Proven Trouper: Elizabeth Taylor needs surgery to...

Proven Trouper: Elizabeth Taylor needs surgery to remove a benign brain tumor, it was announced Tuesday (B1). But the actress, right, won’t be deterred in her drive to raise funds for AIDS. She is postponing an operation until the day after her Feb. 16 birthday appearance at the Hollywood Pantages. She’ll be 65 on Feb. 27.

Fair Warning: You’ve heard of traffic school. How about alarm school? Attend it and you can waive one $80 fine for a false alarm. Free two-hour classes are sponsored by the Los Angeles Police Commission. The next will be at 6 p.m. Thursday in West Hills. Call 213-485-2931 to register. . . . What’s one of the top 10 excuses for a false alarm? The motion detector is dog-proof, but the cat set it off.

Back to BBs: Valley school supporters are cheering the City Council’s action Tuesday designating the school bond measure on the April ballot as Proposition BB. That was the same name of the $2.4-billion repair package that narrowly lost a two-thirds win last fall. . . . “We’ve got hundreds of buttons, banners and lawn signs left over,” said a campaigner.

In Tune: Liberace’s first house--on Valley Vista in Sherman Oaks--is famed for its piano-shaped swimming pool. “The most amazing thing is that every little kid who goes there dances on the keyboard,” said a broker familiar with the property. . . . Ten years after his death, the “sultan of schmaltz” was recalled at a graveside service Tuesday (B5).