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MELLOW MUSIC: Snoop Doggy Dogg may never get to lay down his rap at Thousand Oak’s new Civic Arts Plaza. Heavy metal rockers could be banned as well. . . . Wary of attracting rowdy crowds, the city’s theater commission on Wednesday will consider prohibiting rap and heavy metal concerts at the cultural center (B4). . . . Alternative music fans wonder why the fuss? “There are problems everywhere and I don’t think music has anything to do with it,” said Zorba Cruz, a guitarist with the local rock group Ska Daddyz.

POWER PAY: Camarillo-based Power One Inc. paid out $342,000 in bonuses last week to its 200 employees to reward their good work. (Valley Business, Page 11). . . . “It was the first year of our new incentive program, and we’re very pleased with the way it’s worked out,” said Steve Goldman, Power-One’s president and chief executive. . . . The company, which produces power equipment, plans to hire about a dozen new employees this year.

CHAVEZ TRIBUTE: Farm workers will wheel a two-ton bust of labor leader Cesar Chavez from Ventura to Oxnard on Saturday, as part of a tribute to the United Farm Workers union president. . . . A large crowd of people is expected to march behind the statue, carved by Ventura sculptor Matt Harvey. The statue is headed for a permanent home at Cesar Chavez school. . . . “Since Cesar’s passing last year, the community has expressed interest in doing something in his honor,” said UFW representative Martin Vasquez.

SOAP STAR: Emmy-winning actor Macdonald Carey, who died Monday of cancer (B13), was recently honored by a Ventura County senior care group. . . . “He had a tremendous record of service to the elderly, “ said Sister Jane Kelly with Caregivers Inc., which honored Carey last month. “He was a real talent and a good man.” The actor, best-known for his role on “Days of Our Lives,” narrated the soap opera’s trademark opening: “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.”

FLOWN HOME: Three endangered California condors, captured near Fillmore and relocated to Santa Barbara’s backcountry, have returned to Ventura County (B1). . . . The vultures were raised in captivity and released into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary near Fillmore. But after the death of four condors, the birds were relocated to a remote area of the Los Padres National Forest. . . . Biologists will monitor the birds, and hope they return on their own to the Santa Barbara wilderness. “The ideal situation is they’ll get hungry enough and go back to where they know food is,” said Michael Wallace, an L.A. Zoo biologist and California Condor Recovery Team member.