BRIEFLY

A pregnant woman was bit in the neck by a dog Saturday on Hamilton

Street just west of Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa police

said.

Sarah Atkins, 20, and her friend, Edward Lopez, 22, were walking on

Hamilton Street when two to three dogs pushed open an unlocked gate,

police said. One of the dogs, a one- to two-year-old yellow boxer,

attacked Atkins as the other dogs stayed to the side, police said.

Atkins, who is seven months pregnant, received a bite to her neck and

right arm, while Lopez received a scratch on his elbow as he attempted to

fight the dog off, police said.

The owner of the dogs came out and put them in the house. Atkins was

treated on site and taken to Hoag Hospital where she was given four

stitches in her neck, authorities said.

The yellow boxer was later taken into custody and quarantined by Costa

Mesa Animal Control.