SAVE THE KIDS: Dear parents: There is...

SAVE THE KIDS: Dear parents: There is hope for children losing brain cells by watching too much TV. They can still lead normal lives. . . . Schools, like Harvard-Westlake in Studio City, teach media literacy, showing children how to manipulate the screen images instead of vice versa. “It’s not the quality of the TV that matters,” said one educator. “It’s the quality of the skills of the person who uses the TV.” (E1)

SPRINGTIME: Baseball isn’t the only rite associated with spring. This is also the season of wildflower viewing, and once again, the Theodore Payne Foundation in Sun Valley is sponsoring a 24-hour Wildflower Hotline ((818) 768-3533) through May 26 with a four-minute recording listing popular spots. . . . Last year, the line received 18,000 calls.

QUICK EXIT: Maybe it was the unfamiliar Oklahoma climate. Or maybe the team wanted to hurry home to watch the NCAA Tournament. Whatever the case, The Master’s College in Newhall (above) quickly bowed out Tuesday of the NAIA Division I tournament in Tulsa, losing 98-85 to Georgia Southwestern. . . . Still, Master’s (28-5) had a great year. (C10)

REUNION: Izzy the Iguana is done with running away from home. Or, at least, that’s how it looks to its guardian, owner Jeff Gullickson, 17, of Lake View Terrace. “She looks pretty mellow,” he said. “I think she’s had enough of the outside.” . . . Gullickson was reunited with Izzy Tuesday at a Shadow Hills school where it was found. (B3)

DAMAGE CHANGES: The quake’s financial toll on the city of Santa Clarita isn’t as bad as officials feared. But it’s still pretty bad. New figures place the destruction at $244 million, $52 million lower than original estimates. . . . That’s because of a clerical mistake, as well as lower damage estimates for highways and bridges, public facilities and utility equipment. (B16)