NOT MAKING IT: The Writers Guild says...

NOT MAKING IT: The Writers Guild says movie and TV studios hired more minority and women writers between 1987 and 1991, but “substantial barriers to equal opportunity persist” (F1). The ranks of women and minorities increased at Disney, Warner Bros. and NBC in Burbank and Universal in Universal City, but women still receive lower pay at many studios. . . . The widest gender gap, with women making 24 cents for each dollar earned by male writers, was at MTM in Studio City.

FOOD THAT DELIVERS: OK, this may sound strange, but is it possible that the romaine and watercress salad at Caioti, a funky restaurant in Laurel Canyon, sends overdue pregnant women into welcome labor? At least two Valley women say it happened to them (E1). . . . Even medical types concede it’s not impossible. Said one: “I’ve learned not to pooh-pooh things seemingly off the wall.”

CHANGED MIND: Alfred Golden, who once turned out his elderly troops for the Clinton presidential campaign, may now be Hillary Rodham Clinton’s worst nightmare--a senior citizen who dislikes her health plan and is renowned as a formidable organizer (B1).

GLENFED SHORT: Glenfed, the parent company of Glendale Federal Bank, is racing a June 30 deadline to avoid the seizure of Glendale Federal, the nation’s fifth-largest S&L; (D2). The problem: The bank has $400 million less capital than the government requires. . . . A plan unveiled Monday calls for raising $425 million.

CUTTING COSTS: Ivan Holmoe of Glendale cuts hair the old-fashioned way--for $8--insisting he does just as good a job as Beverly Hills stylists and $200 presidential lock-snippers (E1).

AEROSPACE JOBS: It took months of negotiating, but 73% of the 1,200 machinists at Lockheed Corp.’s “Skunk Works” in Palmdale and Burbank approved a three-year labor contract. . . . The price: accepting lower cost-of-living increases. See Valley Business, Page 9.