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EDITOR’S NOTE: These people have been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. As with all suspects, they are considered innocent until proved guilty. Costa Mesa May 21 Dominick McCoy, 18, Upland Margaret Fitzsimmons, 24, Costa Mesa Shain Zam, 23, Santa Ana Erwin Lopez, 23, Newport Beach May 22 Joseph Angelo, 23, Los Angeles Thomas Pierce, 25, Costa Mesa Sarah De Groot, 23, Costa Mesa Bryan Caradona, 42, Costa Mesa Jonathan Gonzalez, 24, Garden Grove Saturday Elizabeth Rodriguez, 24, Costa Mesa Terri Miller, 50, Las Vegas Katelyn Gough, 19, Costa Mesa William Hardin, 40, Costa Mesa Miles Meehan, 25, Newport Beach Daniel Ahearn, 44, Costa Mesa Lbachir Benmohamed, 45, Irvine Sunday Nathan Alvarez, 28, Long Beach Jimmy Garcia, 21, Huntington Beach Steve Holland, 39, Costa Mesa Trevor Armstrong, 21, Newport Beach Monday Stephen Conway, 60, Costa Mesa Tuesday Jason Hay, 22, Chino Hills Wednesday Joe Glass, 48, Santa Ana Ian Freundner, 21, Costa Mesa Robert Nix, 36, Costa Mesa Myra Thomas, 54, Costa Mesa Andrew Ropac, 38, Capistrano Beach   Newport Beach May 21 Edward Schrum, 71, Laguna Hills May 22 Georgina Slevin, 43, Newport Beach Christine Small-Shook, 48, Costa Mesa...

TWO LOCALS ADVANCE HUNTINGTON BEACH — A pair of players with local ties advanced through four rounds of qualifying Thursday to make their respective men’s and women’s main draw, which begins today at the Assn. of Volleyball Professionals Huntington Beach Open. Newport Harbor High product Ty Tramblie, teamed with Mike Morrison of Encinitas, swept four opponents to earn a berth in the main draw, and will meet Matt Olson of Rancho Santa Fe and Kevin Wong of Honolulu, in today’s winner’s bracket first round.

The Newport-Mesa Breakers eighth-grade All-Net team opened the season by defeating Huntington Beach, 61-24, in National Junior Basketball league play. Jamie McGee led all scorers with 17 points followed by 13 points and 12 rebounds from Kyle Caldwell. Robbie Boyer tallied nine points to go with five assists for Newport, the defending Southern California section champion. Joe Eberhard (eight), Ali Meshkin (six), Jonathan Howse (six) and Preston Oklejas (two)

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Newport Harbor High's boys golf team could not hold on to an eight-shot lead after nine holes against nonleague foe Huntington Beach and lost, 394-398, Monday. Kevin Olson was the medalist of the match with an 18-hole total of 74 for the Sailors (13-2). Scott Tippett (78), Daniel Kush (78), Jake Allenach (81) and Mitch Johns and Pete Watson (87 combined) rounded out the scoring for the Sailors, ranked No. 3 in Orange County. Huntington Beach, ranked No. 4, improves to 11-1.

Tony Altobelli NEWPORT BEACH - With Sea View League play right around the corner the Newport Harbor High girls volleyball team is in the unfamiliar role of student, rather than teacher. Unfortunately for the Sailors, passing grades came few and far between as visiting Huntington Beach pulled out a 16-14, 15-12, 12-15, 15-5 nonleague decision Friday night. "We're just making too many mistakes out there," Coach Dan Glenn said. "Against a team like Huntington Beach and on Monday against Irvine, you just can't make silly mistakes and be successful."

Tony Altobelli COSTA MESA - Costa Mesa High's girls swim team used three double-winners to hold off Huntington Beach, 93-76, Thursday in nonleague action. Junior Jody Martinovich won the 200-yard freestyle (2:06.25) and the 500 freestyle (5:41.25), while her sister, Wendy Martinovich took the 200 individual medley (2:25.32) and the 100 breaststroke (1:12.31). On the sprint side, junior Erin Bayes captured the 50 free (26.20) and the 100 free (57.93)

The Newport-Mesa Rockets, a National Junior Basketball Division 3 team, opened playoff action with a 39-37 overtime win against Huntington Beach. Michael Helfrich led the offense with 22 points, while Fletcher Della Grotta and Jack Yeager controlled the rebounding and added key points. Randall Nelson sparked the offense with key assists, while Tommy Stevens made the game's key defensive stop. In other NJB action: The Newport-Mesa sixth grade team took care of Villa Park, 45-27.

Sibling rivalries are expected and, to a degree, beneficial, but when it comes to tourism in Orange County cities, the message Wednesday was all about working together. "Of course we'll keep working individually too — I still want to keep my job," Gary Sherwin, president and chief executive of Visit Newport Beach Inc., joked while speaking at the fourth annual Tourism Conference at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa. Overall, speakers at the event organized by the Orange County Tourism Council encouraged the audience — and each other — to work together to develop "The OC" as a global brand and destination for international visitors.

The proposed bridge once thought to be off the table that would link Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach is back. Orange County Transportation Authority board members voted 17 to 0 Monday to pull back deleting the 19th Street Bridge from the county's master plan. Huntington Beach Mayor Don Hansen made the motion, to which County Supervisor John Moorlach seconded. Supervisor Janet Nguyen abstained. The change, however, may only be temporary, OCTA officials said. The board is expected to take up the issue again within six months, after OCTA staff work on a traffic study with the county, the California Department of Transportation, and the cities of Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.

Newport Beach Mayor Nancy Gardner sent a letter to the region's transportation agency this week, urging its directing board to put the 19th Street Bridge proposal back on the county's master transportation plan or work with her city on other traffic-reducing alternatives. Gardner and the City Council want to avoid suing the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), which jettisoned the bridge from its master plan at the urging of Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach. Newport, however, plans to take legal action if OCTA doesn't comply with its request to negotiate putting the bridge proposal back on the grid or if OCTA rejects alternatives outlined in Gardner's letter to explore traffic-reducing alternatives.

SAN JOSE — Journalists from the Daily Pilot and its Orange County sister papers won statewide awards for writing, photography and page design, an industry organization announced this weekend. The California Newspapers Publishers Assn.'s (CNPA) annual Better Newspapers Contest pits the state's papers of similar size against each other. Winners were announced Saturday in San Jose. Pilot staff writer Mike Reicher took first place in education reporting for his "School Flight" series, an in-depth look at why affluent families from Costa Mesa's Mesa Verde have abandoned their neighborhood's schools.

CORONA DEL MAR - Nobody ever said the road to a title would be easy, even if you're the top seed and undefeated. There was the Corona del Mar High boys' lacrosse team Thursday evening, down a goal at halftime to visiting No. 8 seed Huntington Beach. Coach G.W. Mix said after the game that he couldn't remember the last time his Sea Kings had been down at the half. But Corona del Mar never forgot what it was playing for. Senior captain Michael Keasey said as much after the Sea Kings dominated the second half to secure a 10-6 victory in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Lacrosse Southern Section South Division playoffs.

NEWPORT BEACH - Outside of the Newport Harbor High gym, a woman gave Huntington Beach Coach Craig Pazanti two gifts. She handed him special drinks. "I don't know what it is," Pazanti said of the yellow liquid in the plastic bottles. "I don't ask either. " Pazanti likes the drink so much he could've bathed in it Friday night. It was time for him and his boys' volleyball team to celebrate. The Oilers preferred a drink made of mangoes, peaches and oranges to Gatorade after they rallied to win the outright Sunset League title.

NEWPORT BEACH - When the Newport Harbor High softball team beat Huntington Beach, 7-5, in the championship game of the Costa Mesa tournament on March 10, it gave the Sailors hope for when the teams matched up in Sunset League play. Huntington Beach High sophomore pitcher Micaela Vierra took away some of that hope Thursday. She threw a one-hitter as the Oilers blanked the Sailors, 4-0, at Newport Harbor High. Newport Harbor was denied in its attempt to end its Sunset League losing streak.

BOYS' SWIM Costa Mesa 121, Estancia 44 COSTA MESA - The Mustangs won every event in the Orange Coast League meet Wednesday at Costa Mesa High. Sophomore Tyler Connors bettered his CIF Southern Section Division 3 qualifying time in the 200-yard individual medley, winning in 2:12.93. Junior Quinn Stone earned a consideration time in the 100 free (53.33 seconds). Senior James Lewis won the 200 free (1:55.62) and 500 free (5:15.96) for Costa Mesa, which improved to 4-0 in league.

Re. "Wu: Vote on bridge helps in Newport, hurts in Assembly race," April 1: Jack Wu, the self-described opinion columnist ("not a journalist"), got the basic facts wrong in his recent column on the deletion of the long-considered 19th Street Bridge extension from the county's Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH). I know what a vote is, and it's not a hanging chad. The city attorney, the city's chief legal officer, stated in an email to the editor that there was a "concurrence" about the issue.

HUNTINGTON BEACH - A showdown for first place in the Sunset League ended rather quickly on Tuesday. The sun was still out by the time the Newport Harbor High boys' volleyball team left the Huntington Beach gym. The Sailors went home no longer perfect in league play and no longer on top of the league. The Sailors are the defending league champions, but the Oilers showed why they're the league favorites this season. Huntington Beach swept the Sailors, 25-22, 25-21, 25-20, ending Newport Harbor's 17-match league winning streak, which dated back to 2010.