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Missing yacht club worker found

A 43-year-old Newport Harbor Yacht Club worker with Alzheimer’s

disease who was reported missing Friday morning was found Friday

night in Fullerton, said Kim Bailey of the Alzheimer’s Assn. Of

Orange County.

Bailey said a Fullerton Police officer found Guadalupe Trujillo

Acevedo, a custodian at the yacht club.

“He’s doing good and is getting some rest,” she said.

Acevedo didn’t return to his home in Tustin after leaving the

yacht club at about midnight Thursday. His wife reported him missing

Friday morning.

Bailey said Acevedo was not wearing a Safe Return bracelet, a

program that helps identify, locate and safely return Alzheimer’s

patients who wander. She said those interested in enrolling in the

program, which also offers scholarships, may call (800) 660-1993.

Newport firefighter still in the hospital

A Newport Beach firefighter-paramedic was still in the hospital

Monday after suffering minor injuries while fighting a fire Sunday

morning in Corona del Mar, officials said.

Ed Wick was helping the rest of his unit control a blaze at a home

undergoing renovations in the 100 block of Shorecliff at about 7:15

a.m. He tried to enter the building through a second-floor balcony

and fell right through to the first floor.

Wick was blinded by the thick black smoke coming from the first

floor of the home and couldn’t see where he was going, Boston said.

He was taken to Western Medical Trauma Center in Santa Ana, where he

was said to be in stable condition.

Officials said he is being kept under observation and is going

through tests to make sure he hasn’t sustained internal injuries. The

structure was unoccupied, and no one else was hurt in the incident.