H.B. woman pleads guilty to stalking Sandra Bullock

A Huntington Beach dental assistant has pleaded guilty to stalking actress Sandra Bullock.

Marcia Diane Valentine, 47, was placed on three years’ probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor stalking charge.

Charges that Valentine attempted to run down Bullock’s husband, Jesse James, in front of the couple’s Sunset Beach home were dropped by prosecutors, records showed.

James, owner of West Coast Choppers and host of the “Monster Garage” television show, was attacked by Valentine in April 2007 after he told her to stop lying on their driveway, the sheriff’s department said.

The month after the incident, Bullock requested a three-year restraining order against Valentine.

— Candice Baker