Interview Breakdown, Alleged Hate Crime, School Safety

1. The interview process for selecting the person who will replace Gary Thompson on the City Council for Rancho Santa Margarita got under way on Thursday in a special meeting. with the pro, the con and the lasting impression. 

2. Two Coto de Caza 19-year-olds were after they allegedly mugged another man in a local park and shouted anti-Semitic slogans.

3. For the most part, Rancho Santa Margarita schools have it easy in an earthquake. But not everyone's out of the woods. Three schools are in liquefaction zones. Be on the lookout for the story later today.

4. On this day in history, April 8, 1974, Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Aaron hit his 715th home run, off Dodgers pitcher Al Downing, to break Babe Ruth's career record; finished his career with 755 home runs. In 1992, tennis champion Arthur Ashe, one of the leading African-American activists of the day, announced that he had acquired AIDS during a tainted blood transfusion. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act.

5. Shecky Greene (85), Julian Lennon (48) and Patricia Arquette (43) are among those celebrating birthdays today. Also Katee Sackhoff (31), Kirsten Storms (27) and former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan (73). Others were the late Betty Ford (1918), Sonja Henie (1912) and Mary Pickford (1892).

For What It's Worth: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. This is National Window Safety Week. Today is Buddha Day.