SACRED SOUNDS: The strains of live Mexican...

SACRED SOUNDS: The strains of live Mexican baroque music may be coming back to the Valley, where three 18th century Masses were discovered in 1992. They’d been locked away in the San Fernando Mission archives. . . . Chanticleer, the San Francisco vocal group that recorded the Masses, hopes to perform them here in 1998.. . . “We certainly would like to do something in the San Fernando Mission,” says group spokesman Louis Botto.

MORE MUSIC: On its next tour, Chanticleer will perform another rediscovered piece by Ignacio de Jerusalem, the Italian Mexican composer of the Mission Masses. . . . His “Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe” was recently unearthed in the Mexico City Cathedral. . . . It will be performed with period instruments.

MODEL (T) SCHOOL: Reformers are now scouring the past for solutions to failing schools. At Haskell Elementary in Granada Hills, Crystal Martinez, 7, studies in a classroom that replicates the one-room schoolhouse model. (B1)

POETRY, NOT PROFITS: Santa Clarita’s third annual Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival ended on a sour note. . . . Organizer Dianna Boone says the city lost about $43,000, not counting in-kind services. But Assistant City Manager Ken Pulskamp says the festival pumped $1.2 million into the local economy.

SEEING RED: Wally George, the conservative TV talk-show host, ran a red light and drove into another car Friday morning in Woodland Hills, police said. The 64-year-old broadcast veteran broke nine ribs, while the other driver complained of back pain. George was not ticketed, according to police, but will probably be fined $160. George spread the news of the accident himself Saturday, phoning news outlets. Asked why he was publicizing his highway embarrassment, George explained, “As long as I’m going through so much pain, I might as well get something out of it.”