“Most of us are out here at...

“Most of us are out here at least 40 hours, six to seven days, a

week. We’ve just been wearing hats and a lot of sunscreen. But we’re

constantly standing and walking. So the heat does drain you.”

-- Shane Solomon, a striking supermarket worker, on the heat in

recent days.

“It felt like it was a blessing from his grandfather. I still get

goose bumps when we talk about it. I can’t just think of it as some

fancy coincidence.”

-- Leslie Louvier, a Costa Mesa resident, on finding an obituary

on her husband’s father during remodeling of their home.

“It still feels unfinished but I think the city has finally taken

steps to move forward.”

-- Jim Gray, a leader of skate park proponents, on the approval of

a park in Costa Mesa.

“It’s a high-endurance thing. You can go to the bathroom first,

then go skate for a few hours and then go home and go to the

bathroom.”

-- Alex Knost, on concerns that the skatepark approved last week

by the Costa Mesa City Council would not have bathrooms.

“It just happened by coincidence. But it’s only a matter of time.

You can’t run forever. Sooner or later, justice catches up with you.”

-- Jack Archer, Costa Mesa Police sergeant, on the arrest of a man

wanted in connection with a 2-year-old murder in Fairview Park.

“Long range it will certainly have somewhat of a chilling effect

on the city.”

-- Steve Rosansky, appointed last week to the Newport Beach City

Council, on the city’s Greenlight law.

“He was not a good swimmer at all. And he was swimming somewhere

he shouldn’t have been swimming.”

-- Brent Jacobsen, a Newport Beach lifeguard, on a rescue last

week.