First, star outfielder Darryl Strawberry of the...

First, star outfielder Darryl Strawberry of the Dodgers goes on the disabled list with a bad shoulder. Now, star peanut vendor Roger Owens is out with bursitis.

“The doctors said it was from running up and down the cement steps (of Dodger Stadium),” explained Owens, 48, whose bad hip will keep him sidelined until July 23. “I’ve shaken off other injuries, but this was too painful.”

During his absence, the Dodgers won’t even attempt to replace the 31-year veteran by calling up a minor-league vendor from Albuquerque. After all, Owens’ behind-the-back throwing skills have won him such fame that he’s twice appeared on the Tonight Show. Many of his fans rose up in anger at the start of the season when the Marriott Corp., the new Dodgers’ concessionaire, said it would outlaw peanut-bag tossing. Marriott backed down.

When he returns, Owens plans to run more gingerly up and down the stairs. But no way will he switch jobs.

“Peanuts have been good to me,” he declared. “I’ve built my career on peanuts.”

It wasn’t so long ago that the Walt Disney Co. ordered three Hallandale, Fla., day-care centers to cease and desist from placing paintings of Mickey Mouse on their walls or face lawsuits. But the company has given its heartfelt blessing to one local group that wants to display the Disney logo on its bumper stickers. That’s the Friends of Port Disney, which supports the controversial plan for a massive Disney theme part in downtown Long Beach.

History was made Thursday when some Alaskan drinking water reached parched Southern California.

L.A. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn has proposed a 1,700-mile ocean pipeline to bring the wet stuff in from Alaska. L.A. County officials, who made a fact-finding trip to the state, brought Hahn back a glass of pure Alaskan water. He drank it a during a dramatic press conference.

Come to think it, inasmuch as the price of the pipeline has been estimated at anywhere from $65 billion to $100 billion, perhaps it would be cheaper just to fly the water back glass by glass.

The spirit of the Persian Gulf War lives on at one auto repair shop on La Cienega Boulevard (see photo).

When you’re a police detective with the last name of Hollywood, things can get a bit confusing.

“A lot of times I have to say, ‘No, I’m not from Hollywood, I am Hollywood from West Valley,’ ” said Detective Harry Hollywood with a laugh.

A 23-year member of the force, Hollywood added that when someone kids him about his name, he’ll answer: “Yeah, my family sold too soon.”

Oddly enough, the LAPD has a detective in the Newton Division near downtown L.A. who would seem better suited for the Valley than Hollywood. His name is Sherman Oaks.

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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson delivered one sermon at the Angelus Temple in L.A. in the 1920s while wearing a USC football uniform, according to historian Kevin Starr. Her message: Carry the ball for Christ.