School Book, Notebook and Facebook

1. Three schools, including as the Saddleback Valley Unified School District considers its options for slicing the budget. Also on table are .

2. After going 15-38 the past two seasons, the baseball team at Trabuco Hills is enjoying a turnaround so far in 2011. The Mustangs are off to a 7-2 start, matching the win total from the entire 2010 season. Read about it in . Also, the Mustangs have moved into the top 10 in the Southern Section Division II ranking; . And also for baseball fans, special , leaving the Mission Viejo/Laguna Niguel station at 5:50 p.m.

3. This week in , local humorist John Weyler takes on Facebook. And you know what? Weyler wins.  We think.

4. On this day in history, March 29, 1971, Lt. William Calley, whose platoon allegedly killed 200 innocent civilians, was found guilty of premeditated murder in the My Lai massacre; exactly two years later, 1973, the last American combat troops pulled out of Vietnam. In 1929, Herbert Hoover had a telephone installed in the Oval Office. In 1932, comedian Jack Benny made his radio debut. In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted as spies who gave atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. In 1982, nine villages were destroyed and about 2,000 people were killed by the earthquake and volcanic eruption of El Chichon in southern Mexico; the 4,500 foot mountain was cut down to less than 700 feet.

5. Among those born on this day were the 10th president, John Tyler (1790), the great pitcher Cy Young (1867), the great singer Pearl Bailey and Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (both 1918). Others are Elle Macpherson (47), Lucy Lawless (43) and Jennifer Capriati (35) and former British Prime Minister John Major (68).

For What It's Worth: March is Spiritual Wellness Month. Today is National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day.