“Whenever there is an explosion, we recommend...

“Whenever there is an explosion, we recommend people get away from

there. They should migrate away, not gravitate toward.”

-- Bob Durham, Costa Mesa Police sergeant, on people’s interest in

a transformer explosion at Triangle Square on Tuesday

“It’s important to know that quality standards for our groundwater

basin are as good or better than bottled water. If there’s a bad

chemical out there somewhere in the water supply, it’s more likely to

end up in your bottled water than in the groundwater. Me, I’ll drink

the groundwater.”

-- Dave Kiff, Newport Beach assistant city manager, on promoting

the Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System

“We really get into the story by eating green eggs and ham.”

-- Jenna Chatillon, an Eastbluff Elementary fifth-grader, on Dr.

Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham” during Read Across America day on Monday

“Costa Mesa should be called the ‘City of Public Storage’ instead

of the ‘City of the Arts.’”

-- Beth Refakus, Costa Mesa resident, on a businessman’s request

to build a two-story mini-storage building near residences on Tustin

Avenue

“I’ve learned that you should start off slow because if you start

off fast, you won’t be able to finish.”

-- Paulina Zubatov, an 8-year-old who has competed in the Spirit

Run the last three years, on how to make it through the 5K

“Why is everything being done in secrecy? Everything is being done

in stealth. It is not a historical monument. It is an eyesore.”

-- Dick Nichols, Newport Beach councilman, on why no one was told

that the Port Theatre was sold 1 1/2 years ago and that plans exists

to renovate the closed theater