Only in L.A. People and Events

Now we know why County Supervisor Pete Schabarum developed a reputation as a grumpy guy who feuded with colleagues, bureaucrats and reporters during his 18-year reign on the board.

He was in a bad mood because of all the unflattering photos of him published by newspapers. He held his feelings inside for a long time. But, the other day, he finally wrote to The Times:

“. . . On the premise that you apparently do not have one decent photo of me in the several hundred shot in the last year or two, I am enclosing one you may wish to use.”

The decent photo shows a different side of Pete. This isn’t Pete, the growling former football star. This is Smiling Pete. Pensive Pete. Scholarly Pete.

We can only confess to Schabarum, whose retirement takes effect in December:

Pete, we hardly knew ye.

Speaking of big babies. . . .

When Allen James Roughton came into the world at Queen of the Valley Hospital recently, he tipped the scales at 14 pounds, 3 ounces.

“He’s the largest I’ve ever had in my practice,” said Dr. Henry Moghtader, a practitioner for 32 years. Because of the baby’s weight, Allen was delivered by Cesarean section at the West Covina hospital two weeks before his due date.

Nicknamed Pudge by his parents, Bryce, 32, and Laura, 31, Allen has another distinction:

At birth, he had outgrown his baby clothes.

The location of a law firm advertising in the publication California Power Producer is listed as “1901 Ave. of the Starts.” An entry-level address in Century City?

“What an age we live in!” marvels Meredith Brucker of San Marino. “My husband and I were approaching our 25th wedding anniversary when neighbors of ours one-upped us by saying they were planning a party for their 50th. When I looked surprised, considering how young they look, they added it up: His first marriage lasted 20 years, her first lasted 15 years, and they’ve been married to each other for 15 years. Yep, they’ve been married 50 years, all right!”

Raymond Chandler fans and others who are familiar with “gat” as a slang term for gun might do a double-take over the notice on the Bruin Theater’s box-office window:

“PASSES AND GATS BEFORE 6:00 ONLY.”

Sounds more like Dodge City than Westwood. Actually, the term stands for “group activity tickets.” The other type of gat is frowned upon by the Bruin at all times.

miscelLAny:

While KCAL (Channel 9) identifies itself as a Los Angeles/Norwalk-based station, it has no facilities in Norwalk. The designation has appeared on the license since negotiations involving the station’s former owners (RKO General), a one-time group of bidders (Norwalk-Fidelity Television), and the current owners (Walt Disney). KCAL can be picked up in Norwalk, though.