NEIGHBORS

Adriana P. Diaz, daughter of Costa Mesa resident Cella Diaz, recently

completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great

Lakes, Illinois. ... Navy Fireman Kevin M. Leslie, son of Newport Beach

resident Sherrie L. Bowie, recently returned from a six-month deployment

to the western Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf aboard the

U.S. aircraft carrier Constellation. ... Rebecca Wright of Newport Beach

has been traveling with the DePauw University Choir and The Century

Singers on a Millennium Tour of Italy. The tour, which ends today,

included performances at St. Peter’s in Rome, the Duomo in Florence and

St. Mark’s in Venice. ... Leonardo Garcia Bautista, son of Costa Mesa

residents Santiago and Carolina Garcia, has been promoted to the rank of

sergeant in the U.S. Army. Garcia Bautista is an eye, ear, nose and

throat specialist in the medical department at Fort Leonard Wood,

Waynesville, Mo. ... The University of California at Santa Barbara

recently released its dean’s honor list. Making the cut were Michael Abed

Akiva, Dana Helen Cassity and Sanaz Charezaie, all of Costa Mesa. Also on

the list are Ashley Brakesman, Erin Ann Glasgow, Michelle Nicole

Hargrove, Jennifer Lynn Morgan and John Taylor Rinek, all of Newport

Beach.