BRIEFLY : GROUNDBREAKING HELD FOR CENTER.

CALABASAS - Soon residents of Calabasas and Agoura will have the best of two recreational worlds.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, a joint venture between the two communities, was held Wednesday at the future site of the center at 27040 Malibu Hills Road.

The two communities have been working together for about four years on the project, which is expected to be completed by the spring of 1999.

``We decided that if we put our money together we could build something nicer,'' said Greg Johnson, city of Calabasas community service director.

The 30,000-square-foot center will offer social, cultural and educational programs. Designs by WLC Architects of Rancho Cucamonga call for a full gymnasium, a rock-climbing gym, weight and exercise room, dance room, community meeting rooms and a play area.

The project, when completed, is estimated to cost $5.3 million, of which $3.8 million has been secured through the Safe Neighborhood Parks Act. The rest of the money is being raised by the Community Center Alliance, a nonprofit fund-raising group.

?13- Daily News

Parks directive lists chain of command

LAPD Chief Bernard C. Parks released a ``succession of command'' directive Wednesday outlining who will run the Police Department when he is unavailable, sparking wide discussion at Parker Center over who is ``in'' and who is ``out'' with the chief.

Under the order, which is dated Sept. 17, Parks designated Deputy Chief Martin Pomeroy, who is the commanding officer of Operations-Headquarters Bureau, to be next in line to run the department when Parks is unavailable.

After Pomeroy, the succession would go to Deputy Chief Robert Gil, who is commanding officer of the Human Resources Bureau, followed by Deputy Chief Mark Kroeker, and fourth in line would be Deputy Chief Dave Gascon, who is Parks' chief of staff.

Parks said when he reorganized the LAPD command two months ago that he had no second in command, but some police officials said the directive is an indication that he thinks highly of Pomeroy, who was formerly head of the Valley Bureau.

An LAPD spokesman said officers should not read too much into the directive.

``He's not trying to show favoritism one way or the other,'' said Officer Stinson Brown, the department spokesman.

?13- Daily News

Woman hit by car, dies at the hospital

CANOGA PARK - A pedestrian was hit by a car and killed Wednesday in Canoga Park, a Fire Department spokesman said.

The woman died at Northridge Hospital Medical Center following the 7:43 a.m. incident in the 20300 block of Sherman Way, said city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. Her name was withheld pending notification of relatives.

The accident was under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.

?13- City News Service