PLUGGING IN: The Ojai Trolley, which 110...

PLUGGING IN: The Ojai Trolley, which 110 riders use every day, may soon be battery-powered. The city is studying whether to replace the familiar green gas-guzzling trolley with a new model that runs on electricity. . . . At about $150,000, the vehicle would cost twice as much as a gasoline trolley, city transportation planner Dan Singer said. But it would be pollution-free--a significant plus in the smog-plagued Ojai Valley. . . . It would be the county’s first battery-powered bus.

RIOT AFTERMATH: After last year’s riots, lots of businesses in South-Central Los Angeles considered moving to Ventura County. “We got a flurry of inquiries,� said Loretta Denhart of the Ventura County Economic Development Assn. But few followed through. . . . Now Robert M. Hadley Co., a South-Central electronics firm, is moving to Ventura, partly due to security concerns (Valley Business, Page 12). . . . Hadley’s brings the county a 64-year-old business with 90 employees and $5 million in annual sales.

MUSEUM FIND: Jerry H. Miller knows where the checkbooks are. In 10 years as president of Cal Lutheran University, Miller helped increase the school’s endowment from $200,000 to $6.3 million. Now Miller has been named executive director of the Ventura County Maritime Museum in Oxnard. . . . Top priority: “Raising significant support for the museum, including an endowment fund.� The 2 1/2-year-old museum’s collection includes about 50 ship models and an array of marine art.

VEGGIE TIPS: Getting kids to eat vegetables has never been easy (E1), but Judy La Rossa has some advice. “Kids like raw vegetables more than cooked,� said La Rossa, food service manager for Simi Valley schools. And salads with romaine go over better than iceberg lettuce. . . . La Rossa wouldn’t dare serve hot peas or Brussels sprouts (“They smell�), but she slips frozen peas into salads. . . . Conejo Valley schools used to sneak pureed green beans into chocolate cake.