Kidnapper Beware
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People put security signs in frontyards to ward off burglars, and alarm stickers in car windows to shoo away thieves. Now a Newport Beach company, Santiago SDS Inc., hopes to scare off kidnappers by putting decals on the clothing of children whose fingerprints and pictures would be in a database.
* THE CUTTING EDGE, D9
Acting Up
Ayisha Sinclair, 16, above, used to sing along to musicals on TV and role-play for home videos. Now she heads for a major acting competition that could net her a $1,000 scholarship. Ayisha’s peers at Orange County High School of the Arts also plan to spend the summer honing their talent.
* METRO, B1
Social Phobia
Afraid to die? Probably not as much as you’re afraid to speak in public, bets Linda Algazi, Corona del Mar psychotherapist. “For most people, their first worse fear is public speaking, their second, death. . . . Most people would rather die than give a public speech.”
* LIFE & STYLE, E1
Good Deal
The WPA left its mark during the ‘30s, building everything from auditoriums to the Anaheim post office, above. Fullerton “made out like a bandit during the New Deal,” notes architect David Zenger. But in parts of the county, those structures are now in jeopardy.
* METRO, B3
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