POLICE PRESENCE: The Valley NOW chapter is...

POLICE PRESENCE: The Valley NOW chapter is after the owner of a Sherman Oaks bank building to demolish a concealing wall at the ATM site where a Toluca Lake woman was stabbed to death (B1) . . . What happened to that Valley councilman’s proposal to put ATMs in police stations? The city attorney began considering it this week. If it’s approved, the public could use a machine already installed in the Van Nuys station for officers’ use.

NO JOKE: That rampage through a San Francisco office by an enraged Woodland Hills man has lawyers watching their backs. That was no aberration, they maintain, saying many lawyers are threatened, assaulted or killed because of their work. Some move, some hide, some carry guns (A22) . . . Riskiest brief: divorce.

RETURN SERVICE: Gene Malin’s exit from competitive tennis was dramatic. His return topped it . . . Two years ago, miffed at an official, the Woodland Hills player walked out of a national tournament just before a semifinal. . . Returning last week, Malin (above) took the singles and doubles crowns at a Westlake tournament, topping 178 entrants with only four days of preparation (C10).

CONTROVERSY AFOOT: Was Candy Dodge of Canyon Country really the third-fastest woman in the San Francisco Marathon? Not according to the two women who finished right behind her Sunday. They claim she didn’t run the whole course. (C1). . . . Marathon officials are checking videotapes of race checkpoints.

AH YASSS, SOCKS: W. C. Fields, returning home from his famously bibulous evenings, used to clip trees with his car. But Clybourn Avenue residents were less than amused when his house rolled through, doing likewise to their prized magnolias (B1) . . . Fields’ agent Roger Richman--yes, even dead stars have agents--says demand is still high for Fields memorabilia: shot glasses, pool cues, even socks embroidered with witty sayings of the unregenerate boozer.