BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department shut down the Costa Mesa (55)

Freeway Saturday afternoon for about 30 minutes due to a bomb scare.

Sheriff’s deputies closed the freeway from about 5:10 p.m. to 5:45

p.m. after an unidentified motorist stopped his Honda Civic near the San

Joaquin Transportation Corridor transition. Sheriff’s deputies said the

man had received a note earlier in the afternoon telling him a bomb had

been placed in his car and became nervous. The bomb squad was called out,

but no bomb was found.

Injured bicyclist’s identity still unknown

Police are still trying to identify a bicyclist who was struck by a

motorist on Friday evening in Costa Mesa.

Chao Zhang, the 34-year-old Costa Mesa driver, plowed into the victim

at 9:20 p.m. Friday at Broadway Avenue and Newport Boulevard, police

said. Zhang, who was driving about 30 mph at the moment of impact, was

not cited.

The victim, who is in his late 30s or early 40s, was riding westbound

on Broadway when he was struck. Police said he was taken to Western

Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition.

Ethics workshop to be held

Vanguard University President Murray Dempster will lead an ethics

workshop in June at the campus of the Costa Mesa school.

Set to be called “Missing: Ethics in the Workplace,” the event has

been scheduled for June 6. Dempster’s forum will focus on “the economics

of honesty,” collectivism vs. individualism and how to bring ethics to

the office. Dempster has written several books on the topic.

Founded in 1920, Vanguard is a Christian college offering

undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs.

Information: (714) 556-3610, Ext. 465.

Construction to begin on St. Matthew’s

After seven years of fund-raising, St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in

Newport Beach will break ground on its new church at 6 p.m. Monday. A

church, a parish hall, administrative offices and a preschool will be

built on the two-acre parcel at the intersection of Bonita Canyon Road

and Prairie Avenue.

St. Matthew’s congregation of less than 200 families has contributed

more than $1.6 million for the project. Church officials said they expect

the new facility to be finished sometime in February. In the interim, St.

Matthew’s is located at 330 W. Bay Street, Costa Mesa.