72 HOURS

1. Getting cash for college. Send your high school senior to the

college of his or her choice and don’t pay the price. Parents of high

school seniors are invited to attend the last in the series of free

college funding workshops at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Orange Coast College,

2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Roger Edmonds, a 30-year certified

financial planner, will speak at the event. A $1,000 college scholarship

drawing will take place. Seating is limited. Free. (714) 508-4433.

2. It’s a pugs world after all. Pugtoberfest 2000 -- a festival for

pugs, pals and people -- will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at TeWinkle

Park, 970 Arlington Drive, Costa Mesa. $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and

children 5 to 12, and free for children younger than 5. (949) 262-7843.

3. Public safety in action. Watch firefighters drench flames and

police helicopters fly overhead at the Newport Beach Fire and Police

departments’ open house, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Newport

Center Fire Station and Police Headquarters, 868 Santa Barbara Drive. The

Newport Beach Lifeguards, Orange County Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol and other

emergency services also will present displays. Live police and fire

demonstrations will begin at noon. (949) 644-3111.