between the show's reporter Lesley Stahl and MTA's Chief Executive Officer Franklin White.

Focuses on Metropolitan Transportation Authority's caucasian bus driver Donald DeBoe, who was beaten by two African Americans, after accidentally killing a young man. Information on incident; Conditions of DeBoe's psyche; Reaction of DeBoe to accident; Comments from DeBoe.

Discusses the fate of Franklin White, chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and the repercussions of what is being termed as the Riordan revolution. Political forces which brought White to his crisis; White's stint as New York state's transportation commissioner; Differences between politics in California, and politics in New York.

Focuses on some of the murders that took place in California in 1995. Murdering of three people in drive-by shooting; Circumstances surrounding the death of model, Linda Sobek; Reference to O.J. Simpson's murder charges; Efforts of the officials in California to combat criminal activity.

Reports on the changes that swept through the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration. Warnings of the county's Cassandra Chief Administrative Officer Sally Reed; When the county's financial spiral began; Description of Reed.

Discusses some of the views of Los Angeles city councilman, Nate Holden on sexual harassment, after his acquittal on sexual harassment charges. Circumstances surrounding his case against his former receptionist, Marlee M. Beyda; Description of the kinds of relations males bosses should have with their female employees.

Looks at the media, in relation to coverage of cases such as the Linda Sobek death, and O.J. Simpson's murder trial. Comparison of media to era of 1950s; Where shift in media occurred; Indepth look at the use of the media.

Presents various news information from across Los Angeles. Relationship of Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, with the Los Angeles City Council. Problems in Los Angeles with the areas of police reform and economic development; Information on a dispute between City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas and Representative Maxine Waters.

Reports on the arraignment of nine men, and one woman, charged with the possession, and sale of 650 pounds of cocaine, worth $6.5 million. Accused were international entrepreneurs who smuggled in cocaine for Colombia; Author's view of the case; Detailed information on the case.

Focuses on mayors in Los Angeles, California, who have hidden behind commissioners they appoint to oversee the huge departments that run the city. What commissioners do for Mayors; Comments from Mayor Richard Riordan; Information on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plans to fire chief, Franklin E. White.

Focuses on Mayor Richard Riordan and how he manages to successfully evade interviews and questions from the media. Description of Riordan; Comments about speeches delivered by Riordan; Speculation about why Riordan avoids excess publicity; How he handles himself during an interview with reporters; Riordan's relationship with the press described as a game of hide-and-seek.

Opinion. Examines the sexual harassment accusations filed against Los Angeles City Councilman Nate Holden. Suing of Holden by his former receptionist Marlee M. Beyda; Personality of Holden; Comparison of the Holden case to other cases; Inclusion of the names of various women on the Los Angeles City Council.

Assesses the controversy regarding verdict in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial case, in the light of court proceedings and reactions from relatives of the victims. Author's personal views about the same.

Reports that a large number of people and television camera crewmen had gathered outside the Criminal Courts Building to catch a glimpse of lawyers and celebrities associated with the Simpson case. Comment about the kind of people who had gathered there; Note about the television coverage of the event; Details.

Reports on the reaction of the media, when Judge Lance A. Ito restricted media coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder trial. What initiated this move by Ito; Types of equipment set up by media to broadcast trial; Reaction of the media toward the restricted coverage; Comments from Rikki Kleiman, a Court television anchor.

Focuses on the beginning of the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Description of what the atmosphere was like at the beginning of the trial; Reference to trial of Bruno Hauptman; Examination of what its like for reporters during such trials; Information on popular issues which were higlighted in these cases.

Highlights the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Reaction of Judge Lance A. Ito to a newspaper article on him; Confidential interview with Ito; Information on journalists' relation with the trial.

Points out that there are also good police officers in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in California. Author's telephone conversation with an LAPD officer; Police Protective League's protest march to the City Hall.

Talks about the developments in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial and the media's interests in the case as on September 15, 1995. Unexpected developments in the case which gives enough matter for the reporters; Improved relation between the journalists and the sheriff's deputies who guard the courtroom; Pressure on the journalists and the television reporters; Differences of the O.J. Simpson trial from other trials.

Reports on District Attorney Gil Garcetti's reaction on Judge Lance Ito's for levying of a $1,000 fine on the prosecution. Ito's fining of the prosecution for failing to show up for an early morning; Increase of the fine after Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark's objection to the earlier fine.

Talks about the interpretation of the tape contents of the interview of detective Mark Fuhrman associated with the O.J. Simpson murder trial case. Comments of African American author Earl Ofari Hutchinson on the black community's reaction to the tape.

Informs about the agreement between the screenwriter Laura Hart McKinny and attorneys of Los Angeles city that allows police officials to get complete tapes and transcripts of McKinny's interview with former detective Mark Fuhrman, as on September 12, 1995. Tapes to aid Police Commission's investigation of police misconduct charges against Mark; Comment of Police Commission Chief Deirdre Hill on the police investigation.

Informs about the press conference held by the defense team in O.J. Simpson's murder trial on September 6, 1995 at the Criminal Courts Building to highlight their victory after prosecution witness Mark Fuhrman invoked the Fifth Amendment thrice. Address of defense attorney Johnnie L. Cochran and others.

Reports on the testimony given by Kathleen Bell against Los Angeles former Detective Mark Fuhrman, in the O.J. Simpson murder trial on September 5, 1995. Note on Fuhrman's racist remarks against the blacks as stated by Bell; Reaction of the African-American and non-African American attendants in the court on the same; Possible implication of the testimony given by Bell on the case proceeding.

Details the ongoing proceedings of the O.J. Simpson case, who is accused of murdering his former wife and her friend, and also the role of the media in the case as it is being aired live on the television as on September 1, 1995.

Informs about journalist Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.'s criticism of the media for highlighting racism in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, at a convention of National Association of Black Journalists on August 19, 1995. Excerpts from Cochran's speech; Discussion on the happenings at the convention.

Comments on the Mark Fuhrman tapes used by the defense in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Tapes as a recording of racist comments by Fuhrman; Possibility that the tapes and the trial might spark another racial war in Los Angeles, California; Possible impact in the black and Latino communities.

Comments on the proposal made by Matthew Schwartz, attorney for Laura Hart McKinny, the screen-writer-professor who tape recorded the Mark Fuhrman tapes, on the need to make the tapes and transcripts of the interview with Fuhrman open to the court with the approval of Judge Lance A. Ito as on August 21, 1995. Reasons for the same; Avoid leakage of the material.

Presents news briefs based on occurrences in California. Los Angeles Police Department Chief Willie L. Willimas' composure at a conference prompted by Mark Fuhrman's tapes; Insight on the defense in the O.J. Simpson trial placing the Los Angeles Police Department on trial.

Talks about the scenes at the courthouse on August 16, 1995, during the O.J. Simpson double murder trial. The technical testimony about blood evidence and autopsies which dominated the trail; Goldman family's reaction to Fuhrman tapes.

Presents various information regarding Fuhrman tapes related to O.J. Simpson murder trial as on August 16, 1995. Observation of the case of O.J. Simpson murder trial and its defending team that promoted Fuhrman tapes by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.; Reason for reluctancy of Superior Court Judge Lance A. Ito over the tape issue; Focus on transfer of the same case to judge Bascue.

Examines the unauthorized leakage of facts related to O.J. Simpson trial case and the sources involved as on August 2, 1995. Role of Michele Kestler, of the Los Angeles Police Department(LADP) in the leakage of confidential blood test result in the trial; Motives behind the person involved with the leakage; Dave Gascon of LADP role in the leakage of blood test.

Looks at Joe Bosco, an author who is writing a book on the O.J. Simpson trial. Problems Bosco encountered; When author met Bosco; Reasons why Bosco was served a subpoena by defense attorney, Robert L. Shapiro.

Discusses the reports of racial divisions among the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, July 30, 1995. Controversy surrounding the dismissal of African American juror Jeanette Harris from the trial; Interviews of Harris on KCAL-TV; Racial tensions in the issue; View of jury consultant Terri Waller.

Reports on the fads and fancies of the over-rich people preoccupied with frivolities. Labelling of showy fast life as artificial and pretentious; Fanatic jogging and cappuccino outside; Appreciation for the simple life of Los Angeles common people.

Comments on the views of the journalist Dennis Schatzman about the importance of the race factor in O.J. Simpson murder trial as on July 12, 1995. Profile of Schatzman.

Discusses the racial issues invoked by defense attorneys in the O.J. Simpson murder trial, as reported on July 10, 1995. Difficulty in reporting legal strategy; Simpson's daughter's trial; Writings on the trial; Author's opinion on writing about racial aspects.

Talks about the completion of the Deputy Dist. Atty. Marcia Clark's case against O.J. Simpson on July 6, 1995. Agreement signed between prosecution and defense on the same day.

Assesses the impact of violence on television on children in the United States. Development of a television advertisement against television violence by Shari Lewis, alter ego to famous puppet called Lamb Chop; Impact of Simpson murder trial on children.