Jane Kalnit of Woodland Hills has been...

Jane Kalnit of Woodland Hills has been hunting for Aggie, her black-and-white Boston terrier, since the animal disappeared last June 22. The search took an unusual turn, at one point, involving a $2,500 reward she put up for Aggie’s return.

“One day, some people came to us with the bones of a dog they had found near our house,” Kalnit said. “When we wouldn’t give them the reward, they sued us.”

Kalnit won the case. And who delivered the verdict? Why, Judge Joseph Wapner--on the “People’s Court” TV show.

A retired businessman whose Rolls-Royce was stolen from a Westside parking lot was surprised at the condition of the car when it was recovered in a Midtown mall the next day.

While parts of the Rolls had been stripped, the owner found that the radio and the engine had been left untouched, the lambs wool rugs were in the trunk (neatly folded), screws had been put back in place where the dome lights had been taken, and the car didn’t have a scratch.

“Apparently they (the thieves) had an order for certain parts only,” he said.

It was a surgical job--almost literally. He added: “We found part of a surgical glove that they’d left behind.”

On the other hand, a skip loader showed no mercy for several dozen faulty child-safety seats, which were crushed Wednesday in the parking lot of the L.A. Zoo. The joint demonstration by SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. and the Greater L.A. Motor Car Dealers Assn. was intended to alert motorists that several unsafe children’s seats are still being used. More information is available at 213-673-2666.

Elliot Zwiebach of Mid-Wilshire L.A. saw a sign on a barricade at the Ambassador Hotel that declared “No Tresspassing.” Said Zwiebach: “I suppose that means Yul Brynner could have gotten in.”

List of the Day;

Busts and statues of notable figures in places where you might not expect to find them:

1--Gen. George S. Patton Jr. . . . at the Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel (the World War II hero’s grandfather was one of the founders of the church).

2--Actor James Dean . . . at the Griffith Park Observatory (scenes from “Rebel Without a Cause” were filmed there).

3--Composer Ludwig van Beethoven . . . in Pershing Square (the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra funded the project in the 1930s).

4--Actress Myrna Loy . . . at Venice High (she posed for it as a student there).

5--Joan of Arc . . . at the Pacific Alliance Center (formerly French Hospital).

No telling whether it was inspired by the traffic, the smog, the earthquakes or the Dodgers’ release of Fernando Valenzuela. But there’s an “Abandon L.A.” declaration near an on-ramp of the San Diego Freeway in Sherman Oaks. Laura Dowd, a nearby resident, noticed it on the way to work--a bad time to notice such a call to arms (or legs).

You’ll notice that the gentleman in the accompanying photo seems to be taking the advice to heart.

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The Vincent Thomas Bridge is often mistakenly given the prefix Saint by visitors and locals. But the L.A. Harbor span was actually named for a former state assemblyman, not for a holy person.