NEW FACE: Meet Hank Stockdale, community cop....

NEW FACE: Meet Hank Stockdale, community cop. As part of a federally funded program aimed at bringing police closer to the communities they serve, Stockdale divides his day between a Pacoima storefront office and the streets of the largely Latino neighborhood (B1). . . . “I have no illusions about being the new sheriff in town,” he said. “But if I can make a difference, then I’m 100% successful.”

TRAPPED: It’s been 10 months since Los Angeles stopped trapping coyotes, and the debate between residents and animal regulation officials continues (B1). . . . “I kinda feel like we have become the fast-food capital for coyotes out here,” said one Woodland Hills woman. . . . The city has agreed to review the policy.

LIVING COLOR: Not so long ago, the slopes of the Santa Monica Mountains blazed with fire, leaving destruction and heartbreak for hundreds of Topanga and Malibu residents. Today, the blackened terrain is alive with a vivid array of wildflowers that haven’t bloomed in decades (B3). . . . Called fire followers, the plants thrive in burned areas but often are crowded out by other vegetation after a few seasons.

YOUTHS FOR CHRIST: The rise in Christian clubs on high school campuses coincides with an increase in church-going by America’s teen-agers (B1). . . . The U. S. Supreme Court ruled in 1990 that secondary schools must allow religious groups on campus if other non-academic organizations are permitted. . . . About a dozen San Fernando Valley public high schools have such clubs.

LONG TIME COMING: Cal State Northridge senior Amy Windmiller defeated Fresno State for the first time since transferring from there after her freshman year, helping the Matadors salvage a split of a Western Athletic Conference softball doubleheader (C10). . . . Windmiller, who was 0-3 against the Bulldogs last season, pitched a four-hitter in Northridge’s 4-1 victory. Fresno State won the first game, 5-2.