San Diego County

Kelly-Gurney Ms. Brynn Kelly of Newport Beach announces the engagement of her daughter, Colleen Kelly of Newport Beach, to Alexander Gurney of Newport Beach. The bride-elect graduated from Newport Harbor High School and USC. The future bridegroom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gurney of Newport Beach, graduated from Corona del Mar High School and the University of Colorado at Boulder. A Nov. 15 wedding is planned at the Community Congregational Church of Corona del Mar. Fox-Cicchelli Tara Kathleen Fox of San Diego and Daniel William Cicchelli of San Diego will exchange wedding vows on Aug. 23 at the La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla, Calif.

OCC's speech and debate team finished second out of 65 schools at the Sunset Cliffs Classic held Feb. 4-6 in San Diego County. "There were 65 schools from throughout the country at the competition," said OCC coach Georgie Monahan. "The large field included more than 800 individual entries and 160 debate teams. It'll be the biggest tournament in the country this year, next to the nationals." "It was big and busy and fun, and very much a learning experience for us," Monahan added.

Deepa Bharath Three months ago, Charlie Gabbard says, he helped police investigators install a global positioning satellite system in Scott Peterson's car. At the time, the longtime Newport Beach resident did not know much about the case. But Gabbard said he had a gut feeling that it was going to be a story that hit headlines across the nation. Peterson, 30, was arrested Friday in San Diego County on suspicion of killing his wife Laci Peterson, the Modesto woman who disappeared Christmas Eve. She was eight months' pregnant when she disappeared.

A Costa Mesa advertising agency has been nominated for 10 awards recognizing marketing and merchandising excellence in the home-building industry. Roxburgh has been named a finalist for 10 awards, one for a Newport Beach community, for the Merchandising and Marketing Excellence Awards celebration. The celebration will be held Feb. 23 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. It honors excellence in residential design, marketing and merchandising.

A Tustin man who punched a Costa Mesa police officer during his arrest in 2006 and escaped sheriff’s deputies last week was recaptured Wednesday, prosecutors said. Mark Georgantas, 46, was arrested by the Pacific southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force in a Chula Vista parking lot in San Diego County. Georgantas was free on $50,000 bail last week, sitting in his credit card fraud trial, when he told the court he had to use the restroom. He never returned and was convicted by a jury in his absence.

The storm system that blew in over the weekend may have only dusted the area with a light drizzle, but it could very well go out with a bang by the time the week is over. There is a chance of thunderstorms this morning, said meteorologist Noel Isla of the National Weather Service. The storm should give way to partly cloudy skies this afternoon. But while there isn't much rain on the way, surfers may be the biggest beneficiaries, as the storm should kick up some 3- to 5-foot waves today, diminishing over the rest of the week to 1 to 3 feet, Isla added.

In what seems to be a trademark effort of the Newport Harbor High girls water polo team, the host Sailors jumped to an 11-0 halftime lead and coasted to a 13-3 nonleague victory over San Diego County foe Carlsbad Saturday morning with a balanced effort to improve to 8-2. Leading the way in the scoring column for Coach Bill Barnett's Sailors was Anne Belden with four goals. Jenna Murphy, Annie Wight and Jessica Ball each scored twice. Single goals were scored by Carolyn Conway, Ashley Parole and Jennifer Scharfe.

Don Cantrell Bob Woodhouse coached two San Diego County high school football teams over 26 years winning 160 games, losing only 68 and tying five, despite never coaching on a home field. He has drawn numerous honors during that time, but one of the most significant career salutes will arrive Wednesday evening at the Scottish Rites Center, Mission Valley, San Diego. That's when more than 600 people gather to celebrate the inaugural induction of 42 coaches in the "San Diego County High School Coaching Legends" awards program.

Donald W. Shaw Two memorial services, one in Pauma Valley and one in Newport Beach, will be held for real estate developer Donald W. Shaw, a Newport Beach resident for more than 40 years. Mr. Shaw died Aug. 18. He was 79. He was a principal in Shaw Properties, a commercial and industrial development and consulting firm. Mr. Shaw maintained homes both in Newport Beach and Pauma Valley in rural San Diego County. Mr. Shaw moved from Los Angeles to Newport in 1961.

Center board elects two new members The Orange County Performing Arts Center Board of Directors earlier this month welcomed new members Debra L. Reed and Sally Crockett. Reed is president and chief financial officer of Sempra Energy Utilities, the umbrella for San Diego-based Sempra Energy's regulated business units. Crockett owns Newport Beach-based interior design firm Crockett Concepts. The women will serve three-year terms. Reed became president of San Diego Gas & Electric in July 2000 and then president of Southern California Gas Co. in January 2002.

Nearly 50 artists from around California will show off their artwork at a special exhibit that begins at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Orange County Museum of Art near Fashion Island. "2010 California Biennial" curator Sarah Bancroft said she hopes to give museumgoers an accurate overview of what's being produced in the contemporary art circles across the Golden State — not always an easy task. Bancroft traversed the state for more than a year in search of some of the finer artists up and down California's coast, eventually whittling them down to a pool of 300, then 150, then the final 45. Many of them are from San Diego and San Francisco, with few in points in between.

This week I was still focusing on the rain storms and their aftermath. I revisited the south county spots I’d checked during the storms and got some fun waves at San Juan Creek mouth. The flow went north, across the little jetty and pushed out a lot of sand. Doheny will be different for a while. The road into San Onofre is taped off just past the point so you have to walk to Old Man’s. The reefs south were empty — long walk with a SUP or 10-footer. Thursday I checked the San Gabriel River mouth, the Orange-L.

We’re doing something new and exciting at the Daily Pilot and our sister newspapers in Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach. It’s a blog that we are launching called O.C. Now. All of us reporters and editors at Times Community Newspapers in Orange County will be blogging on this site. It is designed to give our respective readers a “big picture” of what’s happening in the cities covered by the Daily Pilot, Huntington Beach Independent and Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot, and elsewhere in the county.

LA MESA — Newport Harbor High defeated Scripps Ranch, 2-1, in sudden-death penalty strokes to claim the championship of the Helix Tournament Saturday at Helix High. Senior Claire Layton converted the first penalty stroke for the Sailors, for whom junior goalie Sydney King then made a stick save on a Scripps penalty shot to her right to end the match. Senior Claire Ramser scored in regulation for the Sailors, who won all five of their matches in the tournament, which began Friday.

  80, Valley Center, CA. Ed was born on March 7, 1929 in Canoga Park and passed away on June 18th after a courageous one year battle with cancer. He settled in Newport Beach in the early 50’s and was drawn to Newport because of memorable visits to his grandparent’s bay front beach house during his youth. In 1953, Ed founded Mameco Engineering in Newport Beach with best friend Ted Mangels who he bought out several years later.

 NEWPORT BEACH - Against a backdrop of crashing surf and rustling palms, local Newport boys, the Back Bay Rugby Football Club, played host to the North San Diego County Gurkhas on Saturday at the Peninsula Park Athletic Field. The Back Bay Sharks were feeling like pretty big fish after a string of shutout wins, an undefeated season, and the handing of an 81-0 loss to the record of the second-ranked team in the league last Saturday.

A Tustin man who punched a Costa Mesa police officer during his arrest in 2006 and escaped sheriff’s deputies last week was recaptured Wednesday, prosecutors said. Mark Georgantas, 46, was arrested by the Pacific southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force in a Chula Vista parking lot in San Diego County. Georgantas was free on $50,000 bail last week, sitting in his credit card fraud trial, when he told the court he had to use the restroom. He never returned and was convicted by a jury in his absence.

So many times I have heard about how hard it is to work with the city. As the executive director of the local nonprofit Glass House Ministry, I have just finished working on a community project where we, in conjunction with the Crossing Church, built an extension on a house for Bill Thomas. Bill is the young man who had a rare spinal stroke two years ago. Through this total experience, from helping the family arrange a no-interest loan that was made available by the city of Costa Mesa, to the building inspection process, the city of Costa Mesa was fantastic!

SAN DIEGO — The Newport Harbor Water Polo Foundation boys’ 14-and-under team won the San Diego County Cup in dramatic fashion Sunday. Anthony Daboub scored the game-winning goal two minutes into sudden-death overtime to lead NHWP past the SoCal club, 10-9, in the title match of the AA Division, the top level. NHWP Coach Corey Delahunt, also the Newport Harbor High boys’ assistant coach, said it was the first time the team has won the prestigious tournament that includes 32 teams, the majority of them large clubs that field players from various areas.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently dumped brother-in-law Bobby Shriver and actor/director Clint Eastwood from the state parks commission because they helped put the brakes on a toll road through San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County. Some critics say it sent a strong signal that Schwarzenegger expects unconditional loyalty from appointees. Do you think that’s a wrong signal to send, or is it the governor’s prerogative when making political appointments?