INSIDE SCOOP

Mr. Irrelevant founder Paul Salata has a new athletic endeavor.

This time, it’s the UCLA football program, and not the NFL draft’s final

pick, in his sights.

Salata has produced disabled-parking stickers complete with a UCLA

football -- a little shot at those players who used disabled parking

while they were, shall we say, healthier than most.

Look for the blue-and-white pranks on a car near you.

THREE DEGREES OF T. JEFFERSON PARKER

Author T. Jefferson Parker, who will speak Wednesday to raise money

for the Costa Mesa Library Foundation, is known for his connection to the

local landscape.

Foundation supporter Eleanore Humphrey is a big fan of the author and

has read all his books, which contain countless references to

recognizable local spots.

But Humphrey is waiting for a book set in Costa Mesa -- something that

shouldn’t be a stretch for Parker, who at one time was a reporter for the

Daily Pilot.

Parker also has somewhat of a connection to the Library Foundation

through his employment at the paper. He worked under then-managing editor

Tom Murphine, whose wife Joan is a foundation board member.

-- Compiled by the Pilot staff