WAVE OF SUPPORT: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington...

WAVE OF SUPPORT: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) is miffed about Newport Beach’s “black ball” rule banning surfers from some areas during summer hours when swimmers abound. An avid surfer, Rohrabacher wants the city to repeal the 30-year-old law. He wrote Mayor John W. Hedges to say he has often been forced “to take my board to friendlier beaches. . . . Citizens are surfers too and deserve consideration in making policy.” Some surfers, however, think Rohrabacher should worry more about policies that would improve the quality of the water. (E1)

SKY’S THE LIMIT: Chapman University is so proud of its Panthers football team that it is christening a conference center, overlooking the playing field, as the Chapman Panther Skybox when the home season opens Saturday. . . . About 50 people can enjoy catered food and cappuccino from the box. “I claim it is going to be the most luxurious sky box in the country,” boasts President James Doti. “I just got back from the Toronto Skydome. Nice, but not as good as ours.”

AGELESS STAR: Actor Tony Curtis says he’ll go anywhere to cheer people up. . . . On Saturday, the Hollywood star, now 70, lends his support to seniors at a fund-raiser for Huntington Beach’s Council on Aging at Pacifica Park. Says Curtis: “I see my peers and they think they see a peer. But what they see is a 12-year-old Jewish boy from Manhattan wandering about.”

BLOODLINES: The long-dormant Villa Theatre in Orange will reopen Friday as Captain Blood’s Village Theatre. The name is courtesy of local businessman Todd Blood, who claims to be a direct descendant of the fabled pirate. . . . The interior of the renovated theater includes a representation of one of pirate Blood’s ships. A movie buff, Blood said opening his own theater has long been a dream: “I’ve been waiting for this day for 30 years.”