MOST LIKELY TO?: Not every graduate can...

MOST LIKELY TO?: Not every graduate can make the honor roll or win a scholarship to a prestigious college. . . . But for every one who stands in the spotlight on graduation night, applauded for the highest achievement, there are others in the rows of caps and gowns for whom just graduating is a triumph. . . . students who overcame disease, broken families and their own self-destructive tendencies to graduate with their classes (B1).

POISON PEN: Santa Clarita City Council member Jill Klajic’s letter writing has her colleagues fuming. . . . Her note urging Gov. Pete Wilson to limit counties’ taxing authority not only violates a policy against using City Council stationery but could anger L.A. County officials who work with the city. . . . Klajic says it’s all a mistake, but some council members aren’t buying it (B16).

FIT TO PRINT: Los Angeles’ newest newspaper is staffed by some of its poorest citizens: residents of the 21 city housing projects from Pacoima to Watts. . . . A former battered woman with seven children and a paraplegic who lives on $964 a month will be putting out the first publication of its kind in the nation, one written solely by and for the 32,447 residents of public housing, like Michael Just, above, a resident of Owensmouth Gardens who will be writing an editorial for the paper (B1).

VALLEY CHRONICLE: Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit international group that builds homes for the poor, is about to unveil home construction plans in Canoga Park, Burbank, San Fernando, Sun Valley, North Hollywood, Van Nuys and Panorama City. . . . Volunteers are now at work on eight townhouses in Pacoima (B5).

STREET SMART: What about that train from the Antelope Valley? Is Caltrans trying to drive us crazy? How do you cross that tricky part of Chandler Boulevard without getting a ticket? For fascinating and useful answers, see Street Smart (B1).