ARM OF THE LAW: Female faces are...

ARM OF THE LAW: Female faces are much more common in police uniforms than they once were, but the Women’s Advisory Council to the L.A. Police Commission isn’t happy. The commission’s upcoming report complains that a “culture of gender bias” values male strength over female negotiating skills in dealing with troublemakers (B1). The commission wants a 44% female force with a philosophy of “brains over brawn.”. . . No comment yet from the chief.

RELATIVELY BIG JOB: Even big thinkers go wrong--but how would you like the job of checking up on Albert Einstein? That’s what Lockheed is up to. Under a $100-million contract from Stanford, the Calabasas company is building a spacecraft to examine Einstein’s theory of relativity, which explains the basic workings of the universe. . . . And if it’s wrong? “All hell will break loose,” a Stanford scientist said. See Valley Business, Page 4.

COGNAC AND PORK: Over Armenian cognac in a Moscow hotel, Glendale consultant Jody Darling acquired 5% of a Russian factory in return for management advice. It came with an apartment building for workers and 500 pigs to feed them. . . . But behind its weed-grown exterior, Darling says, workers are churning out products. See Valley Business, Page 3.

TOONTOWN: The core of the Cartoon Artists Professional Society, which meets in Burbank, are cartoonists who live by their craft (E1). . . . Others are wanna-bes. “Perhaps I’m living vicariously through them,” mused Gary Owens, broadcaster and fan.