Long Beach

There exist more important issues As a lifelong resident of Southern California, I have lived with airplane noise for as long as I can remember ("Costa Mesa delves into flights issue," Thursday). Airplane noise in SoCal is not going away anytime soon and I wish people would just stop complaining about it. We happen to live in the most congested airspace in the country, and it will probably only get worse. I live on the Eastside of Costa Mesa a quarter-mile from John Wayne Airport and directly under the path of the flights into Long Beach.

"If you don't show up you can't get in," was a phrase he coined and how he lived his short but full life. He was a person who touched everyone he met with his heart of gold. His Life celebration was from 11 a.m. to 4p.m. June11 at the Legion Hall Newport Beach. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Boys & Girls Club of Long Beach.

LONG BEACH - Sage Hill School senior Ahmed Eltamami shot a one-under-par 71 at the CIF Southern Section Southern Individual Regional to qualify for the CIF individual finals at Victoria Club in Riverside. Eltamami, the Academy League champion, had four birdies and three bogeys during his round at Skylinks Golf Course on Monday. He will play this Monday at Victoria. - From staff reports

Donald Melvin Roberson passed away unexpectedly on November 26, 2012 in his Newport Beach home. He was 69, and had lived a life blessed by faith in God and joyful service to those in need, no matter their story. Don was born in Bell, California on March 4, 1943 to Melvin and Vivian Roberson. In 1958, the family moved to Newport Beach, where Don and his brother attended Newport Harbor High School. Don played football and ran track in high school and at Occidental College, where he majored in Political Science.

LONG BEACH - In an up-and-down season, there remained a few things the UC Irvine women's soccer team could count on. One was senior Rachel Wood's penalty kicks. Wood, a senior transfer from North Carolina, converted her fifth penalty kick of the season with 55 seconds left in the second overtime to cap the Anteaters' 1-0 Big West Conference victory over host Long Beach State on Saturday. It's the fourth straight time UCI (9-8-1, 5-1-1 in conference) has won the regular-season meeting between the two teams that have combined to win five of the last six Big West regular-season and conference tournament titles.

It's one of the tidiest stretches of road in Newport Beach. On one end, Mercedes-Benz hoods gleam in the Fletcher Jones Motorcars lot. On the other, a gated condo development looms from behind tall palms. Jamboree Road, with its wide lanes, absence of retail development and speeding cars, is one of the last places you'd expect to see someone hanging out on the corner. Especially if that man is homeless. For the past month or so, Nate Meador, 50, has been leaning against lampposts between MacArthur Boulevard and Coast Highway.

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, Oct. 19 John Donald Shimko, 42, Huntington Beach Wednesday, Oct. 20 Wendy Marie Walker, 26, Newport Beach Jana Michelle Kubicek, 29, Newport Beach Roy E. Brown, 36, Cincinnati Friday, Oct. 22 James Butler Beauchamp Jr., 25, Newport Beach Aleksander Szczesny Toporocicz, 49, Long Beach Mark Glenn Hill, 36, Huntington Beach Saturday, Oct. 23 Gina Danniele Delao, 30, Irvine Shawn Lorraine Dunn, 30, Corona Sunday, Oct. 24 Deanna Wilson Stingley, 55, Irvine COSTA MESA DUIs were unavailable.

Siedsma-Castillo Mr. and Mrs. David Siedsma of Costa Mesa announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Christine Siedsma of Costa Mesa to Eric Wayne Castillo of Long Beach. The bride-elect graduated from Costa Mesa High School. The future bridegroom, son of Jose Castillo and Barbara Machenry of Long Beach, graduated from Los Alamitos High School and is attending Orange Coast College. The couple plans to marry in May 2006. Chute-Lear Mary Lear and Bob and Karen Lear of Newport Beach announce the engagement of their son, Bradley Lewis Lear of Newport Beach to Kelly Margaret Chute of San Luis Obispo.

Newport Beach Fire Chief Steve Lewis asks himself questions every day. The rigorous self-evaluation he puts himself through runs five pages, raising issues including "Can you walk the talk?" and "Do you need to be told to do something and get punished if you do not do it, or do you choose to do something and take responsibility for it?" It's one sign of the energy and diligence he says he strives for.Lewis, 54, who was sworn in this week as Newport Beach's sixth fire chief, replaced popular Chief Tim Riley, who retired Monday after a 15-year term.