Surf instructors, lifeguards rescue 2 children and man
Witnesses described a dramatic rescue Wednesday morning when two kids were saved from drowning after 4-foot waves and a rip tide pushed them perilously close to the toothed jetty off of 28th Street in Newport.
The kids had been playing in the water with their boogie boards when they somehow lost their grip and began to drift out to sea.
Summer Watson and Amy Dichiro were giving surfing lessons nearby when they saw the kids in trouble. The two women swam to the kids and struggled to keep them afloat until lifeguards John Moore and George Leeper made it out there to swim them back to shore. No one was injured.
The next day, lifeguards rescued a man who drifted too far out. Rescue workers tried to get a flotation device to him from a helicopter, but the man wasn’t able to grab it. Lifeguards got to him in time and swam him to shore.
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COSTA MESA
TV companies contacted for Time Warner alternatives
In response to residents’ complaints about Time Warner cable’s service, Mayor Eric Bever asked city staff to draft a letter inviting telecommunications companies to do business.
Bever said that many, including himself, stay with Time Warner for its city programming, including the broadcasting of town meetings.
A Time Warner spokeswoman said the company welcomed competition.
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POLITICS
Cook slated for victory; Dem. files incident report
The Democratic race to challenge Rep. Dana Rohrabacher heated up this week with a series of drop-outs, endorsements and even alleged threats.
OCC professor Richard Lara and conservative Democratic activist Alan Schlar said they left the race to attend to familial illnesses. Both men said that they supported small-business owner Dan Kalmick over Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook.
