SANTA CLARITA: BRIEFLY : SIGN-UPS SCHEDULED FOR ADULT SPORTS.

SANTA CLARITA - Registration for the city's ever-popular adult basketball and volleyball programs will be held next week.

Sign-ups for basketball are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday; sign-ups for volleyball will be Wednesday and Thursday.

The Adult Basketball Program has four leagues: 30 and over, open, women's and six-foot and under. Games will be played at local high schools and the Boys & Girls Club.

Volleyball leagues are divided into competitive and noncompetitive play during the winter season. Games will be played at Canyon High School.

``Our adult basketball and volleyball programs continue to be very successful,'' said Barbara Coates, a recreation coordinator for the city.

For information, contact Coates at 255-4910.

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Lancaster man shot by intruders

LANCASTER - A Lancaster man remained in serious condition Monday after he was shot by early-morning intruders who claimed to be sheriff's deputies, sheriff's officials said.

Daniel Ortiz, 38, of Lancaster, was at home sleeping at 5:30 a.m. Monday when an unknown number of men knocked on his apartment door in the 45200 block of 7th Street East.

``When he said, `Who is it?,' they said they were sheriffs,'' said Deputy Brian Schoonmaker. ``As he opened the door, they began to fire.''

Fired from at least two guns, some bullets went through the partially opened door opening and others pierced the door itself, hitting Ortiz in the abdomen and left shoulder, Schoonmaker said.

After the gunman left, Ortiz's girlfriend called the Sheriff's Department, officials said.

``We're still talking to the family members,'' said Schoonmaker. ``We have no motive yet. We're looking into some relationship problems.''