Reel ThingEver since Friday’s shootout outside a...

Reel Thing

Ever since Friday’s shootout outside a North Hollywood bank, the movie “Heat” has become a hot item at video stores around the Valley. Patrons are clamoring to rent the Al Pacino drama that begins with a violent heist. . . . Said Ericka Balbuena, an Encino salesclerk: “A lot of customers have been saying that the movie is basically the same as real life.”

Prime Time

Jason and Jarron Collins, twin stars of the Harvard-Westlake High basketball team, get a small taste of the big time this week. . . . Harvard-Westlake faces Morningside for the Southern Section Division III-A title Thursday. Fox Sports West 2 will broadcast a tape-delay of the championship game Friday at 8 p.m.

Bank On It

Perhaps wary in an age of bank consolidations, customers at the Encino-based California United Bank fretted at the news that their tiny institution will sell to Bancorp Hawaii Inc. (D11B). . . . A bank executive assured them that local management and the bank’s name will remain unchanged. “And that put our customers at ease within 30 seconds,” he said.

Tonight

Chad Watson plays country at 8:30 at the Cowboy Palace Saloon, 21635 Devonshire St., Chatsworth. No cover. Information: (818) 341-0166.

Weather

Mostly sunny with local winds. Highs to the mid-70s. B7