DOG TAGS: All dogs may go to...

DOG TAGS: All dogs may go to heaven, but those without tags end up there a lot sooner. The deadline for Los Angeles County residents to license their pooches is June 30. “A license tag is a lost or stray pet’s ticket back home,” said Frank Andrews, director of the county’s Animal Care and Control Department.

CHECK THE MAIL: Don’t go spending the money yet. Two local public housing projects want $500,000 to spruce up, but won’t know until October whether the Housing and Urban Development money will come through. . . . Orchard Arms in Valencia would use the money to replace ranges and drapes and a project in Quartz Hill would fix up its kitchens and bathrooms.

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS: A fashion show Saturday at the Universal Hilton on behalf of animal rights drew several celebrities, including a blue-gowned Linda Blair, famed as the swivel-necked little girl with a talent for projectile vomiting in the film “The Exorcist.” On the 25th anniversary of the book’s publication, Blair has no regrets. “There was no career without the role,” she said, adding that her fame gave her a platform to promote environmental causes. She even professes a fondness for pea soup--but only the vegetarian variety.

DOESN’T ADD UP: A new survey shows time spent on vocational education is continuing to plummet. Statewide, less than one hour of instruction in 10 is spent teaching trades. In the Valley area, Glendale High topped the list. A quarter of students’ instructional time is spent on vocational education. B1

O.J. SIGHTING: The Burbank Leader bannered the news last week that O.J. Simpson had hit the links at De Bell Municipal Golf Course. The former football star, acquitted last year of double murder, told the paper that the greens are “a little slow,” but liked the course. Another local Simpson favorite: Woodley Lake in Van Nuys.