Rearview Mirror: OC’s Week in Review

Sunday, 4.26.15

Corinthian College announces closure

After years of government investigations, Santa Ana-based Corinthian Colleges Inc. announced that it will shut down more than two dozen of its remaining schools, displacing more than 10,000 California students. The move ends the turmoil at what was once one of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains but presents fresh challenges to students, who now must seek transfers or federal loan forgiveness. (Los Angeles Times)

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Horizon wins Newport to Ensenada race

Horizon, owned by John Shulze, representing Balboa Yacht Club, was the big winner, taking home four trophies at the 68th annual Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race. (Daily Pilot)

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Police shoot, kill man in Fountain Valley

A police officer in Fountain Valley shot and killed a man while responding to a report of a burglary at a Rite-Aid. Officers responded at about 4 a.m. to the pharmacy in the Fountain Valley Promenade shopping center, in the 18000 block of Brookhurst Street, according a statement from the Fountain Valley Police Department. (Huntington Beach Independent)

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Monday, 4.27.15

Baywatch star from Newport arrested

It was reported that former “Baywatch” star Jeremy Jackson, who grew up in Newport Beach, was arrested over the weekend after a man was stabbed in Westlake. Jackson, 34, who also goes by the last name Dunn, was taken into custody April 25 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, said Los Angeles police Det. Joe Rios. The actor played Hobie Buchannon, the son of Mitch Buchannon, performed by David Hasselhoff. (Los Angeles Times

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Angels trade Josh Hamilton to Texas

Josh Hamilton’s short, tumultuous and disappointing tenure with the Angels officially ended when the team announced that it had completed a trade of the troubled outfielder to the Texas Rangers, the club with which Hamilton thrived from 2008 to 2012. The trade was for a player to be named or cash considerations. (Los Angeles Times)

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Infant killed in Placentia car crash

A baby boy was killed and his parents and two other children were injured when a vehicle crashed into a utility pole and rolled over in Placentia, authorities said. The Orange County Fire Authority responded to the collision at West Orangethorpe and Ohio avenues about 10:10 a.m., Capt. Steve Concialdi said. Placentia police said a family of five was traveling in a 1997 Chevrolet Suburban that veered off the road, jumped a curb, crashed into a utility pole, rolled over and came to rest on its roof. A 7-month-old boy, who was properly strapped into a car seat, was killed, authorities said. (KTLA)

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Tuesday, 4.28.15

O.C. considers restaurant grades

Orange County may switch to letter-grade ratings for restaurants similar to those used in Los Angeles County, according to CBS Los Angeles. Restaurants would get grades of A, B or C, according to the report. Two previous efforts to switch to letter grades have failed in O.C., but the Board of Supervisors is reconsidering, citing food-safety issues. (CBS Los Angeles)

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Body of missing woman found

Investigators said Tuesday that the decomposed body found on a remote embankment in the Cleveland National Forest near San Juan Capistrano is believed to be that of a 28-year-old Laguna Hills woman who has been missing since February. Erica Alonso, who was 27 at the time of her disappearance, was last seen Feb. 15 after leaving her boyfriend’s home in Irvine, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. (Daily Pilot)

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Wednesday, 4.29.15

San Clemente estate sale sets record

A 2,600-square-foot estate in San Clemente has sold for $7.75 million, a record for single-family homes in the area over the last decade and one of the top transactions historically for the Orange County community. Located next door to President Richard Nixon’s Western White House, which came on the market earlier in April, the ocean-view property includes an 8,000-square-foot main house, a 4,000-square-foot subterranean garage, a pool house and a lap pool on nearly an acre in the Cotton Points Estates community. (Los Angeles Times)

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Sharks spotted off Surfside

Two 5- to 6-foot juvenile sharks spotted swimming outside the surfline at an Orange County beach prompted officials to issue warnings Wednesday. Signs posted at Surfside Beach warned visitors of the possible hazard a day after the sharks were first seen in the water, according to Chief Joe Bailey of the Seal Beach Marine Safety Department. A video posted on the department’s Facebook page shows one of the sharks swimming off Seal Beach as a paddleboarder nearby watches. (Los Angeles Times)

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Thursday, 4.30.15

War’s end, leading to refugee influx, commemorated

Vietnamese refugees living in Orange County noted the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which brought many of them to O.C. (Los Angeles Times)

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Doctor pleads not guilty to theft

A prominent Newport Beach doctor pleaded not guilty to accusations that he stole $220,000 from a hospital fund earmarked for charity and then dodged taxes on the illegitimate income, authorities said. Bruce Allan Hagadorn, 56, was chief of staff at Irvine Regional Hospital until it closed in January 2009. The money allegedly was embezzled in 2009 and 2010 from funds remaining in the charitable account, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office. (Daily Pilot)

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Friday, 5.01.15

O.C. gears up for Sunday’s marathon

Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and other communities were preparing for Sunday’s Orange County Marathon. Road closures are set to begin at 5 a.m. Sunday, lasting until 3 p.m. in some areas. The marathon starts at 5:30 a.m. at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa at Fashion Island and ends at the Orange County Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. (Daily Pilot)