Matter of Money: The dispute about putting...

Matter of Money: The dispute about putting a golf course in the Big Tujunga Wash comes down, as many disputes do, to the question of how much the spot is worth. Is it worth $3 million, as golf course foes assert? Or $3.5 million, which is how much the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy offered? Now, the Los Angeles city attorney will hire an independent appraiser to help determine the land’s value. . . . We know one thing: When the City Council wouldn’t allow a golf course and equestrian center on the flood plain, the developer filed a claim against the city . . . for $215 million.

* HOT SPOTS: A fire near Newhall was contained Tuesday. Residents of Camp Paige, a juvenile probation facility, doused hot areas, above. B1

* WRONG WAY: A Newhall man was killed and the 210 Freeway was disrupted for hours after a wrong-way driver got on the freeway, authorities said. B1

* MAKES CUT: Jason Gore of Valencia, in file photo above, qualified for match play in the U.S. Amateur Golf Championships on Tuesday in Lemont, Ill. C8

* ARRESTED: A teenage suspect in the killing of a man mistaken for a gang member was turned in by his parents. B4