City officials want Ken Starr to go after the paparazzi.

Mayor Pamela Conley Ulich says she has asked the former White House independent counsel, now dean of the Pepperdine University law school, to convene a group of media and legal experts to help draft a city ordinance limiting the activities of celebrity photographers. She envisions local laws that create "buffer zones" between paparazzi and their celebrity targets or taxes celebrity photos taken in the city.

"Maybe they will think twice before shoving a camera in your face," Ulich said.

Several calls seeking comment from Starr, best known for his probe of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, were not immediately returned.

Malibu, with its deep canyons and twisting coastline, has for decades been an out-of-the-way playground for the rich and famous. But in recent years it has become a hot spot for photographers jostling to get a shot of such tabloid staples as Britney Spears, Brad Pitt or Pamela Anderson.

Merchants have complained about photographers staking out shopping malls and restaurants, sometimes forcing bystanders aside to get their shots.

Ulich said residents are particularly concerned because paparazzi are hanging out near local schools and following celebrities home after they pick up their kids.

Earlier this year, Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine proposed an ordinance that would create "a safe zone" around celebrities. He put the idea forward after Spears was swarmed by cameramen as she was taken from her home to a hospital. Police officials have cautioned that no new laws are needed to deal with unruly photographers.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, whose department provides police services for Malibu, agrees that current laws are adequate, spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

"We believe the laws on the books are sufficient to deal with anybody that violates them, whether it's driving inappropriately or reckless, obstructing movement, battery whatever it is," Whitmore said.

It may be too late for the White Sox to get a refund for the sensitivity training they were ordered to put manager Ozzie Guillen through two summers ago. The man seems more determined than ever to talk his way out of a job.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen knows what sells in the media, what piques interest in baseball and other fields of endeavor. It's people who tend to act a little crazy from time to time.

Not every one of these Mother's Day celebrants is really a mom - but they play one on TV.

Britney Spears will have expanded visits with her sons following a child-custody hearing that went off without a hitch Tuesday, capping a three-month period of relative calm and stability for the troubled pop star and mother of two.

Britney Spears will have expanded visits with her two sons following a low-key child-custody hearing in Los Angeles.

A change has been made to Britney Spears' child-custody arrangement following a low-key hearing attended by the troubled pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline in Los Angeles.

A change has been made to Britney Spears' child custody arrangement following a low-key hearing attended by the troubled pop star and ex-husband Kevin Federline in Los Angeles.

Britney Spears quietly arrived in court Tuesday and was sworn in for her child-custody hearing, a departure from the spectacle of previous appearances that included screaming fans with banners, frenzied paparazzi and the troubled pop star dressed in cocktail-party attire.

Britney Spears showed up at the county courthouse for a custody hearing Tuesday without the usual screaming fans, signs and banners or frenzied paparazzi chase to the parking garage.