Los Angeles police detective Gus Martinez is an all-around good guy.

He set a new world record for the longest Ferris-wheel ride — riding the 130-foot-tall wheel at Santa Monica Pier’s Pacific Park for 25 hours to raise money for the California Special Olympics.

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Two horny bovines making sheep’s eyes at each other snarled morning traffic in rural Pennsylvania.

The bull and cow were intent on mating at the intersection of Routes 28 and 85 in Rayburn Township northeast of Pittsburgh.

Trooper John Corna said cops “kept trying to shoo them off the highway, but that just got the bull mad and it started to escalate.’’

Finally, state Agriculture Department workers got the pair into a trailer.

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California cops wrapped up a case of alleged burglary at a Little League snack bar by following a trail of food wrappers.

Police responded to reports of noise at the snack bar in Rolando Park and “we found a trail of chips, candy and other snacks leading away from the scene and up the street,’’ La Mesa police Sgt. Colin Atwood told U-T San Diego.

Four people were busted.

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These California musicians know their scales.

The Long Beach Symphony Orchestra will give a concert with an ocean theme at the Aquarium of the Pacific’s Great Hall.

The free event will feature George Crumb’s “Voice of the Whale’’ for flute, cello and piano and other pieces inspired by a seagull’s screech and the sound of crashing waves.

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Briton Tim Price went out of his way to discourage nuisance calls from telemarketers — he legally changed his last name by adding nine “P’’s to it.

Pppppppppprice, 49, of Leicester, said “my theory is that when these salesmen see my name, they’ll think: ‘Blow that — I can’t even pronounce his name, so I won’t call him.’ ”