WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPECTATOR SPORTS: FRIDAY 28

* BASEBALL: New York Mets at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 7 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Visalia at San Bernardino,

7 p.m.; Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Del Mar, featuring $66,000 How Now Stakes, first post 3:30 p.m.; quarter horses, Los Alamitos, first post 7:15 p.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Stadiumcross, Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino, 7:30 p.m.

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PARTICIPATION SPORTS

* BASEBALL: A baseball clinic and power hitting competition will be held for youths 14 and under at Hansen Dam Sports Center in Lake View Terrace today at 10 a.m. Details: (818) 899-6016.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SATURDAY 29

* AUTO RACING: SCRA sprint cars, Perris Auto Speedway, 7 p.m.; IMCA sprint cars, Ventura Raceway, 7 p.m.; street stocks, Victorville Raceway, 7 p.m.; sportsman stocks, destruction derby, Cajon Speedway, El Cajon, 7 p.m.

* BASEBALL: New York Mets at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 1 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Visalia at San Bernardino, 7 p.m.; Pacific at Mission Viejo, 7 p.m.; Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:15 p.m.

* BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Spalding AVA qualifier, Playa del Rey, 9:30 a.m.

* CYCLING: Velodrome racing, Encino,

7 p.m.

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Del Mar, featuring $250,000 Del Mar Debutante, first post 2 p.m.; quarter horses, Los Alamitos, first post 6:30 p.m.

* MOTORCYCLE RACING: Speedway, sidecars, Costa Mesa Speedway, 7 p.m.

* SOCCER: Columbus at Galaxy, Rose Bowl, 7:30 p.m.

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PARTICIPATION SPORTS

* BEACH VOLLEYBALL: The Cuervo Gold Beach Volleyball Tour is hosting a tournament for adults 21 and over today and Sunday at Venice Beach at 9 a.m. Late Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Details: (203) 662-4636.

SPECTATOR SPORTS: SUNDAY 30

* BASEBALL: New York Mets at Dodgers, Dodger Stadium, 5 p.m.

* MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Visalia at San Bernardino,

5 p.m.; Pacific at Mission Viejo, 5:30 p.m.; Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga,

6:15 p.m.

* BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Spalding AVA qualifier, Playa del Rey, 9:30 a.m.

* BOAT RACING: International Sea Festival, Long Beach Marine Stadium, 10 a.m.

* HORSE RACING: Thoroughbreds, Del Mar, featuring $300,000 Chula Vista Handicap, first post 2 p.m.; quarter horses, Los Alamitos, first post 6:30 p.m.

About This Listing

On Fridays The Times publishes a sampling of Southland participatory events on a space-available basis. To submit your event, send a fax with the date, location and time of competition to (213) 237-7876 or write to Sports Weekend, Sports Department, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA, 90053. To submit an event in the Calendar Live! section of latimes.com, send a fax to (213) 473-2590. Only events with date-of-competition registration will be accepted.