Enrollment Takes Off: While preliminary figures at...

Enrollment Takes Off: While preliminary figures at the nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College District show enrollment to be up slightly, enrollment at Antelope Valley College rose a whopping 9%, with 9,686 students signed up. . . . Said college spokesman Steve Standerfer: “We haven’t seen an increase in fall enrollment like this since our last boom period of the late 1980s and early 1990s.�

* BLYTHE STREET: A $3.1-million city loan will help a nonprofit group rehabilitate a run-down Panorama City apartment complex. Carolina Ramirez, above, and other Blythe Street kids improvise a playground. B1

* TEARFUL FAREWELL: About 3,000 mourners gathered for the funeral of Sheriff’s Deputy Shayne York, who was killed during a takeover robbery. B1

* MINI SOCCER: The Pumas, led by coach Emanuel Tovar, center, will be among those competing in a 4-on-4 soccer tournament at Hansen Dam Park. C13

* BIOTECH DEAL: In what analysts say is one of the largest biotechnology licensing deals in history, Thousand Oaks-based Amgen Inc. has acquired the rights to a group of promising compounds to treat neuro-degenerative diseases. D2