HOT BAKERY? The Brentwood sites in the...

HOT BAKERY? The Brentwood sites in the O.J. Simpson trial still draw looky-loos. But did you ever figure a bankruptcy drama to draw any tourists? . . . . Prego’s restaurant in Irvine has drawn special interest since a recent report about a high-powered meeting of county officials there on the eve of the bankruptcy. Every day, says general manager Franco Vessia, patrons ask to see the room “where it all happened.” . . . That would be its panetteria (bakery), used that night as a private dining room.

THAT A NINE-IRON? It was unexpected commotion for U.S. Rep. Ron Packard (R-Oceanside) and former Dana Point Councilman Mike Eggers this week at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. . . . There was President Clinton driving a golf cart on a nearby hole, with a swarm of Secret Service agents. . . . “It was amazing,” says Eggers, a Packard aide. “There were guys in trees, guys everywhere driving carts with zippered golf bags--you knew they weren’t golf clubs.”

NO “JAWS”? The latest in state-of-the-art soothing by a growing number of local dentists: a Virtual Vision visor. It attaches to your head, with earphones, so you can watch movies while the dentist drills holes in your teeth. . . . . “The Firm” and “Speed” are popular requests. It works so well, says Newport Beach dentist Edward A. Watson, that “sometimes the patients even want to stay to see the end.” . . . One problem movie: “The Fugitive”--the train wreck scene makes some people jump around too much.

NO PUMPS? Here’s one to add to any political correctness debate: Larry Lebrecht, principal at Christ Lutheran School in Brea, plans to come to work Monday dressed as a woman--a borrowed dress, jewelry, earrings and lipstick. . . . He’s following up on a promise he made when his elementary students raised $15,000 in their annual jog-a-thon. Says Lebrecht: “Every year I raise the challenge and they keep beating it. I’m proud of them.”