BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS

-- Jennifer Kho

A gold-colored, fiberglass eagle and its mount was stolen from

Estancia High School last week.

The theft, which happened between 4 p.m. Feb. 13 and 7 a.m. Feb. 14,

was reported to police Thursday by Assistant Principal Stephen Benigo.

Estancia High School glued the eagle’s bolts to prevent them from

being unscrewed from the mount after Costa Mesa High School students

unbolted and stole the eagle last year.

This time, the wall bolts were unscrewed and the mount was stolen

along with the eagle.

The eagle is valued at $2,000.

No witnesses have come forward, police said.