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Construction workers found a pipe bomb in a gutter near Paularino Elementary School, but it was disabled without incident, authorities said. At 6:45 a.m. Tuesday police received a call reporting the explosive in the 3000 block of Coolidge Avenue. After speaking with crews, investigators found that about 4 p.m. Monday one of the crew found the small piece of threaded copper piping with a fuse sticking out of its side, police said. The man told police he unscrewed one of the galvanized caps, pouring a dark powder out onto the pavement, Sgt. Marty Carver said.

A man wanted by police for violating a restraining order filed by his ex-wife will be in court Monday after police tracked him to a Costa Mesa home where they found two bombs, authorities said. Ronald Turner, 44, was arrested by Huntington Beach police at a Costa Mesa home in the 200 block of Magnolia Street shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, records show. Authorities declined to comment on Huntington Beach’s involvement because the investigation is ongoing. Records show Turner once lived in Huntington Beach.

Flames reaching 20 feet high erupted at 4:05 a.m. Saturday in the 2000 block of Barranca in Corona del Mar, causing $70,000 in damages to a condo garage, authorities said. It took 21 minutes for firefighters to calm the fire, which was shooting through the detached garage doorway and almost hit the condo, authorities said. The cause of the fire has not been determined. While no one was injured, a police officer did have to help evacuate a woman and girl who were inside the home.

COSTA MESA — A man was taken into custody at John Wayne Airport on Friday afternoon after trying to take a sheriff deputy's gun, authorities said. About 2:45 p.m., an unidentified man in the departure gate area tried to remove the deputy's handgun from its holster, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. The officer "managed to take control" of the man, who was soon taken into custody. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported, according to the release.

The one-time "Queen of Porn" will not face battery charges stemming from her arrest on the Balboa Peninsula, authorities said. The Orange County district attorney's office chose not to file charges against Huntington Harbour resident Jenna Jameson, whose real name is Jenna Marie Massoli, following her arrest on assault allegations over the weekend, according to D.A. spokeswoman Farrah Emami. "We have declined to file, due to insufficient evidence to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt," she said.

-- Greg Risling A quick-moving fire that caused about $20,000 in damage to a Costa Mesa home Wednesday morning was fueled by a Christmas tree, authorities said. No one was injured. The owners of the home, which is in the 3000 block of Tyler Way, had been in the process of getting rid of the tree when the blaze occurred shortly before noon. "One of the children saw the tree on fire, and they got out of there soon after," said Costa Mesa Fire Battalion Chief Jim Ellis.

A couple of teenagers playing with matches caused a small wildfire near Newport Beach’s Back Bay over the weekend, police said Monday. Newport Beach police Lt. Craig Fox said the two 13-year-old boys were playing with matches near the Back Bay when they accidentally ignited the fire that officials said eventually burned between two and five acres. The boys tried to put it out, but couldn’t, Fox said. They fled the area on their bicycles and told one of their parents, who called authorities to report it, police said.

COSTA MESA - Police are looking for a suspect who's been dubbed the Wrong Way Bandit. The man wanted by federal authorities for robberies around Orange County recently struck a credit union in Costa Mesa. The Wrong Way Bandit - described as a 5-foot, 9-inch Latino, between 30 and 40 years old - was seen at the NuVision Federal Credit Union, 2701 Harbor Blvd., at 10:40 a.m. Friday, according to a Costa Mesa police news release. In Friday's heist, the man brandished a handgun and demanded an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

NEWPORT BEACH — Sitting on an oversized plush chair in baseball legend Chuck Finley's Newport Beach home, actress Tawny Kitaen seems to be in a much different place than she was eight years ago. A soccer goal is visible in the backyard, and her daughter's art covers the refrigerator in the family home. Her adopted dog, Woody, nuzzles Kitaen as she talks about a new off-camera passion: helping others. A volunteer at Kathy's House, a shelter for at-risk women in San Juan Capistrano, and a member of the board of directors at Testimony Life Resources, an alternative counseling center, Kitaen appears to be a far cry from her role as the eccentric star of "The Surreal Life," or the woman battling a dependency on prescription pills on "Celebrity Rehab.

No one was injured after a fire authorities suspect started in the garage of a Costa Mesa home Saturday, the Costa Mesa fire department said. Twenty-five firefighters kept the fire to the garage of the single-family home at 890 Joann Street. The blaze caused an estimated $20,000 in damage, according to a fire department press release. Fire investigators had not determined the fire's cause as of Saturday evening. Four engines and two trucks arrived at the one-story house at 11:19 a.m. Saturday, the release said.