Canal Street

AREA 1 Harbor Boulevard: Prostitution was reported in the 3100 block at 6:57 p.m. Friday. Ford Road: A residential burglary was reported in the 400 block at 7:36 a.m. Friday. Newport Boulevard: A vehicle burglary was reported in the 1800 block at 6:23 a.m. Friday. AREA 2 Bristol Street: A vehicle burglary was reported in the 3300 block at 2:18 p.m. Friday. St. Clair Street: A stolen vehicle was reported in the 700 block at 10:21 a.m. Friday.

Deirdre Newman A group of Newport Shores homeowners want a canal near their homes dredged to get rid of the sediment they say is damaging the water quality and health of the marshlands. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which owns the channel, says its first priority is dredging the Santa Ana River. And funding is hard to come by for other projects, project manager Ken Morris said. The corps is dredging 400,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Santa Ana River channel and plans to dispose of it in West Newport Beach.

Plans to accelerate the name change of a Newport Beach hotel will not stop a lawsuit filed against the hotel's owners and management company, a plaintiff's attorney said Monday. Canal Street Grande Inc., based in Irvine, filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the new owners and managers of the Sutton Place Hotel violated federal and California trademark law and engaged in unfair competition practices by continuing to use the Sutton Place name after closing a deal to buy the hotel July 11. The lawsuit named hotel owners at San Clemente-based Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. and the hotel's management company, Toronto-based Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, as defendants.

Hotel name changes sooner than expected Newport Beach will become home to a Fairmont hotel sooner than expected. Plans for the Sutton Place Hotel to be renamed the Fairmont Newport Beach were moved forward to Wednesday, six months earlier than expected, after a lawsuit filed last week alleged that the hotel's owners and managers were improperly using the Sutton Place name. "We're very proud of this property, and we never want to question another company's name and reputation," hotel general manager Randy Zupanski said.

POLICE FILES COSTA MESA Avocado Avenue: Auto theft was reported in the 300 block at 8:38 a.m. Tuesday. Bristol Street: Petty theft was reported in the 3300 block at 9:19 a.m. Tuesday. Fairview Road: Possession of marijuana was reported in the 2600 block at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday. Peterson Place: Trespassing was reported in the 2700 block at 12:41 a.m. Tuesday. Pomona Avenue: Petty theft from a vehicle was reported in the 2200 block at 6:02 a.m. Tuesday.

If surfers in Newport Beach were wondering who had been burglarizing their cars while they were catching waves, police said they only had to look in their own backyard. Police on Wednesday arrested Michael Andrew Herz, 52, of Newport Beach, after a brief foot chase on the Balboa Peninsula. Following a string of vehicle burglaries in the city in December –— more for that month than in the last five years — police deployed a team to the area near River Avenue and Orange Street to spot suspicious activity.

POLICE FILES COSTA MESA Bristol Street: Petty theft was reported in the 3300 block at 3:43 p.m. Friday. Harbor Boulevard: Forgery was reported in the 2600 block at 7:06 a.m. Thursday. Jeffrey Drive: Vandalism was reported in the 3000 block at 5:59 p.m. Thursday. Meyer Place and Ross Street: Burglary was reported at 1:15 a.m. Friday. Olympic Avenue: An auto theft was reported in the 700 block at 1:43 p.m. Thursday.