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President Obama plans to raise funds in Newport Beach this month during a swing through Southern California. A Corona del Mar couple recently announced they will host a breakfast for the president Feb. 16, with proceeds benefiting Obama's reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee. While Newport is better known as a Republican Party fundraising bastion, Obama raised more than $1 million here in a 2008 campaign stop at the Balboa Bay Club. Local Democrats say they expect another strong showing.

U.S. Marshals and local police arrested a man Wednesday evening who had barricaded himself inside a Balboa Peninsula home. Around 1 p.m. marshals were trying to serve an arrest warrant out of Westchester County, N.Y., to Geoffrey Earl Patton, but he refused to come out of a residence in the 100 block of 25th Street. By 3 p.m., Newport Beach and Irvine SWAT teams, and a crisis negotiation team responded to the scene. Patton was taken into custody without incident around 6:15 p.m., officials said.

A cross-country move to Newport Beach in 2007 turned out to be a life-changing experience for Daria Gordeeva-Grinkova. Before, she seemed destined to become a figure skater, following in the footsteps of her renowned parents, Katia Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkova. But when Daria came from Connecticut to Newport Beach two weeks before her freshman year at Sage Hill School, she hung up the skates and took up lacrosse. The life of a competitive ice skater is behind her. Daria’s life has changed.

Newport Beach residents don't have to travel far for the Los Angeles Times Travel Show's top-rated domestic destination. In fact, they don't have to travel at all. With more than 10 miles of beaches and a population of about 85,000, Newport was recognized as the Best Domestic Destination during the Jan. 27 to 29 travel show at the Los Angeles Convention Center. "As residents, I think we often forget about how many wonderful things there are in this town," Mayor Nancy Gardner said.

Authorities charged a Pomona man Friday with murder after prosecutors alleged that a night of drinking that started in Newport Beach ended with a fatal head-on collision on a freeway in Anaheim. Ruben Gurrola, 23, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Orange County's Central Jail in Santa Ana for murder, driving under the influence causing great bodily injury, and driving with a blood-alcohol content above the .08 legal limit. He faces up to 19 years to life in prison, if convicted on all charges.

Six years ago, Sarah Reyna was preparing to run the Long Beach International City Marathon as part of celebrating her 40th birthday. While crossing Pacific Coast Highway on Jamboree Road in Newport Beach, one swift accident spoiled those plans and made life excruciatingly tough for the next several years. "I was training on PCH," said Reyna, a Corona del Mar resident. "There was a car approaching the intersection. The guy who had a red light was turning right, and he floored it. I swear he looked right at me, but he later said he didn't see me. He ran right into me, I rolled onto the hood.

OBITUARY Terry L. Frankovich Services for Newport Beach resident Terry L. Frankovich will be held at noon Saturday at Pacific View Chapel. Mr. Frankovich died March 8 from congestive heart failure. He was 50 years old. Mr. Frankovich, a 40-year resident of Newport Beach, was born in Gary, Ind. He is survived by partner John Stelmach, mother Betty Frankovich and brother Keith Frankovich. The Daily Pilot welcomes obituaries for residents or former residents of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach.

The numbers are mind-boggling. About 520 arrests in Newport Beach. At least 277 cases filed against him by prosecutors in Orange County. Plus an unknown amount in Hawaii, Los Angeles or any of the other places he landed after a stint in jail or rehab. But the number that's most important to those who knew Mark David Allen, or felt they knew him, is somewhere in the thousands. That's how many lives Allen touched through his documented story of a decades-long battle with alcoholism.

Deepa Bharath COSTA MESA -- A macabre, broad daylight shooting that left a 49-year-old Newport Beach man dead -- and stunned many who witnessed the surreal scene -- was much more than a heated fight between two men that escalated out of control. Information emerging from the trial shows the shooting that jolted many people going about their everyday lives on a bright Friday afternoon a year ago was a violent, unexpected and shocking episode -- if not the conclusion -- in a series of convoluted stories spanning more than a decade -- stories with underlying themes of crime, deceit and betrayal.

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 Friday, April 8 Renee L. Hartshorn, 26, West Hartford, Conn. Tuesday, April 12 Kevin Mark Foden, 22, Westminster Thursday, April 14 Michael Roger Diephouse, 26, Newport Beach Friday, April 15 Marc Ernest Eberstein, 30, Balboa Island Laci Rene Smith, 23, Newport Beach Saturday, April 16 Monica Duda, 30, Costa Mesa Sunday, April 17 Rigoberto Martinez, 24, Lomita Lachmi Kumari Atma Ram Jaini, 22, Tustin Monday, April 18 Tina Nicole Sherman, 18, Newport Beach COSTA MESA Thursday, April 14 Nicholas Dean Dicarlo, 21, Upland Kari Leanne Betzler, 30, Huntington Beach Davide Stefano Sarracino, 31, Fountain Valley Friday, April 15 Henry Edwin Everson, 36, Morgan Hill David Matthew Perry, 41, Colorado Springs Kevin Alan Robinson, 24, Laguna Niguel Shawn Matthew Clary, 27, Costa Mesa Saturday, April 16 Brian Scott Durkee, 36, Huntington Beach Andrew Lorenzo Diaz, 22, Long Beach Francisco Armando Garcia, 20, Tustin Donald Dennis Landers, 55, Costa Mesa Tyler Edward Brower, 25, Santa Ana Heights ...

NEWPORT BEACH — Emotions ran high on Senior Night for the Newport Harbor High girls' water polo team. Senior captain Presley Pender said Coach Bill Barnett even got a bit emotional before Wednesday night's big Sunset League finale against Edison. "He told us he's never coached a team that's worked so well together and played as a team," Pender said. "That's a huge compliment. I mean, he's a legend and he's telling us that ... He started to tear up. It was a sentimental moment.

THURSDAY Chamber Meeting The Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce will hold a government affairs and community updates meeting from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Chamber's offices, 2855 E. Coast Hwy. Update on Free Trade Pact Maryavis Bokal, an Irvine-based international trade specialist for theU.S. Department of Commerce, will be the keynote speaker and moderator at a roundtable discussion about a trade agreement signed between the United States, Colombia , Panama and South Korea.

Costa Mesa officials hope their peers in Newport Beach will join them in opposing a proposed bridge that would link Costa Mesa's 19th Street with Huntington Beach. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the Costa Mesa City Council upped the ante on its nearly 20-year-old resolution opposing the 19th Street Bridge by also pledging to try and get it removed from the county's master plan. "I'll do my best to show my love to Newport Beach," Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer told the audience Tuesday.

Guy Lemmon created the Ryan Lemmon Foundation 16 years ago to "enhance" high school baseball. Now, he's trying to save it. Lemmon, an Irvine resident, believes high school baseball and other high school sports face being eliminated because of a lack of funds, and his foundation is doing everything it can to prevent that from happening. The State of California's budget crisis has impacted public schools, but a recent ALCU ruling is threatening the very existence of many high school sports, according to Lemmon.

Authorities charged a Pomona man Friday with murder after prosecutors alleged that a night of drinking that started in Newport Beach ended with a fatal head-on collision on a freeway in Anaheim. Ruben Gurrola, 23, is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Orange County's Central Jail in Santa Ana for murder, driving under the influence causing great bodily injury, and driving with a blood-alcohol content above the .08 legal limit. He faces up to 19 years to life in prison, if convicted on all charges.

Newport Beach residents don't have to travel far for the Los Angeles Times Travel Show's top-rated domestic destination. In fact, they don't have to travel at all. With more than 10 miles of beaches and a population of about 85,000, Newport was recognized as the Best Domestic Destination during the Jan. 27 to 29 travel show at the Los Angeles Convention Center. "As residents, I think we often forget about how many wonderful things there are in this town," Mayor Nancy Gardner said.

Six years ago, Sarah Reyna was preparing to run the Long Beach International City Marathon as part of celebrating her 40th birthday. While crossing Pacific Coast Highway on Jamboree Road in Newport Beach, one swift accident spoiled those plans and made life excruciatingly tough for the next several years. "I was training on PCH," said Reyna, a Corona del Mar resident. "There was a car approaching the intersection. The guy who had a red light was turning right, and he floored it. I swear he looked right at me, but he later said he didn't see me. He ran right into me, I rolled onto the hood.