Costa Mesa garage fire claims life...

Costa Mesa garage fire claims life of canine

A garage fire was responsible for the death of a dog in Costa Mesa

early Saturday morning, though no people were injured. About 20

firefighters responded to the call at about 4:37 a.m. in the 2400

block of Orange Avenue and managed to extinguish the blaze in the

semi-attached garage before it spread to the house. The garage was

destroyed.

A fire department spokesman said that the cause of the fire is

under investigation. Property damage estimates were not available on

Saturday.

Police help hoist pregnant potbellied pig

A potbellied pig was reported rooting around the front yards of

some homes in the 3000 block of Coolidge early Saturday afternoon.

Residents had herded the pig and had her cornered until an animal

control officer arrived on the scene and discovered the pig was

pregnant, a police spokesman said.

Two Costa Mesa Police offers were called to help the

animal-control officer hoist the pig into a vehicle to transport her

to a local shelter.