Politics: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is in Texas...

Politics: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is in Texas campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Juror scofflaws: As part of the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s program to encourage voluntary participation in jury duty, a judge in Pomona convenes a juror sanction hearing for residents who did not respond to three jury service notices.

O.C. Sheriff: The Orange County Board of Supervisors gets a status report on the recruitment of a replacement for former Sheriff Michael S. Carona.

This week

Monday

Tuesday

Gay marriage: The California Supreme Court hears arguments in cases that will determine whether same-sex couples are permitted to marry. Advocates of gay unions contend that the state’s marital laws are unconstitutional because they limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.

L.A. jails: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meets, getting an update on jail expansion plans.

Skid row: Para los Ninos celebrates the opening of a playground, library and health clinic serving low-income children at its downtown Los Angeles Family Learning Complex.

Thursday

Traffic safety: Boyle Heights residents and community leaders celebrate the installation of a traffic light on the corner of Fickett Street and Cesar Chavez Avenue.

Saturday

Festival: Festival of Whales in Dana Point features a parade, whale-watching tours and other activities. At Dana Point Harbor through Sunday.

The tip

College deadlines: Students sweated out the SATs last weekend. But there is more test-taking ahead: The deadline to register for the next ACT college admission exam -- a rival to the SAT -- is March 7. The exam will be given April 12. (Late registration is accepted until March 21, but for an extra $19.)

Learn more at The Times education blog.

Ask a reporter

What’s going on the with the Anthony Pellicano case?

The wire-tapping and racketeering trial of Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano is set to begin, with jury selection Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court.

Pellicano and four co-defendants -- former Los Angeles Police Department Det. Mark Arneson, former SBC field technician Rayford Earl Turner, computer developer Kevin Kachikian and businessman Abner Nicherie -- are accused of wire-tapping and illegally investigating Hollywood celebrities and other figures, including Sylvester Stallone, to gain an edge for the detective’s clients in court and industry battles.

On latimes.com

In a ghoulish footnote to a bizarre case, two private investigators are charged with trying to get a woman’s arm, finger and blood in an attempt to win a new trial for L. Ewing Scott, who was convicted in 1957 of killing his wife, even though her body was never found.

According to testimony, a freelance private eye planned to get a woman’s arm from Mexico, put Evelyn Scott’s wedding ring on the hand, wrap everything in bloody newspaper and conceal the false evidence near the Corona del Mar home of one of Evelyn Scott’s friends.

-- Larry Harnisch

Read more about L.A. history on Harnisch’s blog at latimes.com/thedailymirror. education blog.

Traffic report

710 Freeway: Three lanes closed northbound overnight at Rosecrans on Tuesday.

91 Freeway: Three lanes westbound closed at Green River, 7 p.m.-4 a.m.; two lanes eastbound closed, 9 p.m.-5 a.m. Monday-Friday.

5 Freeway: Three lanes closed northbound overnight in northern Orange County on Monday.

101 Freeway: One or two lanes southbound closed early in week overnight at DeSoto/Tampa avenues.

110 Freeway: One or two lanes southbound closed overnight at 101 interchange Thursday and Friday.

405 Freeway: Three lanes northbound closed overnight in Westchester area on Wednesday.