DISHONOR: They’ve taken the “honor” out of...

DISHONOR: They’ve taken the “honor” out of the Pitchess Honor Rancho. The Castaic compound, named for retired Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess, has been renamed the Pitchess Detention Center. . . . Why the change? The new name reflects the facility’s true nature as a jail for dangerous felons awaiting trial, said Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Spear. Some members of a citizens advisory group said they felt snookered by the old, deceptive name into buying homes near the facility. More on the most recent escapes: B1.

LUBE JOB: When it comes to greasing the skids of the state Legislature, no one can beat the oil lobby. . . . Their Glendale-based advocacy group, Western States Petroleum Assn., spent $450,766 to lobby lawmakers in Sacramento during the first quarter of 1995. A spokesman said the group isn’t pushing any one issue. Not so, says Assemblyman Richard Katz (D-Sylmar). “They’re trying to kill electric vehicles.”

IN COURT: Former world featherweight champ Bobby Chacon must stand trial on a felony rock cocaine sales charge, a judge ruled Tuesday (B4). . . . His attorney insisted that the Pacoima resident is too brain-damaged from fighting to know what he was doing. A plea bargain is expected.

JAILED FOR JESUS: The bars of a federal prison have proved no barrier for evangelist Tony Alamo’s religious musings. . . . In a recent treatise, the former Saugus resident boasts that his preaching reaches a wider audience than the The Times and USA Today combined. Alamo is treating his sentence for tax evasion as a religious calling: “Pastor Alamo counts his imprisonment for Christ as being all joy,” the flyer says.

WATERING HOLES: The Hard Rock Cafe at Universal CityWalk wants a liquor license. But it’s not as if San Fernando Valley residents will go thirsty if the trendy eatery doesn’t get one. . . . The state says there are 3,156 places to tipple in these parts. That figure includes restaurants, bars and liquor stores.