Crafts Return, Tragedy, and CUSD 'Harmony'

1. The farmers market in Rancho Santa Margarita has an expanded selection of items. After about a month of being limited to produce and flowers only—per the permit that was granted—the crafts people are back. . Check out handmade crafts, as well as the assortment of fruits and vegetables. It's next to the .

2. An autopsy will be conducted today on a 74-year old Idaho . The tragedy took place in Trabuco Canyon after Glenna Doke got out of a Ford van.

3. The Capo Unified School District . They just happened to be the on the advice of their lawyer to avoid potential Brown Act violations. Payback? Or creating a better work environment?

4. On this day in history, March 25, 1911, a fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City killed 145 workers, mostly because exits were locked or impassable; the tragedy led to laws and regulations that improved safety conditions for factory workers.  In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr., led a march of 25,000 demonstrators to the state capital in Montgomery, AL, to demand voting rights for black Americans. In 1983, "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" aired on television, and Michael Jackson introduced much of the world to the moonwalk. In 1994, the last U.S. troops pulled out of Somalia, bringing a failed end to Operation Restore Hope.

5. Celebrating birthdays today are musical heavyweights Elton John (63) and Aretha Franklin (69). Others born today are Anita Bryant (70), Gloria Steinem (77), Bonnie Bedelia (64), Sarah Jessica Parker (45), Paul Michael Glaser (67), athletes Sheryl Swoopes (39) and Danica Patrick (28), and Eileen Ford (89), who founded the famous Ford Modeling Agency in 1946. Among those who have passed are Howard Cosell (1920) and 1959 Oscar winner Simone Signoret (1921).

For What it's Worth: March is National Umbrella Month, and there's a 40 percent chance you'll have to use it today. This is National Poison Prevention Week. Today is Pecan Day.