SHOOTING JUSTIFIED: A Los Angeles police officer...

SHOOTING JUSTIFIED: A Los Angeles police officer “had no alternative” but to shoot an 18-year-old Pacoima man who had attacked police with a broomstick, a report from the district attorney’s office concludes . . . Efrain Lopez had attacked his mother, threatened to kill his 10-month-old sibling and declared he was both Jesus Christ and Satan (B1).

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NAME GAME: It has no lake. And it’s nowhere near Los Angeles. So why call an Antelope Valley community Lake Los Angeles? People there are asking the same question . . . On Tuesday, the community will vote on whether to keep its name (B1). The town once had a man-made lake, but a developer pulled the plug--literally--when residents declined to pay for its upkeep. Now it’s dry.

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BEYOND GRAVES: Ronald Reagan was married there. Really . . . Though best known as the final resting place for celebrities as well as the not-so-famous, Forest Lawn in Glendale has evolved into more than just a cemetery (B2). There’s artwork and concerts. Even a gift shop. And more than 35,000 couples have married at the cemetery since 1929, including Reagan, who wed Jane Wyman there in 1940.

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GALLOWS HUMOR: Speaking of graves, consider the obsession of Gary Farajian and Dave Cash in Granada Hills. They tore up Farajian’s front yard, with a backhoe no less, to build a grisly Halloween display . . . Among the highlights are a guillotine, hangman’s post and two open graves (B1).

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SPACE SHUTTLE: After Monday, the rumble of the space shuttle coming in to land won’t be heard in the Antelope Valley for some time. The reason: Next year’s shuttle missions are scheduled to land in Florida (B1) . . . The landings have been a popular attraction at Edwards Air Force Base. The last scheduled landing there drew 125,000 people.