BOTTOM LINE: In the Valley and Sacramento,...

BOTTOM LINE: In the Valley and Sacramento, Gov. Pete Wilson fired back at criticism by Democratic Party leaders that he flip-flopped on illegal immigration, scapegoating migrants to revive his low public standing (B1). To Valley business leaders, he defended his record as a senator. . . . Then he told a Capitol news conference the Democrats “can kiss my rear end if they can leap that high from the low road.”

FRAT AGAIN: Wasn’t it only last year the CSUN campus saw months of uproar, including demonstrations and legal action, over a frat party invitation the administration condemned as a racist slur? . . . Now comes Round 2: Lambda Chi Alpha officers say they didn’t approve--and will apologize for--a party flyer featuring a sexily drawn woman and an invitation to “rape, pillage and burn with your brothers” (B7).

PEDAL ENVY: They’re up and pedaling at dawn, the kind of bicyclists who do 200 miles a week and ride to the Canadian Rockies for fun. The San Fernando Valley Bicycle Club--including Art Rich, 69 (above)--celebrates its 15th birthday this week (B2). . . . Motorists yell insults, says one, but he figures they’re “on their way to work and jealous that we are out riding.”

BOGYMAN NOT: The innovative charter school movement is enmeshed in the drive to break up the L.A. school district, with Pacoima’s Vaughn Street school painted in some quarters as David against the district’s Goliath in a funding quarrel. . . . Times Valley Edition Columnist Scott Harris (B1) looked into this volatile brew, concluding that much of it is cynical rhetoric.

O CANADA: The Canadian Football League is now home to former Valley-area players Mike Trevathan and Mike Pringle, Trevathan as a receiver for the British Columbia Lions and Pringle as a fullback with the Sacramento Gold Miners. Each has found his niche in the league with the odd rules (C8). . . . But both still harbor NFL dreams.