BOB’S TEAM: The annual football game between...
BOB’S TEAM: The annual football game between the Orange County Police All-Stars and the Los Angeles South Bay police team takes on new meaning this year. A running back for the local team was Robert J. Henry, the Newport Beach officer shot March 12. He remains hospitalized in critical condition. . . . They’ve named the game, to be played at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Newport Harbor High, the “Bob Henry Cop Bowl.†All proceeds will go to Henry and his family.
KINDER COLLEGE: Never too young to go to college? Last year community colleges here decided to invite kindergartners for a day, and 2,000 showed up. They’re coming back Friday--8,000 of them this time, at Golden West, Rancho Santiago, Orange Coast and Fullerton colleges. The visit, co-sponsored by the Latino advocacy group Los Amigos, gives them a chance to learn about different occupations. Says Los Amigos Chairman Amin David: “It will encourage them to think about dreams for the future.â€
OUR DUSTIN: If you’ve seen the movie “Outbreak,†you know it alludes to the deadly hantavirus. It’s a real virus, killing 100 people nationwide. County biologist Jim Webb says a strain of the mystery virus, which is carried by rural rodents, has been found in mice trapped at 11 South County sites--all in secluded rural areas. . . . “We’ve had no cases of human illness related to it,†Webb says. “But all the housing tracts being developed increase the risk. It could be like unlocking Pandora’s box.â€
STARS FOR STARS: Maybe you scoff at astrology, but how’s this for Academy Awards odds: Skip Fickling of Laguna Beach, creator of the Honey West TV character, correctly predicted all the top Academy Award winners--faxed in advance. It’s really simple, Fickling explains: Tom Hanks and Martin Landau are Cancers, Jessica Lange and Dianne Wiest are Aries, both having strong years. . . . Fickling also got best director and best picture right--though it was never clear what Forrest Gump’s astrological sign is.
TONIGHT: The Pacific Symphony at 8, the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa. (714) 755-5799.
WEATHER: Sunny and mild today with highs in the 70s and lows tonight in the upper 40s. (B6)
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