Laguna Niguel

Four first-half goals spearheaded the Costa Mesa Boys under-15 APP Plus soccer team from AYSO Region 120 as they went on to a 5-2 victory over Laguna Niguel Sunday. Luis Guerrero scored two goals as Nick Straubel and Luis Andrade each added single goals for Mesa in the first half. Jay Benny Quiroz added a goal in the second half as strong defense and offense was provided by Shawn Engmann, Francisco Estrada, Joshua Henriquez, Nick Juarez, Jordan Kalke, Juan Perez and Ryan Pfautz.

SANTA ANA – The Blue Note Bandit’s remarkable run is over, authorities said Friday. After a string of 15 bank robberies in Orange County during a two-and-a-half-month period, including in Costa Mesa, authorities on Wednesday arrested and booked David Andrew Camp, a 50-year-old unemployed salesman from Laguna Niguel, for allegedly committing the crimes. A team of FBI and Orange County Sheriff’s Department personnel arrested Camp on an unrelated warrant from Los Angeles.

Costa Mesa police are investigating a woman's allegations that when she was a teenager she was sexually abused by the choir director at St. Timothy's Parish in Laguna Niguel. The woman, who is now 28, alleges that the abuse started nearly 13 years ago when she was singing for the church's youth choir, her attorney John Manly said. She alleges that Albert L. Schildknecht, 56, of Laguna Niguel sexually assaulted her beginning when the woman was 15, Manly said. She first reported the abuse allegations to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, but now the investigation has widened, and Costa Mesa police have taken an interest.

SANTA ANA — The Blue Note Bandit’s remarkable run is over, authorities said Friday. After 15 bank robberies in Orange County during a two-and-a-half-month period, including at least two in Costa Mesa, authorities Wednesday arrested and booked David Andrew Camp, 50, an unemployed salesman from Laguna Niguel, for allegedly committing the crimes. A team of FBI and Orange County Sheriff’s Department personnel arrested Camp on an unrelated warrant from Los Angeles.

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. Newport Beach Aug. 13 Dara Sandrini, 42, Laguna Niguel Aug. 14 Brian Ayres, 52, Long Beach Saturday Chad Herbert, 20, Riverside Lauretta Davis, 62, Newport Beach Margaret Monti, 61, Newport Beach Victor Martinez, 31, Placentia Sunday Daniel Wozniak, 25, Long Beach Monday Jason Holstein, 29, Santa Ana Todd Lazar, 51, Newport Beach Robert Argetsinger, 58, Sunset Beach Tuesday Elizabeth Drennen, 32, Birmingham, Ala. Costa Mesa Aug. 13 Bradley Van Buren, 26, Huntington Beach Oscar Madrid, 45, Tustin Mohammed Memon, 40, Fountain Valley Steven Blunt, 22, Costa Mesa Aug. 14 Michael Carroll, 46, Laguna Hills Natasha Gulati, 22, Costa Mesa Christopher Garcia, 19, Lakewood Michael Nuno, 23, Cypress Kimberly Hart, 41, Costa Mesa Victor Alvarez-Paramo, 26, Costa Mesa Alejandro Garcia, 39, Costa Mesa Jessica Guzman, 22, Irvine Saturday Bethany Small, 27, Los Angeles Ellen Gordon, 51, Newport Beach Michael Kupniewski, 30, Laguna Beach Jheneen Menendez, 22, Cerritos George Currier, 32, Riverside Donald Krebs, 27, Newport Beach Sunday...

Young Chang A Laguna Niguel man who was airlifted to the hospital after a head-on collision on the San Joaquin Hills toll road diedFriday night. Farzad Yaganeh, 42, of Laguna Niguel, died hours after an accident involving a total of five cars that also killed Steven McLin, 20, of Long Beach and Fereshteh Sadeghi, 42, of Laguna Niguel. McLin and Sadeghi died at the scene. California Highway Patrol officials said the collision happened early Friday evening when McLin drove his Ford Ranger onto a toll road offramp from Bonita Canyon Road.

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. NEWPORT BEACH Tuesday, Nov. 30 Jason Ryan Barauskas, 27, Irvine Wednesday, Dec. 1 Harley David Word, 55, Costa Mesa Glenn Allen Timmons, 54, Newport Beach Friday, Dec. 3 James Frank Uppendahl, 37, Newport Beach Ismael Sollano Ortiz, 23, Costa Mesa Saturday, Dec. 4 John Robert Trebil Jr., 57, La Mesa Rick Wayne Melgren, 45, Coto de Caza COSTA MESA Nov. 24 David Britt, 58 Costa Mesa Nov. 25 Angela Brumo, 31, Costa Mesa Nov. 27 Gregory Dyer, 48, Costa Mesa Dec. 2 Travis Pulsen, 29, Newport Beach Dec. 3 James Bowie, 25, Laguna Niguel Christopher Hunter, 21, Irvine David Pratt, 36, Santa Ana Thomas Vitrano, 26, Huntington Beach James Reed, 20, Anaheim Yvonne Dougher, 31, Anaheim Dec. 4 Christina Sanchez, 27, Mission Viejo Augustin Mora-Valeriano, 21, Fontana John Loxterman, 30, San Juan Capistrano William Cobb, 24, Huntington Beach Justin Stier, 21, Huntington Beach Kelly Marshall, 31, Torrance Dec. 5 Koichro Mikami, 24, Los Angeles Jane Hartman, 57, Newport Beach ...

NEWPORT’S RUN ENDS ALISO VIEJO — The Newport Beach American Little League 10-11 year-old All-Star team was eliminated from the District 55 tournament Tuesday after falling in a losers’ bracket semifinal, 4-0, to Laguna Niguel at Woodfield Park. Laguna Niguel struck early with a two-run home run in the bottom of the first, and added single runs in the third and fourth. Newport Beach threatened in the fifth, when Jake Hastings was hit by a pitch and Cameron Hook doubled down the third-base line.

Sasan Shahi (Laguna Niguel) -- 64 Robert Caton (Huntington Beach) -- 65 Brandon Christianson (Valencia) -- 65 Greg Meyer (Newport Beach) -- 66 Rob Clever (Placentia) -- 66 Breene Murphy (Laguna Beach) -- 66 Ben Miller (Palos Verdes Estates) -- 66 Jeff Thomas (Irvine) -- 67 Sam Morgan (Fullerton) -- 67 Ryan Rindfleisch (Irvine) -- 67 Ed Susolik (Newport Beach) -- 67 Scott Carlyle (Huntington Beach) -- 68 Gordon Frasier (Los Angeles)

A Costa Mesa man arrested on a warrant related to child molestation charges will be prosecuted in El Dorado County in Lake Tahoe, Costa Mesa police said Thursday. Costa Mesa police arrested Keith Hoover, 45, on Wednesday outside his apartment on West 19th Street on suspicion of sexual contact with a child, Costa Mesa police Sgt. Marty Carver said. The victim, a boy formerly of Laguna Niguel who now lives in South Lake Tahoe, told authorities in early December that Hoover had molested him, Lt. Marc Adams of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s department said.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Estancia def. Segerstrom COSTA MESA - Middle blocker Christian Aguilar had seven kills and four blocks in the Eagles' 25-22, 25-14, 25-11 nonleague sweep on Thursday. Lucas Perreira contributed nine kills for Estancia. The Eagles (2-5) open Orange Coast League play at Laguna Beach on Tuesday at 6 p.m. * BOYS' GOLF Estancia 200, Lakewood 208 COSTA MESA - Senior Jake Knapp shot a two-under-par 33 to earn medalist honors in the Eagles' nonleague match Costa Mesa Mesa Linda Golf Course on Thursday.

An Irvine man who kidnapped and raped a child and molested two others was denied parole Tuesday, according to prosecutors. Drew David Lambert, 32, formerly of Irvine, was sentenced to 15 years to life in August 1996 and is serving his sentence at California Correctional Institute in Tehachapi. In a news release Tuesday, Orange County prosecutors said Lambert approached a 6-year-old girl in the children's section of a Laguna Niguel bookstore and used a child's book to lure her to the men's restroom, where he assaulted her. Lambert was 16 years old at the time.

The Costa Mesa-based Down Syndrome Assn. of Orange County has two full-time and one part-time paid staffers. The rest are volunteers. It is these volunteers whom parents like Lisa Piraino said they depend on to make the activities fulfilling. For years Piraino has had her daughter Karina, 14, in programs facilitated through the association. Karina has been participating in a therapeutic horseback riding class for three years, though she is taking a break right now. Kellie Perez, the association's director of community relations, said the association often recommends the J.F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center in San Juan Capistrano, which is funded by donations, but there is also the Back Bay Therapeutic Riding Club in Newport Beach.

The Orange County coroner’s office  has released the names of the three who died  in the 10-car crash on West Coast Highway in Newport Beach on Saturday . They are: Julia Allen, 27,  of Newport Beach; Linda Burnett, 69, of Santa Ana; Christopher De La Cruz, 49, of Laguna Niguel.

Velma C. Patterson was a resident of Costa Mesa from 1922 until Sept. 28, 2010. She was born in Orange on Feb. 4, 1911. Velma lived in her grandmother's boarding house, the Depot Park House in Orange from her birth until she moved to 22nd Street and Santa Ana Avenue in Harper, which is now Costa Mesa. She attended Costa Mesa Grammar School and Lathrop Intermediate School in Santa Ana. She was a child of the Depression and left school to help support her five younger brothers and sisters.

It is one of the most beautiful annual events on the California Riviera. "Romance of the Mission," held on the ancient grounds of the historical Mission San Juan Capistrano, brought together more than 400 guests for an evening of fine food and wine, incomparable entertainment and, most importantly, a spiritual connection to the religious and historical pasts of early California. Special honors of the evening were bestowed upon Gilbert Aguirre, honorary event chairman representing the Mission Preservation Foundation.

LAGUNA NIGUEL — For the second straight night, the Newport Beach American Little League All-Stars would have preferred to use a reset button after one inning in the District 55 tournament at Chapparosa Park. But, unlike Tuesday, when they recovered from a four-run first by opposing Newport Beach National to claim a 7-4 win, the only revisions on the scoreboard after a five-run first by designated host Rancho Niguel on Wednesday was a run by the winners. The result was a 6-0 verdict in the loser's bracket semifinal.

The man accused of being Orange County?s most prolific bank robber in years pleaded not guilty Monday to more than a dozen felonies. David Andrew Camp, 50, of Laguna Niguel, was charged with 14 counts of second-degree burglary after police arrested him last week thanks to a tip from family members. Police said Camp robbed 14 banks in Orange County, including two in Costa Mesa, between Nov. 30 and Feb. 9. He was dubbed the ?Blue Note Bandit? because during one of his first robberies, he handed the bank teller a note on blue paper demanding cash, authorities said.

SANTA ANA — The Blue Note Bandit’s remarkable run is over, authorities said Friday. After 15 bank robberies in Orange County during a two-and-a-half-month period, including at least two in Costa Mesa, authorities Wednesday arrested and booked David Andrew Camp, 50, an unemployed salesman from Laguna Niguel, for allegedly committing the crimes. A team of FBI and Orange County Sheriff’s Department personnel arrested Camp on an unrelated warrant from Los Angeles.

SANTA ANA – The Blue Note Bandit’s remarkable run is over, authorities said Friday. After a string of 15 bank robberies in Orange County during a two-and-a-half-month period, including in Costa Mesa, authorities on Wednesday arrested and booked David Andrew Camp, a 50-year-old unemployed salesman from Laguna Niguel, for allegedly committing the crimes. A team of FBI and Orange County Sheriff’s Department personnel arrested Camp on an unrelated warrant from Los Angeles.