Aliso Viejo

COSTA MESA - The Costa Mesa High girls soccer team gave visiting Aliso Viejo all it could handle in Tuesday's 1-0 nonleague loss. "We played well against one of the top teams in Orange County," Mesa Coach Dan Johnston said. "Our schedule doesn't get any easier after this either." Midfielder Rollie Coakley scored in the 70th minute for the Wolverines (3-0), ranked No. 2 in Orange County. The Mustangs (2-1) nearly tied the score at the end of the game, but Lisa Dunn's shot was saved just in front of the goal as time expired.

A Newport Coast man with a record of securities violations has been charged again, this time with allegedly defrauding investors out of millions of dollars, according to federal regulators. Larry R. Crowder, 53, was charged Wednesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission with allegedly lying to investors about $11 million in investments supposedly headed for a green energy company. The federal complaint names Crowder and Joseph R. Porche, 51, of Aliso Viejo, as the leaders of an investment scheme that duped about 200 investors.

"I haven't done anything yet." JOSH SCHWARTZ, 11 Newport Beach "I've shopped for clothing -- skirts and shirts and that kind of stuff." BRIELLE SOCOLOSKE, 8 Newport Beach "I got clothes and school supplies -- binders, pencils and what it says on the list." HARRISON ROLFES, 12 Corona del Mar "I went and got school supplies. There was a lot of stuff on the list." ALLEX WALTERS, 8 Aliso Viejo "I labeled all my school supplies, you know, with my name on it."

ALISO VIEJO - The Estancia High boys golf team needed help from its sixth golfer, but pulled out a Pacific Coast League win over Laguna Beach Monday at Aliso Viejo Golf Course's Valley Course, par 36. The Eagles and Artists battled to a 211-211 deadlock, but Estancia prevailed when Aaron Frankel edged out Laguna Beach's sixth golfer, 50-52. Jason Cassidy led the Eagles (3-1, 1-0 in league) with a 38, while Greg Rausch (40), Pete Baker (42), Nick Razzo (43)

  EDITOR'S NOTE: Bertoldo Vallardes, 32, Costa Mesa     Jeffrey Hakan Pickens, 32, Santa Ana     Victoria Esperanza Amick, 37, Costa Mesa     Sandra Lynn Lane, 46, Costa Mesa     Gregory Scott Washer, 45, Laguna Beach     Brian Kurt Bettis, 47, Fox Lake   ...

These people have been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. They have only been arrested on suspicion of a crime and, as with all suspects, are considered innocent until proved guilty. COSTA MESA Monday Jimmie Farrell Rayburn, 62, Costa Mesa Sunday Peres Samayoa-Misael, 36, Costa Mesa James Cedric Marshall, 34, Costa Mesa Yoshiaki Saida, 25, Huntington Beach Christian Paul Farrand, 30, Palm Desert Saturday Jessica Leigh Kolb, 24, Aliso Viejo Thomas Ray Freeman, 26, Huntington Beach Santiago Delacruz-Martinez, 31, San Juan Capistrano Fernando Huerta-Trejo, 36, Lake Forest Friday Victor Santos, 21, Costa Mesa Marco Antonio Iglesias-Mendoza, 22, Costa Mesa Kevin Matthew Phillips, 24, Huntington Beach Wednesday Lawrence Vandyke Hauxhurst, 54, Costa Mesa Morgan MacGregor Hamilton, 39, Costa Mesa Harold Runkle Collins, 65, Los Angeles Jan. 13 Sara Yolanda Juarez, 21, Orange NEWPORT BEACH Sunday Gonzalo Thomas Bonilla, 23, Lake Forest Gerald Lee Clark, 37, Aliso Viejo Philip Anthony Ribaudo, 46, Santa Ana Elias Rosas, 32, Santa Ana Saturday Eric Paul Broyles, 24, Newport Beach Jorge Bedolla Calderon, 22, Santa Ana Eiji Sato, 36, Irvine Thursday Melissa Stewart Hanning, 23,...

Corona del Mar woman hit by transit bus A Corona del Mar woman crossing Jamboree Road at Eastbluff Drive around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday suffered a broken leg Wednesday morning after she was hit by an Orange County Transit Authority bus, according to police. The bus was southbound on Jamboree Road when the 31-year-old woman ran into the street and was struck by the bus, Orange County Transit Authority spokeswoman Andrea West said. The woman was taken to Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, West said.

ALISO VIEJO - Three pinfalls and a technical fall were the lone highlights for Newport Harbor High's wrestling team in Thursday's 56-23 Sea View loss to host Aliso Niguel. Harbor's Bruce Lim was in total control in the 125-weight class, winning by a technical fall, 22-7. Lim's win comes off a stellar performance in the Edison duel meet, where he recorded two pins (one in 14 seconds) and two technical falls. Tim Alexander (140), Michael Snyder (215)

49, Aliso Viejo ... Costa Mesa fire chief ... Worked his way up the ranks to the top job ... Spent a week in New York City with son, Kevin, delivering $7,500 from Costa Mesa city employees following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks ... Has earned praise for bringing the department closer together with others in the city ... Son is training to be a firefighter, too ... Made notable appearance at the city's Fourth of July celebration dressed in a large straw hat, sunglasses and T-shirt reading "land of the free, home of the brave," not to mention red, white and blue shorts ... Last year's ranking: 60

ALISO VIEJO - Gabby Smith, a four-year varsity player in the Corona del Mar High girls' lacrosse program, celebrated her 18th birthday on Saturday. It happened to coincide with a huge game, the semifinals of the U.S. Lacrosse Southern Section South Division tournament against league rival Beckman. Smith now can vote. The senior certainly gave her No. 7-seeded team a vote of confidence following a historic 13-8 victory over the No. 3-seeded Patriots at Aliso Niguel High. "Best birthday present ever," Smith said after CdM earned its second straight upset, earning a spot in the Orange County title match against top-seeded Los Alamitos at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Dana Hills.

Shannon Terese Roys passed suddenly at 41 of a brain aneurism on January 27, 2012 at her home in Aliso Viejo, CA.  Shannon was born to Dr. Gilbert and Kayla Roys in Pasadena, CA January 6, 1971. She attended Newport Beach Schools before transferring to Troy High School in Fullerton, where she graduated in 1989.  She was a Newport Beach National Charity League Debutante in 1989. Shannon attended San Jose State and was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority before transferring to Chapman University, where she graduated in 1994 with a degree in Computer Information Systems.

IRVINE — Plans for nearly 5,000 new homes ringing the Orange County Great Park won preliminary approval from a divided City Council last week. Irvine officials voted 3 to 2 on Tuesday night to OK general plan and zoning changes and $40 million in park infrastructure improvements. The general plan amendment concentrates homes in the northwestern area of the project and allows mixed-use neighborhoods of 4,894 residential units and more than 1 million square feet of nonresidential space.

Virginia Leola Tohill Born October 22, 1914 In Decatur, Illinois Passed into eternal life July 17, 2011 Aliso Viejo, California Virginia was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. A Southern Californian most of her life, she was born and raised in Illinois.     She was a Sunday school teacher, excellent seamstress, great cook, fabulous storyteller, wonderful decorator, prayer warrior, singer of hymns and a lover of family, friends, golf and coordinating costume jewelry.

An Orange County taxi driver who crashed into a fallen concrete light pole in Newport Beach is suing one of the city's police officers, claiming the officer didn't properly warn drivers about the obstacle blocking the street. Edison Krosi of Ciao Taxi in Aliso Viejo crashed into the fallen 20-foot light pole about 3 a.m. on Nov. 29, 2009. The pole had crashed just minutes before, when an Orange County man drove into it and knocked it down, according to Krosi's lawsuit. The pole was blocking the southbound Coast Highway between Bayside Drive and Jamboree Road.

A Newport Coast man with a record of securities violations has been charged again, this time with allegedly defrauding investors out of millions of dollars, according to federal regulators. Larry R. Crowder, 53, was charged Wednesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission with allegedly lying to investors about $11 million in investments supposedly headed for a green energy company. The federal complaint names Crowder and Joseph R. Porche, 51, of Aliso Viejo, as the leaders of an investment scheme that duped about 200 investors.

The Orange County Hilton in Costa Mesa will host a public memorial service for an employee from Aliso Viejo who died after collapsing near the finish line of the OC Marathon earlier this month. The service will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Hilton, 3050 Bristol St. Geoffrey Jonathan Chao, 46, was the hotel’s director of events. On May 2, he collapsed some 100 feet from the finish line at the Orange County Fair & Event Center after nearly completing the 13.1-mile half marathon event.

An Aliso Viejo man who died after collapsing near the OC Marathon finish line was trying to beat his time from last year’s 13.1-mile half marathon, a co-worker said Tuesday. Geoffrey Jonathan Chao, 46, collapsed about 100 feet from the finish line at the Orange County Fair & Event Center about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Costa Mesa Fire Battalion Chief Scott Broussard said. An ambulance stationed at the scene took Chao to Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, where he was pronounced dead, Broussard said.

A movement to save Newport-Mesa Unified’s adult education program is gaining momentum, as hundreds of English as second language students and teachers who expect to be laid off have been gathering signatures for a petition drive. A letter-writing campaign to elected officials in Sacramento is also underway. Last week, on short notice, at least 100 students and residents of Costa Mesa’s Westside showed up at the office of the Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers to express fears about the program’s imminent closure.