Swarm of bees beats the heat at...

Swarm of bees beats the heat at Corona del Mar State Beach

A swarm of bees invaded Tower Three at Corona del Mar State Beach

at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

The bees did not attack or sting any people, but were disturbing

enough for lifeguards to call animal control, who had removed the

bees by about 6:15 p.m., lifeguard Grant Gold said. The bees numbered

in the tens of thousands, he said.

“They were definitely bothersome and scared a lot of people,” Gold

said.

Such a situation is unusual, Gold said. The reason for the

occurrence and type of bee are still unknown, he said.

“This is the first time I’ve seen a swarm on the beach,” Gold

said. “My guess is they left where they were swarming because of the

heat and must have just thought it was cooler by the beach.”

Driver dead after police pursuit, crash

A police pursuit ended in a fatality when a Costa Mesa resident

lost control of a vehicle and struck a tree.

A Costa Mesa police officer tried to stop the driver at 12:45 a.m.

Sunday after observing several moving violations, Sgt. Burt Santee

said. The 36-year-old man refused to stop and got on the San Diego

Freeway heading southbound instead, he said.

After a 10-minute pursuit over eight miles, the vehicle exited at

MacArthur Boulevard and hit a tree, Santee said. The driver was

trapped in his vehicle and had to be extracted, he said.

Police confirmed later that the vehicle had been reported stolen,

he said.

The man was transported to Western Medical Center, where he died

from his injuries. Police are not releasing the name of the man, and

the case is still under investigation, Santee said.