Dole Returns: Bob Dole, who campaigned heavily...

Dole Returns: Bob Dole, who campaigned heavily in the Valley last year, returns to the area this Sunday. Dole will be the guest of honor at a banquet at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, where he will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Independent Living Center of Southern California. Other honorees will be state Department of Rehabilitation Director Brenda Premo, Deputy Atty. Gen. Gordon R. “Sam” Overton, the Hollywood Bowl and retiring LAPD Deputy Chief Mark A. Kroeker.

* TOUGH CALL: The toughest assignment in sports? Try football umpire. “The only way you can really guess how tough the position is would be to get on the freeway at rush hour and practice dodging cars,” one veteran umpire said. Eric Sondheimer’s column. C9

* THREE DEAD: Three people, whom neighbors described as a retired aerospace engineer, his wife and teenage son, were found shot to death in their Porter Ranch home. B1

* CSUN THREAT: Student leaders threatened to withhold money earmarked for the school’s athletic program if CSUN follows through with plans to drop four men’s sports. C1