Angels

UC Irvine All-American candidate Matt Summers will be the starting pitcher when the Anteaters open NCAA Regional play Friday against Fresno State at 2 p.m., UCI Coach Mike Gillespie said Tuesday. Gillespie said determining who would start subsequent games in the four-team, double-elimination Los Angeles Regional that also includes UCLA and San Francisco, would be decided later, based upon the opponent. Summers, a junior right-hander who threw a no-hitter in his final regular-season start, was named Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year on Monday.

LOS ANGELES — Three Times Community News (TCN) South journalists won Los Angeles Times 2010 Editorial Awards on Tuesday in recognition of their contributions to the Daily Pilot and its sister newspapers. Web Editor Jamie Rowe, who oversees the digital efforts of the Daily Pilot, Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot, Huntington Beach Independent and O.C. Now blog, won the Editor's Award — the top recognition — for her efforts to improve the newspapers' online presentation and traffic.

The double life of Cortney Collyer is in its final days. Monday's sunrise will, in fact, bring an end to the ambiguity that now resonates between her girl-next-door appearance and the single-minded ruthlessness of her championship soul. When the last droplet of chlorine-saturated pool water is toweled off following a historic weekend she and her UC Irvine women's water polo teammates will experience in Ann Arbor, Mich. Collyer will return to school, finish work toward her business economics degree and look for real-world venues in which to make a splash.

ANAHEIM — It wasn't enough for anyone here Saturday to just give Costa Mesa native Daniel Foster a round of applause when he was awarded the U.S. Army's Silver Star medal before the Angels game Saturday night. No, after thousands inside Angel Stadium gave him a standing ovation before the game, team officials made sure he met the hometown players in their dugout. Then the coach took Foster to meet the umpires and the Toronto Blue Jays manager when they exchanged lineups. Standing along the dugout fence, Foster had a front-row seat for second baseman Howie Kendrick's first-inning home run. Kendrick made a point to give Foster a high five after rounding the bases.

Editor's note: This changes the headline to what school Daniel A. Foster graduated from. COSTA MESA — An Estancia High School graduate will be given the U.S. Army's Silver Star medal in a pre-game ceremony at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Saturday evening. Daniel A. Foster, class of 2006, exhibited gallantry in action during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. On May 21, Foster fought off countless enemies and a truck headed into his outpost packed with 500 pounds of explosives.

Daily Pilot reporter Mike Reicher has placed first and second in the investigative reporting category in a statewide journalism contest for his work on a politician who did not live in a legislative district he sought to represent and a legal flap involving cell phone towers. The California Newspaper Publishers Assn. (CNPA) notified winners of the 2010 Better Newspapers Contest by mail this week. The Daily Pilot received two notifications for first and second place in the category for Investigative or Enterprising Reporting in its circulation division.

COSTA MESA — Although Toni Buner has never been bitten by a vampire, met a pillaging pirate or been rescued by a knight, the bookseller can tell you any of the fictional scenarios that would happen should you encounter one. Being in the business of books' "happy endings" for 23 years, the owner of New and Recycled Romances has read more steamy novels than most, becoming something of an unofficial expert on the subject. In her 1,000-square-foot shop at 145 Broadway, Bruner has more than 60,000 new and used titles dating to the 1980s.

Angel Stadium on Thursday will host a job fair featuring more than 10,000 local position openings, according to a press release. The event at the Big "A" in Anaheim, hosted by Best Jobs magazine and the National Employment Council, is slated to be the largest job fair organized in Southern California, according to the release. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet with prospective employers, apply for openings and attend job search workshops. To attend one of the two sessions, running from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 5:00 p.m., attendees must register at http://www.

Newport-Mesa Unified School District Supt. Jeffrey Hubbard on Monday pleaded not guilty to misappropriation of funds while at his previous job as superintendent of the Beverly Hills Unified School District, officials said. Hubbard was re-arraigned Monday after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Jan. 24 that there was enough evidence for the case to go to trial. Hubbard previously entered a not-guilty plea on Jan. 3 to two felony charges of misappropriation of funds.

Jack McBean passed his driving test last month and his father is happy he did. Scotty will not have to drive his 16-year-old son to soccer practice with the Los Angeles Galaxy. McBean might show up to the Home Depot Center in Carson in a nice ride. Probably not as fancy David Beckham's car. Scotty is a general manager of a car dealership, but McBean might not need his father's help. McBean can probably afford his own car now. McBean has signed a professional contract with the Galaxy, making the Corona del Mar High sophomore the fourth-youngest player in Major League Soccer history.