GOOD LA CONCHITA: In every disaster, there...

GOOD LA CONCHITA: In every disaster, there are stories of inspiration and stories of folks who overlook their own hardship to help others (B1). . . . In the case of the La Conchita landslide, one of those stories is Warren Bateman, a longtime Salvation Army volunteer who’s come to the aid of neighbors even as his own two homes may be destroyed. “Keeping busy is a good tool,” Bateman said. “As long as I can keep my wife from breaking down, I’ll be OK.”

BAD LA CONCHITA: Of course, every tragedy also has those willing to cash in on someone else’s misery. Witness the suspected looter arrested when some La Conchita residents went fleeing. And Tuesday, the attorneys handing out business cards almost outnumbered the handful of residents who came before the Board of Supervisors wanting to know why building was allowed there in the first place.

WITH THESE HANDS: It took years of planning and prayer, but a congregation of Korean American Southern Baptists will finally get a new church in Simi Valley. And it’s all thanks to Sam Lim (B4). . . . The 72-year-old preacher came here from South Korea 15 years ago as a missionary. At the time, there were maybe 20 Korean families in all of Simi Valley. Today, his congregation alone is that large. And the city’s Korean American population numbers 1,000.

WHAT’S NEXT, EVIAN? Talk about spending money like water, North Ranch Country Club will ask a favor tonight from the Calleguas water district. It wants to keep using drinking water, rather than cheaper reclaimed water to irrigate its golf course. The goal, club officials say, is to keep the greens greener. “It’s a very exclusive club, so it always has to be in prime condition,” said golf course superintendent Steve Montanez. Perhaps, but to do so will require an exemption from state law, which requires the club to use filtered and treated sewer water.