Weyler Coaches, Players Honored, and Funky Recollections

1. Wondering why your Internet service was slow? It wasn't just you. There were issues all along the West Coast. .

2. Internet speeds may have affected your ability—or willingness—to move within Patch. Here's a bit of advice if you've never checked it out before: Read . John Weyler's weekly column on the perils of growing old and growing up, living in Orange County, and raising kids. A weekly dose of humor that's worth the time it takes for the story to load on the screen. This week, Weyler coached girls' soccer.

3. Mackenzie Beck of Santa Margarita Catholic and Mackenzie Baber of Trabuco Hills were among those named  to the All-CIF Southern Section teams. Check out the .

4. On this date in history, March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was murdered in the Roman Senate. In 1937, a blood bank—the first of its kind–was established in Chicago. In 1965, eight days after racial violence in Selma, AL, President Lyndon B. Johnson called for equal voting rights when he appeared before a joint session of Congress; it gave way to the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law in August. In 1972, The Godfather was released in theaters.

5. Celebrating birthdays today are Judd Hirsch (76), Fabio (50) and Sly Stone (67), leader of the funky Sly and the Family Stone. Others include Will.i.am (36), Dee Snider (56), Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh (71), Eva Longoria (36). Others were the late bandleader Harry James (1916), Joe E. Ross (1914), Macdonald Carey (1913) and Andrew Jackson (1767), our seventh president.

For What it's Worth:  March is International Women's Month. This is Wildlife Week. Today is the Ides of March, as well as True Confessions Day. It's also World Consumer Rights Day.