BRANDO TALKS: The book everyone in Hollywood...

BRANDO TALKS: The book everyone in Hollywood has been waiting for--Marlon Brando’s autobiography--will finally hit the shelves next week. Word is he’s pretty blunt. . . . Brando is a familiar figure in the Valley, especially at Solley’s in Sherman Oaks. “In one week, I may see him two or three times,” says owner Sol Zide, “and then I might not see him for four months.”

MAD ABOUT METER: Toni Slee of Woodland Hills was mad as, well, you know what, and wasn’t going to take it any more. The source of her ire: a cranky meter at the top of the Winnetka on-ramp to the southbound 101 (B2). . . . She filed complaints and says, “I wish Arnold Schwarzenegger could detonate all of these meters.”

HOLIDAY RUSH: Believe it or not, Rosh Hashanah is here already. It’s time for a new outfit, gefilte fish, synagogue tickets--the works. The Jewish new year begins Monday night, the earliest in 18 years. Many Jews aren’t prepared, but Valley temples still expect big crowds for services, which will include a reading of the Torah (above). . . . But don’t worry. The holidays won’t fall this early again until 2013 (B1).

PROBE: A Sun Valley company is under scrutiny. A source says Interactive America Corp., which was the second-largest bidder in July’s FCC auction for interactive television licenses, has become the subject of a criminal investigation, along with another firm (D1). . . . The firm qualified for discounts on its bid because, it said, it is a small business owned by a woman.

TOUGH GOAL: CSUN’s soccer team hopes to get off on the right foot tonight when it opens the new season against Cal Sate Dominguez Hills at North Campus Stadium. But the Matadors will have to do battle without All-American Armando Valdivia, who used up his eligibility (C15). . . . Players who must fill the scoring void include Matthew Davis, Keith West, Keith Rosenberg and Nelson Townes.