BUY! SELL!: Rosy-faced San Fernando Valley realtors...

BUY! SELL!: Rosy-faced San Fernando Valley realtors are saying “I told you so” as home sales approach normal levels a month after the Northridge temblor. . . . In the south Valley, real estate brokers have been rocking and rolling. Through this weekend, the Encino staff for Jon Douglas Co. has sold 40 homes, just under the norm. “Our numbers are a bit down,” said assistant manager Karen Robb, “but not as much as you’d expect.”

QUAKE SHAKEN: Still losing sleep over last month’s earthquake? Don’t wait to get help. Mental health experts say long-term depression can set in a month to six weeks after a catastrophic event. The North Valley Family Counseling Center offers free one-on-one quake counseling as long as it’s needed, as well as group sessions in English and Spanish. Call (818) 365-8588.

PAPER CHASE: After cleaning up scattered records (above), medical experts are eyeing ways to ensure that patient information stays intact during the next temblor: computerization. . . . Record keepers such as those at the Facey Group want to make paper obsolete. In the group’s six local offices, more than 200,000 paper records were scattered. “The bottom line,” said administrator Donald Abramsky, “is to ensure no record goes into the wrong file.”

RETAIL RIVER: In Sherman Oaks, badly rocked by the quake, planners and Ventura Boulevard businesses are giving the word to the rest of the San Fernando Valley: “Shoppers, come back!”. . . Despite building demolition along the boulevard, many businesses have already reopened, such as the Sherman Oaks Galleria and Pacific 4 Theaters. The Radisson Hotel, Ralph’s supermarket and Sav-On drugstore are all expected to reopen by June 1. “We’re shook but not shaken,” said Jeff Brain, chairman of the Ventura Boulevard Specific Plan Review Board.