WORKERS’ COMP RAIDS: That network TV expose...

WORKERS’ COMP RAIDS: That network TV expose on workers’ comp set off dozens of raids on doctors’ and lawyers’ homes and offices by more than 120 investigators and prosecutors Wednesday. Among other places, they hit law offices in Chatsworth and Sherman Oaks and medical offices in Tarzana and Sherman Oaks (D2) . . . Target: evidence of illegal payments to middlemen for client referrals.

NAME TO DUCK: Walt Disney created a national folklore, made niceness good, brought smiles to the lips of countless cute tykes and attracted millions of bucks to Burbank. So of course there’s a school named after him. But the PTA wants to change the name (B2) . . . Nothing personal, Mickey and Donald, but apparently the school can’t get grants or donations because people think anything named Disney is rich.

UNDER THE GUN: For CSUN graduate Pamela Pitcher (above), her first year as a cop included her first “man with a gun” call: “He was very drunk . . . a little belligerent . . . I just stood behind our car door and kept ordering him to keep his hands on his head and not move. The first time it happens, when you know there’s a loaded gun, you can’t help thinking, is he going to kill his family? Kill you?” Police rookies recount their first year on the streets (E1).

FAST FOOD: Ron Kopita faces a daunting task: to quickly formulate a meal plan for Cal State Northridge athletes without violating NCAA rules or busting the school’s budget. The vice president for student affairs has been at work since football players drove home their request for one school-provided meal per day by boycotting practice (C10).

HE FOUGHT THE LAW: You hate parking tickets? Sure, you and everyone else who ever got one. Want to fight it? Well, a Times Valley columnist, driven to the boiling point by the parking horrors of Sherman Oaks, fought vehicular city hall and won. Gleefully, he tells how (B5). . . . But will it work on the next one?