ODD COUPLE: Police think that crime spree...

ODD COUPLE: Police think that crime spree by the couple they liken to Bonnie and Clyde began with carjacking a Mercedes in Encino. Their arrest in Long Beach--he crashed a stolen car, apparently unaware that undercover officers were following him--ended three weeks of robberies and assaults, detectives said (B1) . . . Finding them was made easier because man-woman holdup teams are rare.

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HAVEN’T LOST YET: Maybe the Crespi and Alemany high school football teams are reading “The Charge of the Light Brigade” in English class. They’re gallantly galloping back into action in the tough Del Rey League this year, although they won only three games between them last year and appear hopelessly outclassed again (C14) . . . No defeatist is Crespi Coach Tim Lins. He says he’s gunning for the championship.

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NEMESIS: Hannah Dyke (above) is to graffiti vandals what cats are to rats. Founder of Sylmar Graffiti Busters, her uncanny vandal-tracking talents earned her $2,250 in rewards for helping convict taggers--eight of whom she arrested herself. Civic leaders mourn her coming departure (B1). . . . Mixed compliment: Taggers she hounded made up a “tag” for her. It’s obscene.

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THOU SHALT NOT . . . In Santa Clarita, smokers will be told to butt out even at football games. The Hart high school district has banned smoking at athletic events and other outdoor activities (B18) . . . Prodding came from a federal anti-smoking program that pays the district $30,000 a year.

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MARRED YARD: “You wouldn’t believe what people throw away,” was the way Vicki Massi put it. Her neighbors believe it. The city of Santa Clarita has cited Massi six times in nine months for the collection of bird cages, tires, chandeliers, stoves and other discards outside her home in a middle-class area of Canyon Country (B1) . . . “My boyfriend collects and sells things,” Massi says.